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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-02-02
How tho Washington Cont is Opened.

All courts are to the laity queer places.
There is certain amount Of ceremony
and procedure. which. to the casual
looker-on, has neither rhyme nor rca-
son. As an instance, Twill cite the ''cail-
ing" Of a defendant or plaintiff when il
is well known that he is absent and
not possibly respond, but he is ''called,"
and the record IS raade up against him.
The peculiar formula used in opening
court is another queer thing. and here
in Washington, ii is wonderfully queer.
Just imagine that before the court be-
gins any business whatever. Il man of
medium size, but with lungs like the
bull of Bashan. steps up to the end OF the
judges desk. taps with his kIife-handle,
and in voice that could be distinctly
heard in u hall of 10000, calls out:
Come TO order, gentlemen; hats of y
He waits a moment. chances around the
COURTROOM lays his left elbow ON the
head upon his breast. closes his eyes,
fills his lungs with several feet of cubic
air, and then he says. in volume of
voice as big as the British cyclopedia;
Ho-o-o-o-o-h yces." He pauses, and
gathers his breath again, and the second
flood of sound rolls out ''Ho-o-o-o-o-h
yees." Those who are accustomed to
it turn to those who are strangers in the
courtroom, and say: "llow's that for
a voicem And the answer is: why.
he could be heard mile Meanwhile,
the cryer is swelling up for the next
laundering utterance, and he belehes
! out: 'Ho-o-o-o-h yeesn He pulls in n
mighty breath, and bellows: ..Su-w-w'l
pers sa-awing bees misfor' thou bull
ju-u-dge S'preme court tn does strick-
clum.h He gathers himself again, his
chest expands, his eyes close, and he
goes on; '.Na-a-a-ould dingscrimnal
| term" Another gathering of Borean
forces and "Draw-aw-aw near, gun
give yer ten Ounce The courtspaw penr'
As he utters the last part the thunder
runs suddenly down To a zephyr all
mudded in together. and he is halfway
down the steps.
1t took one man, he was from Ohio,
four days TO translate the crier's conun-
drum. BY those who know what his
business is. to-wit, TO open court, no eff
fort is made to guess whether he is call
ing "oldrags or '.S--o--o-ap." They
let him wind up and run down, and
then 90 to business. The result of q
careful investigation showed that the
call never varies Like the cogs in n
wheel the words move in the same
groove every time When the Ohioan
had finally wrestled the conundrum ont,
he found it read as follows: go We. q sc,
o We. all persons having business before
the honorable the judge of the Supreme
| court of the District of Columbia, now
| holding its criminal term, draw near
and give your attendance. The court
| is now open, - Washington Letter TO
| Boston Star.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-02-02
Cheap Goods.

DO not buy cheap clothing; it is not
an economical plan. a strong, fine
teXtured, well-madc article will outwcar
at least three of poor material. and it
does not really cost as much, consider
ing the amount of wear. to say nothing
OF the shabby appearance of faded
cloth-the veNation of having the gar
ments continually breaking to pieces.
the necessity of daily repairs. with the
unsafe feeling when one steps a little
high. or puts on an unusual strain. A
scarcity of means is the general excuse
for buying such goods as this, and we
know il is a hard one to meet. But it
is better to make the old coat last little
longer, and put all the money into the
rest of the suit. and zen the money
one will soon have to find to supply an
other cheap suit is at hand. get good
coat. As a wise and economical rule,
one should never purchase anything but
u good article The care of clothing is
a very important matter. 1t makes Il
great difference in the looks and wear
OF Il hat or coat. whether it is thrown
down on the lounge or chair when taken
off, or carefully hung up. Properly
brushing and cleaning clothes. and
mending them rs soon as required,
rather than waiting until the threads
ravel out, or the tear has grown toe
large to be neatly repaired, add greatly
to their durability.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-02-02
A Very Common Sort of Greatness.

Paul Morphy, once the greatest chess
player of this country, is said to be in
sane at New Orleans. His insanity is
of a harmless nature. He is well off
financially, but is harassed by the idea
that he will be financially ruined unless
he can borrow 5000 He goes about
borrowing two hundred dollars, day
after day. His friends always let him
have the money, which seems to relieve
his mind for time. This hallucination
is very common We know men that
have hallucination that if they cannot
borrow fifty cents or a dollar they will
be out of money, and can't buy any
whisky. They do nothing but try to
borrow money. Occasionally they 60
down stairs head first, with their coat
tails filed with boots, but on the aver
age they get enough to live on, during
the free lunch season,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-02-02
Early Maturity in Stock.

Ahere was time not long ago when
choice, well-ripened beef was only fur
1lshed by steers ut least ) wears old.
This time was thought necessary to
5ring the animals to full maturity.
Sheep or > years old were then pre-
ierred for mutton. and comparatively
Jew hogs We're slaughtered for the mar
ket TILL they were = wears old. But times
have changed. The sheep at the recent
Smithtield show averaged only II months
old, and the live weight of some lots
averaged 29i pounds per head. Some
OF the sheep 70 months old furnished
dressed quarters weighing 40 pounds
each. At present most farmers prefer
TO marker hogs when they are within a
lew days of a year old At the farmers
institute at Sugar Grove the question,
AT what age shall we market our steers /?
received but one answer, and that ans
wer was y years. English feeders ar
rived at a similar conclusion some time
ago. The old idea of spending several
years and large amount of fodder in
building mp a large carcass to be subse-
qilently fattcncd is abandoned bv all in
tellgent feeders. The reports of the
growth of animals exhibited at the fat
stock show in this city showed the
largest gains in the early portion of the
life OF the animals and the smallest dur
ING the latest portion. This was so,
Notwithstanding the amount of food
consumed was largest during the latter
period. The breeds Of cattle. sheep,
and hogs that mature earliest will here
after be the favo II $ with feeders. They
will desire to make che most meat for
the smallest amount of food consumed,
and in the shortest time possible. - chi
c00O Times
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-02-02
Tha Cancels Kick.

The camers kick is n study. AS It
stands demurely chewing its cud, and
gazing abstractedly at some totally dli-
ferent. PARKWAY object. up goes hlnd-
leg, drawn close in to the body, WIN 'he
foot pointing out; a short pause and
ont it flies with an action like the piston
and connccting-rod of stcam-englne,
showing judgment of distance and d.
rection that would lead you to suppose
the leg gifted with perceptions OF ITS
own, independent of the animal $ propeI,
senses. ! have seen a heav man fired
several yards into dense crowd oy ,ne
kick of a camel. and picked up insensl-
ole.-My Journey to Mcdinah, heane'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-02-02
A Terrible Explosive.

Prol. Mezzrof, of Berlin, an expert on
Explosives. has arrived in New York.
He was seen by a STIR reporter, and his
views were obtained on the subject of
Explosives in general. ''There are,
said the professor, ''three kinds OF
|nitro-glycerine, which have different de-
grees of strength. There are mono
nitro, bi-nitro, and tri-nitro-gycerlne.
If You take gunpowder MS q standard,
then mono-niro is four times rs power
| full as powder. Bi-nitro is eleven times,
and tri-nitro is sixty-three times as
powerful Gunpowder explodes ~ the
rate of 900 miles n minute; mono-nitro,
1000: bi-nitro II, 900; and tri-nitro, 49,
| 900 miles q minute. Nothing that man
can make can resist the blow from q
quantity of tri-nitro-glycerine. Thirty
pounds of it exploded in the right way
and place would demolish and sink the
most powerful iron-clad. Thirty pounds
will generate five thousand feet of gas,
' and the blow from that amount OF gas
would strike the vessel at the rate OF
nineteen thousand miles minute.
You See that while the iron-clad
might cost 50 many millions that thirty
pounds of the tri-nitro will only cost
$3.50. At the time iron-clads were in
vented tri-nitro was not discovered. To
make pound of tri-nitro," continued
' the professor, 1.-THE material to-day will
cost s.. SIS at wholesale prices. Then
come the vessel and skilled labor neces-
| >ary to make it. say skilled labor for
You need not expect to get any one you
pick off the street to make q chrono-
meter. A chemical operation is nicer
work than making watch, and can not
be done by an ignoramus.'
Professor, Twill ask you one more
question. How can the Irish get weap-
ons Of warp
The way to get the cheapest ana
most effective wcaponsis forthem TO seno
twenty Young men to New York, and IN
thirty DAYS practical teaching they can
make pure tri-nitro-glycerine at the rate
Of three hundred pounds day. Let
them return to Ireland, and FIVE OF them
20 to each province and begin the manu-
/, facture Of the stuff. 1t will make the
British lion roar. Ii 100000 of the
Germans were so oppressed as the IRISH
We would blow all the iron-cia = TO the
bottom OF the sea in twelve months me
pistol-bullet makes a little man a sooo
as = big one, and tri-nitro-Siycerine
makes q small nation as pi9 Is steas
."-.Ncw Iork Sfcr.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-02-02

Once, when somewhat under the in
tluence of drink, Il certain citizen of
Windham. Conn, wandered off into the
fields and went to sleep. On rising he
forgot to put on his old cooked hat.
Some boys found it, and took it to him,
thinking to cover him with confusion.
'.In which lot did you find iii?
he inquired, blandly. 'In Mr..
I'm Mr.. Whites pasture, near the barn"
"Well, boys, 60 take it right back; that
is my place to keep it
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-02-02
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-02-02

New York Graphic: The Gar likes
TO 90 to church, and is particularly fond
Of all the chants but one, when Is
the chants of being suddenly blown up
with dynamite concealed in his hymn
book.
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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-04-05
Among the evils to be avoided in CT
nection with reYiYals he mentions.
COUNT CAMPELLO

1t has been mentioned that Count d
Campello, late Canon of st. Peters in
Rome has started a newspaper in that
city to be called the La6arune, the motto
of which is to be the famous formula of
the great Cavour, A FREE CHURCH IN A
FREE STATE" The Rev DIR. r. J. Nevin,
American Chaplain in Rome, writes to the
N. Y. Independent that the press in
Rome has been entirely in the hands Of
either rationalistic or papal writer's, and
he deems the establishment of Count
Campello's organ a matter of very great
Importance. DR.. Nevin remarks:
Campelos ideal of the future free Church in
free Italy ls that of national church, free from
State control and wholly cut loose from the
Papacy, in which the parish priests shall be
elected by the people and the bishops by the
clergy and the people 1t is a great pity that
the different Protestant bodies that since 1870
have been spending large sums, to almost no
purpose, in attempting to proselyte the Italians
to forms Of religion wholly foreign to their edu-
cation and nature, could not be brought TO give
up at least here, their little and almost mean
ingless differences, and unite their forces in a
strong effort to sustain Campelo in what is
about the only rational and hopeful mission
movement that has been begun in Italy. OF
course, they cannot be brought to this; the
more's the pity. One wonders sometimes,
after all whether the Chri8tanizing Of Italy
can be the first thing that is cared for. ] have
not the least hesitation in saying after nearly
fourteen years spent in Italy, that, in my
opinion, the Labarunn, if well edited and ef-
6cently supported, will do more in one year to
combat and weaken the Papacy in Italy and
elsewhere than all the mission preaching that
has been done here since the Italian people
wrested their political liberties from the long
tyranny Of Popes and papal princelings. !
may say that, as the first scare Of his abrupt
branch with the Papacy has somewhat abated
more than one Of bis former clerical associates
have ventured to see him and that at least one
cardinal sent for him, to express his regret at
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-04-05
Professor to be Elected

AT their meeting, June 18th, the Trustees of
HamPden Sidney College will elect professor
for the new chair of English Language and Lit
erature. Besides English Grammar, Bellies Let
tres, and Rhetoric, this department will embrace
instruction in Logic and Political Economy.
Instruction in the Bible, which was proposed
at one time to be attached to the English de-
partment, will be committed to the President of
the College.
1t will be well for any applicants for the Eng
lish professorship to send, without delay, their
namss aud testimonials to the President
REV. J. M. P. ATKINSON,
Hampden Sidney, Va.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-04-05

Rev. DR.. F. P. MULLALLY's REsIGNA
TIoN.-Two weeks ago we published an
extract from the Lexington Gazette in re-
gard to DR.. Mullally's resignation. We
have since been informed that the para
graph from the Gazette is, in an impor-
tant point, in error, and have been re-
quested to publish the exact announce
ment which DIR. Mutually made to the
Lexington congregation, which is as fol-
lows
The members of this church are with great
regret informed that such is the relation of some
of their church officers, and their pastor that
the after feels constrained to tender to Presby-
terry the resignation of his pastoral charge. He
feels bound to give this notice, in order that the
church may take such action as will best expe-
dite the termination of state of things very
painful, no doubt, to all concerned, and certain
ly so to him. and which cannot but be injurious
to the interests of true religion in this church.
In making this announcement the pastor can
not forbear to assure the membership and con-
gregation of the Lexington Presbyterian church
OF his strong Christian affection for them, and
to thank most heartily those ruling elders and
deacons who have sustained him during the five
trying years of his ministerial life spent in this
place"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-04-05

and his reputation of the ISLANDERS with which
clerical papers tried to destroy his character. L
may be able to give in another letter some fur
Their details of the particular lines on which he
will fight for reform.
We do not know what Campellos reli-
gious views are, and are not prepared to
agree with these observations of DIR. Nevin.
We merely give them to our readers.
The name of Campello's paper is a re-
vival of that of a journal of similar char
acter started in Rome in 1913, which was
suppressed by Plus TX on his return to
power. The labar7tm was the standard
borne before the Emperor Constantine
after his conversion to Christianity. 1t
was a long pike, having a transverse
beam, to which was attached silken
vell' wrought with images of the monarch
and his children, and on the top was
crown of gold inclosing the mysterious
monogram representing the cross, with
the initial letters of the name of Christ.
Constantine adopted it in commemora-
ton of his famous vision (?) of a flaming
cross in the heavens, with the inscription,
In hoe sig1ao vaace
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-04-05
The orphan,s seminarv.

The Synod Of South Carolina endorses the
Thornwell Orphanage, Presbyterian institu.
ton for orphans. Under our care now is gath
cred family Of forty. There are many appli-
cations for admission. Moreover we are greatly
crowded and have determined to relieve the
pressure by the erection Of building for educa-
tional purposes large enough to accommodate
hundred pupils. Already the foundations are
laid and the work is in progress. But we need
$500 at once to enable Us to complete the
building. We therefore ask small gifts from the
many friends and helpers Of the fatherless.
Send to REv. WILLIAM p. JACOBS,
Clinton, s. @.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-04-05
An Appeal for HELM

An Evangelist of North Mississippi Presbyte-
ry, whose name and writings have for years
been familiar to the readers of this paper, has
been deprived Of a beautiful and valuable horse
in the overflow of the Mississippi River. Are
there not hundred persons who will give one
dollar each to enable him to resume his work
as soon as the waters subside?
Send contributions TO Mrs G. CARSON,
Friar'5 Point Miss.
Or. Editors Of this paper.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-04-05

Rev. HENRY MCDONALD died on the
23d of March, in Kemper county, Miss,
while on visit to friends near the old
Wahalak church, the scene of his early
ministerial life. He was licensed in 1910.
Rev. DR.. Joseph Bardwell, in notice
of his death in the Southwestern Pre8by-
terrain, says: Our brothers ministerial
life had been passed in varied and oft
self-saorifcing labors in Mississippi and
Texas. He was eminently a man who
planted" in the field of the Lord. We
could mention quite number of now
strong churches which owed their origin
and existence for time, in large meas
ure, to his faithful labors. Wholly I'M
pretentious, of great simplicity and hui
mility Of character, laboring quietly and
without observation, he faithfully full
filed his ministry, and has now entered
upon his reward"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-04-05

IT is very important that full report
of the Evangelistic Work done in each
Presbytery should be annually made
Never was more interest manifested in
this work than in the year past. We call
attention to the letter Con the 1st page)
of Rev. A. G. Hopkins, chairman of the
committee on Evangelistic Work in the
Synod of Virginia. 1t will be applicable
to other Synods as well as that of Vir-
GINA.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-04-05
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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-04-05

DIsEsTABLIsHMENT seems also to be
making rapid strides in France. 1t is
stated in letters from that country that
the movement for the separation of
Church and State is gaining strength.
More than one hundred deputies have
expressed their purpose to vote for the
proposition of M. Boysset to abolish the
concordat. The effect Of the passage of
this law would be that the provision made
by the State for the support of public
worship would be withdrawn, and all the
churches would be thrown on their own
resources, and placed on an equality.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-04-05

THE Philadelphia Presbyterian, speak
ing of the April number of the Pres5y-
terrain ReOiea0, observes that the article
of Prof. Henry P Smith on the Critical
Theories of julius Wellhausen" is marked
by "a perceptible tone of apology for the
German critics, and that Criticisms are
suggested very cautiously at parts of DR..
Green's article on Robertson Smith in the
previous number of the Revieao."
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-04-05

IT IS very interesting to observe, in
connection with the current talk about
the return Of the Jews TO Palestine, that
at the late meeting of the Presbytery Of
London, it was stated that Mr. Edward
Cazalet, Of Fairlawn, Tunbridge Wells,
had offered to construct a railroad 200
miles long, at cost of 100000 sterl-
ing, in order TO employ Jews and facili-
tate their return to the Holy Land.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-04-05

NOTHING is more beautiful than the
charity that "thinketh no evil" but an
evil that needs to be exposed should not
be allowed to take refuge under the
mantle Of this charity. Nothing is more
wicked than the cowardly attempt to
shelter vice by prating about mot think
ing evil. :"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-04-05

Attention of Presbyteries is called to Over
ture sent down by the Assembly to amend Book
of Discipline Chap. XII, sec. 8, by adding
This provision shall apply, nlutatiS mutGndis,
to the case of ruling elders and deacons" See
printed Minutes, page 396.
Try and get a full vote. A. w. PrrzER.
Washington, D. c., March IS.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-04-05

The sEMG-ANNUAL MEETING of East
Hanover Presbytery will commence this
evening in the Grace Street Presbyterian
church of this city at u P. M. The open
ing sermon will be preached by the Rev.
n. r. HoWison.