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

An eighteen months. old child in
Texas crawled out of ITS mothers bed the other
night was not missed until morning when it
was tracked across several farms, under wire and
through rail fences for four miles and was
found unframed In the brakes of the North
Bosque.
The Kentucky Presbytery Of the
Associate Reformed Church at its fall session
held at Louisville resolved by vote of FIVE to
two, to accept the proposal for reunion with
the United Presbyterian Church. The hi al
settlement of the question referred to the
Synod with which the Presbytery is connected.
Earthquakes are not the rare things
they have been supposed to be. In both this
country and Canada they occur on average
once every twelve days throughout the whole
area, and once month on the Atlantic slope
SO states Major Powell, of the United States
Geological Survey During 1885 there were re-
corded the following shocks Canadian Pro-
vinces, s New England, 5 Atlantic States, 8
Mississippi Valley 3; and Pacific slope. "a to-
tai So. During the twelve years lS72-18S3
there have been registered 364 earthquakes dis
tributed as follows Atlantic slope, l47; Mis-
sissippi Valley, 67 and Pacific slope, ISL
-PoPIsH OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES months
ago the Ulramontanes OF Renschied. In one of
the Rhenlsh provinces, attacked through the
Press the Protestant pastors of the place. One
of these pastors, Mr.. F. Thummel thought him
self entitled to reply in local journal. by an
article In which he strong criticised the Roman
doctrine of transubstantlation. Thereupon the
Public Minister summoned Pastor rhummel and
the editor of the journal before the tribunal at
Eiberteld. On August / last this Court con
demned the pastor TO three weeks Imprisonment,
and the editor to one, for outragng the institu-
tons of the Catholic Church.-Le Chr65en
Belize.
MIS-. General Grant on Wednesday
received from Charles l.. Webster & Co the
publ shers of the Generals memoirs, check for
$4,000 being the second payment on account
OF the profits of the work. The former payment
was OF 100000. and probably within a few
months Mrs. Grant will receive 100000 more
The check paid on Wednesday represents the
collections made on the book up to date. Mr..
Webster thinks Mrs. Grant will realize at least
80. 90 600 on the work. The sales are still con
tnuing steadily new edition of $4,000 sets
having been recently issued.
Editor Whitelaw Reid has purchased
from Henry Willard, the magnificent mansion
on the northeast corner of 5Oth street and Mad-
son avenue, for 1925 600, and the small lot, 25
feet front by 81 feet deep. adjoining the mansion
on 50th street, for $22 800. The house forms
one of group of SIX four story brown. stone
50th to 5lst streets The two corner houses are
extra large, and between them is great CEN
trail court ornamented with flowers and foun.
tains On this court the other houses front
They form the best example of the Florentine
renaissance style of architecture yet shown In
New York. The house has not been completely
finished In the interior.
If we may credit the very full and
explicit Abatement of the Paris correspondent
OF the ItmeSrthe Pope has renounced the idea
OF sending an envoy to Pekin in consequence of
having received from M. de Freycinet an ulti-
mGtum to the effect that the carrying of it out
would be followed by the Withdrawal of the
French Ambassador from the Vatican, the
abolition of the Concordat, the separation of
Church and State In France. and the suppression
OF the grant of 100000 francas year to the
Catholic religion. The Italians are said to be
much offended by this action of the French
Government, andlt is not likely to delay the
abolition of the French protectorate over Catho-
lies in China.
1t Is reported from Peekskill, N Y,
that an old lady, subject to heart disease, who
had been led to believe that she was TO be
healed by faith. died from excitement while a
minister was IN the act of amounting her. While
there are some forms of disease which may be
cured by sudden shock, as has frequently been
shown where faith had nothing to do with the
matter, there are many complaints in which the
excitement occasioned by an expectation of sud
den cure is extremely dangerous, and may, as
in this case, prove fatal. The manipulatofs in
such cases assume a fearful responsibility.
ASTONISHING INDEED-BUT WHY ?l
The General Convention of the Protestant Epis.
copal Church, after long debate has sent
message OF greeting to the Congregationalists,
whose annual Council has been in session. 1t
created great excitement, and has been tele-
graphed all over the United States, and made
the subject OF comment in all the papers.
How Is it that what the Baptlsts, PTesbyte
rans, and Methodists have been doing for a
hundred years, and are expected to do, attracts
50 much attention when done by the Protestant
Episcopal Church Simply because that Church |
has never done anything of the kind before, and |
1t has the same effect that gracious bow would |
have from a citizen who bad never recognized
his neghbor before.-N. y Christian AdUocate |
"A paragraph is Just now going the |
round of the French newspaper press, which, if |
1t relates actual facts, must tend to modify our !
opinion concerning the origin OF coal, or at
least, concerning the time required TO convert /
vegetable matter into that combustibe mate |
rial Some pieces of oak, which were buried only |
nine years ago in the foundations Of a steam |
hammer, have it is said, been transformed into |
coal so completely that it 10 impossible to dis
tinguish 1t from the true substance. The rapid /
change is TO be attributed to the pressure and |
the shocks. acting in combination with the warm |
water with which the fundations were constant
ly impregnated.
OF the myriads OF people who are |
lovingly familiar with that noble Gospel hymn. |
" Rock of Ages ~ which for a hundred and ten |