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are still thc.,nost thorough nd search
Ing cathartic medicine that chi be
employed: cleansing the stomach and
bowels, and even the blood. In small
doses of one pill n day, they stimulate
tho digestive organs md promote Wig
orous health. a
AYEns PILLS have been known for
more than q quarter of u century, and
have obtained worldwide reputation
for their virtues, They correct dis
caScd action In the several asSiniln"
tive orgars Of the body, and ore so
composed that distractions within
their range can rarely withstand or
cyadc tlcm. Not only do they cure
the everyday complaints or every
body, but also formidable and danger
Gus diseases that have batlled the best
OF human skill. While they produce
powerful effects, they are, ut the same
time, tic safest and best phySlc for
children. BY their apcrfcnt action
they grippe much less than tho common
purgatIveS, and never give pain when
The bowels arc not inlamed. They
reach the vital fountains OF tho blood,
and strengthen the system by freeing
1t from the clements ofweakneSs:
Adapted to all ages and conditions
in all climates, containing neither
calomcl nor any dclGterious drug,
these Pills may be taken with safety
BIZ anybody. Their sugar.coatlng pre-
serves them ever fresh aud makes
them pleasant to take; while being
purely vegetable, no harm can arise
from their use in amy quantity m
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NEW ORLEANS, February l4.--Sugar-,
Quiet; common 59lNGC; fair to fully lair
6I<a6Ko; prime ~; choice 71Ic. MolaSses
Easier; fermeuting inferior 20aSOc; lair
sbEc; prime 3Sa40ci strictly prime 4Sc; re-
boiied mir 4Sc; prime 45o; choice 50a52c.
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THE Princess BeatriC, according to The
| Brooklyn argus, has juserefused the heart
and fortune Of q young American noble,
man, He wrote II all out on . piece oil
naner and sent it to her. in these words
TT lnvi WI as Goad ia my witnus.' a.-
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BEL1A1RE LocA1s.-sunday some
stranger in tho city got on a glorious
drunk and went out by the 3. & y. Round
house to sleep 1t Of. While lying there
in an unconscious condition some one
"clcaned out" his pockets, realizing SSCO
and gold watch. The man was so drunk
that nothing could DO determined as to
how, whom or by whom he had been rob-
bed.
Some one tried to burglarlze the resi-
dence OF Mr.. Dave Rice, on Noble street,
Sunday night, obtaining access to an up
per window. by means OF a ladder.
Night watchman Richardson came along
in the nick OF time, and the thief took
his departure, leaving his ladder. -.
Mr.. John Wells, formerly OF Bellaire,
but now Of Cameron, W. Va, was in town
yesterday.
as green as freshly imported Hlbornian.
Announcements for candidates Ut the
sprinp elections are already being made.
The names OF persons talked OF for Mayor
are numerous. ,,,,.
The south wall Of the burned building
at the corner OF Belmont and Thirty.!hird
streets is in an unsafe condition, and nn.
less il is taken down will give us a first
class item some day. -,
Jack wilkinson was buried At = o'clock
Saturday, and an infant child OF Mr.. En-
ory, OF Jefferson street, on Sunday.
Rev. Castor preached at the residence
of Mrs, Rankin west flown about mile
and a half, last night.
Mr.. L. Roy Welsh, son OF the late isaac
Welsh, State Treasurer, and himself eA'
State Treasurer pro ten, is in the city yis'
fling his uncle, Mr.. Henry Welsh. 1T Is
said that he will engage in journalism.
Simultaneously with the revival Of the
Beecher business, the Bellaire ladies nave
organized sewing circle.
\. W. Jones, Supervisor OF Transports
tion on the B. so. r, r, wSs In town
Saturday. - 80 I.
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prrrspuRen, February l4.-Petroleum
onirt and weak; crude 81 e7H at
ParEeTE refined 1910 Philadelphia de-
livery.
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Arc tho most
effective and
congcnial pur-
gatIvc ever dis
covered. They
arc mild, but
cTcctual In
their opera.
tion, moving
the bowels
surely an Il
without pain.
Although gcn'
tic in their OPP
n,,nNInI, f1NnN,
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
BY EELEGRARH.
i. New York Money and stoeks,

Now AVEA bAUueS anu StOGAht
NEW YORK, February 14.-MoHEY-
SEA per cent Prime mercantile paper IaG
per cent. Custom receipts $4,000. The
Assistant Treasurer 1lsbursed $l67, 900.
Clearings, $2l, 100000. Sterling strong ut
4.s6a4.90.
GoLD-opened and closed at 1lSN, with
sales, in the interim ut 1854. Garry.
Ing rates to 8 per cent.
GovERSMENTs-Firm and higher.
United States Cs Of 1884, uponS..........,.,..123
FiYe-TWentles (lSG5
Five WentieS
t1Te-IEenties Uses
new !b
'''.''llIS4
Hen'iorues coupons
Currency
RAILROAD BoNDs-Active and higher
for Pacific issues. The earnings Of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company for the
year 1875 show q net surplus Of 5000, 900
over the expenses on traffic, an increase Of
Sll4,OO compared with 1874. '.
STATE SECURITlEs-Quiet and steady.
SToCKs-Generally strong and higher,
with st. Paul, Northwestern, New York
Central, Rock Island and the express stocks
as the features. At tho close the market
showed some reaction from the extreme
buoyancy Of the afternoon. Northwestern
common advanced to AZ and preferred TO
65Ss, closing ut ASK and 65N respectively.
New York Central advanced to ll5H and
Harlem to 145, with the final sales ut 1l4N
and IA. Adams Express rose to INK,
Wells, Fargo & Co. to 81, United States to
769f, and American to 81. Pacific Mail
aud Western Union were heavy and closed
ut the lowest figures Of the day. The tran
sactionS were $4,000 shares, Of which
5000 were Pacific Mail, 1900 Western
Union, 10000 Northwestern, $500 Rock
Island, $1,000 St. Paul, 5000 Erie, $4,000
Lake Shore, G,OoO New York Central, and
G,OO0 Ohios.
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Ayer's Cathartic Pills,

For oil tho purposes of o Family Physic
and for curing CostivoneBg, Jaundice,
indigestion, Foul Stomach, Breath,
Headache, EryBipelns, Rhouma-
tiSm, EruptionH and Skin Diseases,
BiliousnoGs, DropSy, TumorS,
Worms, Neuralgia; as Din
nor Pill. for purifYinE tho Blood,
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CHEAP ORGAN.

DOUBLE REED AnTn AMERICAN ORGAN,
uDsd bat q iew mpntbS-as good a new. Regular
Phee SIS WIN b Iola for slSS. Great bargains
adams a LUCAS,
MOI I227 Market b,
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Accommodation Train leaves Bellairc at 1880 Pm.
and arrives n Steubenyillo at Cos Pm.
Special accommodation trains leave BcllaIre at
$40 Am. aud 1880 p. NJ; Bridgeport zoos AN. and
los r. Nj arrive al Martins Ferry 1918 An md
l:l6 r. N. Returning leave Martins Ferry ut l:30
A. n. and $40 r. NJ; bridgeport il:i0 Al and $40
Nj arrive at Bellare nj 1855 A. NJ and aS6 r. N.
Tickets to all principal polnts In the East and
West caRbc procured al the Union Ticket Ofico,
M'Lure House, and ut the station at Bridgeport.
F. T. MYERS,
nO27 General Passenger and Ticket Agent
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GoLD-0pened and closed at 1l2h, with
sales, in the interim ut 1iSK. Garry.
ing rates / to 3 per cent,
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DIRECTORY


Presbyterian Church in the United States.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The General Assembly will meet at Savannah, Ga,
on the third Thursday of May, 1876, at II A NJ.
CLERKS
REV. JOSEPH R. WILSON, d. d., STATED CLERK
REV WILLIAM BROWN. D. D., PERMANENT CLESk;
Va
The Stated Clerk is oFFIoIo the Treasurer of the
General Assembly.
TRUSTEES.
HoS. JAMES HEMPHILL, President Chester, S. @.
REV. JOHN DOUGLAS, vIcE-PREsIDESr, Charlotte
JESSE H. LINDSAY, Esq, SECRETARY and TREASURES,
Greensboro N. G.
sUsTENTATIoN.
Rev. J. LEIGHTON WILSON, D. D., sEokErARr,
REV. RICHARD McILwAINE, Coordinate sEcHE.
TARY and TREASURER, Box SSl, Baltimore, Nd.
FOREIGN MISSIONS
REV. J. LEIGHTON WILSON, d. D., SECRETARY,
bf Rvs ssh RTGHARp MoiwA1NE ordinate
RY and TREASURER, Box ssl. Baltimore, Md
PUBLICATION.
REV. E. THOMPSON BAIRD D d. SECRETARY, Rich
G. GENNET, Esq, TREASURES, Richmond. Va.
EDUCATION.
REV. JNO N. wADDELL, d. D., sEcRErAxr Mem.
phis, Tenn.
A. +. DOD, TREASURER, Memphis, Tenn.
Applications TO the Executive Committee for aid
first TO be referred to the appropriate Exec
utve Committees for their approval and be for
warded by them to the Assembly's Committees.
COLLECTIONS.
The General Assembly has appointed the following
lections 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 of Deceased Ministers On the
in July.
For Evangelistc Work: On the first Sabbath in Sep.
TENDER
For Education: On the first Sabbath In November.
lectons these days, they shall be 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 be appropriated
the above named Objects when necessary local OBJ
ects such proportion the church may decide
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Turkey. in Europe.

1t would seem, says the Evangelical Chris
tendon, as if the seeds of decay which have
always existed in the Ottoman Empire were
at length about to cause its overthrow
The weakness of the Government, its fnan-
cial embarrassments, the fanaticism of the
Moslem population, which elbows itself in I'M
disguised hostility to such reforms as alone
can prove of material advantage to the State
the universal discomfort of all the Christian
subjects of the Porte, and the open revolt Of
considerable understanding to produce
picture the contemplation of which irresis.
tibly suggests fall not long to be averted.
The antagonistic elements which in Turkey
seethe and effervesce, seem incapable of re-
Cancellation, much less of future coalescence.
The corruption of the officials appears irrem-
ediable-the apathy and insincerity of the
Government, and the antipathy of the hos
tile races, impossible to overcome. The as-
pect Of affairs in Herzegovina is as threat
ening as ever, for no Turkish successes seem
competent to stamp out the Instruction,
and the Independent Principalities may at
any time be forced to espouse the cause of
the insurgents. ContemporaDeously with
all this, the great Powers are urging on the
Porte the reforms which they consider that
it needs, the foremost of these being abso-
Lutte civil equality between its Mohammedan
and Christian subjects. How these demands
will be met does not yet decisively appear.
1t is with such seeming reluctance that even
active persecution of the Christians is sus-
pended, that the prescription of religious
equality must, by the Turkish palate, be re-
garded as bitter indeed. Yet it is hard to
believe that anything short of this equality
honestly and fully carried out, can postpone
for any length of time the dissolution of the
Sultan's Empire; and even whether this
would do it, may be open to doubt. Mean
while we are told that the Governments q
Russia, Germany, and Austria are agreed
upon the course to be pursued; and the Gar
not long since publicly referred to the armed
unity Of these great military Empires AZ
tending to guarantee the peace and tranquil
ity of Europe. Such language has not an
assuring sound such guarantees are apt tt
be regarded with suspicion. For ourselves
we prefer to trust that Providence in whose
counsels, should Turkey be pre-doomed tt
fall, may and will be found some provision
whereby such an event, however undesired
may be overruled to the advance of true civ
ilisation, enlightenment, and Christianity
throughout the continent of Europe.
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LITTLE JACKS FOUR LESSONS.
LESSON FIRST.

IESSON tlhSI.
The church in Daisy village stood at the
foot of high green hill, and the village
road passed right by the door. The road
was often dusty in hot weather, but if the
dust few up against the church it never
seemed to stick there; the white spire looked
lust as white in hot weather as in cold,
pointing up into the blue sky; and some of
the people said that was the very way the
minister went through the worlds dust, and
yet caught none of it: though Tommy Busy
declared that his shoes caught little, any
way.
Near the church stood the Sunday School
house; and there you might see half the
children of the village, Sunday after Sunday,
with their teachers and their books. 1t was
a wonder that all the children were not there,
instead of half; but so it was, that a good
many stayed away, some for one bad reason
and some for another. Oae only, that |
know of, stayed at home because she could
not help it, and she was cripple she could
not walk. All you little children that can
run about on both feet and play with both
hands, be very thankful to God that it is SO,
for it is great blessing. And be very gen.
tie and loving to everybody who cannot,
for it is great sorrow.
Through the bright summer days, Lefty
Rice used to sit by the window and watch
the children as they went by from school
with their books, or perhaps with their hands
full of wild flowers from the woods. And
when the ice and snow came, then there
were skates and uleds, and snowballs, and it
was almost harder to sit still than in the
summer. Little Jack, too, Letty's brother,
never stopped play for minute, except when
he fell asleep; and Lefty thought that run
ming and turning somersetg on both feet must
be one of the most splendid things in the
whole world.
There was not much running when the
children went by to Sunday School; but
they looked so fresh and clean in their Sun
day trocks and shoes, and the hymns they
sung sounded SO sweet flor the school house
was not very far off, that Lefty longed to
be with them and see what they were doing.
AT last she sent Jack. That is, his mother
sent him, but it was Letty's doing that he
went, after all. So in the best dress he had
(which was his only one,) Jack followed the
rest to school one bright Sunday morning,
and was very soon perched upon high
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ruling in the armies of heaven, and among
the inhabitants of the earth, and does all
things after the counsel of his own will.
3. Whilst the great body of prayers should
ordinarily be petitions, it is sometimes ne
cessary to make statements of truth, called
by the hypocritical "telling God something
We have here an example of prayer that
consists mainly of prophecy and its inter-
probation. A statement of truth upon which
a petition is based is often necessary in social
prayer, to excite desire, which is the essence
of prayer, and to inspire faith, without which
it is not acceptable.
4. The greatest folly of man is to rebel
against Christ; for instead of overthrowing
his kingdom he will only bring ruin upon his
own head. That most marked opposition,
that seemed for time to triumph in his
death, only executed Gods plan for provid
ing Saviour for man, and brought guilt
upon the souls of those who undertook it.
5. Christians should ever remember that
their union to common head constitutes
them members one of another.
6. Christian unity properly exemplifsd
is mighty power for convincing the world.
John xvii 21,) 1t yielded rich fruits in
the early Church
Z. There are times when God 10 his prov
idence calls upon men not only to contribute
from their income to His cause; but also to
sell that they have, and give aims" (Luke
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Ansbanatg.
The Horse Bit.

The question of the bit, and of the hand
that rules the bit, underlies the consideration
of the whole subject of mans dominion over
the horse. The intelligence Of mankind has
hitherto invented but two principal forms of
bit-the snafie, the simple piece of iron
which lies across the mouth, subject to end
less notifications, such as being twisted,
iointed, and so forth; the curb bit is an
adaptation of the lever, and the frightening
of the check piece allows very powerful
pressure to be exercised upon the jaw of the
horse. The snaffie is, so to say, natural
bit. and the curb is an artificial one. The
snaffle was used by our ancestors and by the
ancient Greeks; the curb is an Asiatic in
vention, and was probably brought into Eu-
rope with the Moors. In the famous mosaic
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FTo BE CONTINUED.

THOSE who clamor for the determination
Of the Indians, as the cheapest way of deal.
ing with them, should remember that it costs
as much to kill three or four Indians as it
does to feed all of them for year. During
the past forty years military operations
against them have averaged about twelve
and half millions year, while it costs an
annual sum of only about FIVE millions to feed
them. When pains shall have been taken
to civilize them they will cost the Government
inst what the Cherokees and Creeks do-noth-
iinr. That the work of civilizing them does
move on we may see in the fact that the 80
schools among them in 1864 had increased
to 2 GA in 1873 and the number of acres
farmed by them had risen from 1883 to
297, OTIS during the same period.
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found at Pompeii, representing, as is sup
posed, battle between the Greeks and Per-
slams, and which, at any rate, is the picture
of battle between the Europeans and Ash
atics, the Eastern horsemen ride with curbs,
and the Europeans with snatfles
The difference in the bit modifes the whole
style of riding; and as there are two sorts
of bits, 80 there are two styles or schools OF
horsemanship, which may be called the Eas-
tern and the Western styles. The type OF
Eastern is best seen in the modern Bedouln
Arab, with his short stirrups, peaked saddle
and severe bit; and the Western type in its
simplest form is beautifully exempllfed in the
Elgin marbles, where naked men bestride
bsrebacked horses. To ride after this fash
ion is an athletic exercise the strength of
the man is set against the strength of the
horse, with little adventurous aid. The rider
restraints the horses impetuosity by the
sheer force of his arm, and he maintains
seat on his back by exercising the muscles of
his legs. 1t is the equitation of athletics
and of horses; but it is clear that the BAL
anced seat of the Arab, and the more. COM
plete command over his horse which follows
from the great security of his seat, would
make him infinitely more formidable in war
than the European, in spite of the superior
size and strength of the latter. History
teaches US how the calvary of the Saracens
small men on small horses-rode down the
Christian horsemen till they learned to ride
with the bits and saddles and lances OF. the
Moslem cavalry. The invention of the curb
bit necessitated the stirrup, for man sitting
upon barebacked horse is forced to bear,
at times, more or less heavily upon the bri-
dle and if, so riding, he were using curb
bit, and he were to lean any part of his body
upon it, his horse would stop, or he would
rear, or would finch. The ancient Greeks
and Romans are believed not to have known
the use of the stirrups They are, indeed,
said not to have been discovered till the fifth
century of our era. This, if it is true, would
only apply to Earope. In the East they
were used many centuries before. The ear
liest representation of one | know is the
above mentioned mosaic, where the horse Of
dismounted trooper in Oriental costume is
drawn with clearly indicated stirrups; the
Greek horsemen in the mosaic are without
them-New Quarterly Magazine.
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Central 9rrsbgtrrian,
LESSON LII.
BAA1-PRoR. xxv-xxxvi.


1. How did the counsel given by BALKAN
succeed? How did they provoke the angel
of the Lord? Who was Baal-peOr2
?. How was Gods displeasure manifested;
and how was it stayed?
3. How was Phinehas rewarded for his
zeal for God?
4. What are we taught by this ?
5. When and where did this second num-
bering Of the people take place, recorded in
chap. XVI
6. How many we're there? Had they in
creased? Were there any left Of those num-
bered before? Why?
Z. Had the LeVites increased?
s. Were daughters allowed to inherit their
fathers estate In what cases? What led
TO this law
9. What request did Moses make of God,
when informed again that he could not enter
the land?
10. In what way was this granted?
IL. Subject of the xviii and xxx chap
tiers?
u. What was the daily burnt Offering
Is. Subject of chapter Xxx? What is a
vow? When was a wife's or daughters VOW
not binding?
Il. What did God command in regard to
the Midianites?
Is. What number were sent against them
The result a? Was the spoil very great? How
divided?
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ID edmond, fredericksburg and Potomac
Il, RhutA

II edmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
IL Route.
ON AND AFTER JANUARY Sd, 1876, mail
trains on this road will run as follows:
2.85 P. M. DAY MAIL leaves Byrd-Street station
daily, connecting with the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad and the Baltimore
and Potomac railroad at Washington.
Through sleeper from Washington to
New York.
1000 P. NJ. NIGHT MAIL leaves Byrd. Street sta
tion 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.)
500 A. NJ. NIGHT MAIL, arrives at Byrd-Street
station Except on Mondays
1:SO P. NJ. DAY MAIL arrives at Byrd-Street sta
ton daily.
SS7 A. M. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN arrives
at Broad Street station Except Sundays
Parlor.ears on day trains.
Pullman sleepers on night trains.
FREIGHT TRAINS leave Broad-Stre station
on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday nights for all
points North and West and arrive on Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday mornings. Consigners of
live stock and pershabe articles, upon giving notice
at depot can obtain freight at Boulton on preceding
evening.
Through bills lading and rates given to all princi
pal points North and West
By order of General Superintendent,
E. 7. D. MYERS.
c. A. TAYLOR, General Ticket and Freight Agt.