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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-10-06
ThiStleS and Bees.

Two Scotchmen emigrated in the early
days to California. Each thought to take
with him some memorial of his beloved
country. The one of them, an enthusiasts
tic lover of Scotland, took with him a
thistle, the national emblem. The other
took small swarm OF honey-bees. Years
have passed away. The Pacific Coast is,
on the one hand, cursed with the Scotch
thistle, which the farmers find impossible
to exterminate; on the other hand, the
forests and fields are fragrant and laden
with the sweetness of honey, which has
been and is still one Of the blessings of the
western slope of the Rocky Mountains.
Even so does every Christian carry with
him some thistle plucked from the old
man. or honey from the new man, with
which to curse or bless men, according as
he makes choice for Satan or for God.
How precious is our influence how we
should watch and guard it
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-10-06
" Let Your Light so Shine u

During voyage to India, sat one
dark evening in my cabin, feeling thor
oughly unwell, as the sea was rising fast
and was a poor sailor. Suddenly the
cry Of imam overheard |" made me spring
to my feet.
heard tramping overhead, but re-
solved not to go on deck, lest 1 should
interfere with the crew in their efforts
to save the poor man.
What can do?" asked myself, and
instantly unlocked my lamp. held it
near the top of my cabin, and close to my
bulls eye window, that its light might
shine on the sea- and, as near the ship as
possible. In half minutes time I heard
the joyful cry, It's all right, he's safe, -
upon which l put my lamp in its place.
The next day, however, was told that
my little lamp was the sole means of
saving the mans life; it was only by
timely light which shone upon him, that
the knotted rope could be thrown so as
to reach him.
Christian workers, never despond or
think there is nothing for you to do, even
in dark and weary days. Looking un-
to Jesus" life up your light; let it =" so
shine" that men may see, and in the
bright resurrection morning what Joy to
hear the Well done !" and to know that
you have, unawares, saved some soul
from death !"
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The Bread of Life.

am the bread of life." There is a
triple statement by our Lord upon this
subject In the remaining portion of the
chapter. Three things. He says: "I
am the bread of life" My personality
is that which not only sustains life when
it is given, but gives life to them that
iced upon it. But more than that, the
bread which l will give" pointing to
some future giving" beyond the present
moment, and therefore something more
than his life and example, ais my flesh,
which in some as yet unexI lained way
IL give for the life of the world"
And that there may be no misunder-
standing, third, deeper, more mysteri-
GUS statement still my flesh is meat
indeed, and my blood is drink, indeed"
Repulsive and paradoxical But in this
very offensiveness and paradox proclaim
ing that 1T covers mighty truth-and
the truth, brother, is this, the one food
that gives life to will, afeetions, con-
science, understanding, to the whole
spirit of man, is that great sacrifice of
the incarnate Lord, who gave upon the
cross his flesh, and on the cross shed his
blood for the life of the world that was
dead In trespasses and sins. Christ our
Passover, is sacrificed Tor us, and we feed
on the sacrifice. Let your conscience,
your heart, your desires, your anticipa-
tons, your understanding, your will,
your whole being, feed on him. He will
De cleansing, he will be love, he will be
truition, he will be hope, he will be truth,
ne will be righteousness, he will be all.
Feed upon him by that faith which is the
true eating of the true Bread, and your
souls shall live.-A. Maclaren, d d.
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Deoeitfulness of Sir.

Sin says; II am not sin at all. Then
sin says I'm pleasant" Yes, pleasant
poison. Then sin says "Ah do you
call that sin well, it is but little sin. 4"
Alas alas for Us men there can be no
little sin, unless there be a little God
against whom to commit it, Then sin
says; 1t is a common sin good people
do that. A good man has crooked legs;
are crooked legs therefore no evil? He
has stiff joints are stiff joints therefore
no evil All men do not argue that
way about the natural evil but they do
about the spiritual evil, because they love
sin, and will take any excuse for it, and
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The Touch of the Saviour's
Hand

Let me ask you, poor backslider, did
you ever feel the touch of Jesus hand
If so, you will know it again, for there is
love in it. There is a story told in con.
nection with our war of mother who
received dispatch that her boz was
mortally wounded. She immediately
went down to the front, for she knew
that the soldiers told off to watch the
sick and wounded could not watch her
boy as she would. So she went to the
doctor and said, Would you let me take
care of my boy?' The doctor said, "He
has just gone to sleep, and if you 90 to
him the surprise will be 30 great it may
be dangerous to him. He is 10 a very
critical state. l will break the news to
him gradually" But" said the moth
er, he may never wake up. should
80 dearly like to see him. Oh how she
loDged to see him. Finally the doctor
said, Well, you can see him, but if you
wake him up and he dies, it will be your
fault" will not wake him up," she
said " if may only 90 by his dying cot
and see him." She went to the side of
the cot. Her eyes had longed to see him,
and as she gazed upon him, she could not
keep her hand off that pallid forehead,
and she laid it gently there. There was
love and sympathy in her touch, and the
moment the slumbering boy felt it he
said, ooh mother, have you come ?"
he knew there was sympathy and affec-
ton IN the touch Of that hand And if
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used prior to 1865 Except U. S. cent red ad-
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used and unused are of some value, and many
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interest to look over old letters and send the en-
velopes by registered mail as dollars may be
thus hidden away. Satisfaction guaranteed. q
Address g. NJ. BASTABLE, JR.,
Catlett Va.
Never remove the stamp from envelope.
reference as to my esponsibility-Rev. A. A.
McDonnough, Casanova, .uqsier county, Va.
sep 15-3m
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IN the Sro This doubtless furnishes the why Orch
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are never reader than when they find it
in agood man. Then sin says II you
sin, there's Christ to go to. But be not
deceived by sin.
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you, oh sinner, will but let Jesus reach
out his hand and touch your heart, you,
too, will find there is sympathy and love
in the Saviour's touch.
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The Irish standard., 1886-07-03
The Pirate bride.

Not the least interesting of the stori es
| OF woman at sea, says the New York Sun,
are the tales OF the female pirates. Some ol
them are historical as well as romantic.
Alwilda, the daughter Of Sypardus, a
Gothic king, was betrothed by her father
to ALI, the heir to the throne Of Denmark.
The proposed marriage was SO disagreeable
to Alwilda that she gathered troup OF
young Amazons, dressed them in the garb
of sailors, left her home, and put to sea as
viking. She was exceedingly courage
GUS and successful. Finally she one day
found crew Of pirates who were bewail~
ing the loss Of their commander. She
proposed that they sail under her COM
mand The men were pleased with her
bearing, and readily accepted.
With this increase of forces she became
terror to the coast and rapidly increased
her feet and the number OF her sailors.
1t finally became necessary to externin-
ate this new band of pirates under an un-
known and handsome commander, and
Alf, the rejected lover, was placed in corn-
mand!of the naval fleet that was ordered to
search for her. The two fleets met in tho
Gull of Finland Alwilda laid her ship
alongside the admirals, and IN the battle
that ensued half of her crew was killed
outright, and she was overpowered by the
admiral himself She wore Il cAspue over
her head, and Was not recognized until she
had been disarmed and the casque was
removed. The astonishment Of the pros
pective king was great when he saw the
runaway girl. His valor in action had
meantime won the respect Of the fair
pirate. and she married the man WHO con-
nnered her
The Irish standard., 1886-07-03
Tho Persia IA NIisss o RI.

The work Of the missionaries in Persis is
among the native Christians and Jews.
The time for direct attempts to convert
Mohammedans to Christianity has not yet
come and must necessarily be postponed
until the abolition of the death penalty for
conversion to Christianity. Were the
missionaries to make q serious attempt to
proselyte Mohamlnedans in Persia, they
would themselves be in great danger Of
being mobbed and n}assacred, and would
certainly be required to leave the country.
The American missionaries had now been
laboring in Persia for over so years.
There are captious people who ask: ',Well,
how many converts have they made9
Wouldn't they do more by staying at
home? Although this is not G. strictly fair
way to judge of the value and results Of
missionary effort, yet have no hesitation
in affirming that the missionaries in Persia
have made the same number Of converts
as an equal number OF clrrgyhen settled
in towns of the United States during thu
same period. But even if they had been
less successful in this respect it would be
no prejudice or argument against the
necessity and Importance OF missions.
Years are required for breaking ground,
for acquiring the language, for translating
the Bible and other devotional works,
and for establishing schools. Men do not
reason about other great movements as
they do about missions. Is it fair, is it
Just. is it sensible to make an exception
in this case? American missions In Persia
are slow, but mighty and enduring
infuence.-IExM Minister BENJAMIN in the
independent.
The Irish standard., 1886-07-03
MFR. XIarrts,s Life.

Joel G. Harris, the famous humorist Of
the Atlanta (Ga) Constitution, has bad a
strangely romantic career. His father was
missionary, and it was at the small
town of Boog-hia, on the southern coast of
Africa that Joel was born. He was edu-
Gated by his father, and is a profound Sam
scrit scholar, beside being thoroughly
versed in Hebraic and Buddhist literature.
Just before the Civil War he emigrated to
America and taught school in a village
near Lake Teeteelootchkee, Fla. There
he fell in love with Sallie 0. Curtis, daugh-
ter of wealthy planter, and soon was en-"
gagged by Colonel Curtis as private tutor.
The parents made no objection to their
daughters choice of husband, but the
war came on before the marriage could
take place, and so Colonel Curtis and Mr..
Harris went away to the war. The Colo
mel lost all his property during the strife,
and at the battle Of Columbia, S. c., q
grapeshot tore his legs into shreds. When
The war closed Miss Sallie died of yellow
fever; and Mr.. Harris became the support
and comfort of the MANNED sire Of his dead
sweetheart. The two yet live together In
q vine-covered cottage near Atlanta. Mr..
Harris is hardly forty years of age, but
his snow-white hair tells the sorrows of his
ufe. He is noted for his generosity, biz
nniability and his tenderneae
The Irish standard., 1886-07-03
A Lion il, a Locomotive Car.

The engineer and fireman OF the train
from the South had an extensive scare to-
Gay. John Else is the engineer aud Joe
Davis is his assistant. The train was run
ming along at forty -mile-an-hou gai
rounding the curve near the cliffs below
Silver Bow. Else was as usual at his post
and it was growing dusk when he noticed
q dark object spring upon the cow-catcher.
He naturally whistled "doxn brakes" but
as there WAS no disturbance he concluded
that it was a rock or e. lump Of dirt that
had been in some peculiar way thrown on
and off, and the train resumed it's ordi~
nary speed.
l. About this time Davis had occasion to go
out on the footboard and oil some of the
machinery, out before he had completed
the Job he rushed back into the cab, more
dead than alive. The dark object that Else
had seen spring on to the cow-catcher
proved to have been full-sized mountain
lion. How it obtained d footing in its
perilous position will never be known, hut
it is certain that it clambered from the
cow-catcher and reached the footboard
just us Davis was finishing his oiling.
AS soon as he saw the ugly object the
man naturally retreated TO the cab, to
which point he was followed by the beast.
The pair entered the cab together, Davis
speechless and the lion growing. John
Else is q man Of nerve and expedients.
He took in the situation in a second.
He had 40 weapon, but as quick as
thought he opened the valve and there
was piercing shrink from the whistle
The scheme proved q good one, The ami
NAL was then more frightened than the
men, and lie took a headloug plunge fyom
the cab. Singular to relate. in the jump
he fell headforenost and his neck was
broken by the fall. After the train had
been brought in, Else end party took;
teams and went i'll search Of the brute
and found him. THE carcass was brought
to the city and found to weigh 800
pounds Butte City, Montana, Core
The Irish standard., 1886-07-03

beneath his rock-not a single camaron
that ! had nat compelled to crawl back.
ward into his hole. But the Iocket WIS
not there-acoordingly 1t must bs farther
down. left the basin and followed the
course OF the stream-interrogating all
the roots, exploring all the boulders.
questioning every turf of grass. was
about to pass on when saw thin silk
string caught upon the root Of wild
strawberry plant, wrigging serpent-lke
In the current. seized tit was the
locket.
She would not come down to breakfast.
but Mr. Rabut told me she would certainly
come to dinner. She was still q little
weak Dut that was all.
Man is selfish creature; the medallion
remained in my pocket.
While they were laying the table that
evening l stole into the dininR-room.
When her father had led her to her seat,
and she unfolded her napkin, she found
little box in it.
"What is this ? Another of your at
tempte to spoil me, papa 90
But the astonished look of M. Rabut
must have convinced her more than the
denial
She opened the little box.
"My lccket! my ]ocket!' ~ she cried, put
ting it to her lips and kissing it over and
over again. watched every kiss-I
looked at her out of the corner of my eye.
Finally her eyes met my own-she under
stood. But the little imperious beauty
didn'te7en say ''Thank you"
And the long and short of it is, dear sir,
that never gave Helene, who became my
wife, single lesson.
All, yes, parbleau! taught her how to
swim,
The Irish standard., 1886-07-03
A Clever COnIurcr,

Robert I3oudiu used to tell this story
about himself: One evening daring q per
formance / had borrowed hat to maks
an Ouielette in. Those who have seen tl,s
trick are aware that it is chiefly Intended
to produce g laugh, and that the object
borrowed runs no risk. ] had got through
the first part excellently, consisting in
breaking the eggs beating them, throwing
in the salt and pepper, and pouring it ali
into the hat. After this had to feign
The frying Of the omelette. placed the
candle on the ground, then. holding the
hat sufficiently high above it to escape the
flame, I began turning it gently round,
while making some Of the stereotyped
jokes adapted to the trick. The public
laughed SO heartily and SO loudly that I
could scarce hear myself speak; but /
could not suspect the cause Of their hilar-
ity. Unfortunately, I detected 1t too
soon. A strong scent of burning made
me turn my eyes on the cnndle--it had
gone out I looked at the hat, the
crown was quite burned and stained. I
had kept on turning the hat round UNI,
suspectingly until at length put it on
grease. Quite dazet1 by the sight I
SlOplcAs uOe huONAAS AOW W cSCdpS
Fortunately for me, my alarm, though
SO truthful was regarded as we'll
played farce, to heighten the effect Of
the performance. My only chance was to
gain time. so continued the trick, with
a tolerably easy air, and produced to the
public s. splendidly cooked ome]ette,
which had enough courage left TO sea-
son with II few jokes Still that quarter
of an hour of which Rabelais speaks had
arrived. I must restore the hat and
publicly confess myself a clumsy block
mead. 1 resigned myself to this, and
was going to do so with all the dignity
I could muster when heard Antonio call
me from the side. His voice restored
my courage for felt assured he had
prepared some way for my escape. Invent
up to him and found him standing with
a hat in his hand. s:LoolS here,'' he
said, exchanging it for the. one I
held; sit is yours. But no matter keep
a good face. Rub it as if you we're re-
moving the stains, and, handing it to- the
owner, ask him gently to read what is on
the bottom" did as he told me; and
the owner OF the burnt hat, after receiving
mine, WAS going to betray me, when J.
pointed to the note fastened in the crown.
It ran AS follows: can act of careless
ness caused me to commit a fault, which
will repair. 1'o~morrow will do myself
the honor Of asking your hatter's ad-
dress. In the meantime, be kind enough
to act as an accomplish" My request
was granted, for my secret was honestly
kept and my professional honor saved.
The Irish standard., 1886-07-03
Nor Horne.JocAey.

1t is related of General s. j. Anderson,
the collector of customs at Portland, Me-,
that he was approached once by man
who wished to swap horses with him. The
general thought he would trade, but the
other mans horse was better than his and
he did not know how much boot to offer
So he asked an acquaintance who is a
well-iniormed horse-man, to see the horses.
and tell him how much difference there
might be. The friend reported that the
other mans horse was worth $50 more
than the generals. "But,'' said he, "as he
is anxious to swap think he'll take e30
or $40 to boot if you offer 1T to him"
II shan't do any such thing" said the
general. sIt his horse is worth $50 moro
than mine, as you say, I'll give 1t to him,
pN be-n Pm going to make hozse-
jockey of myself"
he gave the man $50 to boot.
The Irish standard., 1886-07-03
He WnCured.

They were going to whipa man at the
public post at Glendale, Va, and three or
four Of us rode from Malvern Hill battle
field to see the operation. The culprit was
burly big negro, and the audience, num-
bering 500, was largly composed of blacks.
When we reached the scene the man was
already triced up. They had his wrists
dashed to crossbar and he was trying
hard to work his courage up to meet his
fate like 4 white man.
s'Hi dab, Moses-doan' you wish you
hadn't" queried one of the crowd.
''Nigger, you golongv'
"Tll bet he'll squirm like en eel"
can you'll h'ar him hollar e mile
away"
He answered most OF them grufly but
one could see that he was ''rattled." When
the official finally appeared, strap in hand,
Moses broke down and began to beg. Not
one black person in all that whole crowd
seemed to pity him. Indeed, his own wife
pushed into the front rank, her face
covered with grin, and called out;
~ dun tole We, ole man! Recken dey
am gwine to tickle ye all overy'
The official laid On the strap and count
ed out one-two--tAree-and SO on, in a
loud tone of voice, and when he had
reached thirty-nine Old Nose was the
worse licked darkey in Virginia. After
the third blow he yelled and whooped and
prayed and begged, and his wife sat down
on the ground and waved her arms around
and shouted:
"Jist you harken to hint He hain't got
nc mo- grit dan a boy TO- Vars ole''
After the licking one of cur party i1l-
quired Of Moses how he felt.
II feel dat all de bad has alI gone outer
me; sah."
"And you won't steal again?"
"No, sab. II you should lay 6 millyun
dollars down dar in de road dis chila
wouldn't nebber tech it. No, sah He'd
jump de fence an make break Tor de
Wootlsr'
''Thjs will be warning to you."
eyes sab. From dis time out ( amt
gwine to do muffin but git up camp
meeti11's and show desc yere niggs deers
path to gloryr'- Detroit Free Press.
The Irish standard., 1886-07-03
uo D,d OF Course,

"Keep it darky' as q Burlington girl
remarked when her lover turned down tho
1as and kissed her.
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DE AN ASCO.
Enero 23 de 1886.
Sr. Director del BoLETIN.
Puerto Rico.

Muy senior nuestro y distingui
do correligionario: Ante la pro-
funda division que amenaza al
Partido Espanol. Unconditional, a
que tenemos la honra de perte-
necer, y perteneceremos, mientras
haya sangre en- nuestras venas,
debida 4 las formas inquisitoria
les que a la direction del Parti,
do Sc han dado en- las bases adop.
tadas por la llamada Junta Mag
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introducir sensibles innovaciones
Y alentar los sentimientos pre-
torianos, que de algdn tempo a
esta parte Sc desarrollan entire los
que Sc dedican la politica, h..
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de ell dia menos pensado ser anao-
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fe, SltSpendad0S 0 eTptt4l$Sdd0S de1
PartdO, por no pensar en- algun
asunto Incidental como algunos,
que, por question de conservar
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todo aquel que no Sc presta a SER
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Conste que los que suscriben Sc
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