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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-10-08

The Baltimore Oriole begins next
Monday and will continue until We'd
nesday night. The Baltimoreans,
with their usual taste and enterprise
have prepared for a magnificent car
nival, and the sights that are to be
seen will more than pay for the trip.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
will issue excursion tickets from all
points at half rates. This is an ex-
cellent opportunity to visit the Mon
umental city. Quite a number of
folks from this county, we learn will
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-10-08

The writer of the postal card in
which Malone was referred to as a
ID dog has not yet been annihi-
lated. Judge Hughes, of Alexan-
dria, has continued the case until the
January term of court. 4li
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-10-08

ELECTIONS THIS Elections
are to be held in ten States this fall
Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylv ania,
New York, New jersey, Massachu-
sets, Minnesota, Ohio, Mississippi
and Wisconsin. Only in Massachu-
settss Virginia and Ohio, are Cover
nors and full Legislatures to be elect,
ed. Some of these States elect half
Senate and some third. Penn
isylyania elects full Legislature but
no Governor. New York, in addi-
ton to a partial board of State off
GERS, Assembly and half the Senate,
elects Representatives to Congress in
place of Fernando Wood, deceased.
Levi Morton, appointed Minister to
France, and Warner Miller and Ell
bridge G. Lapham; elected to the
Senate.-In Minnesota, Mississippi
and Virginia, the legislatures elected
will choose United States Senators.
The already long list Of recent bal
loon accidents received an addition
on Saturday in the killing of an Ohio
@ronaut named Cowan. Fortunately
the season for this species of public
entertainment is now nearly over; it
has been attended with many disap
pofntments this year.--y. Y. Sun.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-10-08

The White House at Washington
City has been refurnished thirteen
times since the beginning of General
Grants first term. One hundred and
seventy seven thousand dollars was
expended upon it during Grants adj
ministration, and nearly one hundred
thousand dollars while Hayes oceu-
pied it. From this it would appear
that the Presidential mansion has
been rather an expensive affair Of late
years. h
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-10-08


BY giving moderate ear to the free
comments that begin to enliven the
organs of the two factions of the re-
publican party the voter will be apt
TO learn good deal about parties
and men. A New York journal pub
fishes the fact that Attorney General
MacVeagh retires from the Cabinet
not so much because he wants to as
because Arthur fears that he would
not push all the persons involved in
the Star Route and Treasury frauds.
Before these mysterious researches
are brought to an end it is roundly
asserted names high in the esteem of
the half-breeds will be swirled into
the maelstrom of corruption. 1t is
asserted with considerable acerbity
that the half breeds have been posing
long enough as the saints of the par
ty and forcing upon the stalwarts the
ungracious roles of wicked partners.
This is now to be reversed and such
an exhibition made of the fostering
rottenness of Hayes administration
as will put the half-breeds where the
Greeley faction was in 1872. John
Sherman, it is luridly whispered, will
have the deepest interest in impend-
ing Developments, for the man that
he chased out of the New York Gus
tom house, branded with dishonesty
and incompetency, is now President,
and he is going to let the country see
the sort of man that set up as puri-
fer under the Moody and Sankey
dispensation of Hayes. All these
notes touch far reaching and thrill
ingly responsive chords in the mem
DRY of the past Who knows but we
shall really get a glimpse at that ia
nous Treasury book keeping, where
by, on a salary of $4,000 during
twenty years, John Sherman became
millionaire and one of the largest
real estate owners in Washington.
If Arthur has really undertaken the
job of exposure he is embarked in the
biggest contract that any admins
tration ever tackled since Lincoln
confronted the civil war; hilddel-
phia Times. 19.e ,t ~
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-10-08


After months of steady preparation during which
made extensive improvements formally the opening
NEW STORE For Variety of Stock, Novelty
1horoughness Manufacture surpassed
fore has stock been complete present me
determined nothing should be of
customers.
Below will be found few of prices enumerae them all
would require the space of this whole paper:
Mems Over Coats all styles
$3.50 $5 co. which
AT $500 Mems Durable
At $500 to 500 Mems Heavy Worsted Suits.
At $3.50 to 5000 Mems Cashmere
AT 80 25 Boys Suits
At $l62 Mems Heavy Working Coats.
Ats % Mems Heavy Worsted Pants.
At $500 Mems Heavy Cashmere Pants
At $3.50 $3.50 Mems French Wosted equal
At $1,000 to $li50 Mems Fine French Worsted Suits
Immense Stock of Heavy Jeans Pants Lined
Our Stock of Hats is complete from % to $500
We Have s
$50 suspen1ers, a and Upwards fe5
$50 no2en Socks, a It's and Upwards q -
100 Dozen Silk Handkerchief al 5cents.
Over Ais All Kinds IS n pwards.
Under Shirts Drawers Description
White Fine Shirts 40
Mems Extra Fine Shirts
A Full Line of Trunks and Rubber
Without doubt have Largest Boots,
with prices equally as low the balance of stock.
Expecting carly CALL whether you wish am
Respectfully Yours, - S D. HIRSCHMAN.
Main Street, Opposite the Court House.
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The Outgoing Cnbincs.

What to do with the dead Presi-
dents Cabinet is said to lie giving
President Arthur considerable WORT
ment. The following is the latest
Washington gossip on the subject:
President Arthur proposes to ar
range with the outgoing Cabinet that
they, may retire in manner satisfac-
tory to- themselves, and so as to avoid
public iclamor. n4olal 55s,
Mr. Blaine will be rendered a first
class foreign mission, which it is be-
lieved he will not except.
Secretary Hunt will be rendered a
Territorial Judgeship, which doubt
less he will not refuse, as otherwise
he will lie left without position
Secretary Kirkwood will be APP
pointed Governor of Arizona Terrific
ry, in place of Pathfinder Fremont.
/ The Administrator will use its
best endeavors to secure Mr.. Win
dom's return to the Senate, that be
ing the position most desired by
him. f. #if4 s
Postmaster General James will
either accept the Presidency of a
monied corporation in New York, al
ready rendered him, or, II he prefers,
will be made Assistant Treasurer at
Washington. of4
Mr. MacVeagh is anxious to return
to his law practice, which is more re-
munerative than any public Office,
and hence, while entertaining no I'M
kind feeling toward President Ar
thur, does not need nor will he accept
any office. ~
The most embarrassing problem is
to dispose of Secretary Lincoln. To
invite him to retain his portfolio
would be to create an invidious dis
tinction not at all complimentary TO
his retiring associates.
Upon consultation with General
Logan, it has been determined to
tender the Attorney Generalship to
Senator David Davis, Of Illinois,
whose Senatorial term expires March
3,1SS3. The resignation of Judge
Davis will create vacancy; and in
the event of his acceptance of the De
partment of Justice, it is proposed to
elect Secretary Lincoln to the Senate
in his place. -InteHiqencer.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-10-08

HIS DAYS NUMBERED.-Pl Pleasant
jenkins, colored, who murdered Win
field Saunders, Nuttalsbnrg some
time ago, has been found guilty of
murder in the first degree by the Cir,
cult Coult of Fayette county. Judge
Holt sentenced the prisoner to be
hanged in the Jail yard at Fayette-
vile, the seat OF Fayette county, on
Friday, November IL, between the
hours of 10 A. NJ. and 4 P. NJ. Jen-
kins is about 20 years of age and
received the sentence of death as
though nothing uncommon was going
to happen. The evidence was all
circumstantial.-Chorleston Leader.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-10-08

TEN DAYs.--The half fare tickets
on the B. &. O. for the Baltimore
Oriole will be good to return for ten
days from date of sale. Ticket agents
will tell all about the departure OF
trains and that sort of thing. The
Oriole commences Monday, October
10 and continues three days. the
Mardi Gras being upon the night Of
tie 1lth.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-10-08

Tue New DonlSloS, $I.5O a year.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-23
A Good Sermon.

Something over twenty years ago the
present Bishop of Minnesota went to
Chicago, and built church on Wabash
avenue, near the business centre of the
city In those days there were no street
cars, and 1T happened that the reverend
gentleman took up his residence in West
Chicago, convenient to an omnibus line
1t frequently occurred that the omnibus
would be crowded, and many obliged to
take deck passage" The writer was
riding on the seat with the driver one
Saturday night, when the conversation
turned upon Sunday labor and the con.
sistency of professed Christians-the
driver thinking it rather hard that he
should be obliged to labor on Sunday,
while others could take their rest. 1t
appeared from his conversation that his
faith In Christianity was rather weak
but turning to me he said, with consid-
cradle emphasis:
There is one clergyman whom re-
pect and believe to be a consistent Chris
tan"
Being little curious to know who the
clergyman was, and upon what evidence
he had based his opinion, We asked him
for an explanation.
Well, said he, there is the Rev.
Mr.. Whipple, who built that church
down town; he has free pass over this
line, bnt walks down and back on Sun
days rather than compromise his Chris
tlanlty; that proves to me that he is a
consistent Christian"
1t sometimes occurs that clergyman
most eloquent sermon is being preached
when he least expects it.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-23
For the Central Presbyterian
For Children, and Children of a
Larger Growth.

Several years ago a little boy in the
town of F q would tell you his
name, but I'm going to compliment him
and he might hear of it), well, this little
boy, now eleven years old, was subject
to croup-so with the faith of child he
began to pray every night that he might
not have it, and he didn't. But one day
he said, Papa, 1 don't believe I'll pray
not to have the Group, IN getting to be
such a big boy now, I don't think I'll
have it any more" So that night the
petition was left out, and that night the
Group came. The little fellow meekly
accepted the rebuke, and from that day
to this he has never left out his petition
against Group. And some two or three
years past young minister, now his
pastor, asked the children to pray for
him. This same little boy went home
and began and has continued to pray for
him ever since.
Who of even mature Christians, pray
year after year for some one blessing in
the faith of this little child? With what
grateful and tender feelings does the
minister remember that patient little
prayer ascending night after night from
the little lamb of his flock. How rich
the blessings would be were there two
such petitions offered, in such faith, from
every Christian heart, even once a day.
. Verify | say unto you, whosoever shall
not receive the kingdom Of God as a lit
tie child, he shall not enter therein"
Bruno.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-23
For the Central Presbyterian.
Who Should Proclaim Days of
Thanksgiving and Humilia-
ton, Fasting and Prayer?

Messrs. Editors,-Will you or some OF
your correspondents, expound chap II,
sec. l, Of the Directory for the worship OF
God. The section treats of days OF hui
initiation and thanksgiving when
such days are appointed by the prope,
ecclesiastical authorities" * Many OF
our people would like to know whether
the civil magistrate has right, under
the teaching and examples of Scripture,
to call upon the people to observe giUea
day, as day of thanksgiving, and an
other day, as a day of humiliation and
prayer?
The teaching of this section seems to
be that "the proper ecclesiastical author
tiles are the only human powers who
have right to make such calls. If we
turn to Joel, chap i 2, we find him call
ing upon "all the inhabitants of the land. y
Verse IA, "Sanctify ye fast, call a sol
emn assembly, gather the elders, and all
the inhabitants of the land into the house
of the Lord your God, and cry unto the
Lord. y In chap. ii: Is, the command
seems to be addressed to the Church :
BLOW ye the trumpet in Zion, sanctify
a fast, call solemn assembly," If we
turn to the Prophet Jonah, ii: ST, we
find the king and his mobiles putting on
sackcloth, and proclaiming fast. Ezra
viii: 21-23, proclaimed a fast before the
return from the captivity. So did Ne
hemiah chap. tx, on making the covenant.
Now were these by ciUH or ecclesiastical
authority? We would like to be able to
vote intelligently. Will you give us the
information? G.. w. B.
The present Directory after speaking of the
authority of congregations, Presbyteries, Synods,
and the Assembly TO appoint such days, adds
" And if at any time the civil power should
think it proper to appoint fast or thanksgiv-
ing it is the duty of the ministers and people of
our communion, as we live under a Christian
government, to pay all due respect to the same"
This is left out in the Revised Directory mot
yet adopted). We would be glad if DR.. Arm
strong of the Committee of Revision would say
what is the significance of the proposed change
EDS
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-23
(From the Richmond Dispatch.)
An Appeal to the Humane

About two months ago there was pub
llshed In the Dispatch an abstract from
the annual report of the direc -ors of the
Ea tern Lunatic Asylum, at Williams
burg, in which the distinguished super
intendent CDR. Harvey Black made allu-
sion to the fact that the institution greatly
needed an addition to its library, and at
the same time the Dispatch made special
mention of this as most worthy object
of philanthropy, and stated that any per-
sons, either In the city or the country.
who had any spare books or magazines
that they would like to contribute in
this direction, could send them t. West
d Johnston's bookstore, whence they
would be sent to the asylum free of any
cost to the contributor.
One would have thought that such an
appeal would have met with a prompt
and hearty response from all parts of
the State, especially from Eastern Vir-
ginia, which furnishes almost all of the
inmates of this excellent institution
Strange to say, however, it has met with
scarcely any response, as the writer has
the best means of knowing from one who
has recently visited the asylum and
found many of the inmates, both male
and female, whose comfort and pleasure
would be greatly promoted by having
some good books, magazines, or even
newspapers, to :ad. Who will take
part in this good work, and send
promptly to West. & Johnston what
they can spare-not trashy romances,
but books, magazines, and newspapers
OF good moral tone and evangelical. re-
ligious character? Some of these poor
unfortunates would appreciate and enjoy
books of travel, biographies, and indeed,
good books of almost any kind. What
better use could be made by SUNDAY
School of its second-h hand books than
this? How many h ndred books of this
kind could be spared by Sunday Schools
and by private families all over the
State? May 1 not, then, make an appeal
to the many readers of the Dispatch,
both male and female, in the city and in
country-especially to the benevolent
women, who are always looking out for
some way to do good-to make some
SPECIAL effort in this direction. FL.
GaInaore's Mills, Va., Feb. 26, 81.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-23

bath School myself, generally tarrying
between Sabbath School and church, and
seeing that those who remain have sing
ing if they desire it, while 1 study my
sermon, or speak to persons coming in,
has enabled me to get good children s
attendance at the morning service
Then every month one service is de-
voted especially to the children. This
is probably the most delightful service to
poth pastor and children of the month
Give the children music, attention, love,
and sermons illustrated and simplifed,
prompt, and not too long, and they will
attend church as well, if not better, than
adults. And train up child in the
way he should go and when he is old he
will not depart from it. B.H.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-23

whom, alas. is allotted sad privation.
While the bright eyes of reason are full
of piercing and restless intelligence, his
ear is closed to sound and while faith
has an ear of exquisite delicacy, on her
sightless orbs, as she lifts them toward
heaven, the sunbeam plays in vain.
Hand In hand, in mutual love, the
brother and sister pursue their way
through world on which day breaks
and night falls alternately. By day
the eyes Of reason are the guide OF faith
and by night the ear of faith is the guide
of reason.-Henry Rogers.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-23
The Seven Bibles of the World

The seven Bibles of the world are the
Koran of the Mohammedans, the Tri
Pitikes of the Buddhists, the Five Kings
of the Chinese, the three Vedas of the
Hindoos the Zendavesta and the Scrip
lures of the Christians. The Koran is
the most recent of these, dating about
the seventh century after Christ. 1t
IS a compound of quotations from the
Old and New Testament, the TaImud
and Gospel of st. Barnabas. The Eddas
OF the Scandinavians were first pub
llshed In the fourteenth century. The
Pitikes of the Buddhlsts contain sub
lime morals, and pure aspirations, and
their author lived and died in the
sixth century before Christ There is
nothing of excellence in these sacred
books not found in the Bible. The
sacred writings of the Chinese are called
the Five Kings, the word King" mean
ing web of cloth. They contain the best
sayings of the best sages on the duties
OF life. These sayings cannot be traced
farther back than eleven hundred years
before Christ. The three Vedas are the
most ancient books of the Hindoos; and
they are believed to date not beyond
eleven hundred years before Christ
The Zendavesta of the Persians is the
greatest of the sacred books next tc
our Bible. Zoroaster, whose sayings il
contains, was born in the twelfth cen
fury before Christ. Moses lived and
wrote the Pentateuch fifteen hundred
years before Christ, therefore that por
ton Of our Bible is at least three hun
dred years older than the most ancien
OF other sacred writings.-Anon.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-23
Reason and Faith.

Reason and Faith" says one of our
old divines with the quaintness charac-
terlstlc OF his day, !" resemble the two
sons of the patriarch Reason is the
first born, but Faith inherits the blessing"
The image is ingenious and the antit6e-
Sis striking, but neverthess the sentiment
is far from just. 1t is hardly right to
represent faith as younger than reason,
the fact undoubtedly being that human
beings trust and believe long before they
reason or know. The truth is that both
reason and faith are coeval with the
nature of man, and were designed to
dwell in his heart together They are,
and ever were, and in such creatures as
ourselves must be, reciprocally compli-
mentary; neither can exclude the other.
1t is impossible to exercise an acceptable
faith without reason for so exercising it
that is, without exercising reason while
we exercise faith, as it is to apprehend
by our reason, exclusive of faith, all the
truths on which we are compelled dailv
to act, whether in relation to this world
or the next Neither is it right to rep
resent either of them as failing of the
promised heritage, except as both may
fail alike by perversion from their
true end, and deprivation of their
genuine nature for if to the faith of
which the New Testament speaks so
much peculiar blessing is promised, it
is evident from that same volume that is
not faith without reason, any more
than faith without works" which is
commended by the author of Christianity.
And this is sufficiently proved by the in
junction, " to be ready to give reason for
the hope" and therefore for the faith.
which is in you"
If, therefore, we were to initiate the
quaintness of the old divine on whose
dctum we have been commenting. we
should rather compare reason and faith
to the two trusty spies, faithful amongst
the faithless, y who confirmed each others
report of that good land which flowed
with milk and honey" and to both of
whom the promise Of a rich inheritance
there was given, and in due time amply
redeemed. Or rather, if we might be
permitted to pursue the same vein
little further, and throw over our shoulder
for moment that mantle of alleeory,
which. none but Bunyan could wear
long and wear gracefully, we would
represent reason and faith as twin born
the one in form and feature the image
Of manly beauty, the other Of feminine
grace and loveliness, but to each Of
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-23
A Child's Prayer and Sacrifice

Much attention has been attracted bv
this incident during the recent cold
weather: " In the sparsely settled vii
iage of Hardenburg, N. Y, lives fam
lily named Osborn, consisting of father,
mother, and one daughter, child of six
years old, named Nellie. When the last
heavy snowstorm fell, both Mr.. and Mrs.
Osborn were lying sick, suddenly stricken
by fever, and Nellie was alone in the
house with them. Living in an isolated
place., far from neighbors, and being
scantily supplied with the necessaries Of
life at this severe and inclement season.
with snow lying three or four feet deep
everywhere, the situation may be i'm
agined. Little Nellie did what she could
to alleviate the suferings Of her parents
In every way. 1t was bitterly cold, their
rude little house offered poor resistance
to the winds, the bed covering was not
abundant, and the supply of fire-wood
was finally exhausted. The child knew
the fire must be kept up, and rather than
let 1T 90 out she took her wooden tovs--
her treasured play-things -and cast them
on the embers; then she kneeled bv the
couch of her sick mother and PRAYED
Please, dear Lord, send big, good man
to help us. Help came in the person of
James McGavitt, a lumberman of the
mountains, who finding the family in this
deplorable condition, exerted himself 70
afford prompt relief"
Christjan Zatelligencer.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-03-23
For the Central Presbyterian.
Attendance of Children at
Church,
CARRoLLToN, KY, March TO- 81

CARRoLLToN, KY, March TO- 81.
MeSsrs. EdtorS,-Several numbers oil
your paper have contained articles touch
ing on the questions of Sabbath Schools
and Sabbath School children absenting
themselves from church 1t was the
good fortune of the writer to meet with
a little book, Texts of Sermons" pub
lished by Ward & Drummond, New
York, 116 Nassau street, at FIVE cents per
copy, which contains blanks for noting
the text, and subject Of the sermon, and
place for date, name of preacher, and
name Of scholar, and for the Sabbath
School teachers name to be written next
Sabbath as a voucher that the child was at
church and got the text and subject cor
rectly. | offered a reward to be given
the 80 scholars whose books showed the
best attendance and attention. Out OF
Sabbath School Of so / have had from
30 to 40 children present since January
lst, and they attend now better than at
first. Seeing so many children present
in my audience naturally adapt more
or less of my sermon to their capacity.
This, with constant attendance at Sab