The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-08-25
GENERAL ITEMS.

GENERAL ITEMS.
Henry o Reilly, the first editor Of
the first daily newspaper published in Roches-
ter, N. Y, died there recently. He was in
strumental in organizing the New York, Albany
and Buffalo Telegraph Company.
1t is said that the lawyer, Mr.. S D.
Waddy. Q c.. who is now coming forward in
OF the most magnificent speakers heard of late
years at an English bar and also lay preacher
of remarkable power.
1t is reported that the Rev A. A
Whitmore fell dead in the pulpit of the Congre-
gatlonal Church at Ante Iowa, on Sunday
week after ne had uttered the words. 1t is true
we have passed from death unto life" He was
SO years of age.
Over sixty thousand people attended
the fete recently held in the Crystal Palace,
London. by the Band OF Hope Children of En-
gland 10 600 of these young abstalners took
part in the choral concerts. Mr.. Shurley, the
founder of the Band of Hope, was present and
contemplated with pride the growth of his
work
After Queen Victoria became en-
gagged to Prince Albert she saw the Duchess of
Gloucester, and told her she was to make her
declaration before the Council the next day.
The Duchess asked her if it was not a nervous
thing to do She said, = Yes but l did much
more nervous thing little while ago" " What
was that2' proposed to Prince Albert"
The Egyptian Minister OF Public
Works has decided to restore the recently dis.
covered Lake Moerls and by connecting it with
the Nile by canal as the patriarch Joseph is
said to have done, to make it reservoir for its
surplus water, and so prevent danger of its ex-
cesslve foundations.
According to the Almanac August
Is a Summer month but there was a snow fall,
lasting five minutes, at Rome, New York about
40 minutes past four o'clock one morning last
week. An inch and half of snow tell on the
summit of Mount Washington, and the tenn
perature was 2S degrees above zero. The races
at Saratoga were postponed :" on account of the
threatening and extremely cold weather" Let
them be postponed indefinitely.
"A TREASURE FOR Boston DIR.
William G. Winslow, Vice President of the
Egypt Exploration Fund, writes that DIR.
Reginald S. Poole, of the British Museum, has
succeeded in obtaining for the Boston Museum
of Fine Arts a very valuable colossus of Rameses
IL. The colossus Is of granite, Is feet high is
In excellent preservation, and richly inscribed.
Its transportation awaits the rising of the Nile,
and it cannot be shipped before February.
The length of human life is certainly
increasing. The greater care of infants and the
diminished exposure of the aged account for it.
Nothing pays better return than rational care
of the health Fussiness is a life-shortener, and
| gluttony completes with alchol for the larger
number of victims. The best promoter of long
life Is union of piety, common sspse, and self
control, with noble special motive to live
such as doeth something for Christ or humanity
There is a general impression that
Germany is reactionary and impractical. In
fact, the Fatherlandi is as energetic and progress
slve as any of the foremost nations. 1t is striv
ing for an extension of foreign commerce. With
this purpose the German Government has decid.
ed to establish a great Oriental Academy in
| Berlin. with German professors and native as
slstants in Modern Persian Turkish, Arabic
japanese, Chinese and Hindustani Lecture:
will be free, and poor students helped.
The agitation in Central and North.
ern Europe in favor of better observance of the
Lords Day is gaining in breadth and depth. In
Alsace- Lorraine two petitions in favor of the
reform have lately been circulated. The first
one, originating in Roman Catholic circles, hai
already lao, S45 names, but many on this mon
ster petition are Protestants. The second peti
tlon was started by the Protestant Pastoral Con
ference at Strassburg and has now 6,367 sub
scrlbers. In Paris the Society for the Bette
Observance of the Sabbath" recently Offered
prizes for the best popular discussion in pamph
let form of the Sabbath question, the condition
being that only workingmen were to send il
their essays No less than forty-one manuscript
were received, FIVE Of which took prizes.
1t happily turns out that the dread
full stories of famine, and death by starvation, il
Labrador, are malicious fctions. A cute Yanke
fisherman palmed off the wild inventions on
credulous newspaper reporter. In his eagernes
to obtain startling news, even the experienced
interviewer is liable to have his critical facult,
overborne. In this instance this was conspic
uously the case, as the retailer Of the story
credited Labrador with population many time
larger than 1t contains. The Boston man hal
now the poor satisfaction Of having started th
biggest fish story of the season. If there is any
merit in colossal ly ng, the fabrication of thi
wicked falsehood is fairly entitled to the kim
OF distinction 1t brings Canada Presbyterian
In Westminster Abbey, August 10
James Balie Hamilton we'll known in New
York and Boston, was married to Lady EvelyI
Campbell, fourth daughter of the Duke o
Argyll, sister of the Marquis of Lorne, husband
Of the Princess Louise The ceremony wa
witnessed by q large assembly Of distinguished
persons Among them were the Duke Of Argyll
and his family the Marquis of Lorne, the Mar
quls of Salisbury and his wife the Earl an
Countess Percy. the Duke and Duchess 0
Buccleuch, Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone, Unte
States Minister Phelps and Mrs Phelps, Jane
Russell Lowell, the Duke and Duchess Of North
cumberland the Earl Of Selborne, Canon Liddon