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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29
Presbytery of ST. Johns


Held its spring meeting in the Newman
Street Presby church, Jacksonville,
Fla, on the 9Th inst. There were pres.
ent ten ministers and ten elders. Rev.
Henry Keigwin, of Orlando, preached
the opening sermon. Text taken from
Ephs. 10; Cor. iv: 8.
Rev. 81. S. Yerger, OF Fernandina, was
elected Moderator, and Rev. Ben. Helm,
of Ocala, temporary Clerk.
The narratives from the various church
es indicated in most OF the churches an
increased membership, increased benevo
lence to the Assem- bly's causes, and in
creased spirituality among the member
ship. The reports from the Evangelists
were In some respects gratifying, but in
others somewhat discouraging.
Only one new church was reported as
having been organized since the last
meeting of Presbytery, but that one in
the important and growing town of
Tampa.
The Committee on Home Missions
called attention of the Presbytery to the
lamentable condition of the church 8
finances, and recommended the adoption
of the following overture to the General
Assembly, viz: That the Assembly in
struct its Executive Committee of Home
Missions to grant all reasonable requests
of the Presbyterial Committee of Home
Missions. In other words to make Flor
ida special field OF benevolence.
The following overture was also recon-
mended: That the Assembly instruct its
Executive Committee of Home Missions
to form a Church Erection Fund, from
which churches unable to erect buildings
without help might borrow from 800 to
$500 for the space of FIVE years, without
interest, the churches obligating to re-
turn the same in annual instalments, etc.
The following overture was also recon-
mended: That the Assembly recommend
the following amendment to Fern of
Government Book of Church Order,
Chapter VII, paragraph 3, by adding
these words: This paragraph shall not
g. be amended except in the same way in
which it provides for the amendment OF
the Confession of Faith and Catechisms.
The report of the Committee on Pub
LEGATION recommended that all ministers
and elders be urged to personal efforts
to awake the churches to the importance
of this cause, and that collections be
asked. That our evangelists be requested
to procure books of the Publication Com
mlttee, and distribute, either by gift or
sale, to those who may desire them, and
that each pastor become an active medium
for his own church in disseminating a
pure literature.
The Committee on Foreign Missions
presented an excellent report, which was
ordered to be published.
Rev. j. A. Kimmons, and Elder ]. G.
Speer, of Apopka church, were elected
Commissioners to the Assembly and Rev.
Henry Keigman, and Elder Thos. Kydd,
of Fernandina, alternate.
The meeting of the Presbytery was
most harmonious and delightful through
out. The preaching of the brethren was
unusually good.
The next meeting of Presbytery will
be held in Palatka, October 10Th, 1885
y 2. M. STATED CLERK.
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italian Evangelisation.

The fourteenth annual report Of the
Free Italian Church is published. The
treasurer, the Rev. J. r. McDougall
Florence, details the various steps in the
present union negotiations between this
Church and the Wadenses, with efforts
after q wider confederation between all
denominations. The years progress is
satisfactory and the report abounds with
details of good sound evangelical work
carried on In all the cities where this
Church operates. The friends of the
Church have cause for gratitude for such
genuine work. The students of the col
lege were last year transferred to Flor.
ence, to be under the Waldensian pro-
fessors This indicates the friendliness
between the two Churches. Their union
is expected to take place in autumn.
The losses of the Churches have been
somewhat severe, especially in Naples,
where their evangelist, Signor Graziosi,
was cut down by cholera. The income
of the Church from all sources has been
129,686frcs.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

of Greenwood; Chairman of Home Mis-
sions, Rev. H. G. Fennell. of Monterey
Chairman of Education, Rev S. L. Nor
ris, of Trenton; Chairman of Publca-
ton, Rev. J. M. l.. Seabrook, of Wal
halla; Presbyterial S. S. Superintendent,
Rev. W. G. Nevill. of Ninety-Six.
S. l.. MORRIS, Stated Clerk.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29
Recent Publications.

OUR prompt acknowledgment every week of
the books sent to us we consider as ordinarily
Sufficient compensation for the same. We re-
serve to ourselves the privilege of giving a more
,r less extended notice of the same which is for
the oeneht OF our readers. 1t would be impos-
'ble for us to examine all the books sent to us,
and especially the innumerable little volumes
written for children.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

WoNDRoUs LovEl A Collection of Songs and
Services for Sunday Schools By George F.
Root and c. G. Case. Cincinnati: published
by The John Church Co., "a w. Fourth st.
For sale by Thomas ]. Starke & Sons, 9O9 E.
Main street, Richmond, Va.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

Across THE CHAsM. A Story of North and
South: love story with. descriptions of So
cial life in Washington. By Southern lady.
One Volume, limo, Cloth, 81 Charles Serb
ner's Sons, publishers, 743 and 745 Broadway,
New York. For sale by West, Johnston &
Co.. Richmond, Va.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

A loving heart and pleasant counte-
nance are commodities which man should
never fail to take home with him.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

Whatsoever knowledge or work does
not lead us to know Christ will prove
worthless to our souls and perish. Other
knowledge may vanish away, but the
knowledge Of Christ endures forever.
Therefore the Great Master himself has
taught us that it is perpetual life to
know God and him whom God hath sent
life to the brain, life to the heart, life
to the life. There is no knowledge like
knowing the Cruci6ed.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-05-09

Paralysis, collie. govt, rheumatism
kidney disease, Kindness and insanity
may all come, it seems, from drinking
water with lead in it. Under these cir
cumstances, simple test for discover.
ing the presence of lead in water may
well be useful. 1t consists of adding .
little tincture OF cochineal, which, il
there be the least trace of lead in the
water will color it blue instead Of rose
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-05-09
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

1T is said that three-fourths Of the
Bibles shipped from New York TO for
eign mission stations 60 to Mexico and
South America.
Massachusetts, stands at the head
Of the Congregationalists in the United
States as to numbers, having $50
churches, with 90. $50 members and 941
ministers. Post.
The American Missionary Associ-
alton has at the New Orleans Exposition
fine display of work done by Indian
children and others in tho various fields
of labor.
Miss Black, who recently started
for China under the auspices of the
Woman's Missionary Association of the
English Presbyterian Church, is the
fifth daughter that has gone out from
one manse to the foreign field.-N. Y.
San.
The attendance on the public
schools of England is shown by recent
report to have risen within few years
from 1900, 900 to 5000. 900. As a result
Juvenile crime has considerably dimin-
ished
--Baptists of the South have, since
last May sent into the foreign mission
| field twenty-one missionaries. 1t Is eS-
timated that it will take S16, 600 each
month to meet the demand of the tor
eign field.
The will of Guy Little. of Bismarck.
ID. t., recently probated. leaves $50, 900
in trust for the benefit of Pembroke
| Academy, at Pembroke, N. H., subject
to the life interest of the widow.
| Children of school age must be re-
markably scarce in some sections of
New Hampshire. judging from the fol-
lowing taken from Boston paper: In
Warner there is one school district
which contains but one pupil, four dis
tricts have but two pupils each, and two
have only six between them.
| The California millionaires appear
to be doing their best to build up the
| educational and artistic interests OF the
coast. The latest benefactor is Mrs. 4.
b. Croker, who proposes to deed her
art gallery to San Francisco, provided
the people raise one hundred thousand
| dollars to maintain the collection. -
| Current.
"A New England preacher says that
the CnlneSe students VINO nave returned
to this country after a two years alb
sence in China have great difficulty in
remembering the English language,
which they were supposed to have
learned so well.
| --Over-reading as well as over-study
is one of the evils of modern education.
The evil has been commented on by ed
ucators for many years past, but the
multiplicity of books and their growing
| choapness stand in the way Of any per-
manent remedy. OF course it goes with
out saying that reading in itself is not
only harmless, but most beneficial. But
! children too often read so much that
| they fail to assimilate what they read,
| and thus the exercise is dead loss.
| Much fun has been made of 1.-THE man
of one book;' but he possessed at least
the virtue of knowing one book thor
oughly-a virtue which many modern
readers do not possess. If school chill
! drep were taught to read less and think
more, it would be gain all around
| ". Y. Tribune.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-05-09
THE DAIRY.

-Bombshells and torpedces are nom
filed with clearinghouse butter. This
compound is said to be stronger than
dynamite.
To supply the demand for milk and
its products in this country $4,000, 600
cows are required. To furnish food for
them the cultivation of over 60, 600, 600
acres of land is required.
There is likelihood that the fac
torymen will abandon the making OF
skim cheese altogether. The milk is
worth more to the farmers for feed than
they can get out of the skins.
The New Jersey Legislature has
passed a law prohibiting the manufac-
ture and sale of bogus buffers. under a
penalty of 5000, one-half of which goes
to the informer. How long will it take
our Western legislatures to do some
thingp
"A correspondent asks if crooks are
good to keep butter in. No, unless
they are so coated that the acid and fat
of the butter will not eat through.
Otherwise they will absorb both the
odor and flavor of the butter.-W Western
Rural.
Mr.. Favill thinks the most profit
able period of a cows life is from four
to eight years. Perhaps it is, but do
they not fail very slowly after eight
years old, and before they reach, say
fourteen. Mr. Favill may be right on
an average, but we would be very care
full about condemning cows at eight
years of age.-Americds Dairyrnan.
The trouble with the cheese Just
now is that nobody wants it; people are
afraid of skim cheese-they don't want
it, and won't buy it. Until better
article is made there will be no demand
for it. If manufacturers will persist in
making poor SKINS they can look for
nothing else but demoralized market.
Said prominent dealer: Get the fac
torymen to make better cheese and they
will sell quite readily at remunerative
figures, but such goods as are now
offered have no demand.-Elgin AdUo-
cate.
The Dairy World says that the dairy
cow must have been bred definitely and
specially to given end; that is, the
production of milk. The native COW,
therefore, can not be depended upon to
breed dairy cows, except as the ground
work for breeding grades; for unless
bred to bull prepotent in a definite
direction, the calf will be more likely to
revert to some ancestor of no fixed
characteristic than otherwise. The pre-
potent (purely bred) bull, however, will
fix his characteristics strongly in the
calf, and this from a well-known law,
heredity.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-05-09
A COY COQuETTE.

Ezekiel Moses, leah, me sahl
Don't be crOwdin' quite so clus:
Luff dat lamp alone, too, please, sab,
Else dey's gwine to be a fuss.
Took dat han from off my shoulder
P'raps ye tink I'm no count trash;
Ebery night We git more holder
Tink yer smart to be SO brash.
What dye praise dat Calline foahs
If dat gals SO mighty dear,
Leah dis kitchunl dar's de doah;
Court dat Calline. What do keer?
Course keer-I-don't be leabin';
But yer huff to rifle saint
Amt yer shamed yo'self for bleabin'
Calline's lian'some when she hain't?
Please, now, don't git wussn ebber-
Keep dar nOw-oh, well,
If yer 'tarmined-kiss me? Nebberl
Stop dis instep or I'll yell!
Well, If you amt tarned bashful
Pshawi who'd hab O man wild skeers2
Oar, now, don't git ODER rashful,
Fo' de fack I'll box your ears.
Bless mel what's de use OBJ sistin'2
Cause yer boun' to hab yer way.
Not afOre one week-now, listen
Say Jess one week from dis day?
Marry nowl and what's de harm int?
Ezekiel Mosesl why, TO shamel
How blush! Well, II yer 'tarmined,
dat beats Calline jes de same.)
%. II. Turner, n, N. Y. Mai and Erpres
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-05-09

all the moral fractures and put society
straight and square, then will there be
no room for the human mosquito; and
the force expressed in his ugly energies
now, will have merged into nobler and
better forms. Meanwhile, seeing that
fighting is useless and all defence-work
iIlusory, we must bear him with what
patience we can command-no other
moral catholicon having yet been dis
covered able to heal the hurts made by
the creature in its attacks And per-
haps-who knowsp-patience being in
itself one of the sweeter virtues-it is in
the teaching and the exercise of this to
his fellow-men that the human mosquito
has his raison d'etre.- Chambers Jour-
nal
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-05-09
THE BURRO.
A Characteristic and Ubiquitous New Mex
lean Animal.

A Characteristic and Ubiquitous New Mex
lean Animal.
Apart from the Indians and Mexicans.
these animals are the most character
istic and ubiquitous objects in New Next
co. The shaggy little brutes range from
the size of small Newfoundland to that
of a six-months-old he,fer. 1t is practi-
cally impossible to overload them.
They will carry all that can be piled on
their backs. / have frequently seen a
solid heap of wood gliding mysteriously
into town, with no apparent motive
power, but l knew that somewhere
underneath the pile there was hidden a
burro. When released from their bur-
dens they will Immediately set to work
with diligence and gusto picking up q
living in the midst of stones and dry
cactus, where any other animal would
starve to death. Joe proceeded to at
tach them, by wonderful series of
knots, TO the supporting posts under
the house. | watched him curiously
as he tied knot after knot, and at length
ventured to inquire whether burros usu-
ally employed their spare time in per-
forming juggling tricks.
Joe regarded me with smile which
was compounded one part of good
natured contempt, two of superior
knowledge, and three of genuine
amusement"
''Wa'al," he said, you are sufnmat
of a tenderfoot; that's SO. Why, burro
is born devil"
''Do you mean to say that burro
can undo one Of those knots with his
teethP" / asked.
II don't purfess to say what he doe
it with. He may do it with his tail for
all know, but If you will learn me a
knot that burro can't undo. if yov
give him time enough, will tell 70,
thanks. Why the father of all evil is
not patch on mn old jack burro fur
Internal cleverness and mischief. -
Bryce Hxrvis0as. IN Hasper's MaaasitA
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-05-09
A Handsome Reward.

While walking on q Galveston wharf
Mrs. Snively fell into the bay and was
rescued with difficulty by stranger.
Mr. Snively shook the hand of the res
cuer Of his wife, and said:
''You have saved my wife from Z
watery grave, and l must reward you
for it.
Il only did my duty. do not desire
any remuneration .
''Well, il you will not accept my
money I'll give you piece of advice
that will be worth something to you. II
will save you DOCTORS bill. Don't eat
sausage in summer. / know what they
ere made Of. I'm butcher by trsdss =
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-05-09
CRACK STEPPERS.
A Mild Species of Insanity With Which
Old and Young Are Often Afflicted.

A Mild Species of Insanity With Which
Old and Young Are Often Afflicted.
''See that man over thereP" ex-
claimed gentleman to reporter yes
terday, pointing to an old man who was
walking down Chestnut Street in front
of Independence Hall; the old fellow
had his head bent and seemed in deep
thought. That's crack stopper"
IA crack stepper!''
Him; you watch him and see how
he walks. He won't step on a single
crack between the flag-stones, no mat.
ter how it Inconvenience him. There
are quantity of men who are in the
habit of stepping over the cracks in
flagstone pavements; it's mild form
of insanity; I do it myself occasional
ly."
$50 do l."
do youp Well, most city men do.
Children play games in this way and
men keep it up all their lives. Some
times they vary it by stepping on all the
cracks and taking particular care not to
miss one. There goes an other"
In the course of half-hour no less
than fourteen men were observed going
up and down this pavement stepping
over the cracks. OF fifteen men taken
at random, twelve acknowledged that
they occasionally practiced this peculiar
habit. They said they didn't know why
they did it, and sometimes did it uncon-
sciously, but the interesting fact re-
mains that about seventy-five per cent.
Of city men are crack steppers.-Phila-
delphia Times.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-05-09
A Great General.

Major John A. Rudd. formerly of the
Confederate army of the Southwest, and
who met Grant and his men on the
CORY field of battle several times, said
to the Hatchet yesterday:
Grant was great General. He has
never been given full credit for his
ability nor the full measure of his good
ness of heart. General Grant is loved
by the Southern soldiers, to whom he
has always been true friend. Should
he die they will be found among the
most sorrOwful of the mourners at his
bier. But hope he may vet survive
he treatment of his scientific at
tendants. Some people in the South
complained of certain Objectionable
things that General Grant did. To
these he said: i am simply enforcing
the laws as found them on the statute
book. The best way to get rid of bad
law is to enforce it strictly"
Major Rudd related the following
anecdote of the great Captain:
II called on him several years ago in
behalf of certain ex-Union officer who
was incarcerated in the Missouri State
prison, unjustly in my opinion. Imade
a plain statement of the case to him and
concluded with the remark that, as a
Confederate soldier who had been shot
all to pieces, asked that the facts in
the case be given the attention they
deserved. General Grant replied: The
matter shall be attended to- On the
following day the Union veteran was
released. Grant saw the injustice OF
his Incarceration at once, and acted
promptly, and in the same manner that
he struck his telling blows during the
war. y Washington Hatchet.
"A resident of Statesborough heard
q noise out at his barn the other night,
and he took his gun and slipped out.
He saw man standing in the door Of
his barn, and, as the moon was shining,
he took good aim and fired. but the OBJ
ject never moved. SO he fired the other
barrel and called for his wife, and
when she came they went and found he
| had shot twice ct hrs own shadow
SGvawn0h (GG.) Nss0ss
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-07-02

Capt. Frank Gibson, Of the north
Yellowstone roundup was in the city
yesterday. He said he had little TO
report, aside from what has been al
ready published. He stated, however,
that they found some cattle on the
Porcuplne that were twelve TO fifteen
months old that had never been
branded, but being shut In, as 1t were,
by the surrounding streams they still
followed the mother.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-07-02
LOCAL NOTICES.
Marims for Business Men.

MaxIms for Business Men,
Keep your firm name and business
before the public.
Your sign in the morning paper is
fresher than the sign over your door.
Push your business or IL will push you.
Don't be the great unknown" in
business.
Advertising is a commercial science
rs indispensable to real business as Is
bookkeeping.
Competition Is the life Of trade.
There is no competition without a
generous patronage of the daily
paper.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-07-02

Harvey Bensley was re-arrested
yesterday by Stock Inspector Smith
on charge OF grand larceny Of eight
bulls and one calf. II is the same
matter upon which he had an exam
lnation before the probate court last
winter and was held for the grand
jury. The latter failed to find any In
dictmen against him and this arrest,
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-07-02
GREAT Reduction.
A Card to the Public.

We the undersigned announce that
we have decided to sell our excellent
beer, from Monday, June 10Th. at 81
per barrel; So per quarter key; Sl.5O
per eighth keg respectively, and guar
antee that the beer sold, will be no in
ferior article to any in beer in the
market. Our motto: Quick Sale
with Small Profit. Respectfully.
BENDER q MoERDER.
Proprietors Excelsior Brewery,
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-07-02

A quiet wedding took place at the
residence Of f. S. Johnson on Tues.
day evening, the parties Immediately
interested being Geo. w. Slime, OF
Fort Mckinney, Wyo., and Miss Ella
McJenkins, Of New Orleans, La. Mr..
Slime has charge of j. II. Conrad's
post trader store at Fort Mckinney.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
II. L. Linnell.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-07-02

Larry Wolverton, of the A. outfit,
returned yesterday from the roundup
on the Moon. The COW boys found II
rather warm up there but they
worked the range carefully and
branded a nice lot Of calves. They
found stock Of all kinds to be in good
condition,
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-07-02

+. Remington returned from his
Powder river horse ranch yesterday
accompanied by his brother, c. Rem
ington, of New York, who has been
visiting the horse ranches. He is de-
lighted with what he has seen of
Montana live stock and has had a
good trip.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-07-02

Matt Winters. captain OF the east
aide Of Tongue river roundup, Is In
the city. He Is well pleased with the
results accomplished by his roundup
party.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-07-02

Black Bess, the slick looking stopper
that Sidney Paget may put into the
races on the Fourth, was one Of the
noticeable horses on the track last
evening.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-07-02

Jimmy Coleman expects to take
possession of the new saloon on Main
street next door to the corner Of Sixth
street to-day. It's construction has
been pushed very rapidly by the con-
tractors, T. J. Bryan & Co.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-07-02

In order to properly observe the day
OF celebration our barber shops will
close on the Fourth at l o'clock
sharp. Their customers will bear
this in mind and give the boys a
chance to have half holiday.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-07-02

II. III. Ebert, Of Iroquois, OAK, who
was night operator at the Western
Union Office here last winter stopped
here yesterday on his way to Fort
Custer where he will operate the tele-
graph line. He found his old friends
here and a good many new faces, he
said
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-07-02

At an election OF the /. o. o. f. on
Monday evening the following officers
were elected:
N. G., VIM. Van Gasken.
V. g., s. r. MCGOWAN.
Secretary, j. II. Boiling.
Treasurer, G. w. Savage.
The installation will be held on the
first Monday In July.