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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-12-17
gsIseten Story.
HAPPILY RUINED.

Arthur Morton sat IN q room IN
his hotel. He was young man,
six and twenty, tall and slim frame,
with face Of great intellectual
beauty, dressed in costly garments,
though his toilet was but indifer-
emily performed.
AS the youth sat thus, his door
was opened, and an elderly gen.
tleman entered.
'Ah, doctor, you are moving
early this morning,' said Morton,
as be lazily rose from his seat and
extended his hand.
'Ob, not early for me, Arthur
returned Weston, with a bright
smile. Il an an early bird
We'll, have you caught a worm
this time?'
I hope it will prove a valuable
one.'
i don't know sighed the you tn.
4 fear thousand worms will in
herit this poor body ere long
Nonsense, you're worth half a
century yet, cried the doctor, Civ
ing him a gentle slap on the
shoulder. But just tell me, Ar
thur, how is it with Crosby p
Just as I told you. All is gone.
I don't understand it, Arthur.
Neither do l. said tho young
man, sorrowfulIy. That Mat.
thew Crosby could have done that
thing, Iwould not, could not, have
believed. Why, had an angel ap'
peared to me two weeks ago, and
told me that Crosby was shaky,
would not have paid a moments
attention to it. But only think,
when my father died, he selected
for my guardian his best friend
and such I even now believe Mat.
thew Crosby was, audin his hands
be placed his wealth: left for him
to keep until | was Of age. And
when | did arrive at that period ot
life left my money where it was
I had no use for it. Several times
within three Or four years has
Crosby asked me to take my money
and invest it, but | would not.
bade him keep it, and use it, if he
wished. | only asked that wher
l wanted money he would honor
my demand. I felt more safe, il
fact, than I should have felt haC
my money been in bank on de
posit.
How much had he when b
left p
He should have had 100000.
'Wnat do you mean to do 2
'Ah, you have me on the hil
there
And yet you must do some
thing, my son. Heaven knows
would keep you if l could. [ sba'
claim the privilege ofpaying you
debts, however,
No, no-doctor-none OF that
But I tell you l shall. l sha'
paw your debts, but beyond tha
I caa only help you to assist your
self. What do you say to goin!
to sea 2
A faint smile swept over tn
youths pale features at this re
mark.
4 should make a smart hand a
; sea, doctor. l can hardly keeI
my legs on shore. No, no,
must
Must what, Arthur
Alas, L know not. l shall dl
: that is all !
Nonsense, Arthur. | say, &
> to sea. You couldn't 90 into
shop, and you would not If 20
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-12-17

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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-12-17
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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1879-10-08

THE WoRLp.WIDE CoMPLAINT.-A London
letter to the Cincinnati Commercial says
"Servants in England are complained of as
becoming uncomfortably self.asserting and
dictatorial, so that housekeepers have
scarcely less trouble in managing their
domestic forces than those in America. 1t
is related, for instance, that the coachman
of the late Baron Rothschild, who was n
cripple, when driving the Baron home on
recent occasion, stopped the carriage, dis.
mounted and told his helpless employer if
he did not retract something said by the
Baron in another servants hearing, not
wholly pleasing to himself, he would drive
no further. The Baron, helpless, made the
required acknowledgment and got home"
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1879-10-08

Those intending to plant out an Usage
orange hedge should pillow the ground now,
SO the sods will rot, and keep the soil mel
low with cultivator until the plants are sci
out,
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1879-10-08

SMUT IN WHEAT.-California farmers are
quite successful in their prevention of smut
in seed wheat. The proportion they use of
bluestone (sulphate Of copper) to each ton
of wheel is ten pounds. The blusstone is
dissolved in hot water. The solution is APP
piled in troughs, the wheat being placed
therein, and enough Of the liquid applied
TO cover the grain.
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Phila., Viii. & Bait. r. e.
DELAWARE DIVISION.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT
EoRTHwARD.

On and after MONDAY, May 18TH 1879 (Sundays
exceptedO trains will leave as follows:
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1t has been calculated by late English
authority that if land were as generally
distributed and infinitely subdivided in
England as it is in France there would be
twelve millions of persons living on English
soil and finding their work and getting
their bread from it. In point of fact there
are but three millions who thus subsist, and
there are constantly nine millions who are
driven to find their living elsewhere. II
these figures are correct, or approximately
correct it becomes ineligible how such de-
preston in trade and manufactures as
England has lately suffered and now labors
under produces such great and widespread
misery. An agricultural country like Ger.
many may be, and is much poorer than a
manufacturing and commercial country
like England; but the former, unless by a
highly exceptional failure of crops or
through stress of war, is never likely to suf-
fer so terribly among the masses of her
population as. in time like the present, is
the latter. The remedy for England's
troubles is manifest but whether the poor
er classes are strong enough to enforce or
the landholding classes wise enough to
grant it remains to be seen.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1879-10-08

SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINS.-Additional to those
ABOVE leave Smyrna for Clayton 220 and 745 p N.
Leave Clayton for Smyrna 7.25, and 1l.OO A. NJ 24O
and 5.35 p NJ to make connection with trains North
and SOuth) from Clayton
H.F KINNEY, Supt
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A noted chemist who has analysed them, says
"THERE Is MORE VIRTUE IN ONE OF
TUFTS PILLS, THAN CAN BE FOUND
IN A Flint OF ANY 0THER."~
We therefore say to the afllcted
Try this Remedy fairly, 1t will not
harm you, you have nothing to
lose, but will surely gain aVigo.
rous Body, Pure Blood, Strong
Nerves and a Cheerful Mind.
Principal ONCE, 80 hurry ST., N. r
g.: PRICE 20 CENTS.
Sold by Druggists throughout the world.
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How FAR BEES Will Go FOR HONEY
The precise distance that bees will fly in
search of forage am unable to state. Some
consider three miles the extreme limit,
while others place it as high as twelve. The
most satisfactory results may be expected if
abundant stores can be found within two
miles. 1t is evident that they will work
more freely upon blossoms at some little
distance from the apiary than upon those
close by. If were to SOW anything with 4
view to supply of honey, would prefer
that it should not be in the immediate
vicinity of the hives. Their flights are evil
IDENTIFY modified by local conditions. Dur
ing the large yield from Eastwood in 1874
rs the blossoms failed in the valley, the
bees continued bringing in the same quail.
| ty of honey, following the Eastwood day by
day, as it opened on the hills, until the first
week in August, when they still came in
| heavily loaded but very tired from u long
fight | drove to the hills, six miles dis
tant, and found that Eastwood was just
then coming into bloom. l Immediately
moved As swarms to this location, and in
the following week these As colonies gave
me one ton surplus honey, while the II
swarms left at home did not secure one
half that amount, yet they continued work
ing on the same ground during the entire
period. This is fine illustration of the
advantage of obtaining forage within {
reasonably short distance. | have never
had direct proof to the effect (yet there il
ground for the belief that if honey coulC
not be found nearer the bees would not fll
the distance named without being gradually
led along by newly-opening blossoms, as il
the case ENTHUSIASTICALLY Ne1c Keeping
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1879-10-08

SALT FOR PoULTRY.--The question as to
whether salt is injurious to poultry has
often been mooted. To get at the true
facts, l have been feeding salt to all my
poultry, young and old alike, and closely
watching the result. ] have fed it in cold
mush and hot, in bran and everything else,
all the spring and summer with the follow
ing result: The poultry will eat all kinds
of sailed food in preference to unsalted !;
they are better in general health; not q
louise of any kind in young or old 1.-THE first
year have been able to say SOY, and they
are all beginning to moult, many of them
laying as though not moulting. Eggs are
cheap now, and the hens will be ready for
fall laying when the weather is cold and
eggs scarce. This may or may not be the
result of feeding salt largely to them, but l
am compelled to believe this to be SO, as
are some peculiarities. have noticed one
feature, which may not be in favor Of salt
sistly inclined to sit, it being very difficult
to break off the inclination; they sit much
closer than usual. All seem voraciously
fond of green food of any kind, and have
eaten a large quantity of clover, grass
| young corn, and other similar food. My
observations lead me to the conclusion that
salt is a needed continent for all our
poultry, and in all points is beneficial to
them. Pigeons are excessively fond Of
salt in any form, and why should not ouI
poultry be also? Such being the true
status, it behooves us to consider theil
needs and attend to em.-C0untry Gentle
! man.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1879-10-08

Always on hand Vim. Lea & Sons BrandyWine
Flour. All Brands.
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GBe Smptna Gimes,
Smyrna, DeI.,
Wednesday Afternoon, Oct. 8.
agricultural.
A Cats Experience With Bees.

Charles Kaiser, who has the only hive of
bees in town. says that when he first got his
colony, his old cats curiosity was much ex-
cited by the doings of the little insects, the
like of which she had never before seen.
At first she watched their coming and
going at q distance. She then fattened
herself upon the ground and crept along
toward the hive, with tail horizontal and
quivering. 1t was clearly evident that she
thought the bees some new kind of game.
Finally she took up q position at the
entrance to the hive, and when bee came
in or started out, made dab at it with her
paws. This went on for a time without at
tracing the attention of the inhabitants of
the hive.
Presently, however, old Tabby struck
and crushed bee on the edge of the open
ing to the hive. The smell Of the crushed
bee alarmed and enraged the whole colony.
Bees by the score poured forth and darted
into the fur of the astonished cat. Tabby
rolled herself in the grass, splitting, splut-
| tering, biting, clawirg and sQualling as a
cat never squalled before. She appeared a
mere ball of fur and bees. She was at
length hauled away from the hive with a
! garden rake, at a cost OF several stlngs tC
her rescuer Even after she had been
taken to distant part OF the grounHs the
bees stuck to Tabby's fur, and about once
in five seconds she woald utter an unearthly
"yowl" and bounce full yard into the air
Two or three days after the adventure
Tabby was caught by her owner, who tool
her by the neck and threw her down nea
the bee hive. No sooner did she strike til,
ground than she gave a squall, and at
single bound reached the top of the fence
full six feet in height. There she clunI
for moment, with tail as big as a rollin
pin, when, with another bound and squall
she was out OF sight and did not agair
put in an appearance for more than
week. Virginia City Enterprise.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-10

THERE is a sturdy English directness
and vigor about Spurgeon that have had
much to do with the influence he exerts,
and is there one man in England who
exerts more? On some recent occasion,
says the Philadelphia Presbyterian, he
said: That he had heard great deal
about sympathy with modern doubt He
had no sympathy with it, and would not
fight with the wooden sword of argument,
but with the true Jerusalem blade alone.
What they had to say to people was
This is Gods word, and you have got to
believe it; and they might tell them that
if they would not believe it they would
be cast into hell whatever Canon this or
Canon the other might say. To be strong
they must be dOgmatics They might. read
any number of articles in the Nineteenth
Century or the F0rt,eightly Review, but
in the end they would have to make it up
with their Bibles, if they had quarrelled
with them"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-10

The following is an extract from Geo.
Muller's Address to Teachers and
Preachers of the Word:
"All teachers of truth should prominently
give themselves to prayer, mindful habitually of
the fact that only the Holy Spirit can open our
eyes that we may behold wondrous things out
of the Law
l advise consecutive reading and study of the
Word that all parts of the Bible may be sub
jected to the examination. Ny own habit is to
read a certain portion of the New Testament
daily, in course, and about double the portion
of the Old, and when l complete either TeSta-
ment, begin again in the same manner, thus
continually reading in both great divisions of
the Bible
Nothing is more important however, than
spiritual selfculture. The great question is not
quantity but quality of work. Our capacity for
service is largely determined by the states of our
mind and heart. No pressure of duties should
allow or constrain us to neglect our own souls,
Take heed to myself I make it the first
thing, each day, to secure for myself season for
private reading of the Word and prayer
Though hundred letters come by the morning
mail put all else aside till have first got for
myself good, full meal, and so strengthened my
soul for duty.
Seek earnestly for a humble, lowly mind. If
you are to be largely used in the service of God,
in winning souls to Christ, this is primary and
indispensable condition. During the first years,
enjoyed no large blessing on my public min
istry could not have borne it, to have been
largely fruitful should have been elated and
inflated When, after repeatedly talking with
Mr. Moody, years ago, found the Lord to be
so abundantly blessing his work, of late, l said
to myself am not surprised, for have seldom
known such conservation and such humility.
God must have the Empty vessel )"
There is great deal in phrase-in
lighting up a whole train of thought with
two or three words that bring the whole
thing out at a single stroke. Mr.. Muller
has done this in the above extract with
the words " Empty Vessel" The forget
fulness Of self is the last lesson learned.
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all-but merely natural formations. For
in the cases mentioned the Aints admitted
to be non-artifcial shade off so impercep-
tibly into those claimed to be artificial,
that it is difficult to say which is which.
We say, therefore, when the supposed
discovery in the Miocene Bank is made,
then, knowing the utter absurdity (on
archaeological grounds of mans exist
ence at that epoch, we shall be compelled
to reject the post-glacial fints of the
river-gravels, which hitherto we have ac-
cepted, but which recent investigations
begin already to bring into doubt.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-10
THE FIRST SIN

When we look abroad over the world,
and back into the history of man, we find
ourselves confronted by the inexpicable
universally of sin. That individuals
should sin is not so remarkable; the per-
picking fact is that all sin; and that, in
all the generations Of ne1, aot a solitary
exception to the rule can be detected
eSel1. .er philosophy nor science can throw
any light on the subject; myriads upon
myriads of human beings, dominated by
evil passions and degrading appetites, is
the universal picture, Men may be in
dignant at the Bible doctrine of original
sin, and loose theology may undertake
to Aatter them by rejecting the dogma
of total depravity, but the stubborn fact
remains, even if the Bible had never
been written. 1t is only one of those dec
laratiOns of revealed religion which be-
long to the striking analogies between ma
tural religion and revelation
We have in the third chapter of Genesis
a concise account of the First Sin, and
the only explanation Of this great mys-
tery-how death found its way into our
world, and all our woe. Of late years
attention has been called to the recogni-
ton Of the tradition of this first transgres-
sion among the oldest nations of the
world, and, in late number Of the Con-
temporary Revielo the eminent Oriental
scholar, NJ. Francois Lenormant, gives US
the latest result Of modern scientific en-
quiry into this subject
" The idea of the Paradisiacal happi-
ness" he says, "of the earliest human
beings constitutes one of the most univer-
sal traditions" This belief in an age Of
innocence and bliss is especially notice
able amongst all people of the Aryan or
Japhetic race, and was thus anterior to
their separation from their primeval
home on the table-land of Iran.
The same traditions relate that man
was driven from his Edenic home as a
punishment for some great transgression,
into which he fell. But, as NJ. Lenor-
mant remarks, the truth Of the fall and
Of original sin is one of those against
which human pride has most constantly
rebelled, is, indeed, the one from which
it spontaneously seeks to escape. Hence
Of all portions of primeval tradition as to
the beginnings Of humanity it has been
the earliest obGterated. As soon as men
felt the sense of exultation to which the
progress of their civilization and their
cOnquests in the material world gave
birth, they repudiated the idea,
In the Zend-Avesta, the sacred scrip
lures Of the Persian Zoroastrianism, in
the most ancient text which alludes to
this subject, AHURAMAzDA is represented
as creating the first and best of dwell
ing-plaoes the Paradise described in
the .VeRdidad as tie Airyana-Vedja,-
but against it ANGRoMAINYUs, the muir
derer, who is represented in the form of
q serpent created thing inimical, the
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-10

AN old subscriber writes to US, says the
New York Observer. "'I have long been
conscience-stricken that have had so
much good from the New York Observer
and have done so little for it. I now
send you FIVE new subscribers and will
soon have more.
How much could be done for the
Church paper if the old subscribers would
each send " five new ones-or even one
There are few agencies that bind together
the workers in common cause like the
reading Of the newspaper organ Of that
organization.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-10

How IT WoRKs.-Right Rev. James
O'Connor, Vicar-Apostolic of Nebraska,
says: at would surprise Catholics in the
East to know how many have been lost
to the faith in the West during the last
half century. In Nebraska alone, with
its sparse population, the number thus
lost has been from 10000 to $4,000, and
the Church has no more bitter enemies
to-day than these children of Catholic
parents.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-10

REFERRING to the death of the widow
of Chas. Dickens from whom Mr.. Dick
ems was separately, an exchange remarks:
Mr.. Dickens was a selfish, coarse man,
to live with whom must have required
more patience and spirit of self-sacrifce
than usually falls to the lot of woman"
But this was the man who used to satirize
evangelical Christianity. Hewas pref
ty fellow to talk about so sacred sub
iect.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-10

The Rev. GEORGE MULLER-one of
the most remarkable figures in this re-
markable age-stated at recent meeting
in Toronto, Canada, that the largest gift
he had ever received for his Orphanage
was $45, 800, and the smallest, one mite.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-10

A word to our present subscribers. We must
remind some Of them that their subscriptions are
due, and that we have been waiting to hear
from them. VIII not every one remit to US the
amount due at as early day as possible We
hope that by February at least, no one will be in
arrears as we wish at that time to settle all ac-
counts with the former proprietor of this paper.
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na- Central Presbyterian for 1880. =79a

" SShIAdA GASSOJ IS44eaL 4Ol 4oOO. III
As the basis of an effort to extend the circu-
latiou of the CENTRAL PREsBYrERIAy the Synod
of Virginia, at its late meeting in Danyille,
unanimously passed a resolution heartily re-
commencing" it to the favor and support Of all
the churches
In furtherance of this object. at the approach
Of the new year. we make this
Special Proposition:
We viii send the paper for one gear to any
as,c subscriber for $225, who shall subscribe
between now and the first of February, 1880.
We can afford to make this special offer only
as a premium to ne,0 subscribers for the first
year, being confident that after reading the pa
per one year they will continue to subscribe on
the footing of our old subscribers In this effort
to widen the field of our usefulness, we conf
IDENTIFY ask the aid of our ministers, elders, and
all the present patrons of the paper and we ur-
gently request ministers especially to make
known this proposition to their congregations
From every quarter we have evidence that the
paper is doing good service in the Church, and
is ranked among the most useful religious Jour
mails Of the country.
We are anxious to reach our young men, espe-
cially those who have gone from their homes
A number of them are now receiving our paper
and testify that they read it with profit. One
has written that a single article was worth to
him more than the price of years subscription
We call the attention of parents, who have sons
or daughters at our institutions of learning, to
this means of doing them good
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-10

The sale of 100000 shares Of the New
York Central stock, yielding $90,oO0,000,
was one of the transactions in New York
citv the other day The vendor was Mr..
Vanderbilt.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-10

THERE are nearly 80 ministers residing
in the city Of Princeton, N, J.