The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-01-27
VOL. 21---NO. 28.

/ Nel VI Iho IIeuCu army OF invasion In Mexico,
the once high favorite of the Third Napoleon,
and the unfortunate commander of the great
army that surrendered at Metz, is mendicant
at Madrid.
The Society for the Relief of the
Destitute Blind, in New York, is building a
home, estimated to cost $4,000, of which sum
$4,000 is still to be provided for. There are 43
inmates, and their maintenance for the year has
cost about $4,000.
-CATCHING THEM WITH GUILE.-The
Baptist Weekly is responsible for the statement
that an Episcopal paper" in view of the slow
advancement of Episcopalansm in Presbyte-
rlan Scotland, suggests that every clergyman
who has the ability should adopt a strong
Scottish accent and phraseology"
Frogs legs were first used as an
article of food in France in the tenth century.
AS an article of commerce their sale has grown
to enormous proportions, there being no less than
6OO,OOO,000 pairs sold in France alone in 1883,
one-third of that number being consumed in
Paris There are frog-ponds in all parts of
France.
In the case Of the Mercantile Library.
of New York, the action of the managers in
yielding to the demand for opening the library
on Sunday afternoons resulted in an average at
tendance OF seventy-nine out of the eleven thou
sand entitled to its privileges, and these mostly
composed of the middle-aged habitues of the
rooms on weekdays.
Who does not pity the German
naturalist, Charles Buettner, whose residence at
burlington, Iowa, containing the finest collec-
ton of birds, insects, and animals west of New
York, was burned January 1Oth1 Que collec-
ton of insects included 10000 specimens. In
surance money cannot replace them.
Somebody says in a London paper
cannon ball Is 1926 feet per second equal to a
mile In 30 seconds The velocity of the earth
at the equator, due to rotation on its exis. ia
1000 miles per hour, or mile in 36 seconds
thus If cannon ball were fred due west and
could maintain Its initial velocity, it would beat
the sun In its apparent journey around the
earth.
Henry Bergh has received letter
from the son of the late II B. Cla1in STATING
that his father, before his death, had asked him
to send check for $25 900 to aid the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals which
he RENTED to Mr.. Bergh. Honor to Mr.
Clafin, and special honor to his son Many a
rich mans heir would have set his wits to work
even if it had been Ia the will, to see how he
could keep the Society out of the bequest, and
as for paying what was not in the will many
would never have thought Of it.
Dr. MeIa-en in the last
s4Ye5 lslai ance to some
Wh,, =. stfong svmpathy.s "I.
Tor my part" says he, "beIisvs that of the two
extremes, Cuaker's meeting is nearer the ideal
of Christian worship than high mass, and 30 far
as my feeble voice reach, / would urge as
emlnently lesson for the day Paul's great prin-
clple that Christianity making much of forras
and ceremonies is a distinct retrogression and a
distinct descent"
The weeping willow, says the Gar
der seems to have had a romantic history. The
first cion sent from Smyrna in a box of 6gs
to Alexander Pope. Gen Clinton brought
shoot from Popes tree to America in the time of
the Revolution, which, passing into the hands
Of John Parke Gusts, was planted on his estate
IN Virginia, thus becoming the progenitor of the
weeping willow in America.
Bishop Warren, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, recently preached sermon
on the text Bear ye one another's burdens"
that had pleasant practical effect we'll
known steel barbed wire fence manufacturer
said to him after the sermon "I like that text.
You have helped me so much that / will help
you bear your burdens by giving you $4,000
for the Denver University"
"A GRAND BALTIMORE CLARITY
We are glad to see that the Presbyterian Eye,
Ear, and Throat Charity Hospital of Baltimore
has just closed another year of well doing
The records show 6,O27 new cases entered on
the books for 1885, against 1879 for the wear
1884; and of house inmates, 483 against 279
with 5,786 days of hospital treatment. against
3,O88 for the year 1884. OF the OPT new cases.
4,29l were eye patients 900 suffered with throat
diseases. and 836 with deafness. This large in-
crease in the attendance has made busy work
for the entire year, and makes this Institution
one of the very large Eye Hospitals Of the coun-
try. The daily attendance shows an aggregate
of 27.258 persons, or an average of SO patients
for each day Of the year.
SUCCESS BRINGS ADDED OPPoRTUNt-
rIEs-What the Secretaries Of the English
Church Missionary Society say in the last mum.
Der OF the Church Missionary IHtelligencer may
well be said TO our own Church The first sem
tence may not be exactly correct in our case
but the rest will fully apply. Never before
have 80 many missionaries been sent forth by
the Society in one year as IN 1885 yet never
was the cry more urgent for more and more and
more. Never we're there 30 many tokens of
deepening and widening interest at home vet
never were home workers for Foreign Missions
30 much wanted. For extension means expen.
dlture and expenditure means the need Of more
funds and that means more effort. more self
denial, more prayer"
The Lake of Constance is only some
Fifty miles IN length; but any one who travels
from pier 20 pier and wishes to know the right
time Of day at each ought to carry FIVE watches
It's waters wash the shores Of FIVE different
States--Austris, Baden, Wurtemburg Bavaria
and the Swiss Federation II vou land az Ror-