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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1889-03-20

could doubt the sincerity of his con-
yictions, and however small the matter
may have appeared to most of his con-
temporaries, no one can doubt now the
tremendous volume that was hidden in
those inconspicuous springs that had
been opened in the Judean hills. No
matter why or how, the sentiments
then proclaimed have changed the
course of history, and the face of the
civilised world. The doctrine Paul
taught is to-day the most potent thing
in the world, and passes from country
to country, breaking down every ma
tive system.
Wherever it has been received, those
who have embraced it become subject
to the same spiritual experiences
which are recorded in the Hebrew
books, dating thousand and fifteen
hundred years before our era, and in
the Gospels and Epistles which formed
the canon of the Christian Church in
the second century. The same exer.
cises which Paul describes as expert
enced by himself in his epistles to tho
Romans, the Corinthians, the Ephe.
slams, and the rest-either as exclaim-
ing, go wretched man that l am who
shall deliver me from this body of
death ?" or, as in view of tribulation,
nakedness, and the sword, giving rein
to that exultant burst of Christian
steadfastness, "Who shall separate us
from the love of Christ pare expert
enced after him by the Gathers" who
succeeded-by the Clements, the Poly
carps, the Justins, the Tertullians-and
in later age by the Augustines, the
Jeromes, the Ambroses, the Chrysos-
toms, the Bernards, the a Kempises.
And so again by Luther, and Calvin,
and Bunyan, and Owen, and Pascal,
and Wesley, and Jeremy Taylor, and
John Newton, and Foster, and Chal-
mers, and Sturgeon.
This Christian Experience, we say, is
a distinctive mark of the religion of
the Bible, and has been common to the
believers in this religion throughout
the history of the Church in all ages
and in all countries. If it is delusive
experience, it has deceived a "great
cloud of witnesses" and many of the
subjects of it have been among the
most gifted spirits that have appeared
in the world, and have constituted the
highest examples of integrity and vir-
tue that figure in history fit is a de-
fusion, it possesses the power to make
the most faithful parents, the most de-
voted friends, the best citizens, the
greatest public benefactors, that human
society has ever known. If it is de.
fusion, it has elevated the standard of
morals, has developed the sentiment of
a true humanity, has created in those
who professed it a holiness of character
and a regard for the welfare of others
which had no existence among the
races of mankind prior to the advent of
Christ IF it is a delusioD, it has de.
ceived tens of thousands of able and
true hearted men, and has produced
solid results which have never been
produced in any other way.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1889-03-20

OUR READERS will be pleased to find
on our second page letter from the
Rev. DR.. Il. G. Alexander, of Union
Seminary, about Paris and Gen. Bou.
LANCER. 1t is only necessary to men
ton the name of the writer to have
the article read.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1889-03-20

ALMOST all the composition work on
the New York Tribune is now done by
machines, each of which does the work
Of about three compositors, and it re.
quires only a short time for the opera
tor to obtain proficiency Thirty of
these machines now do the work which
formerly occupied ninety men.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1889-03-20

The State Sunday-School Conven-
ton met in this city last night, at the
rooms Of the Y. NJ. G. A. The address
of welcome was delivered by Rev.
DR.. II. G.. Dashiell The convention
will remain in session for several DAYS.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1889-03-20

Mr.. IRA d. SANKEY, the singing
evangelist, has returned from Europe,
and has gone to tho Pacific coast to re-
join Moody. Both of them will come
back to Chicago in about month, and
will begin a series Of meetings there.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28
Put It in Writing,

Verbal contracts occasion more
trouble, dispute, and litigation than
any other business transactions. The
wise merchant, taught by experience,
will endeavor to have a writing exc
cuted by the party to be charged, in
every case of Importance rising in his
business. This is especially necessary
of guarantees. A man enters your Of
flee whom you know to be perfectly
responsible. He tells you to sell Brown
a thousand dollars worth of goods.
Brown is all right; he will answer for
that, etc. Make him sign memoran-
dunn.
A customer gives you large order
for future and installment deliveries.
Make him sign it in writing.
You engage salesman for year,
or for a month, or for trial trip.
Have it all put down in writing and
signed.
You save taking your chances before
jury, who nine times out of ten prove
uncertain and too sympathetic with
that party whom they consider is the
under dog"
1t is only little trouble at the
time, but it usually saves heap of
trouble in the future.-Trade dark
Record.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

HE States so fortunate as to be out
of debt are Illinois, Wisconsin, Della
ware, West Virss, mia and Colorado. West
Virginia is prohibited by her constitu-
ton from going into debt. California
and Iowa have no debt to settle, though
paying interest on school fund. Ken
lucky is nearly free from debt. New
York owes 81, 1000, 900, Ohio and Mime.
sofa less than 100000, New Jersey
and Kansas less than $2,O0O,OOO. vir-
ginia is the most heavily burdened,
having a funded debt of over 1913, OOO,-
GOO, and an unfunded debt of over
$s,0O0,000. Massachusetts carries the
next heaviest debt, over $31, 200, 900.
Next comes Tennessee, $17, 1000, 900;
Pennsylvania, Sis, ZOO, 600; North Caro-
lima, $13,000,OO0; Louisiana, $4,000
600, and Maryland, $11, 100000. The
total indebtedness of all the States is
1920, 000,0 900, which is less than per
cent. of their aggregate taxable prop
erty. The rate of taxation is heaviest
in Nevada, Nebraska and Louisiana.
And though Massachusetts stands Sec
ond in the size of her debt, she has the
lowest rate of taxation in the Union
less than ~ cents per 800.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

ACCORDING to Washington cores
pondent of the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette, an interesting not to say valu-
able discovery has been made by Capt.
Weedin, in charge of the animals at
the Zoo. The building is infested by
rats, and how to get rid of them has
long been a perplexing question. Traps
were used, but nothing would tempt
the rodents to enter. In a store-room
drawer was placed a quantity of sun
flower seeds, used as food for some of
the birds. Into this drawer the rats
gnawed their way, fact which led the
Captain to experiment with them for
bait in the traps. The result was that
the rats can't be kept out. A trap
which appears crowded with six or
eight rats is found some mornings tc
hold fifteen. They are turned into the
cages containing weasels and minks.
The latter will kill rat absolutely al
most before one can see it, so rapid are
its movements. The weasels are a
trife slower, but none of the rats es-
cape them.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28
Our Derenseless Coast.

A statement sent over the conl
concerning the defenseless copd;t;o]
the Pacific coast is just now attras1
some attention. Gen. Niles is ssa
have startled an Army Board by ds1
ing that almost any power could
cessfully attack San Francisco, Wo|
see nothing startling" in such =" \
ment. 1t has been made over and
again in the last five years.
But New York is no better "a,
San Francisco in this respect. Wei
no Notifications or other means al
tense here. There is not even i,
gun Of the best class mounted on an
the Notifications about New York
ada has just built some frst-class }
fications both on the Atlantic and
cific coasts. 1t has mounted on \
defenses large guns and better ones
exist in the United States. 1t is
posterous for us to be behind even
ada in such q matter. 1t takes veal
construct modern defenses, and
gross has been almost criminallv rel
in neglecting this matter. 1t is ID
hoped that the next Congress will
it proper attention.-Nely YORK. N
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28
A Congressman Personates a Kin

The late Congressman Burncs l
great joker and never was so happ]
when getting some "rig" on some
When King Kalakua made tour d
country some years ago he was By
for a speech at Kansas City. Uni
nately the monarch was hila
drunk and the party, among whta|
Congressman King, were in a fix. \
kua got full while on the train FROM
Joseph to Kansas City and it was
that the plan was formulated that
such a success. The King was dive
of his royal togs and the congress
got into them in a hurry. 1t was al
dark when the train rolled into Ka
City, where there was an INN
crowd of people assembled. BIZ
walked with stately tread to the
form and let off astring Of unintellig
jargon. The party inside were
vulsed with laughter, but not a s
disturbed the serenity Of the cong
mans face. A few minutes later
train pulled out, with Burnes stan|
in majestic silence on the platform.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

The fact that Rev. Mrs. Ellen
Rinkle, of Wooster, Ohio, is qualified
to perform marriage ceremonies is not
likely to cause any immediate decrease
in the number of wedding fees received
by the male ministers of the town. It
will take time for people to become &C.
customed to being married by wom-
an, just as it took them a long while
to get used to the idea that female
doctor could dose them as successfully
as a man. Custom is strong, and they
will find it as hard to believe that they
are properly tied as they did to realize
that they were really cured by q
woman.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

read it out in the Bible. -.
IN all things; AN things wa ssaa it
for good to those who lov nof II toss
you love him? Have Won seo, cod
tanthes? 1t is o beautifn, 't a. the \
gives very little Fragrance owet,
sunset. Then it poprs IT, until (
me the ar. And this grace of tb lsaa y
that l commend to you this d .ne GO,
may be very sweet durinp" Wy y Will
prosperity, 1t pours forth it, ras dai
down with you and mo ~ aet Willie
When you come to go out Of FIT tei asI
VIII 1t be q desert march or vii, wis w
fountain for your soul? VI ~lllha
A Christian Hindoo was dr;
his heather comrades came s nsaag.
and tried to comfort him bb, r
some of the pages Of ny ~ read
ogy, but he waved his hand .nelr IL
to say: Il don't want to hen, as @sueh]
they called in a heather pries ~ a
said: " Il you will only recite ~ aS ID
tra it will deliver you.h H. .he y
hand as much as to saw: II dIaved
to hear that. Then thev s aont
on Juggernaut." He SHOOK Nv h;u, z
much as to say: Il can't do that nas j, ae n
they thought perhaps he was tco Y
to speak, and they said tCO =. n
If you can't say Juggernant N
of that God" He shs' tH
head again, as much as to s sor' !.
no, no." They then bent do as
pillow, and they said: In N WIN. %
You trust?" His face lighted Su al
the very glories of the celestial up ls !,
as he cried out. rallying all b;s ~ p
energies: Jesus" '' N'S q!
. o come to-day to the fountains
1o ,,i31 IN, open for sin and uncleaps
t ! wall ten you the whole story in tSt
Comfort for all trouble. Liebt a. a.
darkness. And every wilderness w !
we'll in il. D
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28
The British Royal China.

l read in a contemporary that
valve of the china at Bucking
palace and at Windsor "exceeda &
OO0." I should think it does
9400, 1000 would not be an extrayi
estimate, considering that the Sc
dessert service in the green draw
room at Windsor is valued at G
600, and the Rose du Barri vase
the corrodor, at 100000, while 4
are six Sevres vases at Buckins
palace for which there would b
eager competition if they were put
tomorrow for 100000. The whol
this china belongs to the crown, vi
practically means that it is propert
the country, as, indeed, it ought 70
considering that the whole Of II
paid for principally during the J,
of George IV,) by the Taxpayers
don Truth.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

SAYS Washington correspondent:
ut is regarded here as very creditable
to Mrs. Harrison's good feeling that she
has on the mantel of her boudoir pho
tograph of the amiable mother and
daughter who preceded herself and
daughter as the ladies of the White
House. It is picture taken by Prince
several years ago only for private circu-
lation and never allowed by Mrs Cleve-
land to be sold.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

Ex-senator JONES contemplates
writing an historical novel. The hero
will be a young plebeian, who attained
to place in the Roman Senate, and is
the victim of big conspiracy. All of
his family is murdered, and he takes
refuge in Mesopotamia. The great
bishop of Constantinople turns the
power of the church to his aid. The
denouement of the story, the Senator
says, will deal with the intensely in
terestihg details of miraculous deliv-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

PRINCE FERDINAND of Bulgaria may
be deposed, but will not probably be
kidnapped as his predecessor was.
Three hundred young men have volun-
tarily formed themselves into a body
guard and sworn to defend him to the
death. Their badge is Deaths head,
and they are armed with swords, re-
volvers, and yataghans made entirely
of Bulgarian steel.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

The new American navy, when COM
pleted, will consist of twenty-five YES
sells, ranging from the armored cruiser
Maine, carrying 444 men, down to a
first-class torpedo boat, carrying four
officers and eighteen men. There will
be $3.50 men on board the twenty-five
vessels-500 officers and 5,286 sailors
and marines.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28
erance despite the persistence of an
organized and powerful persecution.

The value of dried potatoes as an az
ticle of food is urged by DIR. Jacov NJ.
Shmulevitch. Among the advantages
claimed is that it keeps much better
than the fresh potatoes, and being far
lighter and less bulky is more readily
transported Before cooking, the dried
potato is macerated i'll water for ten or
twelve hours.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28
A Man Una Tree.

Allen B. Hayward, clerk in the;
sion Office at Washington, being ora
by his physician to live an ont-e!'
life as much as possible, built lima %
in a tree. There, up among the
limbs and little branches, he lia'
cosy a home as any bachelor need
There are several rooms Of good
some OF which are built 50 thai
limbs of the trees just in through
walls. Mr.. Hayward keeps cills =
and dogs as we'll as a visitors
which is we'll filled with the nau'
the interested and curious.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

The United States monitor Mianto-
nomah is to have two large American
made guns with an estimated range of
ten miles. Uncle Samuel is becoming
as pretentious as the other fellows re-
garding the caliber and carrying quail
tiles of his "pops."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28
Excellent Advice.

Old Resident-Young man, you
about to start a weekly paper mere
Journalist-Yes, sir.
Old Resident-And l suppose
have come to stay?
Journalist-Yes, sir. II
Old Resident-Well, take the ~ =,
Of one who has seen the rise anu ~
seventeen weekly papers in tins l. 'o \;
Journalist will, sir; what - y
Old Resident-Don't say ~ ~, :
salutatory: I'VE have come 10 s'''
Epoch.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

The failure of the Panama Canal
scheme seems to be absolute, and not
far from $3.50, 100000 have thus been
hopelessly sunk, while the sum neces-
sary to complete the enterprise is esti-
mated at 800, 100000 more.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

AN English coal-dealer, having, from
pure benevolence, had scale so con-
structed as to register ton for twenty
four hundred pounds, has been fined
for classifying an official weight.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

ACCORDING to Philadelphia "medi-
ums," mind-reader Bishop has commu-
nicated to them the intelligence that
he was not dead until after the doctors
had dissected him. What he can do
about it is not clear, as even the spir-
itualists admit that he is dead now.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

The New York Herald wants every
body to wear knee breeches-no, not
everybody; only the men. 1t says they
tend to conceal the deformity of bow
legs. Thus is another reform" let
loose upon the world.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

A COMPLETE list of the fora of New
foundland and Labrador, in prepare
ton by Rev. A. G. Waghorne, will con-
tain about 900 species of Towering
plants, about fifty ferns, and over $50
moses and lichens.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28
IF many married women were g

IF many married women were as
willing to be pleasant and as anxious
to please in their own homes as they
are in the company of their neighbors
they would have the happiest homes
in the world, and there would not be
SO many unhappy marriages in the
world.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

A PHOTOGRAPHIC exhibition is now in
progress at the Crystal Palace, Lon
don, in which, according to the London
papers, preponderance of the actual
or comparative novelties consists Of
American inventions on sale by Eng.
Iish firms.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

A PEACH GROWING corporation is a
Connecticut idea. Its immense orch
ards at Meriden and Berlin will come
into bearing this year, and yield of
forty thousand baskets is expected.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

A w1DE-AwAKE Oklahoma pilgrim,
who knew that people would have to
cross a river, made an impromptu
bridge by cutting down tree which
grew on the bank and mailing boards
to it. He charged ten cents toll, and
made lots of money.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

The leaning of British capitalists
toward American breweries is contra
dictory of the old English idea that
good malt liquors could not be made
in America, because they 'aven't the
'ops, YOU know"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

The General of the Chilian army
that conquered Peru was an Irishman.
That conquest represented British
commercial interests. The new Ameri-
can Minister to Chill is an Irish exile.
What significance there may be in this
is unknown, but honors are easy as to
adopted talent.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

The three thrifty men who settled
Newport, r. l., two hundred and fifty
years ago, hired the Indians to burn
off the brushwood from the present
site of the town, and gave them for
pay the brass buttons on coat.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

A CRAZE for taking flowers to school
recently sprung up among children in
Athens, Ca, and eventually resulted
in so much extra work for the janitors
that an order excluding flowers from
the class-rooms had to be issued.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

AS AN illustration of the proSte;s.
goaheadativeness of our countf;,' ,".,
be mentioned that the "seveh'es g.,
locust" which appeared only NV, rrI
thirty-four years half a cens'''
now visits us annually.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

IDLENEss is the hot-bed OF fellp r ii
the cradle of disease, the wastef y"
the cankerworm of felicity.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28
THEIR WAY is LOST.
A SERMON BY THE REV. II. DE WITT
TALMAGE.

The Story of Hagar and Islmaol in the
Desert-Our Duty Is to Look for Our
Own Sphere in Life and Then to Keep
I'm If
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

In France the use of tinfoil. for wrap
ping articles of food has been forbidden.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

The busy chimney-sweep app''
fresh SCOT every day.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28
BY BLANK & BLANK.

The Zouave uniform is to be aban-
doned by the French army.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

Subjcct-"People Who Have Lost Their Way y
Tert-"And God opened her eyes, and she saw
well of WATER and she went, and filled tho
bottle with water and gave the lad drink =
Gen xxi, 49,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28

lave YOU 1OunQ consolation! Y man
bereft, 0 woman bereft, have you found
consolation? Hearse after hearse. We
step from one grave hillock to another
grave hillock. We follow corpses, our
selves soon be like them. The world is
in mourning for its dead. Every heart
has become the sepulcher Of some
buried Joy. But sing We to God, every
wilderness has we'll in it; and i come
to that we'll day. and I begin to draw
water from that we'll. IT you have lived
in the country, you have sometime s
taken hold of the rope of the old well
sweep, and you know how the bucket
came up dripping with bright, cool
water. And l lay hold of the rope of
Gods mercy to- day, and 1 begin to draw
on that Gospel we'll sweep, and 1 see the
buckets coming up. Thirsty soul! here
is one bucket of life! come and drink
OF it: "Whosoever will, let him come
and take of the water of life freely" I
pull away again at the rope, and another
bucket comes mp. 1t is this promise.
Weeping may endure for night, but
Joy eometh in the morning" 1 lay hold
OF the rope again, and I pull away with
all my. strength, and the bucket comes
up bright, and beautiful, and cool.
Here is the promise: Come unto mo
all ye who are weary and heavy laden,
and will give you rest"
The old astrologers used to cheat the
people with the idea that they con11
tell from the position of the stars What
would occur in the future, and i -
cluster of stars stood in one relation
that would be prophecy of evil: If .
cluster OF stars stood in another relat;on q
that would be q prophecy of GOOD
What superstitution! But here is : na4r
9strology in which put all INV faith iH%
ny looking up to the Star of Jacob. the
morning star of the Redeemer, 1 can
ma MAKE tn1s prophecy in regard to those
VINO Put .aelr trust in God: All thinos
M 1o1a G !ogesneT Tor good to those wig
'o'e 1oa' read it out on the sky.