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Bible and Prayer Union.

1t IS now about year and half since the
American branch of the Bible and PRAYER Union
was organized, notice of which was quite wide.
ly given in the religious newspapers. The
number OF its members has been steadilv in
creaslng, until there are now more than seven
thousand.
The Bible and Prayer Union was commenced
In London in the year 1876, and according to
the latest accounts there are more than 126 800
members enrolled. These are found in all conn
tries where English Christians have gone be.
sides branches which have been ORGANIZED in
nearly every country Of Europe, and in many
parts of Asia, Africa, and Oceanica.
The rules Of the Union are verv simple
Each person receives q card of membership
indicating the chapter which is to be read for
each day OF the year. The chapter appointed
Tor that day should be read, and on Sunday
morning each member should engage in PRAYER
for the blessing Of God upon all the members of
the Union. u
The chapters are read in regular order from
the beginning Of the Bible to the end.
1t IS not intended that the readings sbou1d
be confined to the chapter appointed; but il is
thought very important that no part of the Ri.
pie should be passed over, and that all should
be read in the order Of the Sacred Book.
The experience Of many persons is that in
these readings there is very special blessing
IN answer to the united prayer ofso many earn
est Christians.
Cards Of membership, or circulars containing
fuller information, may be obtained by address,
ing Rev. I. s. Wynkoop, Washington. D. G
enclosing three cents in postage STAMPS. one
cent stamps preferred.
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SYNOD OF VIRGINIA.-We publish the follow
ing letter as the best method of calling attention
to the subject mentioned.
PETERSBURG, Va, October II.
Messrs. Editors, notwithstanding two weeks
have elapsed since notice was given, little more
than one third of those expected to attend the
synod OF Virginia have notified the committee.
Please call attention to the importance of
Promptness in this respect as it is essential to
the proper entertainment of delegates.
II any have accepted invitations from indi
vlduals please request them to notify the com
mittee also, else confusion in assignment will
result. Very truly yours, o. B. MORGAN,
Chairman of Committee.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-10-19

SOME very important materials for Bib
lical Criticism are said to have been re-
Gently purchased by the British Museum.
being collection made in South Arabia
OF some forty Biblical and Oriental man.
uscripts. Among them are fifteen man
uscripts which are portions Of the Old
Testament, two Of which are represented
to be probably the oldest which have
come to light Of the Hebrew Scriptures.
Another manuscript, containing the Ha-
geographic, gives recension of the He
brew text, experimenting the remaining
portions Of the Old Testament which are
already in the museum. Several of the
manuscripts have the Arabic translation
OF Suadiah, which others have the super
hniary, or Assyrian, vowel-points, which
till recently were comparatively unknown.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-10-19

The Rev. Professor Plumpt e, in a
paper just published, draws attention to The fact
mat ne history both Of the Old and New TICS.
t Tan stands now on frmer footing than il
uIu ahundred years ago Assyrian, Babylonian
dayhghtclearness all that the Hebrew Scrip.
lures tell us Of such rulers as The Pharaobs
Sefnnacherib, Salmaneser, Nebuchadnezzar 6c
Chaldean and Assyrian records give the Bible
names Of Omri, Ahab, Jehu, Pekah. Azariab.
Aahaz, and Hezekiah. The cemeteries Of Rome
the BoIuabarium Of Livia, the arch at Tbes.
salo,a9lca, the stones Of Cyprus, are adduced as
origin Of the Christian Church.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-10-19

M. G. BERLIN has made an interesting
discovery relative to the Phenician al.
phabet. He believes he has proved that
the denominations Of the Phenician let
ters (Hebrew and Creek are TRANSACTIONS
OF the Egyptian names Of the same very
hieratic signs from which they are de-
rived. The theory has before been adj
yanoed but never demonstrated; if con-
hrmed, it will furnish a clue to the COM
pletion Of the list Of the Egyptian print
tives Of the Ph@nician. characters.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-10-19

The Universities Mission to Central
Africa, which was first undertaken in 1870.
through the influence Of DR.. Livingstone, and
afterwards suspended, has ente ed upon verv
hopeful career. Bishop CC;;vv.e has now a wei
EQUIPPED staif OF thirty one European missiona-
res, OF whom seven are ladies. He sireadv mn.
derstands the language Of the tribes among
whom he labors "e
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SYNOD OF VIRGINIA

The Ninety-fourth Annual Session of the
Synod of Virginia will be convened in the
Tabb Street Presbyterian Church. Petersburg
Va, on the first Tuesday of November, (1st day.,
1881, at Z! P. M. JAMES P. SMITH
Stated Clerk
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We hope the friends of the paper, and
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a special effort to increase our circulation
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The Synod of Mississippi will meet in Vicks-
6ourg on Wednesday, November Is, 1881. at 7
NJ JOHN HUNTER,
Stated Clerk, pro TEN.
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The Revised New Testament is said to
be in regular use in at least twenty Of the
leading New York churches.
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The Synod of North Carolina stands adjourned
TO meet, IN Its Sixty nth Annual Session in
on Wednesday, November I'd, 1881, at 7 ?. M
w. s. Lacy. Stated Clerk.
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SYS S9 OF V1ReINIA.-Delegates ministers
nual Session of the Synod of Virginia which
convenes in Tabb Street church on Tuesday
November l, 1881, at u P. NJ, are requested to
notify the undersigned and give date and train
upon which they expect to arrive
o. B. MORGAN
Chairman Committee,
Al Sycamore street, Petersburg, Va.
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Prof. DEI1TzscH, of Leipsic, has gone
to London to study some Of the newly ac-
CURED Assyrian inscriptions in the ma
tional collections.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-10-19

The Synod of South Georgia and Florida
meets as ordered by the last Assembly, at Jack
g 50 1I' on Wednesday, November 9th, at "a
l. M. W. ]. McCoRMIoK,
Appointed Moderator.
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Railroad Facilities

Members of Synod, upon statement of their
purpose to attend the meeting in Petersburg to
the Depot Agents, can purchase round trip tex
cts on the following lines
Richmond 4 Allegheny Railroad;
Virginia Midland
Richmond & Danvile
Richmond & Petersburg
Norfolk & Western
Members will be returned free upon certificate
q Clerk of Synod that they have paid full fare
In coming on the Richmond fredericksburg &
Potomac Railroad.
Members of Synod, and any of their families,
proposing to attend the meeting of Synod, who
will travel on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad,
can obtain orders for excursion tickets by sending
name ma ana address at once to the undersigned,
Fredericksburg, Va
Arrangements have not been completed with
other roads. JAMES P SMITH
Stated Clerk
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PIoKAwAY, MONROE Co., w. VA, !
Sent 9Th 1881

-, w V Az
Sept. 18th, 1881
1lessrs. EditOrs,-Please acknowledge with
tne thanks OF the subscriber, the following con-
tributions for the "volos Debt"
Gratefully yours. S. R. HoUsroS.
\! MISS s, Gray's Sabbath School GLASS, Mo-, 90
SabbatI oL LOUISVILLE nSN lie KY, 10 90
Monroe county W. Va, 10 90
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ECCLESIASTICAL NOTICE

Total.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-21
An Exciting Battle With a Deer.

. Dan Halleck, q veteran hunter. who
was with q party camping out at High
and lake, Sullivan county. N. Y. re-
Gently, is the hero Of an exciting chase,
fight, and capture of q deer at that
place. Tho party was warned OF the
presence of deer by the baying of
hounds. and Halleck said; ''lf that
deer crosses the river here I'll capture
him." None of the party imagined for
q moment that he could do so. as they
were on a fishing excursion, and wero
without firearms. Presently, however.
the deer made his appearance, and
rushed into the water to swim across.
Immediately Halleck jumped into a
| rowboat, and then began an exciting
! chase after the deer. Halleck at last
reached IL. and rowing tho boat close
upon the deer, grabbed him by the tail
| and hung on. The deer continued to
| swim despite his heavy load, but his
! tail began to slip away, and Halleck
found It necessary to grab him by tho
| leg. This the deer objected to, and
| letting ny his heels. kicked Halleck and
| the boat out Of the water. The hunter
| was not thus to DC frustrated, however.
| and, hastily swimming after the weary
, stag, nc dealt him a heavy blow witt
a Knife which ended his life. Wher
| dressed the ycnison amounted to 15S
pounds.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-21
Rescued from Death,

The following statement of William
j. Coughlin, of S0merville, Mass, il SO
remarkable that we beg to ask for it
the attention of our readers. He says:
I'm the fall Of 1876 l was taken with
a violent bleeding Of the lungs, followed
by a sever cough. l soon began to
lose my appetite and flesh. l was SO
weak at nj time that l could not leave
my bed. In the summer of 1877 1 was
admitted to the city hospital. While
there the doctors said / had a hole in
my left lung as big as a half dollar. 1
expended wei a hundred dollars in
doctors and medicines. l was so far
that l was dead. l gave up hope, but
a friend told me of DR.. VIM. Halls
Balsam for the Lungs. 1 laughed at
my friends, thinking that my case was
%incurable, but l got a bottle to satisfy
them, when to my surprise and gratifi-
cation, 1 commenced to feel better.
My hope, once dead, began TO revive,
and to-day l feel in better spirits than
l have the past three years.
II write this hoping you will publish
it, so that every one afflicted with Dis
eased Lungs will be induced to take
DIR. VIM. HALLS Balsam for the Lungs,
and be convinced that Consumption
can be cured. 1 have taken two bot
ties, and car positively say that it has
done more good than all the other
medicines / have taken since my sick
ness. My cough has almost entirely
disappeared, and 1 shall soon be able to
go to work" Sold by druggists.
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-21
PILEsi L e PILEsl
A Sure Cure Found at Last. No One
Need Suffer.

A Sure Cure Found at Last, No One
Need Suffer.
A sure cure for the Blind, Bleeding.
Itching and liberated Piles has been
discovered by DIR. Williams ian Indian
remedy, called DIR. Williams Indian
Ointment. A single box has cured the
worst chronic cases of twenty-five and
thirty years. standing. No one need
suffer five minutes after applying this
wonderful soothing medicine. Lotions,
instruments and electuaries do more
harm than good. Williams Ointment
absorbs the tumors, allays the intense
itching particularly at night after get
ting warm in bed), acts as a poultice,
gives instant and painless ralief, and is
prepared only for the piles, itching Of
the private parts, and nothing else.
Read what the Hon. j. NJ. Cofinber-
ry, of Cleveland, says about Dr. Will
liams' Indian Pile Ointment: l have
used scores of pile cures, and it affords
me pleasure to say that l have never
found anything which gave such imme-
date and permanent relief as DR..
Willinms' Indian Pile Ointment.
For sale by all Druggists, or mailed
On receipt Of price.
FRANK 5. HENRY, & Co.. Props,
Cleveland, Ohio.
BE sure and ask for Williams Pile
Ointment, and take no other.
For sale by Addoms & Glover.
~may7-daw1y
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-21
In Elysian Fields.

It Is not generally known, / believe,
that the famous garden known as tile
Elysian Fields is only a few doors out
OF the beautiful Champs Elysec. Per-
haps some one will ask. And pray what
Is the Champs ElyseeP In reply, ! u
say 1t is Paris, France. the whole world.
There Is no such venue elsewhere on
the face Of the globe. and all so-called
boulevards, no matter where situated.
pale into insignilicance when compared
with Elysian Fields Of Paris. Every
one goes into Champs Elysee to talk
about the races, women, pictures, all
things interesting. excepting politics.
II you want to discuss politics. just
cross the river yonder by the bridge
built from the stones of the Bastile. and
under the shadow of the Palais Bour-
bon-where M. Gambctta lives. and
the Chamber of Deputies hold their sit
f~iugs-there enjoy yourself us you
please: but in the Champs Elysee ja-
mdisl
Sit in the grand thoroughfare of an
afternoon. and witness the fashionable
folk and sec the demi-m0ndaine return
ing from their drive in the Bots do
Blulogne. The avenue is an immense
Inclined zone through which q host of
carriages Is constantly ascending or
descending. At the bottom is the Piace
do Ia Concordc, with Its many n
ments and beautiful fountains. and its
lost part Of the Egyptian god Osiris,
with the Garden Of the Tuileries for a
background. At the top Of the great
Arc de Triumphe overlooking every
thing; and behind it the setting sun
shining in amber-colored tint. speaking
10 ones heart In a language moi easily
translated. Under the trees the prom
enaders are numerous. Little boys
and girls with their nurses surround
the Punch and Judy shows; and,
strange to say, the uninterrupted, white
aproned young women in charge are
paying q great deal more attention to
certain men in army uniform than they
are to the rising generation intrusted
TO their care by hopeful mammas.
All the iron chairs. at W sous each,
are let to ladies. who are resting their
weary bones, or are watching the de-
file Of carriages, coloring the panorama
now and again with bits Of gossip
about this, that or the other fair occu-
pant. On the gravelled tracks bellies
| petit walk and watch, just as many OF
the bedu-monde in the iron chairs are
also ON the keen lookout for men with
money. Ali sorts of Partisan comedies
are played here. and not to have visited
the Elysian Fields is worse than going
to Venice and coming away again with
out a ride in a gondola--Cor 81. Louis
Globe Democrat.
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eorstions. He has highly orna.

and decorations. He has highly orna-
mented hunkeys assigned TO his service
and lives in great luxury. He is seulti-
waited and pleasant young fellow, tall
and slender, with an agreeable bat not
handsome face.
United States Senator Platt, of Con-
necticut, who is paired with Mr.. Fair.
Nevada, during the present session Of
the senate, says that he considers him.
self fully restored TO health by the
Adirondack air. but that be shall stay
in that region as long as the weather
will permit.
The hat which General Garfield wore
on the day Of bis Inauguration is nov
in the possession of General Weaver, of
Grand Rapids, Mich. 1t was made by
him for the president, and presented to
him with the agreement that it should
be returned to him when General Gar
field had discarded it. After the presi-
dents death 1t was found and sent to
its loyal maker.
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln is in New
York, stopping at the Clarendon hotel.
She is too sick to see callers. During
the greater part Of the day she lies in
bed. Her face shows the marks Of age
and sickness. Her physician, DR..
Sayre, says that she is in better health
than she RAJ last spring. She hopes to
remain in New York for a few days
only, intending to spend the winter at
the sanitarium at st. Cathernies. Can
ada.
Volney Warren. of Warsaw, N. Y,
has been informed by a special mes
senger that Jonathan White, of Cali
f~ornia, his bachelor great-uncle, had
died intestate, leaving an estate valued
at 81, 900. 900, Of which Warren's share
would be o~ne-sixth, and that he should
take the usual legal action. to secure
said share. There are twenty-four heirs.
Warren's vocation has been that of
farming on shares and horse-trading.
His deceased uncle was SO years old,
and amassed his fortune washing gold
dust from creeks.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-21
NonrnERS ROAD.

1t is not in the nature of things that
Cheyenne will long remain without a
railroad northward. Ii has a railroad
outlet east, west and south, but not
north. And yet when the road is built
northward, it will not be for the pur-
pose of furnishing an outlet for Chey-
enne, but for the vast region north of
US. Just look at the map for a moment
and contemplate the vast region that is
now without railroad outlet, but pro-
misses soon to be. There are three roads
pushing their way thither-the North
ern Pacific in Montana, and the Chi
cago & Northwestern and Milwaukee
and st. Paul. Montana will be tray
ersed lehgth-wise by the Northern
Pacific, while the two other roads are
likely to combine and branch over
northern Wyoming to reach toward the
Central Pacific, which seems ambitious
of an additional eastern outlet. Should
this result. and it seems possible, the
Union Pacific would be cut of from q
wide territory, because cattle and other
freights would be shipped over the
northern roads. But would the Union
Pacific folks allow this to be donef
They are shrewd and far sighted, and
they a observe these things as SOON as
they can be pointed out. They will not
lose a profitable field. especially to al
low rival lines TO obtain the same. This
field is bound to be pierced shortly, and
the Union Pacific is the company that
will do the building. With the cattle,
mining, agricultural, coal and oil inter-
ests Of northern Wyoming, to subserve,
the company well knows that the field is
too good to lose. although it may have
been a little too early to build the road
this year. But it will be built. Other
companies are anxious for the franchis-
es Of the Union Pacific, but the latter
will retain and utilize them.
And the branch will connect with the
main line at Cheyenne. The hills and
mountains west Of us prevent any other
route being used, while good grades can
be obtained in this county. Hence
Cheyenne will be the junction. The
actual point of contact may possibly be
a few miles east, but the depot will be
In this city, just as the Colorado Central
road connects at Hazard but uses the
depot at Cheyenne.
The matter of the building Of the
northern branch is becoming Of increas-
ed Importance since our Wyoming leg
islature will shortly hold a biennial ses-
sion. Various propositions have been
urged respecting the voting Of bonds to
the Wyoming, Montana & Pacific COM
pany, which shows that u citizens are
thinking rel the matter seriously,
thereby showing its great Importance
and prominence.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-21
The Dram Or Rsa

The rage for red shows no signs OF
abatement during the dog days, and
the hotter the day the more turkey-red
and crimson dresses are 20 be seen.
Bold colors and audacious combina-
tons that would have stamped the
wearer as insane q few years ago. now
rule Every style and complexion
rleases i0elf with q raging garment.
and turkey-red cottons that were ones
tolerated a a yagary fit for Mt Desert.
are now sent over by French dress
makers covered with embroidery AMI
lace %ruffies. and combined with every
imaginable color. A bit of red ribbon
on a blue dress. or blue ribbon on a
red dress, give sometimes q happy
touch of color. but an oyerdress Of blue
yelling and q turkey-red skirt are glar-
ing and angry masses that few can
look IN. Hardly any costume escapes
the touch of red, and what with the
sashes. the silk stockings and mits that
go with the dresses, they are bound to
be frightened with 1t in some way. A
late fancy has been the use of the silk
pompons as hair ornaments. A Gre
tonne fan with huge flowers on one
side. and a plain surface of red satin
on the other, mouned on olive-wool
sticks. is the great fancy. and such a
one was waved the other morning by
the lady who has the credit of owning
and wearing the most diamonds in Sar-
atoga- The dress of the lady was quite
as ultra fashionable as her fan, consis-
ting Of a French cretonne, with huge
and brilliant peonies the size of a din
ner-plate. outlined on a background.
A basque of closely shirred red surrah
surmounted the wonderful peony skirts,
andabundant lace rufies relieved tile
costume slightly. The people gazed af-
ter the figure. as well they might, but
the lady lifted up her expensive dress
and walked off under the shade Of her
red umbrella, wholly u~nconcerned.
When this envied woman. whose cos
TUNES are beyond counting. appears in
all her jewels. a quiet little man is seen
to continually shadow her footsteps.
entering a room when she enters, and
following her closely through the gar
dens, and along the crowded streets at
night. To him is confided the lady and
her jewels.-Sarafoga Letter.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-21
Eminent Physicians

are prescribing that tried and true re-
medy, Kidney.Wort for the worst cas- 8
of billiousness and constipation, as well
as for kidney complaints. There is
scarcely a person to be found that will
not be greatly benefited by a thorough
course of Kidney-Wort every spring. If
you feel out Of sorts and don't know
why, try a package of Kidney-Wort
and you will feel like a new creature
J,dtanqDOlts Sentinel.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-21
PERSONS AND THINGS

Vennor's snow-storm--''not to-day,
but some other day."
Now put up the stove, but watch your
language when caressing the o~bstreper-
GUS pipe.
Hon. Samuel S. Cox (Sunset), who is
enjoying a trip abroad, will return to
this country about the LIST of December.
Archbishop Purcell, Of Cincinnati, is
now reported to be in excellent health,
taking into consideration his advanced
age.
Justice Field. of the United States
supreme court, who is now in Europe,
writes that he will not return till Dec
ember.
Since his return from Europe Captain
Eads is more sanguine than ever Of the
success of his Mexican ship ailway
scheme.
The Stances princes, recently visiting
Paris, before leaving, bought $50 pianos
for the harem OF their august brother,
the king.
Judge Jeremiah s. Black, Pennsyl-
vania, married his wife when she was
II and he &c. Their golden wedding is
near at hand.
Mr.. Richard Watson Glider will sue
coed the late DR.. Holland in the editori.
al control of the Century Magazine, the
successor of Scribner's Month y.
Clara Louise Kellogg, since her re-
turn from abroad, affects the Spanish
style of dress, and yea quantities OF
black lace and a stiletto in her hair.
One reason why President Arthur Sc
lected st. Johns church, in Washing
ton. is that his wife's family-the Hern-
dons- were members of the parish for
many years.
Judge A. W. Tourgee, the author Of
"a FOOLS Errand," is president of a
"Town Improvement Association" at
Mayville, N. Y, which aims to beautify
and improve the town.
Cyrus w. Field has written to A. j.
mor;a, ,,naom ~ pras;5.n. Ca.a.,a !.
Wuliams ~col,e,a !. now ensured ana
thot the des;ors .ra naor,v rsaa.
corrinoe who NM Clsonatra,.
Needle across ,be Atlantic "a = memher
Of president WIZARD. excnrsion marty
to the western terminus Of the North.