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Night in the Moon.

Grateful comes night after the sun has
gathered up his smiling rays and gone
down to his rest. ALI at once we are
plunging into comparative obscurity; for
there is no twilight to stay the steps of
departing day. At one stride comes the
dark: But, looking up into the sky, we
behold vast orb which pours down a
milder and more benefcent splendor
than the great lord of the system. 1t is
not such g moon as we terrestrials boast :;
for 1T Is no less than thirteen times as
large and luminous as our own. There it
hangs in the armament, without appa-
rent change of place as if fixed in it's
everlasting seat" But not without a
change OF surface. For this globe is a.
painted panorama, and, turning around
maJestically on its axis, presents its con-
tinents in grand succession. As Europe
and Africa, locking the Mediterranean
IN their embrace, roll away to the right,
the stormy surface of the Atlantic offers
It's waters to view, then the two Americas,
with their huge forests and vast prairies,
pass under inspection. Then the great
basin OF the Pacific, lit up with island
fires, meets the gazer's eye, and as this
glides over the scene the eastern rim of
Asia, the upper portion of Australia, sail
into sight. The Indian Ocean, and after
wards the Arabian Sea, spread them
selves out in their subdued splendor
and thus, in four and twenty hours
the great rotundity of the earth we
tread" turns his pictured countenance to
the moon and grandly repays the listen
ing lunarlans by repeating, to the best of
Its ability, the story Of its birth. Nor is
the SKY less marvellous in another respect,
Tor ,, the absence Of any atmospheric
diffusion Of light permits the consteila-
tions to shine out with distinctness
which is never paralleled on earth. They
glitter like diamond points set in a
armament of ebony. Stars and clusters
which we never see by the naked eye
flock into view and crowd the lunar
heavens.
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A Multiplied Saint.

The body of the Apostle st. Bartholo-
new, says Littledale s" Plain Reasons,
IS declared IN the Roman Brevia,y and
Martyrology to have been translated
from Benevento to Rome by the Emperor
Otto Ill. (993-lO02). and is alleged to be
entire 1t is attested by Bulls OF Alex
ander III. and Sixtus V. But the
Church of Benevento alleges that the
entire body of st. Bartholomew is there
still, and produces Bulls to that effect
from Leo TX. and Stephen TX, Bene.
dict Kill, Clement VI, Boniface TX,
and Urban ", the earliest of which
Popes reigned fifty years after the death
OF Otto III. Here, then, are two entire
bodies; but Monte Casino claims the
possession of large part of the body,
and so does Rheims. There are, beside
three heads, one at Naples, one formerly
at Reichenau, and third at Toulouse
two crowns of the head at Frankior, and
Prague; part Of the scull at Maestricht
jaw at Steinteld, part of a jaw at
Prague. two Jaws In Cologne, and low
er jaw at Murbach an arm and hand at
Gersiac; a second arm, with the flesh, at
Bethune; a third arm at Amalfi; a large
part of fourth arm at Foppens; fifth
and part of sixth at Cologne; seventh
arm at Andechs, an eighth arm at Ebers !;
three large leg or arm bones in Prague :;
part OF an arm at Brussels. and other al
legged portions of the body, not reckon
ing trihes like skin, teeth and hair. in
twenty other places.
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buli-heads, Grebes, and Evolu.
ton

He has two very sharp spikes on each
side OF his gill-cover, and when he is
swallowed by a grebe he acts like the
BOY mentioned, according to Bacon. by
busbequius, who gagged in waggsh-
ness, "a long billed fowl" This is pre-
clsely what the bull-head does as soon as
the grebe gets hold OF him he sho, is out
his spikes, refuses to go forward or back
ward, and so kills the bird. In April,
last year, Mr.. Buckand received from
Lord Randor a grebe which had thus
been thro' tied by bull head. The
fish was fixed so firmly in the birds
mouth, that l found it would 90 neither
backward nor forward Mr.. Buckland
Fnew two or three examples of bull
heads which had thus assassinated king
fishers with pleasing circumstances of
resolution and good taste Now, the
wild evolutionist asks nothing better
than to account for this popularity of
the bull-head Observe he will say,
1.-THE confguration OF the bull-head,
Originally he was shaped much like
minnow, and colored to match" The
evolutlonist always knows what existed
" originally" "As time went on bull
heads were almost destroyed by king
fishers and grebes. Those only survived
who had large heads, and therefore
could not conveniently be swallowed.
Hence the enormous head and mouth
and very small body of the bull-head.
But as kingfshers and grebe, by long
inherited experience, acquired the art of
swallowing bull-heads tail first, the fish
were again In danger oi determination.
None escaped except the descendants of
bull-head which happened accidentally
to possess two very sharp spikes on each
side of his gill-cover. His progeny in
herited these spikes, and, in the struggle
for existence, naturally were more ior
tunate than the spikeless bull. heads.
Therefore, all bull-heads now have
spikes; and grebes, finding them awk-
ward to tackle. prefer to leave them
alone This seems a very fair piece of
evolutlonism, as times 60 The same
arguments naturally apply to the de-
velopment of the sea bull head, father
lasher, or sting fsh. A man who was.
fishing with a shrimp-net. caught sea
bull head. Not being fastidious person,
he, without thinking. tried to bite it's
head off. The fish gave sudden kick
and slipped down the mans throat; it
then expanded its gills, the spines stuck
in his throat, and he was shortly suffo-
Gated" Probably primitive or palaeo-
llthic man was always trying to bite off
the heads of fatherlashers, till, in the
process of the eons, the fish evolved
repartee to that dirty trick, and men, as
a rule. have dropped the practice.-Th
Saturday ReeielO
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The True Test.

Christ is the perfect Saviour for sin
ners, the perfect example for saints, and
the perfect Man to whose image they
will be conformed. There is nothing
less than Christ known in the standard
of true Christianity. "What think ye
of Christ p tests all religion, and religion
that will not stand the test of being all
Christ is poor indeed. AS sinners, it
must be all Christ, or there is no saliva
ton for us; as saint on the earth, it
must be walking as Christ walked, and
no lower principle, or there will be
looseness; while what He is in glory is
the prospect of what we shall be.
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Surely they that are not born again
shall one day wish they had never been
born. What poor wretched thing is
the life we have here; very heap of
tollies and miseries Now if we would
share in happier being after it, in that
life which ends not, it must begin here.
Grace and glory are one and the same
life, only with this difference, that the
one is the beginning, and the other the
perfection OF it; or if we do call them
two several lives, yet the one is the un-
doubted pledge of the other. 1t was
strange word for heather to say, that
that day of death we fear So eterni
notahS est, is the birthday of eternity.
Thus it is indeed to those who are here
born again; this new birth of grace. is
the sure earnest and pledge of that
birthday of glory. Why do we not
then labor to make this certain by the
former? Is it not fearful thing to
spend our days in vanity, and then lie
down in darkness and sorrow forever
to disregard the life of onr soul, while
we may and should be provident for it,
and then, when it is going out, cry
Whittier art thou going, o my soul?''-
archbishop Leighton.
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THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN LIFE, HERE AND
HEREAFTER By A. Wlllford Hall Revised
Edluon Hall & Co.. No 26 E. Ninth street,
New York. 1880. Octave, 524 PIP
This book has been in my hands about six
weeks. l have read In it almost every day dur
ing this time. 1t discusses in a peculiar and
most original way the great topic indicated by
Its title; the topic of profoundest concern to
every man. 1t is largely review of the six
great modern scientists Darwin, Huxley, Tyn-
dali, Haeckel, Helmholtz and Mayer whose
hkenesses face the title page. and whose theories
are subjected by the author to absolutely de-
structive criticism.
The conclusion forced upon you is, that these
scientists utterly unworthy of confidence,
not only in their expostions of the theories OF
evolution. heredty, spontaneous generation,
&c, which are openly antagonistic to Christi
anity, but even in such purely scientific and
neutral departments as the theories of light and
sound. Indeed the wave theory of light and of
sound as taught by Tyndall, Helmholtz, and
Mayer is shown to be most ludicrously absurd.
The same is shown for evolution and heredity
as taught by Darwin. And to think that this
wave theory of sound has been accepted in the
world for $500 years
The book is often egotistic and self-confdent
but 1t Is in simple, earnest, frank, and manly
defence of what the author believes to be truth
OF the deepest concern 10 all men, and on which
he honestly believes God has given him some
thing to say worth hearing, and which he need
not be ashamed to say in his own way He is
often sarcastic and sometimes severe. but oftener
playful and good humored. 1t is a marvel to
me that the book has not become generally
known. 1t is a wonder that the great scientists
named and reviewed in it, and to each of whom
the author haJ sent copy, have not attempted
to reiute 1t, TO 1t certainly exposes them to the
laughter and derlsion of all thinking men. The
many professors of natural science in our land
would, perhaps, be slow to grapple with such an
antagonist until the great leaders had spoken
and while unable to refute, could not well com
mend the book without discredlting their own
previous teaching
know no such book to demonstrate to Chris.
tlans the folly of the insolent attacks of modern
science upon Christianity, or to silence eainsav.
ers, or to help an honest mind befogped bv the
questions and pretensons of modern sceptic;sn
to escape from the entanglements of It's "erea,
swelling words Of vanity" in the midst Of its
profound ignorance of all that is of deepest and
most vital Importance to man.
The clear, racy, popular style and the lucid
argument make the reading Of the book an in
tellectual treat even to the unscient6c reader.
WIN. DEw1DDIE
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The E'Uanqehcal Chmchman SAYS

The EUangehca1 Chawchman says
A novel argument in favor of the east
ward position has been found in the
Book of Daniel. The Ritualistic Church.
ReUiee0, speaking of condolences" in
the appointed church services, and the
sitting of Lord Penzance to enforce the
DEGREES of the Court of Privy Council,
has the following language =" The
first lessons at Mathis for the Sunday
preceding Dap vi, about Daniel disobey-
ing the law and praying towards the
East as he did aforetime, notwithstand-
ing the inhibition Of the Privy Council
lors of that day"
But the passage reads" His windows
being open in his chamber toward Jeru-
salem, he kneeled upon his Eknees and
prayed, &c. Jerusalem is west from
Babylon. The reviewer will have to try
again. The only eastward position men
toned in the Scriptures is that of the
worshippers Of fire and the sun
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Recent Publications.

The RELIGIONS OF CHINA: Confucianism and
Taoism Described and Compared with Chris.
tianity. BY James Legge, Professor of the
Chinese Language and Literature in the Uni
versity of Oxford. New York Charles Serb
ner's Sons. 1881
This is a duodecimo Of 30S pages, and consists
of four lectures delivered at the request of the
committee of the Presbyterian College in Lon
don. The first lecture is on Confucianism the
second on The Worship of their Forefathers by
all the Chinese People; the third on Taoism as
Religion and a Philosophy; and the fourth on
Tie Chinese Religions compared with Chris
tianity..
1t is only necessary to mention the circum
stances under which these lectures were de-
livered, and the fast that Prof. Legge is, per-
haps the highest authority on all matters con
nected with knowledge of the Chinese litera
ture and philosophy to show the value of the
work
The work is for sale by West, Johnston &
Co., in this city.
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"REMINISCENCES. By Thomas CARLYLE Edited
by James Anthony Froude n. York: Charles
Scrlbners Sons. 1881.
The subjects of these memoirs are James Car
lyle of Ecclefechan, the father of CARLYLE; Ed
ward Irving Lord Jeffrey; and more at length
Jane Welsh Carlyle wife of the author; with an
Appendix on Southey and Wordsworth The
editor states that in 1871 Mr.. Carlyle placed IN
his hands a collection of MSS, of which he de-
sired him to take charge, and to publish if he
should think fit, after his death These consist
ed of letters written to his wife, and some other
friends Carlyle was married in 1926, and Mrs
Carlyle died in 1866 Mr.. Froude states that
on examining the miscellaneous MSS. he found
among them various sketches and "reminiscences,
in addition to those of Mrs. Carlyle, and these
are the sketches of Carlyle's father, Irving JEFF
frey &C., which appear in the present volume
Carlyle was the son of village mason, and
was born at Ecclefechan in 1895. In 1909 he
went to the University of Edinburgh In 1915
he was appointed schoolmaster at Kirkcaldy
In 1922 he became private tutor in the family
of Sir Charles Butler In 1928 he removed to
Cra'genputtoch, where he wrote "Sartor Resar-
tus, and nearly all his Mlscellanies. In 1884
he settled in London at 5 Cheyne Row, Chelsea.
where he renamed till his death
The chief value OF the volume consists in the
fact that it is essentially an autobiography.
Arranged in the form of recollectlons of those
who chiefly influenced his life, it results in pic
ture of Carlyles own life-a more vivid picture
than could perhaps be given in any other way.
For sale by West. Johnston & Co., Main
street, Richmond, Va Price $3.50
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PoMPEIIAN Discoveries Interesting
new discoveries have been made at Pom
peii In block No. Of the Ninth Dis
trict, house has been excavated which
was in the course of construction when
the terrible catastrophe occurred, and
which differs materially from all other
Pompeiian house in its plan. In another
house large square piece of black glass
was found fixed into the wall, which,
when slightly moistened, forms the most
perfect mirror. In the third house va
rious paintings were discovered,
which, however, are rather of artistic
than scientific interest.-Nature.
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To exercise spiritual power is to de-
velop and strengthen it. To disuse it is
to reeplress and extinguish it. Your spir-
ltual faculties being uneducated, you are
disqualified from apprehending truth by
means of powers you have atrophied by
disguise. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.
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BLAcKwooD's EDGNBUReH MAGAZINE for March
Contents:
Ireland under Ordinary Law The Private
SeCretary-Part V. Among the Albanians If
Southern Epirus; On Some of Shakespeares
Female Characters II-Desdenon Mr. Coxs
Prot6g6-In Two Parts-Part Il Homers
Sea Epic Rendered in Ballad Measure Auto
biographies The Highland Tarant by LADY
John Manners The Political Situation.
=, The Leonard Scott Publishing Company. Al
Barclay Street, New York.
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Elder Traverse. Who lately died In
Buffalo. old and bent and full Of years.
vss once the most notsd man In Eastern
New y,,S 90 . camp meeting Leader. Hs
h,d = La ulvoic~, Vas fluent speak.
Or. ssd In the prime Of life could GET
away with any man who sought 10 dis
tub bis meetings.
The elder was once holding . camp
meeting near Yonkers. and vsrd ~ sehsd
him that Q notorious rough known a.
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on Sunday for rov. He made no reply
and took NO PR cautions. and when Bob
appeared on the Rrouods With cigar 10
his mouth and sluug-shos 10 bis sleeve
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maE BOARD or. raUsFKIs OF tn

01HE hoard or. TRUBTEEs OF TEE
i Town Of Gold Hiil do ordsin:
srcIion I. The President and Clerk o. the
Board VI Tfustess Of the said fown Of Gold Hin
arc hersby authorized and required 70 tssue
Bonds OF The 1oWn Of Gold Bill In the sum OF
len Thousand Dollars Unftsd stats gold coin.
nHo. Q. Tbs said Bonds ahall b. In such firm
e the President sld CLERK VI said Board pay
prescribe. according 70 law and 0rdinAncs, and
snaIl be 70 the effect that the Town OF Gold HUI
b bound and holden and will pay to the holder
Of ssid Bonds the sum OF money named therein
IN Uuitsd states gold coin. o. the IAN Day OF
August, 1881. with iutsrvst thereon o. the r.ts
Of one psr cent PER month, In, Ike gold coin.
Int-r~st payable quarterly.
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liostion Tor one week In the GOLD BILL DAILY
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prs:idsss q q: Board of Trustees Of the Town
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On motion Ordnance No. III. % read. was
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W. q. HYDR. Clark OF TIE Board.