The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-02-15

The first railroad opened in the
United States was laid in Delaware .ounty.
Pa, in 1906. 1t was made by Thomas Leiper
to transport stone from his quarrIes on Crum
Creek to his landing on Rldly Creek distance
OF about one mile 1t was superseded by the
Lelper Canal down Crum Creek, which was dug
IN 1928 by George G.. Leiper, son of Thomas
Leiper.
The Baptist Weekly bewails the
meagre contributions of Baptists for foreign mis-
sions. 1t goes into statistics to show that the
actual contributions of the churches is shock
lngly small. Of the income from churches and
individuals, amounting to $169,685 it finds
that YlOO,64l came from ITS churches and "a
individuals. Apportioning the balance among
the rest OF the patronizng churches it secures as
result an average contribution of IL cents per
member.
An item sent out from the Methodist
Episcopal Mission Rooms in New York says:
We are informed that Count Campello con-
templates becoming editor of daily paper in
Rome IN the interest of evangelical principles
Or. Vernon writes thus concerning him: Count
Campello is man of culture and of good natural
gifts, and it has been hoped he might become
minister and do effective service in the preach
ing of the Word. Entirely unused to the pul-
PIT, however, during the last twenty years now
nifty years of age and also seriously afflicted
with chronic throat difficulty, any very i'm
portant service from him as a preacher may
reasonably be held to be rather problematicai.
lie has strong inclination to journalistic labors
and is deeply impressed that whatever else he
may do or 1T may be his duty to do, it is his
provldential duty to establish and direct dailv
journal, to be welded especially in the interests
OF the gospel among his fellow countrymen.' >"
Here is strange English item.
We thought such Objectionable things were con-
fined to certain Papal communities on the con.
tinent:
A representation of scenes in the early life
OF the Saviour was given recently at Rousencb
In Worcestershire, under the direction of the
vicar, the. Rev. W. X. w. Chafy, and attracted
considerable attention, many visitors from vari-
GUS parts OF the country being present The
td6teduc were twelve in number, the vicar tax
ing the part of Choragus, and there were fftv
performers. The representation differed con.
siderably from an ordinary drama as the
characters remained silent. Similar scenes were
last year given on several occasions at st.
Mlchael's, Shoreditch."
THE FRENCH PREss.-The govern
ment has at last commenced proceedings against
obscene publications which have of late assumed
proportions unexampled under any previous
regular government New papers, illustrated
or otherwise, are daily cropping up, the sole
speciality of which is the publication of immoral
articles or designs; and without energetic re-
preston there is no telling to what length the
thing would go. Even large-size papers have
owed their rapid success to this class of ltera-
ture, and found subscribers in all sections of the
Partisan world and working girls and women
may every morning be seen on the quays in the
most popular quarters, devoting their small
savings to the purchase of sheets which they
eagerly conceal, reserved for their meal time
rest.-PartS Correspondent London Times
-CURIoUs RECOVERY OF A DIAMOND
PIN.-A youth in Pawtucket who wears 800
diamond breastpin, on retiring the other night
threw his shirt on the floor without removing
the Jewel. The next morning the pin was miss
ing, and vlgilant search failed to reveal it. 1t
happened that there was about the house hen
"a sitting hen, kept in the house on account of
her occupation and because of the cold weather
and the thought occurred to the father that
perhaps the pin had become detached from the
garment when it was thrown down and the hen.
IN her wanderings, might have been attracted
by this shining valuable and gobbled it down
1t was decided to kill the hen, when, sure
enough, IN the gzzard was found the missing
pin. The gold setting was bent and scratched
In the efforts of the contents of the gzzard to
digest It, and one of the smaller diamonds was
missing, but four of the diamonds were all right
and what promised to be a heavy loss WIS
Observation-Disclosures Journal
The Papal ecclesiastico-fnancial
movements are remarkable. Bishop Purcell's
grand bank and investments are not forgotten.
And now we have from Paris the crash of the
Union G6n6rale which was a huge financial
concern in the interests of Romanism. 1T was
ostenslbly simply great banking concern, but
the managers succeeded in getting the approval
and confidence of the clerical party. which in
cluded the rich Legitimists. Their y" King so
they call the Count of Chambord, is said to have
taken shares to the amount of five million
francs; his adherents of the Bourbon party also
subscribed to it largely and it is even said that
vast sum o tributed by the faithful to the
Pope, in the form of Peters Pence" was de-
posted with the concern The peasants and
other devoted Catholics of small means followed
the exalted examples thus set, and thousands of
them were either depositors in the Union Gen
erale or buyers and sellers of its shares for
speculative purposes. All of these are involved
In the ruin of the concern"
The Christian at Work saws: "Once
union meeting for prayer was held in the in
terror city In this State-we may as well say ii
was Schenectady the chapel was crowded
Finally, In response to a call for ive.minute ad
dresses, good brother rose-such brethren
somehow always are excessively good-and
went for orthodox doctrine on everlasting
punishment There was future punishment
he admitted that-and would even call il bv
| the old name hell But there was q door In 4