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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-22
A GIGANTIC CONCERN.
OWNED BY THE METHODIST MINIS
TIERS OF THE UNITED STATES.
The Great Methodist Book and Publishing
House-Striking Growth of IN Institu-
tion From Small Beginnings-Prcsent
Sales Nearly So. o0O, 900 Per Year.

demonstrating Growth of an Institu-
tton From Small Beginnings-Prcsent
Sales Nearly Sc. 600, 900 Per Year.
Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, March 15.-At the corner
OF Twentieth street and Fifth avenue
stands one of the principal edifices of the
city. The building is of granite and
brick, Is eight stories i'll height and in
the romanesque style of architecture.
The ground plan shows frontage of 1O4
feet on Fifth avenue and of ITO feet on
Twentieth street. 1t is known as the
Methodist Book Concern and Mission
House.
1t is the great publishing house of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Here the
publications of that body, whether strict
~ denominational and didactic or half
secular in kind, are made and sold by
the million. Here also are the rooms and
Offices of the Missionary society of the
Methodist Episcopal church, from which
the funds annually collected are distrib-
uted in benefaction to all parts Of the
world.
A Small beginning.
The publications sent forth from this
Atouoo aAO VI tNO kluuS-DOORS anu perl
odicals. The latter include The Meth
odist Review, head organ of the church;
The Christian Advocate, mother of the
whole family of papers bearing that
name, The Sunday School Advocate and
host of minor papers adapted to church
work and evangelism.
The place has its tradition and story.
The history of the establishment reaches
back far more than century and covers
vicissitudes that are as much like fiction
as reality. In 1850, within less than five
years after the formal establishment of
the Methodist Episcopal church in the
United States, II certain John Dickins. Il
travelling preacher, was appointed book
steward" as the Office was then called.
He himself made loan to the enterprise
of 5000, which was the whole original
capital of the establishment. A room
was hired on Fourth street in Philadel-
phia and n small collection of books,
mostly theological and religious, was
made and put OH sale.
Varied Mutations.
The infant concern was migratory and
peripatetic, and its business, projected
In spirit of pure philanthropy, was at
the start small and unremuncrative. In
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-22
Eye OPENERS.

Our idle reporter, in his wanderings
this morning, got fastened to the side
W in front of Gilkeson 81 Child's
- Easter windows. Surely It's the
lest display OF novelties in mems
that we've seen for many day.
worth walking miles to see.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-22
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Now York stock Market.

NEW YORK, March 2l.-The belief
that the President will vote the seign-
forage bill, the heavy payments OF as
sessments by the holders OF the East
Tennessee and Richmond Terminal Sc
curities under the modified plan Of re-
organization; purchases OF small
amounts of low priced bonds for foreig n
account, and slight shading in the
rates of sterling exchange, thus red c-
ing tue chances ior gold exports, all
contributed TO highe- market for
stocks The Changers were notably
strong, at one time rising 4@lX per
cent the latter in Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy, which sold up to 81 Is. Inc
rise In these stocks was attributed to
covering of d long outstanding bear con-
tract
Among the trunk lines Lake Shore,
New York Central and Michigan Cen.
trail advanced }s TO rs per cent, but
later lost part OF the Improvement. The
buying Of Northern Pacific bonds for
German account led TO further rise in
the preferred stock TO 22B Texas Pa
cifc securities also met with support.
The common stock got up to91. In
the iniustrials Sugar was very cratic.
Attempts TO find out the reasons for its
gyrations proved unsuccessful Wall
Street long ago came to the conclusion
that it's ways were past finding out.
First it advanced " to 00B, then broke
to Ss1a, rallied to 9OA, reacted TO SS4,
recovered to 0o1s and closed at s01s
glance will show the opportun mites
insiders have of working the market.
Lead was firm at 35B @36 on rumors OF
an early resumption of dividends.
Whiskey was quiet and strong, opera
tors showing disposition to hold off
until the result OF the conference be-
tween the concern and the American
Distributing Company is known Chi
cago Gas ranged between CAS- and 65A
and was quiet Late in the day the
market was strengthened by the an
nouncement that the purchasers of the
ne" S50O00,00O Government loan at
their meeting to day bad put them
selves on record against the seiginorage
bill The market closed firm and 4@l
per cent. higher on the day.
Money on call easy at l per cent;
last loan at L ana closing offered at
per cent. Prime mercantile Aper, 51@
AZ per cent. Bar silver, 594. Sterling
exchange firm, with actual business in
bankers bills at 4S7@4S716 for sixty
days, and 4Ss%@4S9 for demand.
Posted rates, 4ss@4s9H. Commercial
bills, 4s6% @4S7 for sixty days, and
1881 @4SSh for demand. Government
bonds strong. State bonds dull. Rail
road bonds active and higher. Silver
a. the board neglected Norfolk and
Western preferred stock closed at 81.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-22

You can be permanently cured of
opium or whiskey habit without leaving
your home or business. DR.. b. NJ
Woolley, Atlanta, Ga, noted special
ist IN these diseases, will, II requested
send valuable book to anyone inter
ested
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-22
SPECIMEN OF TYPE.
KoAath. ard lfertsrs,
I. CHRONICLES, vi.

% And the sons of Samuel tho first
born aVashni, and Abiah.
30 The sons OF Merari; Mahli, Libni
his son, Shimei HIS son, Uzza his son,
80 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son,
Asaiah his son. q
81 And these are they whom David
set over the service of song In tho
house OF the LORD, after that the ark
had rest.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-22

WHY undergo terrible sufferngs and
endanger your life when you can be
cured by Japanese Pile Cure; guaran-
teed by Christian & Barbee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-22
Tae families Of Gershona,

ei H1iss llara, and to the river Gozan, unto
CIR 10 this day.
~ CHAPTER VI.
T1s SON, Of Ltri: TAt line Of de pr;e,.s re
eaItviy. l6 Ths Jdn!iss 81 GsrIioru, Asrari, and
I Ho!cih % Ths cfies II Aaron, ard Ala hns
! dliaaat. IS Tis ci:iss u tae prea. and L<ries.
ca; !Soo TINE sons of Levi; aGershon, Ko-
a., A. q hath, and Nferari.
ii. 9 And the sons of Kohath; Amram.
Er. eie' 6Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-22
Produce and nlerchanaise.


NEW YORK. March 81 Flour steady;
winter wheat, low grades. 20O@2 As;
patents, 325@3 so; Minnesota clear,
2.50@2 90; patents, 3 1904 30; low ex
tra~. 2.o5@2 As. Southern flour dull;
columon 20 fair extra, 9 00@3.CU; good
TO chuice, 3 /, GA 20 Wheat firmer,
No red, store and elevator, 60l%
afloat, 62; options active, but closed
weak; No. . rcd. March, cox; May, G19l;
July 63ss. Corn quiet; No. .. As; eleva-
ter, AZ; options dull, steady; March, A;
April, 42sG; May, 4e5s
Oats firm, options quiet; March, 343s;
April, 3416; May, 34%; spot No 9, 341;
No white, "a; mixed Western, IS;
white Western, 3s]6. Hay quiet; ship
ping 60@65; good to choice, 75GpS5
Wool steady; domestic, 2O@25; pulled,
l6M25. Beef quiet: family, l2@14
Beef hams dull, 16 oo@l6 so. Tierced
beef quiet; city extra, India mess, $500
OK; shoulders, 5sl; hams. 9ss; middles
nominal. Lard quiet, steady; Western
steam, z; city, "a; March, 7.Oo; refined
quiet; common, T so; South America,
7s5; compound, 5T@6 Pork steady;
mess, -. O0@l2 50. Butter easy; West
ern dairy, l2@l5 Elgins, 221&.
Cotton SEED oil, weak; crude, %; vel.
low, 3015. Petroleum steady. Rosin
dull Turpentine quiet, 3l@3lH. Rice
unchanged Molasses nominal; New
Crleans 3O@3S. Peanuts quiet. Coffee
options unchanged to 10 up; spot Rio
dull, steady; No. Z, 17N@l7%. Sugar
easier. more active; fair refining, 2%;
refined quiet; off A, 3l1-l6; standard
a. 41s@4A; cut loaf. 10 1905; crushed,
l3-16@5; eranulated, 1-l6@4ss
Freigbts, Liverpool dull and weak; cot
ton, Ga pence; grain, ~ pence.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-22
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Is dlVlaec aau' ably among The a4u
conferences OF tEe church. The is;u-
constantly expands. The c1s. ~ tl.
house is unsurpassed by that of any otn-
er institution in New York.
The stroller along this central part of
Firth avenue, glancing up at the mag
innocent front Of the establishment, can
but admire and wonder at the success of
an enterprise which seems to have sprung
from most insignificant germ, but
growing by its own inherent forces has de-
veloped into one Of the most reputable,
not to say famous, institutions within
the domains not only of the Methodist
church, but of all Professionalism.
JOHN CLARK RlDpATH.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-22
A Happy Mother.

AM most happy to testify to the ben
Gifts received from Radam's Microbe
Killer 1t quickly and completely cured
my baby of Group. MRS. CARROLL, 274
w. 10th street. New York city.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-22

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ssnts per hundred
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-22

No.
I. Vanity Fair.
2. Last Days of Pompeii.
4. Willy Reilly and his Dear
Colleen Bawn.
q. Vicar of Wakefield.
z. Grimm's Fairy Tales.
s. Andersen's Fairy Tales.
9. Esop's Fables.
II. Children of the Abbey.
II. Scottish Chiefs.
IL. Thaddeus of Warsaw.
IL. Treasures from FairyLand.
10. Robinson Crusoe.
~. Arabian Nights Entertain.
mentS.
II. Don Quixote de 10 NIancha.
Is. Gulliver's Travels.
20. The Pilgrims Progress.
Fl. Daniel Boone.
81. Waverley.
~ Gity- Nforpar;rr
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-22
p. G. THOMAS BULLETIN.

The following quotations are furnished daily
by +. K Thomas, stock, cotton, grain and pro-
visions broker, over Thompson's book store
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-22
Especial Correspondcnco.l

METHODIST PUBLISHING MISSION BUILDING.
1893 Dickins died, and the Book House
was suspended for nine months. After
that the Rev. Ezekiel Cooper was ap-
pointed manager of the concern, which
was found to he insovent. Through his
agency, however, the debts were paid
and Il small capital accumulated. In 1904
the establishment was transferred to
New York-as if in basket.
No one at that time could have fore
seen the growth and development of the
enterprise. At the first a bookroom was
opened i'll Gold street. The manager,
Mr.. Cooper, found time to attend TO his
sales and also to serve as pastor in
Brooklyn. This method was continued
until 1903, when John Wilson and Daniel
Hit We're elected by the conference us
"agents"-the name ever since conferred
on the managers of the establishment.
At the same time the little publishing
house was removed into Pc7l' t.
One Of the agents lived in thr sc
where the books were kept 10. n
1924 printing Office was on in l.
ton street, and i'll the folio i nc
Academy building was pire J nd
continued to be the hcadquar The
concern until 1888, when IS
ferred to Mulberry stree la in
September of the year jus ns he
modern establishment M Jd to
have been founded at No. Gt
New EstnbIishmcu
The interest in the cnttr u ne
meantime, however, had e., IL
siderable proportions. In l4 pUb-
fishing house at 200 MulbeiS 81 ae as
burned, and the concern ST. 'Gf3 IS
of $4,000 Everything wa nty y.
But by this time the lit luohsling
house had become a pet il ii ne
church, and new funds wer ily b.
scribed for buildings and iu. ,Jea a.
cilities. After few months e,y cdifce
was reared on the old Sit arid htted,
from which and it's succe ae l0pses,
including the western bran 't OH H.
natl, fully 50,0O0,00O of i 4cis nave
since been given to the puli,
In 1920 new publishing he
one in New Yora was foun nel m
natl. The enterprise w inldri5e.
This also. under the name St
ern Methodist Book Conc d. IT.
ished and expanded unit &c
of the Methodists in the IL.
ley. 1t was intended. III due frs plac-
to limit publication to be Now Ioriy
house, but i'll course OF time printing and
binding were begun in Cincinnati, and
the 0u. mess WAS hcnceforth carried OH
il IN independent manner, but under
tic sar.e general management. Besides
the cstaDlis At at Cincinnati two 9th
er book q cries. also bearing the
nan d; ,, ncrrns," ,uve been estab-
lisleC---..e in IL.cago ana the other in
ST. Louis. There are also minor depos-
itories AT Boston, Pittsburg, Buffalo, San
Francisco and Detroit.
Where the Honor Is Largely Due.
In course of time the New York house
in Mulberry street, though it was found
sufficient for the printing and binding
interest, was not found suff ,ient for the
trade. Accordingly, unde. tia author
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-23

There are now only six Assistant
Paymasters in the Navy, and none
were appointed earlier than 1892. This
is the lowest grade IN the pay corps,
end il carries the relative rank of en-
sign. The Assistant Paymaster re-
mains in that grade from seven to
eleven years, and during the first
three or four years may expect billets
only on small ships and unimportant
shore duty. There was pretence
fifteen or twenty years ago to appoint
to tho pay corps after competitive ex-
animation, but it was abandoned, and
now appointments are obtained by in
huence Of one sort or another. Line
officers who cannot get their sons into
the Naval Academy are sometimes
content to sacrifice their professional
prejudice against the staff and seek for
the young men places in the pay corps.
The average age of men in the lowest
rank of the corps is perhaps some
what greater han that of line officers
of like rank.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-23
They Remembered Him.

A circumstance happened In con-
nection with the failure In business
OF a we'll known inhabitant Of York
shire which caused much amuse-
ment. The bankrupt was asked the
momentous question, What are you
prepared to otIer?" and in reply
stated that he had no assets what
ever.
What is there now, Joe?" asked
a jolly-looking creditor
Nothing" replied the bankrupt
"WelI, you can sing. Come, sing
us a song"
Joe fumbled with his hat AMI said
he hardly liked TO sing.
"Come, strike up" exclaimed the
creditor; "leJ's have something for
our brass"
Thus urged, Joe cleared his throat
and began the ballad "And You'll
Remember Me-" AS the plaintive
melody tell on the ears of the credi.
tors some of them began TO feel in.
dignant, but the humor OF the situa'
tion at length burst upon them, and
the final line was created with roars
OF laughter.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-23

Whist, they claim, has come to be In
the nature OF an exact science Ex-
perts play the same hands In the
same way. and two OF them sitting
as partners signal through the game,
so that each knows what the other
has. II an Indifferent player gets
into the game he is frowned into
humiliation or anger and he Is as un-
welcome as ghostAAt a wedding.
The reformers want a new game
where there is a chance for more
play and less certainty. They object
TO poker, fascinating as it is, and
they are working their inventive
genius TO meet the demands or the
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-23
How Oatmeal il Made.

The first operation in the manu-
facture OF the meal is the removing
from the oats all the cookie, small
oats and foreign seeds of whatever
kind, for II any OF these remain the
quality OF the meal IL much in ured.
Black oats, II even OF good quality,
give bad appearance TO the manu-
featured meal, as 1t appears in the
form OF black particles, which to the
tidy housewife appears TO be sOu.e-
thing more uncleanly.
After the oats have been properly
cleaned by sitting they are subjected
to the operation Of drying. This is
accompli he'd in dry kilus, with spe-
ciallapparatus constructed for the pur.
pose.
The operation requires some care to
prevent the oats from burning.
AS soon as sufficiently dry they are
removed from the kiln while still
very hot and stored in such way as
to have them retain their heat after
thus remaining three or four days
and hardening they are ready for the
shelling operation.
This shelling is ACCOMPLISHED by
passing the oats through millstones
Of a special pattern
The product that comes from the
stones is grOats, or the whole ker-
nels, dust seeds, etc, and these must
be separated
BY means Of combination OF sieve
and fans the gloats are separated
from the other material, and are
ready for grinding For extra quail
ity meal the groats may he shelled
and also passed through brushing
machine.
The grinding OF them must not be
long delayed, as a few weeks expos.
ure renders them unfit for milling.
In grinding the groat the great
aim is to avoid pulverization, and to
have the granules cut square and Of
uniform size.
Oatmeal is generally denominated
by the cut--as pin.head cut, rough
cut, medium cut-though these
terms have different meanings in dit
ferent districts.
After the grinding the meal is
passed though sieves and the sift-
ings graded according To sZe.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-23
Probably His Best Plan.

Reformed pugilist-Dcctor, I'm
thinking Of marrying and settling
down.
Eminent surgeOn-Well?
We'll. you see this broken nose of
mine. Can you straighten it,"
NO my friend. 1t is too late for
that"
"How about false nose?"
THAT would look worse yet"
Cant you graft piece Of flesh on
1: and kind O. build il out?"
THAT wouldn't improve it any.
The nose is all knocked to one
side"
Its too blamed bad! What would
you advise me to do?"
"iou say you want TO marry?"
"Yes."
"Have you got wife picked out
YETI"
"No."
1--WE ], you can find plenty OF girls
willing to marry you, even with that
nose"
doctor. I'm n little bit par
ticular"
Then marry good looking blind
girl. Chicago Tribune.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-23
Sliding Through the Air.

At Knoxville, Tennessee, they
have novel way of crossing the
broad river that bears the name OF
the State. The city horse cars take
you out to the station. says Harper's
Young People, and in few minutes
you may lind yourself suspended by
two thin looking cables that stretch
away to the tall bluffs on the oppo-
site side. You glide smoothly along,
getting higher and higher, until the
earth and river seem To be dropping
away from beneath you, ana the
sensation is odd and strange as you
look down from the side OF the car,
which is capable OF seating sixteen
passengers and often carries more.
You can imagine how a bird must
feel; and If the trip is made for the
first time you heave sigh OF relief
when you feel the earth beneath
your feet again. 1t seems hardly
possible that those two parallel
cables, only one and three-eighth
inches In diameter could be strong
enough to hold the weight they are
re ulred to, yet each is supposed to
be able to support sixty tons. The
span between the river banks over
!, O60 feet, and on the southern side,
where the tall bluffs are, you are $40
feet above the water-no small dis
tance to drop, and this idea crosses
the m nd ute often on the II st two
or three trips, The propelling force
is on the Knoxville side; il consists
OF two twenty. horse power engines
that operate the hauling cable at
tached to the car. The trip upward
takes about three minutes aud a
half, and the descent takes only half
a minute, the propelling force in
this case being gravity. You liter
ally coast down through space, and
| the first trip was exciting, this
one proves doubly so. As there Is
nothing close TO gauge your speed by,
il seems like a dangerous pace; the
station grows nearer and nearer; the
earth seems TO he coming up this
time 10 meet you. 1t Is not strange
to say that there is very little talk
ing on this downward trip by those
who take IL for the very first time.
The car is provided with automatic
brakes which arrest It's ~potlon IL
the propelling cable breaks or slips
the drum The cables that support
the car are firmly anchored on eth er
side. and provision is made for tax
inc up the sla X.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-23

The Baltimore Sun has an editorial
on the use of steam wagons for roads,
which it urges rs the next step in
economic transportation. 1t says that
such vehicles, having broad-tired
wheels, have been found to benefit
rather than injure the roads where
they are in use. Those of the latest
type are cheaper in use than wagons
drawn by horses, provided the freight
Offering for carriage is abundant in
amount and steady in supply. Steam
wagons in crowded streets occupy less
space than horse drawn vehicles. In
army times they are, on this account,
of special value and are about being
used by some European Governments.
The horse, besides taking up space in
the road, must stop ut intervals to eat
and sleep, whereas the stea n wagon
can go twenty-four hours day. The
steam wagon, in fact, has every ad-
vantage that the locomotive and train
have over the wagon train drawn by
horses, except that of smooth steel
rail and easy grades to run upon.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-23

THE sentence on the Sicilian
deputy, De Felice-Giufrrida, impli-
Gated In the labor riots in his native
island, is crushing He is to be inn
prisoned for eighteen years; to be dis
qualified from holding public oice
thereafter, and TO be under police
surveillance for three years a'ter his
liberation. In other words he is
blotte1 from the list OF active and
militant workers. & Is impossible
not to pity this man; not to feel com
passion for the poor, down .trodden
population dying ofhunger, which he
tried TO liberate. II all Socialists
were no worse than GiuGrida, IL they
were all actuated by his high and
noble aims, they would never meet
with popular condemnation.