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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-08-07
How We Stand Financially.

During the month Of July the public debt
July 1888. The total debt nov less cash In the
treasury Is 81, 448 056 900, and of this l,225,-
407, $50 Is interest bearing debt. rhe total
cash In the treasury Aug. 1, is t405 Oh, 003,
with current liabilities amounting TO $266 1911, :
100. leaving an svailable cash balance Of $780,
1893 The treasurer's statement shows
s1lS,0l7,3 800 in gold certificates outstanding
against SOS .3o2,6 a month ago. The silver
certificates outstanding amount 70 $3.50, 40f,-
34t, an increase OF little more than half a
million since June ~. Gold assets have
decreased about t1s,000,000 during the
month, and the treasury now holds sll6, CO., =
O39 In the gold coin and bullion not covered by
creased little more than ", 0l0, 000 the treat
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-08-07
The New Rugby

A newspaper correspondent gives the
following illustration of Tom Hughes
American Rugby:
Rugby, as n town, is not dead. main
" because il has never had strength
enough to GO into final commissions. A
Georgia man hit it off for me thus:
"Did you ever go a-fshin'," he said.
waving back all Interruptions, with
four-dollar livery team, and three
dollar tackle, dollar lunch, fish all
day, Spite your clothes, get sunburnt
and catch cussed little yaller catfish
with his head jined onto his tailp"
animated that had been through
some such experiences.
"Well," he said, that's the kind OF
town Rugby is"
Rugby is certainly not growing. and
so far as / can see there Is no one wor-
rying about 1t. They have lawn-ten-
mis- club, social club, an amateur
brass band, library and church and
good fishing and hunting. Added to
this, many of the colonists have some
Independent income, and why should
they fret themselves prematurely grayP
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-08-07

think il takes less time and trouble 10
do the work than TO teach their daugh-
tiers 10 do it. But the girls may be in
teresled in reading about some curious
needles, II they are not obliged to use
them.
The King of Prussia recently visited
a needle mandatory in his kingdom,
in order to see what machinery, with
the human hand, could produce. He
was shown number of superfine nee
dies, thousands of which, together, did
not weigh half an ounce, and marveled
how such minute objects could be
pierced with an eye. But he was to see
that in this respect something still finer
and more perfect could DO created. The
borer, that is. the workman whose bus
mess it is to bore the eyes in these
needles, asked for q hair from the
monarch's head. 1t was readily given,
and with a smile. He placed it at once
under the boring machine, made n
hole in it with the greatest care. fur
nished it with thread, and then
handed the singular needle to the as
tonished King.
The second curious needle is in
the possession of Queen Victoria. 1t
was made at the celebrated needle
mandatory at Redditch, and repre-
sents the column of Trajan in miniature.
This well.kEown Roman Column is
adorned with numerous scenes in sculp-
ture which immortalize Trajan's heroic
actions in war. On this diminutive
needle, scenes of the life of Q ueen Vic
toria are represented in relief, but so
finely cut, aud so small. that it requires
q magnifying glass TO see them. The
Victoria needle can, moreover, be open
ed, it contains a number of needles of g
smaller size, which are equally adorned
with scenes in relief.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-08-07
SECOND EDITION.

For thirty cents in cash or ten three
cent stamps, we will mail to any address,
postage prepaid, an octave illustrated
book of 1l2 pages, with handsome lllum-
mated cover, entitled Donald Mckay ,
or, The Ldst War Trail ofhe Modocs. This
bool is true exponent ofthe OLD saying
"Truth is stranger than fiction" and
contains the romance of the life of Don
aid Mckay, The great Scout and Chief Of
The Warm Spring Indians. The story is
founded on facts, and is the only true his
tory of the capture of Captain Jack, the
Chief of the Modocs, the warrior who
defied the United States troops in the
Lava Beds; and every incident men
toned therein can be corroborated py
Donald McKay, who is still living, and
for whom this book was published.
Address the Publishers,
@. P. SOULE & CO.,
l75 MONROE ST., CHICAGO, ILL.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-08-07
A Terrible Crime.

The little village OF Carey, Ohio, is more
excited than 1t has been before for years. Two
miles distant lived James Beach, wealthy
Last week stone masons were employed TO tear
down the wooden steps leading 10 the door Of
the house. After the steps Lad been removed
small dog scratching in the soft earth dug
out the bones Of an infant. The workmen
gathered the bones and an investigation fol-
lowed. The daughter, now aged IS, admitted
that the child was hers and that the father had
strangled 1t and put 1t where It was found, to
hide his crime.
The father was arrested and held In $l0,-
600 bail. lie is wealthy and the daughter is
engaged to marry prominent young man OF
that place. The young woman Is graduate
of New York seminary.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-08-07
A Dootress' Mistake.

Mrs. William Hill of Rockland, Mass, visit
ing friends at South Boston, called Mrs. DR..
Helen Cummings to prescribe for a slight in
disposition. The latter left three bottles of
medicine. Mrs. Hill seemed appreAensive of
the medicine, and to reassure her Mrs. DR..
Cummings took dose herself Mrs. Hill took
the first dose of the medicine and Immediately
became very Ill and in half hour was a corpse
Mrs. DR.. Cummings was also taken Ill from
her dose, after reaching home, and has been
under physicians care ever since. 1t seems
that the doctrcss left bottle Of strychnine for
headache, and tonic, but In labelling them got
the bottles mixed.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-08-07

ury now holding si6s 900, 900 against sl6O, 0O0,-
900 on June 80. OF z I'D coin certificates there
are so, $40, 100 in the treasury, decrease Of
but one-half million during July. The number
Of standard silver dollars In the treasury vaults
Is $l37,69L,1l9. Customs receipts for July
amounted TO Sl7,45O,527 against go, 009, 2S0 In
July. 1888 InterOal revenue receipts aggregat-
ed $685., 95q, against Is, sS4,2s6 In July, 1888
The total receipts for the month from all sources
were $50 273, 99i, about three quarters of a
million less than In July, 1888, while the expen-
ditures for the month were s3S, 800, 600 About
$4,000, 900 less than during July, 1883.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-08-07
Ben Heard From.

The Butler boom in Saginaw has re-
ceived fresh impetus by the receipt of
tie following letter to Fred A. King,
Secretary of the Butler League of that
city:
BosToN, July 2s, 1884.
Nv Dear Mr.. King,
have frequently disappointed my enemies,
but never disappointed my friends. Why will
my friends not go on with their work, trusting
me as trust them! Yours truly,
BENZ. +. BUTLER.
Fred. A. King, Esq, Saginaw, Mich.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-08-07
Two Curious Needles.

Girls, we are afraid don't like sewing
quite as well as they ought to. 1t is so
much easier To ask mother TO do what
Is needed than TO do it themselves.
And many mothers, unfortunately,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-08-07

The PRESIDENT OF france mas q salary
OF $l2O, 600 year, with 1920, 600 more
for entertaining and travelling.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-12-31

nish many more to the ministry if they
were sought for and encouraged instead
CT being deferred by standard which i'm
poses humiliating conditions upon them,
and necessitates the policy of seeking our
candidates from among the youth of the
Church, many of whom settle the ques.
ton of call to the ministry at an, age
when they are incapable of giving reli-
able judgment upon any worldly affair of
serious import. But (4) What has been
the practical fruit of this provision? 1t
has had place for generations in our
standards, and yet during these years
there has not been a day when the
Church has not had to mourn deficient
supply OF ministers, clamorous destitu-
tons, and UNCONVENTIONAL disparity Our
system with this feature in it, has been
tried and failed, and we are called upon
to continue the experiment. Souls are
dying all around us, but none except those
classically educated may ordinarily, Of
fcially, offer them the bread of life. Null
titudes are perishing without the gospel,
and yet the Church, commissioned to res
cue them, and manacled by an inefficient
system, can only sit still, in her self-in-
fiicted helplessness, and listen to the
cries of the lost, which break upon the
ear like the midnight sobbings of the sea-
D. w. S.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-12-31
For the Central Presbyterian.
Ministerial Education

The prospectus of the Romizetic Re.
vieaO for 1885, published by Funk &
Wagnalls, New York, announces "Sym.
postum on Ministerial Education" to be
participated in by some of the most dis
tinguished ministers in the different
churches, and says There is not a
more vital subject demanding considera
ton than this. There are grave doubts
in many minds whether our present
methods are the best possible. Many
think the times call for radical change.
We are discussing then Ltve topic
There are many who advocate as a
remedy, in part at least, for the deficient
supply of ministers, a reversal of the
principles and policy of our Church." by
a change in our standard of qualifications
and method of training. To the argu-
ment for this change it is replied:
l That any innovation would be re-
Election upon the wisdom of the fathers
who devised the existing plan. We
yield to none in our admiration of the
great men who laid the foundation of the
Presby Church. Let our hand or
tongue be palsied when either shall be
used to faint the fragrant memory OF
their noble deeds But, this od-cap-
tandun1 reply has been the resort OF all
weak causes, and the ready r1tse Of every
opponent of reformation, whenever these
venerated names happen to be in accord
with his own wisdom and policy. 1t is
a sufficient answer to say That as every
change necessarily conflicts with the
opinions of the fathers, this argument
against present innovation, if good at all
would be effective for all time, and ever
lastingly chain the Church to the past,
and however clamorous the evils Of the
present, it would be enough to arrest at
once the car Of progress, for some Witch
of Endor to summon from the dead a
Samuel
3 1t is said in opposition to change I.
That to meet the demand for an increased
supply of ministers 1--WE need, as Church,
not new measures, but new life-a true
and spiritual awakening and consecra-
ton, together with wiser and more
faithful application of the law as it
stands" The obvious reply to this is !:
(a) If the present prevalent relaxation
Of our standards secures only a definite
and deficient supply of ministers is it
probable that more strenuous insistence
upon the conditions Of ordination accord
ing to our Book would produce the need
ed number Of candidates. If door will
admit only a certain number Of people in
one hour, can you increase the admissions
by reducingits dimensions? (b) If a "spir-
itual awakening and conservation" should
result in the desired influx Of candidates,
the expense Of education, inherent in the
present system Of training, would impose
a burden which the Church would re-
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-12-31
NTRAL PRESBYTFEIAN --.December ST.

sion. BY last accounts four chapels had
been destroyed but our missionaries
were going on with their work, though
in the midst of dangers and alarms. Dr.
Mckay is good soldier. Maharajah
Holkar continues his pressive treat
ment of the mission at Indore, Central
India. The Governor-General of India
has sent a not very vigorous remon-
STRANGE, and Holkar keeps on his way.
His is native state, not under British
rule, and Holkar is virulently opposed to
Christianity. Our missionaries are scarce.
ly allowed to do mission work in their
own houses, and not at all beyond. 1t
has become intolerable. Brother mis-
sionaries all through India are calling
loudly upon the central government to
demand OF Holkar liberty for Christian
work. At Indore, the new Governor
General, Earl Dufeim, Canadas friend,
and an eminent liberal statesman, may,
we think, be relied on to see relief given
to our sorely tried brethren.
Mr.. Moody held, the other week, a
three days conference with Christian
workers in Toronto. The meetings were
immense as to numbers, and the evange-
lists humility, and directness, and pith,
and evident entire dependence on the
mighty Spirit of God, made profound
impressions Nothing but good is antici.
pated as the result of his visit
Three well-known ministers of the
gospel have been summoned to their re.
ward during the past week, all over the
three-score and ten. Dr. Carroll, typi,
cal "circuit-rider," of the old school, who
has left several works on the pioneers OF
Methodism DR. Rice, the senior General
Superintendent of the Methodist Church,
distinguished as an educationist, and a
prominent figure in Conferences; and
Bishop Fuller, of the Niagara diocese
of ancient family, descended on the
mothers side from Archbishop LOTUS, Of
Dublin, one of the founders of Trinity
College in that city, In the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, and on the fathers side, from
the famous Church historian, Thomas
Fuller; an ardent church-man" and
identified very closely with the advance
of the Church of England in Ontario fol
the last fifty years. When Bishop Fuller
was ordained, that Church was the nurs
ling of the State. Thirty years ago the
connection was severed. The late Bishop
was one of the few who had courage to
hope for the success of the Church with.
out State aid. What seemed crushing
calamity was blessing in disguise. il
has not yet altogether outgrown the
blight of the former connection-a State
paid clergy means parsimonious people
but it is making progress, and of late,
especially, has been taking hold of mis-
sion work, home and foreign, with great
energy. A missionary Church is certain
of long lease Of life. R. D. FRASER.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-12-31

In our English Version of the Bible,
Gen. XII. As, we read: "And Pharaoh
called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah.
The translators, not knowing its mean
ing, simply transferred it. Rev. DR..
Tyron Edwards, in short article in the
New York Observer, throws light upon
the subject, which is of no little interest.
He says that through the researches of
Rawlinson and Others in Egyptian his
tory and language, this name is found to
mean "The bread of life"-verv ftly
given to Joseph, who had provided food
so bountifully against the years of famine.
and thereby saved the peoples lives.
Also, In the 43d verse, the words trans
lated bow the knee" are found to be
Egyptian words, and mean rejoice"
So, when Joseph rode forth in his chariot,
arrayed in fine linen, with gold chain
about his neck, and the kings ring on his
hand, the people, instead of crying Bow
the knee, cried, Rejoice, rejoice, for
the bread of lite is coming This GER
tainly adds new beauty to the passage,
while it presents Joseph most foroibly as
a type Of Him who, in the fullness of time,
came into the world and offered himself
to men starving for spiritual food, saying,
" am the living bread which came down
from heaven; il any man eat Of this
bread, he shall live forever. "-Herald
and Presbyter.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-12-31

Those who beg n the work Of God, must
resolve to go on with it, or they will
make nothing Of it. Looking back in
clines to drawing back, and drawing
back is to perdition. Those are not fit
for heaven, who, having set their faces
heavenward, face about. But he, and he
only, that endures to the end, shall be
saved.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-11-26
B. & D. Change of Time.

According to change of time
taking effect last Sunday. B. & O.
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NJ, and II As, p. m:
Trains leave at 3 90 a. M. 8 90
a. M. 7 90 a. m. 4 20 p. NJ, and
5 10, D. m. Time tables will be
corrected in next issue.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-11-26

We might say much about the
tin horn jollifcatlon by the De-
mocracy, last Friday evening, and
the drunken episodes that followed
late in the night, but we are so
glad the campaign racket is over,
we have no heart even to refer to
it again.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-11-26

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GUNS
GOOD GUN

very cheap. / have one of the largest stock
of guns in the State for you to select from
Special prices given to dealers. Ordef
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The Evening critic., 1884-07-09

CURSES were current coin among the
Democrats of the Capital last evening. For
instance, a knot of them were perusing a
telegram announcing Tammanys s defeat on
Grady's motion, and, feeling that although
he was defeated on that point, John Kelly
and his braves had made it impossible for
the Democrats to elect II President in this
year OF grace, the squad turned away
with huge disgust in every lineament Of
their faces, one OF them empha-
sizing the feelings of the crowd by
exclaiming with horrible oath
that they ought TO have drowned Kelly
four years ago. Aud so it went all over the
city. Nothing could be heard in any
quarter from the faithful but "blanlety
blank John Kelly and his entire llau-
nel.mouthed crew-blank him and blank
them to Chicago and back again 1t was
lauRhable and II was pitiable. 1t would
have made even Uncle Toby's hair stand on
end to hear em swear, more especially as
swearing don't help the matter one iota.
Somebody of the charitable Republicans OF
Chicago ought TO turn in and help 'em let
John Kelly 30 II they arc good Chris
The Evening critic., 1884-07-09

Poor old Democracy! How low it has
fallen in these latter days. The whole party
is down on its marrowbones at Chicago
begging the ghost of mana nerveles1,
trembling, broken, tottering old man--to
take the nomination of the party and pull
it out Of the slough into which an indig-
nant people have cast it. And many of the
delegates have gone even lower than that,
and they say that If Mr.. Tilden will only
condescend to name the man he prefers
they will nominate him at once Shade of
Andrew Jackson! Is this the party
you once led to vlctory2 How are the
mighty fallen, and the weapons of war
vilely cast away.
The Evening critic., 1884-07-09

THERE are some level heads at Chicago,
it appears. Some of the distinguished pill
grims who travelled thither thinking they
were going to a Democratic National Con-
vention, since their arrival say it is moth.
ing but huge Blaine and Logan ratihcl-
tion meeting. Lsee kilograms in yester-
days CRITIc.l THE CRITIC told you So
that everybody would soon be ratifying
the Republican nominations, and here is
proof that THE CRITIC was right in its
representations. We hardly expected the
Democrats would acquiesce so soon but
they are at it, and it cannot be helped, we
suppose. It's in the air, in the water, in
the earth, in the heavens, in the people,
and some little-just little-in the Thorn
ases and Jeremiahs-yea, it is in the seas,
for even the ''schooners" arc full of it, and
some of 1t has oven got up the stove
pipes" the Democratic brethren will get
1t away up their noses next November
The Evening critic., 1884-07-09

WHAT is the matter with Bayarl?
Isn't he a good Democrat? Has he not
stood up in the Senate for the Democratic
party when he was overwhelmingly in the
minority? And the very speech his
brethren are throwing in his face in Chi
cago--was ii not good Democratic doctrine
when delivered? Did not the entire party
cheer him and IL when it was delivered?
All during the war, and since, Thomas +.
BayaId has been looked upon by the party
all over the Union as leading champion
OF simon-pure, Jefiersonian, three-ply
Democracy. Why is he not so now?
Either he has changed, or his party has
turned it's coat-which is IL? It Is the
party that has changed. Once it pro-
claimed the same doctrine as Biyard
preached ut Dover with unreseryed blat-
ancy, but now IL takes 1t all back aud pre-
tends that it never entertained and pro-
claimed Copperhead Bourbonism. Now II
wants to do with its Bourbon record Just ~
IL is trying t) do with Its position
on the tafili-hide it-smuggle IL away
till after tho election. Deception-that Is
its motto in this campaign. II won't win.
The people have their eyes open, and will
trample all its shams, and it, too, into tho
Garth next November.