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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-20

The preceding day nad been trying one 10
Helen. How 10 calculate for - guests
was the puzzle. But She wisely determined
that too much was better than not enough.
There were RELAYS oi everything baked. or
conserved in the slorc-r0om. which looked
Is if 1t might provision an army.
Helen had been in a httc Of g stew, as
Rcbecca termed it, over her baked meats
But they had come, from the oven, of the
richest shade OF brown; and Mr. Appeby's
enthusiasm rose with the occasion. The
feast. and the familiar faces, made him 4
boy again, rs if once more back on the old
New England farm.
When the proud father revealed The fact,
that Helen was the architect of that dinner,
from the crisp pickles, the amber and ruby
Jelly. to the old traditional chickcHpie, how
the praises came in ON every side. Mothers
nodded significantly % their daughters, sit
TO say. "Iwond,rwhenyoucln do as much
Old aunt HcpzibaL said, city life hasn't
spoiled cousin Helen that's plain and old
aunt ilcpzbah WAS a sever, critic.
The bright evening was over, and the
house had rcgaincd its accustomed quiet.
Mr.. Applcby was alone in his library. his
memory busy, as it always Is on these iesti-
val DAYS. in calling up vanished faces,
which can never again appear at the family
gatherings. lie watched the glowing Goals
in the CRATE, SO absently, that he did not, ~
first. n6ii .e that two forms had glided in,
and stood beside his fire. viii leaned his
elbows on the marble of the mantcl, and
looked induiringly into the face which had
softer lines upon it than Ec had ever seen
before Business, tor tie time, had faded
oat from the gray eyes, and from the strong
ly marked features.
There was the same questioning glance IN
Helcn's bluc eyes rs shc gazcd, hall tear
fully, on her fathers face. Mr.Applcby
looked up. with tart. lie knew, at once,
the purp0rt Of the lovers errand. lie was
not man given To- ,pccch-making; but he
had heart and li.len vas his one eve
lamb Hc rose, and joining Che hands OF
the two yourg people, said with choking
voice William, be worthy OF her. Heaven
bless YOU both, my childrn' Then he
paused. long enough for his daughters good
night kiss, and retired quickly to his own
apartment
In the swift, changing years, that went
and came. Helen was never sorry for that
seasons lesson, which her father had set her
To- learn. Ii enabled her 70 tide over com
mcrcial panics TO reef sails when thc gales
blew: and 10 ride out safely, storms which
wrecked many other ships, that sailed the
same seas.
Good Management. az home saved me-
VIII often proudly stated. Nor haG Helen
los, line of womanly grace OF beauty, by
the practice Of these w3manly arts. Rt'h-
or had they dccpencd and wideued hcrchar-
acter, making her more useful and sympa-
thctic. She never ceased 70 lay, How glad
am papa made nae cook that luANksoly-
ING DlNNLR'
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-20
VOL 7O.---VOL Is. NEW SERIESJ CHARLES
POETRY
A GRIND OLD POEM.

Who shall Judge a man from manners?
Who shall know him by ms dress
Paupers may be iii for princes,
Princes fiji for something less;
Crumpled shirt and dirty jacket
Nav beclothe the golden ore
OF the deepest thought and feeling
satin vests could 10 no more.
There are springs Of crystal nectar
Ever yelling ont of stone;
There are purple buIs and golden,
Hidden. crushed, and Overgrown;
God. who counts by souls, not dresses,
Loves and prOsperS YOU and me,
While He values thrones the highest
But as pebbles in the sea.
Man. uprai,cd above his fellows,
Oit lurgets his fellows then,
Masters. rulers, lords, remember
That your meancst hinds are men;
Men bv honor, men 10y feeling,
Men bv thought. and men by fame,
Claiming equal rights To sunshine
I'm man cunobiiGg name.
There are foam embroidered oceans,
There are little weed clad rills,
There are feeble. inch high saplings,
There are ccdars ON the hills,
God. who counts by souls, not stations
Loves and pruspcfs you and me,
For tn Him an famed distinctions
Arc as pebbles in the sea.
Toliug hands alone are builders
Ola nations wealth of i;mc;
Titled laziness is penSiOncd
Fed and fattencd ON tle same;
By the sweat of others turehcadS
Living only to rejoice,
While the poor mans outraged freedom
Nainly httcth up its voice.
Truth and justice arc eternal,
Born with loyclincss and light;
Secret wrongs shall never prosper
While there is a sunny right:
God. whose world heard voice is singing
Boundic~s love to YOU and me,
Sink- oppression. with its titles,
As Sthc uchhles i'm the sea.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-20

"There Is no place like home" exclaim-
ed A married man with sigh Of relief, a
he threw down his hat, pulled off his coat
and boots, slipped his feet into his slippers,
and flung himself down on tho sofa. As
soon rs he was comfortably settled, his low
ing wife ordered him TO 20 out and get a
pail of water, bring in a scuttle Of coal, lock
up the hen-house, feed the pigs, and split
some wood for morning. Then he angrily
gathered himself together, spitefully kicked
of his slippers, savagely drew on his boots,
hastily climbed into his ulster, jammed his
hat down over his eyes, and, a. he went out
of the back door, be muttered, There isno
place like home"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-20

Fifty or hundred years ago the saddle
was quite sure to be found in the farmers
barn, as one of the necessary articles Of the
farm-but now 10 j. too much pat one side
for the harncs. and buggy. 80 this season
OF the year, when the roadsare bad, the .ad-
de should be more generally uscd, on the
ground of both economy and comfort. Boys,
and girls too should learn the arr Of horse
back riding as iar as posiblceyery farmer
shOu.d have q horse suited 10 the saddle
Americqn Agricpfrm for Nor. J.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-20

THE FIRST LlFEBoAr.-The first life
boat OF which there is any record was de
signed in 1884, by Nr. Lukin, a coach build
er in London. and strange 10 say, native
of an inland town. Tie chiefly aimed At
making an un-inkable boat, ora. he termed
it. an unimmcrgible boat. This he ac-
complished by attaching q considerable
amount Of cork outside the boat above
water. and by constructing inside ;hr hfat
series Of water tight space, orco.ngartll nts.
TIE volume to which water could hlt ac-
ccss. if sea broke over the boat. wa. thus
reduced considerably, and the bayaacr Of
the cork belt helped to keep the boat a..oat
if she were thus swamped. An iron keel
was fitted 10 increase the stability. The
nlan of construction was sound 30 far a. ii
went. although far inferior TO that now
adopted; and it Is a matter for regret that
ONLY one boat on Lukin's plan was placed
on the coast.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-20
DON'T Judge.

Don't Judge man by the clot>es hc
wears for God made one and the tailor the
other
Don't Judge him by his fimily connection,
for Cain belonged to a very good family.
Don'tiudgc him by his speech, for the
parrot talks. and the tongue Is but an IN
strument OF sound.
Don't Judge man by the house he lives
in, for the lizard and tie rat often inhabit
the grando-t structures.
Don't Judge him for his activity iarlHreh,
for that IS not untrcqucnty inspired by
hypocri,ical and selfish motives.
Dou'tiuigehim by his like Of di-p.ay,
for the long cared beast is the humble, Of
animals, but when aroused l. terrible t. bee
hold.
Don't take it for granted because he ear
rie, the contribution hc Is liberal; he often
pay, the Lord in that way and keep the
currency.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-20
solemn Scene.
Pcck's Milwaukee .Sga.


There va, the qucorcst scene at one Of the
churches last Sunday. Ii seems that during
the vacation the seats had been newly var
aished. and somehow the varniSh was not
right. as it was terribly sticky You know
when Won pull anything of of sticky var
nish that Ii cracks. Well the audience had
all rot seated, when the minister got up to
rive oat the hymn. and as the basement Of
his trousers let loose of the yarni~h oi hi,
chair there was a noise like killing fly ON
the wall with palm-leaf fan. The minis
ter looked around at the chair t. see il he
WIS all present. and that no guilty mans
pants had escaped, and rcld the hymn.
The choir rose with q sound g rcve!rv. and
after the tenor had swallowed a loZenge and
The base had coughed upa piece Of frog and
the alto had hemmed and the soprano had
shook out her polonaise to see if the var
nish showed on the south side, the audience
began 90 rise One or two deacoas got up
fist. with sounds ike picket firing IN the
distance on the eve OF battle, and tEcnmore
rot up. and the rattling Of the unyiclding
varnish sounded as though the fight was be-
coming more animated, and then the whole
audience got ON its feet atoncc with sound
of rafting ruskotTy The choir sang
Hold thr fort' When The orchestra had
concluded tnc people -at down gi1gcriy, .hc
services were short. aHd ali went HON" pray
ing for the man who painted The seats
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-20

An elephant Il used in a spectacular play
in philadelphia. He is kept ina stable scy-
eral blocks away, and taken 10 the theatre
every evening at the proper point in the
piece One afternoon hc took il into his
head that twas time 10 perform Throwing
his keeper aside, he burst into ibc street,
overturned u wagon and several street stands
on h. way 20 the theatre, smashed door,
and took his usual place on the stage. The
absence of the light- and audience seemed
To convince him that he had made mis-
take, and be suffered himself to be led back
10 the stable.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-20

California has some very rich estates. IN
San Francisco Leland Stanford is assessed
NJ SI9.7l9.0O0. Charlo- Cr0ckcr So 900.
Mark Hopkins widow Sl7,2ll 900, James
G.. Flood, slOGD0.000, J. W. Mackcy si0,-
G00G00, Senator Sharon S4,l70,00O and Jas.
G.. Fair S4,220.O00. The Nevada Bank IL
assessed al - 100000. and the Bank of Cal
ifornia - 100000. There are a dozen or 20
Of estates which range between two and
three millions each, and twenty that arc one
millions and upwards
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-20

REV. Or. McANALLY. Of the st. Louis
Christian Advocate, being annoyed by the
failure of his subscribers TO come 10 time,
like Nr. Silas Wegg, dropped into poetry,
and the result proved CHAT there Wac money
in it, HisProdlction ran as follows:
Tel me. go angelic host,
Ne ministers of love-
Can unerlng rrintrr hero hc,ow,
Have ul rcdnr, al1yc}
The ang. baud rclii,d:
ITO u- is knowledge given
Dcinqucnt- on abe printer books
Can never enter heaven
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-20

Horses arc quito sensitive To chilling
draugh,- OF air blowing upon lhem and 50
pecially upon their Heads; hence, ia thc
construction Of stables .lns -.oeld be borne
in mind. Many stables have the horses
face an alley along the sides Of which are
doors. or a large space i- left entirely open;
in such cases. whenever the rear stable door
and the one leading out OF the alley are o.
pen, the horses stand IN chilling draught,
from which they can not escape. Horse
like many people. can stand much wind in
an open field, but will catch cold while in a
draught only a short time With proper
ventilation, the door, OF the stable should be
kept closccd in cold weather, tia' no draughis
may occur.--laericqn Agricoitpria FOR Noe.
l.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-20

Daring the summer packing season, from
March J, 10 November ]. the Chicago pack
ers handled and saited 2,S7j, 900 hog. The
winter packing ssas0n began Onthe ist inst,
and since then 10000 hogs have been con
verted into pork il Chicago.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-20

II is a singular fact, that Philadelphia
with its p, republican majority gas re-
duced to the extremity Of eleciing q demo-
crat to handle the city finances.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-20

\ woman at the South End SAYS her hus-
band goes ont TO his club, but that she al
WAYS keeps her club at home. He looks a
if She did.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-20

Mrs. Howe, the president Of the Woman's
Bank, Boston, which Is in default % IT, de-
positors nearly half million Of dollars,
upon being arraigncd in court tried the in
sanity dodge An exchange want 70 kn0w
If she scoopcd IN s500,0O0 while insanc
what wouldn't she have done in her right
mind ,"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-20

You seem 70 walk more erectthan usual,
my frien1.v Yes. have been strJighten-
ed by circumstances.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-20

\ man just died in New Orleans Of eating
matches. The poor impatient couldn'twalt
till after death for his birthstone.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-20

In the last week in October there were
l6l vessels wrecked on the British coasts.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-20


r. IS the heart and not the brain
That % thc highest doth attain,
And hc who foilowcth Loves bchest
Far cxcccdc.h all the rest.
Certainly. nothing else could have given
Helen the interest in her new operations,
which She felt. every morning. No dcvOtce,
intheart Of decorating tiles and china plates,
ever went about it with more enthusiasm ;
and it Was very pleasant to talk over The
morning success. when evening came, and
fortune favored her with quiet hour with
her lover. But this was not Cftcn, however,
for Mr.. Appleby said, q" not too much yisi-
ting. Young man, till We see how this all
turns out"
Meantime, the old gentleman approved Of
her coffee, approved ri her breakfast cake,
praised the rosy checks she was acquiring,
and altogether took great comfort in the
Improvement going on" a. he said, " IN
his little girl." 30 much encouragement
stimulated, without spelling Helen. She
had quite triumph one week in the early
fall. Rcbecca fell sick, when the ehousekeep-
er was away on visit. The upper servant
and waiter were instructed not to say word
about cooks rheumatism :" md 20 Helen
carried on the house, and 90 efficiently, that
her father never missed Rebeeca.
IF Mr. Appleby doesn't consider that e
quivalent to a Thanksgiving dinner, said
viii. che isn't the reasonable man take
him to be. You ought to let me speak to
him, Helen" he added.
BE patient, Will," she ereplied. u have
ever 50 much to learn yet. These New En-
gland pumpkin pies come next. My father
dOtes on them"
That November, the country aunts and
cousins came up in force, to spend Thanks
giving in the city, according to invitation
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-12-22
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The person procuring the new subscriber may,
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to the subscriber, or any one may subscribe in
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This proposition practically gives the paper
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price. Our sole object is to add new subscrib-
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of retaining them afterwards permanently on the
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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-12-22
Rev. william s. Lacy.

Died, at the residence of his son, Capt. W. f.
Lacy, near Ell Dorado in Union county, Ar
kansas, on the goth day of November 1880, the
Rev. William S. Lacy, in the Goth year of his
age.
Full of years and honors, respected by a
large circle of friends, and venerated and be-
loved by his family, with heart full of love
to all, and the future clear and bright before
him, the reward of well spent life-he gath.
cred the drapery of his couch around him"
and yielded up to the God who gave it, as pure
spirit as ever left the confines Of earth to ask
admittance at the gates of heaven OF Welch
ancestry who emgated TO Virginia in the last
century, the family seem to have received a high
order Of intellect by inheritance.
The Rev, VIM. S. Lacy was born in Prince
Edward sounty, Va, in the shadow of Hampden
Sidney College, and in early youth enjoyed all
the advantages Of culture which this celebrated
school could impart
Attaining manhood during the war Of 1872
he enlisted as a soldier and served his country
faithfully and we'll When peace was declared,
he studied law with John Randolph,# Of Roam
cake, as his instructor, and his friends who knew
him well, in listening TO his classic illusions, his
epigammatic utterances, were wont to feel that
he had caught inspiration from that e1traordin-
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-12-22

HERE Is nut which we shall be
pleased to have cracked by the Lndepea-
dent.
Professor Whitney, endorsed by. Pro-
lessor Marsh, has recently published a
Report on the Auriferous Gravels of the
Sierra Nevada, quite an elaborate work,
in which he reaches the conclusion that
the Calaveras skull and the granite NOR
tars found at the depth of from one hun
dred to three hundred feet in these gray
els under volcanic and other strata in
Table Mountain, are the relics of race
of men who lived in California prior to
the basaltic outflow which covers Table
Mountain and other regions in the State,
and prior to the uplift of Table Noun
tain. These gravels belong to the Older
Pliocene or the Later Miocene.
He compares the skull with those Of
the present Indians OF the Pacific Coast
and says it is superior to these in its de-
velopment. 1t appears, therefore, that
az WIG cSSlhllluS Vi lLo l. llOCeue eIlOC
Man was fully man in every respect, and
the equal as man of existing races O
men. 1t this be fact, what then be-
comes of the doctrine of EVOLUTION?
in all this vast lapse of time-the wholt
OF the Pliocene and Quaternary-mar
has made no progress, how is this to b.
reconciled with the theory of gradual de
velopment?
And, again, not solitary land nam
NAL now living, excepting man, had thel
appeared on the earth In other words
the highest and most specialized of all the
mammalian forms appears first If Evo
lutionists can get out of this, they have
more ingenuity than man, either Piocent
or Recent, has yet exhibited
This was before the creation of the
horse, or rather it was at time wher
the representative of the horse was 6
three-toed animal about the size of 6
pony.
1t is little curious too that this Cal
ifornia man resembled our modern maj
very closely in another respect: his re
mains are always found in California il
the gold-bearing gravels; it is eviden
that he was greedy after gold.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-12-22

WE learn from the Lexington Gazette
that President French, of the Richmond
and Allegheny Railroad has given S.
900 to Washington and Lee University !;
the interest to be used in giving an edu-
cation to worthy young men, who are
unable to defray their own expenses.
President French in making this dona :
ton has done handsome thing.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-12-22

THE Music OF THE SpHEREs.-The
Independent intimates that the day may
come when men can hear the music of
the spheres:
There can be no question that the operations
which generate the solar light and heat are ac-
companied by noise and uproar of which no
earthly phenomena-no roar of earthquake or
volcano, no howlings of the storm or crash and
roll OF thunder-can furnish the faintest con
ception; but the noise errifc as it must be
is, of course, inaudible beyond the limits of
the solar atmosphere. Prof Bell has conceived
the bold idea that Just as the vibrations OF
the human voice disturb the rays of light by
means OF the mica reflector of his transmitter
so the tremendous pulses due to the solar ex-
blossoms must modify and throw into vbra-
ton the radiations of the sun. If so, then, by
lsolating the light from some small portion OF
the luminous surface and concentrating it up.
on the selenium receiver of his photophone
one might hope to be able to detect the vibra-
tons by means of telephone, in the usual
way, and thus actually to hear the roar of the
solar furnace across the inconceivable abyss.
No more startling proposal has ever been
made by science. Some weeks ago Prof Bell
had an opportunity of trying the experiment
at the French physical observatory of Men
don, in collaboration with the director M
Jansen. The success was not complete mol
the failure either; but enough was learned by
the trial to show that the idea is by no means
chimerical, though the apparatus needs i'm
proveL4ent.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-12-22

Iris very pleasant, amid many obstruct-
ing influences at home, to note the pro
gress the gospel is making abroad. A
great work is going on in France and
Italy and Turkey.
In Polynesia, asks an exchange, could
there be more striking illustration OF
the success Of missions than the fact that
the people who were cannibals genera
ton ago, have, in their turn, become mis-
sionaries to other cannibals, and laid down
their lives in the cause of Christianity?
Again, it is stated that it is believed
that the number of Christians in India,
Ceylon, and Burmah increased last year
100000.
In China, writes DR.. Happier in re-
cent number of the Chinese Recorder the
church is growing with very great ra-
pidity. In 1843 there were six converts
to Protestant Christianity in the Chinese
Empire, now there are fifty thousand.
The success of the Baptist missionaries
at Ongoli, India, is quite marvellous. At
a late meeting 32l' converts were bap-
tized and 26 new churches were set off.
The whole number baptized since the or
ganisation of the church, January LIST,
1867, is 1876. The number baptized
this year is 1875.
These converted heather are also prov
ing their faith by their works Last year
the Baptists of the great State of New
York contributed $3O,469 to the Baptist
Missionary Union, while the contribu-
tons of the converts in Burmah amount
ed to $31, GIG.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-12-22

IT is stated that if person of fair
complexion exposes'himself to the electric
light for some time, the hands and face
will show all the symptoms of sunburn
even in midwinter, and he will develop
freckles on his face as quickly as when
he goes without an umbrella in summer
time. If this be so, we must expect, in
the next generation, to have race of
freckled beauties. But there is no reason
why freckles shouldn't become fashiona-
BILE as well as a thousand other things
that we consider hideous at first.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-12-22

WE think the Christian at Work rather
gets" the Independent in the following
The Independent said:
What means the very genial and ordinarily
correct Christian at Work. 1t quotes the In
dependent as having offered 1.-THE formulated
pleasantly God is good" as a creed sufficient
for all practical purposes" 1t must have been
pleasantly, indeed; and we do not recall it.
To which the Christian at Work re-
plies:
Dear Independent, pardon us, but you did
formulate that creed some halta-dozen years
ago. about 1875. in one of your lively editorial
notes. The fact that you do not now recall 1t
is the best evidence in the world of your spir-
itual growth, upon which we congratulate you.
and for which we are not sure that we should
not take measure of credit to ourselves.
Spiritual growth is good.