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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-10-27

In one way or another, according to
a recent writer as many as 1900 Jews leave
the Synagogue for the Church of Christ every
year.
An article is going the rounds of the
press headed: How to manage WIFE," 1t
was written by single man.
The famous Church Of the Oratoire
in Paris is being restored and statue Of AID
rniral Coligny is to be erected near it.
The Vine and Spirit Review says
that the progress of prohibition sentiment
" threatens the humiliation Of the liquor trade
as legitimate calling" Good.
1t cost a fashionable lady who was
sojourning at Saratoga this summer, $500 for
doctors bills, for attendance on pet dog, which
was taken sick.
Philosophy never lags in Boston.
An animated discussion is now going on there
as to whether pair Of twins consists of two or
four individuals.
The North German Gazette, Bis
marks organ, throws out hint to Russia that
she can place dependence on Germany beyond
a certain point
There is an artesian well one thou
sand feet deep IN Aberdeen, Neb. that throws
out numbers Of fishes that look like the ordinary
brook minnow.
An elder congratulated a pastor on
the salubrious air he was living in " Yes" he
natively replied. 4" if l could live on it as well
as in it my lot would be happy one"
There is a Welsh minister who has
lost both arms, and who in the pulpit uses his
tongue to turn the leaves Of his Bible a doubly
useful tongue that.
One of the curious features Of the
fruit culture along the Hudson this fall is that
ripe strawberries we're gathered at thirteen diff
ferent points between Marlborough and Catskill
on October 8 and 6.
Maternal pride out West reached
hgh-water mark in the person of the Omaha
woman who entered her baby in the baby show
and then walked off and deserted it because il
failed to capture the prize
Its standing rule in my church, &"
said one clergyman to another for the sexton
to wake up any man that he might see asleep"
I think" returned the other, " that it would
be much better for the sexton, whenever any
man goes TO sleep under your preaching, to wake
you up"
In the General Convention Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church the resolution Of
Mr.. Judd to ezpunge from the Prayer Book and
laws the words Protestant Episcopal was lost
yeas. 112 nays, 1856.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-10-27
II LEINBERG FEMALE SCHOOL.
Under the Pastoral care and Supervision of
Rev. BEN. NJ. WALES.

The MISSES WALES will begin the 9th ses.
sion of their home school for YOUNG LADIES
at the residence of their fa,her, the Rev B. NJ
Wales, Lodebar, Nelson county, Va, on the
Sth of September, 1886
In addition to the English branches nstruc-
ton is given in French, German, Latin, Mathe
matics and Music Pupils entering the school
have the privilege Of pursuing any of the studies
for which they are prepared witho It additional
charge.
Terms for board and tuition, including music
on the piano. $3.50 for session Ct nine months,
payable one half on entering the school the re-.
naming half the first of February ensuing.
Reference given to the patrons of the school
and by permission to Rev. B. M. Smith, D. D i.
Union Theological Seminary, Va; Rev. T. D.
Bell Scottsville, Va. j. D. Eggleston, NJ D.,
Hampden Sidney, Va. Rev. P. P. Flournoy,
SykesvIlle, Md Rev. Hugh Henry, Hlllshoro,
Va; Rev. ]. F. Latimer. D. D., Union Theolo-
gical Seminary, Va. Prof E. B. Massie, South
western University Clsrksville Tenn; Professor
Rodes Massie, University of Tennessee, Knox
vile; Rev. Colin Stokes, Collierstown, Va; Rev.
D. Teese, Elon, Amherst, Va Rev, G.. B. Strick.
Ter, D. D. Atlanta, Ga.
Correspondents please address
Rev. BEN. M. WALES.
sep 29-6t Lodebar, Mellon Co, Va
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-10-27
For the Central Presbyterian.
Presbytery of Pennsylvania

Met at Richmond, XIV, and was opened
with sermon by the Rev j j. Chisolm
Rev. A S Mofett was elected Moder-
ator.
Rev DR. Houston, Secretary OF Foreign
Missions; Rev DIR. Blsnton, Chancellor
of Central University; Rev. R l.. Buck,
D. D, and Rev. W. T. Hall, OF the North
ern Presbyterian Church, were invited 10
sit as cor responding members.
Rev. j. K. Hitner was received from
the Presbvtery of West Lexington, and
the Rev. J. E Triplett was dismissed to
the Presbytery of Tuscaloosa.
The churches OF Bethel and CamI bells
Vile united in request to the Presbyte-
" that licentiate w. T. Overstl eet who
mad been laboring in that field for several
months, should be ordained to the full
work of the gospel ministry and allowed
to serve them as stated supply. the way
not being clear at present TO form the
pastoral relation. In reply the Presby-
terry declared that the Book of Church
Order makes provision for the ordination
Of practitioners for the gospel ministry in
two specific cases only; first, when call
for the pastoral services of the probation
er has been accepted by him. secondly,
vixen he is to be appointed. to the work
of an evangelist. The case not coming
under either of these DIVISIONS the Pres
bytery did not feel authorized to proceed
to the ordination of Mr. Overstreet.
The Presbytery resolved to make the
effort to raise the amount indicated as its
first proportion of the sum proposed to be
raised by the whole church for Sustenta-
ton and Evangelization; and also urged
the churches to make liberal contribu-
tons to the Publication work, that the
Committee might be freed from debt
The Presbytery's committee of Educa-
ton was directed to inquire into the
financial resources of such candidates as
apply for aid, and urge them to draw on
private resources as far as possible in
pursuing their studies.
The Presbytery adjourned to meet in
April at Harrodsburg, KY. E M. G.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-10-27
I INSTITUTE FOR THE TRAINING OF
i COLORED MINISTER'S AT
rrr-ctrr

The eleventh annual session will commence
on the first day Of September, 1885
Professors Rev. D. d. SAEDERsoE D. D. and
Rev. J. J. ANDERSON.
The course extends through four years
Candidates for admission must bring testimo-
male from their Presbyteries OF Committees Of
Education, and from other church authorities if
Of other denominations and show acquaintance
with the four elementary rules Of arithmetic,
and ability to read intelligenty and to write
legbly.
Contributions to be sent to DR.. J. T. Searcy,
Treasurer Catalogues will be furnished on ap-
plication. Q. A. STILLMAN, Secretary.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-10-27
CENTRAL FEMALE INSTITUTE,
GORDONSVILLE, VA.

Principal, NJ. A Of the University Of Vir-
gnia.
Plrst-class assistants and thorough nstruc-
ton in all departments Of female education, in
Guiding Music, Art, Modern Languages Tele-
gsphy, Cslisthenics, &c.
Home influences, pleasant surroundings good
fare moderate p-ices.
Session begins September 18th, 1886
Send for Catalogue.
JAMES DINWIDDIE.
&C l4-1y Principal
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-10-27

The influx OF Jews from Roumania
and Russia into Jerusalem still continues. The
reasons for this uninterrupted accession are al
ways the same. The tide of Jewish emigration
to Palestine during the last four years warrants
the statement that the return of the Jews to
their own land is happening before our eyes.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-10-27
EDUCATIONAL.

MONTGOMERY FEMALE COLLEGE,
M CHRISTIANSBURG, VA
In the Mountains of Virginia
The 30th annual session will begin SEPTEM-
Der 10Th, with complete curriculum. a full
corps of experienced and successful teachers
thorough instruction in all departments, resso
able charges, and mos healtbful location; pure
mountain air; no maaria Collegiate course
including Latin, with board 5000. Also supe
rior opportunities for instruction in Music, Art
Modern Languages, Book keeping, and Orna-
mental branches.
For catalogue and particulars, address
REV E. T. BAIRD, D. D., Phi. D., Presi't,
myl2-ly Chrstiansburg Va
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-23
Holiness is Wilderness.

Holiness is wholeness-completeness
Whole was formerly written without the
W, and IN early English ''whole" and
''hale'' were the same word. He who
is hale is whole; and he who is holy is
spiritually healthy. A hale man is a
complete man physically. as holy man
is complete man spiritually. Holiness
must necessarily include the all. because
holiness is Wilderness. If it includes all,
it includes the element of beauty. But
beauty does not include holiness, be-
cause beauty is only one of the many
elements that make up the Wilderness or
completeness of being. And vet, when
We note that the Psalmist worships the
Lord in the beauty of holiness. we some.
times jump to the conclusion that he
exults in beauty, rather than in hoi-
ness. There is all the difference in the
world between the beauty of holiness
and the holiness of beauty. If holiness
be the leading interest of the worshiper,
there can not fail to be beauty in his
worship; but if the chief interest of his
worship be beauty, there is not likely to
be much holiness in the worshiper. or
much evidence OF holiness in his wor-
sh iping. SIS. Times.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-23
But One Such Friend.

The time must come in every life
that carries with it any great density
of meaning, when revolutionary
changes will drive the soul in upon it.
self. A thoughtful man who is con-
scious of such deepening significance
in his own life learns to read by intui-
ton the lives of others. He can not
walk the streets of a crowded city with
out observing in a multitude OF faces
as they pass a look which tells of I'M
spoken conflict. Some are bearing
their lot patiently; some are battling
with it angrily; a few are triumphing
over it: all are walking in the shadow
of it. This enc is not like that one.
None can understand fully the trial of
another. 1t is not unselfishness in any
that none can very essentially help his
fellow. Each must bear his own.
Each treads path in which he is the
only traveller. We need in such a life
some friend who can and will save us
from the abyss of sto:cal despair to
which unblessed affection dooms man.
There is but one such Friend in the uni
versc.-Austin Phelps, d. d.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-23
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

-Lebigh University has Mustard
and Cheese Dramatic Club"
1t is to be "Yalo University" here
after; by direction of the Yale corpora
ton.
There ara four hundred colored
Baptist churches in Arkansas.-CentrGl
Baptist.
"A young woman has been elected
president of the freshman class of
Wellesley College.
In virtue of a recent decision of
the Prussian Minister of Public Instruc-
ton no women are permitted to attend
any of the Prussian universities, either
rs students or auditors.
Governor West, of Utah, numbers
the children of school age at 80, 63S;
costing the Territory S22S,544 per
year. He highly praises the various
Christian schools, which number
eighty-three. with 206 teachers. 6.SS6
pupils, and costing the churches $780,
O0G per year.-Christian Hour.
DIR. Hiden. in the Western Record
err, tells of certain church-member
whose business absorbed his entire
time and energies. His little three
year-old girl, who was specializing on
the question which of her relatives
were likely to 60 to Heaven, said:
''Well, l reckon mamma will 60, and
Sister Mary, and Aunt Susan, and
papa?-No, don't reckon he will 90,
because he can't leaUc the store"
n, n roonn% on,,.,,- IS ~, =,
attendance of the churches of London
was taken. 1t showed that 100000
attended the services in the morning.
and 10000 at night. The largest es-
tablished church, st. Paul's Cathedral,
had an evening attendance of 3,403.
Mr.. Surgeons church was at the
head of the dissenting churches, hav-
ing morning attendance of 4.519, and
an evening attendance of 500.
Hon. William McMasters. of Toronto.
Can. has been a very liberal con-
tributor to Baptist institutions. He has
just given them another $3.50. 900 for
educational purposes. The Religious
Herald, of Richmond. says that up to
within a comparatively few years he
loved money and chung to it, but some
one induced him to make large gift,
and that put good taste in his
MOUTH and now he gives for the love
of it. He built splendid church in
Toronto.
There is q large Catholic church in
Washington attended exclusively by
colored people. with black saints in the
inches. and other things to CORRESPOND.
1t is attended by colored aristocracy.
and a membership in it is considered a
sign of tone by some. There is fine
choir OF negro voices, and masses are
sung quite as we'll as in those attended
by the whites. There is also colored
Episcopal church, the rector of which
is a graduate OF Trinity College and a
man of much ability. But aside from
the two Presbyterian churches nearly
the entire colored population attend
worship at those of the Methodist or
Baptist faith Washington Post.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-23
FOOT.GEAR LORE.

The Ancient Fashion of Rights and
Lefts' and the Venerable Taste for High
Heels.
The fashion of "rights and lefts"
seems to be a very old one. The shoes
of Bernard, King of Italy, found in his
tomb were Fright and Left; the soles
were of wood, the upper part red
leather, laced with thongs; and they
fitted so closely that the order of the
toes might easily be discovered.
Shakespeare himself describe his smith
as
Standing on slippers which his nimble haste
Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet
Another writer of the same time OBJ
serves that she who receiveth a mis-
chance will consider whether he put
on his shirt wrong side outward or his
left shoe on his right foot" Rights
and lefts," however, fell into disuse
for long period. Trey were revived
about the beginning of this century.
The taste for high heels is also of
ancient date The seventeenth centu-
ry was perhaps the time when lovely
woman most delighted in torturing her
foot. At that period she was in the
habit Of using "a pair of wedges"
which were Ito raise up shoe in the
instep when it was too straight for the
top of the foot" The dandy London
guardsman of 1900 was very particular
about his boots. He never walked,
through fear of making them dusty,
and q large part of his Wallets time was
taken up by the labor of rubbing and
polishing his masters copper heels.
The boots themselves were cleaned
with very expensive backing. made
after the recipe concocteu by a famous
beau, with maraschino in il, and oil
of lavender, and twenty other things.
The Greeks and Normans, when at
the height of their prosperity, wore
rich sandals of cloth of gold. silk or
other precious stuffs; the soles were of
cork. which, for that reason, was called
sandal-wood, and they were, usually.
at least one finger thick Sometimes
they sewed five soles one over another
They were covered within and without
with leather broader than the cork
The early Anglo-Saxons also wore san
dalS. The Egyptians made their shoes
of papyrus or palm leaves. Stubs.
the satirist of Shakespeare's time. de-
scribes cork shoes or pantofler Slip
pers) as bearing up their wearers two
inches or more from the ground; as of
various colors. and raised, carved. cut
or stitched; as frequently made of vel
vet embroidered with the precious
metals, and covered with enormous
and valuable roses of ribbon. curiously
Chicago Shoe and LeatA-
er RecieU.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-23
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

No man ever offended his own con-
scieHce, but, first or last. it was re-
venged on him for it.-SOuth.
-Inexperience is inclined to be con-
fident; but kittens catch crickets before
they catch mice.-Albany Journal.
Let the rule invariably be this,
where YOU can not pray as you would,
pray as you can.-Standdrd.
The intellect of the wise is like
glass-it admits the light of Heaven
and reflects it.-H0re.
You need not hang your head nor
look abashed while knowing you have
good reasons for respecting your own
character. The loss of self-respect is
only surpassed by the loss of the SOUL -
Uncle Josiah
Where God would educate a man
He compels him to learn bitter lessons
He sends him to school to the necess:-
ties rather than to the graces, that by
knowing all suffering he may know also
the Eternal consolati On.-Ceha Eur.
leigh.
When consolation is taken from
thee. do not Immediately despair; bat
with humility and patience wait for the
heavenly visitation. for God is able to
give thee back again more ample con-
ISOLATION. Thomas q hempiS.
As q rule,the men who have opin-
ions are waiting to be led by men whe
have convictions. Commonly one man
with conviction can lead, say from one
hundred to five m!llNDmen who mere
" have opinions. 1t is great thing to
have a well-groundel conviction
any SUI: .ect; and it is comparatively
rare thing. -Baptist Weekly.
o. snust not that .be marvellous
thing which has such dominion over
the soul rs to teach men the pract' ce of
self-denial and not only to quits. hut to
quit cheerfully. their dearest interests.
to smile on the spoilers. torcjoice in their
sufferings and reproaches. to forgive
wrongs and take revenge by good will!
This is Observation-Disclosures:
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-23
Curious Statistics.

One of the most curious statistical
records recently compiled is that of
DR.. Salzmann, ofEsslingen, in Wurtem-
berg. He found. on going over the an
cient records of Esslingen, that in the
sixteenth century the average duration
of life among the physicians was 500
years; in the seventeenth. 45.S; in the
eighteenth. 45.S. while at the present
time the physicians of Wurtemherg
reach the very favorable average of
56.7 years. 1t would appear that this
very great increase in logevity was due
to the disappearance of the pest and the
great diminution in the number of ty-
plus epidemics. The black death, or
black pest of the fourteenth century,
decimated the practitioners of that
epoch. Guy de Chauliac suffered from
it twice and recovered; Chalin de VIVA.
rio succumbed.-N. y Post.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-23
RELIGIOUS READING.
HAPPY CHIMES.

How sweet to hear the Sabbath bell
Ring out In joyful notes, to tell
The world to stop and rest!
Rest on Gods holy Sabbath day:
Come to His courts to praise and pray,
And be supremacy blest.
To rest one day in every seven,
Forgetting earth, remembering Heaven,
Is Jesus own command;
Thus gaining strength for days OF toll,
By feeding on the Heavenly Oil
Prepared by His own hand.
Our earthly Sabbaths, filled with love,
Are very much like those above
For which our hearts aspire,
When life's short changeful day Is spent
When God calls back the life He lent,
And bids US come up higher.
Sweet day of rest, Lord, wholly Thine,
With balmy air-like new made wine
And happy song of bird!
If in our hearts Christ reigns supreme,
To US Heaven is no fading dream, =
But sure as His own Word.
Oh, bells of Heaven, ring sweet and clear,
When all our work is finished here
And our earth sun goes down;
Then ring for u.s. in tones of love,
To worship in Thy courts above
With robe, and palm, and crown.
Mrs. L. Cline, in Interior.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-23
A Delicate Duty.

Mans disposition to find fault with
those around him, opens a fathomless
fountain of bitter waters. 1t is almost
universal, and yet it is both foolish and
wicked; bad are the effects of this habit
upon ourself and bad upon others.
1t is the duty of parents, masters,
etc, to reprove, but it is a most delicate
duty, and should be discharged with
great discretion. We should not pro-
woke those to wrath, whom it is our
right to correct or command, but imi-
tating Paul in his admonitions to the
breathren, and 4 yet higher authority.
the Spirits reproofs to the seven
churches. we should preface our re-
Dukes, and mix with all our reproo is
expression of love and praise DR. z.
IL. Pritctar3
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-23
A Wonderful Ice Cavern.


It is reported from Vienna that q
great ice cavern has been discovered
ON the southern slope of the Dachstein.
OF Schneeberg. the very conspicuous
lofty mountain in Lower Austria which
is visible from the ramparts of the cap
ital. The general direction of the cav
ern runs from sonth to north, and it
has been explored for distance of six
hundred metres, sharp precipice
seemingly fourteen metres deep having
stopped for the time further progress.
The cavern is from five to six metres
broad. and very lofty, giving an inn
preston that the ice is enormously
thick. The explorers are of opinion
that subterranean lake will be found
in the cavern.-N. r. Post.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-23
A Question Of Privileges.

"A member of the Texas Legislature
engaged the services of a colored man
named Jake. 1t was not long before
the legislator had occasion to remark:
Jake. it's very singular that l miss
so many of my cigark
''Kurnel, yer reckerlects dat l tole
yer when yer fust hired me dat 1
smoked, and you said I austn'tsmoke
in de house?'
':But, great Cesar! you didn't sup
pose gave you permission to smoke
:p my cigars?'
Whose cigars did you reckon I'd
smoke? Didn't s'pose, did yer. dat l
ask permishun ter smoke my own
cjgars7"-1exas SIzin9s.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-23
TOLD in few words: "Boy-Gun-Glad-
Fun
Gun-Bust-Boy-Dust."

WE would be pleased to know of a man
or woman who has never had headache or
been subject to constipation. AS these
may be in order. Why should persons
cram their stomachs with nauseating pur-
gative pills, etc, which sicken and debilitate
when such pleasant and sterling remedy
as Prickly Ash Bitters will act mildly and
effectively on the liver, kidney, stomach
and bowels, and at the same time tone up
and strengthen the whole system, causing
headache, constipation and all such dis
tressing evils to quickly disappear.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-23

Our hearts (their scantlness is such),
Bear not the conflict of two rival tides.
Both can not govern in one soul:
Then let sef-l be dispossess'd;
The love of God deserves the whole,
And will not dwell with SO despised guest.
HGtcltnlGn.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-23
Sunday-SchooI Lessons.
FOURTH QUARTER.

FOURTH QUARTER.
Nov. 2I-Walking in the Light
...............l John 3 10, and 2:l-6
Nov. eS-John's Vision of Christ. Rev. Ia Is
Dec. 5-Worshipins God and the
IteV. 81 IL
Dec. I-The Saints in Iieaven....Re 80 IL
Dec. l9.-The Great Invitation. Rev. % p
Dec. E5-Reyiew. Christmas Exercises. Mis-
sionary, Temperance or other Lessons Sc
iected by the school.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-23

Is that of any man or woman afflicted with
disease or arrangement Of the liver, result
ing in poisonous Accommodations in the blood,
scrofulous affections, sick-headaches, and
diseases of the kidneys, lungs or heart.
These troubles can be cured only by going
to the primary cause, and putting the liver
result speedily and effectually nothing has
proved itself so eficacious as DR.. Pierce's
"Golden Medical Discovery" which has
never failed to do the work claimed for it,
and never will.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-23

WHAT can be more disagreeable, more
disgusting, than to sit in a room with per-
son who is troubled with catarrh, and has
to keep coughing and clearing his or her
throat of the mUcus which drops into it (!
Such persons are always to be pitied if they
try to cure themselves and fail. But if they
get DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy there need
be 10 failure.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-23

"WHY, Chawley," drawled Gus de Flip
kins to his chum, c. Percy Giddibraine
"where's your watch!'' 80, l couldn't
stand it." he replied; the beastly ticking
shattered my nerves."-Iid- Bits.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-12-23

"CAN you use this.' timidly inquired the
poet, as he laid bundle on the desk. ~
think l cam" said the editor, affably. 81
am just about to start fire in the Office
StOve.n-Philadelphia Cali