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Shell oysters ia every style.
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SALE
wAhTED

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO BRING
w tbeir Dyeing and Cleaning Of Gentle
nan's and Ladies' Wear 10 the Memphis
Stsap1 Dyeing Establishment, No. 81 Madison
street, where the best work is done az th'
cheapest prices. I4-l
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JUvENILE

The hne6t STOCK IN the CITY,
AT D0D'S, 341 MAIN STREET.
ST.
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Goodyear shapes ladies' felt
hats for soc, 3I4 Second st. [89
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He Left 1t.

They told Lord Erskine that a certain
man was "dead, and that he had left $780,
OOO." His lordship repEe&, "That's poor
capital to begin the next world with" What
failure was that mans life He got no
good of his G200, 900 in this world, and did
not get himself ready for the next. What
did he do? What is the grand result of his
life, Of his toll, of his anxious days and sleep
less nights? He raked together 920O, 900.
What did he do With it? Kept it as long as
he could. Why did he nob Keep it forever ?
He died. What became of it2 lie eft it !!
To whom? To those who came after and to
the squabbles of courts. If any good to the
world ever came out of this $780, 900 no
thanks are due to him. He kept it as long
as he could, and left it, only because be could
not carry it with him. There was not room
enough in old Charon's boat for hin and his
92OO,0OO. If be had only converted" it,
as the bankers Gsy2 And it was "converti-
BILE" into the blessings of the poor, into the
sweet consciousness of having done some good
while he lived, into the good hope of perpet-
uating his influence when be wee dead and
zone. But he did none Of these things
EEe yaks9 it together, kept it, died, left it,
and it maze MA 11est bed no softer Chris
tan Adpocets, IN 'orsige Missionary.
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The Physical Benefit of Sunday.

Sunday is Gods special present to the
working man, and one Of his objects is
to prolong his life, and preserve efficient his
working tone. In the vital system it works
like compensation pond; it repleniSheS the
spirit, the elasticity and vigor, which the
last six days have drained away, and sup
plies the force which is to fill the six days
succeeding; and in the economy of existence
it answers the same purpose as in the econ
omy of income is answered by a savings
bank. The frugal man who puts away a
pound to. dag, end another pound next month,
and who in quist way is putting by his
stated pound from tipe to time, when he
grows old apd frail gets not only the same
pound back again, but good macy pounds
besides. And the conscientious man, who
husbands one day of his existence every
week-who, instead of allowing Sunday to
be trampled and torn in the hurry and scram-
BILE of life, treasures it up-the Lord of Sun
day keeps it for him, and in length of days
the hale of ags gives it back with uSury.-
The savings bank of human existence is the
weekly Sunday.-North British RevieaO.
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" dEy.
Hints for the Season.

Ventilate, clean and whitewash cellars. In
fact stables, poultry houses, and all out
houses would be benefited by coat of
whitewash, and the health of stock and fam
lily promoted.
Clean the old bark from apple trees, and
wash them with mixture of soft soap and
ashes, with fish brine added, if you have it:
Keep sharp lookout for insects in both
garden and orchard. Also in poultry houses
and on stock. Much may be gained by TAX
ing them in time.
Examine harness. See that collars fit
we'll. Manure freely. See that fences are
strong. Top dress your clover lots, using
soil from fence corners, leached ashes, plas-
ter, or stable manure.
Split the summers stock Of stove wood, if
not done already. Burn soft wood in your
stove, if you wish to make it last well. Hard
wood will over heat and warp the iron. Sea-
soped pine, not too resinous, is excellent.
Unless you are near good market, or
have commenced month ago, at least,
would advise to wait till fall to raise the
main supply of young chickens. October
and November is good time to hatch chick
ems for early spring market. OF course,
other poultry, as geese, ducks, turkeys, &C.,
must come into brood now. Hawks do hot
trouble chickens as much in fall as in spring.
B. W. J.
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then have the boldness to say "No." Don't
care how many there may be against you
don't think of the trouble of doing right
Do it, and take the consequences. Even if
the burning nests had fallen upon them and
killed them all, it would have been better for
them to all have died in that way than that
they had weakly given away and shown the
white feather. or failed in one atom Of their
duty.
And remember that short speech of the
captain when they asked him to leave the
ship. "That is not the way at sea, my boys"
That is the best advice for all of us. We
are all on our voyage through life over many
waves of this troublesome world. There is
one way of getting out of these troubles-it
is by Selfshly thinking of ourselves, by avoid
ing risk or danger or pain. This is what is
done by many children and by many men,
But That's not the way at sea, my boys. I"
1t is the way of the world 1t is the way of
towards, of spendthrifts, of selfish men, of
spoiled children, but it is not the way of
English sailors, it is not the way of noble
lives and glorious deaths. And there is an
other way-the way of standing by your
post till the last, doing your duty whatever
comes, thinking more of others than of your
self, jumping into the face of danger rather
than flying away in dishonor, working very
quietly and calmly and manfully to do as
much good as you can. "That's the way at
sea, my boys" That was the way of the
boys in the burning ship. That is the way
in which English sailors like Commodore
Goodenough have won for themselves an i'm
mortality. That's the way Of honorable
boys and good children; that's the way OF
Christian heroes and Christian martyrs
That is the way in which We trust that this
day will teach you to walk henceforth, and
till the latest day of your lives.
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Presbyterian Church in the United States.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The General Assembly will meet at Savannah, Ga,
on the third Thursday OF May, 1875, at IL A. NJ
CLERKS.
Rev. JOSEPH R. WILSON, ID. D., STATED CLERK
REV WILLIAM BROWN. D. D. PERMANENT oLEnx,
The Stated Clerk OrYrOrO the Treasurer Of the
General Assembly.
TRUSTEES
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REv. JOHN DOUGLAS, VIcEPREsIDEST, Charlotte
JESSE H. LINDSAY, Esq, SECRETARY and TREASURER,
Greensboro, N. @.
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PUBLICATION.
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EDUCATION.
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A. F. DoD, TREAseaBH, Memphis, Tenn.
Applications 10 the Executive Commtee for aid are
first 10 be referred TO the appropriate Presbytera Exec
utive Committees for their approval are TO be for
warded by them to the Assembly Committees.
COLLECTIONS.
The General Assembly appointed the following coll
leetions TO be taken 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 I'm NAV
For the Relief OF Disabled Ministers and the Widows
and Orphans OF Deceased Minister'S On the sabbath
in July.
For Evangelistic Work On the first Sabbath in Sep.
TENDER ~
For Education: On the first Sabbath in November
In where IL is highly TO take up col.
iectons on these days. they shall be taken up
possible thereafter.
The Assembly recommends to the churches that they
ADOPT the apostolic plan of taking up weekly collections
and that the amounts thus collected appropriated 10
the aboye-named Objects when necessary,
ecs In such proportion as the church session may decide
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u ICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD
II On and after JANUARY 10Th. 1876, the

u ICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD
IL On and after JANUARY 10Th, 1876, the
trains on this road will run daily as follows:
TRAIN No. 3.-THRoUGH Mathew York to
the South.-Leaves Richmond at $3.50 q. NJ; leaves
Burkeville at a. NJ; leaves Dundee at l:39 p. NJ;
leaves Dsnville at l:49 p. M; leaves Greensboro
at 4:36p. M. leaves Salisbury at 1854 p. m. arrives
at Charlotte at 9:15 p m.
TRAIN No. 4-NEw YORK and NEW ORLEANS
EXPRESS, observation-disclosures Charlotte at 5.45 a. m !;
leaves Airline Junction at rs a. m. leaves Sails
bury ct $50 a. M. leaves Greensboro at 10 SO p.
M; leaves Danville at 134 p M; leaves Dundee at
lac p. M; leaves Burkeve at 6:5l p. M, arrives
at Richmond at 9:35 p. m.
TRAIN No. 5.-LYYCHBURG ACCOMMODATION
Observation-Disclosures Richmond at O. m. arrives at
Burkeyille at 1896 D. M; leaves BurkevilIe at D.
m, arrives at Lynchburg at $40 p. m.
TRAIN No. 6.-LYNcHBURG ACCOMMODATION
Eastward.-Leaves Burkeville at l:20 p. M; arrives
at Richmond at 4:34 p. m.
TRAIN No. LOCAL BURKEyTLLE ACCoMMoDA.
TON daily Except Sunday Westward-leaves
Richmond at p. M; arrives at Burkeville at 1918
O.. m.
TRAIN No. 10.-LoCAL BURKEvILLE AocoMMo.
DATIoN, Eastward-Leaves Burkevie at 5:58 a. M;
arrives at Richmond at II m.
Trains Nos. and 4 connect at Richmond with
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad.
Trains Nos. 8 and connect at Greensboro with
trains to and from Raleigh and Godsboro'.
Train No. connects at Burkeville with the At.
lsntic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad from Lynch.
burg, Chattanooga, and all Southwestern points
All through trains connect at Richmond and Dun
dee with trains on the Richmond, Fredericksburg &
Potomac railroad, and Washington City, Virginia
Midland and Great Southern railroad to and from
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and N. York.
Trains Nos. 3 and connect at Charlotte with
trains on the Atlanta and Richmond Airline rail-
road to and from Greenville, Atlanta, Montgomery,
Mobile Pensacola. New Orleans, and all South
western points, and with the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta railroad for Columbia, augusta, savan
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 7ge to the points named on the ticket. No lay
over checks will be given.
7. II. R. TALCOTT,
Engineer and Superintendent
J. R. MAcMURDo General Psssenoar Aoant
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILRoAD.-o
i and after MARCH 9Th, 1876, passenger trains
will run as follows:
FROM RICHMOND.

Train leaving Richmond at 900 A NJ runs daily
Sunday excepted, stopping at all regular stations
Train leaving Richmond at 1000 P N runs
daily, stopping at Hanover, Louisa Gordonsville,
Charlottesville, Ivy, Mediums River. Greenwood,
Waynesboro, Stanton, Goshen, Millboro,' Coving.
ton, and all regular stations west of Allegheny.
Accommodation train leaves Richmond for Cor
louisville and all intermediate stations daily lex
cept Sunday at 496 P M.
New sleeping.car runs on 10 90 P NJ train between
Richmond and Covington.
Trains arrive at Richmond as follows:
Express Train daily at...... 45 NJ
Mail Train daily Except Sunday at...... $40 NJ
Accom- on Train daily Except Sunday at 9. 10 NJ
Trains coming into Richmond stop at stations
above.
Trains make close connection with trains of the
Richmond and Danville and Richmond and Peters
burg railroad, both to and from Richmond.
For through tickets, rates, and information, apply
at 1926 Main street, at the companys Office, Broad
street near Sixteenth.
CONWAY R. HOWARD,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
W. NJ. S. DUNN, Engr and Sup't Transportation.
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FOR Tx CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN
LESSON LVII.

NATURALIZATION OF h0RAH.
Numbers xy-xix.
l. Give the account of the Sabbath break
er, in chap. XIV: 1886.
,. What was the law Of the fringe8? Its
design? What are they called in the New
Testament Matt. XIII 5.
8. What rebellion took place, apparently
soon after they were excluded from the prom
ised land? Chap xvi.
4. What did Moses do What directions
were given to the rebels What answer
did Dathan and ADRIAN give when they
were sent for by Moses Meaning of last
part of verse IA
5. Does it appear that the whole people
were in some measure influenced by KOrah !!
Verse IS.
6. When thus assembled what took place
What did God say? What did Moses do!
:. What further directions were given to
Moses and how executed?
s. What became of the rebels? Is it
dangerous to be found in the society Of the
wicked? II Cor. vi: II, Is.
9. What was done with their answers
Why?
10. What took place the neYt day Give
the particulars and the result? How many
were slain by the plague?
IL. Describe the means by which God wa:
pleased to give the people proof of hi:
choice of Aaron and Levi and SO put an END
to their murmurings?
70. What was the position of the priests
for their service in the tabernacle The
Levites' portion? Were they required tc
give to God portion of their tithes?
Is. What was the water Of separation OF
publication Its use Typical meaning
Repeat Heb. TX: Is, IA.
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A BOY was asked which was the greater
evil, hurting another's feelings or his finger
L" The feelings" he said. Right, my dear
child" said the gratifed friend; "nnd why
is it worse to hurt the feelings?" because
you can't tie a rag round them," exclaimed
the child
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AFTER the horse is nine years old. a
wrinkle comes on the eyelid at the upper
corner of the lower lid, and every year there
after he has one well defined wrinkle for
each year over nine. If, for instance, a
horse has three wrinkles, he is twelve; four,
he is thirteen. Add the number of wrinkles
to nine, and you will always get it.-StOck
Journal.
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NOTES ON THE LESSON

AOIES UN Ihh AESSUNs
Inquirers Instructed, VS.. $40
V. 81. This verse states the effect of Pc
ter's sermon. The hearers "were pricked
in their heart, % that is, we're convicted of sin.
The discourse was well calculated to produce
such an effect: for Peter proved to bis hear
ers cOnclusiVely the Messiahship of Jesus
he presented to them this Saviour in his hu-
initiation and death for sinners, and then. as
a risen and assembled Redeemer, bestOWing
the Spirit according to Gods promise to the
Church. To this he added the charge that
they were themselves guilty of the death Of
their Saviour. This is presented with spe-
cial pungency at the close. The phrase,
"whom ye have cruci6ed, stands last
in the Greek, and has been quantity called
"the sting in the end Of the discourse. =
Although not mentioned, We must not lose
sight of the agent of this conviction of sin,
the Holy Spirit.
Realizing their sinful and lost condition,
they addressed Peter and the other apostles,
in the natural and earnest inquiry, Men,
brethren, for they felt drawn to them, what
shall we do?" The purpOrt Of their ques-
ton was the same as that Of the jailOr-
"What must 1 do to be saved?" This is
clear from the answer given them. The crit
icism that do here exhibits mans natural
self-righteous spirit seems without foundation.
V. 50. Peter, on behalf of the apostles,
answered the question; and gave instruction
to these inquirers. Two requirements were
made of them, repentance and baptism in the
name of Christ, an inward and an outward
act, the latter being visible profession Of the
former. Repentance is an entire change Of
heart and ife (See S. Cateehism, Q. ST.
1t may seem strange that {" faith" SO
prominent elsewhere in New Testament In
struetiOns is not mentioned here. But it is
necessarily included in repentance in its
widest sense; for the " apprehension of tue
mercy of God in Christ is an essential ele,
ment in gospel repentance. And in the
other requirement to be baptized az the
name of Jesus Christ, faith is even more
distinctly presented. The comprehensive
import Of this phrase is thus given BY Alex
ander, by his authority, acknowledging his
claims, subscribing to bis doctrines, eagag-
ing in his service, and relying on his merits. ="
-" For the remission of sins" indicates the
result of both repentance and baptism, and
not of the latter alone. The remission of
sins is connected with repentance, and the
faith implied therein, in Johns baptism,
Mark i: A and the baptism Of Saul acts
XXI i; 49, These inquirers mad been accus-
toned to associate regeneration with their
Old Testament baptisms, (Ezek..xxxvi: %
27.l The promise Of the Holy Spirit is add
ed, as in this passage in Ezekiel. This gift
was not to follow but to accompany the dis.
charge of the duties epjo;ned. Peter frs.
told them what to do, and then what they
should receive.
V. 80. "FOr the promise is 10 yoS, sid
to your children" The exhOrtation to re-
pentance and baptism, IS followed by the en-
cOuraging promise, which it naturally sug- .
gests, the promise in the everlasting cove
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D edmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
III Route.

d edmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
~ Route.
ON AND AFTER JANUARY Sd, 1876. mail
trains on this road will run as follows:
2.S5 P. NJ. DAY MAIL leaves Byrd. Street station
daily, connecting with the Baltimore
aud Ohio Railroad and the Baltimore
and Potomac railroad at Washington,
Through sleeper from Washington to
New York.
1000 P. N, MIGHT MAIL leaves Byrd. Street sta,
ton. Except on Sundays,) connecting
at Washington with the Baltimore and
Potomac and Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
roads,
6:05 P. NJ. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN for Han.
over junction leaves Broad-Street sta
ton Except on Sundays.)
300 A. NJ. NIGHT MAIL, arrives at Byrd.Street
station Except on Mondays.)
1:30 P. M. DAY MAIL arrives at Byrd-Street sta.
ton daily.
S:S7 A. M. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN arrives
at BroadStreet station Except Sundays
Paror.cars on day trains.
Pullman seepers on night trains
FREIGHT TRAINS leave Broad.Strlet station
on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday nights for all
Wednesday, and Friday mornings. Consigners of
live stock and perishaple articles upon giving notice
at depot, can obtain freight at Boultpn on preceding
evening.
Through bills Sding and rates given to all p7inci
pal pointg North and West,
By order of General Superintendent,
E, I. D. MYERS.
G. A. TAYLOR, General Ticket and Freight Agt.
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INTERNATIONAL LESSONS.
By the Rev. W. a. Campbell.

SECOND QUARTER-LEssoN ~.
April %, 1876. Acts ii; S7-47.
THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
GOLDEN TEXT" Whosoever shall call
upon the name Of the Lord shall be saved. -
Rom. x Is.
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READINGS FoR LIE WEEK.

S.-Acts ii /: 37-47.-THe Lesson.
Ms lxii.--ZiOR Al0Qking.
lis lxiv.-ReUiUal asked
W.-Mal im.-ReUiUal Granted.
P-Zech. xii CoRUicted 6y the Cross.
Els. lv.-TRe Gospel for the AarjOus
S.-Luke iii: 1-IS.-B0ptjSm Of Repentance.
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SABBATH.BREAKING-R OF KORAH
Numbers xV-xix.
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DIRECTORY

OF TBB
Presbyterian Church in the United States.
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ABOUT GRANT.-Thurl0w Weed said
to a Herald reporter: "Grant! Pooh!
Nothing can be an element of strength
for Grant. He is an impossibility.
Why, ] hear it said that, in event Of
failure, Mr.. Conkling proposes to
transfer his strength and influence in
the convention to Grant, and that
Morton and Cameron are to do the
same thing. 1t can't be done. Strong
as these gentlemen are and influential
as they are with their friends. do not
believe such an event as Grants re-
nomination possible. The unwritten
law of the example of the earlier presi-
dents is binding upon the people and
will be potent in the convention. But
if such a thing were possible, if Grant
were to succeed in getting the nomina-
ton, new man would be found, and
on a third ticket would ride triumphant
~ in. l don't know that would not
be glad to see just such state Of
things"
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ment ever established upon the earth.
The great central Government bind
ing powerful States in indissolnble
union; forty millions Of people speak
ing the language of Shakespeare and
Milton; living under the institutions
of Christianity, rapidly growing in
population, in wealth and in power;
rearing sreat cities, converting the
wilderness into garden; sending out
seips to bear their products into all
the ports of the world; displaying in
the sight of all nations the great stan
dard of the Republic resplendent with
the light of freedom this is the pic
ture that we behold to-day, and the
humblest man in the country may say
with intenser enthusiasm than ANNA
ted Roman in the proudest days Of
the empire, Il am an American citi
GEN."