The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-12-27

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denlPyeds weet sllowshino with the, Father and
WIFI one apG0thsrr through Hin. 10 eboda edit
Il IA dnrGIM MIXED. --+Someiof Geonaiais
1negro Baptists headed by Rev. GeorgeyRs daskr
Which have Baptist principles and the Meth
odist system, and bear the rather pondefous
name Of The African Bap tisti Missionary pisl
copalC hurch!H Brother Jackson SAYS in ependtc
eenee doesh 'tMork well among black Baptists,.
h9WeYsr smoothly It may operate ampopg the
elderg TO keep them froaif Hghting.d o16 bSiIa1
b THE hoisekeeping so Queen oVfScstGoS To!
ras establiShmgd. e. cared for byR b6tler, Who
has salary of So, 500 per annums He has .tetfd
assistants, who do the purchasing and see that
good measures are gtyephyr the traiesmen. The
tchef cook has salary OF So, 800 and the two
pastry cooks have 81 500 saeh The gold AID
silver plate, valued at S $4,000 900 is cared for
S% shFss SPECIAL seFka6pts The number Of
| tz7Joseph Cook returns, an enthusiastic
believer IN the constant progress of Christianity
He says ~" The philosophy Of Eotze, at WHOSE
pgrave stands a. cross is predominant in CSerl
many ISpenceriis, not regarded as any thing
more than mere crescent moon in its last quar-
ter, Mr., Fiske, Of! Cambridge, calls me a.
notie call him cbarlatan He is the echo Of q
charlatan! ~ The battle has been fought In GER
many, and the victory ron the side of Chris
tan scholarship. The supernatural origin q of
Chrlstanltyj IS! now. established on; the best
historic evidence, and philosophers are consider
ing the Scripture doctrine Of a spiritual body.5'
The recent troubles in Turkey lead
ing to change in the ministry seems to have
reached something ike crisis. The palace, is
practically ina state of siege, no one Being al
lowed TO enter unless specially esummoned.5 o 1t
appears that stlong feeling has been stirred up
| against the Sultan, by his enemies and the re-,
cent attempt to depose him, with the accomipa-,
| nylng Developments have SO wrought upon his
fears that he dare not venture from his palace
| nyarmored carriage bullet and grenade proof
has been built for usejwhen his public appear
ance is imperative. There is a growing disaffec-
| pon among the troops, who are angry because
the palace guards are paid, while they are in
rags The, resaPpointme nt2of Osman Pashs, who
| 10 unpopular In the army, as minister of war;
as also added fuel to the flames. aDeryisch, Pa
shaf who has been on trial for some weeks. is to
| be executed. He Will be Remembered as the
conhdentlal commissioner of the Sultan to the
| Khedive at the outbreak of the war, ana is
charged with lbetraying both, aasiwell as Arab,
ana with haylng, figured prominently in the
burning of Alexandra and the ensuing massa-
Gre. His sentence following the appointment
OF the new ministry, gives color to the belief
that a.more5 aggressive policy is to be ihaugura-
Decentralization. up sdi 5ud ,avs2 81 19wan
| ,--BeYsAND Girls SMOKING TN Bos-
! ton, where atone time it was against the city
ordinance to smoke in the streets, an inv estiee-
| ton has recently- been made concerning thefase
I OF tobacco by the school-boysl with a result
| that 10 so astonishing that doubtless the atteL-
h ton of parents every will be drawn to the
/ figures. the best detailed inquiry, iudcionsl4I
made In schools Of all grades. leads, to the con-
dluslon that the age at which the nbn-userse of
Y tobacco come to be in the minority is but a few
! months over ten years. Worse yet, it was Incl
/ qentaiiy learned that among girls the smoking of
! mild cigarettes is notify any means unknown
1 On frstinquiry among theteachers of boys tie
I eStln ates gwen aboutthe extent of tobacco u.s.
ing ranged from 80 to 10 per cent. according to
the class and age Of the pupils and the masters
knowledge of the subject. When induced to
! MAKE a detailed investigation, the Instructors
/ were astonished at the revelation. edit 1o 1q.g
/ The testimony as to the effect of the narcotic
upon the boys, and the method of dealing with
the practice by some of the masters are full of
suggestive points. The headfnaster of the Latin
school had no doubt that half his bows. the ages
ranging from fourteen to eighteen years, used
| tobacco to some extent; but he did not believe
| that the habit affected the intellectual standing
OF the school as whole. Tn some cases he had
traced aOfalllng off in health and scholarship
directly to. the lnordinate use Of tobacco Most
| OF the boys did their smoking surreptitiousIV
tiO"Sii'd rev stlu Jnsy USED tobacco openly at
home, with their parents consent. The use of
tGR 5 In or near the school premises is pro-
The headhaster Of the English high school
wherein are about 500 boys, making Individual
Inconsistencies with the smokers, the master aof
TINS school had often learned that the boys were
encouraged to smoke by their parents I" It's a
di iIcit matter to deal with" he continued.
! -" Many parents reason as does much esteemed
Judge whom L know. He was afraid his bov
| would smoke whether forbidden or not 40 be
prohibited the use ofscigarettes, but furnished
MN with money to. buy good cigars, and told
the boy to smoke, if at all, openly and at home
and MOTTO skulk behind somebody's back fence
or at the bottom of some alley Other fathers
90 me same thing, because they prefer the
| hidden at home"
Information from tobacco dealers showed an
immense trade among school-boys %" But do
/ you know y said dealer" that nearly half nv
trade in cigarettes is directly or indirectly among
| women and7sirls Girls, some of them in the
hlg {i and an normal schools, | know are in the
p haoit OF taking an occasional Whit, for the sake