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Industrial Insurance.

In these days life insurance Of ali kinds has
become 50 common that the poorest and
most ignorant laborer would laugh at the
idea Of a policy being a forerunncr OF Ill
luck. lust rs the modern Jack Tar laughs at
the idea Of misfortune following voyage
commenced on Friday Indeed the laCOrer
now has insurance brought TO his own door,
but its solicitors first and its collectors after
ward follow him 10 his factory and 10 his
shop. ready 10 insure not only himself, but
his wife, his babe in the cradle. his girls in
short clothes, his boys in knickerbockers and
his sisters and his cousins and his aunts
This is industrial insurance" ready to IN
sure any one from the pulling infant 70 the
hoary headed grandfather OF 20, al { weekly
rate Of from five cents upward.
There are three companies only III New
York city that tranact what IS known as
industrial insurance business They are all
conducted upon the same principle Of grant
ing insurance upon the lives OF infants, chill
dren and adults, at weekly premiums OF from
five to flfty cents being for young man Of
q insurance Of SJ3 at death for five cents a
week, or 1890 for fifty cents a weok.-New
York Press
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the waters Of the gulf far up the Rio Grande,

the waters Of the gulf far up the Rio Grande,
causing immense oyeriiows, destroyed some
500 buildings and drowned thousands OF cat
40 and horses Corn and cotton were liter
ally beaten into the muddy earth by the fierce
wind and rain. This il the record Of but one
year
In conclusion we can only say that the
signal Office gives admirable directions
for escape, which every dweiler in the tor
nado lands should caresully observe. Il IS
not possible to prevent them, but II IS posi-
tie to save the live. OF ono's self and family,
though dwelling and other buildings must
20. One dark feature romans for the phil
osopher TO study What will be the effect on
national character Of these sudden and De
strnctiyo phenomena! WIN future Ameri-
ca,s be tirnd. cowardy and superstitious ike
the dwellers in those regions where deadly
serpcnts lurh by every path or tho earth
quake or hurricane may make havoc IN an
Instant Can we in such an environment
maintain that cool courage and solid dignity
we inherited from Saxon, Cclt and Dutch
man; or is tho present process to continue
until nervous excitabih.y becomes tho con
trolling Characteristic of our recei
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FINANCE AND COM MERGE
Reported BY G. w. Branch 4 Co, banker
aud brokers. No. iii Main street.
New York stock Market.

REVIEW.
New YORK, February eat our
opening London bad few selling orders
and the scalping trading combined with
London eased prices all around. There
seemed no desire on the part of
holders to sell stocks, and this
prevented any material break. AT the
declines there was fair buying by the
cliQues, although they seemed to favor
slight reaction 10 induce more short sell.
ing. News from Western strikes was
not definite enough to affect the market.
The Conference Committees of the North
western and Southwestern roads did not
accomplish anything, aud there were no
indications of doing anything definite to-
day. The Trunk line meeting in New
York did nothing, and the attendance
was rather light Leading operators this
evening expressed the opinion that few
days will determine the course of the
market for some time to come. Many
disturbing elements are being removed,
and if ondon stops selling and Congress
makes easy money the market might ad-
vance. CT sing was without features
Sterling, S4s69S4ss MoneY, 2tG34
per cent.
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structed a machine for stitching leather, be
fore the invention of the Howe ewing ma
chine From 1914 he was engaged IN develop
ing improvements in steam engines at PrOvi-
dence. r. l. by which uniformity Of motion
was attained In 1856 the Corlias Steam En-
CINE company was organized IA 1872 he was
appointed centennial commissioner for HhOde
Island, and the next year submitted a plan
for a siIE lo engine of 400 horse pO'rer 10
move all the machinery of the exhibition Ii
was predicted that his engine would be noisy
and troublesome, but Mr. Corhss gave it his
personal attention, spent $4,000 upon it be
yond theappropriationo Of congress, and made
IL success in every particular
Nj COrliss received numerous testimonials
Of the appreciation of different governments
and associations for the benefits conferred
by his inventions At the expositions at Paris
in 1867 and at Vienna in 1913 be received
awards, and the Rumford medal by the
American Academy Of Arts and Sciences IN
1870 In 1878 he won the French MoDtyon
prize for that year, the highest honor for
mechanical achievements, He made no eX
hibit, but was awarded the prize Lecause the
foreign engine builders who exhibited claimed
that their engines were Of the COrliSs type
He was also made an officer Of the Order Of
Leopold by the King Of Belgium In Rhode
Island Mr. Corliss was highly esteemed. He
served in the state senate, and was urged %
run for mayor OF Providence and governor
Of the state but declined.
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scene at the Custom House.

4 young and very pretty widow, dressed in
elegant mourning, stood by an open trunk at
the custom house the other morning. \ lynx
eyed woman inspector was going through tho
spoils OF Paris. Presently her nostrils quiv-
cred She scented game, and pulled out a
package of kid gloves Of various colors and
tints. These are not for your own use,
madam Why not" asked the lady, an
ominous pink spot coming 10 each cheek.
you can see they are my size, holding out
a dainty little hand. There was you-can't-
come-it-over- me expression on the others
face as she replied. People dressed as you
are do not wear colored gloves" All" said
the pretty widow, with contempt, do you
suppose I'm going to wear mourning the rest
of my hfer' The inspector was crushed, and
replaced the gloves of the lady from Pitts
burg. New York Press.
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VIENNA. February 29-The Frsmden-
Hftt denies that Austria and Germany
have counselled Italy 10 abandon her
African campaign and recall her troops
on the ground that events are impending
in Europe which will require Italy to
enter the field with all her forces. The
paper says that Austria and Germany
regarded the African campaign rs purely
an Italian matter, and are convinced
that u few thousand men on torei IN
service will not jeopardize ltaly's mil
;hry position.
New YORK, February 29.-The COM
plant against Gould and Sage has been
dismissed.
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NAP OF Mt. VERNON

l. Baptist Church 2 Bank g. Postoiiie !
Methodist Church
About 100 years ago tradition records it
and the timber showed its track long
after the white settlement tornado from
the west terminated IN u swirl in Whit is
nov Putnam county, Ind; the heavy
primeval forest of oGk, walnut beech hick-
DRY and sugar tree thard maple was piled i'll
twisted masses, as when the heavily headed
wheat Is lodged by q beating storm, and
up among these masses came an immense and
brushy growth Of smaller timber The re-
suit was an almost impenetrablc jungle, In
which the panther and wildcat survived long
after the 40 AGENT region was brought To
high state Of cultivation. As late as 1915 IL
was conf lently asserted that a single pan
Their remained, and that he might often 10
heard crying like lost child in the night
and making ready to dovour all who came 10
his assistance
We need not believe all the legends that
cluster about the forests which longest retain
their willness bat every part of the Miss!s-
sippi and Ohio valleys showed, IN the native
timber, traces OF former tornadoes. The
pioneer treading the dense forests would be
surprised by entering on u belt of timber
totally different from that on It's borders
the trees were tIickly set and slender, the solid
walnut and oCk were replaced by the softer
bass wood, aud The ground was spotted with
shallow holes and little mounds, the latter of
which were called "lnjun graves" They
were always east or northeast Of the holes
Science has shown that such belt was the
path Of "a prehistoric tornado; the holes
were left where the heavy trees were up
rooted the mounds were made by the dis
indignation OF the root weds"
Since the population grow dense we, un
happily, have no need Of conjecture, for the
records are appalling The season OF 1887,
Tor instance. opened with fierce tornado ii
Belmont cocnty, o, which swept a WIDE belt
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Suggestion Ia Newspaper Men.

"Why do newspapers persist IN the prac-
tice OF printing an article, which man may
want to paste III his scrap book for reference,
on both sides OF the paper, so he can't use 1t,
when they insist that correspondents and
contributors shall write only on one side Of
the paper r was a question asked by John
Mattocks, the lawyer and politician 1T
makes me mad, just a Little, TO find presi-
dents message or Bisnarck's speech 70 the
reichstag, printed in that way. Perhaps the
editors never thought Of it, but they should
Why, few years ago asked my tailor why
he put colored batting in my vest, which, IN
case | should perspire or be caught out in a
rain storm, would discolor my linen. He
didn't know why he did it; it was a matter
Of habit. He said the entire cost OF the neceS-
Sary batting for vest was one cent, and
white was as cheap as colored. He had never
thought of it before, but at once concluded
that my suggestion was good thing, and
decided to act upon it, That is why make
the suggestion about nsws,~psrs Chicago
Times.
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To Re,trict Chinese immigration.

WAsHINGToN. February 30 A bill TO
,mend the Chinese restriction acts was re-
ported fayorablyto-day by Senator Shcr-
man from the Committee on Foreign
Relations The bill provides that the
words Chinese laborer" and Chinese
passenger" shall be held to include and
mean any psnons of The Cnireie rac",
without regard to the Government ~
which the Chinese may owe allegiance
anc without regard 10 The port, place, OF
country from which he or she may come
t. the United States
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WILLIAM II. GARDNER, 5l8 T.. ,.n.
street. Hair cutting, dyeing, shawl
shampOOing.
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t4rcst iu view Of the recent storm that deNaS-
tated Mt Vernon, HIS:
Tint the TORNADO is indigenous 10 the
Tinted States, because there are no trans
verse mountain ranges dividing the great
central plain: they always have been ire
ouent. and they always win be, and they
only seem more frequent now because there
are more people in the way OF them 70 get
hurt.
A tornado can b. foreseen from few
minutes 10 a few hours in advance; and
measures can easily be taken to reduce the
danger 10 minimum
3 The tornado, hurricane and cyclone are
radically different though confused III tne
popular mind ~,
Tie only cyclones known 10 the tnited
States originate in the ocean southeast they
travel first northwest, then change gradually
. north and northeast, whiriins as they 80.
The tornado, on the other hand, invariably
travels 10 the east and north. now, the one
astonishing fact 10 the reader who has not
examined the subject, is that the signal
service officer has tolerably full account Of
every destructive tornado for l2j years; and
thu. a maD OF their course and frequency IS
made. which Is a. easy of comprehension Is a
mon Of orr rivers Indeed. the reader may
make a cur ously interesting map for him
self if he las the newspaper files for, say, ten
yoers past Let him note each tornado re-
ported in that time-aud be will be amazed
a. the number, often high as twenty IN
year-and put a black mark on It's location
on the map. He SAL find this somewhat
oninous result: The lines Of black spots viii
run ont Ike the arms Of an octopus, now mar
rowing and now widening bat from all sides
they will concentrate toward the central sec
ton Of the Missouri valley-ihere Is the
no.irg place OF the tornado.
But even near the center OF the belt there
ore limited sections which enjoy peculiar
exemption. The people long ago came to the
conclusion that high bluff Oh the east side
OF river had tendency 70 hist the harry
cane and make it safer for few miles east
ward. and Lieut.. Finey's map confirms it.
West Virginia, for instance. has entirely
ESCAPED, and nearly all of Piedmont, Va.
But even on the hills some startling pheno-
mena have occurred Some dozen years ago
TWO tornadoes, each sweeping narrow track
and coming from the west and southwest
respectively, crossed each other in western
Indiana; the result was a terrific and de-
stiuctiyc swirl" in a limited area, III which
both wege dssipated, but the timber in that
area was reduced 70 splinters
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JOSEPH DELARUE. 10g r.. Main street. 3D.
hanging and general machine iepni.lu.
M0deis .cr patents.
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witch, Il. l., where
he attended school
and after W ard
opened a country
store. His first
manifest alton Of
mechanical ingeDu
ity was in the con
struction OF a Tern
porary bridge
which had been
washed away by n.
freshet, and after
such n structure
had been pro
nounced impracti
.oIJa Tban Lnanu-
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Flowing In California.

Southern California Agent-There sir,
look over into that field Did YOU ever see a
man piow So easily as that!
Eastern Farmer-By gum The plow does
seem to 80 easy, dol't itf The man seems 70
enjoy It,
YES, sir; keeps jumping and dancing
along like boy. just sec his heels fly"
Looks good deal like n JIG, must say"
Little Boy lnatiyeD-Pop amt dancin; he's
tryin' ter keep outen the way o the tarantu-
las an rattlesnakes wot he turnsup Omaha
World
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Miss Clara be said, 'can speak with
your father a moment before ! go|
Certainly. Mr. Sampson, replied the
girl, blushing and with a wildly throbbng
heart she SOUGHT the Old man.
oh, papa" she began later as the front
door closed, what did slr Samuels wautN
I'm his landlord, you know let him his
bachelor apartments, and he wants another
three years lease New York Ssh
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Hostess to young Mr. Sissyl-You viii
kindly favor US with some music, win you
not, Mr. sissy
Young Mr. Sis.y-Wel- I'm uot quite
my usual self tonight, 5iis iobsou, lat
will-aw, sing a little, il You like.
Hostess lEraciously) thanks. you are
very kind Even little Of your singing,
Mr. Sissy, goes a great ways you know
The Epoch
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- Doctor,

have been giving my children DR. DA-
yIDs CoUGH SYRUP, and it acts so well
that If you do not object | will always
give it in coughs, colds, and bronchial
and lung troubles
Object Why, certainly not know
ing as | do the ingredients of Tie ex-
;elent Cough Syrup. | always recon-
mend it to my patients and find is
cures every time, but see that you get
the genuine Dr. Dsvid's Cough syrup
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4 IicnrN iinil.

Omaha Mantle amazing statement was
made in congress recently that the official re-
ports show that more mail matter Is handled
an Kansas City than IN any city IN the Union,
not even excepting New \ ork
Eastern Youth Dust from Kansas City
May be, may be. had 10 write about forty
lrtters 10 friends in different parts Of the
country before l could raise enough 70 get
away Omaha World
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THE LATE GEORGE H. coRLlsS.
The Inventor II the Automatic Cut on
Tor Gteam InGincs.

The Inventor II the Automatic Cut on
Tor steam Engines.
Mr.. George Il. Corliss, the inventor and
mechanical engineer, died at his home in
Providence r. l., on the 2lst Of February
last. 1t frequently happens that man tolls
for many years to accomplish results without
being widely known among his fellow men,
until some especial work, either by itself or
coupled with some marked event, suddenly
causes his name TO become familiar such
was the case with Mr. Corliss. For more than
forty years he labored III the work of perfect
ing and constructing steam engines, pracu-
cally revolutionizng their construction, but
it was not till he erected the great Corliss en-
zine at the Centennial exposition in PhiladeI
phia that his name became generally known.
Mr.. Coriss was born at Easton, New York,
ON .Juue ,. 1917 In 1926 he moved 20 Green
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nent gives great
satisfaction. Dr..
Hastings was born
in Utica, Y Y, in
1927 In ls4S he
was graduated at
Hamilton, and Ia
1851 at the Union
Theological college
nj New York. In
1852 he accepted
the pastorate Of
the Presbyterian
church at Mend
ham, n j., and in
1856 he became the
pastor Of the West
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Tho Cause OF the Chnncr.

Barber, want my hair cut quite short.
All right, sir, but you said the last tine
you were in that you intended to let it grow
a foot long
Il know / did Uut the poetry / sent % the
magazines has been declined "--Nebrasla
State Journal
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vhipys Ara Not What They Seem.

"Who is the man with the ministerial
lookf'
chats the sporting editor"
And that one that looks like prize
fighter
"The religious editor"
"And that solemn looking indiv,dualf
The funny man"
"And that jolly looking fellow"
"The obituary editor Boston Courier
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.Think of II"
boxes of the CHEROKEE

Over $4,000 boxes of the CHEROKEE
COUGH DROPS have been sold in Richmond
and Manchester during the rast year. These
Cough Drops have never failed 10 give relief
to coughs, group, hOarscness. and tickling In
the throat. Only cents per box. For safe at
drug stores and cCnfectiOneTies The trade
supplied b. all wholesale druggists. Oliver Is,
Dyer. manufacturer, No. Ga East Marshal.
street
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JOSEPH r. WlNGFIELD, dealer IA lumtei
anG aH kinds of mCaldiags asa genera
building furnishings B!l Mwbor eur O.
order OlNce, corner OF Broad aEt LAui
streets, Richmond, Va.
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The Senate Committee on Roads and
Nav cation met in the Hall of the House
OF Delegates last night and heard state
ments from various people in regard to
the State Commerce bill which passed
the House some days ago. The com
mittee rose at $50 The general impress
sion is that the committee will report the
bill to the Senate with recommendation
thai II do not pass.
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Esery Comfort Thought OF

Customer at railroad restaurant Here,
boss, THIS coffee IS cold
Proprletor-Ies sir. you see tie train
stops only few minutes, an If the coffee
was hot YOU wouldn't have time 70 drink it.
Epoch
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A Roland for nm OIiver.

Wife to husband, who las stumbled over
Ii pair Of her shoesl-Don't b. So impatient,
John. never saw man who has 40 little
self control over small things a9 y0u have.
Observation-Disclosures, nv dear you don't
call your slices small things, do you'-New
York Sun
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v,,orsprs ~ Fasteners.

Eastern NANNY gracious That's terri'
bic I'll be- ruined
Omaha Man-What's up
~ own property at Saratoga and the pa
per saws the famous medicinal springs there
are drying up Ny, my Our whole wealth.
depends on permanent supply oil Saratoga
water
Don't worry. Ny friend Blinks down at
the drug store will tell you how to make H.
Omaha World
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A Now Speciee.

Office Boy Gentleman down stairs wants
to see you He's got posm
Editor-Ehf Hair iongi
No; short
Eyes rolling
Not a bit"
Shabby attiref'
Dressed like dude"
"Show him up. Omaha World
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Poetry aud the Seasons.

She with emotion T ,ere's Mr. Bangs,
the poet, he seems to be ali wrapped mp IN his
thoughts
lie Greezingiy)-Yesl | think be- would
look better wrapped up in an overcoat 80
New York Sun.
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A correspondent writing from Monte Carlo
says that the croupiers OF that famous gaming
resort vouch for the truth Of the story that
Laboucherc won E25, 900 there BY means Of
bis system
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Presbyterian church in New York, whose
pastor at present is the well known DR.. John
r. Paxton, his successor. He then became
professor OF sacred rhetoric in the Union
Theological seminary, which post he has
held up to the present tine. He is fine
pulpit orator, and was very popular in New
York during bis long residence there.
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Marble Workers
Mattress Manufacturers

WALLEN A WRAY, Seventh aud Ora.
streets. Monuments tomb=, ma, bio4 zci mai
ties sc.
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The Train Leaving Kansas City.

PasSenger-How far is it to the next sta
ton!
Conductor-Fifty miles.
Fifty miles What station Is itf
"Oh, just suburban depot Nebraska
State Journal.
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'orToN hEP0Hr
Tobacco Market.

RICHMOND. VA, February 20
Loose sales were small to-day On
Change the tone OF the market was
improved, while brights
brought better prices at auction.
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Brains Still Trump,.

First Burglar-Whats thatf
Second Burglar-A sample case. l spend
the daytime gon' around selling oil 10 keep
doors from squeaking. Great scheme, amt
iti-Omaha World.
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Architects
Bsrb ers

". J. DlMNOCk, ll03 4. Main street. Co
respOndence solicited.
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sale and retail. Proprietor of fmyscfh Oul.
luai Nerve and Bone Liuimcnt.
+. =. REV T.. 02 East Marshall. pff.r. @
Duyal Noron's Horse Tonic, POlloct', JOS.
pcpsia remedy. &c.
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An Omission.

A Pittsburg paper tells OF man - Years
old who has slept in one bed, in ono corner,
in one room for thrty-one years II does not
mention how long he has been of the force,
how ever Tonkers Statesman
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Country Produce .

n. WALLERSTINE & co, II and I B. 3. Fif.
teenth street. Potatoes, butter, ter. b.
bage, &c.
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ADAM DIACONT, 2le l.. Marshall street.
wholesale and retail. Repairing neatly aus
promptly done
I. h. tSEbiH CRENSHAW. ri East ilr.i
street. mattress maker and upb0 rtCrer
wholesale and retail. Repairing noll 10i
dumbly done.
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DIRECTORY
BUSINESS HOUSES.

Analytical Chemist
Ut; HENRf FRoELING. Il :. Twelfth stree
chemist 10 Chesapeake and Ohio and Rlc
mond and Allegheny railroads. Special m
tention 10 ores and mineral waters.
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pNeins Embellishments

MIS-. a. ). PYLE. 3l5 y. Fifth street. l,,u.
cleaning. securing, ana carpet ,Irff u..
Manufacturer of the Acme keuONAtUI
Mrs. II. DANNfSIER. sl6 D. Broad sf.-.I
lrCr curtains "a specially.
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THE REV. THOMAS S. HASTINGS.

The New President of the Union Thoo-
logical Seminary, New York.
The Rev Dr. Thomas s Hastings, who has
been elected to the presidency of tho Union
Theological seminary of New York, is a man
who is universally esteemed. and his appoint