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rates. am glad we have got railroads.
They are n great convenience and n
great blessing to any country; and II u
fellow don't like the why they do he can
walk, or haul his goods in n wagon. |
found out long ago that if you will take
the fellow who is "cussng" the rail
ronds and make him president of rail-
road he will jump clear over on the other
side with both feet with one bound and
rejoice in the fact that he has the drop
Oh the universe now.
These interests are all mutual--thc
railroads. the manufacturers, the mcr-
chants the farmers, the bankers. all
are mutual interests. five would mako
them mutual and each help the other
and push forward aud stop this ever
lasting fighting and abusing each other
this country would get move on her
right now.
The Brynnitcs say that Mark Ilanna's
barrel elected cKinlcy--thal lombard
and Wall streets own the country. that
the railroads have subsidized lcgisla-
ton and that the middemen have
robbed the farmers until the country ia
ruined. Have we not laws against
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Flatonia. Texas. December l0--The re-
viyal meetings that have been in progress
Mt tho Baptist church during the past ten
days. conducted by Evangelist S. o. Nit
ohell and V. G. Hart. were concluded with
last nights service These meetings have
been productive Of great good in this com
mLnity. Many reconcillations have been
perfected and the Christians OF the ditfercn,
denominations love and respect each other
as they never have before. II has already
been decided that these gentlemen are 20
return TO this place tho coming summer
and hold a camp meeting, Rev. DR.. A. u.
Norris distinguished Baptists divine Will
be associated with Messrs. Mitchell and
Hart In their religious work. beginning
with the new year, Mr. Norris has been
present during this meeting and charmed
the people with his sweet. Christian spirit.
This coordination Of Christian .slont IL
calculated 20 make II hot for the devil and
his emlsaries wherever they may pitch
their Gospel tent.
The following resolutions were passed at
the conclusion Of the service last night By
a rising vote
| To Whom II May Concern
| Flatonia. Texas. December io.-whereas,
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the heavier burdens and with clasped hands
they shall 10 UP the heights where dwell
perfect happiness and perfect peace. Rev.
N. D. Hills, Independent, Chicago.
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OF the world. II is destined Ia become a
held OF blood. in which priestcraft. saloons
misruie, atheism, inidelity. anarchy. mon.
opoiy' capitalism, pauperism, nzlness. 80.
ciaiism and crime will take part. There
Will be great struggles between great arm.
les, and only the Omnipotent can tell wha,
the political complexion will be hundred
years hence.-Rev. W. W. Case, Methodist,
San Francisco
THE DIVINITY OF CHRisT.-Wher,
shall we find the proof OF the divinity Of
Christ? He performed miracles. raising
the dead. restoring sight to the blind, Civ
ing intellect TO the dumb and making the
lame walk all OF which could only b. pcr.
formed by enc who could suspend the laws
oil nature The mission of the church and
the mission o, Christ are inserarabic, and
1t must be holy by reason OF it's founder
and of It's purpose.--Rev. Father O'Sulli-
van, Roman Catholic. Denver, Colo.
CLERGYMEN.-The vocation OF the min
lister is from God but the avocation Is simp-
ly method Of making livelihood. The
peril OF this country today is that faith IN
the church is shrinking. and this Is, in the
first place. the fault of the ministers. There
is kind of Jesultism In the Protestant
churches as shrewd and false as any that
was ever charged upon the followers OF
lgnatius Loyola. II minister dares TO
speak out the church machine fires him.
John q. Wooley, Prohihitionist, Boston.
-
RENlNALS-A revival implies religious
declenson and is itself such waking up
and intensifying of the religious life OF
the church as leads TO the conversion OF
sinners. II is beautifully expressed by King
David; Create in me clean heart,
God, and renew right spirit within me.
Restore unto me the JOY OF Tiny sal' uion
and uphold me with Thy free spirit. fhon
Will ! teach transgressors Thy ways anu
sinners shall be converted unto Ihee; =
y. j.
MuSlC-Music probably makes a more
universal appeal to the sense OIL the Deauti-
fui in men than any other oil tue 'rts' lne
uhcuitNa'ed man VINO quito masses w
beauty OF line picture eeheIaliy loe's we
charm OF Sood music IL may De due 10 ,hls
iast tnat music iaMeS pFceeuenVo vi tno,S
other arr III 'he hlpie, neau.s "'u 'u '.i
run sue py sue snrousn az US rab,s' ., "'ir H..
lile rlalay',l Mnlcn II no'ua Wy !" 49,, i,,v"
one III Wnion my any 'nsolar Jug ", ,rl''a
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AMERlcA.-ou land is the battlefield
OF the world. 1t is destined to become n
neid OF blood, in which priestcraft. saloons
misruie, atheism. infdelity. anarchy, mon.
opoly' capitalism, pauperism, lazlness. 30
ciaiism and crime will take part. There
VIII be great struggles between great arm
les ana only the omnipotent can tell what
the political complexion will be a hundred
years hence. Rev. W. W. Case. Methodist
San Frsneisco.
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,muoR TRAFFIC. recognize
nifty Of the liquor traffic and
Y III the baneful effects of it. II |
h, Il out by laying down my life
lament. / would do it.--Rev. C. a.
psptIst. Rochester, n. Y.
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THOUGHTS.

a. =. summary II the principal
recently delivered in the United
canada by the leading clergy
~. pre!ates, religious teachers
-.ors OF the Christian faith. In
s.rce the text has been carefully
!, abbreviated:
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THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST. Who're.
shall we find the proof Of the divinity Of
Christ? He performed miracles. raising
the dead. restoring sight to the blind, Civ
ing intellect TO the dumb and making the
lame walk, all of which could only b. per
formed by enc who could suspend the laws
oil nature. The mission of the church and
the mission o, Christ are inserarablc, aud
1t must be holy by reason OF it's founder
and of It's purpose.-Rev Father O'sull-
van, Roman Catholic. Denver, Colo.
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= roR WOMEN-To woman has
4. ora OF an honorable independ-
!. aoor OF honorable sclf-support
~ 10 her.-Rev. j. S. Montgomery,
"A Toledo, Ohio.
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rel ,, soul ~ mankind longs
b al neh' AMI social good. 1t
-ys 20 SEQ this world OF ours.
tsrrt, III OF imnerfections and
Esten ulsher and niRher 10 q state
|ns,s. s snu general woll-belng. who
rr,, humanity, even In che small
| nj :, y come ono step nearer 10 the
k-o- -p.sNercnccd by all men rs n
IT, sool 1oses, Hebrew. Louis
|kstss aooR.--In al ases there has
ca, eetvsen tho rich and tre noor.
rsl,s, !, ~" yet Law one hand upon
rk,dsr :, owes and one hara rnon
n mi y Lazarus and set thcm face
-eh shall claim the right to
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|nrylI-The idea of the devil may
" n the same source from which
IN idea Of quality in all things
.,,urable, the unknowable, the in
m J. D. Buck. Theosophist, Cia-
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~ has been said that in youth
nAs' \ middle age Time ambles,
~ old age Time passes on in
aasle, anxious to reach the goal.
~ saould be with us all that wo
AAe the most Of our life. Time is
IpoFtant factor, and the more cx.
we get the more do we value
!" "ayland Hoyt, Baptist, Min
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LovE-No music produced by the south
EN- brecges playing over an aeoI'An harp
is sweeter than the music OF love. NO an
gers voice is more seraphie than the Yo ne
OF love. No star that ever shone IN tne
broad armament more beauteou' imam love
No perfumed blossom ever shen mort
fragrant odor than the aroma OF love =
is The alpha and omega OF NE II s'-se,t'
-, ., Inc r,ocn. the glowing splcador OF
he sun the magniflcencc OF the majestic
occan' II blcsses and endears life here y
bsilovs and consecrates life hereafter, l,
il Inc gulf stream of noble influence Is II
rrees.z he burning kisses on the icy lips
Of our immortal dead and triumpns ossF
the ereve.-Rabbi ]. L. Levy. aeDis"'
Philadelphia, Pa.
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MORALITY AND PATRIOTISM There
is an inseparable connection between pa
triotism and morality. They are constantly
acting and rcacting on each other a de-
cline can not take place in one and not
in the other II there has been decline In
our National morality you may be sure
| that 1t has not taken place without n cor
responding decline in patriotism. II pa
triotism has declined you need no other
proof that morality has also declined. Pa.
triotsm must be moral. lnpatIlotIr NOR
aIitv is a contradiction in terms. For TO b.
unpatriotic is to be selfish, and to be self
! ish is 10 be mmoral.-Rcv. w. X. Taylor,
| Methodist, Rochester n. Y.
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iAL AND LABOR-The very exist
10 mammoth combinations of cap
se ole hand and organized labor
ner Incorporated for offensive and
warfare, is an ever present and
aans proof that they are bent on
ylo, devouring one another. Rev.
nv s.ss'on' consregatlonall.t. Clovo-
The morning times., 1896-04-23
Boom Business Up to Date.

1T has resisted always the control of
government by monopoly and organized
wealth; ii has given Eower to the people,
trusted them. made their welfare It's
mission. and their will law
The sage OF Quantico is still talking To
himself exclusively and witboutinterrnption
concerning the third term movement.
What he says has not yet been published
except in the queering columns of our
afternoon contemporary, but as that infor-
nation is something OF the nature OF an
illy-defined smell it cannot be relied upon
as either fact, fiction or funny business.
Therefore we must wait for the third term
letter. Kentucky has worked up scratch
ing bee ON the Carlisle candidacy, aud it
now looks as if he might come out or the
contest shorn of everything else in his
public career except a dreamy silver rec
ord and a robust reputation for selling United
States bonds. Hill, Stevenson, Olney, Whit
ney and Matthews have even ceased to
linger by tie wayside in the Presidential
race, and their names are only mentioned
as reminders of the uncertainty of booms
that only go when propelled by journalistic
motive power.
Pop Morrison, whose reputation is as
straight as his pseuydonym of Horizontal
Bill, did not improve his chances for the
nomination by his recent financial letter.
Perhaps ii is as we'll, inasniuch as he is too
good man 10 break on the coming Demo
cratic campaign bone crusher, and should he
not receive the Chicago Gro wn OF thorns he
Will have been saved a large amount of
misery.
The morning times., 1896-04-23

could be boiled down, Cuba's ravaged
cane fields never would be missed, the
Dumble bees occupation would be gone
ana Vermonters might turn their naples
into saw logs.
Eros never had a better archery range
lhan The decks of this steamboat when
She was. and Bacchus and his route never
reveied In Beotia as they sometimes did
aboard the Lady of the Lake.
Part OF the Lady Of the Lake went sky
ward on spark-tipped wings OF fire that
painted the midnight clouds with a noon
day dye. Part OF the Lady Of the Lake
went TO the rivers bed and found rest
ing place iii the ooZe, which only fish and
divers see.
As all evil contains some good. and rs
most good contains some evil part of the
Lady OF the Lake went up and part of the
Lady OF the Lake went down. Maybe. part
was her Psyche and part her Soma.
The Lady OF tDe Lake went out OF com
mission at night-February Il, 1894.
II was the night when she last answered
10 her helm. II her bells have ever rung
another note, If her paddles have ever
more dipped round, it has been in the land
OF spirit steamboats, where q ghost grips
the wheel, where crew OF skeletons rattle
on her decks and where gnomes reyel in
her hold.
The evil that men do lives after them.
and the Lady or the Lake. despite the
gender of her name. did evil when she
ceased to be. Her iron hull was an iinpedi-
ment to navigation. Her stern had
swung channel wards and her bow threat
ened every craft entering or leaving the
Randall slips.
Her old friends. steamboats, that had
raced with rher. that had Cavorted with
her in the same waters, burned the same
coal, scraped against the same wharves,
The morning times., 1896-04-23

whether it shall do so, can only be deter
minedby the experience ceofsucceeding times.
There is certainly charm in the idea
that the minister OF the Gospel shall not
be learned alone in the Scriptures, but that
he shall be the peer of the scientific man
In all, or the more important, branches
of kno Wedge in which human progress has
been greatest. There is a still greater
charm in the thought that the modern
evangelist shall he a disciple of that broad
philosophy Of Terence, Il am a man and
nothing pertaining to man shall be foreign
to me-
But the desirability of universal kno wledpe
being assumed, the problem of the church
men must be to make clear the line of de-
marcation bet ween the details of such
knowledge which may be legitimately
exploited in the pulpit and those which
must be kept severely hidden in the crypts
OF the brain. Thus the real question is one
OF ethical rather than polenicaI theology
and which will probably be settled on the
principle OF the golden mean. A eopnate
question of great interest was not touched
upon-tbe equation OF the demand and
supply of sensational preaching.
The morning times., 1896-04-23
PLUNDERED ~ ITALY.
Frequent RObberies Of the Bu-.-..s. 20
Van on the Railways.
Ne,c York Erepinq Post.


Neyc Iork E-eping Post
Tue British vice consul at Venice makes
a report which Is Of interest to all intending
visitors 10 Italy.
He says Although there is no doubt a
diminuJiOn in railway therJs, complaints are
occasionally received az this office Of Jewels
ana other articles being stolen from the
ba gga ge OF British travellers. with Il view
70 obtain the assistance Of the consulate TO
recover, tfpraetiCab!e. the missing property,
and 20 discover the culprits-
IL cannot be TOO strongly recommended to
British travellers never to pat any jewelry or
vIluables of any kind in trunks intended for
the baggage van. TO have their.Tunks corded
and sealed, and 70 examine them carefully
before Withdrawing them from the station.
for the following reasonS-namely. that the
thieves. besides working with false KEYS.
can drive out the pins Of the hdsp OF OF
the lock or hinges and have them carefully
replaced, after having distracted the con
tents, without leaving any external signs
or the trunks having been tampered with.
an operation which cannot be performed il
the trunks are corded and sealed.
The railway authorities state that they
cannot be held liable foT the safety OF
valuableS iBclOsed in registered packages
unless they have been previously declared
and paid for under the alleged difficulty of
discriminating on the lines of which com
pany the thefts are committed: and once
the trunks are removed from the station.
IN charge OF Il commissionaire or ether
pa rty, the railway authorities disCIaim
all responsibility of any kind. and sGbSe-
quent representations are perfectly useless.
Although the police authorities would ap-
pear TO have taken prompt action on every
case brought TO their knOwledGC, vet the
perpetrators have only been discovered in
rare instances
The morning times., 1896-04-23
A GhostIy BIcycIi-t.

The negroes in The vicinity OF St RCch's
cemetery, and particularly those who hive in
eye-shot of the protection Ievee, are greatly
exercised over the frequent appearance ola
biCyClist, who they yciaimispOsSeSsedo gilmore
than mortal properties.
Il wuz a-setun IN my do dc yutheF ev' n
in, said an OldnegTesS yesterday afternoon
when st elaC ,cnne erman witlIOng. white
hair attending over a bicycle an les a-fIyin'
down perteckshun icyee. 1 was a-watchin'
de very spot where he Tiz up I'm de gruun'
an KEEP my eyes on him CWeII lie faded
way. / kin swear dat he d.dn't come rum
nowhere an dat be didn't 20 nowhere"
The old HegTess in queStioniS Z Ot the only
one in the vicinity who has seen the Old
gentleman hiding along the levee. There
are any number or people, nearly all of
them black, who claim TO have seen rim
aad all OF them declare that he is no human
cyclist but a spook. Whether their sup
position OF SpookiSm Is correct or not. the
appearance OF the ancient wheeiDan always
causes great deal OF alarm.-New 0rieanG
TImeS-DcmOCrat.
The morning times., 1896-04-23
Purchasing a Peaceful Reputation with Blood
Mnnau
MOnGV

The action of the international Arbitration Conference
returning the check to Andrew Carnegie
because would not be consistent to accept such gift from
manufacturer of warike armament deed worthy the
great minds assembled in this city to devise means to put an
end to the barbarsm of While the amount might have
been beneficial in promoting the of it's rejection
will have greater effect in convincing the world that the
Conference cannot be Influenced by sordd motives and that
but those consistently sincere will be permitted to take
part in its deliberations control it's actions
Notwithstanding the fact that the sympathes of all in
tegent people with this effort to bring about universal
and lasting peace EARTH and to settle international differ
ences by arbitration there just enough old Cain in the aver
age his fighting propensites the first warke
sound President Cleveland few months ago the toe
sin of with his Venezuelan message and Immediately the
the British Lions tail Yesterday letter from the Presi
dent read at the annual commemoration of Shake
speares day Warwckshre England Of which the follow
ing extract and which illustrates how fra the
sistency Of even mighty
in
speaking
ed
N
fnglv
William Shakespeare
But as great slow of growth be
beyond the ability of the comprehend their
necessity civilization must wait for intellectual develop
to make the efforts of the Arbitration Conference ec
tive The time will when will be regarded with
the abhorence looks the cruelty of the
Spanish nquisiton and will be then that such An
drew Carnegie cannot accumulate wealth by manufacturing
warke weapons and attempt disguise by purchasing
reputation through contributions to arbitration
ferences. May that time be hastened.
The morning times., 1896-04-23

they stand off little distance and wigge
their fins and tails and seem to wonder
what intruder it Is whe comes down in
their midst. Sometimes brave old cat OIL
mullet Will actually nibble at the strings
In my outfit.
Il can hear the thump of the steamboat
paddle many, mauy miles away. When one
of the ferry boats leaves Alexandria eau
hear it. Nearer and nearer 1t comes, till.
when 1T ploughs above me, the noise is
almost deafening, even through my armor
The suction of the passing steamers also
disturbs me in my work.
Capt. Ross halls from Lewiston, Del.
He has been down in hundreds OF wrecks.
He was the diver who went down in the
wreck OF the Hussar in He'll Gate. TIE
Hussar was a British prison ship, is
supposed to have had great trea sure in her,
and was sunk during the American reyolu.
ton. Two hundred prisoners were chained
together in her hold Wren Diver Ross went
into her he found that the sand OF a
century had banked around and haif buried
her. He took and axe and hacked open a
hatch. the timber was so coated with
barnacles that it seemed like stone. The
hatch was so water-loggei that it weighed
like Auranium
Carefully the diver climbed into the hold
OF the Old ship. 1t was an awful sight.
He walked over skeletons. Ribs crushed
| under his loaded boots. He would tread
| on moss green skull and it would break
| into a hundred pieces Away down in the
| hold Of thissunkeu ship, hundred feet from
| the surface OF He'll Gate, it was worse than
| lonely. The diver reached his hands do wn
| ward and grappled' dead men's bones. HI
| sent a sack OF these gloomy relics TO the
| surface.
| The search for treasure was vain. j
| may lurk somewhere down in that gTea
| old ship, but the diver failed to find il
| Diver Ross was also down in the treasure
| ship De Brook. off the Delaware capes
! Barnacled skulls and bones, made greer
| by the waves of ages, met him there.
| BE has also had several close calls
| One of these happened In the Potoma'
| only a few days ago. He descended witt
| his helmet only half screwed on, anC
| nearly drowned before he could climb L
| the surface. In deep water he goes armed
| for shark, swordfish, or octopus. Perhap
1 the greatest danger to which he Is exposed
| is that some submarine enemy may bite
| the aiTpipe.
| Another diver employed in the work d
| getting up the wreckage of the Lady o
/ the Lake. is Captain a. Y. Dare, OF Della
ware. Just now lie is ick from the effects
OF contact with fresh water. Divers
say they are liable to colds while opera
ting in fresh water. whereas they seldom
suffer from this complaint as i consequence
of working in salt water.
The costume OF Diver Ross weighs zoe
pounds. His shoes weigh fourteen pound,
each and his helmet weighs eighteen,
1t is interesting TO talk with diver.
The morning times., 1896-04-23
Our New Labor Organization.

continually presented. Independent labor
bodies may use their power TO enforce
boycotts or to persecute or punish en-
ploying offenders, but their efforts are
necessarily restricted when it comes to
dealing with vital questions and they there
fore exist only as orga nized scrappers with
welded by bodies that control large ter
ritories.
II was this wonderful power that gave
The Knights of Labor such strength, and it
is that same governing influence that has
brought the American Federation OF Labor
into prominence, and with the new branch
organization in Washington under the
control Of conse rvativc level headed
leaders its efforts to carry out the will
OF the trades unions in different parts OF
the United States will have wholesome
effect in shaping national affairs. The
Times welcomes every reasonable attempt
20 extend the influence of organized labor
II is sincere friend TO all who hire
themselves to Others for daily wages, and
while ii does not always agree with the
methods of leaders who place their own
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT above the welfare of their
folio wers, il is ready at all times to defend
the rights of labor regardless OF con-
the American Federation of Labor.