The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-11-23
GENERAL ITEMS

"A distinguished divine relates thai
having preached before the Bible Society i
Bath committee of the Society waited on hin
to request the publication of so much of the ser
mon as related to the subject IN hand"
John was building chicken-coon
while little Bulge stood by looking ON Jobr
bruised T his thumb and exclaimed g. gracious =
what makes you say that2" What should
l say , retorted John, for his thumb ached
you might say the 'mandments.'
The Watchman, of Boston afte,
ailuding to the fact that DR.. Austin Phelps OF
Anuover, mas lately avowed his belief that the
inarVels OF Spirltualsm are of Satanic origin
says that many Spiritists are now identifyin NO
certain class OF spirits with the demons of the
bioie. and stating their belief that there are
cases III our days of possession similar to those
mentioned in the New Testament"
-oAwDUsT.-Among the latest uses
70 which sawdust has been applied. is in the
manufacture OF car wheels A writer states
that sawdust car wheels, sawdust brick sawdnst
renee posts. railroad ties, and even sawdust
WINDOW and door frames, wainscoting and
t;as IA ~ oegin 10 appear among the possibili-
Ties OF the immediate future.
PRESIDENT Washburn, of Robert Col
lege, Constantnople, is still in this country an
ueeavotlng 10 secure further endowments in aid
OF MS institution. He reports that FIVE bundred
CT the students are scattered throughout the
turkish Empire. carrying the influence of the
College among the people. '
Harvard College has the largest fresh
man class in its history. numbering $50 An.
n herst has 81. Williams IS. Yale 255a Brown 70
TUFTS 90, Dartmouth AZ, which. including
specials. Is much the smallest class for manS
years.
The ex-Empress Eugene passed
very quietly through Paris recently. She is
now quite an old woman she has a bloodle,s
lace, and her hands are doubled up with poutv
rheumatism; In walking, she leans either on a
cane or on the arm of an attendant She savs
That faris seems to her like cemetery.
"A FINE REToRT.-When Mr.. Glad
stone said YEARLY one day to Lord Honobton
am leading dogs life" the reply was !;
Ye',-the life Of ST. Bernard dog, spent in
saving the lives of Others"
-SANITARY.-The most curious fact
brought out by the report of the British Regis
traTs General is that the scavengers, dustmen
and cleaners of sewers in London are reckoned
among the healthiest of the population.
= The Book of Joshua in Ponape the
scriptures IN the Tamil tongue and the New
testament IN Zulu were among the polvolot
treasures winch have been issued by the Ameri-
can Bible Society lately.
Professor Campbell, of the Presby-
terrain College, Montreal, believes that he has
found the key to the Hittite inscriptions, and
has sent the results of his Investigations to the
Society of Biblical Archaeology. The most
striking and important feature of this work is
the luentlty established by Professor Campbell
as ne believes, between the Aztecs and the
Hittites. WIG
--lNTEREsTING.-A writer in Nature is
authority for the sta ement that small birds that
are unable to fly across the Mediterranean Sea, a
distance OF $50 miles, are carried over on the
backs of cranes. When the first cold weather
comes, the cranes make a peculiar cry and av
low. The little birds may then be seen flying
settled may be heard Many species of small
birds would become extinct but for this proyis
ion for their migration.