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FOREIGN CHURCH NEWS.

-Okrika is a town Of 10000 inhabi-
tants, forty miles from Bonny, in the Igbo
country, at the mouths of the Niger. A mission
agent never visited it until recently. Bishop
Crowther, of the G. M. s.. hearing that the peo-
pie there had built church and were holding
Christian worship, sent Archdeacon Crowther
to inquire and report the facts. The Archdea-
con found the church as represented, and that
Christian worship was held in it every Sunday
school-boy from Brass Mission reading the
service and congregation of fUe hundred per-
sons In attendance. The people desired a regu-
lar teacher and offered to contribute to his sup
port. In this remarkable manner is the Niger
district being Christianised.
Mr.. Winsor, of the Mahratta Mission
of the American Board, writes of an encouraging
state of affairs in Ranjangar The people are
giving up their idols to be destroyed seeing that
they are poweress to avenge themselves The
Mahars have all left their idols and are striving
to learn of the true God.
"A motion was recently made in the
Elgin Presbytery of the Church of Scotland con-
corning suggestion that the formula of sub
scription of the Confession of Faith ought to be
modified, to secure an increase Of competent
candidates for the ministry. The motion was
vigorously opposed One member regarded it
as treason, almost. The motion was adcpted
with the casting vote of the moderator
The execution of the March DEGREES
In France is now said TO be complete everywhere
except in Algeria and Corsica. The number of
persons expelled is 1850. The English Passion
lists IN Paris and the Benedictnes in Douay will
not be molested.
The sale Of the Penny Testament in
England, the cheapest edition ever published
has already reached nearly 100000 and the
publisher, Mr.. Elliot Stock, confidently expects
that one million copies will be disseminated in
the course OF twelve months.
Canon Scott Robertson has prepared
a summary Of the annual contributions to 70
British societies for foreign missions for the past
year. Itshows slight increase upon the total
OF the previous year. The summary is as fol.
lows: Church OF England Missions. G449 $3.50
joint societies of Churchmen and Nonconfornists
Gl56,985; English Non conformist societies
G297382; Scotch and Irish Presbyterian So
cieties, Gl74,3l3 and Roman Catholic societies
G8, l12; making total Of Ct ,O86,67S. This
amount does not include any interest on invest
ments or balances in hand at the beginning of
the year OF foreign contributions.
One hundred and fifty of the men,
bers Of the present House Of Commons are in
favor Of the Dis-establishment Of the Church of
England.
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1t is proposed that all the Churches
represented in the Council of the Alliance of Re-
formed Churches held last fall in Philadelphia,
shall take a collection on the first Sabbath of
January, 1881 or soon thereafter as possible
in aid of the Waldensian Church. The pastors
of the churches in the valleys are receiving onlv
$500 year. The church is doing all that It can
for itself and the great mission work opening
more and more widely and invtingly before it
IN Italy The proposition brought before the
churches of America is to contribute towards a
fund of $4,000. the income of which is to be de-
voted to increasing the salaries of the self deny-
ing pastors of the Vaudois Church. The pres
sure upon our columns is so great this week that
we cannot say more at present. Mr.. VIM. Ran
kin, Treasurer of the Board of Foreign Missions
OF the Presbyterian Church, % Centre street,
and Rev. DIR. j. NJ. Ferris, of our own Board of
Foreign Missions 81 Vesey street, are requested
by Signor Matteo Prochet, Chairman of the Mis-
sion Board of the Vaudois Church. to receive
and forward the gifts of the Presbyterian and
reformed Churches of this country Christian
IHteLLqencer
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FUNERAL OF MRS w. o. McCoRKLE.
The funeral of the late Mrs VIM. o. McCorkle
took place yesterday morning from the First
Presbyterian church, of which the deceased was
a devoted and consistent member Rev. Dr.
Hail. the pastor, conducted the services, taking
for the text of his discourse the familiar words of
job The Lord gave, and the Lord hath
taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. -
The sermon was we'll conceived, and impressive
ly delivered, Closing with touching tribute to
the graces and virtues which adorned and beau
tilted the life of the departed christian. At the
conclusion of the services at the church, the re
mains, followed by a large concourse of relatives
and friends, were conveyed to the Presbyterian
cemetary, and there remanded back to DUST
Lgnehbarq Nelos of Dec. 18th.
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orv and gifted man. But his thoughts were
tnrned to a higher and holier profession than
that of the law, and he not to plead for the
rights of his fellow man in earthly courts but to
labor for the salvation of souls. In youth he
had united with the Presby terrain Church, of
which he was now ordained a minister. and re-
moving to Missouri. then frontier State. he
ENGAGED actively in preaching the gospel and
organising churches. As an evangelist in that
State from 1920 to 1881. he gave ten years of
4be most useful period OF his life, with influ-
anca tor good which no human estimate can
,neasnre. In 1881 he removed to Tennessee.
.,,h,cb was his home and the scene of his abund-
ant Iabors until 1915 He then removed to
TIn;on county. Arkansas the pioneer of Presby-
4or;an;sm in what is now Ouachlta Presbytery
where he continued to reside until his death.
Mr. Lacy was twice married his first wife was
Miss Sally T.. Graham, of Lexington, Virginia.
Tbree of the children of this union survive him,
r T Lacy. D D., of Missouri, known through,
ont the land for his fervid eloquence and power
rs pulpit orator, Col. Horace Lacy, OF Fred
ericksburg, Virginia and Dr. Drury Lacy, OF
Texas. His last wife was Miss Julia Eldrdge,
of Tennessee, who with four children capt W.
+. Lacy. Mr.. Sterling Lacy, and Mrs. Fannie
Lester of Eel Dorado, and Mr.. Archer Lacy, of
Ouachita Parish. La. survive him.
The first wear of his residence in Arkansas
were spent in the active duties of the ministry,
and the people of this State, of more than a
quarter of a century ago, remember the earnest
and eloquent pull pit appeals of Father Lacy,
even then recognised the Patriarch OF Qua
chita Presbytery. But added years brought
bodily nfrmities by which he was laid aside
from active usefulness. In the long years of his
retirement no one visited his quiet freside, or
entered the charmed social circle of which he
was the centre and pride, without feeling the
inspiration of his genius and realisng that he
was in the presence of one whose highest aim
was to know Christ and Him crucifed
For the last years of his life he was first par
tally then totally blind; but as the objects of
earth grew dim around him. his mental vision
seemed to grow brighter, and as he poured forth
his boarded treasures, drawn from the whole
range of ancient and modern and sacred litera
ture, bringing them to bear on the passing oc.
currences of the day, where every syllable was
a thought conveying instruction, pointing a
moral, or enlivening by its wit he impressed
the listener with the idea that he was in the
presence of being of patrarchal age.-St.
Louis Presbyterian
We suspect that this is mistake; and that
he probably studied law with Judge Beverly
Tucker, half brother of John Randolph
EDS
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M A r r I E D .

December 18th, in the Second Presbyterian
church, Richmond, by the Rev. Moses d Hoge.
d. D.. THOMAS II. HUDsPErH and Miss Mary
NJ. Belts.
December 18th, at Faunsdaie Ala. by the
Rev. E. I. Baird, D. D., JAMES A. ToRBERT of
Laneville, Ala, and Miss ANNA PEGUEs. of
Faunsdale.
December 18th, by the same, near Demopols.
Ala, THOMAS F. HOWE and Miss PArr1E
STRUDw1cK, both of Marriage county, Ala.
At the residence of Capt. McFerran. Bote
tourt county, Va, by the Rev. R. R. Houston.
ROBERT j. GILLIAN, of Newton, Kansas and
Miss ELLA M. McFERRAN.
December 18th, at the residence of the brides
father, by the Rev B W. Moseley, EDWIN M.
SAUNDERS, of Louisa county, and Miss MARY
of Bedford county, Va.
November 2Sth, at Accomac C. H. Va, by
the Rev. John G. Anderson, JAMES Scorr and
Miss ARINTHIA WATKINsoN, both of Accomac
county, Va.
December 9TH by the same in the Presbyte-
ran church, at the same place, GEO L. MOORE,
of Crisfeld, Nd and Miss MARY A. ADAMS. of
Accomac county, Va.
November 18th, in Bedford county, Va, by
the Rev. John Ruff, LUTHER CAMPBELL and
Miss MoLLIE FAIRBURN, both of Bedford.
December 18th, by the same, ROBERT H. TAY-
LoR, of Charlotte county, Va, and Miss DoLL1E
PEARSON, of Bedford county.
At the First Presbyterian church, Staunton,
Va, by the pastor, Rev. w. E. Baker, W. PUR-
VANCE TAMs and SUE LEWIS FRAZIER. daugh-
ter of William and Sue L. Frazier IN Wednes-
day evening, November 18th, 1880, being also,
as to the day of the week and of the month,
SD anniversary of the marriage of the brides
parents.
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II people who suffer from the dull stupidity
That meets us everywhere in spring, and too
often in all seasons Of the year, knew how quick
it could be cured by taking ayers Sarsaparila
TO purge the bile from their systems, we should
deal with
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Died, December 9th at the residence of her
brother, Captain Charles S. Arnall, in Augusta,
John 7. Arnall, of Augusta county, Va.
For many years she had been in declining
health. and in the end met death not only with
calm resignation, but with the trustful hope of
the believer. Her body was brought to Vir-
ginia and buried in Thornrose Cemetery, Staun-
ton
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sabbath School Leason-

1t is somewhat singular that one
brother, Rev. r. ]. Miller, should be invited bv
the Board of Publication of the United Presbv-
terrain Church, to take charge of its Sabbath
School publications. and that another brother.
Rev. J. r. Miller, sustains somewhat similar
relation to the Presbyterian Board Of Publica-
ton
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BIT u ES.

Died, December 7th, at the residence of his
mother, at Accomac G. H., Va, JOHN GARRISON,
in the 22d year of his age.
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We have received from the International
Committee OF the Young Mems Christian Asso
Citations a copy of Three Hundred Topics for
the Prayer Meetings of 1881"
1t is intended for the use of pastors, associa
ton secretaries, and others active in Christian
work.
The following are the Scripture Lessons for
the week of prayer;
Week of Prayer for 1881.
January 2.-Theme: Christ the only hope of
lost world.
Monday, THANKSGIVING for the blessings.
temporal and spiritual, of the past year. and
prayer for their continuance.
Ps. cxlvii; II Cor. tx II.
Tuesday, illumination and confession on
account Of individual, social and national sins.
Dan. tx 3-19
Wednesday, prayer for the Church of
Christ, Its unity and purity, its ministry and
for revivals Of religion.
Eph. iv: 1-16; Ps. lxxxv 6-8.
Thursday, 6.-Christian education PRAYER
for the family, Sunday schools and all education
al institutions; for Young Mems Christian As
sociations, and for the Press.
Prov. iv 1-13 II Tim. iii: 1417.
Friday, Prayer for the prevalence of JUS
tice, humanity, and peace among all nations
for the suppression of incompetence and Sabbath
dissertation.
lisa. lviii 49, IA; Cor tx 1921; Ps Xvii
II
Saturday, S.-Prayer for Christian Missions
and the conversion of the world to Christ.
Isa lii.
Sabbath School Lessen.
The SoEG OF MARY.-Luke / 1855 Col
den Text My soul doth magnify the Lord, and
my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Luke i; as, AZ. Commit Us. 51-55.
Sunday 9.-Theme: On the Ministration OF
the Holy Spirit
The price Of the pamphlets (post paid) is 5
cents per copy or so cents per dozen. Orders
can be sent to Richard c. Morse, 23d st., corner
4th avenue, New York City.
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B95~ As fragrant and pleasant wash for the
mouth, there is nothing so good as Meade Ba-
ker's Carbolic Mouth Wash. Fifty cents bottle
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For Coughs, Colds and Consumption, use
Purcell, Ladd & Co.'s Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil with Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda
Small bottles-prioe. only so cents.
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BUSINESS NOTICES.

Is there a man with soul SO dead, :" who hath
suffered the miseries Of cough or cold, yet ne
elected to try Sellers Cough Syrup p
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B65~ Incipient tartar and scurf removed by
Meade & Bakers Saponine Dentifrice Fifty
cents box.
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When you wish to take Cod Liver Oil, use
the Emulsion made by Purcell Ladd & Co.,
with Hypophosphites Of Lime and Soda Small
bottles-price 80 cents
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Sellers Liver Pills" are the secret to per-
feet health, long life, and absolute happiness.
Sold by all druggists.
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Bsl5- For all diseases of the teeth and gums,
use use Meade q Bakers Carbolic Mouth Wash,
Fifty cents bottle
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Bs5 White and sound teeth insured by the
use OF Meade & Bakers Saponine Dentifrice.-
Fifty cents box.
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Be5'- Purge out the morbid humors Of The
blood by a dose or two Of Ayer's Pills, and you
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r For Coughs, Colds, Consumption, ETC.. use
PPgrcell, Laid d Co.'S Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oli, 1t IS the best made. Price, so cents LARGO
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9sy~ Discolored teeth rendered beautifully
Tnite by the use of Meade & Bakers Saponine
Dentifrice. Fifty cents box.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-08-07
Night Air.

An extraordinary fallacy is the dread
of night air. What air can we breathe
at night but night air? The choice is
between pure night air from without and
foul air from within. Most people pre-
fer the latter An unaccountable choice.
What will they say if it is proved to be
true, that fully one-half of all the dis
eases we suffer from are occasioned by
sleeping with our windows shut? An
open window most nights i'll the year can
never hurt any one. This is not to say
that light is not necessary for recovery.
In great cities night air is often the best
and purest air to be had in twenty-four
hours. | could better understand shut
ting the windows in town during the day
than during the night for the sake OF the
sick, The absence of smoke, the quiet,
all tend to make night the best time for
airing the patient.
One of our highest medical authorities
on consumption and climate, has told me
that the air in London is never so good
as after 10 o'clock at night. Always air
your room. then, from the outside ar, II
possible Windows are made to OPEN
doors are made to shut-a truth which
seems extremely difficult of apprchen-
sion. Every room must be aired from
without-evcry passage from within. but
the fewer passages there are Ill hospital
the better-F70rGHce NtghtiHgdtc.
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Odd Names,

There are good many queer names i'll
that the Hebrews invented, and the strill-
ingly similar ones of the Praise-God Bar
bones order which were devised by the
English Puritans. The n. y. Tribune
the other day had a poem by MI. Joseph
Nerey, which reminds one of the same
name as it is used i'll Massachusetts in its
shorter form. Mr.. Jones Very was, about
forty years ago Il poet and reformer liv-
ing in the neighborhood of Salem, who
not only wrote for the famous old Dial,
but published volume of poems i'll Bos-
ton, which were tolerably we'll known in
their day. If we are not so well accuS-
toned to it, Longfellow would seem
strange name. and SO would CruikshankS.
Ham and Bacon we all know. Mr.. John
Egg, machinist, can be found on Went
worth avenue, i'll this city, and two gen
tlemen named Hem appear in our direc-
tory. Duck has been an honored name
in Chicago for many years, and SO has
Drake Thomas Chicken used to live on
Twenty-ninth street, and Isaac Goslin on
Chicago avenue. Peacock may be read
on a very handsome sign; while Hawk,
Crow. Nightingale, Robins, jay, Spar
row. Dove. and a hundred other ornitho-
logical names might lead a stranger t"
think that the city is peopled with birds
instead of men. When an Indian Is
named Black Hawk or Bald Eagle. We
are prone to wonder at the peculiarltleS
of Indian nomenclature, but our own
familiar names, when we get down to
them, are good deal after the Indian
fashion. CAicaq0 Inter OceaA.
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Democratic court; it was the sole creation
of the Democrats, and the Republicans,
conscious that they had fairly elected
their candidate at the polls, were indis-
posed to enter it with the chance OF hay
ing the just verdict of the polls reversed:
but in order to show their faith in the in
tegrity of Mr.. Hayes election, they yield
ed their clear right to the Democrats.
and agreed to submit their case to the
Commission and to be bound by the Com
missions decision.
Having done that, eNs.y fair-minded,
intelligent man must admit tina, The Re-
publicans We're not only just but magnan-
imous toward defeated opponent, and
when President Hayes title was thus
doubly secured, first by election and
again by the Democratic Court of Arbi-
tration, the Democrats were by their own
act forever debarred from questioning the
validity of a title they themselves helped
to make and subsequently to confirm. To
make snch a question nearly four years
after a campaign issue is a piece of polit-
ical imbecility that seems to have no
parallel. The candidacy of General Han
cock upon its merits might have pur-
pose and meaning; but the same candi-
dacy based upon Mr.. Tilden's grievance
is both purposeless and meaningless.
Wilddelphid Inquirer.
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WHOLE No. 1865

having been wild and uninhabited when
he last traversed them. His enthusiasm
was great at what he saw, and he will re-
turn to the East with largely expanded
views in regard to the importance and
capacity of the great Northwestern en-
pire. The Baron is of Il scientific turn
of mind, and his Investigations extended
to the character and quantity of the soil
and subsoil, both of which he measured
and examined i'll several places. lie sug-
gested that the whole of the Red River
Valley had at one time been overtIowed,
forming the bed of the lake, thus Derry
ing rich vegetable deposit. He claimed
that the deep, clayey subsoil would re-
tain moisture, so that no fear of drought
need ever be apprehended, while the rich
top soil, and the bright, hot days, with
the clear dry atmosphere, would mature
the grain SO quickly and perfectly that
rust would not be liable to attack it
lie admits that the Spring wheat of this
section Is unrivaled in the world, but la
ments the impossibility of obtaining it
unadulterated in Europe. "Ah, sir.'
he exclaimed, "you little understand the
injury Eastern grain merchants and cle-
vator men are doing you. Your wheat
comes to us SO mixed with inferior grades
that it is useless, and we are forced to
use Russian wheat not nearly SO good
to give the necessary strength to our
Hours He reports the crops south of
here as looking badly, and says the poor
est wheat he has seen was in California,
it being almost entirely devoid of gluten.
The Baron has kept copious notes of his
observations, and his report to his Gov
eminent will prove not only compliment
airy. but profitable to the new Northwest.
st. Paul (Mnn.) Pioneer Press.
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Wheat in the Red River Valley.

Baron Joseph J. Van den Wyngaert.
of Berlin. returned from trip ON the
Northern Pacific Railroad recently. The
Baron. who is the President of the Ger
man Millers' Association, visited the
United States at the request of the Ger
man Government to inspect the various
wheat growing sections and to examine
the mode of milling. Since his arrival
he has visited all of the States on the
line between New York and California.
examining with great detail the charac-
ter of soil and climate. and also the
quality of grain raised. He asserts that
he has seen no place on the continent
that ut all compares with Minnesota and
Northern Dakota in their possession of
all the attributes necessary to the per-
feet production of the best wheat for
flour. Baron Wyngaert spent day
with Mr.. Oliver Dalrymple, ut the Cass-
Cheney farms, Gems. Sherman and Temp
kins being guests ut the same time. All
these gentlemen were greatly interested
in examining the growing crops and i'll
inspecting the arrangements of the farms.
Gen Sherman had been ANXIOUS to see
the Red River Valley of the North I'M
der cultivation, the whole broad prairies
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WHIFS: WISE HND WITTY.

-Nosouitoes lead hum. drum life.
Tanner is making the fastest time on
record.
Always cut off in its primc-An in
terest coupon.
1t is evidence of Il low taste when
man gets on his knees to drink from
brook?
If you want correct information
about any kind of business, ask the III
dividual who was never ingaged i'll 1t.
There are some men in this world so
mean that, if possible, they would use
the bark of a dog for medical purposes.
Those people who sit in second and
third story windows to sleep always Sc
cure more or less space in the daily
papers, and have as big funerals as any
body.
Chicago is going to make compulsory
the use of smoke consuming apparatus
on all locomotives steamboats, and lac
tories. If Chicago will extend tins wise
nroyisiou to cover the men who smoke ,
cent cigars, Chicago will earn the world 5
gratitude.
The subject of conversation at an !
evenings entertainment was the ihtelii-y
rence of animals, particularly OF dogs
Saws Smith: '.There are dogs who hay
mere sense than their masters Jug
So, responded young Fitznoodle, "l8'St
got that very kind of dog myself. I've
A little girl was asked w,
mother. on her return from chur% 1n,
she liked the preacher. "Did W.T. like
him at ALL" was the reply. i"why?"
asked her mother. "'Cause he preach
ed till he made me sleepy, and then hoi-
Tered so loud he wouldn't let me go to
Sleep
Foreman to witness: 9 If you know
of any crime of any kind having been
committed in Galveston, please tell the
Grand Jury all about it, fla. you
catch me helping you out unless | am
Dalu 1Or IL. Hc Couhls DtS' "" -
day to find out all sort of thing. You
can't deadbeat me that way
a corner room, shady all day, was
one of the demands that a hotel guest
made. Said the clerk: Every sorry, sir;
but can't accommodate you this year.
We used to have rooms like that. but in
order to keep them it was necessary to
turn the whole building around on
spindle. and some of our best bOarders
said it made them scasick. Give you a
shady room, sir, but not on a corner
A farmers wife in speaking of the
smartness, aptness and intelligence of
her son, lad six years old, to a lady ae-
quantancc, said: Gle can read tluently
in any part of the Bible, repeat the whole
catechism and weed onions as well as his
father" eyes, mother" added the
young hopeful, "and yesterday licked
Ned Rawson, throwed the cat into the
well and stole old Hinekley's gimlet."