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: - c Ch o 1 aleigii civocate ISobbitt S Gray I?riblissh.ers. Vol. XXI.No. 23. iPublislied in the Interests of Methodism in North Carolina. Fer Annum, in Advance. Raleigh, N. C, Wednesday, June 9, 1875. Whole No. 1,061. usual clcctctr lloctrji. The Human Heart Wlm. 1 -a :;! rul thina is tbe hum m heart! W.Ji m ac mii,'-. h '!ii'.!?s, i' i''iirs. ll ,w 'iwill uvnio!-.and ti'il '-' , -i'll thrill wiih i,ii--'i hili' l'1'' ,'irl,,ne -111 ! In i;; lit.. I, -it wli 11 sul in'! : ii ' into i' W in: ar-.'-tif-s n ineh'.im'l i li '.ir ! llnW !'!'. iii-' i' can ii' icr In j'l.i! 1 hatli f..iii"ios :l1" uml s liviogs lor jlllW'T, Ami il t-M-ii s-ets wealth, which U l"st in at hour, li h longings he wo.Wl ea noi fill V!i .t ; h ipy tl'i'U - - hum -in heart! II, .w li lie w il msie it rejoice! How (!iu-kly 'nvili "'!. auit ho Miidonly i, mud. 1: dealing tut welcome mill long wished lor s mil 1 O. i !.-ii 1,-rlv iv -ll-bf loved voice. T ,1 1 il '1 ite tiling i- th tnuiiiu heap! t,.-;i "is i idea wifi soi-r i a ad c ire! I .1 '! ',-. i le uo.id i 1: . .1 Hud 11 ) reii -f I I ,!ii i - iinU weun; ol care, ami is ! srdi n .! J Pel'. 15 1 riitks down in ttiedephs of despair. H ii.it . 1 l'i;.---ins 'i'i;K i-- til human heari! 1' wii' lean upon t.utli au.d ii:es gloom, '1 will cling uiiiii hop' who, wi;h radiant smile. Will whisper sweet, comforting words -ill the w'.iile And will brighten the p ith to the tomb. Wh.it al 'ving toiti$ s the iuniiaii heart! .-veil - cu live oa the love ol the past . ome 1. vine ibeir -ni: teudiils. likes vines in the spring, wand s 'tiieiniu to whicft they can tender, y cling. And Kindly love on to ihe last. A I this Iniiuui h-ar , it can b ite us well, An 1 it .scorned it can learn to despise. Ave! t'tehx it. and wound it, and trien 1-hip will turn T 1 h Orel, which tieicr and !i r-ir will barn Ihil low nea:a earth's green sod it lies. Oil-' day we shall know tbem. thes woinler .m Inl bearts, : When we've ciossed to the heavenly shore, "A" 1 tti- Lamb's liook ol !ite in our sight is usi-eaieil. And t'ie m'c .'is ..!' -ill human tent- aie r I ve.d.il, I We .-hall k low lueui as never b'lore. I christian Observer. 0 111 m u n i c a t c li s For tbe Advocate. 5 The Journal of the 3Stli session of he X. C. Annual Conference, is an instructive exhibit of the operations in detail, of the Methodist Church in Our State-, and is worthy a careful ex g:nin.itiou by the pastors and laymen of our church. The material of the i.st-jry of our church in Xorth Caro Eu i, will be in part selected from the top orts of our pastors, which are tab i'.ited in the journal of our Confer icj proceedings. These reports will lorm the data of our church census. They are an expression of out identity Thev represent us before the intelli- mce of our countrymen in the pres ent age, and they will be the way fa. irks to a future generation of the steps we took in the career of Metbo 4 sin. Great care should be taken to have the matter of our journal accu rately i''ll'icted and correctly printed. Ihe Conference appointed officer, "f I;o superintends this department of r calling as Methodist preachers, 3 erenerallv succeeded in furnishinr 4 a well arranged and complete jour He is entitled in an eminent de , to our thanks, which Ave most niestlv vote hirn. It is, however, a tie regretful that the journal of our C iiif.-rtnee should not to a greater lit m -et the wishes and supply : wttfitso; tiie preacuers ana laymen clour Conference. A greater number 0 copies, with greater accuracy of utoment, and of fuller details, would h r-e su)plied a great want of both 0 ir preachers and our laymen. The fipli-cost and sparse number of the & ;ies issued, have demonstrated the itjiiti'lity of such a method in putting tl; proceedings of our Conference tyiiy.b uur neonle. The facts of our I- toss will never reach our people, i3 e ilo not increase t, he facilities oi ii,g those facts. We must er extend the present plan or Jje our polity. The organ of our fereu-ie, we incline to the opinion, .4 Uo oa'y mams we can emjiloy to 14 ure success in fits department of ""'"iti jii. The JtaleigU Christian '""' will furnish all the facilities 4 need to place our people in direct 4 nirmnv ition wit'i .-ill the facts of -4 C tufi.ience and of our church. ''ope to see it used In that way. tun lock at, 1st. The statistics of Church, as they are put down in tables of the journal before us. ief. increase in our membership jca;. h f.ljqwn to be seven hundred 'l ninety -one. This is a curious '"iricitnt statement. The past '' was one of unprecedented pros- ty- More than too thousand ac i jus to our church were reported ,Jr Conference organ. AnJ the Ms of the pastors in the journal 1'iu down at nineteen hundred and J'J- Bat the net increase is only httn lxd and ninety-one. This is not explained, nor do ?re know how to explain it. The difference between tha accessions reported in the Advo cate and the net increase in the jour nal is very great. The Greensboro' and Shelby Districts only, reported deficiences. The former shows a de crease of seven hundred and ten in '74. Stokes circuit in the table is blank. If we fill that blank, with 350, the number reported in 1873, it will re duce the deficiency to 3G0 in the Greensboro' District. But it is no tably true that that District was blessed with several powerful revivals, and that many of the converts joined our church. To what cause then shall we ascribe this immense falling off in her numbers ? The Shelby District reported a de ficiency of four hundred and ebjhtij nine. For that deficiency we find some sort of a readon in the fact, that there are reported deficiencies in nine charges in that District one of which reported the erroneous loss of five hundred and tirent; members in one Conference year. The gross decrease in the Shelby District was ebjht hun dred atd tti-eit eit. This is re duced by the inciease in the other charges in the District to four hun dred and eighty-nine net. But since there was a mistake in the adding up of the numbers of that District in 1873, the net decrease is four hundred and ninety eiyht. If then we put the deficiencies in the two above named Districts together, we iind the real deficiency in their pastoral charges amounts to ei'jht hundred and forty nine. The following named Districts had au increase in their membership: Charlotte, 543 Raleigh, 420 Wilmington, 395 Salisbury, 280 Newbern, 149 Washington, 108 Fayetteville, 59 Hiilsboro', 36 1990 Now if we subtract the deficiency 849 in the two Districts before named, we have left a net increase of eleven kindred and forty -one souls in the bounds of the North Carolina Confer ejee. Why these discrepancies we have noticed we cannot explain, nor do we stay to inquire; but we pass on to ob serve the more encouraging fact, that there was an increase in the member ship cf eiyhty one ( quite two thirds) of the pastoral charges in the bounds of the X. C. Conference in one year. The Charlotte District reported the greatest net increase and Hiilsboro' the least; and the Mount Pleasant ciicuit, Charlotte District, reported the greatest net increase of all the pastoral charges in the Conference. 2. The financial exhibit is as interest ing,and perhaps curious too,in some of its features as the statistics. We hope our lay brethren, of whom we have so many good and true to our cause, will read these points. And that our pastors too, will not slight them because of their homeliness. Of 144 charges in our Conference, two overpaid their assessments, and thirty paid them in full for pastoral services; while one hundred and twelve failed to meet their pastors claims. More than 50 paid in full their assess ments for the collections ordered by the Conference, while a still greater number did not much more than pay a moiety of their dues. But there are some very encouraging facts ia the c Elections made upon the whole as sessment. The laymen of our church paid last year for all causes and ob jects in our church operations the sum of one hundred and thirty seven thousand eiyht hundred and ten dol ar.i, an excess of eiyht thousand dol lars upon the year '73. The banner station is Greensboro', and the banner circuit is Chapel Hill and Haw River. They paid more for missions titan any other charges in the Conference. There is in connection with this subject of Finance a noticeable fact. It is this: The stations (some of them) which pay large salaries to theii pas tors, do not compare favorably in their missionary contributions with the largest salary paying circuits. For instance, a circuit in a certain District, (one of several cases) which last year paid its pastor less than one thousand dollars,raised 40 per cent more money for the collections ordered by the Conference than the lai-gest station in that District, which paid its pastor a great deal more than a thousand dol lars. And there, are not a few facts of a like character to be found upon a careful analysis of our Financial Ta bles. Some of the circuits, even in some Districts, are paying heavy sal aries to their pastors, but are not pay-l- in vfOftortion to the other causes of the church, nor in proportion even to circuits, which are paying from 33ven to nine hundred dollars for pastoral service. Did we choose to extend these ob servations upon statistics and finan ces, we niight suggest several other points which are generally passed by; but we are willing to read from others, we prefer to do so, hence we lay by our pen until we have more time to look a little further into these things. We hav6 not, we trust, reflected upon any one. If we have, we shall regret to know it. Our aim is simply to call attention to some points which can be learned only upon investigation. We write more for our . laymen, who we hope will appreciate our poor scrib bling. We ask pardon of our Editors for being so prolix. We could not help it. We hope they will not accuse us of anything more than being an EXAMINER. Fratetnal Oamp-Meoting. Letter front Ren. Bishop E. . Janes J). D., March, 1875 At the time of the adjournment of the fraternal camp meeting, held at Round Lake July, 1874, all the bish ops present, and a large number of ministers and laymen, united in a very ardent memorial to the proper authorities to appoint a similar meet ing to be held in July, 1875. The authorities, on the receipt of the me morial, promptly made the appoint ment as the memorialists desired. In announcing the meeting last year we made the following statements: "This meeting is appointed by the Presiding Elders of the Troy Confer ence, within their own jurisdiction, the Round Lake Camp -meeting As sociation tendering the use of their ground, with all its facilities and con veniences, for such a service. As the resident Bishop, the Presideng Elders have invited me to aid them in su perintending the spiritual services of the occasion, and I have consented to do so if my health and official duties will permit. The specialty of the meet ing consists in the invitation of all the branches of Methodism in the United States and Canada, by volun tary representatives, to unite in the duties and devotions of the occasion. "It is not intended at this meeting to consider or discuss the question of the organic union of these Methodis tic bodies. That would not be in harmony with the character and ser vices of the occasion. As the assem -bling will be voluntary, the parties present will have no official authority, and cannot commit the churches to which they belong. For one, I hope the subject will not even be mooted in social conversation on the ground. "The proposition is for the minis ters and members of thede different Methodist Churches to assemble and work and worship together as though they all belonged to one and the same Church; not to talk about fraternity, but to enjoy it; not to plan for it, but to practice it; to 'behold how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.'" We can appeal to all who were pres -ent and engaged in the delightful spiritual services of that meeting to bear witness that these propositions were strictly observed. The represen tatives of all the branches of Metho dism met and worshiped together in the most cordial and christiam man ner. The invitation to attend the meeting to be held next July is exten -ded to all the Methodist bodies in the United States and Canada, with equal earnestness and affection, and we as sure them that the same principles and the same spirit of love will gov ern the meeting. We have good rea son to anticipate a much larger as semblage than that of last year. God was abundant in his mercy to us on the former occasion: Let us, by fast iug and prayer? seek, a still greater outpouring of the Diyine Spirit, and larger spiritual results at tbe approa -ching meeting. I invite all who have the heart to do so, to unite with me in observing the pi'evious Friday as a day of fasting and prayer for the suc cess of the meeting. E. S. JANES. Valuable Interests Bales. For finding the interest on any principal for any number of days, the answer in each case being in cents, separate the two rig h,t -hand figures to express it in dollars and cents: Four per cent lifultiply the prin cipal by the number of days to run; separate the right-hand figure from the product, and divide by 9. Five per cent Multiply by num ber of days, and divide by 72. Six per cent. Ifultiply by number of days, separate right hand figure, and divide by 6. Eight per cent. Multiply hy num ber of days, and divide by 45. Nine per cent JVultiply by num ber of days, separate right hand fig ure, and divide by 4- T-en per cent.Multip,ly by number of days and divide by 35. Twelve per cent Multiply by number of days, separate right-hand ngure, and divide by 3. Fifteen per cent. Multiply by number of days, and divii3 by 24. Eighteen per cent Multiply by number of days, separate right-hand figure, and divide by 2. Twenty per cent Multiply by ' number of days, and divide by 18. Habits of Writers. One class has the habit of observing a very good habit when turned to good account. To notice what is go -ing on, and catch thi tendency of events, is a most praiseworthy habit and an essential quality in a first class writer. The best of all methods of education in observation, simply is to note and scrutinize men and things When an observing man writes.be sure to read. One other class of writers only meditate. This is not the same as observing. Meditation draws thought out of self, observation catches it abroad. Nothing is batter than med itation when one has been also ob serving and getting material on which to ruminate. But meditation too long protracted, provided with too little observation, becomes impoverished and draws a thread too attenuated. It will feed on itself. The writer who only meditates will weave impractica -ble theories, unreal, unnatural. Ser mons made wholly in the study are seldom adapted to the hearer's wants; and essays drawn entire out of spec ulative minds are most edifying. Some writers are very conscientious persons, and write from an impulse of conscience. They are pained at sight of wrong and fly to the pen to correct the wrong, or they are happy at sight of something good, and write to praise and encourage the good. Such writers are always right, as far as human judgment can be, and their writings are pertinent. They do not strain their vision to find something to write about, but their matter is nigh them, even in their heart. Would to God all writers partook more of this characteristic! Some are vain glorious, and write for notoriety. The chief aim is to see themselves in print. It is useless to say the motive is puerile, and that their writings can usually be told by their impractical, speculative,sporadic, and often erratic nature sometimes offensively impertinent. Another is a controversial class. They have no special purpose any way except to contradict. "Debate" is their joy, not knowing in what ugly company the apostle places the word. Rom. i 29. When this spirit has clearly cropped out in any writer, bet ter dismiss him at once. Lastly, some writers are moved by sheer ill nature. They are the grum bling, faultfinding, unreasonable sort; sometimes moved by envy, and some times by downright mallace. As a general thing they write incognito; for, conscious of contemptible mo tives, they are afraid to be seen openly. True, some good writers hide behind unreal names from mo tives of humility; but these ill-naturd fellows steal that cloak to hide their meanness in. And what amazing impudence they have! They will ask a gentlemanly editor to allow them in mask to slip up and smite a man who stand out fearlessly in his own name! The creeping incendiary, the mid night assassin, are not more dastardly than such cowards. A man who wants to say a thing so mean that he is afraid to let himself be known as the author, can not be believed, of course. It would be well, I think, if ail writers would subscribe their own proper name to all they publish, ex cept in a few rare instances where improper motives might be attributed if the writer were known, or whose conscious lowliness of station might rob his utterances of the weight they desire having Let every writer, try tj combine observation, meditation, ponscience and candor. Pacific Methodist. G. W. Hons. A Eavolutioaary Horn. Mr. Eiitor: I see from our in estimable Advocate, that the people are sending things, both new and old, to the Vanderbilt University, in the way of curiosities. I have one per haps you, or some of our good folks, would like for me to eend, which I will do with pleasure if you think it worth sending. Doubtless you will take a horn for the Yarderbilt, if not for yourself, when I give you its his tory, It was taken q a battle field in North Carolina, by a man named Robinson (a relative of our family1 during the Revolutionary War of "76 and from the neck of a Hessian, who was killed during the battle. It held just one pound of powde ninus load, wb.614 captured. M. Robinson lived in Kentucky a number of years-' before his death, and used the horn as a powder horn in his hiints during the early settlement ojf that State. It came into, my possession through the family of Moreheads and Buckners. The noble mother of Gen. S B. Buck ner gave it me while I was living in Arkansas in 1849. It has on it the British coat of arms the lion and crown are very plain to be seen the unicorn is scarcely visible, having been effaced by long and constant use. There arc several other very curious devices on it, with the - year "1765," sho vies to te HO years old. I am unable to speak any for eign tongue, and I must claim, if you accept the horn, an interpreta tion of various lines on it When it reaches you, lest you may be dis appointed after so much history, I will remind you it is like the one pre sented to Ezekiel Brown, of Georgia, by his father-in law, in point of size. The morning after Zeke's marriage, the old gentleman came out with a wine glass full of peach-brandy, say ing it was twenty years old. Zeke, who was very fond of the article, took it and before drinking, it was very small of its age. My dear brother, hoping you may think the horn worthy a place in the Vanderbilt, I am your friend and brother, E. C. Turner. Talladega, Ala U.yll 18". By all means, tfansmit that horn the Vanderbilt folks will prize it highly. Ed. Nashville Advocate. Self-Denial. This point has special bearing on the religious life of the nineteenth century probably the most artificial era of modern history. If we had to sum up the religion of Jesus Christ in one word, that one word would be self denial, of which our Lord Him self was the fullest embodiment ever known. "Being in the form of God, and thinking it no robbery to be equal with God, He made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of man; and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled him self and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." And all this condescension for whom ? For Himself ? Nay, but for us men, and for our salvation. He would not command the stones to be made bread to appease his own hunger, though he had fasted forty days and forty nights; but he would multiply the loaves and fishes for five thousand others who had not fasted one whole day. And when he hung on the cross, his ene mies taunted him, saying: "He saved others; Himself he cannot save." Cruel taunt, yet glorious truth ! He could not save Himself, because he saved others; if they are saved, he must die. Such incomparable unself ishness the world never saw a second time. And it is this example which gives force to the precept, "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and taka up his cross and follow me." But what do we know about self denial now-a-day ? That it does not abound in the world occa sions no surprise, for it has always been a maxim among carnal men to seek their own. But among the fol lowers of the Lamb it surely ought not to be so rare. Yet how. few are trained in its practice ! It is not that Christians are unprepared to deny themselves in necessaries; nor even that they are reluctant to forego com forts and luxuries. They will not forsake things questionable and inju rious. WTiat godly pastor is not weary of being asked if it be wrong for Christians to attend balls, thea tres, races, and so- forth f What must the Master think of all this ? Would it have been wrong for him to have remained in heaven, instead of coming to this earth ? And, when here, would it have been wrong to be lich and renowned, instead of being poor and despised ? Would it have been wrong in him to live, instead of giving himself up to a felon's death ? Alas! but sav some, if he had not come and suffered and died, man ppuld not have been saved. True, nay we, and if we do not deny ourselves God will not be honored, our witness will not be effective, and our profession of Christianity will not be trite. Q if this virtue were prac ticed by every Christian, how much oountenance of evil would be with drawn; how much treasure, time, and talent would be spared for God, and how soon would the individual inter ests of men be absorbed in the disinr terested love of a tr;iwal brother hood,. Suuh brotherly love is pre em inently desirable. Love is the quin tessence of the gospel. God is love; and he that dwelleth in loe d,welleth in God, and Qqd. W W- 4nd if be lievers hav.e all gifts, and all other graces, and have not love, thev -wjjj e profited nothing. It was the "love of Chr which constrained Paul, making his laborious mission a labor of love. The love of Christ upheld the martyrs whe$ PASg through the fires. The love of Christ, and of immortal souls, has been the grandest stimulus of Christian workers in all ages. And what is needed to-day is that the whole Church be steeped in the love of God and in the spirit of self-denying philanthropy, and passionately re solved, by the power of loving kind ness, to subdue the world to Christ. Savannah Advertiser. "Well, doctor, its no use, I'm going to die 1" -"Nonsense," said the doc tor, 4,you,'re not going to die at all. No man ever died with feet as warm as yours I" "Ah, yes they did, doc tor." "I should like to know who, then V said the doctor. "John Ro gers did," said the patient, Christianity and Science- In the current discussions of the relations of Christianity to science, there is one fact that seems to have dropped out of notice; yet it is full of meaning, and desrves, for Christiani ty's sake, to be raised and kept before the public. Who, or what, has raised science to it"? present commanding position? What influence is it that has trained the investigator, educated the people, and made it possible for the scientific man to exist, and the people to comprehend him Who built Harvard College? What mo tives form the very foundation stones of Yale? To whom, and to what, are the great institutions of learning, scattered all over this country, in debted for their existence? There is hardly one of these that did not have its birth in, and has not had its growth in, Christianity. The founders of all these institutions, more par ticularly those of greatest influence a ad largest faculties, were Christian men, who worked simply in the interest of their Master. The special scientific schools that have been grafted upon these institutions are children of the same parents, reared and endowed for the same work. Christianity is the undoubted and indisputable mother of the scientific culture of the country. But for her, our colleges would have never baen built our common schools would never have been insti tuted. Wherever a free Christianity has gone, it has carried with it educa tion and culture. The public, or a considerable por tion of it, seems to forget this, or has come to regard Christianity as op posed to science in its nature and aims. It is almost regarded, by many minds, as the friend of darkness, as the opponent cf free inquiry and the enslaver of thought. The very men who have been reared by her in some instances turn against her, disowning their mother and denying the sources of their attainments, and to-day she has herself forgotten that it is her hand that has reared all the temples of learning, framed the educational policy of the nation, and, with wide sacrifice of treasure, reared the very men who are now defaming her. Dr. J. G. Holland, in Scribner for March. How John Bunyan got out of Prison. Bunyan was in his day quite a con troversial writer, and was very severe upon the Quakers until he learned that through the intercession of the Quakers he obtained his release from prison. It is a somewhat noteworthy fact, now well authenticated, that Charles IL liberated Quakers and Puritans from confinement through the personal intercession of the Qua kers, among whom was Richard Car ver, who was mate of the fishing ves sel which conveyed the king to France after the famous battle of Worcester, 1651. This honest Quaker sailor, af ter twenty years had rolled away, ap pealed to the king in person in behalf of those who were in prison. When the fugitive king fled for his life, this sailor convened him onshore. The vessel was bound for Poole, coal laden, when two passengers, who passed for merchants running away from their creditors, then fugitive king and Lord Wilmot were landed at Fecamp, in Normandy, upon the back of a Qua ker, and the vepsel reorossed the Channel to Poole. When the honest sailor appeared before His Majesty, the king express ed astonishment that he had not prev iously sought some reward. The sailor replied that he merely had done his duty, and God had rewarded him with peace of mind. "And now, sire, I ask nothing for myself, but that your Majesty will do the same for my friends that I did for you; set the poor, pious sufferer at liberty, that you rnJ have that peace and satisfa.efcio that always follows good actions . " King Charles there, upon pardoned four hundred and seventy one Quakers, and many Inde pendents and Baptist among them John BuSjas. What Paith (J0i Does- Faith justifies, because the believ er's obligations to justice are all canceled by Christ his Surety. Faith sanctifies, because the believ er forsakes his own righteousness, which at best is but as filthy rags, and accepts the righteousness of Christ. Faith purifies, because it begets hope, and he who hath hope in him purifieth himself, even as He is pure." Faith strengthens, because the be liever forsakes his own strength, which is utter weakness, and lays hold on the mighty arm of God "He stays on his God" Faith gives courage, because it en ables the believer to penetrate the darkest clouds and see that they are more with him than against him; it makes him cry out, "Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear." Faith gifes joy in the midst of sor row, because it tells the believer that his light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out for him a "far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." Faith gives patience, because it shows the believer that "He is faith ful who hath promised," and that in due season we shall reap if we faint not." Faith gives peace, because it shows the believer that "being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Faith gives rest, not by and by only, but now, here - in this world of toil and sorrow: because it leads the be liever, laboring and heavy-laden, to Him who gives him rest. The Cause of the Tides. It is beyond doubt that tides are caused principally by the action of the moon, as their periods keep pace with the apparent motion of the moon, and have done so for centuries. We know that the earth and moon are attracted by each other; and on the other hand, we know that these two bodies are not approaching. There must, there fore, evidently exist another force which balances the attraction. It is generally said that the moon rotates round the earth once a month, but in reality both moon and earth rotate round their mutual center of gravity. By this peculiar rotation, a force akin to centrifugal force is produced, which prevents the approaching of the two bodies Now we see that there are two forces acting between earth and moon, which are in perfect, equilibri um in the centers of either of the two bodies. But the attractive force is greater in those parts of the earth that are nearer the moon, and causes an upheaval of water on that side. On the opposite side of the earth the contrary is the case, namely, the at traction towards the moon is less than in the centre of the earth, and that force, which keeps the moon and earth apart, gets the overhand and causes an upheaval of water on that side also. The tidal wave produced by the moon must, therefore, be necesa rily a double one. On the side of the earth nearest the sun the attraction is greater, and on the opposite side of the centrifugal force, caused by the orbinal motion of the earth, is gain, ing on the diminished attraction. The Chief Evil of War. Let us then consider the chief evil of war. What is it? What induces us to place war at the head of human calamities? What distinguishes war is, not that man is slain, but that he is slain, spoiled, crushed by the cruelty, the injustice, the treachery, the murderous hand of man. The evil is moral evil. War is the con -centration of all human crimes. Here is its distinguishing, accursed brand. Under its standard gather violence, malignity, rage, fraud, perfidy, ra pacity, and lust. If it only slew men, it would do little. It turns mau into a beast of prey. Here is the evil of war, that man, made to be the brother, becomes the deadly foe of his kind; that man, whose duty it is to mitigate suffering, makes the infliction of suffering his study and end: that man, whose of fice it is to avert and heal the wounds which come from nature's powers, makes researches into nature's laws, and arms himself with her most aw ful forces, that he may become the destroyer of his race. These remarks show us the great evil of war. It is moral evil. The field of battle is a theatre, got up at immense cost, for the exhibition of crime on a grand scale. There the hell within the human breast blazes out fiercely and without disguise. A mor8 fearful hell in any region of the universe cannot well be conceived. There the fiends hold their revels, and sjiread their fury. Dr. Channiny. The Mosquito, Dr. Samuel W. Francis savs that it is his "firm conviction that the mos-QP-Ito was created for the purpose of driving man out of the malarial dis tricts," and "that no region where chilis and fever prevail can be free from the pest." "Now," he adds, 'if man will not go after the warning is given in humming accents, then the mosquito injects hypodermically a lit tle liquid which answere two pur poses - first, to render the blood thin enough to be drawn up through its tube, and second, to inject that which possesses the principles of quinine." The difficulty with this roseate view of the mosquito family is that it im poses upon the propounder the ne cessity of explaining why it is that, in hundreds of perfectly healthy locali ties, the insects appear in swarms, also why the females alone have been constituted the biters, to the exclu sion of males, and why, if the fluid in the proboscis quinine properties, it has been known to causa ugly ulcers. We do not propose to accept Dr. Francis' theory so hastily. We de cline to admit that the mosquitoes are of anv use save to the buds and the bats, to the inventors of patent mos quito bars, to that enterprising Yan kee who devised an astonishing ma chine for capturing them in immense quantities and converting them into manure. Laughing Powders. Singular to see a garden walk. The wandering heiress tha wind lass. What holds all the snuff in the world? No one nose. Maine has a new town called Skatchawatchiekatchie . What is it that a poor man has and a rich man wants ? Nothing. "Oh, my dear wife," said John Hen ry, as he paid the milliner's bill. We think it no more than right that men should seize time by the forelock, for the rude old fellow, soon er or later, pulls all their hair out. A Cincinnati paper says that re cently in that city five women spent two long hours in making a selection of one simple little straw hat "Dear me, how fluidly he talks," said Mrs. Partington recently, at a temperance meeting. "I am always rejoiced when he mounts the nostrils, for his eloquence warms every car tridge in my body." An aristocratic New Yorker, on being requested by a rich and vulgar young fellow for permission to marry "one of his girls," gave this rather crashing reply: "Certainly; which would you prefer, the housemaid or the cook?" "Well, neighbor Slummidge,how much shall I put you down for to get a chandelier for the church !" Neigh bor S , "Shoo ! what we want to git a chandyleer for ? The hain't, no body kin play on ter it when ye git it!" A rustic youngster, being asked out to take tea with a friend, was ad monished to praise the eatables. Presently the butter was passed to him, when he remarked, "Very nica butter what there is of it" and ob serving a smile, he added, "and plen ty of it such as it is." A Providence lady was recently overheard at an evening assembly speaking in high praise of a pretty girl just passing. "Why she is a per fect paregram of a young lady !" "I think you mean parallelogram, do you not?" suggested the waggish gentle man addressed. "I said parallelo gram, Mr. ."exclaimed the lady, with a combination of dignity and in dignation impossible to describe. Jones gave a lawyer a bill to be collected to the amount of $30. Call ing for it after awhile, he inquired if it had been collected. "Oh, yes," said the lawyer, "I have it all for you." "What charge for collecting?" "Oh said the lawyer laughing, "Fm not going to charge you why I have known you ever since you were a baby, and your father before you: $20 will be about right" handing over $10. Well," said Jones, as he meditated upon the transaction, 'its lucky he didn't know my grand-father, or I shouldn't have got anything?" Leaf axd Flower Impressions. A correspondent of the Scientific Ameri can gives the following simple instruc tions for printing impressions of flowers and leaves: "Take a small quantity of printer's ink, thinly put 'it on glass, or on the lid of a blacking box, as I did, evenly distributed. The end of the index finger will serve as the printer's ball, to cover one side of the leaf uniformlyjthen lay it to the ex act place where you wish the print to be; lay over it a thin, soft paper, large encugh to cover it; then, without moving the leif, press all parts of it with the end of the thumb firmly, and you will have a perfect impression,that no engraver can excel; and by adjust" ing the leaves at the proper points, accurate prints can be taken, and, aided with the brush or pen, the stem and whole plant can be shown. I have excellent specimens of impres sions of barks of trees, made by slicing the bark; and with a little care the stems can also be taken as well as flowers. I have many such; and when colored with the aniline colors they are like colored engravings. Carter's Green Gaoe Tomato. The Messrs. Carter say of this: "We have much pleasure in offering, for the first time, our new tomato, Carter's Green Gage.' It was exhibited before the fruit committee of the Royal Horti cultural Society on Wednesday, Oc tober 7, 1874, and awarded a first class certificate for its very fine flavor" and clearly defined and distinct char acter. It is very prolific, bearing clusters of fruit of a beautiful citron1 color, irregularly penciled with steel colored flakes on the upper surface, which renders it very ornamental In a raw state it has the agreeable acid of an American cranberry, with a fine sugary flavor. This variety, selected by us at our own seed farms from Hatha way's Excelsior, is very early, and ripens readily in our English cli mate out of doors. It is quite dis tinct in color, form and flavor from any other tomato." Gardner's Mon, Udy
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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