The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-06-04

Of all classes performed in the ancient amph-
theatre OF Pompeli, IN the presence of the EN-
peror. on which occasion the imperial train was
increased by guard of pretorians on horseback,
"A Paris journal publishes letter
from soldier serving with the French troops
IN Ionquin, to his father, giving terrible &C
count OF the barbarous manner in which the war
is carried on. Having described the attack on
Songtai the writer adds: I'VE made 600 pris-
oners, who were all shot on the next day.
When we were in the town, the order came that
we might plumber for thirty-six hours, and that
we had to slaughter every living creature. In
every house lay heaps of slain and wounded,
without any help. When the enemy caught
any one of our men, he was butchered limb from
limb, and at last had his head cut off, And SO
when we came into the town every soldier was
mad, and the more cruel ones murdered MANY
an innocent person" There was no doubt much
to extenuate the guilt of the French troops in
the terrible and barbarous revenge they took ::
but after all, the enemy with whom they were
hghting cannot be considered as belonging to an
altogether civilized nation.
That the accumulation of wealth in
business neither dulls nor entirely absorbs the
intelligence nor relaxes public spirit is shown
by the intimate connection of manufacturing
and commercial firms with recent political his
tory, and the immense sums spent on the insti-
tutions OF the great towns of the North and
Mldlands. MIR. Gladstone, as every English
man knows, is the son of a Liverpool merchant
While MIR. Bright lives close to his mill on the
fringe on the moor at Rochdale. Mr.. Forster is
prominent member of the firm whose enter
prise has brought wealth into the retired region
OF Upper Wharfedale Sir Charles Dixie is the
grandson of the founder, and is actually owner
of AHteRGunl Mr.. Chamberlain has only with
In few years retired from the manufacture of
woodscrews, as they are called in order to de-
vote himself to political life; Mr.. Mundella
manufactures hosiery, Lord Dudley is coal
merchant and iron manufacturer, and is one of
a long list of peers who, like Lord Londonderry.
run their own collleries or let them to great
consumers like those of Jarrow and Middlas-
borough; Lord Ardilaun is brewer, like Mr..
Stansteld and Mr.. Bass Lord Wimbourne is an
lronmaster; Lord Jersey is banker, like Sir
John Lubbock, the Barings Glyns, and Roths
childs; and the we'll known names of Mappin,
Colman, Palmer, Fairbairn, Feilden, Henry,
Holden, Hope, Jardine, Leatham, and others
too numerous to mention, testify to the close al
lance between trade and the public life of Eng
land.-London Daily Ne,os.
Paul Sabatier is publishing in the
EgLtse Ll6re an interesting series of papers on
the " Teaching of the Apostles" He puts its
date before the end of the first century as be :
fore the so-called Epistle of Barnabas The
the written gospels. The reference to high
priests suggests that the function of high priests
In the Jewish economy had not ceased, and so
that 1t was written before the destruction of
jerusalem A. D. 70.
Most people who visit New York
make one or more trips across the bridge which
connects this city and Brooklyn 1t was lust
one year on the oath inst. since this stupendous
structure was completed and opened to the pub
lie. During these twelve months IL ,234 800
persons have crossed over it, of whom ,0S3 100
used the foot-path, aud 5 ISL ,220 availed them.
serves OF the car accommodations. The number
OF vehicles that crossed the bridge in the same
period, was 5S7, 024 and the receipts from traf-
nc OF all classes amounted to 1891 no. The
bridge cost 1t is said over seventeen millions of
dollars, and its income should therefore be much
larger-in fact, over million of dollars-in
order to pay reasonable return on the original
outlay.
We understand that the forthcoming
number of The Journal of Christian PtilosophV
will contain an important series of papers on
the Teaching of the Apostles" Including the
Greek text and new translation by Professor
Orrls, OF FRICTION College, discussions by J.
Kendel Harris of Johns Hopkins University
DIR. b. h. Craven and Prof. I. II. Hall. They
call such series nowadays a symposium, but
we hope that the editor of Journal Of Christian
PT''IosophV will spare us the word.
The Lutheran Church, known as the
" Old Dutch Church" situated about two miles
from Madison Court House, Va has been
thoroughly renovated, and recently rededcated
The building is 144 years old.
The alumni of the Philadelphia Col
lege of Pharmacy have condemned the sale of
intoxicating liquors as beverage in drug
stores as growing evil, tending to degrade the
profession of pharmacy and damage the morals
Of the community"