The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1892-05-25
ONE THING AND ANOTHER.

The Inverness Courier says DIR.
Macdonald was by nature and habit
student and a preacher; he never
became an author. In intellectual
| power, he was, however, among the
foremost men of his day. He pos
sessed marvellous gifts as a preach
er. There are some who still re-
member how, in his younger days,
crowded audiences hung upon his
lips as he preached from the High
Church pulpit. His vast range of
information, his wide reading, his
fine literary taste, and his clear and
philosophic thinking, all contribut-
ed to make his sermons and lectures
weighty and memorable"
-SwIFT's CoMET.-An interest
ing phenomenon to be seen in the
early mornings of this month and
of June, says the New York Times,
is a comet with an unusual number
of tails. 1t is known as Swift's
comet, having been discovered by
Professor Lewis Swift, of the War
ner Observatory, at Rochester, n. Y.
By astronomical computions of the
orbit of this comet it was found to
have made its perihellon passage
around the sun about month ago.
or early in April, and it is now
scudding away from the sun at
somewhat lessened rate of speed.
being at this time little over 1OO.-
100000 miles distant from the sun.
Prof. Barnard, of Lick Observatory.
has made a number of photographs
of Swift's comet, and on April 18th
one of his plates showed that its
tail had split into eight parts. On
clear night, or, rather, between .
and 4 o'clock on a clear morning,
the comet may be seen low down in
the Northeast, or between the Great
Square of Pegasus and Cassiopeia's
Chair, in the direction of the pole
star.
Bishop Coke tells this story:
when | was rector of a church in
Baltimore 1 used to see a dear old
Quaker lady very often in the con-
gregation. One of the wardens
said to me, Mrs. is a great
friend of yours. She said to me.
Il love to hear your pastor preach,
but | should like him so much bet
ter if he did not receive money for
it,"
"' But, said the warden, 'he pays
$4,000 a year for the privilege of
preaching to us"
How SOP asked the lady.
We'll, he and I were educated at
the same time, we are about of an
age, and [ earn $25,OOOa year at my
profession, while he only receives
$4,000"
81 tell thee said the Quaker, 4
shall always hear him hereafter
with much more pleasure.
MIR. James Anthony Froude has
been appointed to succeed the late
Edward A. Freeman as Regius Pro-
lessor of History at Oxford. This
action is a great offense to Mr.. Free
mans admirers, who have long held
it to be demonstrated fact that
Mr.. Froude is no historian. Froude
and Freeman belonged to different
schools in historical research and
presentation. Froude ever aims at
effect; Freeman delights in plain
facts. Freeman is unimpassioned
till he touches upon Austria or some
thing Austrian or Turkish; Froude
is always close to the boiling point
of ecstasy-a little above or a little
below. 1t is somewhat surprising
to find Froude at the age of rs APP
pointed to PROFESSIONAL chair in
Oxford.
The utility of heat as a remedy
for sleeplessness can scarcelybe over
estimated-particularly in the form
of hot water. Insomnia is frequently
overcome by the persistent use of
hot foot baths and simple hot water
as a drink at bedtime Sleepless-
ness is commonly caused by over
fulness of the blood vessels of the
head-the bathing of the feet draws
the blood from the head-the hot
drink distributes the gases of the
stomach and gives one a sense of
general comfort
The warm weather Will soon be
here and some of the flies are al
ready on hand. Of course nobody
will buy fly paper now or begin to
kill off the flies that are about to
begin to raise families. Prevention
is rarely thought Of in connection
with insects or vermin. The first
flies, the first reaches and the first
rats are always allowed to increase.