The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-11-03
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Americans may learn a profitable
lesson even from royalty. Every prince of the
royal family in Germany is taught when Young.
some useful trade, for the purpose of SOLDERING
the mind and bringing it face to face with the
material world and the realities of life; and
among the profuslon of curiosties and artistic
relics which crowd the Emperor Williams pri-
vate cabinet may be seen specimens of book
binding carving. carpentering and other handi-
work performed by his sons and grandsons
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Stanley, the African explorer, is as
determined as ever. A member of his force has
written letter, stating that yellow fever had
carried off numbers, and several were on the
point OF turning back, whereupon Stanley called
them together and said, mot one of you shall l
allow to turn back before the expedition is over
My motto is Forward and even if a thousand
devils with revolvers or daggers opposed us, or
illness, pestilence and misery threatened us with
destruction, not even then should 1 allow a sin
gle person to turn his nose homeward"
Cremation has become so frequent at
Milan that it has been decided to build a cine
rary temple or ash house adjoining the crema-
ton furnace, in which the remains of the dead
may be deposited and labeled off in Jars made
like the old Latin urns
=, Some boys recently dragged out of
the bed of the river near Saltwater VILLAGE one
OF Burgoynes four-pounder iron cannons. which
has lain there for nearly 103 years. 1t is in a
good state of preservation.
Here are some golden words, from
manuscript letter of Samuel TAYLOR Coleridpe
preserved in the library of Wellesley College,
Mass. " But above all things, 1 entreat you,
my dear Colson, to preserve your faith in Christ.
IL Is my wealth In poverty, my joy in sorrow,
my peace amid tumult; for all the evil I have
committed, my gracious pardon, and for every
virtue exceeding great reward. have found It
to be So and can smile with pity at the infidel
whose vanity makes him dream that I should
barter such a blessing for few subtleties from
the school of the cold blooded sophist"
1t is pleasant to note that the har-
vests in Ireland have been so abundant that
thanksgiving services have been observed
especially In the congregations of the Presbyte-
Ran Church, and the attendance was very large.
The crops are reported as so large as to remove
all fear of a winter as dark and dismal az that
Of 1879, and make it sure that no appeals will
be made for relief during the coming season.
The Swiss cantons are gradually re-
establishing capital punishment, after having
trle9 the lenlent policy of imprisoning murder
ers for life. Within the last few weeks several
crimes of peculiar atrocity have been committed
thus IN one of the cantons bordering on Ger
many man set fire to farmhouse and caused
the death OF i've persons; in the canton of Lu-
ccerne child only eight years old was murdered
by some tramps; and at Berne a locksmith shot
young man who was guilty of no worse offense
than that OF fishing on his land without leave
Inc colonel OF regiment was murdered in the
canton of Ticino by a man with whom he had
demonstrated In cafe for using bad language
ana though the crime was committed in the pre-
sence of several people, the assassin was allowed
TO escape. All these crimes have created a very
strong feeling among the people in favor of cap
ital punishment.
IMPROVEMENT IN JERUsALEM.-The
London Medical Times and Gazette saws that
the European population of Jerusalem has in
creased OF late to an immense extent owing in
some measure, to the enthusiasm with which
Holman Hunt describes the plories Of tbe
climate, and the intense interest excited bv ;ts
associations. The complete success which has
attended the cleansing of the streets, and the
adequate supply OF water under the supervisiot,
OIL the German sanitary inspectors have trans
formed the city from an unsavorv labyrinth Of
muG novels TO a picturesque Eastern town. with
cooling fountains and clean white DWELLINGS,
adorned with verandabs and abundance nj
sweetsmelling creeping plants It is snggestoJ
mat the Holy City may become winter resort
with the fashionable, in place Of Rome
Mr.. Gladstone lately sailed round
DtiO'9i lol@hu5 In nine days, visiting in that
time the three capitals, and making A voyage Of
$50 miles. He was everywhere Teceivsd 99vitb
the greatest enthusiasm and his health has been
greatly benefited by his pleasant holiday. max.
ing Ills reception in Dublin was markedly
favourable.
There is, in certain Italian ceme-
terry, the following suggestive epitaph -" what
spent, that | had what 1 kept, that lost
what gave, that / have" '''