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HOW ABOUT THE CHILDRES?"

| am often asked by hundreds Of parents.
Let them also make their choice. They
will grow up with reverence for both the
denominations represented by father and
mother, if you, by holy lives, commend
those denominations. If the father lives
the better life, they will have the more
favorable opinion of his denomination. If
the mother lives the better life, they will
have the more favorable opinion of her
denomination. And some day both the
parents will, for at least one service, 90 to
the same church. The neighbOrs will say:
Il wonder what is going on to-day, for |
saw our neighbOr and his wife, who
always 20 TO different churches, going arm
in arm 10 the same sanctuary Well,
will tell you what has brought them to-
gether. arm in arm, to the same altar.
Something very important has happened.
Their son is to-day uniting with the
church. He is standing in the aisle taking
the vows of Christian. He had been
somewhat wayward, and gave father and
mother a good deal of anxiety, but their
prayers have been answered in his conver-
sion, and as he stands in the aisle and the
minister of religion says; do You couse'
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King John of Abyssinia.

The Alexandria correspondent of the
Times gives the following account OF
Kirg John from the lips of Dr. Parisis. a
Greek physician who attended the King
Tor two years. Dr. Parisis describes King
John as strong active man of fifty, in
intelligence much above the average OF
his countrymen, who, however, are in
many points superior to the intelligence
and morality of the Italians. He is not
averse to Europeans as such he is lust
and friendly to the few Greeks, who are
all the European element now in the
country, but then the Greeks do not
meddle with politics, transact their affairs
quietly, and above all are moral men. &"
We gather, in fact, that the flower of the
Greek nation is in Abyssinia, but then
there are only four in all. AS for Euro.
peans, King John is friendly to the Eng.
lish, because, as he frequently repeats.
" they keep their word, and CAPTAIN
Harrison Smith in particular made a
very favourable impression; but the
generality of Europeans visiting the
country were (the informant sAysj gen.
orally vagabonds, who left much to be
desired on the score Of social morality.
and hence the King had taken prejudice
against them The Lazarist fathers at
Massowah had, however, asked leave to
send a mission into the country, and the
King had obviously assented, but only
on the condition that they interfered
with nobody if they did he might inter.
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" Woman" Coming to Honor

At the trial of a minister before an
ecclesiastical court in Brooklyn, one of
the parties resented the application of the
term " woman" to one OF the witnesses as
In some sense disrespectful. He was
promptly met by citations from the
Bible, showing that it. was there used as
a perfectly inoffensive name. But it
was not necessary to go nearly so tar
back as that for defense of the term.
The truth is, that the word lady" ex-
cept when distinctly used as term of
classification-that is, to distinguish, a
particular woman-has now become in
the best circles, both in this country and
England, an appellation with a little
burles3que In 1t, owing to it's general adep-
ton by women in humble positions in
lite. The cooks, laundresses, scrubbine
women, especially among the colored
people, have all adopted it as generic
term describing person of the female
sex, without reference to her manners or
position. In other words, they use it
instead OF woman, and consequently.
to those who remember it's original signi-
tlcatlon, 1T is little ludicrous, because it
used invariably to connote refinement of
person and manners. Woman" has.
therefore, come once more into vogue as
the ordinary designation of the women
who used to be called ladies" without,
however, driving lady" out of use as a
term OF classification. In this the Eng
disappearing usage has simply been
asslmilated to that of the French, who
have always kept femme" as a perfectly
proper and perfectly respectful term. In
tact, great particularly in speaking OF
every man and woman of ones acqnain.
lance as gentleman" and lady, t"
has now become almost mark of rus.
ITCHY and, in grave cases. of what is
called caddishness. The Eyen5ng
POsf
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The Unused Umbrella.

A youth was lately leaving his aunt's
house after a visit, when, finding it be-
ginning to rain, he caught up an UMBRELLA
that was snugly placed in a corner, and
was proceeding to open it, when the old
lady, who for the first time observed his
movement, sprang toward him, exclaim-
ing: No, no; that you never shall
I've had that umbrella twenty-three
years, and it has never been wet vet
and l m sure it shan't be wetted now"
Some folks religion is of the same
quality. 1t is none the worse for wear.
1t is respectable article, to be looked
at, but 1T must not be dampened in the
showers Of daily life. 1t stands in cor
ner. to be used in case of serious illness
or death, but it is not meant for common
occasions
We are suspicious that the twenty
three years old bingham was gone at
the seams, and if it had been unfurled it
would have looked like sieve. At any
rate, we are sure that this is the case
with the hoarded-up religion which has
answered no useful turn in a mans life.
c. IT. Spurgeon.
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An Unfortunate City.

Charleston, remarks the New York
Herald has suffered more frequent and
severe mistortunes than any other South
ern city in the last quarter of century.
Her port was sealed up early in the civil
war. She was besieged and bombarded
for years, and, besides the damage due to
hostilities, an accidental FIRE swept from
river 10 river, laying more than a square
mile of the most closely built quarter
bare to the sky. At the restoration of
peace grass was growing in all the streets;
commerce was extinct the railroads to
the interior were worn out the trades
had persisted, the Accommodations of wealth
had been dissipated, Scarcely a year
ago the city was devastated by a cyclone
which did more harm in single hour
than Memphis or New Orleans ever has
suffered from a Mississippi food. But
the spirit of patient endurance and self
respecting pride was so great that there
was no petition for relief from abroad
The suffering people help themselves.
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A Remarkable Case.
The N. Y. Christian Advocote of Oct.
7th prints this letter:

The N. Y. Christian Advocote of Oct.
7th prints this letter:
DELAWARE, o., Sept. 7th, 1886.
My Dear Brother Buckley: 1 have
noticed that you take an interest in old
people. L haveju returned from visit
to a man who was born thsee years before
the Constitution OF the United States was
written. He entered his 1O3d year on
the 24th of last month. He has several
descendants OF the fifth generation. He
Is intelligent, well up with the times, a
fine, sprightly talker, easy and graceful
In his manners, remarkably cheerful,
while his whole being seems to be pervad-
ed with sweet Christian spirit. He at
tends church regularly, says he could
walk the dlstance-a mile-without diff
Guilty, but finds his knees getting a little
weak, and that he cannot get into a car
rlage as easily as he once could. Reads
his Bible without difficulty, but is trou-
bled with the fine print OF the newspa-
pers. Shaves himself, and has not drawn
a drop Of blood upon his face for ten
years. In his whole bearing there is
delightful charm. In conversation his
NounOeuduCe SeemS raQlant with lntelll-
gence and good feeling He INDUCES in
nothing like religious can't, but the lam
guage OF Canaan seems his mother tongue.
Altogether, he is remarkable man.
Cheerful almost to gayety, he diffuses
about him a sweet, heavenly aroma
which refuses to be incorporated into
words, but which is refreshing tonic to
breathe. Long an elder in the Presby-
terrain Church, of him it may we'll be said
that ne is "a living epistle'
The name of this>venerable patriarch
is Robert Crafty. He was born in Penn
sy lvania, but was brought to this State
when child. He lives fourteen miles
from our city, on fine farm which he
has cultivated for sixty-six years. His
age is not apocryphal. His presence and
conversation was felt benediction.
When with him l thought of you, and
wished you there am sure you would
have enjoyed it as one of the red-letter
hours OF your life. II you live to be as
old, may your spirit be as sweet and
cheerful as his. Sincerely yours,
FREDERICK MERRIcK
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How the Queen Dimes.

Any of her Majesty's subjects who
may desire to know the ceremonial of
Queen Victoria's dinner.table can hear
all about 1t from a French journalist.
All the details are interesting and some
OF them surprising. Exactly fifteen min
utes before the dinner-hour the guests are
ranged in a semi-circle, the band PLAYS
-" The Roast Beef of Old England, and
to this appropriate and characteristic
music the Queen enters the presence
room; she shakes hands with the ladies
and salutes the gentlemen. Then she
passes to the dining-room, taking prece-
dence OF all her guests. AS she looks
down the table she finds her own family
ESQ many OF them as are there) all ranged
on her lett, and the guests of the dav
seated on her right hand. At this meal
the Queen always wears gloves, unless it
should be State meal. On two points
the rules Of Court etiquette are very
strict. No one is allowed to address a
remar to her Majesty directly. If
guest thinks he has something which
may interest the Royal hostess he men
lions it to fellow guest The latter dis
cusses 1T, and so, filtered and at second
hand, 1t reaches the Queen. There is no
rule, however, which prevents the Queen
OF England from asking any question she
likes of any guest at the table. One
other regulation bears peremptorily on
the invited. Instantly the Queen has
finished with course every guest at the
table must also end. Curiously enough,
this French chronicler gives no details of
what happens when the Lord Mayor
dimes at Windsor.
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Face the Light.
BY JAMES MATTHEWS.

W
:" God is light, and in Him is no dark.
ness at all. All who look toward Goo
their Father shall have the sun shine full
In the face, for God is the sun. The
secret OF the gloom that drinks up the
spirits of so many who hate sin lies in
the TACT that they look, not up to God
but down into the recesses of their own
hearts, or turn completely around and
gaze with horror upon the darkness that
covers all the path.
The word of counsel to all such is
Look up. Look to Jesus" Let
nothing prevent you from doing this. II
isyour only hope, for He is your only
helper. But be ye very sure of this, Ht
IS your helper. He says: Come unto
me, all ye that labor, and are heavy
laden, and l will give you rest" You
have borne the CALLING yoke, the heavy
burden OF darkened, sunless soul too
long; look unto Him and be lightened
and be no longer ashamed. Do not
spend another moment grooming over
yourself, but arise, turn squarely toward
the mountain of Gods holiness, lift up
your face toward your Heavenly Father,
and receive the light of life.
If you do this, the darkness will flee
away, and the sunshine will throw all
the shadows back of you. The blackness
IN which you have been walking was the
shadow OF yourself Your back was to.
ward the light, but now, facing the light,
the shadow Is no longer before you, but
back OF you, aud soon, under the mighty
rays of the sun of righteousness you will
be so TRANSPORTED that the old self will
be annihilated and have no shadow to
cast.
The blessed Sun of Righteousness
shines tor all. His light is- for lite, for
Joy, for revealing We can do nothing
toward tightening the cloud of SHINING,
suffering humanity, until we have the
joyous life in sunshine. The frigid "You
must needs to take on the sunshine and
behold the melting You can" The
thousands who are to- day walking in
shadows need sunshine most of anything
They are convicts who need to be let out
of the prison house into Gods open,
blessed sunshine.
Would we help them Really help
them? We can only do SO by " all with
open face" looking up, until " changed
from glory to glory as by the Spirit of
the Lord, we carry sunshine and glory
IN our countenances as did Moses. Let
US all face the light, and so glorify God
and help those who walk in darkness.
". Y Christian Advocate.
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Unemployed Women.

Ella @. Lapham writes in the Forum :
To the thoughtful woman the question
recurs again and again What can be
done with purposeless, unframed women,
willing to work for wages but unable to
spend time and money in doubtful at
tempt to fit themselves for particular
occupation? A womans exchange is
chiefly a storehouse for undesirable
articles, few of which are bought in
pity. 1t is a device of those who are
earnestly seeking to help their fellow
women and not natural outgrowth OF
the law OF supply and demand. The
trainiDg-school begins at the foundation ;
it fits girl to hold her own, asking no
iavors.
A woman's duty begins with the wo-
man nearest to her by ties of blood and
affection, and stretches out to those ac-
counted less fortunate than herself but
it does not end there. There are women
far above her in the scale of wealth, per.
hsps who need a wide outlook and
broader sympathies; who need to be
drawn ont OF Themselves and their ex-
.clusiveness who need to be interested
ID the great, busy, struggling world out
side OF their circle, and to feel that upon
them rests, in part, the responsibility OF
making it better and purer. In some
ways they are more restricted than the
woman who sews tor them. The wife Of
teamster, if she have the time, can take
up any remunerative employment, and
her friends neither question nor repudi.
ate her. The vile OF millionaire, pos.
sessed Of unlimited leisure, must be idle.
For " he also is idle who might be better
employed. " 1t she can endure the cpl.
tibet of peculiar she may give her lite
to the investigation and Improvement of
tenement houses or devote herself to a
particular line of study; otherwise her
work for her fellowmen and women will
be confined to charity-balls and fashion
able bazars. To do aught which would
bring her a return in money is not to be
thought of for an instant.
And from the wife and daughter OF the
millionaire to the girl who serves behind
the counter rather than 90 into com
Portable kitchen the same power is at
work. Alas how weak we are Wo-
men may say that all honest work is en-.
nobling, and all voluntary idleness belit-
Ting and that, In comparison with the
woman who never lifts a finger to serve
another nor has thought above her own
adornment and her social conquests, the
woman who does the work of her kitchen,
If che do it well, is worthy of all the
honor; but the conviction has not yet
become part of them.
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THI NIoESE AND Posi- NIcENE FATHERS OF THE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Edited by Philip Schaff,
D. D., LII D. Quarto. PIP. 6l9 Volume
l. The Confessions and Letters of St Angus
hn. with Sketch of his Life and Work.
Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing
Company. Sold by subscription only.
This company has been engaged for several
years in issuing the Ante Ncene Fathers which
Is in eight volumes. They now propose to issue
the present series of Nicepe and Post Nicene
Fathers. Each volume contains an immense
amount of matter, being very large page in
double columns, and containing some 900 pages.
There will be 26 volumes Ca. d. 1926 to A. D,
900), price 50 each; volume to appear every
three months. Seven volumes will be devoted
10 Augustin, followed by six devoted to the
works of st. Chrysostom.
We have frequently noticed the vol, mes of
the Ante. Ncene Fathers.
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HARpER's MAGAZINE for November has been
received, with the following table of contents:
Frontispiece-At the Authors Club. N. York
The Literary Movement in New York. With
10 portraits
The Tragic Story of Bnns
Halloween: Thr, efold Chronicle Illus
How formed my Salon. With illus
Plea for the Grassy Road. Illustrated by
the Author
The American Cowboy.
Springhsven. Novel. illustrated.
Our Coast guard, Fully illustrated.
Cooperation among English Working. men
Loves Deserted Palace. Poem
Their Pilgrimage. (Concluded.) Illustrated.
Hints on Speech making.
Editors Easy Chair Editors Study, &c.
ST. NICHOLAS for November Contents:
Frontispiece-The Last Walk on the Beach
City of Old Homesteads The Knavish Kite;
The Blind Lark; A Song OF Singers; Victor HUI
COS Tales to his Grandchildren: The Man who
Drove Downstairs Historic Girls: Juan and
Juanita; Talking in their Sleep; Hide and
Seek. Boring for Oil; Richard Carrs Baby; In
tlamingo Rookery Molly's Poetry; st. Mich.
olas Dog Stories; A Little Captive; The Brown
les IN the Gymnasium Dolly's Lullaby; Jack
in. the Pulpit etc.
Published by The Century Co., 33 East 18th
street. (Union Square), New York.
TUE SOUTHERN BIvoUAc for November A
Literary and Historical Magazine. The present
number has an interesting article on the Rice
Fields of Carolina Published monthly at Lou
isville, KY, by B. F. Avery & Sons. 81 per
annum.
HARPERs You've PEOPLE fer October Doth
is received.
L1TrELI's LIVING AGE for the week ending
October Both
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A Pauper Daughter of George
w

At meeting of the Chant erwell Board
of Guardians, Mr.. R Strong, J. P, in the
chair, an elderly woman OF respectable
appearance but poorly clad, attended
before the Guardians and applied Tor out.
door relief. She gave Der name as Caro-
line Guelph, and said she was born in
1916 at Vienna She had no means of
livelihood, but declined to 90 into the
houee. She had little money from Miss
Edwards, of Denmark Hill, but it was
not sufficient to maintain her. The Queen.
she added, had visited her, as well as the
Duke Of Westminster, from whom, in ad-
dition to the Dake Of Leinster, she had
letters that could be referred to. She
was brought mp by Mrs Panton, whose
name she took, but she was not her moth
er. If the Guardians wanted to make
any inquiries they could write to the
Duke of Leinster. 1t was resolved to
grant the applicant some relief. II is
said that the woman claims to be daugh-
ter Of King George ".
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SHoTs AT SUEDRY TARGETS By I. De Witt
Talmsge D D AIMED at Wrongs to be
Rghted. Errors to be Corrected, Dangers to
be Avoided, etc, etc. 8vo, PIP. 656. E. B.
Treat III Broadway N. York 1886
DR.. Talmage's character as a preacher is so
we'll known that it is only necessary to an
nounce this volume of Sermons to attract the
attention of wide circle of readers There is
nothing learn or profound in what Dr. Tai
mage says, but he has that art of putting things
IN such way as to secure the ear of the people
fhe price of the volume is e.
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SERMONS New AND OLD. By Archbishop
Trench, author of Notes on the PARALLELS. u
Notes on the Miracles" etc. limo, PIP BOG
New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1886.
Archbishop Trench is so we'll and so favora.
bly, known to American readers for his learned
and admirable works on the Miracles and Para
bles. that volume of sermons from his pen will
be sure to be welcomed. The sermons are very
short. The volume is handsomely printed.
For sale by West, Johnston & Co.. Richmond
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ORIENT with Preudes on Current Events
8vo, PIP. $40. Price 81 60

OhIEhI WIFI TtIuubs on current tVents.
Svo, PIP. $40. Price 81 so.
This Is another volume of the Boston Mon
day Lectures of the Rev. Joseph Cook, from the
press of Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston The
Lectures are on Palestine, Egypt, and the Flu
ture Of Islam; Advanced Thought in India ;
Heshur Sen and Hindu Theism Womans Work
for Woman in ASIA; Japan. the Self.Reformed
Hermit Nation; Australia and the Pacific Ocean.
The Preludes are on National Aid to Education
Revivals, Religion in Colleges. Foreign Criti-
cism of America, etc
Mr.. Cook is always able and instructive, and
what he says is always addressed to earnest
thinkers.
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Recent Publications.

Our prompt acknowledgment every week Of
the books sent to us we consider as ordinarily a
sufficient compensation for the same. We re-
serve to ourselves the privilege OF giving more
or less extended notice of the same, which is for
the benefit of our readers. 1t would be impos-
sible for US to examine all the books sent to us
and especially the innumerable little volumes
written for children.
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The CONTEMPORARY Review for October has
been received and has the following table Of
contents:
Th9 Ordnance Department..
John Bunysn, by Goodwin Smith.
The New Zealand Earthquake, by DR.. Archi-
bald Geikie.
Representative Government for the Empire.
by G.. Baden Powell, M. P.
Alexander I. Of Bulgaria, by Chas Williams
nell ~ 0''-
Carlisle ~
Wurttemberg an Example for Ireland, by Al.
fred Harris.
Samuel Morley, by the Rev. DR.. Patton.
An Academy Cstechism, by Harry Quilter
The Bishops and Public Patronage bv the
Rev Edward Bell.
.. Contemporary Life and Thought in Turkey
me Bulgarian Situation, by an Old Resident
Contemporary Records
Philadelphia: Leonard Scott Publishing Co
ll04 Walnut street. 0O''
The PULPrT TREASURY for November has a
sermon and portrait OF Bishop H. N McTvere.
~ u, Methodist Episcopal Church South. Pub
hshed by f. B. Treat, 757 Broadway, N. York.
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Even those whom we have Justly con
demned, if afterwards they prove more
faithful, we should cheerfuliy receive.
forgive, and forget, and put confidence
in, and as there is occasion, give a good
word to.
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A faithful friend is the medicine of
life and they that fear the Lord shall
find him" Whose feareth the Lord
shall direct his friendship Alright for as
he is, so shall his neighbor be alec"
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TALKS BY THE SEAsHoRE By Ella Rodman
Church. With SO Illustrations limo. DID.
34S. Presbyterian Board of Publication,
Philadelphia
This is little volume for children, giving
them instruction about the animals and plants
of the seattle seaweeds, the sea- flowers, the
polyps, the crabs, the fish etc.
For sale in Richmond by the Presbyterian
Committee of Publication, 1901 Main street.
Price S125.
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People are 10th to see their faults and
have need to be told of them; the fact is
plain and the fault too, yet they must be
put together with application.
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Religious expressions, being sacred
things, must never be made use OF in
light and ludicrous actions.
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TIE CHESTER CoTER1E. By Kate Livingston
Hamilton. limo PIP. 236. Presbyterian
Board, Philadelphia Price ST.
This book aims to show how a circle Of quite
young people worked out certain problems of
church work and consecrated themselves more
earnestly to the Christian life
For sale in Richmond at the rooms of the
Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1901
Main street
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tere with them, and the Lazarist fathers
are still considering the pros and cons.