The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-07-07

uouot That the permanent result of the
late revival had been very great and had
been very beneficial They saw it for
instance, in the recruiting of their divin-
Ity halls, and in the increase in the num-
Der of Sabbath School teachers and per-
sons qualified to be elders and deacons
ana otherwise helpful in the Christian
Church. In the Colportage Society, of
winch he was director, the applications
made tor employment, in great number
OF instances, were from men who had
themselves been brought under the power
OF divine truth in connection with that or
a similar movement Christian Union.
IRELAND, l596.-They say it is the
fatal destiny of that land that no pur
poses whatsoever which are meant for
her good will prosper or take good effect
which, whether it proceed from the very
genius of the soil, or influence of the
stars, or that almighty God hath not vet
appointed the time for her reformation
or that He reserveth her in this unouiet
state for some secret scourge which shall
by her come unto England, it is hard to
be known, but yet much to be feared
Spencer
POPULATION OF OUR CITIEs-The
result OF the new census will surprise the
the average reader in many particulars.
The order of population remains as it was
In 1870, with rare exceptions. Chicago has
attained the fourth place among American
cities, numbering 475,0OO to 375OOO in
st. Louis. Boston has outstripped Balti
more with 100000 and $4,000 respect
lively, while Cincinnati, which retains the
eighth place, lags behind with 100000.
The greatest surprise is in the growth of
Cleveland and Milwaukee, amounting to
70 and 80 per cent placing them respec-
tively at $4,000 and 10000. Buffalo
and Washington average 10000, while
Louisville has rapidly climed up to l45,-
600. Detroit and Providence have passed
the 100000 limit, and take rank as sew.
enteenth and eighteenth among our great
cities. Among the lesser cities, our read
ers will probably be surprised to learn
that Kansas City has reached $4,000:
Indianapolis, $1,000; Minneapolis As
600; st. Paul, 10000 Reading, Pa.
$4,000; Lowell, Mass, $1,000: Denver,
$4,000; Wheeling, $4,000; Wilmington,
$4,000; Quincy Ill, 10000; st. joseph,
Mo, $4,000; Chester, Pa, $4,000: Paw
tuclet, R. l., 10000; Camden. n. J.
81 900; Waterbury, Conn, $4,000: Mer-
iden 10000; Peoria, Ill, $4,000: Spring
field, Mass, 3l,500; Springfield. M.
$4,000; Dayton, Ohio, $4,000: and Ell
mira, N. Y, 2l,500. The returns of
other cities, not yet received, will proba-
bly, afford equal surprises. Meanwhile
1t Is satisfactory to know that New York
has exceeded l 100000, PhiIadelpbia at
talns nearly 85O,000 and Brooklyn more
than holds her relativer ank with 100000
lnhabltants.-N. Y Herald.
WEIGHING AN ELEPHANT WITHOUT
SCALEs.-An Indian writer relates an in
teresting anecdote concerning Shaiee, the
father of the first ruling prince of the
Mahrattas of Hindostan, who lived at
about the beginning of the seventeenth
century. On one occasion a certain HIGH
othclal made a vow that he would dis
tribute to the poor the weight of his own
elephant IN silver money; but the great
difficulty that at first presented itself
was the mode Of ascertaining what this
weight really was; and all the learned
and clever men Of the court seem to have
endeavored In vain to construct machine
OF suthclent power to weigh the elephant.
At length, it is said that Shaiee came
forward and suggested plan which was
simple and yet ingenious in the highest
degree. He caused the unwieldly animal
to be conducted along a stage specially
made for the purpose by the water side,
into flat bottomed boat and then. hav-
ing marked on the boat the height to
which the water reached after the ele-
plant had weighed it down, helatter was
taken out and stones substituted in suffi-
Gent quantity to hold the boat to thesame
line. The stones were then taken to the
scales, and thus, to the amazement of the
court, was ascertained the true weight Of
the elephant.
Ants at PIau