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a MANCHESTER firm, Messrs. Henry
and Leigh Slater, havo invented pro-
cess for manufacturing paper blankets.
This blanket is called the Chnrtnline," ="
and it is claimed that ventilation is se-
cured as fully us beneath the wooden
blanket. The new article is made of
two sheets Of paper, so manufactured rs
to be free from al! rustling and crack
ling, between which is n layer of wad-
ding, chemically prepared. The edges
are strongly whipped, and, while resem-
bling the wooden blanket il appearance
1t is claimed to be warmer, while it is
much lighter. They are made at a
triding cost, and sold for a small sum.
, 1883-05-24
HOW GEN. JOHN MORGAN VAS
CAUGHT 1ND KILLED.

About the time the brigade was con-
centrated and MS notes were being com
pared with view to determine on some
plan of operations against Morgan, a
woman from GreenyiIle, dripping with
rain, and on horseback, was conducted
TO tho spot, apart, where the General
and his officers were consulting. Hcr
name was Bacon. She was an alleged
widow, formerly Of Ohio In reality sh.
was an adycnturess, M ex-variety &C,
ress, ,nXious to cause sen alton, g+'
herself talked about among the office,
Of the armies, and mentioned in the rr.
ports and newspapers. This woman co:
rectly told Gillem the situation at Green
vile.
Morgan WIS sleeping Mt the mansi"s
Of Mrs. Wilinml in The edge Of IT,
town, and directly on tho Buiro Gay
road. "Dick" Moreans regiment W,
in camp il field r short distance wet
Of the town, and That side alone wa
picketed. Duke wth Tie main fore e.
lay nearly milo cost of where. MorgO
had retired for tho night This info
nation gained, Gllom at once orderet
mgertor to proceed 20 Graenyillo vita
his regiment and NowelIs batalioh
Capt. Roberts, of tha Tenth Michigan
and Capt. Wilcox, Of The Thirteenth
Tennessee, were sent in advance With
their companies, tho main rcccnnoiter
ing force taking = mole lciamaly pace
and making detour to the left, SO as t.
get round Dick Morgan's pickets ant
take lis regiment in the rear. Wilcox,
who communicated tho advance, when
within three-fourths OF a milo OF the vii
lagc, got glimpse Of the Confederate
reserve picket in the rond He pro-
posed to Roberts tomGhe Z dash through
into the town, With view of surround
ing tho house where Morgan was in bed,
capturing him and his StaiI and trust
to luck TO get OUT. Roberts was ready
for any enterprise and closed eagerly
with his superlor's daring proposition.
"Forward Tro!! Gtllop Charger
rang out on the air and on the ears OF
the startled, aston;shcd Confederate SEN
tries. They we've literally ridden over
by the dashiDg Fedcl"Is, and before
Dick Morgan's subordinate, whom he
had left III co'ni"aAd, CctA man IN inc
saddle tho Williams house was sur-
rounded by WjIcoX's mon. They shot
or cap:nrel the two or three guards,
picked up all the horses and an officer
or two in less time than it requires to
tell the story.
Morgan was wakened by the shooting
and tramping. He got on his hrceches,
boots and hat, and in his shrts!eeyes,
revolver in hand, ran down The long
sloping grounds on the cast front OF the
house. In the northwest corner was Il
grape arbor. AS Morgan stopped to
pass under this, in ordor to reach the
fonce, he was discovered by Andy Camp.
bell, private in Company G., Thirteenth
Tennessee cavalry, who fired on him.
The bullet tool, effect in Geu. Morgan's
right side, and ranging upward, on &C
count Of his stopping position, passed
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Be in earnest. There is no time for
folly. Tic acts Of tho present will have
an effect upon rhc fnturo ycnrs Of lIte'
We aro now in life's great training.
school. Fcs'cUan.
, 1883-05-24

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A RUSSIAN JOURNEY.
d Practical aud Comparative Vie,o of the
COttn;rv and It's PeopIo.

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the heart of ppnpus hsia, close upon
the frontier, where the early Normans
tXed ,no,r Inn g., "i conquest, not to
spcak ot recent iofr'rs'', Hhero Pole
md NrYNial oEtt ir s3p,a cy, nol
he Crlmem l. ki,D,c'd,'o.In with their
2onQuerorS. THESE s"'ye to break the
monotoHY of wheat @ml Che bjacliness
Of the f@uo%'i gloH). 1t last tho
Jerusalem Of Nr,a.', KIT t1e sacred,
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uo' propose to ignore God s requirements.
5 Christ's disciples not uneducated.
mol And Just that kind of education we
want in our ministers. Neither John
nor Peter, nor Philip would be able to
"rass" and be ordained in our Presbyte-
ries, under present requirements Think
of that Ponder I'll They knew their
own language, and were full of Christ.
But what Presbytery would license such
men now? Not one of them could give
"a discussion in Latin of thesis on some
common head in divinity" But they
could tell, with great power, about Jesus,
as some can now, in other denominations.
But zoe will not have such men, though
they suited Jesusi A hard saying But
are not our actions uttering it? We do
not propose to thrust in unprepared men I;
but " faithful men, capt to teach"
Can we not get them outside of Latin,
Greek. Hebrew, and seven years?
6. Yea; we do hope no !" names" will
be called, and no hard things said. "Soft
words and hard arguments So be it.
Surely, it is true that a. A. Y" did not
mean to reflect upon our sainted Rice,
nor upon his worthy successors. He did
but use figure"
Z. "R. l.. D." overshoots. No one
asks for an unframed ministry" Our
question is: Does Gods service require
that we shall hold men so rigidly to our
high standards? Is the idea of three
hundred years ago, the essential for to-
day? Can we not afford now to put in
men of good English education, and trust
the Lord to raise up scholars" Gas in
Paul's CASEY when He wants them? Bap-
lists and Methodists have always had
scholars enough to hold their banners,
and men of might enough to give our
learned wrestlers a good tussle now and
then, as the case required. While we are
filling out the Seveaa gears of plenty, others
are going ahead giving to starving souls
such as they have. And we come after,
to feed dessert -daintieS to them A little
plain food, plainly prepared is necessary
to good health, now and then; and bet
ter, if it be given with some regularity
We have many starving churches to
which we are not even giving the dessert
They are feeding on the "plain food" of
Methodists and Baptists, and actually,
they livei Now and then, they go to
stay" Quite natural F.
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For the Central Presbyterian.
Smallpox and it's Lessons.

The people of Salem, Va, and its
vicinity, have just passed through panic
occasioned by the appearance of small
pox in their town at the opening of the
year. AS the subject is Of general i'm
portance, propose to give some &C
count of the origin and progress of the
disease. 1t will serve, hope, to re-
assure the minds of large number of
people who live in dread Of this malady.
t certainly gives striking testimony
L. To the protection afforded by genu-
inc vaccination.
2. To the truth that smallpox is rarely
communicated by casual contact in the
open air, or in large, well ventilated
room.
3. That isolation Of the sick and their
attendants may be relied on to arrest the
progress of the disease.
4. That in fairly well vaccinated
community smallpox is not likely Sc
riously to affect the health of the people,
nor to add greatly to the death rate.
D.. That while it may seriously affect
all the business interest of community
it need not do 50, if only people will keep
their heads, and not yield themselves a
prey to groundless fears.
There are some who seem to dread
smallpox because, if they should die of
it, their friends will be debarred the
pleasure of attending their funeral +
These are more numerous than might be
expected, but they are not so numerous
as to bring on panic, if their neighbors
generally will act discreetly.
During the last days of December and
early in January, popular civil officer
of the county of Roanoke, appeared on
the streets of Salem broken out with
varioloid. He appeared in public dur
ing every stage of the desease, except,
perhaps, the very last. On December
court day, he mingled freely with people
in the court house, and on the court
green. He shook hands with hundreds
Of people. The next Sunday he attended
morning church service on the follow.
ing Tuesday he attended large funeral.
When too unwell to be on the streets.
he received his friends in his room.
While sick, he made several trips to the
country and adjoining towns It is quite
certain that he came, while sick, into
casual contact with FIVE hundred people.
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For the Central Presbyterian.
Use Wise Methods.

We ought not to be too ready to make
radical changes in our Presbyterian sys-
tenn and the standards of the Church.
nor, on the other hand, ought we to cling
foo tenaciously to the old ways and meth
DDS If the Presbyterian Church has a
bias, it is rather in the latter direction
and it might be well for us to examine
ourselves and see whether we are not Just
little too much afraid of Innovations.
If the Presbyterian Church has a special
nilsson in the world, if it is strictly a
quality" Church, if it is designed to be
instrumental in the salvation Of a special
class of sinners, we have no reason for
supposing that it is not fulfilling its mis-
sion, but If it is intended to reach all
classes and conditions of men every
where, then we must admit that it is not
growing as rapidly as we believe it ought
to grow, and that it Is not sufficiently ag-
gressive In practice, however much it
may be 50 in spirit.
1t seems to nae that our system is bet
ter calculated to reach the more intelli-
gent classes than it is to reach the masses.
The systematic training of our ministers
has tendency, from the length of time
1T takes to BRING them up to the required
standard Of proficiency, to limit the sup
ply of ministers. l think the course Of
study might be modified with good re-
suits. / see no reason why all our min
listers should be obliged to understand
Latin, Greek, or Hebrew in order to
preach the gospel to sinners, and to in
struct and watch over those who are al
ready in the Church. Perhaps in the
cities, or in places where the people are
all highly educated, this may be neces-
sary but in most places, and especially
in the evangelistic fields, such attain
ments are not essential, and in some in
stances they are TO some extent disad-
vantage. A minister cannot understand
the Scriptures too well. He should be
thoroughly posted in Church history and
all those things, but it is not necessary to
understand the languages to do this. A
rich Christian experience, holy life, a
good stock Of practical knowledge, firm
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Of these JtUe hundred or more people, so
fdr as IS knoao'a, not one caught the DIS
ease lie came In more or less intimate
contact with scores of people; some in his
room; some at the post-office some IL
the houses of his friends Outside of
his own Immediate family, of these scores
OF people, only FIVE took it from him d.
rectly; and two others indirectly. These
last were unvaccinated children, who it
is supposed got the disease mediately
through their fathers clothing These
fathers had been for some time in the
room with the sick officer.
Another centre of contagion was dis
covered subsequently, the origin OF which
could not be traced.
Let it now be borne in mind that from
two distinct sources smallpox was in
troduced into town of some two thou
sand people at eight different points
From one of these, and only one, before
quarantine was established, it was COM
munlcated to ninth. These nine houses
became, OF course, smallpox hospitals.
flfty-hve persons were confined in them.
In no case dad the disease overleap the
bounds of quarantine. In quarantine,
that is among the fifty persons con-
hned In the smallpox houses, there were,
all told, seven cases of smallpox and
sixteen of varioloid. This does not in
clude the two original cases, both of
whom were removed beyond the limits
OF the town after it was known that they
had the disease. This number would
have been smaller but for the fact that
two OF the houses contained but two
rooms each. Separation of the sick was
impossible. In these two houses there
We're fourteen cases None of these were
fatal. There were two fatal cases at one
house, where eight persons lived. In that
house there were but the two cases-a
teething infant and its nurse both of
whom had not been successfully vacci-
mated.
If ever smallpox had chance to be-
come epidemic in a fairly we'll vaccinated
town, it had that chance in Salem this
winter. 1t was introduced into eight
houses, separate, independent, sources of
contaglon. Many persons in numerous
other houses were exposed to it before its
presence was suspected. The sick were
waited on by two physicians, who after
the usual precautions, mingled with other
people. AS a result we had, not includ-
ing the two original cases, seven cases of
smallpox, sixteen cases of varioloid, and
two deaths
1t must be admitted that the disease
was introduced into Salem under unusual
circumstances, and such as were cal
culated to alarm the people But I sub
NIT that there was no sufficient canso fo-,
the widespread and excessiv
EaeI. l. IL
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DorcaS
AoTs tx: SO.

AoTs tx: SO.
Beautiful toiler by the sea
Visions of love have come to thee,
Tender handmade of charity
Ever she tolls, and toiling sings,
Never her soul to dull earth clings:
Warm human hands meath soaring wings.
Tender in word as kind in deed,
Every act fruitful seed:
The love Of God her smiling creed.
Sorrow smiles where her footsteps fall;
Ever she echoes her Masters call:
- Come unto me-" she says to all
White by the Western Sea she lies
Close those tender plying eyes,
Open they now on paradise.
Are earth's gentle ministries o'er2
Toileth our toiler never more?
Hands are folded, and wings must soar
q Return we cry. We need the twain
Warm human hands for human pain,
And soaring wings, Come back again ~
She lives she lives and toiling sings,
Warm human hands are meath hel wings,
Devising tender, liberal things.
CLARA THwAITEs.
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ease IN Oalem, uFcu
good mile from town, and was
at home as soon as it was known that he
had the disease. From him it was COM
munlcated to every member of his fami-
~, and to two other families, the inmates
OF which were frequently at his house
In single instance the disease spread
from town to the country, before its pre-
sence In town was known. In no case
In the country, as in town, did the dis
ease spread beyond quarantine.
In the second place it seems to be un-
reasonable to suspend all the business
operations of town because there hap
pens to be few cases of smallpox or
varlolold in it. In the case of Salem.
Roanoke College suspended its exercises
tor month the public and private
schools were suspended for six weeks:
the churches were closed for four weeks.
Communication, except by mail and tele-
graph, was entirely suspended. A rigid
quarantine againt Salem, was maintained
by all the neighboring towns If man,
lmpelled by business, happened to come
to Salem for few hours, he was Stunned
by his neighbors as leper. IT. instead
OF having seven cases of smallpox and
sixteen of varioloid, most of which were
not worse than many cases of vaccination
or severe colds, we had had frightful
epidemic, the state of things could not
have been worse, so far as fear and its
consequences were concerned.
In the third place it seems to be most
unreasonable wholly to suspend all the
public exercises of religion in such case.
Yet this was done at first, not unreal
sonably, perhaps, at the request of the
town council, and by common consent.
because no one knew for few DAYS who
might break out with the disease at any
time. But when the panic began to sub
side; when it became well-nigh certain
that there would be no more cases from
the original source when the pastors
were unanimously Of the opinion that the
public worship of God should be re-
sumed, then the torn council issued am
ediot torbidding it,
1t was claimed that they had legal
right to do this. For one am not disposed
to admit their right in the premises. 1t
seems to me preposterous to assert that
it was ever contemplated by Virginia
Legislature to give any town council, in
a general grant of sanitary powers, au-
thority to prevent well people from
meeting to worship God in places free
from contagion, simply because they the
town council happen to think that it
will conduce to the health of the town
to do so.
But let the legal aspects Of the case be
what they may, Christian people may as
well understand that these restrictions
are likely at any time to be imposed.
The following paragraph is taken from
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loving, none can deny
-1iry kind" are not, all, in other
denominations. But the preachers there
aOItOm 1Oe aO0abld not license and ordain,
have gwen as q great many of our best
aaemberSi Those who have observed
know this to be true. But are we not
judging too fast in limiting that the
many thousands" gathered in by others,
abound so greatly in sorry kinds?" Is
it to be intimated that the majority is
composed of such? However these ques-
lions ought to be answered, one thing is
true, viz: that these "others" are spread
ing Christ's kingdom faster than we are.
If they make many thousands of the
sorry kinds" they establish and keep up
churches, and glve preaching to them too.
This is more than we do.
8. "Sinful pride, etc., may keep many
away from our Church, But can we
throw stones? We have some pride also,
to get rid of. Our pride of learning is
not far from being our besetting sin 4"
We repent We want more Importance
to be attached to hearts full of love for
Christ, and earnestness for lost souls !
We repent We want some ministers
who will preach with no better furnish
ing than those Ignorant and unlearned
men" who so astonished the Jews by
their witness for Christ and the power
of their preaching Have we been with
out arrogance in assuming that only
Learned men," las we interpret the
phrase are fit to preach the gospel?
4. No Real education does not I'M
fit Christian man, spiritually or intel
lectually, to condescend to the humble.
But let him see to it that he does not
sho1o that he IS condescending. I merely
say, this is a danger to be avoided. A
question Is it aaturoI for highly pol
lshed man to have feelings at all in com
mon with the humble? Again: If not,
can he sympathise with them as one with
less polish of intellect? Exceptional
cases, there are. But what is the ruler
If he cannot sympathise thus, can he win
them as we'll A soul in homespun is
lust as precious as one in broadcloth.
The soul Of an unlearned man is as much
loved by Jesus as that of the most re-
fined The homespun" and the " un-
learned" we do not reach. Ought we
not to do SOP If experience shows that
no men are 50 apt to be inflated" etc,
as imperfectly educated men pulled up
by station, these are not the men we
want We want men who can and mill
90 to the people for Christs sake, with
an earnestness Of soul which makes them
forget self; and helplessness which will
make them feel mot by might, nor by
power, but by my Spirit, saith fhe Lord. !"
We do not ask for fools" who think
they know something extra, and will try
to show it. We want faithful men who
will be able to teach others also. We do
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For the Central Presbyterian.
"R. L. DIS" Inquiries.

/. AS to whether the present Aggres-
sive' talk discloses the spirit of true re-
pentance, and indicates desire to do our
duty to lost world l answer-Yes
May God speed this repentance. We
have seen our short-coming. We want
to repair it. On all sides they cry and
the facts say: 1--WE are not up to our
work; our machinery is either faulty, or
1t is not worked as it might be-" If said
" machinery needs " tinkering," let it be
done. The probability is that we have
allowed some parts to get rusty by not
using them. We seem to think that the
provision in our Book for extraordinary
cases, ought to be ignored. So actions
say. AS the result, we are deprived Of
many good workers who would preach
we'll and serve efficiently, but could not
read " the classics" When we find that
our system, as now worked, does not fill
our duty to "a lost world, let it not be
intimated that in our inquiries as to how
letter our works, we "desire to evade
rentance" thus proren