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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-01-31
DIR. Pitzer's Passionate in Wash
ington, ID. G.
It's Fifteenth Anniversary Celebrated
Ianuarv 2lst


Rev. A. w. Pitzer delivered very
interesting sermon at the Central Pres
byterian church yesterday morning, his
subject being " Fifteen Years in Wash
ington Passionate" He said fifteen years
was not much in the lifetime of nation
or chnrch, but nearly half of the limits
of a generation and one-third the work
& time of mans life, who lives to
venty Every mans life and work
axes more or less of its form and color
from his environment All are more
or less creatures of circumstances. The
time when, place where, the people among
whom a man works, have much to do
with determining the character of his
work. So that, while gospel work here
is in essence the same as elsewhere, there
are certain features of Washington that
must be fairly estimated as factors in de-
termining the character of the work
Washington being governmental seat,
position counts for much. Books are the
standard in Boston, money in New York
blood in Philadelphia and Richmond,
while Office is the aim of nearly all il
Washington. The Government touches
every mans life and purse here, and it
is not wise therefore to underestimate
this aspect of the case. The population
has increased from 10000 in 1850 to over
2OOO00 now, besides 10000 to 10000
sojourners for a season. Fifteen years
ago there were six Baptist churches and
now there are eleven in 1868 there
were eight Catholic churches, to twelve
now; eleven Episcopal, to eighteen now /;
four Lutheran, to ten now fifteen Meth
odist, to twenty-seven now nine Presby-
terrain, to fourteen now; twenty-one col
ored, to sixty-one now. The Congrega-
tionalists had one church in 1868, and
have not increased. The increase has
been from sixty-fve to one hundred and
fifty four, besides several not enumerated
in any of the denominations mentioned.
This is largely in excess of the accretion
to population.
The new church buildings erected in
this period were as follows: Methodist,
5; Catholic, 2; Episcopal, 8; Lutheran,
2; Presbyterian, 4 Baptist, l besides
the Unitarian, Christian, Independent
Congregationalist and Universalist church
buildings and the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, children's hospital and
Women's Christian Association Not be-
ing in the census office DIR. Pitzer could
not pretend to give all, only what had
struck him.
He next reviewed the occasion
cause OF the est@hlie'
churcN n
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Away back about the middle of the
eighteenth century, in the little island Of
Shippenshay, one OF the Orkneys, lad
was set to tending cattle. He was pro-
baby an orphan boy. He must have
been boy of principle, one that could
be trusted. Of course he was much alone,
with only his herd about him. The
thought came up in his mind" What
will become of me when l die?" One
knows not how that thought managed it.
self in the mind of the lone youth tend
ing his herd on the mountain grazing
lands; but the question, it seems, would
not down. He answered it silently in
his thought" Oh l am so ignorantl' -
He prayed to God to send some one to
teach him.
What was that but hungering and
thirsting after righteousness p
Along towards the end of the century
(the l8th) boy was born, in high.life,
on the main land in Scotland, and at the
usual age was gotten place in the Brit
ish Navy. He served in India; saw
blood-shed enough; had an affair of
honor, as they call it, etc, etc. But he
was Scotch, and had gone from home
with a Bible in his trunk and some hal
lowed theology in his heart a thought
= ! ri.
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OhflSt, .Ot formally entertained
me Apostle. The burden of the whole
discussion is the certainty and the trans
cendent glory of the result which he as
cribes to the obedience of Christ and
the ground taken is, that life is much
more certain to flow from the work of
Christ than death was to flow from the
disobedience of Adam That is, the pas
sage teaches that the eternal life of all
represented by Christ is much more"
certain to flow from His obedience, than
the curse which has beyond all question
fallen upon our race, was to follow from
the transgression of our first father and
federal head.
But while the Apostle does not discuss,
or settle, the question OF the numerical
extension of the benefits of Christ's ODE
dience directly, he nevertheless deter
mines it indirectly. He does sol. By
recognising the operation of the federal
principle In the case of Christ as well as
in that of Adam: g. By arguing the Ger.
tainty of the result in the former, from
the certainty of the result in the latter.
If, as the Apostle shows, Adam was a
type Of Christ in the particular of federal
headship; and if, as he further shows,
the work Of Christ sustained the same re-
lation to the life of those whom He req
resented as the work of Adam sustained
to the ruin and death of those to whom
he sustained the relation of federal
head, it must unquestiopably follow, that
as the transgression of Adam has brought
that ruin and death upon aUhis poster
ity, even so must the obedience of Christ
bring life eternal to all who were feder-
ally in Him Under such an economy,
life on the one hand, and death on the
other, must reach all who were embraced
in The federal representation. 1t must,
therefore, be true that the extent to which
the consequences OF the acts of Adam
and of Christ have actually reached is.
in each case, the index to the extent of
their respective headships We are no
more warranted i'm the inference that all
lOho die and no more, were in Adam as
their covenant head, than we are in the
inference that all lOho enter upon the her.
Hnge Of eternul l1e and no more, were i'm
Christ rs their federal head Indeed, the
whole gist Of the Apostles argument lies
IN this that the result from Christs ODE
dlence must be regarded as much more
certain than the issue of the sin OF Adam
This is the Apostles argument, and the
conclusion reached is the only one which
can be reached, or established, where the
covenant relationship Of Christ is recog.
Missed. 1t would certainly be most incon-
sistent to hold that the last Adam was
like the first, federal head, and then to
teach that, while the conduct of the First
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Some psychologists are puzzled over
the discovery in one Of the remains Of
the prehistoric lake dwellings of Zurich
Of a Ratchet made Of pure copper. 1t
will be well for some scientists to recon
slider the grounds upon which they base
the several ages of the progress Of man.
At present, from great variety Of points
Of view, the grounds are very DOGGY, to
say the least of them, and the football of
the adventurous traveller is very uncer-
tain. Within tn last 20 years in Scot
land, not two miles distant from where
excellently equipped mills were at work
making frst-class cloth, yarn for stock
ings were made by the "whirls" con
sidered to be used by the ancient mound
builders. A remote past sometimes pro-
ects itself very curiously into the living
present.
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(From the Belfast Witness.)
The Federal Headship of Christ

1t is proposed briefly to point out the
bearing of this clearly revealed fact upon
the issue of our Saviour's atoning work
On this subject the Scriptures are most
explicit. They compare the headship OF
Christ to that of Adam, whom they repre-
sent as the figure or type Of Him that was
to come, and point out the particulars
wherein the headship of our Redeemer
differs from that of our first federal head
Adam is type of Christ in this, that
death enters thr, ugh him as life enters
through Christ. Death enters through
the condr q the one federal head; life
enters tn. the conduct of the other
The cond OF Adam brings death be-
cause it 3s condemnation; the con-
duct Of -ings life because it brings
justihcat his is the one fundamen-
tai poin. In the analogy holds. We
are ruin, .he conduct Of the one, we
are rescue,sAom this ruin by the conduct
of the other. 1t is the disobedience of a
representative that has wrought the ruin
it is the obedience of a representative that
has wrought the deliverance.
Now, the bearing of this great fact ly-
ing at the foundation of this analogy be-
tween Adam and Christ, as it lies at the
foundation of the economy of redemption,
must be obvious. 1t certainly warrants
the conclusion that as all who were rep.
resented by Adam have shared in the
ruin, so all those who were represented
by Christ shall share in the deliverance.
In the fifth chapter of the Epistle to the
Romans, where the Apostle formally
treats of this analogy, he does not sim
ply take the ground that justification
and life are as sure to follow from the
obedience of Christ as condemnation and
death have followed from the disobedi.
ence of Adam. He takes special pains
to show that the analogy warrants "much
more" than this. 1t does warrant US in
pointing to the dreadful ruin wrought by
the disobedience of Adam as evidence oil
the certainty of the results which must
proceed inevitably from the obedience oil
Christ; but it does more than this Ii
warrants us in adopting the triumphant
language of an a fortaori argument and
saying, if the sin of Adam has brought
death, "much more" shall the obedience
of Christ bring life. In taking this ground
we have as our warrant the character Of
God and the personal rank of our federal
head. If One possessessing infinite moral
excellence, whose very name is love, has
linked the death of the whole race to the
disobedience Of a mere man, how much
ri her may we expect Him to join in
DIS indissoluble, the obedience Of His
Eternal Son and the justification
lie to those for whcrr He stood
conolu oil
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Gods ear is ever close to our lips. II
touches them. 1t is always listening
Thoughts speak to it as loudly as words
suffering even louder than words. The
ear Of divine attention is never taken
away We sigh into it even while W,
sleep and dream.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-05-11
Lookout for Parish Green on
Potatoes!

Dir j lack Taylor, the eminent az
riculturist Of Easton, Md. says the time
has arrived to warn the whole people
against buying Irish or round potatoes
that are green in color, either for plant
ing or eating purposes Examine your
potatoes, and if you find dark or green
spots thrust your fnger-nail into it and
remove a part of the skin or peel and
you will find the potato is green This
is caused by the use Of Paris Green and
other preparations Of arsenic upon the
vines to kill the potato bug. Tile great
bulk of green potato are evidently poi
souous and not Il to be eaten by man or
b asst; and a man might as well say that
exte nal Applications cannot effect the
internal organs of the body, as to say
Paris Green applied 70 vines cannot and
will not affect the roots. OF course, a
certain percentage Of Inc article is APP
propriated by atmospheric changes; but
it must not be forgotten that the earth
is a great absorbent, aud from repeated
applications of times during the growing
season. enougr would be taken into the
to produce too bancful effects described
How shall We get rid of these poisonous
potatoes Don't buy them either as
food or as seed How sha we prevent
the using Of Paris Green and other ar
scnical compounds upon potato vines ?
LegiSlate against it, What shall we
use as substitute for Paris Green and
other deadly preparations to Kill the po-
tato bug? The following is sovereign
remedy besides It is a good fertilizer to
both the plant and the soil; Unslacked
Fine, ! peek; water, 10 gallons; mix and
stir until slakcd, then add 10 pounds of
sulphur; set this on the fire and let it
boil an hour or so. then remove from
the fire. This is called liquid suIphide
Of lime, which will kill rose bugs peach
borcrs and other parasites Next take
10 pounds snuff aust refuse found at
the factories } or 10 pounds tobacco re-
fuse, (-nufF dust preferred and pour 10
gallons boiling water upon it, and let it
stand halfa day Then NIX the sulphur
lime with the SNUFF dust mixture togeth-
cr. set on the fire and let it come to a
boil, stirring all the time, and set aside
to cool. Then after stirring the mix
lure, sprinkle as much as is necessary
on the vines containing the potatO bu1.
aud the result will be gratifying indeed.
Persons with small patches of potatoes
ned only make a portion Of this mix
turc at time.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-05-11
Corn PIantint

Over large part uf the eou,,v thi'
: the month for planting our Ieajmg
rain crop. Many make The urtake Of
u'ting the coru into the gronns befae
IS ready Corn is "a s,miiroui,,l plant
nd IL grain should not be plan,d until
the soil is warm aud mellow Corn
llsniIng time' is when settled scatter
has come. There is no btner guide
man THAI used by the Indians sho yu'
u their maiza when the leave. Of the
'ak are beginning to unfold. Some
armers watch the apple orchard. and
plant when the blossoms amman. II
he kernels are put irto a cold snl. they
ither remain dormant or rot. and noth--
ing is gained, while, should me ger
hinntiOn grain b. ove.taken b, cold
spcll. the field has 10 b. rpplanted. The
''orn plant has only a short season for
its growth, aud requires the best provi-
-ions for reaching maturity before the
frOsis Of autumn come The corn ground
should be well supplied with mapurr
IN an available fnrm for the rapidly
growing plant. This manure needs IT,
be near the surface. aud thoroughly mix
I'd through the soil, that the many fine
roots may 6ud it readily. Those who
have practised putting quantity Of
some qnick-acting compost or fertilizer
hill, know the Importance Of having food
for tho corn plant close at hand Much
depends upon the quality Of the seed.
and therefore only the best kernel. Of
Tue superior varieties should be u'ei
II will pay to get seed that las been
grown especially for that purpose, even
though il cost much more than tbs com
mon grain taken from the crib To
keep crows from pulling the young
corn, the grain may be rolled iBplasicr
The ter eau be most easily applied by
mixing il with hit water, aud stirring
in the corn. Among the best Of scare
crows are those which make some sort Of
motion and produce noise. a small
windmill, with "claPper," and pieces Of
bright tin suspended by strings consil-
tutes a good scare" 1t is not best to
use gun unless fired without ,hot or
bali. Grows do not deserve death, a.
they are the friends Of the farmer for
most Of the year They live largely
upon cut-worms and other insects aud
many times, when pulling young corn
plant they are seeking the marauder that
lies hidden at It's base.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-05-11
SCHOOL NOTICE,

Having concluded to cose the Coored
Schools from the 3lst Of May, inst, 10 the Is
OF September we deem it proper to give to
the public the facts which seem to us sufficient
reason for such action. Early If er emanci-
patton when cOlored schools were being organ
inzed in our county there were a number Of
houses which had been built for the colored
people by what was called the "Ffeedmans
Bureau; which were mainly designed and
used as Churches, Meeting houses &c. Those
of our col0red population holding control of
these houses, with commendable spirit of
liberaity, and a just recognition of the hene-
fits and blessings 10 lie obtained in the edu-
cation of their children, gladly rendered these
houses to the school authorities, Of the county
to he used as school houses, which offer was
readily accepted by the latter. Many years
have passed, and there are vet left nine of
these houses now greatly out Of order, in con-
sequence of the lapse OF time and the various
uses to which they have been us private prop
erty made available. The very f,equent calls
made upon our immediate predecessors for
rents and repairs OF these houses and their
furniture. together with the embarrassment
that we are already experiencing by similar
opportunities. served to convince us that
every public school house in the county should
at an early II day as practicable, he n ade the
property of the county to be use exclusively
for school purposes, aud wholly subjects 10
| the control aud management of Board of
School Commissioners. Finding that we
cannot build houses and continue TO pay the
salaries of the teachers out of our dIslribuiive
share of the annual appropr alton for co.Ured
schools, we propose during the present year,
10 replace many as four or five of these re-
manning ''Freedmans Bureau buildings
J AZ. a 1 -. - T. 4 Z
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Don't kill the crows. Il is only with.
IN few years that speakers at the varl'
Gus meetings had the courage to say 1
word for tbs crow. but now il is admit
ted that his character is no, so uniform
~ black as bis plumage. In Northern
gardens. the whit-grub is. on the who'll
the most injurious insect. when we con
slider the great variety OF plants it attack
ranging from grass TO nursery trees
and that its work. being beneath til,
surfarc. is not suspected until the irju
ry is done. The crow has keenness o
sense that allows him to detect the un
sccn presence of the white-grub. anl
fUndntss far a ia. morscl that induce
him to capture it. A few years ago
we had chance 10 waich the operation
Of an assemblage of crows on a grub-in
tested lawn. Their skill in Euding an,
dislodging the grub should have beel
witncsse by all opponents OF the crow
AmericoR Agricaitarisf for Nay.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-05-11

NyE confidently offer our IICtOr Fer
wv titizer 10 the Farmers tor their To-
DaccO crops this season. II is "a Speciality
for Tobacco and Wheat. 1t will make a.
much tobacco of us fine quality rs any other
fertilizer. aud is equal to any for ali crops
Send tor certificates Our wheat and corn
feriilizer-a Speciality for grain crops We
have the s,'le agency for Andrew Coe Origi-
nal Amtnonia; d Bone Phosphate ar just i'm
proved for tobacco aud wheat. The value OF
this fertilizer is well known AS heretofore pre-
pared. With tine Improvement OF 1888, il l..
a thoroughly reliable tobacco fertilizer For
tobacco use our Victor or Cues improved
For grain crops use either Of the above or our
wheat and corn fertilizer. All in good con-
di ion. Orders solicited. NH 3O-tf
For sale by Joseph Price, Cross Roads, A.
n Bryan, Pomonksy, Richard Cough, New
port.
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Po.sn,aster Leland. Waco Texas T

Postmaster Leland, Waco, Texas, Or.
n, W Martin, Bethany, Mo-, DIR. n. B
Warren, Wilmington, O., County Collect, 7
Irwin, Lancaster, No., Postmaster Elliot,
Cairo, Tenn, together with thousands OF
druggists, hardware dealers. grocers, dr.,
goods dealers aud persons in every occupation,
al speak enthusiastically OF what Swayne' {
Ointment has done in curing Piles aud Skin
diseases. The ladies say the same thing aud
nov use it in preference 10 lave pow ders and
sasme;irS, since /, makes the skin soft and
vriVeIy and husband eau use il Tor the Piles
Mrs. Joanna Albright was cured Of tetter o
20 years stUding by using Svayne ONT
1Irut.
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REFERENCE :

G. Cannon, cashier, Traders National Bank
Hon. Barnes Compton, Laurel, Pr. Geo. Co.
Il. II. EdeIen, PurI Tobacco, Md.
\ G.. Chapman, La Plata, Nd
Robert C. COOlnIs, LeOnardtowH Md
f. Stone, Court of Appeals, Annapolis, Md.
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Administrators Notice.

0nrHASs CouRr FOR CHARLES County, Scr
May s, 1888.
nRDERED by the Court, that Henry L
~ Mi.stead, administrau Of II A. Milstea
deceased, give the notice required law to tn
creditors of said deceased, to exhibit thei
claims, legally authenticated, by advertise
ment inserted in some one newspaper publish
ed in Charles county, Maryland, once in eacl
II three successive weeks.
True cOpy-test:
JAS. NJ HARVEY, Reg. Wills Chas. Co
NOTICE.
TNlIlS is to give notice, that the subscriber
L has obtuned from the Orphans Court d
Charles county, Maryland, letters ofadmiais.
tration on the personal estate of
HENRY \. MlLSTEAD.
late Of said county, deceased. Al person,
having claims against said deceased are here.
by warned to exhibit the same, with tho
Vouchers thereof legally authenticated. to the
su6scri e., on or before the It'll llav Of Nov
next They may Otherwise by law be ey.
studied from all benefit of said deceased ESTATE
Given un Ter my hand this llth day of Nav.
isS3. y nay
HENRY +. MILSE.iD. =:
Administrator Of Henry A. Mllstead-.
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H1MILTON EASTER C SONS,
l99. POI. 2O3 Baltimore Street.
Thomas c. Price & Co.,
Sc s. Charles Street. Baltimore Md.
GEN ERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
ron SALE OF
Tobacco, Crdia Hooi and all consi'gn-
1HeRfs.

Leo II. Hayden, recent Tobacco Inspector
gives his personal sttenlion to inspections, &c.
Consignments soiicited-quick sales and
prompt returns.
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P. D. Cottingham, Snow Hill Nd, says.
'We have heard frequently Of good effects
from the use Of Browns Iron Bittsrs."
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LATEST STYLES
~
SPRING DRY GOODS

An wool Spring Dress Goods, 25cts.
Nuns Yelling, all new colors, 25ets.
Spring Dress Goods, new colJrs, l21cts.
Snrine Cashmerrs, new colors, rs, 81 and 81
summer silks, 5ocis., e2cts. and T5ets.
Black Dress silks, 81 90, $l.25, Sl.5O sl.75
aud $40.
Black Cashmeres, 37ets., 5Ocis., G2cts. and
75cts.
Mourning Dress Goods.
Crepe Wells and Shawls.
White and Fancy Mating all styles.
Spring Carpets, 25cis., 37ets. and 5Octs.
Cloth for Men aAd Doy's wear, 81 aud jOcts
Cotton AIDES for Mems Suits, 2Octs.
parasoIs, 81 90, Sl.25, sl.5O, $500, 81 SO.
Boidal Quilts, 9scts., worth 50 90.
silks, velyets, Satins, Brocades.
silk Sacks. all colors, Boots.
Silk Morino, all colors, scots.
India Linen, l2cts., l0cts lscts., 20cts. and
2jets.
Dotted Swiss, all colors, new patterns.
Satin Stripe Victoria Lawns l2cts.
Satin Stripe Pique, Sets.
Calicoes, Cottons, Ginghams PercaIs, Che
and GOssamers.
~ NJ Tn"Snn
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Redder rho sqid yov ,nouId Ike 10 gel such nice fitting
CIofhfn as CRY prop wsJr, rather than he rhoes1I'
Ooods eap monty soid in most st0fsss This cW feP
non hour 10 do IT, The rery large Hcre IN bur
mess ne rasi season diiorS ~ 10 max, SIN
sale Of i',ic,s than erer Lef"rs, AMI you
enough buying fr.n US 10 Py for your tr'p Z" orr
City.
III, Garments ~, sell are p,1nnfocivr ',,dsr
personal rriso. upon the lrsmisss, ,r'by Ssc"r
ino the best s,ed and fitting Ciohi - ecrr prOd"ccd
Our Goods are made for the i0diridth rcgr n orr
patrons and not far igbOissaiiing We sell them MN
posifise guarantee, H>rp FORE oRr runs nm risk ~
buying al hoase. We indvige an M KIND # sh'"
or prefeHsion that only result in increased price
but depend on the merits Of oMr GlodS and snt'"'
Lou f'rices 10 hold aad grin pofron1q'. tIop h>s'
statements IRE iRriie you 10 call and "k through o"r
immense Stock Of NsW Syes and Foshio"Hh' Dr.
signs. Any Carmen not dreiy sdiifdctory ~iii be
gladly exchanged or ntoHey refunded.
Rx,- Bc-snTe and first call UpOR