The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-01-08

What He Accomplished BY Prayer
and Hard Licks.
A year ago. . poor but very religious anG
philanshrop,c man by the name Of Chap
man, in 81. Louis. looked around him and
saw the misery Of hs fellow-men, many Of
whom we're starving, resolved to try and
ameliorate their condition. The Globe
Lsmoeras, reviewing his work says:
lie saw that it is necessary first to satisfy
mans hunger, then you can talk morality
and religion to him. But the lack Of means
to attain the desired object vas the great
trouble. Mr.. Chapman was desperately
poor; his wife and child were actually at
this very time on the verge Of starvation
That a man, under such circumstances
should plan and carry out to success a
scheme whereby he extensively assists his
fellows, feeds them, lodges them, clothes
them and gives them push ON in life, is
evidence Of . noble. heroic, energetic will.
Mr.. Chapman determined that the basis
hould be faith and prayer; and further
more, that il should be seli.sustaining as
near a possible. As Mr.. Chapman de-
scribes il, he went to his closet and prayed
to God to help him. BY hard pinching he
key this family for three months, and collect
al $S0 IA, III, s,,sS:Suss,r n, "
day, 1877, the Industrial Friendly Inn"
was opened. IL was. therefore, . year old
yesterday. Wonderful indeed is the record
Of the twelve months, and great is the con-
trast between now and then. Perhaps very
few self-satis6ed and well-fed Christians are
aware that yesterday nearly 800 men re-
ceived hearty dinner at the Inn free of
charse-a dinner good enough for anybody
With healthy stomach, as will be seen by
the following bill Of fare: Juliene soup,
roast beef, venisOn, pork; mashed potatoes,
spinach and beans; plum pudding, cram
berry, apple and mince pies; Graham,
white and rye breads; Japan tea, Java cof-
fee, cocoa and milk. And this il but small
portion Of the good accomplished BY one
man, principally sustained, As he insists, by
faith and prayer.
The Friendly Inn" is at 1924 Broadway,
in : locality where its operations are more
directly appreciated than they would be in
any other part Of the city; for there the
poor and homeless do congregate. The
difficulties have been very great, seeming
ly insurmountable. But little faith was
placed in the institution by religions peo
pie and churches generally. No winnings
or loudly proclaimed appeals to the public
were made. Everything was done in
quied unobtrusive manne-. Even now,
with the exception of those benefited, the
existence of the Friendly Inn is but
little known to citizens. A start vas made
with six beds now there are LOG, which are
filled nightly. As might be expected, the
professional tramps besieged the place.
Experience, however, soon taught Mr..
Chapman that it was true philanthropy
to refuse food and lodging to such. For
10 cents . really substantial meal can be
obtained. and for 10 cents more . nights
rest can be had in . clean, single
bed, with facilities to wash the face
and hands. There il printed bill Of fare.
embracing thirteen different kinds Of
meat. Fancy . beef steak or pork-chop,
With bread, potatoes and one other vegeta-
bic, for cents; and full meal, consisting
Of bowl Of soup, steak, chop or roast,
potatoes and other vegetables, tour slices Of
bread and . cup Of tea or coffee, for 10
cents! Large numbers Of men, doing odd
jobs around, manage to live, lodging in
cluded, on IS cents, and even 8 cents, .
day. On an average. 800 eat there daily.
Besides these. many poor families avail
themselves Of the Inn to procure wholesome
and we'll cooked food at cost price. There
IL accommodation to serve fifty persons At
once. As the men pay for what
they GET they retain their self-respect
and independence, and feel that they
are not paupers. Still. in cases Of actual
necessity, food and bedding are given gra-
tuitously. There is large sitting room,
where the unemployed can converse and
read. Durlng the night this room is used
- one Of the three sleeping apartments.
notwithstanding the difficulty Of getting
water, there is plenty Of it distributed
throughout the building in buckets.
An unpleasant passenger in the street
car il . crying baby. In such cases Dr.
Bulls Baby Syrup should b given to the
little sufferer to cease its troubles. . cents
q bottle.
Eclipses for 1879.
There will be four eclipses during the
year 1873, two Of each luminary, - fol-
lows:
An annular eclipse Of the sun near two
o'clock in the morning Of February second,
which will therefore be invisible to the
people Of this part Of the earth's surface.
It will be psrtly visible for nearly the
whole Of Australia, but for neither Of the
continents, it, northern limits being of the
southernmoss capes Of Asia and Africa.
A partial eclipse Of the moon in the
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