The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-12-29
GENERAL SECULAR NEWS.
Domestic.

which we are bound to accept as true. One in
cident about Poughkeepsie and l will pass on
to other scenes. train started from New
York. on the Hudson River Railroad When
IL. us stoPPega at Ionkers an old gentleman aboard
asked the conductor, Is this Poughkeepsie p
! The conductor replied, mo" For several
stations the same question was repeated. At
| length the conductor said "Sir if YOU will
stop teasing me about Poughkeepsie, will tell
you when we get there" The old gentleman
agreed to the proposition; the train sped on ;
the conductor forgot his promise. When the
tram was mile or two beyond the place. he
remembered it; rang the bell, stopped the train,
had the engine reversed, and the train backed
down to the depot shook the old gentleman bv
the shoulder and said, " Come, get out; we are
at Poughkeepsie." The old man looked up in,
n %h and sad do not want to get out"
this was Poughkeepsie2 "Why,-I-am-not
-in-good- health ,-and-when -I-was-
leaving -daughterAtold- me-to
: take-a-pi -when-1-got -to-Pouph
keepsie.' sold-out look, a sudden Jerk at the
bell rope for the engine to go ahead. strides as
long and as fast as OLearys coat tails stream
ing IN the air, was the last picture taken of the
conductor in that car for some time. | will
leave the reader to imagine the true inwardness
of the man of brass buttons and nckel-plated
punch while am pointing my pencil to portray
other scenes.
by mistake, copy of the Presi-
dents message las recently made publicl fell
into the hands of German paper in Philadel-
phla some 4S hours in advance of the meeting
OF Congress. Instead of publishing it, or selling
1t to some Inscriptions editor, the proprietor
ordered carriage. drove rapidly to the office of
! the postmaster of Philadelphia, and returned it
to Washington. The act of the honest German
so pleased the President that he gave him a
dlnner few days ago. There was a large
gathering. The German editor sat at the right
of the President. who, after the removal of the
cloth, made few graceful remarks, and wound
up by presenting him with a massive gold
medal, suitably inscribed.
The Burnside Educational bill passed
the Senate on Friday, and will no doubt pass
the House; or at least its equivalent. 1t pro
vldes that the net receipts from the sale of pub.
lie lands and from patent fees should be set
aside as an educational fund, the interest upon
which, at four per cent, should be apportioned to
the several States and Territories and the Dis
trlct OF Columbia, the apportlonment for the
first ten years to be made according to the per-
centage OF llllterate persons in the States and
Territories.
The total population of Oregon is
74,767; males, 103, 1888; females, 7l,379. OIL
these l63,0S7 are white and 1850 colored
The latter includes 9,5O6 Chinese, two Japanese
1.-The Alliance" of Chicago, which is
understood to be the organ of Prof. Swing. is re-
ported to be In state of internal commotion
which is feared by some to torbode total rup
ture. 1t is said that its accomplished editor
Mr.. Shepard, has resigned and his assistants also
Mrs. Peeke and Mr.. Hartwell. Indeed it is ru
mored that Prot. Swing and Drs. Thomas and
Lorimer will not hereafter contribute to its col
umns, though this lacks confirmation. In view
OF such general hreakingup of the happy fami
ly, correspondent suggests that its name MIGHT
he change from " Alliance" to "Misalliance."
The cause of all the trouble appears to have been
that the publisher took fancy to change the
day of publication from Saturday to Sunday.
and now he has been constrained to change if
again from Sunday to Monday But it is easier
to correct mistake, hard as that sometimes is
than to avert or repair its consequences EUan
gelist.
Foreign.
Our readers will be pleased to know
OF Joseph Cooks British success He has lust
delivered a series of FIVE lectures in FdinbuTob
which filled the largest halls and grew in
enthusiastic interest. The Lord Provost nre
sided at one lecture, and Professor CalderWood
and Principal Rainy at others, while the plat
form was occupied by such distinguished men
as Principal Cairns, Prof Blacke, Rev. DIR
! her Prof. Simpson, Prof Blake. Sheriff Camn
bell, Taylor Innes, Rev. DIR. Hanna and Sir
Henry Moncreif. Great numbers of ministers
OF all denominations were present. The stu
dents OF Edinburgh University and of the thee
logical colleges of the city had special section
OF the Free Assembly Hall assigned to them
on the occasion Of the delivery of Mr.. Cooks
lecture on Conscience" On Sunday evening
November 18th, although the weather was wet
and lncement, an audience of at least 9 500
men hled the great auditorium of the United
Presbyterian Hall Castle Terrace at the Iec-
ture on the New Birth and the Atonement {"
a prominent minister says: 81 do not remem
Der TO have seen such gathering of Edinburgh
men, except when Mr.. Gladstone addressed The
monster meeting in the Corn Exchange. and
even Mr. Gladstone did not hold the massive
and manly audience more spell bound than did
Mr. Cook His reception at Glasgow has been
equally extraordinary, where he was lecturing
at last Independent.
Gov. Neil of Idaho, in his MESSAGE
to the Legislature, says that polygamy is being
rapidly introduced from Utah, and expresses the
nope that the Legislature will adopt measures
to crush out the practice
The anti-Jewish agitation in Ger
many does not abate Two teachers in tbe
Berlin public schools have been dismissed for
publicly Insulting Jews. Students of the Uni.
Versity OF Berlin have prepared a protest for
presentation to the rector against students cir
culatng Count Chaplain Stoeckers Anti Jewish
pamphlet. meeting, attended by two tbou-
SAND persons, was held last week in Berlin AZ
which the Jews were denounced. anti-Jewisb
laws were called for, and it was resolved not TO