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New York cit, denomin..ioo.lly divided a.

New York city denominationally divided as
follows: Church OF England. attending the
chapel in the fort, 90 families: Dutch Calvin
lists. $50: Dutch Lntherans. 30. and In Harlem
25 families. all under charge OF DR.. Selinus:
DR.. Peros preached to 200 French families,
and Rabbi Saul Brown ministered to 70 famt-
lies in tho synagogue. and besides these ~
English families are put down as Dissent
ers" In the whole OF Kings county. incluh-
ing Flatbush. Utretch. and Brookland 'sr,
were only 300 or 400 families. chiefly Dutch
These were under tho charge OF DIR. VnricR
but he died in August, 1894. and his parish
toner's did not send for another clergyman TIL
May 81. 1895. In Wost Chester for 2Oo or
300 families Of English and Dssenters' there
was meeting house and "a young man com
Ing to, settle there without orders" on staten
ns osws e ' Enrs 'Gl pueh and 81
In spite Of the liberal clerical provision ior
tho city. Chap ain Miller speaks very ,harsh,y
Of the general morals Of the town. POSSIBLY
one eighth OF the families attended the Church
OF England chapel in the fort. Thus, he classes
among the things ethcI wanting 9r Ses Wcs
e,lness and irreligion OF the inhabitants, want
OF ministers difference Of opinion IN re hnSd
s sa IN So many
tuted so manv sorts OF ain" that he could
scarcely tell which to begin withal.". But he
bishop OF. LONDON, to whom his communiea.
tion is addressed. some idea Of the wlckedness
which ooyerwhelmed the families that d'd not
The fret great sin is crunke1 ,ns That
be- T n t monsy n sa ss
their own Immediate labor were converted
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The provlncs at that time. according to Mr..

The province at that time. according to Mr..
Miller was in its breadth from east to west.
about 200 miles. in length. north and south.
about $50 miles. and was bounded on tho east
by New England. on the west by Now Jersey
and the Indian country. on the north BY the
Indian country. and on tho south BY the
ocean" This somewhat general geography Is
particularized by the information that the
province lies almost exactly In tho middle OF
the English plantations" Tho province in
Guided New York Island. Staten Island. Mas
sau Long Island. with counties then as now.
New York. Richmond. Kings. Queens. Suffolk.
and on tho mainland five counties-West
Chester. Orange. Duchess. Ulster. and Al
bany. New York city nomnally covered the
whole island: but more strictly considered"
as Mr.. Miller cautiously and conscientiously
remarks. "as place Of strength Is only tho
part thereof within the Notifications. and SO is
not in length or breadth above two fugiongs
and in circumference n mile" And what a
paltry place 1t was. even rs place OF strength.
may be seen from Mr.. Miller's map. Tho
chief place OF strength was the fort ION the
Battery reasonably strong and we'll provided
with ON ammunition. having In It about thirty.
eight guns" Other defences are shown in
the map. with thirty moro guns. somo mount
cd and some unmountod.
Kingston and Albany were also fortified. both
stockadoed round" one having six guns. the
other thirty. while "Scanectade' tSchenec-
tady) was itself fort with treble stock ado q
block house at every angle. and in each block
house two great guns" Tho guns were for
defence against tho French and Indians OF
Canada In the whole province were 5000
families. whereof almost one-half are nat
urally Dutch. great part English. and the
rest French" In charactsrizinG these families
Mr.. Miller is not so charitable as Church OF
England chaplain should be. He says:
AS to their religion. they are very much
divided. few Of them intelligent and sincere.
hut the most part ignorant and conceited.
tickle and regardless. As to their wealth and
disposition thereto. the Dutch are rich and
sparing: tho English neither very rich nor too
great husbands: the French are poor. and
therefore forced to be penurlous."
But for all that they seem to have been good
churchCoers. According to Mr.. Miler's caro-
full table there were moro than 300 families in
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ruO CENTURIES 400
New York City IS II Appeares 70 farsea
Mii,er In 1908.


At the sale Of the library Of George Chalmers
IN England fifty years ago Thomas Rod.
London bookseller bought a curious manu-
script, which. in 1S43. he printed as Do
scription Of the Province and City OF New
York; with Plans Of the City and Several Forts
AZ they existed In the year 1905. by the Rev.
John Miller. Now first printed from the
original manuscript" The word printed Is
proper since the work was scarcely published'
Mr. Rodd stating In his advertisement that no
Thought he would be rendering an accepta-
HE service to those persons who take an IN
terest in tracing tho rise and growth OF the
great commercial emporium OF the Western
world by causing few copies to he printed.
and thus preserving It from the chance OF be-
ing lost or destroyed" From one OF these
comics may be derived some Information. not
70 say amusement
The Rev. John Miller was. for three years.
Chaplain to the British forces in the province.
and, as he says. by living In the Fort OF New
York, had the opportunity OF observing many
things OF considerable consequence In relation
to the nhabitants thereof or bordering there
on" In fact. he went UP tho Hudson ana
journeyed nearly to Canada. then in the hands
OF the French. The results OF his observations
no tried to take to England in July 1884. but
was Obliged to cause them all to be thrown
overheard. because his ship was taken W a
French privateer: but his long Imprisonment
gave him opportunity and also SUFFICIENT
leisure to rcwrite some part OF the lost manu-
SCRIPT. and particularly what related to the
province and city OF New York.
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Squ.lcbipg nm Intruder.

One OF tho colo-ed women employed about
the hotel was sweeping of the veranda whom
an old man with a crooked leg and carrying n
broomstick for cane halted at the steps and
saluted:
Good mnwnin', Brudder Dawson-how yo'
was dis mawniR'T
What 90 moan talkin' dat way to mop" de-
manded the woman as she leaned on the broom
to look him over
peated.
"Yo' is Brudder Dawson yo'selL What yo'
gttin ut actin dat wayl"
Look yere. gal; ! has cum along yere to
spoke about TO- words to yo an went 20 to
Yos'r " was Lucinda Jackson. I rseEonit
A. {o attends de Baptist prayr msetin'
, rio' sly4s sees me dar' OF co'ss' What yo'
"i'ze cittin at dis; On do last three occash-
nns when do preacher has got up an said.
naaTso ,a,p pitch de tune what has yo' dun F"
WHIT ST ia: un sss s s sh9sfsfs fer
pitch dat tune hefo' could Git my mouf open
an make everybody Lslieve 20 was lendin' Dc
sin,gin. lie cum yere to tell 20 not to DO 1t
,.' oo Does % dat tune b'long to 1902" she
Look out dar. gal 1 hain't saving dat de-
tune bIoncs to me. but ar saying dat when
de preacher calls upon Brudder Dawson to
start II on. den Brudder Dawson ar de man to
dol II. II yn' ar Bruhder Dawson. den 80 60
right ahead. II 70 ar sister Lucinda jackson.
my tunin' fork and hits do right pitch"
Nv" she REPLIED . az she 70 beSsn sweeping
turned away. "Izs bin pitchin dat doxology
tune In our church fur ober twenty vars. an
doan dun reckon to be histed out now by no
lot Of furbeows on. gin 20 fair warnin. an
II yo' desist upon participatin my animosity de
yo'roTn head. has spoEe. Good dayp ~ Oh
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story OF . Fr,shtfu, sear.erow.

The French papers. like the journals OF this
country. occasionally dish out few tramp
stories Here Is one which Is running through
them pretty extensively:
The crows were eating the grain In Nine.
Mutinots garden. 80 she decided to make a
scarecrow. From tho wardrobe OF deceased
uncle she obtained the material for the con
struction OF the gentleman destined to do
duty In the field She became interested in
her work as she proceeded and made a
splendid fellow. with u great overcoat. a
slouched hat. flowing pantaloons. ono leg
green and the other red When he was I'm
ished she and her husband and all the house,
hold had good laugh at him. and pro-
nounced him the finest specimen OF his kind
in the world. The husband carried him to
the field and gave him position" After q
few weeks the scarecrow became well known
In tho vicinity. All the neGhbors. and the
gendarmes. too. wsre highly pleased with him.
One Wild and windy day poor tramp came
in the neighborhood. As he had tho best DOS
sible reasons to avoid tho high roads. he trav-
ellsd, during tho daytime. principally in tho
fields. Suddenly he came IN front OF Nine
MIS- scarecrow. In blank amazement he
stared at the thing. which was gestculating
somewhat after the fashion of an Italian dep.
uty when speaking OF the advantages Of war
upon France. or Of an Anarchist describing
tho wickedness Of this world and the urgent
necessity OF putting everything upside down.
May DO 'Iinched"" he exclaimed Get
on t" tho dude Say. boss. where did you get
that hat? Suppose we exchange"
The exchange. of course. was made without
difficulty.
Just my Mt But amt that n nobby over
coat you've got? Good stuff fine and heavy.
wouldn't you lend 1t to fellow bossy"
=, The scRrecrOw. more generous than one OF
mont.
How about those pants ThAy amt much
ACCOUNT. but think they might do over mine"
The necessary operation was performed.
my own old pair viii carry me . few day:
longer"
the scsrecrow the tramp looked around MIN,
shrugged his shoulders. and grinnsd. Then
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I, was n lonely road running through the
pines. and ] Was deep In the wool when l
came upon an old negro man seated by tho
roadside. He was blind. toothless. bald. and
cvidca!ly more than 80 years old. While
was set thirty teot away heard him calling IN
n Iuavsring voice:
II knowed it. chilen-I knoweG yod cum
back fur crandsddy Iknowed yo wouldn't
leave do ole mali to die in dc woods"
who are you ?" asked ms halted by him.
70 de l::awd but who's dat' Hain't dc
10 How did you come to be here in this
Il nebber dun heard yo'c voice bcfo." he
slowly answered.
70 see. rze ole m feeble an haint no
A Al, an dey didn't want to take me long
"Yon don't II mean they left you here t" take
Yes, ,dey dun put me, outer de cart right
yerH m !riv' IN. ! called to I'm o., but deg
fur Graniadly. but William Wouldn't turn
lack IL. ueen pawn and payin'i an when
heard yo' cum ! felt suah it was William"
n, he doesn't return. what will you do'"
~ shall AK do Lawd to take keer O. me. an
promised to send him help and rode away.
II was already late in the afternoon. and by
the time the prone county Official Was found
would not move till morning came, and then
rods hack with, him. The old man was lying
very quiet. and We thought him asleep. As
we lifted him M he opened his eyes and smiled
and whispered:
II Keep hcarin' lie little chillen cryin' back
fur gran daddy. I'Ze comm. chillen: I'ze try
in to co.ch up wild de cart!'
Will" we were trying to revive h i'm from the
faining spell which followed he Strengthened
olt and brrnthsh his last. but with his last
breath he called out:
"lIolr On. chilen. hole on! Yor pore gram
daddy am done n'--comin'-com-
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he took the cross stick on which the thing was
arranged. used ons part for a walking cane
and tossed ne other int" the busnts dis,n
pearnnce." he murmurcd. and started on.
just then no heard the chatter Of the hors"
hoofs that warned him thatthr mounted gen;
darmes were coming along tho road. He had
no desire to renew acquaintance with them.
ne knew i that It he ran no would be captured
nnd took his place /" AGno'r'. on the even;
hat well down over his facc and Loosely shnk.
TO pass BY. They came along. l.oh.@.;' at him.
laughed and passed ont Of si:ht. tn" tramp
passed to!erably close to the l'oussoi Mm" NJ;
sSs 81 I'M III snor was sr
dropped her broom and stood like u statue
'Mercifnl heavens" she exclaimed. John !.
What is the matter ?" said John, inside.
Grey walking ak ni;t along s4sW ths TG Gahn
Come out! Come out! Look Mt NM
..Thunder S Sure enough there he goes"
Go and catch him John"
But John hssitated. He had no desire to IL.
fsrysw ,bs nj net Of hs wo
started after the sSaresrow; but II reality nc
aha not try Esy ng in
John returned and found the m en- bers Of his
family and some nclRn DOrS DISCUSSING ms eN-
traorlinary occurrence, He gravey told them
that no boldly halted the, scarecrow. and that
1t disappeared ip q bal of fire ,.,,
"Pshaw! !" exclaimed ono OF the neiEhhors.
your scarerr33w is in the field. u he is not
Then and thore they all started for the spot
whei the thing had been postod. When they
arrived there they found Of course. that 1t was
Now. for miles around that country people
are beginning to have strange respect Tor
scarecrows. Nobody knows when tho next
one may take 1t into his wise head to travel.
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OF Course, It Was Compulsory. nnd It
seemed TO he ! hOrGu-i.

Ftom n, u"hnyo" fr.",ng STIR.
Did you ever seq II tramp tnke bath3"
said tho baggage master on tn" " Congress:
siOnal Limited" Il short distance beyond
"inevrr dill" roIiiod n Star reporter. who
Would you ike to witness such spccts-
.,"!t might ho in erestins. should imagine.
But ,hr tramp must be caught first
Iy" -'t ,nc now.
TIL" news paper man look ed around for some-
thing like n mousctrap on large scale with \
tramp in it, hut there WAS nothing to be seen
."Idon't SEQ him" he, said;
lie is on this car" declared the baggage
outside. No. you cant see him because i. Is
lying across the PLATFORM ] caught sight of
m n;t rteF a wG I, rsnn Knew ia " "yy
body is on to him. But ! have" k""pn sharp
lookout, for IL" reason that frequently carry
monny and other vauah!"
why don't you Pat HIM 81 n,.,-
"Ercau-c we don't stpp Gntil get 70 mia
drlrhia. by, he Viii have" n''"'"'" i''''' no
~" How de- qou moan"
r.l 1n"T I"" ' iG@r ~ ~" i"comotiv III"
and h" enn%> w" IS "%t "'u ,h., %, nm. IN, On.I
,rnW'.L whern tie !,,prlDr!v" takes up water
VIII; Z G;,.ns ia -ie"t, It Iras1rt q ditch
NAV r'1I " raii, "d with water The loco
m"tvo !as"s 9r TIE water with kind OF
mpr.ru' ilter tho water trough was struck
ami sra, began nying out Of the top OF the
rtcir iron IanS on tho tender. tho lid Of II
HnInin- %? ard down. while tho RESERVOIR
rIi'rd 's"f from below. This did not occupy
more than hllf u minute. mt tho end OF which
lie engineer -hou! id have pulled UP the SCOOP,
Instead OF that. however. TO permitted the
tank to overflow in n cataract. which was flung
backward Ike n miniature Niagara against
tho forward end of tho baggage ear.
Just look ut that" cried the baggage mas.
ter da,ishtedly, Amt he getting It. Thought"
In truth tho unfortunats tramp must have
been Gettu. il with yrn."ance for tho tre-
iUcn!ons llonl Of watcr. sr"niinE from the top
oi tho iarh continued to fling ITSELF against
the fac" "f IL" IaG&ae" car Tor fully three
quarters - a minute which must have been
nearly ,uHir,rn' 10 drown any human being
on tho front IItlorm 50 cpp!"d1 was It that
tho water Sawed IN below TIA. door and threat
ened to in n late the freight.
If thai ell wv IL still alive" said tho bag
gage muster when the cataract hal finally sus-
PENDED IT. ACTIVITY. he has bad enough to
give him - di-tasts for water for tho rest Of his
life There isn't anythin. that will brighten u
man lik" II dose OF that Sort. ~" 'ording to our
experience. Coming on lin unawares. it
ing him He don't know when it is going 10
stop. and he has to choose between standing It
AMI jumping Off the train"
When the train slowed W a n hour later near
Philadelphia tho newspaper man saw figure
that looked more like a drowned rat than ike
a human being crawl OF the front platform OF
tho baggage car and steal sorrowfu iy away:
1t was the tramp who had had bath IS well
~ ride ct the expense OF the railway
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aud wirnlv mn, sfnrad fhnrn 'f

and wiggly. an stayed there.
were sort O. obfusticated fer.a minute. but OF
had come an hadn't got by me. / had a pleas.
ant by the neck In zach hand. I had sot down
onter the two white rabbits list az tho
'em, an the fox wcro ketchcd under
me-. too. Jist then the dogs come up,
nm riz up. piled my phnasants an my. ra b..
bits an my silNer-gray fox in n hear. an went
to SEQ vat else the future had brung me. The
oil tuck were stretched on, dealer n a log, an
on tother side OF him laii tho oar!
Squire. dunno wutlcr Easy Cronk got
them two deer Mt one shot ur wuther he didn't.
nm | don't kccrt' concluded the Old settler
But II he hid his gun oa dcd heavy. an had
patience enough an waited TIL lie SEQ tho
whites . thor eyes. say that accordin' to all
the rcrccclcnts that know anythin' about,
mighty" ED Morn,
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some Families Have The IN.
Prom Brooklyn LIZ.

Shs-who 10 that exceedingly meek young
man you lust bowed tor
He-Oh, that Is Willie Wildboy. very e.
smplary young man.
She-What! One OF the wildboys2 I thought
they were such bad lot.
Ho-Yes. all but Wtllis-hs's-eg-Wsll.h he's
the white sheep.
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There Were Thrse.

From Ps1k
N.Y. ys' KsiiS oHslloran-Hsv' you any children.
Mrs. Kslly-I how two living an wan
died.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-01-21
MARSH MURDOCH.

Everybody in Kansas has heard
Of Col. M. NJ. Murdoch, editor Of the
Wichita Eagle. Just now he is re.
ceiving considerable attention al
the hands Of the state press rs q
possible candidate for governor.
Whether he will be q candidate OF
not, the JOURNAL at this time lie
still in doubt, but in our judgment
he would have plenty Of supporters
IL he should consent to let his name
go before the Republican state con.
vention. John V. Moffett, OF Wich-
ita, In speaking to Q representative
Of the Topeka Capital last Saturday
said:
81 have not heard him say that he
Is candidate, but I understand he
will be in the field, and In my opin-
ion he will be among the strongest
and cleanest Of the candidates.
predict an easy victory In securing
his nomination and will guarantee
that Sedwick county will give him
5000 majority and believe be will 90
into the governors office with as
large majority as Humphrey was
given in 'SS. Colonel Murdoch will
grow stronger every day In coming
In contact with the people. A man
once his friend IL always his friend.
While he possesses the dignity and
ability to fill any position, yet he
can be approached by the most hum
BILE laboring man with immunity,
and he has always been q firm friend
Of the farming element Of the state.
He has always worked for the inter-
est Of the Republican party aud has
never asked for an ONCE Of any i'm
portance, and IL he will accept this
position believe IL will be for the
best interest OF the Republicans to
stand by him.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-01-21
Hot Griddle Cakes.

Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder possesses peculiar
merit not approached by that of any other baking powder
It produces hot buckwheat Indian wheat cakes hot
biscuit doughnuts waes mullins Any of these tasteful
things be when hot with mpuniy by persons of
the most delicate digestive organs. DR. Prices Cream Bak
ing Powder eavens without fermentation decomposition
In its preparation but the puret of of tartar
d is used and in such equivalents to always
guarantee perfectly neutral result thereby giving the nau
raj and flavor peculiar buckwheat and other -four
used natural flavor much desired ap
precaed all The oldest patrons of DR. Prices powder tell
the story that they get the results from
other leavenng agent that their grdde cakes biscuits
are never light and good
when raised with DR. Prices Cream Baking Powder.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-01-21

CARDINAL MANNING, Catholic
primate Of England, and one Of the
foremost representatives Of the
church In the world, died In London
last week. After his graduation
from college he entered the ministry
OF the established church where he
rose rapidly In position. He resign.
ed all these preferments and Joined
the Catholic church In 1851. In the
Roman church he also rose rapidly
and on March Is, 1875, Plus TX
created him . cardinal. Cardinal
Manning was the last Of the great
English cardinals, and his loss will
be felt not only In the Catholic
church, but In the world ct large -
well. He was well known In Lon.
don among all classes, and was
prominent In Temperance and social
reforms. Pope Leo, 1t IL said. vas
wont 10 call Cardinal Manning the
father Of the modern church, and
held the deceased prelste In high -
TEEN. He IVES for years associated
with Cardinal Newman the anthor
Of thoss beautifully impressive lines,
LEAD Kindly Light" which viii Be
found In the hymn book Of nearly
every religious sect In sariste ndon.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-01-21
New Cambria Chatterinxs.

l.. q. and ]. H. Alley sold two ca RI
OF fat cattle and one car of hogs Last
Friday. They are two of our most
enterprising farmers, and are on the
road to wealth.
Miss Amelia Dihle, of Salina, spent
. few days with the Misses Johannes
last week.
The married daughters Of John
Myers gave him Q surprise on his
birthday, which occurred last week
Thursday. Accompanied by their
husbands and children with we'll
filled baskets, went in and took pos
session OF the old mans house, and
after gently reminding him Of the
day, he made himself equal to the
occasion and all had folly good
time.
w, A. Murpheye secretary of the
Kaw Valley Detective Associa ton,
reports that at the annual election Of
officers, held in Saiina, January 10,
nine new members were admitted to
membership.
Everybody In this vicinity are busy
filling their ice houses this week. Il
Is now Of fine qualify.
Mrs. J. H. Casterline is quite sick
with infiammatory rheumatism.
Miss Lizzie Lewis left Monday for
her home In Sparta, ILL.,, after having
spent . year with the family of her
cousin, q. w. Garvin.
Mrs. ]. G. Williams has about re-
covered from her recent illness.
JEWELL.