The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-01-11
GENERAL ITEMS.

GENERAL ITEMS.
Under the presidency of Thomas
Davis, company has been organized in Boston
to build domed steamships which are expected
to cross the Atlantic in less than week. Near
ly 100000 stock has been taken.
Miss Davis, the daughter of the
President of the late Confederacy, is tall young
woman, with dark hair and ewes, an extremely
pale face and an expression of intense reserve
There is graceful group of young
ladies among the diplomatic families in Wash,
lngton. The Mexican, Spanish, Portuguese,
CHILEAN, Haytien, and Hawaiian ministers all
have unmarried daughters.
The business of New York for the
year, as exhibited by the returns of the clearing
house, reach the unprecedented total of $40,
400000,000
"A pastor declined an addition of
800 to his salary for the reason, among others,
that the hardest part of his labors, heretofore,
had been the collection of his salary and it
would kill him to try to collect 800 more.
The bills for attending President
Garfield are $4,000 from Dr. Agnew, S25 900
from DIR. Hamilton. IS, 900 from Dr. Bliss, and
$1,000 from Dr. Reyburn. The army officers
will be paid by brevet rank DIR. Boynton.
who so faithfully watched by the bedside of
Enumeration whatever for his services. He also
refused to take anything for his services during
the illness of Mrs. Garfield and returned 81 900
check which General Garfield sent him therefor
George Scoville has refused to send
any more meals to Guiteau, or to furnish him
any more letters. All the relatives realize that
the assassin is en- route to the gallows. John
w. Gulteau thinks that the Jury will. on two
hours elaboration, sentence his brother to death,
nr 1ncan fhaa ~
very strong against him, and the pressure of
public opinion being irresistible. John further
expressed the opinion that the prisoner is an
idiot, born without ordinary common sense.
Miss Stafford, of Soochow, says that
parents do now sell their daughters and hus
bands their wives. When a man sells his wife
the sale paper is stamped by the woman herself
The palm OF her hand is smeared with ink and
makes on the paper full, clear mark that could
not be obtained without her consent. A naner
thus attested proves that the woman was not
stolen from her husband. AS to the number
who read, she says that a careful record of few
months shows that out of eight hundred there
Were onl y eight who could ~ead at all OF the
eight only two could read well and of the two
the best reader did not understand the meaning
though she knew the characters very we'll
-CLERGYMEN MIsREPREsENTED -
Spurgeon thus speaks of the misrepresentation
of clergymen
AS surely as any of you speak for the Lord
you Will be misunderstood. That is not the
worst OF 1t. You will be wllfuly misrepresented
They will turn your words upside down. As
Tor me, 1t is utterly impossible for me to saw
single sentence which some fool or another can
not twist into mischief; and 1 give patent and
license to everybody to do so that chooses to do it.
as Tar as L am concerned. The thing that was
tarthest from our mind and which our soul
aDhorred, has often been made to be said wbe1
we neither said nor thought any thing of the
kind"
Here is another explanation of the
change In the religious views of Mr.. o. B.
rockingham, and his retreat from the borders
OF InhdeHty towards Theistc faith. 1t comes
from The THO Worlds spiritualst paper =" 1t
was an unwise thing for Mr. Frothin CHAM. in
his intellectual and physical weariness to have
put himself under the magnetic and psychologist
influences of Catholic countries. 1t is not
y. b. rockingham that is talking, but O. B.
rockingham psychological by associations with
Roman Catholic Influences"
Mr.. Kimball, the church "debt-
raiser, has assisted in freeing one hundred and
seventy hve churches from burdensome incum
brances. The largest amount he encountered
was on the Memorial Presbyterian church, New
York (Rev. DIR. Robinson's) 100000. The
effort was prodigious one, but one Sunday morn
ing the cancelled mortgage was laid on the
the people.
The collection of lace belonging to
the Princess Beatrice can hardly be eoualled. 1t
contains a part of that Alencon which was found
IN lumberroom, some years ago at ST. James
Palace, and which is reputed to be worth about
$4,000 1t dates from the time Of Henry III
Remember John Trapps golden state
ment:-" God respecteth not the arithmetic of
our prayers, how many they are nor the rhetoric
OF our prayers, how neat they are; nor the
geometry OF our prayers how long they are
nor the music OF our prayers, how melodious
they are; nor the logic of our prayers, how
heartsPrung they are. Not gifts, but graces