Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-04-03

expense. 30 OF fnllhuelpnlh anu Otner
seaboard ports. Bat it is the gulf
ports which are threatening New
York's grain export supremacy chiefly.
Dcepened harbors and improved dock
facilities at Galveston an NV Or
leans and moro direct railway COM
munication with the great grain
growing sections, are resulting in
turning more and more Of the
export traffic from west of the Mis-
sissippi to those ports, and New York
is not the only city which views the
movement with alarm. Chicago is AL
SO disturbed, and the roads entering
Chicago. Vast quantities of grain
which formerly passed through Chi
cago on the way to Europe are now
moving directly southeast to strike
cheaper water transportation at the
nearest point, aud this tendency OF
traffic is more likely to increase rather
than diminish. 1t is a natural move.
ment, and New York will have to
make the best Of it.
The New York city Baptist mission
society has issued u statement respect
ing its course in expelling Rev. DIR. ID.
@. Potter forcibly from the parsonage
attached to the Tabernacle church.
Mortgages on the church were assigned
to the society for the protection of
trust funds, aud the church society
failed to observe the conditions OF the
mortgages or to explain why. Hence
foreclosure and the mailing up OF the
church doors. 1t is said that the society
exhausted every means to come to an
understanding with DR.. Potter and his
church society, and to an amicab!e
settlement, but the latter acted as If
they wanted to force trouble. 1T is
not stated who held the mortgages or
why they were assigned to tho mis-
sion society. The statement was made
in the New York papers at the time
of Mr.. Potters expulsion from the
parsonage, where he had been prnc-
tically imprisoned under an attempt
to freeze him out, that the parsonagr,
which included several ten"ments,
was under lease to private party and
that this party denied the right of the
society to expel or moleSt Potter in
any way while there. This may or
may not be true. Nothing, however.
is said about it in the mission society's
statement. DR.. Potter seems to have
acted in strange and reckless aud in
tractable manner, quite out OF keeping
with his profession but the siege OF
the house and his final expulsion con-
stituted proceeding equally strange.
The social evil of jaundiced jour
nalism were scathingly denounced on
Sunday by Rev. Dr.. John P. Peters,
in a sermon which warned his hearers
against those subtle sources of corrup-
ton which undermine the basis of
modern civilization. The reaction
against the uncleanuess of news
papers that pander to the taste
of the vicious and encourage by
the suggestion of their perverted art
all the crimes of deed aud of conver-
sation which the apostle forbade the
Ephesians, finds expression in the
pulpit as we'll as in the library and The
home. 1t is a coincidence that the
timely words of DR.. Peters should be
uttered Just as one of the yellow jour
nails boasts that its Sunday issue is
potent to empty the pews of churches.
If the organized waeelmeu continue
their persistent pen-and-ink raids upon
Central park, we shall soon be forced
to build Chinese wall about that
great institution and post armed sen
tries at every gate. Not content with
a rebuke for their new attempt to se'
cure the reservoir path for scorching
road, they now return to the scheme
| for grabbing the ''circle" on the Wcs
side ut 1O6th street for similar pur
pose. This is one of the highes, unt
most attractive spots in the park, ant
commands magnificent view OF the
city to the north nnd east. Won't the
wheelmen kindly stop inviting antag-
onism and prejudice by such exhlbi'
tions of greed? The city is pnvin1
streets for them. but it is not provid'
ing scorching territory.
The will of the late Dean Hoffman
of the General Theological seminary
of the Protestant Episcopal church IL
New York, besides providing for his
wife and children, aud his assistants n
All Angels church, gives most Of hi
books and his private communion ser
vice and $50, 900 to ST. Stephens col
lege at Auuundnle- n-the- H udson ;un(
to the church of All Angels, N
Elghtieth and Eighty-first streets, thu
fine lots and the buildings thereon
adjoining the church building, for the
maintenance of clergy aud parish.
The dean inherited wealth and in
creased it.
Saws Police Commissioner Grant
"There are only three ways to get mt
out of office--by death, by Legislation
or by giving me something better.
That's a rather remarkable declaration
from son of his father. Mayor Strong
might appropriately quote the memo
rable language of General Grant to
confederate commander who had re-
fused to surrender: II propose tt
move upon your works Mt once"
Some good people who set up soul
kitchens in New York were entertained
from the window by seeing able bodie,
men in the streets my down their tool
and come in for "feed. It's the
old story.
KNICKERBoCKER.
There Is man in Rockland, Mass.
Mr.. Benjamin +. Poole, who has tbs
courage to show his humaneness and
affection for his pet animals not only
while they live and are Of service tt
him, but shows his esteem and respect
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