The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-01-14

accumulated in the Dead Letter Office at Wash
lngton, was begun last week, Monday. The cat
alogue advertlses as heterogeneous a collection
as 1t Is possible to imagine. Among the articles
so carelessly mailed that no clew can be discov
cred to their ownership are gold watches chains
rings, and jewelry of all kinds every descrip.
ton OF wearing apparel, from mems overalls TO
babies socks, books and pictures by the thou
sand; musical instruments, clocks, bed quilts,
| nails and hardware of almost all descriptions lin
Guiding iron castings for machinery } perfumerv
tobacco and cigars cheese mot excepting the
Llmburger Variety and almost all other sorts of
ordinary shop merchandise, besides "miscella
neous articles less susceptible of classification
which range from artificial teeth and false hair
to stuffed birds and geological specimens
The reason young men of talent and educa
ton do not take an interest in politics is partly
explained by the statement of a candidate for
local office IN this city at the late election The
salary of the office for which he was nominated
was $1,000, and the party managers demanded
$1,000 of him for election expenses. He sub
mitted to the demand and paid the money. near
ly years salary in advance, and after all that
was not elected!-N. y. Evangelist
1t has been estimated that it costs the Gov
eminent about twenty FIVE hundred dollars and
two lives to kill an Indian Now it is est
mated that there are about $50 900 Indians left
IN the United States. At this rate it would cost
| 100000 lives and SS75,00O,OO0 to settle the In
dian problem in that way. 1t would be inter
estIng to know how much it would cost to train
every Indian boy and girl to useful industry,
and make good citizens Of them.-Ib
Dakota will probably ask to come in as the
thirty ninth State She claims to have 100 900
inhabitants but that is doubtful One thing
she has enough of, and that is square miles Of
territory. She is three times as large as New
4ork larger than England, Wales, Ireland. and
Scotland greater than Italy greater than Tur-
key IN Europe, Greece, Servia Belgium. Meth
erlands and Denmark combined, with their
twenty millions of people. Two years and
halt ago there was only one PRESBYTERIAN church
and not one Presbyterian minister in active
work In Dakota Territory mot counting Indian
churches.) Now there are some fifteen churches.
and nearly If not quite, many ministers.
There will be five Sabbaths in February this
year When did this occur before? A gentle
man'present says only three times in the last
century, but does not give the date.
The official estimate of what it costs TO
govern the city of New York this wear is
S29, 642, 99l .9S. The revenue during the wear
which may be applied toward the reduction of
taxation Is estimated at 81 100000 The sum TO
be raised by taxation for the years expenses is
Y2o, l42,99l9 The estimate for 1879, after the
revenue was deducted, was $27, 747, $50 20 The
increase In this years estimate of 1895 24I rs is
made up of new appropriations for the erection
OF new buildings, the increase of the water sup
ply, the inspection of tenement houses. the pur
chase OF apparatus for street cleaning and other
purposes So much it costs, and how little we
get for it.-N. Y. Observer
The Boston tax list for the present wear con
talns only twenty-five names of firms, persons
and corporation paying a city tax on over a
million dollars while seventy more paw on
from half a million to a million The heaviest
taxpayer Is Montgomery Sears, who returns
n nnff -
values Its Boston property at 1898 900 Only
four persons pay taxes on property valued at
over million dollars.
Foreign.
We noticed short time ago an order isspad
by a Russian minister by which newspaper
which had offended was forbidden to receive
any advertisements, thus fastening it to an early
decease A similar act of despotism has inst
come to light, by which all Dissenters" from
the Greek Church In the Russian Empire are
forbidden to repair the edifices in which thew
perform their religious worship. OF course the
chapels must In time be DESTROYED This is let
ting them down to ruin gently, but effectuallv.
Presbyterian
George Muller whose faith has wrought mar
yels IN raising large orphanage at Bristol
England, Is travelling in this country Mean
while, news comes that fifty thousand dollars
have been bequeathed to the orphanage by Mr..
Alexander Botefeure, of Bayswatu, London.
Lady Burdett. Coutts lately gave a tea-partv
to over two hundred London cab-men and ftbeir
wives She has spent $l5 900 for philanthropic
objects.
The Catholic clergy decline the offer of the
RUSSIAN Government to concede to them the
right OF supervising the religious instruction in
schools They claim permission not only to su
Pervlse, but themselves to impart such instruc-
tons as In the time before the Falk laws a
petition to be signed by Roman Catholic lavmen
Is now being drawn up TO that effect.
M de Freycinet, President of the Council and
Minister OF Foreign Affairs whom President
Grevy called to the head of the new Ministry in
| France, is Protestant and it is interesting n
note with what appearance of respect he is treat
| ed by the Roman Catholics. who would move
heaven and earth, if it were in their power. to
displace such man from office. But 'RepublI-
can France is not 50 subservent to Rome rs was
France Imperial Even the Pope. through his
Nunico, falls into line with the rest in paving
respect to the new Minister.
Prince Bismarck's first grandson was baptized
on Christmas day The Prince is daily informed
OF the progress OF the infant about whose wei
fare he Is much concerned. His name is Rant
Eau
Mr.. Crawford, the American engineer. now in
Japan, is to start soon for the United Sfates
authorized to completely equip in America a
railway from Yeddo to the coal fields of the IN
terror, through the city of Sappers. distance If
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