ECLIPSES FOR THE YEAR 1893.There will be two eclipses this year, both of the Sun, viz:

The first is a total eclipse of the Sun, April 16 at 9 o' clock 27 minutes in the morning; invisible in this section; visible in South America the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa and western Asia. The second is an annular eclipse of the Sun, October 9, 3 o'clock 12 minutes in the afternoon; invisible in this section; visible in the western part of North America, Pacific Ocean and South America.

PLANETS AND ASPECTS.Saturn (Saturday) cold, dry.Mercury (Wednesday) warm, dry. Jupiter (Thursday) warm, damp.Moon (Monday) cold, damp. Mars (Tuesday) hot, dry.Hershel, hot, dry, damp. Sun (Sunday) hot, dry.Moon in apogee, farthest from earth. Venus (Friday) damp, warm.Moon in perigee, nearest to earth. ALMANAC FOR 1893WHICH IS A COMMON YEAR OF 365 DAYS.CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES.Dominical LetterASolar Cycle26. Lunar Cycle, or Golden Number 13.Roman Indiction6. Epacts12.Julian Period6606.

The chronology of the Jews for their year 5654 commences on the 11th of September, 1893.

The chronology of the Mohammedans for the year 1311 commences on the 15th of July, 1893.

MOVEABLE FEASTS.Septuagesima Sunday, January 29.Easter Sunday, April 2. Sexagesima Sunday, February 5.Low Sunday, April 9. Quinquagesima Sunday, February 12.Rogation Sunday, May 7. Shrove Tuesday, February 14.Ascension Day, May 11. Ash Wednesday, February 15.Whit Sunday, May 21. Quadragesima Sunday, February 19.Trinity Sunday, May 28. Mid-Lent Sunday, March 12.Corpus Christi, June 1. Palm Sunday, March 26.First Sunday in Advent, December 3. Maunday Thursday, March 30.Sundays after Trinity are 26. Good Friday, March 31.Christmas on Monday.

THE FOUR EMBER DAYS.On the 22dOn the 24th On the 20th On the 20th of Feb.of May.of Sept.of Dec.

THE FOUR SEASONS OF THE YEAR.Spring Commencement, Sun's entrance in Aries,Summer"""Cancer,Autumn" " "Libra,Winter"""Capricornus,March 20, 4h. 4 min. morning.June20, 11h. 59 min. evening.Sept. 22, 2h. 52 min. afternoon.Dec.22, 8h. 50 min. morning.

Morning Stars--Venus, until May 2; Mars, after September 3; Jupiter, after April 27 until November 18; Saturn, until March 29 after October 8; Mercury, until February 16 after March 31; until June 4 after August 8, until September 20 after November 26.

Evening Stars.--Venus, until May 2; Mars, until September 3; Jupiter, until April 27 after November 18; Saturn, after March 29 until October 8; Mercury, after February 16 until March 31, after June 4 until August 8, after September 20 until November 26.

Greatest Brilliancy Of The Planets.--Mercury, March 14, July 19, November 5, sets after sunset; also April 28, August 25, December 14, rises before sunrise. Saturn, March 29. Mars, May 21. Jupiter, November 18. Venus, December 6.

Mercury is the governing Planet this year.

The 1ST Month JANUARY Has 31 DaysMoon's Phrases, &c.Full moon the 2d, 8 o'clock 40 minutes in the morning; changeable.

Last quarter the 9th, 5 o'clock 28 minutes in the evening; clear.

New moon the 17th, 8 o'clock 28 minutes in the evening; snow.

First quarter the 25th, 1 o'clock 26 minutes in the morning; frost.

Full moon the 31st, 9 o'clock 10 minutes in the evening; frost.Probable state of the weather.

1 2 changeable, 3 4 5 cold, 6789 clear, 10 11 12 cloudy, 13 14 15 mild. 16 17 18 frost and snow, 19 20 21 cold, 22 23 24 rain, 25 26 27 frost, 28 29 changeable, 30 31 frost.

Two Educated negro women at Vasten have begun to issue the first newspaper in the Congo Free State. It aims to "enlighten the souls of the black-skinned."--

Missionary Review.

A Chinese clergyman was asked how many clergy he thought there were in England. "Perhaps 1500," he said. When he heard that there were 24,000, he asked, "Can you not spare 1,000 for China?"

Bertha: "Grandma, is oor teef good?"Grandma: "No, darling; I've got none now, unfortunately." Bertha: "Then I'll give oo my nuts to mind till I come back." Pacific Methodist.

The 2D Month FEBRUARY Has 28 DaysMoon's Phrases, &c.

Last quarter the 8th, 3 o'clock 11 minutes in the afternoon; rain.

New moon the 16th, 11 o'clock 16 minutes in the morning; windly.

First quarter the 23rd, 9 o'clock 13 minutes in the evening; frost.Probable state of the weather.

1 2 3 cold, 4 5 windly, 6 7 8 rain, 9 10 cold, 11 12 13 coldest days, 14 15 16 windy, 17 18 snow, 19 20 mild, 21 22 clear, 23 24 25 frost and pleasant, 26 27 rain, 28 clear and cold.

Comes High; but we must have it--the Sun.--Life's Calendar.

THE First subscription for mission purposes in modern days was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1589, when he gave #100 to the merchants to whom he resigned the Virginia patent "in special regard and zeal of planting the Christian religion in those barbarous places."-- Missionary Review.

It is stated by Dr. Joseph Simms, who has lately returned from China, that at least 200,000 girl babies are brutally killed in various ways every year in that empire, to get them out of the way. In every large city there are asylums for the care of orphans, supported and conducted by foreigners, who save yearly from slaughter tens of thousands of female infants. -- Miss. Rev.

The 3D Month MARCH Has 31 DaysSaturn, on the 29th, is in opposition to the Sun and shines all night. Moon's Phrases, &c.Full moon the 2d, 11 o'clock 2 minutes in the forenoon; cold rain.

Last quarter the 10th, 12 o'clock 13 minutes noon; snow or rain.

New moon the 17th, 11 o'clock 33 minutes in the evening; clear and frosty.

First quarter the 24th, 4 o'clock 33 minutes in the evening; pleasant.Probable state of the weather.1 2 3 cold rain, 4 5 pleasant, 6 7 8 clear, 9 10 rain or snow, 11 12 windy, 13 14 rain, 15 16 17 clear and frosty, 18 19 stormy, 20 21 22 changeable, 23 24 25 pleasant, 26 27 rain, 28 29 30 31 pleasant.

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.

There is a view of the benefits of foreign missions which should appeal even to worldly men. General Armstrong says: "America, through the American Board, expended in fifty years a million and a quarter dollars to evangelize Hawaii, and during that time has received about $4,000,000 a year in trade. England's missions are said to bring back #10 in trade for every pound given to convert the heathen. Christianity means a demand for clothing and utensils. The first sign of grace in a penitent savage is a request for a shirt."-- Miss. Review.

The 4TH Month APRIL Has 30 DaysJupiter, on the 27th, is in conjunction with the Sun and cannot be seen. Moon's Phrases, &c.Full moon the 1st, 2 o'clock 17 minutes in the morning; rain.

Last quarter the 9th, 6 o'clock 35 minutes in the morning; stormy.

New moon the 16th, 9 o'clock 34 minutes in the forenoon; changeable.

First quarter the 23d, 12 o'clock 26 minutes in the morning; pleasant.

Full moon the 30th, 6 o'clock 23 minutes in the evening; rain.Probable state of the weather.1 2 rain, 3 4 5 northwest winds, 6 7 clear, 8 9 10 stormy, 11 12 13 pleasant, 14 15 16 changeable, 17 18 19 thunder storms, 20 21 22 23 pleasant, 24 25 cloudy, 26 27 28 warm, 29 30 rain.

O Lord, let me have anything but thy frown, and anything with thy smile.-- Cecil.

Next to the Moravians, the United Presbyterians of Scotland are the missionary church. Their 750 churches, with 185,000 members, contributed $400,000 in 1891, and the gain of converts was 600 during the year.-- Miss. Review.

Alice's grandpapa had set her bantam hen on eleven cunning white eggs, and Alice was greatly interested in watching the result. One day she ran into the house calling excitedly, "Mamma, Mamma, two chickens have bloomed!"

The 5TH Month MAY Has 31 DaysVenus, on the 2d, is in superior conjunction with the Sun and passes from Morning Star to evening Star.Moon's Phases, &c.Last quarter the 8th, 9 o'clock 24 minutes in the evening; pleasant.

N w moon the 15th, 5 o'clock 46 minutes in the evening; pleasant.

First quarter the 22d, 9 o'clock 51 minutes in the forenoon; changeable.

Full moon the 30th, 10 o'clock 22 minutes in the forenoon; showers.Probable state of the weather.1 2 3 cold and frosty, 4 5 6 rain, 7 8 9 pleasant, 10 11 12 cloudy, 13 14 rain, 15 16 17 pleasant, 18 19 20 rain, 21 22 23 pleasant, 24 changeable, 25 26 thunder storms, 27 28 cloudy, 29 30 31 showers.

The secret of being loved is in being lovely; and the secret of being lovely; and the secret of being lovely is in beingunselfish.-- J. G. Holland.

Heaven is the day of which grace is the dawn; the rich fruit of which grace is the lovely flower; the inner shrine of that most glorious temple to which grace forms the approach and outer court.-- Dr. Guthrie.

Now then, if some giant mind will invent a snow shovel that will fold up and look like an umbrella when a fellow is caught at work on the sidewalk by a passing friend, we shall be perfectly happy.-- Smith, Gray & Co's Monthly.

The 6Th Month JUNE Has 30 Days.Moon's Phases, &c.Last quarter the 7th, 8 o'clock 42 minutes in the forenoon; changeable.

New moon the 14th, 12 o'clock 51 minutes in the morning; clear.

First quarter the 20th, 9 o'clock 37 minutes in the evening; rain.

Full moon the 29th, 1 o'clock 25 minutes in the afternoon; rain.Probable state of the weather.1 2 3 pleasant, 4 5 changeable, 6 7 cloudy, 8 9 10 rain, 11 12 12 14 warm, 15 16 changeable, 17 18 pleasant, 19 20 21 rain, 22 23 24 very warm, 25 26 clear, 27 28 cloudy, 29 30 rain.

"Have you Goldsmith's `Greece?" inquired a customer of the new clerk in a drug and book store. "Just out of it," replied the clerk. "Won't vaseline do as well?"-- Pharm. Era.

When people lose their temper they are apt to say things that are contradictory. Two New York gentlemen got into a quarrel at their club. Finally one of them, who believes in the code, said excitedly: "You are a low blackguard, and an unmitigated scoundrel. Now, sir, if you are a gentleman and a man of honor, you know what you have to do. Here is my card."-- The Christian at Work.

The 7Th Month JULY Has 31 Days.Moon's Phases. &c.Last quarter the 6th, 5 o'clock 5 minutes in the evening; pleasant.

New moon the 13th, 8 o'clock 47 minutes in the morning; showers.

First quarter the 20th, 12 o'clock 2 minutes at noon; rain.

Full moon the 28th, 3 o'clock 9 minutes in the afternoon; pleasant.Probable state of the weather.1 2 3 warm and showers, 4 5 6 fair, 7 8 9 changeable, 10 11 cloudy, 12 13 showers, 14 15 16 pleasant and clear, 17 18 warm, 19 20 rain, 21 22 23 changeable, 24 cloudy, 25 26 rain, 27 changeable, 28 29 pleasant, 30 31 clear.

Nothing is intolerable that is necessary. Now God hath bound thy trouble upon thee by his special providence, and with a design to try thee, and with purposes to reward and to crown thee. These cords thou canst not break, and therefore lie thou down gently, and suffer the hand of God to do what he please.-- Jeremy Taylor.

There are 216,330 school houses in the United States and only 3.5 per cent. of them are in cities. This is a striking illustration of the economy possible in a dense population. Most of these schools were represented in the national Columbian public school celebration of Columbus Day, Oct. 21, 1892.

The 8Th Month AUGUST Has 31 Days.Moon's Phases, &c.Last quarter the 14th, 11 o'clock 23 minutes in the evening; pleasant.

New moon the 11th, 3'clock 47 minutes in the afternoon; changeable.

First quarter the 19th, 4 o'clock 51 minutes in the morning; rain.

Full moon the 27th, 3 o'clock 42 minutes in the morning; cool showers.Probable state of the weather.1 2 3 thunderstorms, 4 5 6 pleasant, 7 8 9 showers, 10 11 12 changeable, 13 14 15 very warm, 16 17 18 pleasant, 19 20 rain, 21 22 23 warmest days, 24 25 clear, 26 27 28 cool showers, 29 30 pleasant, 31 clear.

If I can put one touch of a rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.-- George MacDonald.

"I HEAR Bronson sang 'Rocked in the cradle of the Deep,' at the concert." "Yes." "Did he do it well?" "He did, indeed. It was so vivid that five persons left the hall, overcome with seasickness. Harper's Bazar.

"How's This Dauber? You've painted Father Time with a mowing machine instead of a scythe? "That's all right. We artists of the modern school keep up with the progress of inventions."-- The Rural New Yorker.

The 9Th Month SEPTEMBER Has 30 Days.Mars, on the 4th, is in conjunction with the Sun cannot be seen. Moon's Phases,&c.Last quarter the 3d, 4 o'clock 41 minutes in the morning; rain.

New moon the 10th, 2 o'clock 4 minutes in the morning; stormy.

First quarter the 17th, 11 o'clock 18 minutes in the evening; pleasant.

Full moon the 25th, 3 o'clock 23 minutes in the afternoon; changeable.Probable State of the weather.1 2 cloudy, 3 4 rain, 5 6 7 pleasant and cool, 8 9 cloudy, 10 11 windy, 12 13 rainy, 14 15 16 pleasant, 17 18 19 pleasant, 20 21 22 warm, 23 24 cloudy, 25 26 changeable, 27 28 29 stormy with rain, 30 pleasant.

To Grow old is quite natural: being natural it is beautiful; and if we grumble at it, we miss the lesson, and lose all the beauty.-- Friswell.

In all things throughout the world, the men who look for the crooked will see the crooked, and the men who look for the straight will see the straight.-- Ruskin.

Death does not destroy, but catches, crystalizes, and makes permanent the character of a good man, leaving it a priceless bequest to society.-- Bishop Daggett.

The 10Th Month OCTOBER Has 31 Days.Saturn, on the 8th, is in conjunction with the Sun and cannot be seen. Moon's Phases, &c.Last quarter the 2d, 10 o'clock 18 minutes in the forenoon; showers.

New moon the 9th, 3 o'clock 27 minutes in the afternoon; changeable.

First quarter the 17th, 6 o'clock 19 minutes in the evening; frosty.

Full moon the 25th, 2 o'clock 27 minutes in the morning; stormy.

Last quarter the 31st, 5 o'clock 42 minutes in the evening; frosty.Probable State of the Weather.1 2 pleasant with showers, 3 4 5 changeable, 6 7 8 pleasant, 9 10 changeable, 11 12 13 clear, 14 15 16 17 frosty, 18 19 rain, 20 21 cloudy, 22 23 24 changeable, 25 26 stormy with rain, 27 28 snow, 29 30 31 frosty.

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind.

The sober second thought is always essential and seldom wrong.

No Pleasure is comparable to standing on the vantage ground of truth.

Mr. Smiley. "Better let me carry the poodle, my dear, and you can carry the baby."

Mrs. Smiley. "No, no; you carry the baby; I cannot trust you with Gyp; you might drop him."

The 11Th Month NOVEMBER Has 30 Days.Jupiter, on the 8th, is in opposition to the Sun and shines all night. Moon's Phases, &c.New moon the 8th, 7 o'clock 56 minutes in the morning; stormy.

First quarter the 16th, 12 o'clock 44 minutes noon; snow or rain.

Full moon the 23d, 1 o'clock 8 minutes in the afternoon; snow or rain.

Last quarter the 30th, 4 o'clock 8 minutes in the morning; rain.Probable State of the Weather.1 2 clear and cold, 3 4 warm, 5 6 7 changeable, 8 9 stormy, 10 11 12 cold, 13 14 cloudy, 15 16 snow or rain, 17 18 clear, 19 cloudy, 20 21 changeable, 22 23 rain, 24 25 pleasant, 26 27 28 Indian Summer, 29 30 rain.

Learning without thought is labor lost.

Chili is the most powerful and enterprising of the Spanish-American republics. It is the same in extent from north to south as the United States from east to west--about 2,600 miles. Its climate is temperate and moist.

Cheerful people, who look on the bright side of the picture, and who are ever ready to snatch victory from defeat, are always popular--they are not only happy in themselves, but the cause of happiness to others.

The 12Th Month DECEMBER Has 31 Days.Moon's Phases, &c.New moon the 8th,2 o'clock 40 minutes in the morning; snow and stormy.

First quarter the 16th, 5 o'clock 21 minutes in the morning; rain

Full moon the 22d, 11 o'clock 36 minutes in the evening; clear and frosty.

Last quarter the 29th, 6 o'clock 17 minutes in the evening; snow or rain.Probable State of the Weather.1 2 3 mild, 4 5 changeable, 6 7 8 stormy, 9 10 snow, 11 12 cloudy, 13 14 15 pleasant, 16 17 rain, 18 19 20 clear, 21 22 23 pleasant and frosty, 24 25 changeable, 26 27 clear, 28 29 30 snow with rain, 31 pleasant.

Beware of too sublime a sense of your own worth and consequence.

The principle occupations of the Japanese are agriculture, manufacturing and mining.

A Truly learned man is liberal towards opponents, tolerant of error, charitable toward frailty, and compassionate toward failure.

Are you old? Bestow all the time you can spare from the necessary business of this life, in preparing yourself, and those about you, for their entrance into a better life.-- Wesley.

THE "QUARTERLY" ALMANAC.

The following is an extract from the "Centennial Almanac" for the year 1893:

Mercury is the year the reigning planet.

Year In General.--Is more dry and cold than warm, and seldom fruitful.

Spring.--The end of March will be warm; April, until the 25th, dry, afterwards cold; May will have some cold days in the commencement, so that the fruit will be in danger.

Summer.--Will have a good deal of rain, by which the earth will however not be properly refreshed. The hay and grain can be brought in pretty well, though it will be best not to delay with it.

Autumn.--In the commencement there will be a great deal of rain, and there will be early frost: but when the half of October is past, there will be dry weather, until the commencement of advent.

Winter.--After a pleasant autumn, winter will fall in suddenly in the commencement of December; it will be cold and show until February, which will appear rather mild; but from the middle on to the 4th of March it will be cold, and from thence on to the termination storms and tempests will take place.

Cultivation Of Spring Grain.--Will succeed pretty well. It is a favorable year for barley. Oats, peas and other leguminous plants must be sown when the ground is neither too dry nor too wet and damp. Hemp and flax will be good, but the hemp will remain short.

Cultivation Of Winter Grain.--Is various. If the summer of the preceding year was very warm wheat and rye will the present year yield largely in straw, but little in the grain; but if the preceding year was humid they will yield well in the grain. Rye and wheat will be endangered in the blossoming.

Autumn Seeding.--The early and the late will be the best; the middle one will be consumed by the files. The early sown grain can be pastured to the sheep in the spring, but the late grown not.

Fruit.--In some places it will grow abundantly, in some places tolerably and in others there will be none at all.

Hops.--Will not be abundant nor strong.

Grape Culture.--Seldom succeeds, probably in five or six years once; is always rough, and if ever it promise fairly in the spring, it seldom produces anything good; for two bad years follows yet, viz., that of the Moon and Satum.

Tempests And Thundergusts.--The east wind will be the most prevalent, sometimes the west, but seldom the north wind, during the summer there will be but few thundergusts.

Fishes.--There will be but few fish in the streams during the summer; in autumn they will increase.

The first column contains the days of the week.

The second column contains the remarkable days.

The third column shows the hours and minutes when the moon crosses the meridian each day.

The fourth column shows the hours and minutes when the moon rises and sets, namely, the setting from New Moon to Full Moon, and the rising from Full Moon to New Moon.

Since the setting after Full Moon and the rising after New Moon take place by day they are not indicated.

The fifth column shows the passage of the Moon through the Zodiac, the Moon moving rapidly when nearest the earth (as is indicated by the Moon in Perigee), and moving slowly when farthest from the earth (as shown by the Moon in Apogee). This column shows first the sign of the Zodiac in which the Moon is or enters on the day indicated, the outer row of figures indicating the degrees of the sign in which the Moon is at 12 o'clock noon.

The sixth column contains various remarkable aspects, such as the Sun's movement through the signs of the Zodiac, and when he enters each sign. The Dragon Head (Moon's ascending node) denotes that at the time indicated the Moon is ascending 001717crosses the path of the Sun, and the Dragon Tail (Moon's descending node) that the Moon crosses the Sun's path in descending. The Planets, Venus and Mercury, are nearer to the Sun than the Earth, hence their orbits around the Sun are between the Sun and the path of the Earth. Conjunctions of these two Planets with the Sun are always distinguished by the words Inferior or Superior. An Inferior Conjunction is one in which the Planet comes between the Sun and the Earth. A Superior Conjunction is one in which the Planet is on the other side of the Sun. When an Inferior Conjunction takes place at the time the Planet crosses the Path of the Sun, a Transit occurs, that is, the Planet, resembling a small black ball, may be seen to pass over the disk of the Sun. All the other Planets can never pass between the Earth and Sun because their paths around the Sun are outside that of the Earth, and Conjunctions with them and the Sun are never distinguished by the words Inferior or Superior. When any of the outer Planets come in Conjunction with the Sun, the Planet is always on the other side of the Sun. The inhabitants of the outer Planets will see Inferior Conjunctions of the Earth and the Sun, and when one of these Planets passes in a straight line with the Earth and the Path of the Sun, the inhabitants of that planet can see the Earth, looking like a small black ball, pass over the disk of the Sun, just as we see, at rare intervals, transits of Venus and Mercury. The Moon passes through all the sighs of the Zodiac every month, and Conjunctions of the Moon with any of the Planets are also noted in the 6th column. For example: On the 9th January we find the Conjunction of Saturn and the Moon, which denotes that the Moon, which denotes that the Moon and Saturn come in Conjunction on the 9th. Now, since the Moon is in the sign of Virgo on the 9th of January, Saturn must also be in the same sign on that day. On the 15th of January the 6th column has Conjunction of the Moon with Venus, and since the Moon is in the sign Sagittarius on this day, Venus must also be in the same sign at the same time. Thus, by means of the Conjunctions of the Moon and of the planets, we can easily find out in which signs such Planets are at the times of the Conjunctions.

The Rising and setting of the principal Planets and of some of the fixed Stars are also given in the 6th column. The fixed Stars which can always be seen on clear nights, are all Suns, shining by their own light, and being at immense distances from the Earth. Apparently they rise and set at about the same time from year to year, moving from East to West with the entire vault of the heavens; but since the Earth, in her yearly path around the Sun, moves from West to East, these Stars rise and set about 4 minutes earlier every day. This is the reason why the entire Heavens, with all the Stars (Suns) move around the Earth once oftener in a year than the Sun. While the Sun moves 365 times around the Earth the Heavens move around her 366 times. All these facts, and many others, which space does not permit to give, prove conclusively the correctness of the Copernian System: that the Earth revolves on her axis once every year; that the Earth moves around the Sun once a year; that the Earth revolves on her axis once every 24 hours; that Venus and Mercury are Planets having their orbits between the Sun and the orbit of the Earth, and that all the other Planets have the path around the Sun outside that of the Earth.

The 7th column marked Sun Slow or Sun Fast contains for each day the number of minutes a well regulated clock deviates from the Sun. For instance, 4 in this column under Sun Slow indicates that when it is 12 O'clock noon, by a correct clock, the Sun has not yet reached the meridian or noon line by 4 minutes; and 4 under Sun Fast shows that when it is 12 o'clock noon, by the clock, the Sun has already passed the noon-line by 4 minutes. This is so for the reason that the Earth, in moving around the Sun, is not always the same distance from the Sun; that she moves faster as she nears the Sun, as in the case when the Sun is slow, and slower as she recedes from the Sun, as when the Sun is fast. If the orbit of the Earth were a perfect circle, with the Sun at the centre, a correct clock would not deviate from the Sun. The 8th and 9th 001818columns show the rising and setting of the Sun for the 40th degree North Latitude. The lengths of the days and nights vary for every degree North or South Latitude. But the days and nights are always of equal length at the Equator. From the beginning of Fall to the beginning of Spring, in the Northern Hemisphere, the days become shorter and the nights longer, and on the Southern Hemisphere the opposite is true. When the days are shortest and nights longest there we have here the longest days and shortest nights. At the poles the days and nights are six months in length, and when it is day at the North Pole it is night at the South. The 10th or last column contains the date of the Old Style.

It is to be hoped that this explanation is so plain that all may understand what the 10 columns of the Almanac contain.

W.R. IBACH, Calculator.

Ira Aldridge was the greatest tragedian yet produced by the race.

Crispus Attucks split the first blood in defense of American liberty.

Dr. W.B. Derrick is nicknamed "the cyclone," because of the force of his oratory.

Samuel R. Lowry, of Alabama, is a silk culturist of extensive experience and ability.

Rev. Lott Carey was the first Afro-American missionary to Africa, and did faithful work.

Rev. A.A. Whitman and Mrs. Josie D. Heard, rank among the best of our rising poets.

Editor J.W. Cromwell is possibly the best authority of the race on facts and statistics of the race.

Frederick Douglass is the most popular of living American orators on questions involving manhood rights.

Hon. D.A. Straker, Hon. John P. Green, E.H. Morris and T. McCants Stewart, hold first rank among our lawyers.

Wiley Jones, of Pine Bluff, Ark., owns a street car railroad, a race track and park, and is worth $150,000.

Bishop J.W. Hood was the first colored man assistant superintendent of Public Instruction in the country.

"Blind Tom" hasn't a superior as a pianist in the realms of the universe, and yet he is entirely self-trained.

J.D. Baltimore, of Washington, D.C., is a chief engineer and mechanician; also a machinist and inventor.

Toussaint L. Ouverture was the greatest Negro soldier, statesman and martyr the race can boast of in modern times.

E.P. McCabe was the first colored man to be elected to a State Office in Kansas, being elected auditor of that State.

Geo. W. Williams published the most exhaustive and complete history of the Negro race ever prepared, about 1882.

Nat Turner and Denmark Veazie, both of Virginia, were the first colored men to strike the blow for the liberty of the slaves.

Robert Brown Elliott was universally regarded as the ablest and most eloquent Negro who ever occupied a seat in Congress.

Bishop Alexander Walters is the youngest of Afro-American Bishops, and has done as much successful work as almost any of them.

Dr. Alexander Crummell is put down as the most learned of Afro-American divines. He is an able, fluent writer and impressive orator.

William Still published the completest history of the abolition movement ever given to the public in the "Underground Railroad."

Granville T. Woods is an expert electrician, mechanical engineer and manufacturer of telephones, telegraph and electrical instruments.

Rev. Augustus Tolton is the first and only native American Catholic Priest of African descent through both parents, on the continent.

Bishop H.M. Turner favors migration to Africa as a means of solving the race problem. He has been there to observe the country and likes it.

Geo. T. Downing was the trusted and close friend of the great and able statesman, Charles Summer, and was beside his bedside when he died.

J.M. Trotter, late Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, wrote and published an interesting volume on "Music and Highly Musical People."

Judge M.W. Gibbs, of Arkansas, was the first colored judge in the United States, and Judge Geo. L. Ruffin, of Massachusetts, the first in a Northern State.

Alexander Dumas is the most distinguished dramatist, novelist and play-wright the race has ever produced, and ranks with the best in his line of any race.

Prof. J.M. Gregory was the first President of the National Association of Educators of Colored Youth. He is Professor of Languages at Howard University.

Solomon G. Brown, of Smithsonian Institute, is an entermologist, taxedermist and lecturer on "Insects" and "Geology." He is also a poet of considerable merit.

Inman E. Page won the prize oration at Brown University, and Garnett Morgan did the same thing at Harvard College. Both are able though modest colored men.

Prof. Richard T. Greener is a chief civil service examiner, metaphysician, lawyer and scholar, and was for quite a while secretary of the Grant monument fund.

Prof. W.S. Scarborough is the author of the only Greek Text Book by a colored man, and besides being a ripe scholar and linquist, is a scientist and lecturer of rare merit.

T. Thos. Fortune, John Mitchell, Jr., Rev. G.W. Clinton, Robert Pelham, W. Allison Sweeney, H.C. Smith, Jr., Scott Wood, R.R. Wright, J. Gordon Street, P.H. Murray, Dr. L.J. Coppin, W.H. Steward, Miss Ida Wells, Dr. Johnson, of the Recorder and Rev. W.J. White, are among the brightest of Negro journalists.

Dr. J.C. Price is regarded as the most popular and eloquent Negro of the present generation. He was the first to read a paper before the National Educational Convention.

Dr. William Wells Brown prepared, wrote and made compilation of the best history of the Afro-American in America and the race at large ever prepared in this country up to that time--1874.

Benjamin Banneker published the first American almanac, and he was famed as well versed in astronomy, was quite a philosopher, philanthropist and inventor, and a great friend of Benjamin Franklin.

Bishop Daniel A. Payne, next to Bishop Moore, is the oldest colored Bishop in active service. He is 81 years of age and has been preaching 55 years. He was the founder of Wilberforce College.

Dr. Charles B. Purvis is a surgeon in charge of the Freedmen's Hospital at Washington, D.C., and Professor of Obstetrics and diseases of women and children. He is a son of Dr. Robert Purvis the abolitionist.

Dr. Edward Wilmot Blyden, of Liberia, is generally conceded to be the most learned man of the race. He was President of Liberia College, is Minister to England, magazine writer, Arabic professor, oriental scholar and linquist.

Major Martin R. De Laney was a splendid soldier, scientist, ethnologist and member of the International Statistical Conference at London, May 15, '60, presided over by His Royal Highness, Albert, Prince Consort of England.

Bishop J.J. Moore is the oldest travelling Bishop of his race, and has preached more regularly and longer than any other. He has been preaching 60 years, and is 85 years of age, and is still active, thoughtful, clear and eloquent.

John Jasper, of Richmond, Va., has gained world-wide fame as the author of the popular remark "the sun do move." He is a man of strong common sense, and excellent uneducated preacher, and has a large congregation.

Bishop J. W. Hood declares that it was the Negro pulpit which has furnished the genius of the race, and fitted men for the performance of duty along all lines of religious, political and educational work.

Hon. John M. Langston is a lawyer of wide reputation, was Minister to Hayti, President of the Va. N. & Collegiate Institute, Dean of the Law Department of Howard University, and member of Congress from the Fourth Virginia District.

John Mitchell, Jr, of the Richmond Planet, is serving his second term as President of the National Press Association, and he is as bold and uncompromising in denouncing wrong and injustice as ever. He is a brave knight indeed.

Editor T. Thomas Fortune does a greater amount of work we suppose than any man of the race who presumes to contribute to the press. His ability is everywhere recognized and conceded, so that he stands at the forefront of Negro journalists. His other newspaper work outside of his contributions to the Age, is enormous. He is both an agitator and hustler.

There is a greater proportion of colored Christians in the United States than of any other race. Out of a population of about 8,000,000 quite five millions are pretty regular church attendants, while about 2,800,000 are actual church members, 1,200,000 of these belonging to the various Methodist bodies, about 1,000,000 are Baptists, while the remaining 600,000 are divided among the Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Catholics, Lutherans and other different denominations.

James Varick was the pioneer of Zion Methodism, laying the foundation stones in New York, while Richard Allen did the same work for Bethel Methodism, by building solid his foundations in Philadelphia. Both started because of race injustice and discrimination at the communion table of the white churches, and both builded more wisely than they knew, as the superstructures which stand as monuments to their glory and wisdom and foresight, stand out in bold relief as light houses to the mariner in time of storm.

Our Representation in Congress.

The Negro race has had twenty-one representatives in Congress since emancipation--two Senators and nineteen members of the House. Had Governor Pinchback been given the seat to which he had been fairly elected, we would have had three Senators--or even twenty-two representatives of the race.

The two Senators hailed from the State of Mississippi, and both are still living and leading most honorable lives--one as a presiding elder in the M. E. Church, and the other Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia--ex-Senator H. R. Revels and ex-Senator B. K. Bruce. One served a short term of four years and was succeeded by the latter who served the full term of six years.

The representatives have all hailed from eight of the 42 States, viz: Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida and Virginia. Of the nineteen South Carolina has furnished seven, namely, Robert Brown Elliott, J.H. Rainey, Richard H. Cain, Robert C. De Large, A.J. Ransier, Robert Smalls and Thomas E. Miller; Alabama furnished three, Mr.--Turner, Jere Haralson and J.E. Rapier; North Carolina furnished three, John A. Hyman, James E. O'Hara and Henry Plummer Cheatham; Louisiana sent one, Mr.--Nash; Mississippi one, John R. Lynch; Georgia one, Jeffrey C. Long; Virginia one, John Mercer Langston, and Florida two, J. Willis Menard and Josiah T. Walls.Of these only Messrs. Elliott, Rainey, Cain, Smalls, Turner, O'Hara, Cheatham, Lynch and Walls served more than one term.Only in one Congress since the first Negro took his seat has the race been entirely without representation.

The ability of these representatives, according to so competent an authority as Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, on the average has compared most favorably with the white representation in that body. Uniformly courteous, dignified, able in argument, quick to understand intricate 002121questions and problems of state, they have proven themselves foemen worthy of the steel of the best of those who would meet them in open arena of debate. Geo. W. Murray, the representative elect, makes our full representation to date, 22.

The race has every reason to be proud of its leaders who have graced the congressional halls.

In Magazine Literature the race has done well. It has to its credit the following list of publications to date, beginning in 1833, with the National Reformer, edited by William Whipper. Here is the full list:Name of Magazine. Editor.National ReformerWilliam WhipperThe Mirror of LibertyDavid RugglesThe Anglo-African MagazineThomas HamiltonThe A.M.E. Church Review(Rev. B. T. Tanner, D. D(Rev. L. J. Coppin, D. D. Our Women and ChildrenRev. W. J. Simmons, D. D. Howard's Negro AmericanJ. H. W. HowardThe Afro-American Budget Rev. J. S. Woods The EducatorProf. S. G. Atkins The Southland, founder byDr. J. C. PriceThe A. M. E. Zion Quarterly(Rev. Geo. W. Clinton(John C. DancyThe Living-StoneB. A. Johnson Interesting Facts About the Negro Press.

The first colored newspaper was Freedom's Journal, edited by John B. Russwurm, a man of rare intelligence and acknowledged ability. Vol. I, No. I, was first issued March 16, 1827, just about 66 years ago, or when Frederick Douglass and Jno. M. Langston and Bishops D. A. Payne, D. D., and J.J. Moore, D. D., were mere boys.

Freedom's Journal was bitterly opposed from the start, as only a few colored people could read it, and the whites were prejudiced against it because it opposed the continuance of human slavery. It was a medium sized weekly of neat appearance says the "Afro-American Press," "while the composition was as good as some journals of to-day. Mr. Russwurm had a most excellent estimate as to how an Afro-American journal should be conducted particularly at that time, and few men have lived who knew more about the business, or whose editorial pen could battle with such force against a volcano of sin and oppression, like unto that of American slavery. It devolved upon him and his journal to create sentiment and to prove the interest which the free Afro-American of the North had in his oppressed brethren in the South. Rev. Samuel E. Cornish associated Mr. Russwurm in the publication of the Journal, and the decision to start it was reached at the house of M. Bostin Crummell, the father of Dr. Alexander Crummell. Rev. Cornish was a very able and intellectual man, and was therefore a worthy coadjutor. He was thoughtful and reliable, and thoroughly conversant with all the issues of that period. He gained the distinction of being regarded as "undoubtedly the greatest wielder of the pen in a quarter of a century of Afro-American journalism." Freedom's Journal " ran one year and was succeeded by "Rights of All " which continued an existence of about thee years. The two publications were very powerful, and their sentiment for the right and justice remained unchanged and unshaken till the end. They fought for American freedom and American citizenship.

The "Weekly Advocate " was the second newspaper venture by the race, being published by Philip A. Bell, proprietor, and Rev. Samuel E. Cornish, as editor. Mr. Bell was regarded by Dr. Wm. Wells Brown as the "Napoleon of the Afro-American Press." Then followed "The Colored American," The Elevator," "The Ram's Horn," with such men as Chas. B. Ray, J. Mc Cune Smith, Stephen Myers, Frederick Douglass, Samuel Ringgold Ward, Henry Highly Garnett, Dr. Wm. Howard Day, Dr. J. P. Sampson and Bishop S. T. Jones, men whose fame is linked with the fame and glory of their country.

In 1880 the total number of colored papers then in successful existence was 31. In 1890 002222the number had increased to 154, or a gain of 123 in ten years. If the growth during the next ten years continues at the same proportion, there exists no good reason why the race should complain of an insufficient number of white-winged messengers to make a winning fight for the blessings of liberty to which we are all entitled.

The Census figures showing the distribution of the colored population of the United States gives the total at 7,638,360. This includes, however, Indians not in tribal relations, Chinese and Japanese as well as Negroes. It will be safe enough, probably, to take 7,400,000 as representing the Negro population. Upon this basis the net increase in ten years has been about 820,000, or a little over eleven per cent., which is very low, the rate of increase in the aggregate population being 34.86.

In the sixteen old slave States, including West Virginia with the District of Columbia and Oklahoma, there are about 6,890 000 Negroes, leaving only 510,000 for the remaining twenty-eight States of the Union. It is very remarkable that the migration of the Negroes should show such small results. In 1880 there were, in round numbers, 438,000 Negroes outside of the old slave territory. According to the present Census the changes of ten years have only added 72,000 to these figures.The great Negro States are:Colored.White.Georgia858,000978,357 Mississippi742,000544,851 South Carolina688,500462,008 Alabama679,000833,718 Virginia635,0001,020,122 North Carolina561,0001,055,382 Louisiana559,000558,395 Texas488,0001,745,935 Tennessee430,0001,336,637 Arkansas309,000818,752 Kentucky268,0001,590,462 Maryland215,000826,493

The great facts established by the Census are these:1. The Negro population is practically confined to the old slave territory, and shows little inclination toward a general distribution. The race problem must be dealt with on the basis of this fact.

2. The rate of increase of the Negro is below that of the whites, even in the most favorable conditions. It is considerably less than half the percentage of increase maintained by the whole population. This low rate of increase is not explained by immigration from abroad. In South Carolina and Mississippi there are fewer foreign-born whites than in 1880; and in Alabama and Georgia the increase in this element does not aggregate 13,000. Only in Texas it is considerable; there it reaches about 37,000.

3. The tendency of the black population is southward or southwestward and not northward from the border states.-- The Independent.

UNCLE RASTUS'S PLEA. Dars a mighty row in Zion, an'de debbil'sgettin high,While de saints done beat de sinners acussin on de sly;What for it am, you reckin? I'll tell youhow it' gin,It was all about a simple thing, de linin uba hymn.De young folks say 'taint stylish to line 'emout no mo'--Dat dey's got edikashun, an dey wants usall to knowDat dey wants to hab dar singi' books aholin' fo' dar eyes,An' read de hymns right straight along "tomansions in de skies."Dat it am awful fogy to read um line byline,An' if de ole folks will kumplain cause deyis ole an blind,An' slabry's chain don kep dem back fromlarning how to read,Dat dey mus' tak' a corner seat, an' let deyoung folks lead.We been peating 'hind de pastor, when hesez dat lubly prayer,002323Cause some un us don no it, an kin not sayit square;But dey sez we mus' go wid him, an ef wekan't keep timeDe gospel train will drop us off fromswingin' on behin.'Well praps dey's right, I kin not say, mylim's am growin' ole,Bnt I likes to sing dem dear ole hym's 'tismusic to my soul,An' pears to me 'twont do much harm togin um out by line,So we ole folks dat kin not read can followlong behin.'But few ub us am lef' here now, dot barede slabry's chain,We dun edikate our boys an' gals, we'd dode like again,An' Zion's all dat's lef' us now, to cheer uswid its song,Dey mought lebe us to sing wid dem, it kinnot be for long.De sermon's high falutin, de church ammighty fine,We trus' dat God still understan's as Hedid in olden times,When we, though igrant, po' an' meanstill wushiped wid de sole,When oft across our peaceful bres' de wabesub trouble rolled.De ole time groans, an' shouts, an' moansam passin out ub sight,Edekashun changed it all, an' we know datit am right,We should serb God wid 'tellegence but fordis thing I plead,Just lebe a little place in church dem askin not read. -- From the Richmond(Va.) Planet.

--If a man pursues his business, that he may raise himself to a state of figure and riches in the world, he is no longer serving God in his employment, and has no more title to reward from God, than he who gives alms that he may be seen, or prays that he may be heard, of men.-- John Wesley.

he being Lieutenant Governor. He also lost the United States Senatorship, which he would have won had he reached the State a few hours earlier.

Dr. J.C. Price and Rev. William D. Johnson were the first colored men to preach in Henry Ward Beecher's church, Brooklyn, N.Y., the famous "Plymouth Church."

Judge J.J. Wright was the only colored man who ever sat on the Supreme Court bench of any State in this Union. He was Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of South Carolina.

James H. Harris, of North Carolina, was first colored man nominated for Congress in this Nation, but he declined the nomination after he had been so honored. He was a great political orator and leader.

J. Willis Menard, of Florida, was the first colored man elected to the National Congress. He is still living, and has given much time to literary pursuits, being a poet and editor of recognized merit and ability.

Hon. Robert Brown Elliott was the only colored man who ever resigned his seat in Congress. He did so to accept the speakership of the South Carolina legislature with a view to entering the National Senate, but failed.

Dr. William Howard Day is President of the School Board of Harrisburg, Pa, the only position of the kind held by any member of the race in the country. He is also General Secretary of the A. M. E. Zion Connection.

Hon. John H. Collins was the first colored solicitor elected in the United States--having been elected in the Second Judicial District of North Carolina. Hon. Geo. H. White succeeded him and is still serving in that capacity.

Hon. H.P. Cheatham is the only colored member of Congress who has ever quieted the turbulent waves of rancor and turmoil in that body, by rising in his place and pleading for peace, and promising the introduction of a bill that would settle the whole difficulty. In this way not a little child, but a despised Negro, led this august body into paths of peace.

The late Bishop Singleton T. Jones, D. D., was justly regarded as one of the finest pulpit orators of his time, his eloquence being of the ornate and overmastering kind such as would sway, convict and convince the masses anywhere.

Five members of the race have represented the United States at Port-au-Prince, Hayti, as follows: Hon. E. D. Bassett, who served eight years; Hon. Jno. M. Langston, who also served eight years; Dr. John E. W. Thompson, Hon. Frederick Douglass and Editor John Durham, who still fills the position.

The United States contain 70,000 lawyers, 11,000 of whom are in New York city, making the proportion there about one to every 160 of the population. France, with a population of 40,000,000, has but 6,000 lawyers, and Germany has only 7,000 out of a population of 50,000,000.

John R. Lynch is the first and only colored man who ever presided over a national political convention as temporary chairman. He wielded the gavel too with rare parliamentary skill and thereby evoked warm tributes of praise. Mr. Lynch was thrice elected to Congress, and is Fourth Auditor of the Treasury.

Hon. Frank D. Dancy was the first colored mayor of an important town in this country. A deadlock was kept up for a long time between a white Republican and a Democrat, and Dancy was finally made the compromise candidate and served his term to the general satisfaction of the best people in the community.

Hon. Frederick Douglass had the most distinguished audience to hear him when the Lincoln monument was unveiled at Washington, that ever listened to a colored orator. President Grant and his cabinet, the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, the members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives, the Diplomatic Corps and distinguished men from all parts of the world heard him gladly, and at his best, as he reviewed the life and character of the immortal martyr-President.

The following persons have served as President of the Afro-American Press Convention which was organized with John Q. Adams as its President, viz: John Q. Adams, Wm. A. Pledger, H. Price Williams, Wm. J. Simmons and John Mitchell, Jr.

The late Robert Brown Elliott was the most brilliant colored man who ever entered the United States Congress. His reply to Alexander H. Stephens on the "Civil Rights Bill" was the ablest and most withering in its sarcasm delivered during that session of Congress. He was an orator of great power, and as a debater he had but few if any superiors in Congress.

The following states and territories forbid marriages between white and blacks: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.

There have been seven Afro-American Ministers Resident and Consuls General to Liberia, three of whom died from the fever and four survived it. Those who died of these appointed were Dr. Henry Highland Garnett, Moses A. Hopkins and Alexander Clark. Those who survived the fever are C.H.J. Taylor, John H. Smythe, Ezekiel E. Smith and William D. McKoy, the present incumbent.-- N. Y. Age.

The following leading colored institutions are manned and controlled by members of the race, and have colored Presidents, namely: Livingstone College, Dr. J. C. Price, President; Biddle University, Dr. D. J. Sanders, President; Bennett College, Dr. C. N. Grandison, President; Wilberforce University, Prof.--Mitchell, President; Paul-Quinn College, I. M. Burgan, President; Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School, Booker T. Washington, Principal; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute, James H. Johnston, President; Allen University, J. W. Morris, President; State University, Louisville, Ky., first President, the late Rev. Wm. J. Simmons; Alcorn University, John H. Burrus, President.

Bishop J. W. Hood, Bishop A. W. Wayman and Bishop J. P. Campbell are the first three colored men who have presided over Ecumenical Council of the Methodists of the world. In the same gathering Dr. J. C. Price first became world famous, and Bishop Arnett gained fresh laurels for himself. Colored men, too, discussed and read papers and enjoyed all the honors and privileges of the body. John C. Dancy is the first colored layman to read a paper in said body.

The greatest race ever run in this country was that from New York to Louisiana between Governor P. P. S. Pinchback and Governor Warmoth. Pinchback was purposely delayed on the way, and Warmoth was enabled to catch him before he reached the State. He started 24 hours ahead of his wily antagonist, but was beaten by the railroads conniving with Warmoth to delay him. Had he won that race he would have saved Louisiana to the Republicans by signing an important document by virtue of his authority as Governor, the real Governor Warmoth being out of the State and

The African Methodist Episcopal (Bethel) church has been superintended by the following named Bishops: Richard Allen, Morris Brown, Edward Waters, Wm. Paul Quinn, Willis Nazrey, Daniel A. Payne, A. W. Wayman, J.P. Campbell, Jas. Alexander Shorter, Thos. M.D. Ward, John M. Brown, Henry McNeal Turner, Wm. F. Dickerson, Richard Harvey Cain, Richard Randolph Disney, John Wesley Gaines, Benjamin Wm. Arnett, Benj. Tucker Tanner, Abram Grant, B.F. Lee, M.B. Salters and J.A. Handy. The youngest elected was Wm. F. Dickerson, who was elected at the age of 38.

The African Methodist Episcopal Zion church has been superintended since its organization by the following named Bishops: James Varick Christopher Rush, Wm. Miller, G.A. Spywood, S.T. Scott, Geo. Galbraith, J.W. Loguen, John Tapin, J.D. Brooks, W.H. Bishop, James Simmons, J.J. Clinton, S.D. Talbot, John Jamison Moore, Singleton T. Jones, James W. Hood, J.P. Thompson, Thos. H. Lomax, W.H. Hillery, C.C. Pettey, Cicero R. Harris, Alexander Walters and Isham C. Clinton. The youngest elected was Rev. Alexander Walters, who was 34 when ordained.

The race has furnished two Collectors of Internal Revenue, one in Mississippi, Jas. H. Hill, and one in Alabama, James E. Rapier. It has had two Naval Officers--both at the Port of New Orleans, namely, Governor P.P.S. Pinchback and the present incumbent, Mr. J.T. Patty. It has five Collectors of Customs, namely, N.W. Cuney, at Galveston, Texas; Joseph E. Lee, Jacksonville, Fla.; J.H. Devaux, Savannah, Ga.; Gen. Robert Smalls, Beaufort, S.C., and John C. Dancy, Wilmington, N.C. Of positions at Washington, Hon. Frederick Douglass was Marshal of the District of Columbia and Recorder of Deeds; Hon. B. K. Bruce was Register of the Treasury and is Recorder of Deeds; Hon John R. Lynch is Fourth Auditor of the Treasury; William H. Smith was for years Assistant Librarian of Congress: James M. Townsend was Commissioner of the Land Office, and was succeeded by Mr. Roberts; Robert H. Terrell is First Assistant to the Fourth Auditor. "We are rising."

The leading institutions of learning for the education of the colored race are: Howard University, Washington, D.C.; Livingstone College, Salisbury, N.C.; Lincoln University, Chester Co., Pa.; Shaw University, Raleigh, N.C.; Biddle University, Charlotte, N.C.; Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga.; Clark University, Atlanta, Ga.; Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.; Wilberforce University, Xenia, Ohio; Bennett College, Greensboro, N.C.; Allen University, Columbia, S.C.; Brainerd Institute, Orangeburg, S.C.; The Petersburg State Industrial and Collegiate Institute, Petersburg, Va.; Wayland Seminary, Washington, D.C.; Jones University, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; St. Augustine Normal and Collegiate Institute, Raleigh, N.C.; Kittrell's Normal and Industrial School, Kittrells, N.C.; Payne Institute Augusta, Ga.; Hampton Normal and Industrial School, Hampton, Virginia; Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School, Tuskegee, Alabama; Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn.; Knoxville College, Knoxville, 002626Tenn.; The Laney High School, Augusta, Ga., and Scotia Seminary, Concord, N.C. Colored students are also received at such well known institutions as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Amherst, Oberlin, Cornell, Columbian College and Wesleyan University.

Richard T. Greener, Charles H. Moore, R.H. Terrell,-- DuBois, W.H. Lewis, Garnett Morgan, Inman E. Page, Rev. B.F. Wheeler, Rev. G.L. Blackwell and Mrs. Anna J. Cooper and others, received special training at these latter institutions. Dr. Alexander Crummell graduated from Cambridge, England, and was a friend and classmate of the distinguished prelate Canon Farrar.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The largest valley in the world is the Valley of the Mississippi. It contains 500,000 square miles.

The total number of newspapers now published in the world is estimated at about 40,000, of which 15,000 are credited to the United States.

If the devil ever feels proud of his work, it must be when he has made a man mean enough to starve his wife and children to death while helping to keep some saloon keeper fat.

Libraries.--the largest library in the world is the imperial at Paris. It contains over 2,000,000 volumes. Thirty-two miles of shelves filled with books, and even more than that, is claimed for the library at the British Museum.

It is estimated that the Protestant churches of America, Great Britain and Europe are represented in their work for other lands by 9,000 missionaries, and more than 50,000 native workers, and have expended during the past year about $12, 500,000.

The deepest mine in the world is probably the Rosebridge colliery, near Wigan, England, 2445 feet, or nearly half a mile, deep. The oldest in the United States, still operated, is the mine La Motte, in the Eastern Missouri lead district. It was opened about 1720 by Percault, an explorer in the interest of Law's Swindling Mississippi Company, and was named from the mineralogist of the expedition.

The deepest ocean soundings yet taken, that are not open to dispute, are 3875 fathoms, or nearly 4 1/2 miles, about 40 miles north of the Virgin Islands, in the South Seas, and 4475 fathoms, or a little over 5 miles, near New Guinea. The Atlantic has been more amply and carefully sounded than any other ocean, and few parts of it have a depth exceeding 3.4 miles. A limited basin about 100 miles north of St. Thomas is 3875 fathoms, or about 4.4 miles, in depth.

The chief wastes of our country are said to be the following: 1. Drink, its bill being estimated at $474,000,000 at least. 2. Fire, loss exceeds $100,000,000. 3. Crime and pauperism, the cost of which is estimated at $12,500,000 per year for support, while the full loss by crime is estimated at nearly $50,000,000. 4. Waste of food, which amounts to probably $50,000,000, by extravagance, bad cooking, &c. 5. Strikes and lack of employment. It is said that the year 1880 witnessed 762 strikes, of which 226 are known to have resulted in a loss of $3,700,000 unearned wages. The loss by lack of employment for those willing to work is still greater.

In 1775 there were only 27 newspapers published in the United States. Ten years later, in 1785, there were 7 published in the English language in Philadelphia alone, of which one was a daily. The oldest newspaper published in the time of the Federal convention was the Pennsylvania Gazette, established by Samuel Keimer, in 1728. The second newspaper in point of age was the Pennsylvania Journal, established in 1742 by Wm. Bradford, whose uncle, Andrew Bradford, established the first newspaper in Pennsylvania, the American Weekly Mercury, in 1719. Next in age but the first of importance, was the Pennsylvania Packet, established by John Dunlap in 1771. In 1784 it became a daily, being the first daily newspaper printed on this continent.-- Little Giant Cyclopedia.

HOME-COMING.BY A. M. HASWELL.When life's hours of toil are ended,And my day draws to a close;When the bells of evening chiming,Call me to my long repose;Eagerly my feet shall hasten,And my eyes shall look to see,Standing close by heaven's portals,Loved ones waiting there for me.They who long, from that far country,Watched me as I faltered on,In earth's weary round of labor,Strength and courage almost gone;When they see me drop life's burdens,And to heaven's refuge flee,Swift will gather round the portals,Loved ones waiting there for me.And, when on their silver hingesWide the gates of pearl shall swing,And, by grace of Him who loved me,I am suffered to come in;First of heaven's joys to greet meIn that joyful hour, shall be,As I pass those shining portals,Loved ones, waiting there for me.Then the cords which earth's rude conflictHere had broken, shall be joined;And beyond death's gloomy kingdomStill more strongly shall be twined;Ah my heart fail not thy singing;Though the way may weary be,Soon my joyful eyes shall see them,Loved ones, waiting there for me.

A Cold Treatment.The second son of the czar, the Grand Duke George, continues his peculiar course of treatment for pulmonary disease. In accordance with his physician's theory that a low temperature tends to destroy the consumption bacillus and to prevent the growth of tubercles, the room of the royal patient is unpapered and bare, the mattress on his bed thin, and the fires moderate in the coldest weather. The progress of the disease is said to have been checked, but his attendants suffer extremely from the cold.-- Harper's Bazar.

HELPFUL HINTS.Gathered from Here and There.Save you cold tea; it is excellent for cleaning grained wood.

Wild mint scattered about the house will rid it of rats and mice.

Hot solution of salt and vinegar brightens copper and tinware, also bath tubs.

Mirrors should not be hung where the light shines directly upon them.

To remove finger-marks, putty stains, etc., from glass, put a little soda in the water with which you wash it.

New tins should be set over the fire with boiling water in them for several hours before food is put into them.

To remove rust from knives cover the blades with sweet oil for a day or two, and then rub with a lump of fresh lime.

To keep linen from turning yellow put it away rough-dry after washing and bleaching well, and rinsing in blue water.

A broom may be kept in good condition for a long time if it is washed once a week in clean, hot suds, and then hung to dry.

For sprains there is nothing better than hot water and a bandage.

If troubled with headache, try the simultaneous application of hot water to the feet and back of the head.

If an insect crawls into the ear, close the other with a finger, shut the mouth and pinch the nose. The insect will crawl rapidly out.

Never sun feather beds. Air them thoroughly on a windy day, in a cool place. The sun draws the oil and gives the feathers a rancid smell.

A very good and simple face tonic is ten drops of benzoin to one of rose water. Put a few drops into the washbowl when bathing the face. Both will soften and whiten.

For croup, use flannel cloths wrung out of very hot water and applied to the throat and chest; cover with dry ones, and renew with hot as soon as the others commence to cool.

To relieve a violent headache wring a cloth out of water as hot as your hands will bear and lay the cloth on the aching head as long a time as it takes to count fifteen, and then remove it. Repeat the operation at intervals of ten minutes. A pleasant sensation follows and often immediate relief is secured.

"I wash my ribbon ruches," says a young woman, "by just dipping them in ammonia and water. They must not be squeezed or wrung out, but dipped and smoothed until clean, then rinsed and dried. And I recurl the raveled ruches with my curling tongs as if they were hair. And I pin my faith, to cleanse woolen fabrics, to soap bark. A five cent box of that will bring a woolen gown out with the freshness of the loom upon it. Steep the bark in a pint of water and add to a gallon of clear warm water. A bath in this does not seem to injure the most delicate fabrics." --Selected.

Socrates, at an extreme old age, learned to play on musical instruments.

Cato, at eighty years of age, began to study the Greek language.

Petrarch, when between seventy and eighty, commenced to study Latin.

Boccacio, was thirty years of age when he commenced his studies in light literature; yet he became one of the greatest masters of the Tuscan dialect, Dante and Petrarch being the other two.

Sir John Spellman neglected the sciences in his youth, but commenced the study of them when he was between fifty and sixty years of age. After this time he became a most learned antiquary and lawyer.

Dr. Johnson applied himself to the Dutch language but a few years before his death.

Ludovico Mondalesco, at the great age of one hundred and fifteen, wrote the memmoirs of his own time.

Franklin did not commence his philosophical researches till he reached his fiftieth year.

Dryden, in his sixty-eighth year, commenced the translation of the AEneid, his most pleasing production. -- Selected.Religions of the World--A Plea for Missions.The population of the world is about 1,470,000,000. Of these there are Protestants, 135,000,000; Greeks, etc, 85,000,000; Roman Catholics, 195,000,000; Jews, 8,000,000; Mohammedans, 173,000,000; Heathen, 874,000,000. Are not these figures an eloquent plea for more laborers and more contributions for the great mission field?

In January 1871, the first society in Philadelphia was formed for the establishment of Sabbath schools. Now there are 200,000 children attending Sabbath-schools in Philadelphia alone, and above 10,000,000 in the United States. In 1880, when our population in the United States was 50,152,866, there to be found in all the land 3,030 churches, having 2,651 ministers, with 364,872 communicants. In 1890, the churches number 151,288, with 103,203 ministers and 21,757,071 communicants. The last census shows that the Church keeps pace with the State in its increase in its membership and in the increase of its resources by which it is sustained. In view of all this advance and the advantages that have enured to us from the labors of generations now gone, how great; is our responsibility. -- Hon J. B. Linn.

In A.D. 1000 there were 50,000,000 people in Christian nations.

In A. D. 1500 there were 100,000,000, doubling in 500 years.

In A. D. 1800 there were 200,000,000, doubling again in 300 years.

In A. D. 1880 there were 400,000,000, doubling again in 80 years.United States Census of 1890.Alabama1,508,073 Arkansas1,125,385 California1,204,002 Colorado410,975Connecticut745,861 Delaware167,871 Florida390,435 Georgia1,884,366 Idaho84,229 Illinois3,818,536 Indiana2,189,030 002929Iowa1,906,729 Kansas1,423,485 Kentucky1,855,436 Louisiana1,116,828Maine660,261 Maryland1,040,431Massachusetts2,233,407Michigan2,089,792Minnesota1,300,017Missouria2,677,080Mississippi1,284,887Montana131,769Nebraska1,056,793Nevada44,327New Hampshire375,827New Jersey1,441,017New York5,981,934North Carolina1,617,340N. Dakota182,425Ohio3,666,356Oregon312,490Pennsylvania5,248,574Rhode Island345,343South Carolina1,147,161S. Dakota327,848Tennessee1,763,723Texas2,232,220Vermont332,205Virginia1,648,911Washington399,516West Virginia760,448Wisconsin1,683,697Wyoming60,589TERRITORIES.Arizona59,691District of Columbia229,796New Mexico114,862Oklahoma61,701Utah206,498Grand Total62,480,540

ALASKA.Alaska was purchased from Russia in 1867 for $7,500,000. The population is largely Indian, there being only about 2,000 whites. Winter temperature at Sitka is said to average about the same as at Washington, D.C.

A very interesting set of coincidences: Columbus left the Old World on a Friday, discovered the New World on a Friday, left the New World on a Friday, returned to the Old World on a Friday, and the 21st of October 1892 also fell on a Friday; so we see that for us, at least, Friday is not an unlucky day.

$1, Washington; $2, Jefferson; $5, Jackson; $10, Webster; $20 Hamilton; $50, Franklin; $100, Lincoln; $500, Mansfield. On silver certificates --$10, Robert Morris; $20, Commodore Decatur; $50, Edward Everett; $100, James Monroe; $500, Chas. Summer. On gold-notes --$20, Garfield; $50, Silas Wright; $100, Thos. H. Benton; $500, Lincoln.

Christian Endeavor: "For Christ and the Church."

Keystone League of Christian Endeavor: "Always and all for Jesus," in addition to the above.

W.C.T.U.: "For God and Home and Native Land."

World's W.C.T.U.: "For God and Home and Every Land."

Epworth League: "Look Up, Lift Up."

C.L.S.C.: "We Study the Word and the Works of God."

"Let us keep Our Heavenly Father in the Midst,"--"Never be Discouraged."

Ten Times One is Ten:"Look up and not down:--Look forward and not back:--Look out and not in,And lend a hand."United States (on coins): "In God we Trust."

Evangelicel Abstainers' Alliance: "It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak."

Apostle Paul: "The love of Christ constraineth us."

Woman's Missionary Society: "A Woman's Missionary Society in every congregation, and every woman a member."

Don't.Don't be a grumbler if you want to beuseful.Don't be always throwing up the oldpastor to the new one.Don't forget to invite the newpreacher home to dinner with you.Don't neglect your family altarwhenever you happen to be busy.Don't claim to be too poor to give anythingtoward missions as long as you canafford to keep a dog and chew tobacco.Don't condemn other people for doingthings that you are guilty of.Don't go into temptations just to seewhether God will help you to resist it.Don't be chronic growler and a professorof religion.-- S. W. Christian Advocate.

Christian Endeavor Progress.Membership of the Young People's Societies of Christian Endeavor:SocietiesMembers. In 18812 68In 18827481In 1883 562,870In 18841568,905In 188525310,964In 188685050,000In 18872,314140,000In 18884,879310,000In 18897,672485,000In 189011,013660,000In 189116,2741,008,980In 1892 (on record July 1).21,0801,370,200-- Golden Rule

The Ten Persecutions of the Christians.

1.Under Nero, A. D. 64-68, Christians were burned as torch-lights for races--charged with burning Rome.

2.Under Domitian, A. D. 95-96. John banished to Patmos where he wrote the Apocalypse.

3.Under Trajan, A. D. 104-117. First legal decree of the Roman Empire against the Christians.

4.Under Adrian, A. D. 117. No general persecution, but oppressive measures at Rome.

5.Under Marcus Aurelius, A. D. 161-180. Severe persecution.

6.Under Severus, A. D. 200-211. A general persecution, which was especially severe. He forbade both Jewish and Christian religion.

7.Under Maximinus, A. D. 235-237. A partial persecution, aimed chiefly at the heads of the Church.

8.Under Decius, A. D. 250-253. One of the two most barbarous persecutions. It extended throughout the Roman Empire.

9.Under Valerian, A. D. 257-260. "He aimed to destroy Christianity by putting to death its leaders." His edict: "Let bishops, presbyters, and deacons at once be put to death."

10. Under Diocletian, A. D. 303-313. The last, most violent, and most wide-spread persecution. He ordered that all Bibles should be burned, all Christian Churches be pulled down and all Christians be deprived of rankand honor.-- Condensed from Hurst's Outline of Church History.

In the Century's topics is a surprising statement of the youthfulness of the Revolutionary "Fathers" whom we are accustomed to think of as venerable men. Perhaps the youth of our own time hardly need the hint which it conveys to them.

No fallacy is more firmly fixed in the public mind than that which represents the establishment of our government as the work of old men. The delusion is imbibed in childhood, and is unconsciously cultivated by the text-books used in schools. The "fathers of the Republic" are depicted in all the histories with wigs, cues and other accessories of dress that apparently betoken age, and the pupil naturally concludes that they must have been old when the nation was born. In point of fact, they were an uncommonly young set of men. George Washington, senior in age, as we as in authority and influence, was but forty-three when the Revolution broke out, and fifty-seven when he became first President Thomas Jefferson, only thirty-three when he wrote the Declaration of Independence 003131Alexander Hamilton, but thirty-two when he became Secretary of the Treasury; Jas. Madison, only twenty-three when he was made member of a Virginia Committee of Safety, and thirty-six when he was Hamilton's great collaborator in the production of that political classic, "The Federalist." Nor were the leaders in the great enterprise exceptional in this matter of age. Forty names were signed to the Constitution of the United States on the 17th of September, 1787. Leaving out of account four whose birthdays are not given by the books of reference, only five of the remaining thirty six had reached the age of sixty; twenty of the number were less than forty-five years old; and twelve were under forty, among the latter being one (Hamilton) of thirty, another of twenty-nine, a third of twenty-eight, and a fourth who lacked some months of twenty-seven when the convention met. The average age of all the members did not quite reach forty-five years. The most important committee to which the instrument was referred for final revision consisted of five members, four of whom were between thirty and thirty-six years of age, the fifth and least prominent being sixty.

A great many men and boys, and even some girls and women, are fond of smoking. The expense of smoking is quite an interesting item. It is calculated that smoking three five cent cigars a day, will amount, in principal and interest in ten years to $745.74. In twenty-five years it will amount to $3,110.74. In ten years a man will blow away in smoke and ashes $1,471.56 if he smoke three ten-cent cigars per day; in twenty-five years he will have consumed $6,382.17. At the end of fifty years he will have spent $54,162.14. Does this pay? This does not include the questions of courtesy and generous consideration for those to whom this habit is offensive and sickening, and these other items of so much importance because they affect personal influence and ability to support religious and benevolent objects.

The Revolution, April 19, 1775 to April 11, 1783; Northwestern Indian wars, September 19, 1790, to August 3, 1795; war with France, July 9, 1798 to September 30, 1800; war with Tripoli, June 10, 1801 to June 4, 1805; Creek Indian war, July 27, 1813 to August 9, 1814; war of 1812 to February 17, 1815; Seminole Indian war, November 20, 1817 to October 21, 1818; Black Hawk Indian war, April 21, 1831 to September 31, 1832; Creek Indian war, May 5, 1836 to September 30, 1837; Florida Indian war, December 23, 1835 to August 14, 1843; war with Mexico, April 24, 1846 to July 4, 1848; Apache, Navajo and Utah war, 1849 to 1855; Seminole Indian war 1856 to 1858; civil war, or the great rebellion, 1861 to 1865.

In the United States we spend annually for liquor, $900,000,000; bread, $505,000,000; for meat, $303,000,000; for iron and steel, $290,000,000; for woolen goods, $237,000,000; for sawed lumber, $233,000,000; for cotton goods, $210,000,000; for boots and shoes, $196,000,000; for sugar and molasses, $155,000,000; for public education, $92,000,000; for Christian Missions, $5,5000,000.

On metal rails a horse can draw:--One and two-thirds times as much as on asphalt pavement;

Three and one-third times as much as on good Belgian blocks;

Five times as much as on ordinary Belgian blocks;

Seven times as much as on good cobble-stone;

Thirteen times as much as on ordinary cobble-stone;

Twenty times as much as on an earth road;

And forty times as much as on sand.

A modern compilation of engineering maxims states that a horse can drag, as compared with what he can carry on his back, in the following proportion:--On the worst earthen road, three times more; on a good macadamized road, nine; on plank, twenty-five; on a stone trackway, thirty-three; and on a good railway, fifty-four times as much.

--Deserved a Smile. Angelina: "The man I marry must be handsome, brave and clever." Tompkins: "Dear me! How fortunate we have met."-- Traveller's Record.

--It wasn't enough that Uncle Sam should have trouble with his foreign relations, but here come annoyances from some of his Mexican borders.-- Philadelphia Times.

--Street-car Conductor: "How old are you, my little girl?" Little Girl: "If the corporation doesn't object, I'd prefer to pay full fare, and to keep my own statistics."-- Puck.

--In a private letter to the editors of a magazine the editor of the Billville Banner describes Chaucer as "the most talented dialect writer of his age."-- Atlantic Constitution.

--Didn't want to appear small. Burley--I've just borrowed $75 of Hawkins.

Gaggers--What did you want all that money for?

Burley--I didn't. I wanted only $1.50, but I borrowed the rest so as to make an impression.-- Chicago News Record.

--Husband--Always these large bills from dressmakers. Other women make their own clothes, but you make nothing.

Wife-And what do you make?

"I? Well!, you must acknowledge that during the three years of our married life I have made my own cigarettes."

--Mrs. Dangle (the hostess, who is on the outer edge of the inner circle)--My dear Miss Penne, have you met every one? Have you met Mr. Shingle, the rising young architect, and Mr. Cheatem, the promising lawyer? And here comes Mr. Palette, the clever young artist with a future, arm in-arm with Mr. Warble the rising young poet.

Miss Penne--Yes, I have met them all, my dear Mrs. Dangle; and now if you will be so good, I should like to meet a few men who are on the downward track.-- Life.

--"Be sure to shake before taking," said the druggist, as he handed his customer a bottle of ague cure. "I always do," replied the customer, grimly.-- Vermont Watchman.

--"No," said Mrs. De Porque, "we don't mind expense when it comes to our library. Some of the books, I am informed, are printed from diamond type."-- Washington Star.

--Here are two specimens of German humor from "Der Hausfreund:"

School teacher--Why were the prisoners who were executed called "poor sinners?"

Scholar--Because rich sinners always get off.

--"I beg your pardon," said the cheeky youth to the calm and austere maiden in the Pullman, "but I think I have seen you somewhere before." The maiden fixed a freezing stare upon him "I think not," she replied severely. "I have been there several times, but only to pass through." Then he passed on.-- Detroit Free Press.

--He was going home to his wife and family. It was growing dark. His road from the station was a lonely one, and he was getting along as fast as he could, when he suddenly suspected that a man behind him was following him purposely. The faster he went the faster the man went, until they came to a churchyard. "Now," he said to himself, "I'll find out if he is after me," and he entered the churchyard. The man followed him. Vague visions of revolvers and garroters grew upon him. He made a detour of a splendid mausoleum. Still the man was after him, round and round. At last he turned and faced the fellow, and asked: "What the dickens do you want? What are you following me for?" "Well, sir, do you always go home like this? I am going up to Mr. Fitzkrown's house with a parcel, and the porter at the station told me that if I'd follow you I should find the place, as you live next door. Are you going home at all to-night?" -- Melbourne City and Country.