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What They Do.

A @. Wheeler, prominent New York
Journalist for years, and well-known un-
der his pseudonym, Nym Crinkle," in a
recent lecture replying to Ingersoll, paid
this closing tribute to the spirit of Christ
and of Christianity:
During twenty odd years of eventful
toll in the great city never found depth
of misery so deep, a poverty so rank, a
crime so atrocious, a despair so black,
that some humble follower of that Master
did not find it out. Into all holes and
corners of wretchedness where vice and
poverty, like twin wolves, had hunted
down their prey, the policemen and re-
porter always found the hooded sister or
the missionary az >of than. They
were the first to come. They were the
last to go. They stayed and put up their
supplications when all else on earth had
forsaken the wretch. They followed him
to the prison cell, and they stood beside
him on the gallows, and they never for
got in all the obloquy of sin and the cry
of human vengeance the eternal brother
hood of man. And they wanted no pay,
and they got no praise. They were do
ing that Master's work. True it was
1900 years ago when he called them and
babe them go out and bind up the broken
hearts and dry the tears, and thus with
tender touches of tone they carry out his
mission and in that time empires have
fallen and races have become extinct, but
these little streams have widened and
deepened till they encircle our globe like
its atmosphere and sweeten myriads Of
arid hearts"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-08-25
The Minister'S Bow.

In New England town a new minis.
ter had been called and settled. In that
town was God-for-saken" old repro
bate, whom nobody respected or spoke to
who could avoid it. He had never been
known to go inside church. He only
worked when driven by necessity to do so,
and loafed about the town a common
nuisance.
A few days after the new minister
came to the town he met the old sinner
on the village street, and bowling, spoke a
pleasant good. morning" and passed on.
The old man turned and looked after
him, and made inquiry Of some one as to
who ne might be. The same thing hap
pened a day or two afterward, and again
during the space of week or two.
Some one told the minister that he had
made friend of Blank, and laughingly
told him that he was wasting politeness
on the old reprobate.
Never-mind, said the minister, it
does not cost much to be polite, and no
more to an old reprobate than to the
squire of the town"
1t was not long till old Blank was no.
ticed creeping into the corner of the
church farthest from the pulpit and near
est to the door. He had come in late and
was the first to leave the church. He
came again and again, and was finally
brought to Christ, and during the rest Of
his life lived consistent and earnest
Christian life. He said the minister's
bow was what did it. We do not know
whether this little incident has any les
son in it for any of our readers but we
give it as it was told us.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-08-25
Sleeping in Church.

A physician who was asked for rea-
sons why people become drowsy in
church, and if there was any remedy for
chronic cases, said that the drowsy feel
ing In church was often due to bad con-
struction, to overheating, and to the gen.
eral quiet and composing surroundings.
L have often, he said, "advised patti
ents of mine who are troubled with in
somnia to try quiet church where the
preacher was partial to rhythmic sem
fences, and not too energetic in his man
ner, and IN most cases the result has
been gratifying. The poor man who has
become almost wild through want of
sleep generally obtains relief and falls off
into gentle and refreshing slumber.
Many people suffering in this way take
ride in railroad train for relief and
often get it, but nothing has succeeded
so well as the Sunday morning service in
quiet church. If those people, how
ever, who do not need to sleep in church
and do not want to, would drink very
strong tea or coffee before going to church,
they might find it effective, but by no
means healthy. Why do you see the
baldheads nodding most in church? Be-
cause the old are more susceptible to the
influence of such surroundings. The
women seldom go to sleep, because they
are so dressed that to sleep would be al
most impossible. If the men would lace
themselves up tight, they might keep
awake too, but in the words of Gen.
Knickerbocker, they cawn't do it, you
know. Pb5lndelphin Record.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-08-25
Interesting Facts About Church
Bells,

What is mainly admired in large bell
is its deep, majestic, and dignifed tone,
which is impossible to secure in small
one, the weight of a bell invariably gov
erning its tone.
Towers having small windows or open
ings, with the lower boards close togeth-
er, often box up the sound of the bells
within. The windows in tower should
be as open as possible and the tower cell
ed Just above the windows. The largest
bell ever made in this country weighed
$4,000 pounds, and before it was frac-
tured hung on the City Hall in New York.
On one or two occasions this bell was
heard up the Hudson river Is miles in
the night when the city ives comparative
ly quiet.
A great effect is to be gained by ring
ing bell properly, throwing the mouth
well up and not lazily jingling it. It is
not physical strength that is required in
ringing bell so much as getting the
knack" of catching the rope Just right,
particularly on the second down pull
1t is great mistake to suppose that
bells can be heard in proportion to their
weight-that is, that a bell of 1000
pounds will be heard twice as far as one
of 600 pounds This is not so, for the
reason that the larger bell does not pos
sess anything like twice the resonant sur
face of the smaller one.
When hung stationary, and struck or
tolled, bells will not be heard, as a rule,
half as far as when swung. The swing
ing motion throws up the mouth of the
bell, and not only carries the sound of,
but imparts to it richness that is al
ways absent when the bell is at rest and
struck.
A bell Of 100 or 200 pounds, in an
open belfry on an engiue-house, a school
house or q factory, in the country, is FREE
quently heard a long distance, out Of
proportion, apparently, to one Of 1000
pounds in a church tower near by; and
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-08-25
Bible Reading.

There is a gain in systematic and
thorough BIble,study; there is gain in
intelligent Bible-reading, topically or by
single book at time there is also a
gain in the regular daily reading of the
Bible, chapter by chapter, in course,
throughout the year. This latter read
ing may, at times, be perfunctory, but it
has its practical value even then. Those
men who are most familiar with the Bible
IN all its parts are commonly those who
have been in the habit of reading the
Bible through, in course, year after year,
and who have thereby become gradually
familiar with portions of the Bible which
they would not have looked up in ordin-
airy topical reading or study. Nor does
this formal reading of the Bible interfere
with more earnest and thorough occa-
sional Bible.reading on the contrary, it
makes that kind of reading all the more
satisfactory when it is undertaken. 1t
is good thing to read chapter in the
Bible at the close Of the days work, even
though its reading be somewhat irksome,
and the temptation to sleep be strong
one for the hour but that should not be
ones only way of Bible-reading, nor is it
likely to be.-.S. s. Times.
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instances of this kind frequently cause no
little comment in the way of comparison.
One reason for this is that the small bell
has sharp, shrill, penetrating sound
that must, of necessity, be heard very
much further in proportion TO its weight
than the low, mellow, church.going :"
sound OF the church bell.
The great bell of Moscow weighs 1872
900 pounds, is nineteen feet high and
sixty-three feet four inches in circumfer-
ence; another in st. VANS church
weighs 2SS000 pounds. The great bell
at st. Peters, recast in 1855, weighs 49,
667 pounds avoirdupoise Christ Church
bell weighs 1900 pounds; st. Paul's,
s; 400 pounds; Gloucester, 1000 pounds
Exeter, 6,l20 pounds; Lincoln, 1884
pounds. At Rouen is bell which weighs
sc, 600 pounds; one of 1900 pounds
weight is placed in the tower of the Pa
lazzo Vecchio at Florence, and is two
hundred and seventy.fve feet from the
ground.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-08-25
Condemnation.

If our heart condemn us, God is
greater than our heart, and knoweth all
things Let US think how much this
means. Our little qualms of conscience,
our little sorrows over faults and foibles
of conduct, these trouble us for the mo-
ment, and then go. But they are not
gone God shall bring every work into
judgment, with every secret thing. wheth-
er it be good or whether it be evil. And
if sins remain on our conscience in that
day, even though they went from our
memory here, we cannot stand before God
indeed we cannot see God. It's writ
ten, Without holiness no man shall see
the Lord" We think that it is only
necessary to go to heaven to see God.
Not so. Who shall ascend unto the
the holy hill of the Lord, and who shall
stand on the holy place He that hath
clean hands and pure heart If my
hands are not clean, and if my heart be
not pure, though be placed close to the
throne, could not see God. I should
rather fee from His presence, and call on
rocks and mountains to hide me from His
face Selected
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-08-25
To Win the Multitude.

To reach the great multitude of men
who do not frequent the house OF God,
who are without God and without hope
in the world, ought to be the aim and
eudeavor OF every Christian church. In
such an endeavor ordinarily the pastor
must lead, and he ought to have the
hearty, earnest, and constant co-opera-
ton of the membership. To attain such
an aim 1t is necessary to strive for it.
The way to do anything is to go at it
with open and observing eyes, with a
readiness to learn from experience, with
determination to succeed, With an ex.
pectation of some fruitless efforts, and
resolution not to be discouraged by them.
In the Christian work of leading souls
to God through Christ the endeavor must
also be prsyerful, and effort attended
with prayer to God cannot fail. As we
have said, ordinarily, the pastor must
lead.
In our judgment he ia. the divinely ap.
pointed leader God has called him to
the ministry that he may lead in just such
work as this. 1t is his part to summon the
people of God to efforts to gather the
outlying population into the Church and
to go before them in the assaults Of Chris
tan love upon the domain Of irreligion.
He is primarily responsible before God if
the church under his care neglects the
hundreds and thousands around it who
are living worldly, ungodly, and sinful
lives. And when the pastor leads the
people out to follow, and do with their
might what their hands find 10 do. They
have the Word of God in trust. An en-
joyment Of the grace OF God is given
to them that they tell others Of the riches
of that grace.
God has visited them in the communities
in which they live, in which they have
been born and reared, or into which they
have been providentially Led that they
may tell others of the new life gwen them,
Of the light, the support, the comfort, the
hope, the Joy they receive. They are to
be the light and salt of those oommuni.
ties. The masses have been reached, have
been attracted and led to the services Of
the Church, and have been wen to Christ
again and again in the past; they can be
won again--can be won to-day.
The Church Of to-day has 10 impossi-
bic task before it, but Just such a work
as has been often accomplished. The
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-08-25

TIE ExPosIToR for August is received. Con-
tents
Dancing and Pentateuch Criticism in Correla-
ton, by Rev. Prof Franz Delitzsch, D D.
The New Nature Wrought out in New Life
by Rev A. Maclaren, D. D.
The Revised Version of the Old Testament
by Rev Prof. A. F. Kirkpatrick, A. M.
The Book of Zechariah, by Rev. Marcus Dods
ID.
The Prophecies of st. Paul, by Rev. Prof B
B. Warfeld D. D.
Thoughts, by G. w. g.
Published by Arson D. F. Randolph & Co..
New York
The CONTEMPORARY REVIEW for August has
been received and has the following table Of
contents:
After the Battle, by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy
The Fray-and Afterwards, by Rev. ]. GUM
ness Rogers
A Venetian Dynasty, by Mrs Oliphant.
On the Study Of Science by Str John Lub-
book, Bart, P.
The Present State Of Research in Early Church
History, by Adolf Harnack
Perigot, by Vernon Lee.
The Natural History Of Credit, by John Rae.
Batoun-and After, by Charles Marvin.
Contemporary Life and Thought in Germany
by Prof H. Gef ken.
Contemporary Records
Philadelphia: Leonard Scott Publishing Co..
llO4 Walnut street.
HARPERs MAGAZINE for September has been
received with the following table Of contents:
Frontispiece-Saints in the Surf Ocean Grove.
Illustrated
Ferdinand Barbedienne Artistic Bronze.
Ten illustrations.
Working-men in the British Parliament -
Twelve Portraits.
Bro her Angelan. A Story. With an illus
~tration.
Short horn Cattle. Eleven illustrations.
Places Of Worship A Poem. With an illus
tration
Spnngbaven Novel Four illustrations.
Social Studies The Reform of Railway
Abuses
TIE End Of Love.match. A Story.
Their Pilgrimage. Seven illustrations.
Old Salem Sea captains. Twelve illustrations.
The Central Engine Of the Solar System
Editors Easy Chair, Editors Study, &c.
The ATLANTIC Monthly for September. Con
tents
The Golden Justice The Laws Partially to
Married Women The Shell and the World ;
French and English Mademoiselle Joan Con-
fession of B5rd's-Nest Hunter: Edwin Percy
Whipple The Princess Cassamassima The
Links Of Chances The Paper Money Craze Of
l86 and the Shays Rebellion; In tie Clouds ;
The Saloon in Politics Schuyler's American
Diplomacy; Grants Memors-Second Volume
The Contributors Club Books Of the Month.
Boston Houghton, Miflin & Co., publishers.
LrTTELL's LIVING ACE Tor the week ending
August 2lst.
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AMONG THE Hills; OR SCENES IN PIEDMONT
VIRGINIA. By Graham Clayton

AMONG THE HILLS; OR SCENES IN PIEDMONT
VIRGINIA. By Graham Clayton.
We extend a cordial welcome to Mr.. Clay
tons second book OF poems. 1t confirms the
impression we received from Pen Pictures, u
and we glad to have another look into his
portfolio. AS in the first volume, he has taken
mis- subjects mainly from familiar scenes, find
ing Paradise" in Piedmont Virginia and a
morn" amongst the Bedford hills, that is wor-
thy of his song. We find cause for satisfaction
in the growing tendency which we observe in
our new writers to look just around them for
material for their work Ths.is a healthful
sign, and taken in connection with the really
good work which is now being done by South
ern writers, makes us hopeful of better times in
our literary life. Amongst those to whom we
can look for fulilment of this prediction, we
may safely place the name of the author Of
Among the Hills"
For sale in Richmond by Randolph & Eng.
lish.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-08-25

Church of the future will be the Church
which wins the masses of to-day, and the
Church which will win the masses will be
the Church which endeavors to win them
by the use of the time-honored means
which God has ordained for the salvation
OF men.-Christian Lntelhgencer.
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Recent Publications.

Our prompt acknowledgment every week OF
the books sent to 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.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-08-25

Christ entered into heaven by His own
blood, to tell the Father Of ali our needs
and wants. As we go forth to meet the
worlds trials and Temptations, when the
great adversary assaults, and we are
tempted to ask Can we ever gain the VIC
tory +? then oh then, let Us remember
that Jesus is praying for us in the courts
above, and we will find it power in our
hearts and FIRE in our souls that will
hndle our courage. Yes, to realize this
precious truth will be our victory.
Kindness meekly, not ostentatiously,
rendered, will soften any heart in which
a spark Of humanity yet fingers.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-08-25
The Model American Girl.

A practical plain young girl;
Not afraid of the rain young girl;
A poetical posy,
A ruddy and rosy
Helper ofself young girl.
At home-in her place young girl;
A never will lace young girl;
A toiler serene,
A life pure and clean,
A princess-of peace young girl.
A wear-her. own hair young girl;
A free-from-a-stare young girl;
Improves every hour,
No sickly sunhower,
A wealth of-rare sense young girl.
Plenty room in her shoes young girl;
No indulger in blues young girl;
Not bang on her BROW
To fraud not bow,
She's just-what she-seems young girl.
An early retiring young girl;
An active aspirin young girl:
A morning ariser,
a dandy despiser,
A progressive, American girl.
A lover. ot-prose young girl;
Not turn-up- your.nose young girl;
Not given to splutter,
Not utterly utter"
But a matter-of fact young girl.
A rightly ambitious young girl;
MISREPRESENTATION young girl;
A sparkling clear eye,
That says, " l will try"
A sure to succeed young girl.
An honestly. counting young girl;
A neve' seen flirting young girl;
A quiet and pure,
A modest, demure,
A ft-for-a.wlfe young girl.
A sought everywhere young girl;
A future-most fair young girl;
An ever discreet,
We too seldom meet,
This ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS young girl.
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God never cast off any one that had
true grace, though be were but weak in
it; never broke the bruised reed strong
believers, and weak believers, those that
eat, and that eat not, if they be true be-
levers, are accepted Of God
A sermon without Christ, is like a
statue without life, or picture Of man
instead OF the man himself.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-08-25

HARPER's You've PEOPLE for the week end
ing Aug. 18th is received, with usual illustrated
matter for the children. Price cents. Pub
lished weekly by Harper & Bros, New York.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-05
ROADS AND WALKS.
The Almost Criminal Negligence
of Many Road Supervisors.

Never was the adage ga stitch in
time saves nine" more literally true
than in regard to the keeping of roads
and walks in creditable condition. On
roads especially, the first rut, if ever so
small, should be at once filled up. If
not, each rut helps every passing foot or
wheel to dig it out deeper and yet deep
er. This must be so obvious to all as to
need no further insistance upon or IL
lustration, and yet practically few re-
sponsibIe for the lhainteir ance of
roads act as if it were true.
They are seldom repaired before
they are virtually ruin ed, and
hence road repairs are perhaps the most
unsatisfactory OF all the many reckless
investments that abound in This age of
daring ventures and more haste than
prudence. The proverbial folly of lock-
ing the stable after the horse is stolen is
wisdom itself compared to the folly OF
deferring road repairs till too late. In
the one case only one horse is lost; but
here road. LABOR, horsepower, harness,
time and money are all thrown into a
veritable bog or road without bottom,
and neither profit, pleasure nor wisdom
seems to follow in the wake OF all these
losses.
Prompt repairs with the very best
materials is the secret of the maintain
ance of roads in good condition. Any
compound of abominable rubbish Is
often accounted good enough for the re-
pair of roads They may or may not
have been well made; but here is hole,
and builders rubbish, stone, flint, or
half brick, or a load of these, is hurl
ed headlong into it. Such recklessness
is not only foolish. it is almost Grimm
al, inasmuch as it not only destroys
property, but endangers life. 1t is
hardly too much to affirm that nine
tenths of road accidents arise from the
imperfect construction and faulty re-
pairs of roads. The majority of farm
roads are in the most disgraceful state,
in regard to both. But not few gar
dens, and even carriage and public
roads, are very far from what they
ought to be, alike in construction and
repair.
A very little good granite or other
hard stone or. gravel, applied in the
right time, place and manner, proves
far more effective than tons upon tons
misapplied. Besides, very often little
or no new material is needed. The
traffic has caused displacement only.
ana all that is needful is to place the
road material back from whence it
came, and ram or roll it down.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-05
Ancient Prohibitory Laws in Connie
ticut

ticut
The Hartford Courant exhumes the
annexed law. which it says was passed
by general court" which sat in that
city in 1864:
For inasmuch as it is observed, that
many abuses are crept in, and COM
mitted, by frequent taking of tobacco
1t is ordered by the authority OF this
courte, that no iperson under the age of
81 years, nor any other that hath not
already accustomed himselfe to the use
thereof, shall take any tobacco until hee
hath brought a certificate under the
hands of some who are approved for
knowledge and skill in phisick. that it is
usefule Tor him, and also, that hee hath
received lycense from the courte for
the same. And for the regulating OF
those who, either by their former tax
ing it, have to their own apprehensions,
made it necessary to them, or upon due
advice, are persuaded to the use there
of.
1t is ordered. that no man within this
cOlonye, after the publication hereof,
shall take any tobacko. publiquely, in
the streets, highways or any barn yards.
or upon training dayes, in any open
places, under the penalty of six months
for each offense against this order, in
any the particulars thereof, to be paid
without gainesaying upon conviction,
by the testimony of one witness, that is
without just exception. before any one
magistrate. And the constables in the
several townes are required to make
presentment to each particular courte,
of such as they doe understand. and
can evict to be transgressors of this or
der.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-05
T. R. JONES 81. Lynn
7. r. JONES &C.,,
Bankers,
SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH.

Transact = General Banking business IL
Gll Its branches.
Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Exchange
Careful attention given q collections, ane
Bonds and stocks bought and sold on com
mission.
Long loans made on city real estate ut Low
rates of interest
Special attention given to the selling OF
solicited.
Advances made on ores. base bullion.
Gold and silver bars shipped for refining
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-05
TERRITORY OF UTAH, l.
COUNTY OF SALT LAKE, s..

COUNTY OF Fl SAT- LAKE. IS.
1, John C. Cutler, Clerk Of the Probate
Court in and for the County of Salt Lake, In
the Territory of Utah, do hereby certify that
the foregoing is full, true and correct COPY
of order TO show cause why order OF sale
of real estate should net be made in the
matter of the estate OF Joseph Weller, de-
ceased, as appears Of record in my Office.
In witness whereof, 1 have
hersunto set my hand and
IsEAL. affixed the seal OF said CouTt.
this 26 day of FEBRUARY. 4.
D 1886.
JOHN C. CUTLER.
~ Probate Clerk.