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Vote Against 1t.

The question whether O system OF rapid
transit for New York shall be constructed
by the municipal Government or at the cost
for decision at the forthcoming election. II
the vote is favorable, the city is to be bonded
to pay for the road; IL 1t is u~nfavorable, the
road must be built by private enterprise II
1t Is built at all.
On the plan which the Rapid Transit Com
mission would have 1t constructed the road
ought not to be built. for 1t would be an I'M
foreground road; and a favorable vote, as
the LAWYERS Of the Commissioners explain,
would carry with it approval of municipal
construction according to the routes and
plans already adopted, ~ and also of the con-
structiOn, at the public expense, Of any
rapid transit railway which may be after
ward approved by the Board and consented
to by the local authorities and others whose
consent is demanded by the Constitution"
The people, therefore, In voting favorably
upon the plan of the Commission will be
voting for IN extension Of the socialistic
theory Of government, and they will also be
voting for an underground road, the most
Objectionable form Of rapid transit which
could be adopted. They will vote that they
want to ride through a hole in the ground,
dug at their own cost.
We do not believe that the people OF New
York want rapid transit Of hat kind. They
have been accustomed 10 riding in the open
air above ground, and there is no necessity
which now forces them to give up that
privilege by voting for a road running In a
tunnel through the earth.
As 1t Ia, New York has the most COM
Portable and the most healthful system of
rapid transit in the world. Every traveller
who has tried the underground road Of Lon
don knows by experience how far superior
are our elevated railways. The London
method Of transportation IL only tolerable
because no better can be had. II a man Is
compelled to live too far away from
his business to be able to walk to and
fro, he must use the means OF trans
portation provided, whatever they are.
He has no choice. He must travel through
a hole in the ground IL he can get home to
his supper in no other way. But when prac-
tical, II it is left for him to say what the
method of transit shall be, Is he not bound
to declare his preference for journeying above
groundi The inhabitants of New York are
not trOBiOuyteS.
The underground road, moreover, could
not be finished before five years at least, and
the need Of more rapid transit facilities is
immediate. The people will have to rely
Upon the elevated railways while it Is in
course OF construction; the uptown dis
tricts that are crying out for the means of
transportation of which they are now de-
prived will be no better of. The demand
is not for more facilities five or ten years
hence, but more now, and they can be had
by extending the system we already have,
i~ncomparably superior as it is TO the gloomy
underground system proposed by this Com
mission.
Every sensible citizen Of New York
should be sure to go to the polls on the 9th
OF November to put in a No vote on that
proposition.
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The wholesale druggists Of the country
have had a splendid time here this week, while
holding their Convention. We refrain from al
luding to their fatterinR language about their
reception in New York. Their brethren Of this
city, however, cannot fail to appreciate the com
pliment which they offer to them when they
say that, though they have been treated well
enough at other places In other years. they
never knew the breadth, depth, and beauty Of
Oriental hospitality till they convened in this
unparalleled place.
Who can wonder that all sorts OF business
and metaphysical associations desire to hold
their Conventions in New York;
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October 4 will long be remembered by
Uncle SAM as one Of the busiest days In his
calendar, for ON this day he has been engaged In
six battles. The first was fought October 4,
1877. when Gen. WASHINGTON attacked the
British army at Germantown. He was repealed
with heavy loss, after which he retired to winter
quarters at Valley Forge, on the Schuylkill. some
twenty miles from Philadelphia.
It was on October 4, 1912, that a formidable
expedition of Canadians made an attack upon
Ogdensburg. They started from Prescott In
twenty-five boats. In order to mislead the
Americans they proceeded up the river. but sud
denly turning, bore down upon the village. A
company Of riiemen under the m of
Gen. JACOB BROWN defended the town. and
when the British were within point blank range
opened fire. The enemy responded, and for
about an hour a spirited fire was kept up. One
OF the boats, with its crew. was captured, after
which the Canadians retired to their side Of the
lake.
On October A. 1861. occurred the battle OF Hat
teras Island, between an Indiana regiment un-
der Col. w. l.. BROWN and q strong Confederate
force. The Confederates attempted to cut on
the Union troops from the southern end of the
island by landing strong detachments OF troops
to the north and south OF them. Seeing the OBJ
ject OF the enemy, the Indianians began a hAsty
retreat southwark along the sandy shores, while
the Confederate gunbOats, with troops on board,
attempted TO head them on. In the night the
UnlOnlsts succeeded in passing the COnfeder-
ates, and met a relief party from Fort Hatteras
under Col. HAWKINS. Forty-four OF the Union
lists were taken prisoners. When the Confed-
crates began their march ~northward the Union
gunboat Monticello, cruising on the Atlantic
side Of the island. ran in shore and opened hre.
A naval expedition against Franklin, Va, was
undertaken on October 4, 1862. The vessels con-
sisted Of the gunboats Commodore Perry,
Hunchback. and Whitehead. Entering Able
marie Sound, aud pushing their way up the mar
row stream that led 70 Franklin. the Union yes
sells were hArassed By the FIRE OF the enemy,
owing 10 the narrOwness OF the stream. II soon
became apparent that It Was impossible 10 con-
tinue up the river, and the expedition returned,
having had four men killed and eleven wounded
By Confederate hATpshOOtsrs.
October 4, 1869, was the second day Of the bat
tie OF COrinth, Miss. The place was held by
10000 men under Gen. ROsEcRAEs. and was at
tackled by 1000 Confederates under VAN DORN
and PRIcE On October 3 the Confederates cap
tured a strong outpost and secured 23a pris-
oners. The next day they attacked the Union
ists In two columns At different points. The
nrst Union lines we're carried, but when the
COnfederates assaulted the main line they were
rePeled with great lOss. having over 1900
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be productive Of no less good results. The value
attached TO professional education in the army
and navy seems to be growing nowadays, and
the men Of special skill rs Instructors should find
their appropriate spheres Of duty At least as
continuously as the hard and fast customs of the
service permit. OF course at Annapolis decided
executive and administrative ability as well as
scholarly attsinments, are desirable in the
Superintendent, and that point, too, must be
carefully considered in selecting Capt. PHYTn-
IAN successor.
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Never was there 40 distinguished On. assembly
~ that which nominated the Hon. J.. y. MORTON for
Governor OF New York.-Kdte Fields Washington.
Now, Miss FIELD. what IL the use Of such n
%whopper2 Mr.. MORTON IL a highly respectable
statesman, and exaggeratlon and bluster are
foreign to him. Better stick to the truth, II you
can, especially In politics.
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killed or wounded. while the loss Of the Union
lists was a little over 1000.
II was on October 4, 1893, that a fight took
place near Bsxter's Springs, I. T., between a de-
tachment Of Union horsemen under Gen. Blunt
and coo Confederate guerrillas led by the cele-
brated oUANTRELi. About so Of the 100
Unlonists were killed or wounded. but r%allylng
fifteen Of the survivors Gen. BLUNT made a
splendId fqht and escaped.
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In the opening to settlers Of the unallotted
lands OF the Yankton reservation, s. d.. the
Government ought to adopt regulations which
will prevent scramblinR, fighting. and swindling
such as took place at the opening Of the Indian
lands In Oklahoma The disgraceful spectacles
there must not be repeated in South Dakota.
1t will be all the easier TO preserve order upon
the Yankton reservation in that the amount of
land awaiting settlement there is comparatively
small. not much more, perhaps, than 100000
acres, or between Eve and six hundred claims.
We suppose there will be ct least ten times that
number Of home seekers at the spot, doomed to
disappointment. Hereafter the scrambling for
farms upon such pieces Of the public lands as
are yet unopened will be Insignificant. The
times when hundreds Of millions Of acres
awaited the pioneer and the plough have passed
away, never to come again.
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Mr.. Champion j. j. CoRBETT's latest rep
artee to Mr.. X. FITzsISNoNs, consisting of a
defiance to the four leading pugilists, FITzsIM-
MONS, JACKSON, SMITH, and MAHER, to meet
him, each and all, In one week, reminds us of q
recent ruling Of the Hon. JOSEPH IL. CHoATE
In the Constitutional Convention:
President CHoATE-"If no one wishes TO be
heard upon this motion. II will be put"
Delegate BowERs- -" We all want 20 be heard"
President CHoArE-" AS no one wants to be
heard, the clerk will call the roll"
Delegate didn't say no one wanted
to be heard, but that we all wanted TO be heard"
President CHoATE-"T That amounts TO the
same thing"
CoRBETT's expressed willingness 70 fight
four men on four successive nights amounts to
saying that he won't fight any Of them. He has
his own reasons, which may be sufficient TO him
self. But sucha proposition threatens the manly
art Of pugilism with the terrible fate OF being
made ridiculous. Nothing can survive ridicule.
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FFOH. TOUA Topics.
Miss Tan ~DesiSk-HOw do you knos that bIey-
Gle rMtng develops women, DOcLOrT
Dr. Observation-Disclosures prove
National Baptist world., 1894-08-31

way, SO nearly frantic had he become
from the stings OF mosquitoes
If the work that we are doing seems
to us of the utmost Importance, the
little hindrances will be the more an
noying. AS Dr. Bushnell says, our very
enthusiasm runs into impatience. Ma
poleon in the midst of his most crit
ical campaign, coming to his tent
four hours late for dinner, storms at
the cook, because the roast is not done
to turn. Carlyle writing philo-
sophical work is thrown into perfect
agony by the screeching of neigh
bor's peafowl.
Jesus Christ shows the absolute per-
lection of His character by the way He
bore trifing annoyances. Although
He came to do the greatest work IN
the world, yet there is not one incl
dent on record which shows the slight
est trace Of impatience when things
went wrong He was hindered,
nagged, interrupted. misunderstood,
maligned, misinterpreted and perse-
cuted with petty hate long before He
was betrayed falsely accused and
crucified But He was never dis
heartened. fretted or ruff1ed."
There are no little things in the sight
of Him
Who sees with equal eye. as Lord Of all,
A hero perish or a sparrow fall
The meanest work done in a large
spirit is great in His eyes. This does
not mean that you will spend your
time to the glory of God if you spend it
in sand-papering the paving stones in
front Of your house; but it does mean
that if your duty is to pave the streets,
every stone will be honestly rammed
into place for Christ's sake. No matter
how mean your work, Christ would
have done it well. Let us ''learn from
the life of Jesus how citizen of HEAVIER
should behave himself on earth. IN
" Observer
National Baptist world., 1894-08-31
RUNNER AND LAZARUS.
Story of q Generous Dog Who Protected .
Friendless Old Cur.

Story Of q Generous Dog Who Protected .
Friendless Old Cur.
A homeless dog strayed into San
Francisco engine house. and was made
welcome by the jolly firemen. Though
they named him hummer they treated
him kindly, fed him, made him bed
ana gave him the freedom of the house.
hummer repaid their kindness by
devoting himself to his new friends.
He ran with the engine to every fire,
marched with it proudly on parade,
kept other dogs out of its way and
guarded the men if they needed his
care. He was seldom off duty unless
hunger prompted visit to neighbor-
ing restaurant, where friend of his
engine kindly fed him.
One day, after eating a hearty meal
there, he crammed his mouth with
meat and bones and trotted off. He
did the same the next day, and the
next. Then he was followed. Going
through several streets he entered
small, dark, dirty alley, and, at its
farther end laid the food before half
starved dog; then, wagging his tail in
satisfaction he kept guard while the
old creature ate.
Learning that hummer was support
ing friend the fremen went to see
what attractions there were about the
old dog. They found a miserabl
dirty skeleton with a broken leg.
Much of his hair WAS gone and his body
marked with sores and scars. telling OF
recent and earlier battles. Though
they saw nothing desira BILE in the old
fellow, Bummer's kindness and wistful
look conquered.
The old creature was taken to the
engine house. his leg put in splints. an
addition made to Bummer's bed, and
the newcomer given share in the
others rights. To the dog with sores
the firemen gave the name of Lazarus.
Kind treatment and good food showed
their effect on Lazarus, but could not
make him young again. He regained
strength, recovered the use of his leg
and was able to walk about, but never
to run far with the engine. His duty
seemed to be to guard the house while
his younger friend attended to the en-
gine in the streets.
The old fellow appeared to tAe the
butt of every cur IN the ward. The
meanest and most cowardly canine of
the street need only see Lazarus away
from his business and there followed
National Baptist world., 1894-08-31
BREAKING BAD HABITS.
The More Practical of Two Theories Ol
Personal Reformation.

The More Practical of Two Theories Oh
Personal Reformation.
A preacher once said: suppose, some
cold morning, you should go into a
neighbours house, and find him busy at
work on his windows-scratchinT away
and should you ask him what he was
doing. and he should reply: why, am
trying to remove the frost: but, as fast
as | get it off one pane, it comes upon
another would you not say: why,
man, let your windows alone and kin
die fire, and the frost will soon come
off? And have you not seen people
who try to break off their bad abits,
one after another without avail? They
are like the man who tried to scratch
the frost from his windows. Let the
fire of love to God and man. kindled at
the altar Of prayer, burn in their
hearts, and the bad habits will soon
melt away"
There are two theories of reforma-
ton of life. One is what may be called
the 'brick' theory, which tells us that,
in order to overcome sin, we must re-
trace our whole way of life. breaking
off evil habits one by one, as If taking
house to pieces by separately re-
moving one brick after another. That
is moral reformation; and though IN
itself it is a good thing, it does not
succeed. The other, and the true way,
is to get new force-a new inspira'
tion-into life, to raise the soul into
the higher atmosphere where Christ is,
and from which sin shrinks abashed. -
Prof. DrummOnd.
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From Father to Son.

ST have drank whisky every day for
thirty-fve years." remarked gentle
man of sixty, rather proudly, land
don't see but have as good IA constitu-
tion as the average man Of my age. !
never was drunk in my life" He was
telling the truth, but to learn the
whole truth you have to study his chill
dren. The Oldest, young lady. had
perfect health; the second, a young
man, was of remarka bic nervous and
excitable temperament, as different
from his phleglnatic father as possible;
the third, yonng lady of seventeen.
was epileptic, and always had very
poor health. Did the fathers whisky
drinking have anything to do with
these facts? The instance may be
duplicated in almost every community.
Think over the families of your ac-
uuaintance in which the father has
long been a moderate drinker, and OBJ.
serve the facts as to the health of the
children. The superintendent of q
hospital for children at Berne, Swift
zerland. has found by careful observa.
ton that only As per cent. of those
whose parents used Intoxicating liquors
habitually had good constitutions,
while 81 per cent. of the children OF
temperate parents had sound bodies.
Of the children of inebriates only 9
per cent. were healthy. Can any man
''drinlx and take the consequences" or
must his children take the conse.
auences?-Journ of Inc briefly.
National Baptist world., 1894-08-31
CHRlSTLIKE IN TRIPLES.
Doing the Little Things of Everyday For
Jesus Sake.

Doing the Little Things of Everyday For
Jesus Sake.
OF course it is Christlike to be mar
tyr. It would be so splendid to give up
everything for the sake of going on
some grand mission. How much more
splendid is the opportunity which each
one of us has of staying where we are
to do little things in Christlilxe way!
But this kind Of penny martyrdom has
but few attractions.
1t is easy enough to find heroes. At
least, it is easy enough co find men who
think they would be heroes or who
would like to be heroes-if only some
great occasion should offer. Perhaps
most of these people would not
fAil when the test came, If they
knew it was a test and braced
themselves to bear the supreme
trial. But who braces himself to
bear the nettle's sting? Or it may
b, that the first annoyance is borne
patiently enough, but when the thou
sandth sting comes, what wonder If
our endu rance gives way? young
clerk, who thought to spend his vaca-
tion camping out in the region of
Mile Lacs, broke down during the first
night and had to be taken out of the
woods to save his reason from giving
National Baptist world., 1894-08-31
THE GRiZZLY'S PLUCK.
He Can Do Plenty Of Damage When II
LIS "NOminally Dead"


Is NominaIy Dead"
Personally I have more respect for
his majesty, the grizzly bear, than for
any other animal | ever trailed, the
tiger not excepted, writes w. T. HOrna-
day in an article on the bears Of North
America in St. Nicholas. 1t is quite
true that many an able-bodied grizzly
is caught mapping and killed dead
easy" as the baseball language says,
but so are big tigers also, for that mat
ter. In fact, know of one large tiger
weighing within five pounds of five
hundred, who was promptly laid low
by two outlets from a mere pop-gun of
a rifle, and there was no fuss about it,
either
1t is easy enough to KIN d grizzly at
q good safe distance Of hun<. led yards
or so, which allows the hunter to fire
from three to six shots by the time the
teeth and claws get dangerously near
But to attack fully-grown and wide
awake Ursus horribilis in brushy
ground at twenty or thirty yards dis
tance is no child's play. AS an old
hunter once quantity expressed it to
me: "A grizzly bar'll git up an come
at We with blood in his eye after he's
nominally dead" The point of it is
this bear is so big, and SO enveloped In
long, shaggy hair, his head is SO wedge
like, his strength and tenacity OF life
90 great, and his rage when wounded
so furious that at that short range he
is hard to kill quickly, and kill SO
dead that he cannot get blow at the
nunter.
The strength in grizzly's arm is
tremendous, and when the blow comes
accompanied with claws five or six
inches long, like SO many hooks OF
steel on a sledge-hammer, it tears to
shreds what it fails to crush. There
are many authentic instances on rec
ord of hunters and trappers who have
been killed by grizzly bears, and L be-
lieve it could be proved that this anil
NAL has killed more men than all the
| other wild animals in North America
combined, excepting the skunks and
their ia bies.
In the days Of the early pioneers, the
onlv rifles used were the muzzle-load
ing, hair-trigger squirrel-ritles OF small
caliber, and they were no match FOL
the burly grizzly, either in speed o.
strength. AS q result, bruin had the
bsstbof 1t, and in time brought about
National Baptist world., 1894-08-31
RAMS HORN BITS.
Savings That Are Pointed and May Sting
a Little.

Sayings That Are Pointed and May Sting
Little.
He who opposes holiness opposes
God.
Humility never wears well as an
overcoat.
Truth always gives life to those who
take it to their hearts.
When God puts us in the fire it is
only to burn up the dross.
No cross is heavy that rests on the
shoulders of love.
Nobody works harder and gets less
for it than the hypocrite.
Stop, grumbling, if you would have
Christ stay in your heart.
The devil would never have a fol-
lower if he could not hide his face.
Let the church become fully wide
awake and no sinner can sleep.
Gods church is the human heart,
and thoughts are the membership.
God made the heart of man SO big
that this world is too small to fill it.
No man is pleasing God who does
not love his neighbor as he does him
self
No man can succeed in being happy
without asking God to tell him how.
Sin got foothold in this world by
making itself look harmless and little
1t is the religion that shines at home
against which the devil fights the
hardest
Some people never think it worth
while to try to get religion in the
hands and feet.
The man who loves God with all his
strength will not make his wife saw
the wood.
No man can serve two masters, and
yet we all know people who are trying
to serve dozen.
The man who asks God for his daily
bread will never saw off the end of his
yardstick in trying to get it.
When one dose of religion has lasted
a man forty years, it is we'll tc
keep an eye on him in business matters.
The world needs more of the kind OF
religion that won't stop going to church
whenever it happens to have its feel
ings hurt.
The man who tries to defend himsel1
by saying thaL ne gives us mucli IL
some body else know that he is not Civ
ing half enough.
Putting sand in sugar is no worse
than claiming on Sunday to love the
Lord and doing nothing through the
week to show it.
The father who does not put good
reading matter in the hands of his chill
! dren has never done any real praying
for their salvation.
If you can't make a joyful noise unt'
the Lord in any other way, you can dt
{ it by cheerfully dropping some none.
: into the basket.
s.At destruction and famine tho'
{ shalt laugh" And yet there is nov
t and then a preacher who is afraid t
; tell rich sinner the whole truth TO
: fear he will soon be out of bread
National Baptist world., 1894-08-31
ALCOHOL IN THE SYSTEM.
Strong Drink Productive of Intellectual
Weakness.


The accustoming ones self to the use
Of alcohol causes, sooner or later.
feeling of need for it; alcoholism is
not. therefore, an inborn instructive
need. but an acquired one. Experience
teaches that the longer this vice exists
in nation the greater the vice be-
comes. Persons who misuse alcoholic
drinks, especially whisky, often become
sick and die sooner than the moderate
drinkers and the non-drinkers When
alcohol is taken habitually, and when
misused. it Injuries the whole constitu-
ton; all tissues and organs, and espe-
cially the blood. suffer sooner or later
a pathological change, with which
susceptibility to disease is increased.
Alcohol intoxication not only calls
out diseases and disturbances that
the non-drinker does not have.
but it gives rise to greater
morbidity. 1t is an old experience that
in epidemics of cholera, dysentery and
smallpox drinkers are attacked in
LARGER mum bers and with greater in
tensitv than non-drinkers The bad
constitution of the blood, the weak