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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-08-17
Looking Back Over Forty Years

"ln the very midst of youthful thought
lessness, and alas license" says one, "the
powers of the world to come made them
selves felt" | learned that there was a
God who cared Tor me and claimed nv
service, and who had made provision to
raise my sinful and estranged nature into
reconciliation with himself. The truths
OF His Word became real to me then. Tt
Is the sense of sin and infrmity that
makes the atonement of Jesus and the
mighty work of His Spirit SO precious.
And now, as / look back over the forty
years of life that lie between that time
and the present, I can say, with unwav-
erlng confidence, / know whom I have
believed, 1 am persuaded that He is able
to keep that which l have committed
unto Him." and / look forward to the
future with calm Joy that I cannot de-
scribe. | know that the loved ones who
have gone from my side on earth are
amongst the treasure reserved in heaven
for me; there is no dreary creed of ami
hilation to mock my longings for reunion
And it is very grand to think that what
men call death, and shrink from with
such trembling as they hear his ster
sounding amidst their earthly possessions
is to Christ's people only the messenger
who unlocks the prison doors of life, with
its ignorance, and incompleteness, and in
trinity, and sets the captive free for un.
limited progress and God-likeness.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-08-17
The Freedom of Love.

DIR. Chalmers said that before his con-
version he was in bondage; afterward his
soul was unfettered as soaring bird. 1t
Is no task to the lark to take morning
flight and sing morning song. The
peep of day cannot catch it asleep. Its
wings are as free as the air upon which
it rises, its music as spontaneous as the
sunlight which it goes to meet 1t is a
thing of liberty; earth and sky are its
only cage. 1t is made for fight and song
Even so love, the life and soul of reli-
gion, is a free, soaring, spontaneous thing.
1t is no task for love to be active. 1t is
not bound to earth, is not in letters,
does not fret and chafe in servitude. 1t
needs not to be coaxed, urged, driven. 1t
always wishes to do more. 1t can make
the difficult easy, the bitter sweet, the
task pleasure, the hand of iron duty
soft as velvet. We all want fresh bap-
tism of it. We groan, seek our ease, talk
mournfully of duty and denial because
we have little love- Left be rekindled
from Christ's own burning heart. Times
of Refreshing.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-08-17
Cinnamon at Sunday School.
EXEMPLARY CELESTIAL PUPILS WHO APP
PEAR REGULARLY AT BROOKLYN

PEAR REGULARLY AT BROOKLYN
CHURCHES.
There are about 200 Cinnamon who
attend the different Sunday schools in
Brooklyn, and on Sunday they 90 through
the streets following each other like IN
dams marching In single file. Two
rarely walk side by side, and when ad,
dressing each other they talk over their
shoulders. Their Sunday clothes include
embroidered thick-soled sandals and
black cambria blouses buttoned up at the
side. They seem to enjoy their holiday,
and are wholly unobtrusive. About
nifty Cinnamon are enrolled in the Chi
nese Sunday school opened two years ago
by Mr.. j. l.. Parsons, in the rooms of the
Young Mems Christian Association, at
Gallatin place and Fulton street. Mon
golian pupils are taught the English lam
guaage and the duties of citizenship, as
well as the truths Of the Bible. There is
class of about twenty Cinnamon in the
Central Congregational Church, of which
the Rev. DIR. Scudder is pastor, and an
other class of about the same number in
the sunday schools of the Pierrepont
Street Baptist Church. This school of
Cinnamon is led by converted Chi
naman, who is not only good talker
but good singer. The Greenwood Bap-
list Church has small number of Chi
nese pupils, and the Washington Avenue
Church and the Reformed Church ON
Clermont avenue are about to open class
es for Chinese. Cinnamon" said one
teacher, do not like to be isolated
They enjoy attending a large Sunday
school where there are many attractions
and regular teachers. They become
much attached to their teachers, and are
fond of showing their affection by little
gifts, which they have sent from China
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-08-17

have, the constant sympathy, prayers,
and gifts of Gods people. In their last
annual report, the Executive Committee
expressed the opinion that the stated
annual collections would not suffice to
sustain the work in feeble churches and
destitute places. 1t is necessary that
Christians shall continually look out
upon this field white unto the har-
vest, and bear it up before God in their
supplications and offerings. So, too, it
needs the help of all of our people, and
the heart of the whole Church ought to
be turned toward it with strong desire.
No Christian man or woman can afford
to overlook his relations at the home
field nor to neglect to do his share for
its culture. "The highways and hedges"
must be looked after; our waste places
must be built up; our destitute fields
must be occupied; the minister of our
feeble churches must be supported; our
young and struggling congregations must
be aided in obtaining houses of worship
The life, growth and spirituality of the
Church depend, in large measure, upon
the zeal and fidelity with which these
objects are pursued, and it behooves
every one of her children to do all in
their power for their accomplishment.
The Mite Chests.
The offer to furnish a mite chest to
any person, family or Sabbath School
teacher who will use it for Home Mis-
sions, has been accepted by quite num-
Der, but many more of these little saving
banks might be proftably used for this
cause. The offer still stands and those
desiring to avail themselves OF it will be
furnished, if they will send their names
and Post-ofice address to Home Mis-
sions, P. o. Box 531, Baltimore, Md"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-08-17

The Persian author Saadi tells a story
of three sages-a Greek, an Indian and
ferslan-who, in the presence of the Per-
sian monarch. debated this question Of
all evils incident to humanity, which is
the greatest? The Grecian declared,
"Old age oppressed with poverty" the
Indian answered, "Pain with impotence"
while the Persian, bowling low, made an
swer, The greatest evil, o king that I
can conceive, is the couch of death with
out one good deed of life to light the
darksome way |"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-08-17
Recognition of Ants.

1t has been known since the obserya-
tons of Huber that all the ants of the
same community recognize one another
as friends, while an ant introduced from
another nest, even though it be an ant
OF the same species, is known at once to
be foreigner, and is usually maltreated
or put to death. Huber found that
when he removed an ant from a nest and
kept 1T away from its companions for a
period Of four months, it was still re-
cognized as friend, and caressed by its
previous fellow citizens after the manner
in which ants show friendship, viz, by
stroking antenn@. Sir John Lubbock.
after repeating and fully confirming these
observations, extended them as follows:
He first tried prolonging the period of
separation beyond four months, and
found that it might be made more than
three times as long without the ants for
getting. their absent friend. Thinking
that this fact could only be explained,
either by all the ants knowing each
others personal appearance, or by their
all having distinctive smell peculiar to
each nest, or by their all having sign,
like password, differing in different
nests, Sir John tried separating some
ants from a nest while still in the condi-
ton OF larv@, and, when they emerged
as perfect insects, transferring them back
to the nest from which they had been
taken as Larvae. Of course in this case
the ants in the nest could never have
seen those which had been removed, for
larval ant is as unlike the mature in
sect as caterpillar is unlike butterfly;
neither can it be supposed that the lar
vac, thus kept away from the nest, should
retain, when Matched out as perfect in
sects, any smell belonging to their par
emit nest; nor, lastly, is it reasonable to
imagine that the animals while still in
the condition of larval grubs, can have
been taught any gesture or sign used
as password by the matured animals.
Yet, although all these possible hypo-
theses seem to be thus lIy excluded by
the conditions of the experiment, the re-
suit showed unequivocally that the ants
all recognized their transformed larvae
as native born members of their commu-
nifty
Next, therefore, Sir John Lubbock
tried dividing nest into two parts be-
fore the queen ants had laid their eggs.
'0N' III tAAOhoIo llUc1 CA0 OlNlSlOn the
queens laid their eggs, and five months
later these eggs had developed into per
feet insects. He then transferred some
OF these young ants from the division of
the nest in which they had been born to
the division in which they had never
been, even in the state of the egg. Yet
these ants also were received as friends.
IN mar ked contrast to the reception &C
corded to ants from any other nest. 1t
therefore seems to be blood relationship
that ants are able, in some way that is
as yet wholly inexplicable, to recognize.
1t ought, however, to be remembered in
this connection that in an experiment
made by ForeI on slave-making ants, it
was proved that they almost instanta-
neously recognized their own slaves from
other slaves of the same species-and
this after their slaves had been kept
away, from the nest for period of four
months.-Nsneteenth Century.
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Recent Publications.

The PooKET MEASURE. By Pansy. Boston
D. Lothrop & Co. Price $3.50.
Mrs. Alden, the author of this volume, has
written a number of books, all of which are
popular The theme Of this story is the duty of
giving according to ones means for the necessi-
ties of the Church and for general charities; and
further, the duty of Christians to make their acts
consistent with their profession, not only in con-
nection with church matters, but in the daily
walks of life
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-08-17
THE ED1SBuReH REVIEW for july Contents.

Methodism; Cesar's Campaigns in Britain 9.
Sweden under Gustavus III The Society of An,
tlquaries; Japan Revolutionized; The Revised
Version Of the New Testament; General Shad-
wells Life Of Lord Clyde; Philippsen's Henri
and Philip III The Storage Of Electricity /;
Landlords and Tenants in Ireland.
Leonard Scott Publishing Co.. ii Barclay
Street, New York.
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for September. Contents
America Benefactors; Comfortable Words :;
Moses and Jesus-Stephen's Comparison. The
Story of Margaret; Women of the Bible-Rnth .
Bit of Happy Work The Christian Church az
Washington, D. c.; Hard Places in the Bible !:
Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch Governor of
New York Fables for the Young, etc, etc, etc.
Frank Leslie's Publishing House, 90, 80, and
81 Park Place, New York
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-08-17

Humility and repentance are the re-
suit OF large acquaintance with God.
Humility is produced by the sight of his
greatness, repentance by a KNOWLEDGE
OF his purity. 1t is the union of these
that forms the idea Of God.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-08-17

Acts Of love to our brethren must oc
along with actings Of faith in Christ.
Morris tribune., 1881-02-17
Frightful Mine Explosion in Ohio.

An awful explosion occurred on the 10th at
P. c. Mauer & Co.'S coal mine, few miles
south of Salem, Ohio. A man named Smith
was going into the mine, the superintendent
cautioned him about going in certain room,
as it contained fire damp, but as that was dry
while around the track was filled with water,
Smith disobeyed orders and attempted to pass
through the forbidden room with lighted lamp
in his hat Immediately a terrific explosion
occurred. A hole was blown through fifteen
feet of earth composing the roof, carrying death
and destruction all around. About twenty men
we're at work in the mine, six of whom were
killed outright and number dangerously
wounded. A mule and train of eight cars were
shot out of the entrance as if from a cannon.
Another mule drawing a cart in which man
was seated, was blown On top of the cart, kill
ing the driver. A dog was also blown out of
the mine. One man, Jackson Leck, Just enter
ing, was blown back and over high railroad
e1nbankment into the creek below and badly
hurt Men not disabled or killed escaped
through shaft to the open air.
The killed are: James Logan and his son James
Jos. Meehan, William Haley. George Henshil-
wood, Ed Smith.
The man who caused the explosion was badly
mutilated and his body burned to crisp. The
wounded are: James Crouch, Robert Haley, Ed.
Creigan, John Aiken, Peter Wilson, two broth
ers, names unknown. Nearly all we're badly
hurt, and some will die.
Morris tribune., 1881-02-17
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.


DR.. Hookin, member of tho Dominion parli-
ment, has died of apoplexy.
In the house of commons the chief secretary
for Ireland said the object of the coercion bill
was not punishment for but prevention of, out
rage and incitement thereto. He was willing
to limit restriction to the first of October, 1881.
London telegram says a furious gale is
raging over the whole kingdom, with great dam
age to property. During the gale steam cut
ter belonging to the duke Of Edinburgs yacht
Livadia, while proceeding from the dockyard at
Sheerness to the ship, was swamped and sunk.
The crew were rescued.
At Canada de los Almosa, thirteen miles
from Santa Fe N. NJ, Julian Vigil, a Mexican,
killed his wife and young daughter, chopping
them with his axe, and severely wounding his
son, leaving him for dead. The man then hung
himself to rafter in the same ROOM Cause,
insanity produced by liquor. &C..
At meeting of the land league in Dublin,
Dillon urged the continuance of the agitation
! even after the passage of the coercion bill, and
advised tenants to resist the landlords in every
way short of physical force, for which they are
prepared. A resolution passed declaring that
i'll view of the Importance of securing the SYM
pathy of Americans and Irishmen in America,
Parnell be requested to proceed to America
Immediately 1t is stated that the holding of q
national convention in Dublin will be prohibited.
Dillon advises its postponement until Parnell
Davltt and Brennan can he present
The detailed account of the recent engage
ment between the forces of Gen. Colley and the
Beers, the particulars of which were sent by g
| correspondent who was actually present during
the conflict makes it plain that he was in reality
| defeated and only succeeded in escaping bach
| to the camp under cover of darkness, because
| the Beers, who had drawn off with the intent Of
| renewing the conflict in the morning believed
| the river not fordable. Gen. Colley was obliged
| to leave all his wounded on the field. The de
tails of the fight show that the troops were at
| great disadvantage, the Beers, by dint of supe
perior Workmanship, inficting loss out of al
proportion to that which they themselves re
ceiyed
Morris tribune., 1881-02-17
Gen. Garfleld's Stepfather.

from tne Clnc1nnau lmeS-Star.
A few days ago the telegraph announced
the death, in Kent county, this state, of
VIM. Belden Gen. Garfelds stepfather."
Nobody knew till then that Gen. Garfield
had stepfather. The facts Of the relation
ship are briefly these: Somewhere about
1910 the mother Of Gen. Garfield, then q
widow, living on her little farm at Orange,
Cuyahoga county, o., married VIM. Belden,
then young man, farmer of the vicinity,
with little if any means of his own, but
with rather pleasing address. The union
did not prove happy one, and it shortly
became apparent to the young wife, as well
as to others, that Mr.. Belden, owing to habits
OF excessive convivality and other infirmities
oftemperament, was untitled to be at the head
OF the late Widow Garfeld's Heretofore
we'll ordered and pleasant little household.
After five or six years of domestic unhappi-
ness, the generals mother sought and OBJ
tanned legal separation from her worth
less husband. and went to reside with her
son, the president elect, with whom she
has since made her home After the separ-
alton Mr.. Belden went to Byron township,
where he lately died, having made his home
among the Boyntons Of that county, who
were descendants Of Gen. Garfeld's grand
mother by a second marriage.
Morris tribune., 1881-02-17
-V~
NapOleOnic Ideas of Discipline.
From Metternich's Memoirs.


You should know that when I was at
Br1enne was like the other boys, bit of
sans -cutOtte, and at Valence l always
took sides with the patriots, but after be-
came captain of artillery, it dawned upon
me gradually that sans cuiottisme was out
of place in the army. I had not. however,
at that time arrived at the conclusion that
sans catOttisme had no permanent roots in
the French character. That fact, for the
first time, came home to me when l was
sent to take the command of the army in
Italy in 1876. l found, ON arriving at Nice.
everything in disorder, the army deficient
in numbers, without stores, without cloth
ing and even without food. introduced
some order in to chaos. and found that the
more that l established military discipline
the better the soldiers were pleased. and
said to myself, these men are not set of
dlsorderly ragamufins, and 1 made note
of that fact in my own mind, and firm
impression of that fact was the result of nv
first campaign. BY and by, after Josephine
joined me in the following year Q79D at
Montebello, established about her, and in
attendance upon her, a body of ladies.
after the fashion of my own aides camp,
so that no one could have acces to her ex-
cept through lady-in- waiting, and 1
found that this arrangement procured her
more respect from the soldiers than they
had for the wives of the other generals.
and said to myself, if state pomp is well
come here, why should it not be welcome
IN FranceP and took note of the fact. and
felt satisfied that it would be accepta Die in
France, but was also aware that the OPP
perfume moment for its introduction had
not then arrived.
Morris tribune., 1881-02-17

numerous militia organizations might hereafter,
in times of political turmoil and excitement,
prove dangerous to the peaceful and orderly
conducting of inaugural ceremonies.
Senator Mcmillan presented, a memorial Of
the Minnesota legislature asking the appropria-
ton for the reservoirs on the Mississippi
Among the nominations sent by the president to
the senate was that of HenryP. Cunningham of
st. Paul, to be assistant surgeon in the army,
with the rank Of first lieutenant.
HoUsE-The day was mostly spent in COM
mittee of the whole on the private calendar and
nothing of public interest was done.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12.
SENATE-The joint resolution inviting other
countries to take part in the worlds fair of
1883 was adopted Mr.. Morgan announced
that the select committee on the law for presi-
dental elections had indefinitely postponed
consideration of the subject The post office
appropriation bill was considered.
The bill to amend section 9,O9S Of the re-
vised statutes, so as to extend its provisions to
all officers Of the United States in pursuance of
official acts to which the United States s par
ty or has interest, was passed. 1t extends to
officers, other than collectors and revenue
officers, pecuniary protection for official acts,
when the court certifies there was a probable
cause.
| HoUsE-The bill regulating the importation
of raw material used in the construction or re-
pair of vessels engaged in the foreign trade,
passed.
The river and harbor bill was considered in
l. committee of the whole, and forty pages dis
posed of.
Morris tribune., 1881-02-17
CURRENT EVENTS.

John B. Darlington editor and proprietor of
the New Haven Journal and Courier, died of
erysipelas.
1t is understood that Paymaster General
Nathan W. Brown is eligible for retirement,
and in the event of change being made by the
present administration that Maj. c. NJ. Terrell
will be appointed to the position of paymaster
general
The first comptroller of the treasury depart
ment passed and certified for payment the
claim Of DR. Mary Walker for 5000, being the
amount of her pay for one year as a copyist in
the treasury department The claim has been
pending since 1878.
Gen. LIE Due has made preliminary report
from the agricultural bureau, in which he
makes an eloquent appeal for raise of salary
He shows that his salary is $50, 500, and con-
trasts this with the salaries of the commissioner
of patents, comptroller of the currency, etc.
DR.. VIM. Treville, an old resident of Colum-
bus, Ohio, is dead, aged seventy-two. DR.. Tre-
vile was thrice member of the Ohio assembly,
secretary of state for three terms and represent.
ed the United States government, in diplo-
matte capacity, in Chill during the administra-
tions of Presidents Pierce and Buchanan.
The following estimate is made Of the total
amount of mail matter passing through the
mails during 1880:
Number of letters. rs.............. .512, 931, 224
Iostal CARDS.. .................!O !OS,O4o,SIo
xx,o"SP"Poio.
Pieces. all classes. s........... Il ,605, 5O2.S92
Madison correspondent of the Milwaukee
Sunday Telegraph says: A secret order, gen.
orally called ''The Alliance" but the full name
of which is, sThe National Alliance" is heard
OF, from every quarter of the State 1t is on
the plan of the grangers but includes all class
es who will join, and it's object is warfare on
capital and the monopolies.
The official report of the United States local
inspector of steam vessels, for the district of
Superior, shows that during last season 81 ,O99
passengers were carried on steamers in that
district, without loss of life, and only one
wreck occurred, the little steamer, Favorite,
which was run ashore in good weather, on ac-
count Of having been cut through by the ice,
and can be got off at small expense.
The total amount Of gross earnings of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St Paul railway company in
Wisconsin was $6, ,041, SOL 45, against $5,-
53l ,757. .06 in 1879. The amount of licensed
tax paid is $24O, SIC. 80, an increase of $780,
lS3. O4 over the tax for the year 1879. The
total earnings Of the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad company in Wisconsin for the past
year, as reported to the state treasurer, is in
round numbers, SO, 100000 on which they
$63, ,OOO
Alaska is afflicted with violent gold fever.
some months ago genuine quartz groupings