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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-05-18
Young Mems Christian Association

The annual meeting of the Young Men S Chris
tan Association of Richmond, was held on Mon
day night, in the Grace Street Presbyterian
church, james Lyons, Jr., Esq, President, in
the chair. After the opening religious exercises,
the president offered his annual report, which
gave full details of the work which had been
accomplished during the past year. and an
nounced the gratifying fact that the Association,
for the first time in many years, was out of debt,
and self-sustaining. Also that some So, 500 have
been subscribed towards the erection of hall.
to be paid when $4,000 shall have been secured.
The total membership of the Association is
now nearly 700, while the library contains over
5000 Volumes and about % new books are be-
ing added each month. More than 100 persons
visit the rooms daily.
Col. VIM. P. Munford, who has so zealously
and successfully carried on the great State Sun
day School in the penitentiary for years past,
gave vivid and interesting account of his la
bors there. Much work has also been done bv
members of the Association, in outdoor services.
chapel and cottage meetings.
The future of the Association seems promising
indeed, and so well have the President and Board
of Directors done their work in the past that all
were unanimously reelected for the new year.
The services Of the evening were participated in
by Rev. Drs Read and Preston, Messrs. Ellyson
Sleight, Munford and others, and was closed
with the benediction by Rev. DIR. Preston.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-05-18

PRoGREss.-Mr. Beecher seems to be
advancing. In his sermon preached on
Sunday morning last, his text being the
passage from Mark in which our Saviour
predicts the destruction of Jerusalem, he
announced that he himself had expert
enced moments of exaltation, when he saw
truths which he had never been able to
perceive in his ordinary frames. He af-
tirmed that every man had in him more
or less the power of prophecy, by which
Zone not only could thus see things as
they are, but as they would be-" Two
or three times in his life he had been
granted these luminous hours. He could
not tell what he saw. The vision was
enhancing beyond anything he ever knew
before. 1t lasted half an hour. Ger
tain things that were to be were thus
made known to him.
He remarked also that all human
faculties were imperfect. Even the books
of the New Testament had an admixture
OF error. Probably 70 or so per cent
was pure truth"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-05-18

WE HEAR great deal about lawless-
ness at the South, and the political pa
pers of the North are constantly descant-
ing on the lax administration of the GRIM
inal law here. 1t is in order, therefore,
to state on the authority of the Christian
Leader that there were So murders in
the city of New York (the very centre of
Northern civilisation) last year; and only
two executions
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-05-18
Richmond, Va, "Wednesday, May Is.

WE have already announced that we
have secured as Regular Contributors to
the Central Presbyterian number of the
most eminent names in the Church. We
expect to publish in every issue of the
paper contributions from these writer's.
Since the list of names recently given in
ourpaper, we have added to the same, and
therefore publish below the following
complete list, as it stands at present
REV. H. G. ALEXANDER, D. D., Union
Theological Seminary.
Rev. S. E. ARSON, Rome, Ca
Rev. w. E. BoGGs, D. D., Atlanta, Ga.
Rev. WILLIAM Brown, D. D., Freder-
icksburg, Va.
Rev. R. L. DABNEy, D. D., Union The
illogical Seminary.
Rev. M. D. HoGE, D. D., Richmond,
Va.
REV T. w. HOOPER, D. D., Selma, Ala.
Rev. 7. A. HoYT, D. D., Nashville,
Tenn.
Rev. w. U. MURKIAND, D. D., Balti-
more, Md.
Rev. H. R. RAYMOND, D. D., Marion,
Ala.
Rev. T. D. W1THERsPooN, D. D., Pc
tersburg Va.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-05-18

hatred of nonsense, and their past con-
tempt tor Popery, solemnly setting up at
this stage of the worlds progress reli-
glon which occupies the same relation to
Romanism that the Proselyte of the Gate
held towards ancient Judaism-not yet
circumcised,-a which appeals to the
cultivated gentry of England with the
same wretched scenic representations and
painted baubles that the Church of Rome
employs upon the peasants of Portugal
and Southern Italy.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-05-18
Foreign Missions.-The 1nte1,igencey say

Foreign Missions.-The Intellgencer says:
The mass of the people of the Church Dutch
Reformed) have never before given as generally
and literally as during the fiscal year which
closed April 30. The receipts of the Board
from the Church at large exceed those of any
previous year in the history of the Board
During one year. by a rare gift by one individ-
ual, the income Of the treasury was made to
exceed one hundred thousand dollars. The
amount received from legacies and from sources
outside of the Church during the twelve months
is some thousands Of dollars less than the aver
age of the last FIVE or ten years"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-05-18

The London Literary World, in its
criticism on Dean Stanley's Christian
Institutions" says: "If M. Renan had
removed to England, taken orders in the
English Church, mastered the English
language and obtained the deanship Of
Westminster Abbey, this book might
have been his first book in his new posi-
ton"
A fine Dean, surely. And yet great
many of our Christian people have a
great admiration for Dean Stanley.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-05-18

L
byterian Church in the United States (the
Southern Presbyterian Church) meets in
Staunton tomorrow at IL o'clock A. M.
The opening sermon will be preached by
Rev. 7. A. Hoyt, D. D., of Nashville, the
retiring Moderator.
A prominent topic which will perhaps
engage the attention of this Assembly will
be the question for some time agitated in
our Church papers under the heading of
Retrenchment and Reform" AS this
discussion has now been in progress for
more than two years, and as the continu-
ance of it will tend to the great embar-
rassment of the operations of the fnan-
cial agencies of the Church, and as the
advocates of the introduction of new
methods in the management of this
general work of the Church have been
heard at great fullness during some
months past through the columns of the
Church papers, it is to pc hoped that,
when the Assembly meets, all parties
ject shall have been once more reviewed
there, and all the facts and arguments of
the respective parties are submitted to
the Assembly, we trust that an express
sion of opinion will be elected which will
clear the decks for the future, and per-
NIT our Committees and Secretaries to 90
forward in their work with the settled
confidence and approval and support of
the Church. We are emphatically the
friends of free discussion; we are not
afraid of changes which the times or other
considerations may demand; if the AS
sembly in its wisdom, and under the
Divine guidance, shall reach the conclu-
sion that changes are necessary, let them
be made. If, on the other hand, it shall
be their decision that no important
changes are called for, let that be de-
clared, and once declared, let it be the
judgment Of the Church; and let all 90
to work, in either contingency, with
hearty goodwill, and unvexed by any
more schemes.
Our opinion on the subject was fully
set forth in an article in our issue of
April 9th. To that judgment we ad-
here. But, recognizing always the pro-
priety of fair play, we have opened our
columns freely to articles on the other
side. Nearly every communication which
we have published in this connection has
been from the pen of an advocate of Ere
FORM" An article in this direction ap-
pears in this paper.
We received too late for publication
an article from the Rev. S. Taylor Mar
tin, of North Carolina, on this subject, in
reply to DR.. Leighton Wilson's article in
the Southe17, Presbyterian Reviea0. The
length of this article (some four columns)
and the late moment at which it reached
us, put it out of our power to use it.
We have noted the action taken in this
matter by the Presbyteries, and we Judge
that the current of opinion is strongly
against admitting any radical changes.
We observe among the delegates to the
Assembly the names of DIR. Theodric
Pryor, DIR. J. Leighton Wilson, DR.. B.
M. Palmer, DIR. G. D. Armstrong, DR.. J.
B. Adger, DIR. T. A. Hoyt, DR.. Stuart
Robinson, DR.. F. P. Mutually, DR.. J. A.
Lefevre, Rev. S. E. Arson, DIR. H. B.
Boude, and other well-known ministers.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-05-18

WE alluded some time ago to an at
tack in the London Times on the British
and Foreign Bible Society. We have
now in the NeaO York Herald of MAY
18th, paragraph finging at the Amer
lean Tract Society.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-05-18

EUROPEAN WAYS are gradually push
ing themselves into the countries of Asia
and Africa. We are now to have the
names of the streets in Cairo inscribed in
Arabic and French, and the houses are
to be numbered.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-05-18

DIR. TYING has been compelled to give
up his pulpit on account of ill-health. 1t
is a little remarkable that he goes to Eu-
rope as an agent for Life Insurance
Company. We don't like this sort of
thing.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-05-18

We BEG you to read DR.. Dabney on
The Organ" By which we do not
mean to endorse him (nor to express
any opinion); all that we mean is that
it will give you something to think about.
1t will start train of thought May be
you will follow him; may be you can
make reply to him; but read him. No
matter what conclusion you reach, you
will say, Here is a machine at work.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-05-18

The Oath Convention of the Young
Mems Christian Associations of the United
States and British Provinces, will he
held in Cleveland, Ohio, May 25th-29th,
1881.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-05-18

The FAMOUS 1NFIDEL and member of.
Parliament, Bradlaugh has brother
.(Mr. w. r. Bradlaugh) who is an evan
gelist. The Plumbers Place mission in
Clerkenwell London, is carried on at his
expense. The parents of the brothers
were pious members of the Church of
England.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-05-18

The GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the Pres
byterian Church in the United States of
America (the Northern Assembly, meets
tomorrow in Buffalo, N. Y. The open
ing sermon will be by the Rev. VIM. M.
Paxton, D. D., the Moderator Of the last
Assembly.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-05-18
The Synod fthe English Presbyterian

ITO IIONE u bHIO LItBDYLBTIdH
Church was held at Newcastle on the 25th ult.
From the summary of statistics presented we
learn that the Church consists of 271 congrega-
tons, and that the membership for 1880 was
55,l99 as compared with 54,259 the preceding
year. The Sunday School teachers number g.
l39 and the scholars 81 1928 The total sum
raised for the Sustentation Fund for the year was
$l87l3O, and for Synodical funds $14O4S5.
This was exclusive Of contributions for congre-
gational purposes The church buildings are
insured for 1888 ,00O and the debts on church
es and manses amount TO 1921 900.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-05-18

SAID an old Scotch woman to a minis-
ter who had offended her, and who ex-
pressed surprise that she continued to
attend his preaching: "My quarrel's wi
you, mon; it's no wi the gospel"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-05-18

Rev. j. P. SMITH, of Fredericksburg,
sails for Europe on the LIST prox., in the
Cunard steamer Bothnia. He will be
absent about four months.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-05-18

THERE ARE 121 students (undergradu-
ates) at the Syrian Protestant College in
Beirut.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01

CRoUsTADES OF CHICKEN.-Cutt tho
crumo OF a loaf Of bread into slices two
inches thick, and then with round
paste cutter, about two inches In dia-
meter, cut out of each slice as many
pieces as possible. With another paste
cutter, about one and a half inches in
diameter, make mark on one side of
each cylinder Of bread crumb. When
all are ready, Try them golden color
III very hot l'rd. A deep frying pan
should be used, and plenty of lard. so
that the croustades fairly swim in the
tat. When done, lay them on q sieve
IN front of the fire to drain, and AFTER
ward remove the cover .(marke with
the smaller paste cutter), and with the
handle OF teas Don SCOOP out all the
Inside or each crOustade. Mince finely
come remnants of roast or boiled chick
en-, free from skin, ETC., add an eouas
quantity OF ham or tongue, as we'll al
small quantity OF mushroom, also
1nelly minced. Toss the whole in q
saucepan with piece of butter, mixed
with pinch Of flour; add white pep
per, salt and powdered spice to taste:
moisten, If necessary, with a II tie
white stock. STIR in off tho fire. the
yolk OF Nh egg, Nbeaten up with She
juice Of hall IA Smon: "a the croustades
W.. t's.s s@.nisi1aata 1Paat button mush-
room on tho top OF each, cover them
with sheet Of oiled paper, put them
into the oven to get thoroughly hot,
and serve.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01
DOMESTIC,

AROUT BREAD -MAKINa.-To make
bread, pare and rinse very clean five
or SIX large potatoes, or what Will
make quart when mashed; boil un-
I'll tender; pour off the water in which
they are boiled and save it; mash them
very fine aud put them Into the potato
water, and to this, while not add a
pint OF flour, or enough to make very
thin batter.-and thinner the better the
bread-and add enough cold water to
make about three quarts of the whole.
Wnen IL Is cOol--not as warm as new
miik-add 1t to half cupful Of yeast
ana set 1t In warm place to rise. BY
making this sponge at night. it will be
llght enough In the morning TO mix.
Get your flour into your bread-pan and
strain the sponge into 1t, having pre-.
viously stirred into the sponge q tea
spoonful Of soda, and mix it up into
dough. BE careful not to get it too
hard. Knead on board for about ten
minutes; then place in the pan again
ana set 1t to rise. In about two hours
or little less, 1t will be ready to
mould into loaves. 1t should rise until
1t cracks On top. La forming into
loayes, work as little rs possible in order
to get 1t Into shape, ,and Ietit rise again
When it Is light, place III the oven and
bake an hour and a quarter. After re-
moving from the oven, wrap up well
In a cloth, bread closely while baking,
as much depends on that. Add little
salt to the flour before pouring in the
sponge. l think by having good flour,
and following these direc tions closely
one cannot fail to have good bread. Ii
person has poor bread, nothing on
the table appears good; but with good
broad, one can dispense with some
other things, and still feel that she has
nice dinner or tea. In cold W Gather,
one can keep the sponge two or three
days and the bread will bo lust as
good. BY using some of the potatoes
and the water they were boiled in at
dinnor time, the sponge will be light
enough to mix Into dough at night,
and Will be ready for moulding Into
loavcs early in the morning.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01

man or woman who has over suffered tho
agony Of Piles will thank us for calling at
tention to an almost infallible remedy for this
dreadful disease 100000 afflicted sufferers
testify to its unparalleled virtues. Doctors of
all medical schools endorse and use it. 1t is
at once the triumph and admiration Of the
relieves pain at once, supports and COM
presses the tumors and ultimately cures tho
worst cases Of Piles, no matter Of how long
standing. Absolute infallibility is not possi-
bic. but medical science has nothing moro
noarly 80 than "Anakesis." 1t is the discovery
Of DR.: 3. Siisbee, an accomplished chemist and
praoticing physician, after 40 years study aud
experience. Samples Of "Anakess" are sent
free to all sufferers by p Neustaadter j. co. :,
box S946, Now York. Sold by druggists every
where. Price $1.00 per box.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01
Pleastng Prospects Respecting tho "Dol-
lars OF O ur DaddleB"

A Boston journal contains the following,
taken from one of the New York dailies:
Gin noting the departure for Europe of
Dir. John w. NIackay, the California mil
lionaire, our New York contemporary pre-
.sents the following interesting particulars
relating to the famous Comstock Lode, the
camping ground, as 1t were, of more than
one OF the Pacific coast millionaires. There
has been, no doubt, considerable of the
wild cat business In mining In one way or
another, but with the following results and
figures, which are unquestionably true,
staring one in the face, it will readily be
seen why the most far sighted and knowing
ones continue to pin their faith to and pan
their profits from tho above celebrated
section. The north end of the ledge is now
attracting especial attention, and from
latest developments, those made in the
original keystone mine-the latter running
800 feet on the main ledge, and accord
ing TO the recent investigation and report
OF the English expert, John D. Barry, A..
l. =. E., one of the most promising mines
on the entire ledge-are particularly inter-
esting and all the indications point to
highly gratifying results.
"ihe celebrated Comstock vein or lode
IS situated IN Story County, in the State of
Nevada, on chain of mountains called
the Washoe Range, east of the Sierra
Nevada, having mean elevation of 9, 900
tcet above tho level of thc sea, Mount
davidson, the highest peak, reaching an
elevation Of 1900 feet.
"Ihe range begins near Carson City, run
nlng with general direction of 90 dog.
west of north for 100 miles.
"Ihe whole region represents great
barren wilderness, where nature has denied
all agricultural prosperity, but in her equity
has stored probably the greatest amount of
mineral wealth to be found in one locality
in the world.
"During the last twenty years tho Com.
stock vein has given sixteen bonanzas.
from which &, 500, 900 tons of ore have beer
extracted.
'lhe average assay value Of this large
mass !,s was sos per ton; it yielded in the
mill $41: 80, and from the treatment of
slulces $5-total $40. 80 per ton.
Thus tho total value of the ore ex-
tracted was .$3G3, G7l. 605, yielding net
sum from mills and sluiccs of 1923, ,67l,-
100. The average proportion of precious
metals i'll value is 45 per per cent gold and
90 per cent silver" Chicaqo "I,ter
Ocean,"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01
IIOnOrcu and ISIest.

When board Of eminent physicians
and chemists announced the discovery
that by combining some we'll known
valuable remedies, tue most wonder
full medicine was produced, which
would cure such wide range Of dis
ease that most all other remedies could
be dispensed with, many were skepti-
cal; but proof of its merits by actual
trial has dispelled all doubt, and to-day
the discoveries Of that great medicine,
Hop Bitters, are honored and blessed
by all rs benefactors,- s,-.Democrat
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01
a fool Onoo moro.

"For ten years my wife was confined
to her bed with such a complication of
ailmonts that no doctor could tell what
was the matter or cure her, and l used
up u small fortune in humbug stuff.
six months ago i saw u. S. flag with
Hop Bltters Oh it, and l thought /
would be fool once more. | tried It.
put my folly proved to be wisdom.
TWO bottles cured her, she is now as
we'll and strong as any mans Wife,
and 1t cost me only two dollars. Such
iolly pays.-H. W., Detroit, Mich.-
Free Press
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01

DR.. James d. Dana in recently pub.
lishcd papers has advanced sufficient
facts to enable him deduce scIentlti-
cally that the limestone of Westchester
county and Now York island, and the
conformably associat, q metamorphic
rocks, arc OF the lower silurian age ;and
further, that the limestone anu con-
formally associated rocks OF the Green
Mountain region, from Vermont to
New York island, are also Of lower
silurian rye.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01

THOUSANDS will bear testimony (and
do 1t Voluntarily that VEGErINE Is the
best medical compound yet placed be-
fore the public for renovating and
purifying the blood, eradicating all
humors, impurities or poisonous secre-
tons from tho system, invigorating and
strengthening the system debiliCated
by disease; In fact, it Is, as many hav,
called it, "Tho Great Health Kestor-
err
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01
rhere is Notk.ns Certnin

except death, and that is now rendered OK
tromoly uncertain by th$ discovery of an abso-
lutely certain euro for tHe most painful Of all
bodily ailments, Piles Ibr 8. 600 years. quacks
and modioal mon havo kvallod each other in
torturing the miserable sfufferers by that tor
rible disease with all maHper OF barbarous ig-
norant and useless nostrNmn and devcos, and
might still have gone on $for thousand moro
years but for the discovefw Of Anakesis by.pr.
sDsboe. W9 Seldom puff A'ch things, btt any
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01

An English mechanic has invented a
horseshoe composed OF three thick
ncsses of cowhide, compressed into a
stoel mould and subjected to IL cheml.
cal preparation. 1t will last longer
than tho common shoes, weighs only
one-fourth as much, does NOS split the
hoof, requires no calks and is very
elastic.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01

In four days shooting Of Lord
Sefton's preserves at Croxteth, Lanca-
shire, six guns killed G,344 head of
game, of which 4 ,S32 were phcasants,
1877 ducks and 900 hares, a performance
unparalleled In "sport."
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01

The membors OF tho Pom Mutual Lifo In
suranco Company, Of Philadelphia, cannot
iall TO derive satlsiacuon from perusai OF
column. Tho busineAs Of tho year has been
most prosperous, bong g\conducted, as all prior
ones, with tho solo objeft OF providing rolia-
bio llfo insurance at th% lowest possible cost,
nma s0@9ypg oi sSs with tho highest
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01

Card collectors please buy seven bars
DoDDins' Electric Soap Of any grocer
ana Writo Cragin g. Co., Philadelphia
fa:, for seven cards gratis, six colors
and gold, Shakespoare's "seyen Ages
OF Man." Ordinary prico 25 cents.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01

Wn IN water has once been made to
boil the fire may be very much lesson
cd, as but little heat Is required to
keep 1t at a boiling point. There is no
advantage what ever in making water
boil furiously; the heat will escape I'm
steam, without raising the heat of the
water.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01

The angel Of midnight: The woman
who opens the street door for her hus-
Dand when lie is trying to unlock the
oll-knob, and then lets him sleep on
the hall floor.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01

KIDNEYWoRr is remedy which removes
foul humors from tho blood, and creates
healthy action in every organ. Torpid kid
n"vs and liver load to gravel. diabetes. con-
stpiahon. pllos and rheumatism. Kidney
Wort ia tho surost and IA afost romody to uso.
- COurant.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01

~ SOUTHERN paper, III default Of an
lcc-gorgc to chronicle, tolls OF clam
bake where two young men ate of this
delicious fruit until it protruded from
their ears"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01

a GIRL hearing her mistress SIX her
husband TO bring, "Dombcy and Son"
with him when he came homo to
dinner, set two extra plates for the
expected guests.