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EARNINGS.

The passenger earnings have de-
creased by the sum Of s77,525.74, or
ll.96 per cent.
The total number Of passengers car
ried during the year was j02, 115, q
decrease as compared with the pre-
yious year Of 56,642, or 1913 per
cent.
OF this number 1905, or $3.50
per cent. were local passengers and
53,60S, or 1910 per cent. were
through passengers.
The freight earnings have decreased
by the sum Of tSS, 20, or 1926 per
cent.
OF the total revenue tonnage for the
year 1887 per cent. WIS through
freight, 1881 per cent. coal, and 1892
per cent. other local freight.
The total number Of tons carried
were ,Sf0,03S or an increase Of l7.l4
per cent. over the previous year.
The average haul per ton was 2j9 .58
miles, an increase Of 2.46 miles, or 96
per cent. per ton over 1884.
ROADWAY.
The roadway is in good condition.
The mileage operated was
Sidiags and
Main Line. branches.
Miles. Miles.
Phoebus TO Old Point
Junction. .....@,.......... 7.Sf 80
NeWpOTts News to
Huntington ..... ....... 4e4.05 100 81
Huntington TO west
side Big SANDY. SIS ~
Totals ........ ............. 5l0.77 1000
From Huntington to the west side Of
the Big Sandy was operated by the
Elizabeth, Lexington and Big Sandy
railroad.
At NewpOrt's News the extraordi-
nary repairs during the year were
ircdgiDg between piers ............... 8 577 80
Labor and lumber creOsOtinE ...... 3,o36 80
Renewal of Per No. l.................. $50 90
Renewal OF Pier No. 2................. lO.599 -
Filling In Piers Nos / and ....... 2,6i6 g
IOial ......-..-.-... ........... cl'SlO %
This amount was charged to con-
struction and improvement.
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ROOk AND JOB PRINTING
NEATLY DONE
~ the
DISPATCH PAINTING HousE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-19

From Huntington to the west side Of
the Big Sandy was operated BY the
Elizabeth, Lexington and Big Sandy
railroad.
At Newport's News the extraordi-
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-14
Notice of Forfeiture.

TO EYER B2NDE AND BENJ MAEKS
 Yru are hereby nnrifird that lave cx- pended tie sum ui (SlC0Gl one thousand d.li@rs CuIrcLcy ui the Cnile. Sla..r in 'arnr and imp Cvt mehIS uIun tie Nellie JaHic- and Salinas iOlcs or mIEing cIaiIliS, -oitLalrd in MiilrI'o Cany on Huachura Tn, um- ;Hir>, E"chis" county. Territory If AiIzuna, ii crecr L. Eo.d lie sud iUdes or n.inine "lalus Tor tie yraIS rLdihg D, crmhrr 3l$t, 1881; lHt2; 1885; lsc4 ihi iG65, Il idtr trc roy i>IOns O. -r tiuu :!:j-4 R,-NI-cd Statutes "I lie Unit q Slalrs, ln Mt: For iahOr and im'"uNelnr:r;> uIt'n Jle sad cl; inns fnr inc ic:'r tEGing Dtcrmi'cr 3l>., lsSl, "nc hui- dred dt liars earh; for 'h,. icai ending D. center 3l. lSo2, on. hInd. ed G"Iais each; .or !ne !r''f ending Drct mIi''r 3l. S;}. uGr huI:drrd Goll:,is zach; fer t,e ,cul ending Dec ni CT 3l, lSSi oic huuCr,G Gnllar> cath; frr t.e !,aI rI siI;.S De"em",I 3I, iSSj. Une hLId c;i Gu!lafo each T"I;l | r .Lc live t re, tie sum ui (& UOOJ enc thO..- sanG Guiiar>.
 he local rn Loliccs cf ll.e saiG claims dring rrc' drd F. iulIuws:
 Nellie James min mS claim, in bouk f, pages 2'!. ard 2i3
 sa,ig", nin.ns claim, in book ], pages , S and 2!4
 In thr records cf CoChi-e cnunty, Terri 0'y nf Arg. .u0, Transcribed iruin IIic Pima uuLtA IGturds.
 Ana fl wiinin ninety (90l days after this ro;.cr by IubIIrHli',n. Jtu fail or rr u-e To contribute, eat l. of yuu, your Irup"ilinn Oi surh eXi 2UGi ne. n~ cu-':W 'rTs, our inter- est in thc i'd itd, $ CT m,uing cluiuis VIII ber"t.'e 'l" lrpg,r,y ul iEe undersigned ua.dcT said ecl"n @33--+.
 q. Il. HCLLENSTTEN.
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EAait!

At the Pony Saloon and lake a drink of that fine old Hermitage Bourbon, w. H. McBrayer Bourbon, or some of that elegant old Hermil- age and GucKenheimer Rye, qua = anteed perfectly pure. Also tue nnes,l imported braI-dies, wines and cig Is, to be found in the Territory. Si. Louis Lager Beer on draught. Eng fish Ale and Porter always Oh hand. Free lunch every day. Come all and come often. HENRY CAMPBELL,
 23lf Proprietor.
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For Sale.

The Fountain Restaurant on Allen street including restaurant fixtules bar and bar fixtures is Uf.ered iur sale at h bargi... Everything is ready to commence business It once. For particulars apply to L. B. Van Burt 505 Allen street.
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he counties oi YaVapa!, Yuma, Mohd,e, AGache aud Maric0pa wnI m3ei l.. suU Cun veutlon Io nominate Joint CuunyiIuI. i; lnd iIkcwIse tnc cou.iIics ui Cuchis>, Gta- nam, GIia, P.n.l anL fiuI., Iu nUlnlnatc ~ Joint COuncIimau.
 ESB<TER STi.EEr,
 Chairman Ceh:rai CpmuiI-lec. c. 3. REPPY, $, crcI,
 D-tud lclubsI"up AUk IS>G. to
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OcciGeutaI

Hotel. The oGiy. first class ho,ei in Tumbstnae. astirsteu on, tte co:nrr ot Fourth ana \ liri. a.re,ls. l. aBasOmciI ,3aEGi.h d ;Li.o- .s G,.>,l, ...a L,., al. lue d- r. lm prnv";Ger.s. !r.ve., rs ,,Ic recon .r'.,-n.:ed |" b'op a, ;t,!H hrIisc iTaI"' TUUuis i'i. I9 .i-!l., 7. "a. t!..N.,>r,. sr. b'.7 of t.,!s .r"pA,. Is tr,i .s!'':'i at;i- Ii Pr"cr'i bi!!iGJl. 'aois', aHi r.@,' .o"r.. mnn Is *tnctf:n .2';n 1ht- t,.-e, ':ri .li1:'=, t'.Er-,s aL''-'l*ats.
 att: .Ios@fi. ?, >c,Is.lI.
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Gtcgn1.y'S Restaurant.

Frmtnt street, opposite Schief- feiin hall On ami and after May II !, lc8G, meal, from 50 cents and up wards Break ;,st from : to Z, Dinner fIum : iu 5. Ill! I2-tf.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-14
Monday, September 2Oth, 1886,

For the purpose of nominating a candidate fol Delegate to Congress, d candidate fol Superintendent of PublIc Instruction, ana or the transaction of Sucn other 4uoinrss as my properly conc before it.
 The several counties of tue Territory vii De entitled 10 the following rcprretut"II"n, based upon the KepuUllcal vJie uf .oo4, with ths allowance of one cXt.a DtleId | from each county. ss fellows:
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-14
V D-.E

Al rartIrs hat.r.. h-4i-. rrj.s e.. siurr rE "2, DsI,'H%Ia@~ |" :he h's."r h. s'. { DInpIny. i i.I.,,>r return .hc S:lIc sI -7Gj,-s j.r j aApld up"hi''.
 ' b.:ln SHAW,
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ss ., Notice 10 Crt tIltoPs,

ESTATE OF DEUZtL WEBB. DECEASED The creditors of and all persons having claims against Inc Sad named es'aee are hereby notified to exhibit their claims with the necessary vouchers to me, within Jour months after first publication Uf thI- notice at the store Vf Herrera < Mcclure, in the city of Tombstone, Cochise county. Terri tory Q! Arizona. or the same will he forever uaircd ERNEST 0. MCCLURE, ~.
 Adphi.stlalOr. fUmhstone, September l>t., lSs8.
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CECELIA LOUDON, Pla milf, }
 VS. ALEXANDER LOTnON. Defendant

CECEIIA LOUDON, Pla milf, f ALEXANDER LOTpON. Defendant Action brougnt in ;he County Corrt 0: l Co .hrr, IcIr,tury Of Ari."na, aud thr c"Ii- plainI hIrd in thv said County of Cuchier. ; n iut lii:cc Ui line Clerk of Inc said Count, ! Count, Inc T,rrilpry of Arzona sends greetin 2. L. A! Elnr,r LOud,I. De' enuanI. rnQ.t he by r,qdiIrd tu aIbear in an a,t;"n u".u-h ..#i"st you uy the anU,' n EicC r.5 tIIi, in ( County Court Ui Cu- '..iS L"ult! tciril"r! Ul AriZ'.nn, ana tU aH, wer iit rDlIUlaml GleG therein, withi:. tw enty day iisXrIusiv" Oi the Gay oi service aiier Jus serYIce on you oi Ihi~ >un'LtUHs, f syrVrd IIhu tLi, county; Ur il s-ryrt, uI, 'I thi, crIHTy, bWr n thIs dls rict, withu. thiitS daSs; "thcI vice within forty uaNs, 0. ladg:ie t by dctaIIit sili ne 'aAeD ;.gilLst lGu according 10 the prH! er oi saiG com pia'nt
 : Said action Is brought to recover GrcIe, of Giv'rcc iron. iae B"ntis ot Ma'rmony. .aa tulil appears by the e Iupiain1 IT. Ter li.. .. duly cerf Ii q copy al utiai' iS hrI.to al ';ci.c'. Ard pu afc ';C.rby nD; liru ttal i yet. lai! Iu app ar ard Hn>wCr 'h: S=Io cnIL -il, aS n!sn;1 rtfu'i.., 't = -' IO fsi', h |. N ii app.i tu lnr t";.! !o. t,.y ..- i,t tia. i'I in -Hjo 't H.Pi-iot
 Gi.cn rnccr ny Eo,G :.f ...l 4 !.,. Cuuni, C",,rl oi i',Li}. s", i.f-. .rr,.,... If ,r2 .n", :v.r }.' eFs .'. >',-.-t !.
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Coolest Elace iii G'0yra.

h. lIGi;i lUf:lr:l1 iIt tito 'tr c'C.se' ::'t IF II # c!'l t'r lCtr cHT Ht. D"n! nisCtn i:s t,ul l,ItIl h''aicC II l. ItI tiiT iC.tli. i.iIG HN1its EtoT !e tf i'h Is.tl t iu CNC III, when ic vII,urN rtu tm ii ;l Iry te scrTec "t al t.Ets, will tie tLo
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-14
TERRITORIAL
REPUBLICAN
 CONVENTION.

In accordance with the action of the Cen tral Committees Territoria. Convention oi the Republican party Of tie Territory ni Arizoua, to consist of seventy seven Qei- rgAtcs, is hereby called, to be held iH tl;c city of Tucson,
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-14

T..c Tombstone pubic have tried n,Li and ever iUuEd him cIoCke! 12ltf
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-14
SuEni'!t IS.

IN TIE JTSJIG'r (CUE CT SECOND Township, oJ thr C"uI,!i oi tCc!hSc. Y'r- litnrl ,f .AI ZCHa.
 II A Rogers. Plaintiff, ys Mrs TeJ:r' CUkrr, Drftnual.t
 ne rIli;'ry Of Ar zona srnJS Eiectm@ 2 10 EimUa Oktr, dy'cuUYnt.
 You nrr hereby "umm .uvG to appr;r he tore me, al mN oiiice ia E. a>.'u. ia he cuItr t' nl Cochie, on IEc l4ln d;y "f O.t"c. |, lHSG, al O'riu, Il. n! a., artiGn hrOuG h. against ou hg sald pi1,nl!if, tu ..ns"er tie mi'l'tni Oi Inc :'iI,vc Ininci plFntiif.
 Said action k bI ough; To ierUVtr of you the ~um ui Hmt t Cui;ars uItl til;y-Gvc CI',s aS nH account stH cd, between X.u aisd ;hc frm ul Rogers 5 O., Bensnn, AtiZ'.6a, i"I g,ots sod aud G. li' r'rrG Ia you at your III Rlauce and r. quest, Da for money uGranrru ns will m0rc fully appear on rtaicmenl on file ID this office whi, h is mace G part ri complaint by plaintiff, Or judgment w:li ne taken against you for Inc said nniuCn'. jo- gcther will costs of this suit il You iail tV appear #nd answer.
 3n the sheriff or any Constable Of taiI county, Tf' e'irg:
 Make !rgl service and due return thereof GHen under my Land Ilis Sin La! oi August, le66.
 RORT L MILLER, A Justice uf tie re. cc for sad oMLship
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-14
SUMMONS

IN THE COUNTY lUURT, IN AND FoE
 the County Gi Ca, t,i.e, lorritori "f Ast-
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-14

The atmosphere was clear and bracing this morning:
 Al'my goods are paid for and as l want mnpey and want it bad l vii. make $50 suits for $35. Harris the tailor. o. $ l1H. Chlor;ders who want GIelrablr lease osrn procure one on Ihe Aiaghan ,istap mine by enquiring of Gel. Bdl,!- 5 win at his residence in the Old Hos ~pital building; Fremont street. be- tween Seventh and Eighth. S-20tf.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-14
PAPER
 Cochise County.
Regular Republican Ticket
 EIectIQR TUesd ay. Nov. 2, EssS.

For Territorial Council, W. A. HAYWOOD. For Members Gf Assr mbly, ". & FLBNMING, W. A. NASH, A. c. RItHARDS, FRANK FRAME, CHAS. N. THOMAS For County JuGg", E. W. MORRISON.
 Ser Sheriff,
 R:S. HATCH For District Attorney, VIII ScILWELL. For County Treasurer, A. J. RITTER, For Counry Recorder. WE. BRADLEY. For County Asscssor, E.G. MORROW. For County Cl.rk, ALLEN R. WALKER For Coroner anI Pu5'ic Adm!ni,trator, { ... C. B. FARRELL. For Coauiy Surveyor, ; H. HOWE. yur Supe.'vi. .ors, F-B. G BROWN
 T.C. BAN.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-14
E,fen Think

Ea5y know e.l about MustIg Lin. ::,:;aqAt Few dc. Not to know s rot l. hays
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-14

ADVERTISEMENT. ANTI-CHINESE CITY TICKET.
 FOR MAYOR
 CHAS. N. THOMAS,
 FOR CoUNCILMEN First Ward A. ASHMAN Second Ward ...... J. F. LIPPEkT Third Ward d..A. ". SMITH Fourth Ward d....S. C. BAGG FOR CITY RECORDER
 NJ. G. CROWLEY.
 FOR CITY ATTORNEY
 FOR CITY TREASURER THOMAS VINCENT. FOR HEALTH OFFICER AND CITY TAX ''~ s COLLECTOR
 c. W. CHAPMAN.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-14
Look Ont.

Look Out.
 And don't you forget t, tLat WGlcott tG Me-siyk Lave | c tii,eet toilet sUa,e for sale tEat has ever Lecn offered b the people Of this city. 22lf
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-14

Our thanks are due Eddy Simmons and others for their expressions oi satisfaction in the nomination of yt editor for the Assembly, when the word was brought to him.
 Our readers will excuse the lack of local news outside of convention busi- ness to day, as We were unable to attend to both
 The Bisbee delegation returned home this evening.
 Some very interesting telegraphic pewe appears in another column.
 Eau1i0rG Notice.
 I hereby caution all parties and the public not 70 trust my late partner, .Chas D0umeyer as I will not be res fp6nEiLl6 f0; debts of his contracting .,. ALEXANDER B4CELLI.
 Contention Restaurant. Tombstone Aug. IF, 1886.
 Notice. To ALL vgaN IT MAI cnSCERNi J- Whereas my former partner Frits Ser. bardt has mysteriously disappeared from his place of business !n 5 sbec, COchisc County, A. T.. srI persons gre hereby n"ti- |. Eed that will not be responsible TOT any debts which Le may contract. .a +- HENRY DURAeHER. Bisbce, August 4tb, 1886.
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keener interest in the things about you.
You will be even more gay, light-hearted
and sunny-faced, if possible-every
muscle teeming with unused vigor, and
yearning for healthfnl action. The
long ramble on summers day, the
game of lawn tennis, the row on the
rapid river, the quick canter on horse
back over grassy fields and through the
woodlands-all these will be but the
brightness of pleasant hours, and in
stead Of exhausting, shall furnish a
healthy stimulus to renewed exertion,
and insure at night long and refreshing
sleep. Iwould but extend for all young
girls the period of healthy, happy child
hood, and make more true and useful
the boon Of womanhood.
And yet, while removed farther from
fashionable frivolities, and thus extend
ing youths sweet simplicity of pleas
ures, aspirations for the future will
come to you. Every life should be
nodded in the present for some purpose
in the future. AS you grow older you
will long still more to be useful. And
in these, your halcyon days, why may
you not profitably look toward the COM
ing years with plans matured for them9
so that the first small beginnings of an
honorable calling shall be made. No
young woman, whatever her circum-
stances, should lack the means of earn
ing an honest livelihood; and in order
to excel in any employment, the most
prompt beginning is necessary. And
the preparation for any work lies not
merely in labor in the work it involves,
but far more in turning the thoughts
and interests strongly toward it. So,
my dear young girls, while you are en-
joying and making most of the present,
you will be planning for an honest
work that shall mske you both helpful
and independent in the future. Every
thing almost is open to you, and you
have but to choose. Is not that bless
ing and pleasant thought to you
DoRoTHEA MAPLE.
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us?" ''How long, then, may his children
live?' In the length of life, like father,
like children, Immortality in parentage
assures Immortality in the offspring
and we are the offspring of God. 1t is
true that God only hath Immortality so
far as absolutely to have no beginning,
neither end of days. But as to an end
ing of life, "Why may not the spirit of
man live as long as his Father ?"
And besides our parentage, we have
long-lived kindred. We belong to a
long-lived race. We are brothers to
the angels. [See Rev. xix, 10, and xxi
O.. "When did the angels die ?'' when
will they die ?" "How long do they
live ?'' Our Lord said that when men
became like the angels they could not
die any more. We die only in part. We
die as to our bodies. If the angels are
our brothers, perhaps they have died
in part, like ourselves. Perhaps they
also once lived in the flesh, and so died
as to the flesh-died in part. But now,
and as to the spirit, they cannot die
any more. Those who are now angels
may have once waited "all the days Of
their appointed time" in bodies like
ours till their change came. Then they
were transformed and became angels,
and like unto those who were already
angels-the like change and transforma-
tion whereof awaiteth all kindreds and
nations now in the flesh. Hence the
argument from the longevity of our
spiritual kindred is convincing-it is
comforting. 1t assures us of an i'm
mortality as enduring as the immortal
ity of the Father of our spirits, and of
the angels who are brothers to our
spirits.
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There is apparent all through the
same assumption of superior ability on
the part of the new school to come to
correct conclusions, that marks GER
tain school of materialistic and evolu-
tionistic scientists, in regard to the
problems of biology-a disposition to
regard as scholarship" and scholars y
only those theories and those students
of Biblical literature who harmonize
with the positions of the advanced"
school.
But we admit that "The Prophets of
Israel" is a more satisfactory book
than the "Old Testament in the Jewish
Church." Partly is it so because there
is less of the critical in it. Prof.
Smiths perception of the ethical posi-
tion of the prophets, and the signif-
icance of their prophecies as applied to
their times is singularly lucid even
where his CRITICAL perceptions are
confused. In these respects his obser-
vations are, many of them, really stim-
ulating, but even here their value is
largely in their suggestiveness, rather
than in the continuous reliability of his
conclusions. These suggestive passages
would well bear quotation, many of
them, but we have not room for them.
We believe, after making the allow
ances we have, that to those profession
ally interested in the higher lines of
religious thought, who can discrimi-
nate, there is much in the book that is
valuable. But as history, its style is
dry-and, to great extent, too vague
and general. We can hardly conceive
any one but Scotch theological pro-
fessor writing such book, and we can
hardly conceive any but a congregation
of metaphysical Scotchmen patiently
enduring such a dose in the form of
popular lectures. Such course of lee
lures would be anything but popular
with an American audience.
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The Rev. Henry A. Stimson remarks
in the Independent, The good and the
bad, we have every reason to believe, are
separated after DEATH" He means sep
arated" locally - the "good" in one
place, the "bad in another place. But
instead of every reason to believe this
we have never heard of but one reason
the supposed reference Of Jesus to this
separation in two of his discourses. Aside
from this the reasons are all against such
belief; and it is becoming the habit of
scholars to put different Interpretation
on the xiv of Matt. and the xvi of Luke.
- Mr.. Stimson thinks the soul may
make decisive Choices" by which he
seems to mean choices leading to results
which cannot be recalled. There is con-
fusion here. The only question in dis
pute is, whether the soul, having made
wrong choice retains the power to amend
it and make a right choice. So much
must be conceded to it so long as it re-
mains moral being. To say that
choice which it makes at one time cannot
be followed by better choice at another
time is only another way of saying that
the moral nature has become extinct.
The memorial" signed by some
Episcopal clergymen, and to be signed
by others, asking the General Convention
OF the Episcopal church to take such ac-
ton as it may deem expedient, to further
the organic unity of Christians in this
land" appears not to contemplate the
most desirable thing. "Organic unity"
implies union in an organization; and, as
the Episcopal church shows no disposi-
ton to abolish, nor even to alter or amend
its own organization, it is plain that the
only unity" these memorialists have in
mind is that to be gained by other organi-
cations being absorbed into the Episcopal
church. Perhaps this is a contamination
devoutlyto be wished; perhaps not.
The student of church history re
members that the period where there was
bi1O OOAAPAOtOoO OiBdhlO uuAOy VI Oullo-
tendon, SO far from being the golden age
of our religion, was the saddest and most
shameful in its annals. The world is, no
doubt, better than it was then but it is
not enough better to make it safe or de-
sirable to attempt to create a unity by
fiat which does not exist by conviction.
What christians in this land most need
and should most earnestly desire, is not
union in any oFganization-ath thing as inn
possible as undesirable = but union
among the organizations. To have u
condition of things among Christians of
all names and orders in which their COM
mon Christian purpose and their common
Christian spirit should find expression in
general INSTRUMENTATION fraternity
and fellowship, is the ideal of the true
Christian statesman.
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HOW TO GET RID OF YOUR MINISTER.

An article in the Interior gives some
humorous advice upon the above sub
ject, which is none the less true to life,
because written in a pseudo-satirical
vein, and it has many time and oft
been acted upon by tickle, dissatisfied
sooieties. We give the following ex-.
tracts, either Of which viii prove effect
i've and ''sure shot,"
ITO be sure, he's been with you but
a short time; and when he came you
all said, Never was such a man. So
you installed him for life. Now you
say change would be for the interest
of the church. He, innocent one, thinks
the change ought to be in you. For
months he has wondered if some mer-
ciful providence would not remove you
and so promote the good of Zion. OF
course he's wrong. You stick. Of
course the church would dissolve if you
were to resign. Those resolutions of
respect for your departing dominic
how faithful he's been, and how the
church has grown during his stay, and
your sorrow at parting with him; pre-
same they are al ready, eh p'
Now, how to get rid of the man whom
these resolutions call equal nearly to
Gabriel
"u). Send him in his resignation. A
certain colored preachersays that is the
way his church managed him when
they wished him to go. Send him a
kind but firm letter, with good many
signers. OF course you will get all the
outsiders you can hear of to sign. Tell
him he'd better seek another field.
Such a letter, if well prepared, will
win. He'll be crushed at first but you
can show him a copy of the resolutions
to comfort him. See
"(2). Another effective way, if you
haven't the courage to write such let
ter and sign it-and tits not likely you
have-is to set Miss Busybody at work
against him. You remember how soon
the thing was done in this way over at
Gossipton. Miss Lipp was duly COM
missioned by several of the trustees.
The first afternoon she led four fam
lilies to decide that the interests of
Zion demanded change of ministers.
1t is true nobody ever heard that those
families lay awake for Zion's sake.
Still, Miss Lipp and they and "many
more," they said, had reluctantly come
to feel that the welfare of a church was
before everything. So the minister left.
''(3). Another effective method is to
starve him out. Empty his pocket and
keep it so. That'll fix him. He's flesh
and blood with bit of self-respect.
He'll catch the idea when you tell him
you can't collect; that you are sorry
people are so dishonorable as to refuse
to pay an honest pledge just because a
minister is not an angel; that you pro-
pose to pay your part if you don't like
the preaching; still people can't be
compelled to give if they won't, and
what's to come of it you don't know,
etc. You get the point2 Very well.
He'll get it, too, and get away if he can.
"But if he should think it was owing
to the hard times, and propose to take
less salary or accept what his friends
can raise-there are such cases-we
should be in box. Our minister, poor
fnancier as he is, evidently has some
thing to fall back upon, else how does
the man give more than any two mem
bers of the church ? Can't tell how