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The times., 1897-06-04
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA
The Fire Thought to Have Been Of
Of Ineendiary Origin.
A Portion OF the AmerIcus' FIuA
Remitted-Co Columbia Fire CON-
pany Will Go to Annapolis.

Alexandria, Va, June 3-Tne scene or
tins mornings destructive fire on tho
riyef front, between Prince and Duke
streets, has been visited today by thou-
sands of the citizens OF Alexandria. and
many persons. who had read the accounts
Of the confIagration, came over from
Washington and viewed the buIned dis
tnct. All day gangs of men have bean
engaged in tearing down the walls OF the
massive brick structures Which were in
tottenng condition. The yard engine
OF the Southern Railway was utilized in
demolishing the walls of the buildings
along Union street, which had been lefs
in a dangerous condition
Capt Herbert Bryan, in whose establish
-ment the fire originated. is confident that
1T was the work Of an incendiary A
stranger was seen in the vicinity late YES.
terday evening. acting n suspicious man
ner, ana it is thought by some that he may
have been the fIrebug. q
The people OF Alexandria freely express
their thanks for the pronptness with which
Assistant Chief Bell and the Washington
authorities responded 70 the appeal for
assistance -
lt is understood that the Virginia Beef
Extract Company will secure another build
ing and Resume operations at once Capt
Bryan will also rebuild his fertilizer plant
as soon as possible.
1t is expected that the serious results
OF the fire viii cause the city To add a
third engine 10 tie department. which has
been agita;ed for some time past.
The United States Government has re-
mitted 800 OF the fine imposed upon the
owners OF the steam launch Americus
In the corporation court today an order
was entered in the case OF Devers against
Sweeney, directing resale of property.
John Harris, colored, was fined $50 IN
the police court today for trespassing On
Southern Railway cars and carrying q
blackjack.
At a meeting of the Columbia Fire Com
pany, it was decided 20 go TO Annapolis,
Md, on Wednesday next, via the PENN
sylvania railway- The Columbia steamer
Will be entered in the fire engine contest.
A vote Of thanks was extended TO the clti-
zens who furnished refreshments at the
fire this morning.
Miss Nina Virginia Carlin, daughter OF
Mrs Martha Carlin, was married t.day
at noon TO Mr.. John Stephens Baker, OF
Beverly, Mass. The ceremGny was per-
formed in st. Paul's Church, by the
pastor, Rev. 2 p. Philips. The groOm's
best man was Mr.. Walter Boyden, Of
Providence. There were no bridesmaids.
The bride was given away by her brother, J
slr. George CarIin. After a breakfast
At the home OF the bride on Duke street Mr.!
and Mrs Baker lert on the 3:23 train FOR a
nip through the South. They viii make
heir future home in Beverly III
The meeting Of the board Of police COM
nissioners, to have been held tonight to
The charges preferred against
Police Sergeant Smith and officer Fer.
,uson, has been postponed until Monday
light E
Mr.. W. e Stonnell and Mr. wensley, Of
he Theological Seminary, We're quite badly
INJURED today by the upsetting OF the buggy
II which they Were driving at HoOff's run.
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The World of Business.
Wall Street Yesterday.

New York, June 3.-The temperance
| or foreign banking houses as buyers Of
| securities In this market today gave it
Tone or strength 1t might otherwise have
! lacked, for it was beginning to feel the
eiIecos OF the heavy profit-taking of the
week 1he professional room-traders Also
VINO nave become unaccustomed TO con.
Cihued movement in the market lasting
over Two days. were disposed to play for
reaction, using no other reasoning than
that me market has had an advance,
Which 20 Their minds implies the necessity
Ior Complementary decline At any
raoe, the market showed that the sales
OF stocks since Tuesday had readily been
ABSORBED, and an increased borrowing
defnaud Ill the stock loan crowd indicate
that, IN pursuance of their market theo-
RES, tue room traders had caused an en-
largement OF the short account
The favorable disposition OF foreign
operations was noticeable in both stock and
pOnd markets, their purchases in the stock
market being In excess OF o 600 shares
and' as usual, they carried great sentimental
Weightin shaping the sentimeDtof the day.
Inc volume OF business was upon a very
fair scale and the trading was notably
active in The Changers, Chicago Gas and
sugar The aggregate transactions dur
Ing the day were, OF course reduced by
reason OF the suspension of business from
11:15 To L o'clock, ON account Of the
sudden death Of a member OH the floor Of
the exchange but before and after that
period the trading was very animated
On the announcement that the dividend of
United states Rubber preferred had been
reduced at a meeting of the directors from
l-4al-s, the common broke sharply, bnt
the affairs OF the concern are not such
az TO produce a general effect
IL was perhaps significant that the most
decided strength was shown by those
stocks not heretofore prominent in the
advance; namely, Sugar and the Coalers
Ruinors that the governor of Illinois had
signed the consolidation bill attended a
rapid advance in Chicago Gas in the late
dealings The ruinors were later confirmed
A rapid decline in Western Union in final
dealings unsettled the general market.
which closed at pronounced recessions
from the highest prices Of the day.
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Virginia scorcher Arrested.

Wade Goodwin, young bartender from
Virginia. was speeding along Pennsyl-
vania avenue on his bicycle last night,
when he was overhauled by Bicycle Police
man Estes and escorted to the Twelfth-
street station He deposited So collateral
for his appearance in the police court
this morning TO answer the charge OF
fast riding
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Talcott Asks for a New Tr,al.

Lawyer Campbell Darlington will argue
his motion for new trial In the case OF
Albert B. Talcott, the aged electrician of
the House of Representatives, before Judge
KimbalI today. Talcott has been tried
and found guilty of committing criminal as
saults upon five little girls on his premises
in East Washington.
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Trading in the Changers continues large
and important. Burlington and st Taul
coming In for a great amount of business
Omaha is not doing as well as was eX-
pected, tagging behind the other Grangers,
and perhaps cannot expect more than to
hold Its own even In an advance Town
Topics Financial Bureau says OF the
Changers: burlington will reach 90 St.
Paul 8 earnings are magnificent, with one
Sunday more and one working day less -
Town Topics also calls attention to the fact
that President Mckinley told us again, at
the banquet Of the International CONNER
cial Congress, that good times are on
the way" 1t is doubtful If many people,
however, will sattach any great signifi
1ance to this remark Of President Nc
Kinley's, as he and his people have made
it before several times.
The times., 1897-06-04
washington stock Exchange.

Sales Metropolitan Bank, 10 at 800;
Lincoln National Bank, 2 at 125: Wash
ington Gas. go at 43 IA; Lincoln Fire In
surance, 100 at 3-4, Pneumatic Gun Car
The times., 1897-06-04

Do you kno,s that you can haze the Horn
ing, Euening and Sunday Times delivered at
your residence for JVty cents month";
The times., 1897-06-04
New York stock Marker.

Corrected daily by w B Hibbs 6 Co.
Bankers and Brokers Members OF the
N Y. Stock Exchange, 1927 + street.
On Ifrb
The times., 1897-06-04

Mr.. Carley says OF this market: "Once
more the market looks a little weary, but
the general public is gaining in confidence
and we think there are new buyers enough
to balance the professional selling under
such circumstances; the market will have
superficial weakness, but not have a re-
action of Importance. Good stocks should
be bought and chances sofreaction ignored"
The times., 1897-06-04

Try Dr.. Heiser's Electric Machine for
Rheumatism. 612 18th st. NV. 1t
The times., 1897-06-04

The annual meeting of the Northwestern
directors was held in Chicago yesterday
The regular dividend of l ga per cent ON
the preferred and 2 1-2 per cent on the
common stock was declared A prelimi
nary statement prior to the regular yearly
statement to be declared later is TO the
effect that between and per cent was
earned on the common stock
The times., 1897-06-04
| P!A44 |! I 2gzss
|Dr.Walker.
I4II Pa. Ave. Adj. Wizards Hotel.
Is Treating More Cases of
Chronic, Nervous. Skin
and Blood Diseases
Than Any Other Physician
in This Country.
CONSULTATION FREE

v.MIf II you are suffering from
otherwise untitled for
study or business, you should take treat
menU from this noled specialist before 1t
ls too late.
Middle aged and Old Men sands i"Sls 9 d You
------- o----------- = troubled with
weak, aching backs and kidneys, anu otner
unliilsbakabie signs OF nervous debility.
Many die OF this trouble, Ignorant OF the
cause. The most obstinate cases OF this
character are treated with unIailing sue
cess. The highest lee charged by DR.. Walk
CT is , a month, ana includes all medicine
Daily office hours, 10 to 3; Sunday, 10
TO z: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and
Saturday evenings, 8 to g.
The times., 1897-06-04

Chicago. June Wheat was mOreactiye
and averaged higher today, at one time
being cent over last nights close. The
strength OF the Liverpool market which Is
quoted from l I'D. to lid. above yes
terday was tbe principal bull factor. The
trade was local, however, and shorts were
the best buyers Northwestern receipts,
While smaller than last week, and last
year, We're liberal, 35S cars. Clca RANGES
Were large, $50, 1000 bushels. There was
considerable talk about rust III Texas and
Oklahoma Manitoba reports needed rain.
The cash business was very light, $4,000
bushels. all for milling account The
market closed tame and unchanged at open
ing figures.
The times., 1897-06-04

Dow, Jones 6 Co. say of the situation:
There has been talk in the room today OF
Standard Oil selling in various stocks
Traders think there has been more real
izing than heretofore, and that the market
begins to look less one-sided than of late.
1t Is obvious, however, that but few sell
ing orders follow declines. The selling
is more on the advances. 1t is surnised
that the lise in Sugar may have been in
tended partly to help sell other stocks;
There is no Washington news of import
ance on Sugar today. The buying in B.
Q. is put down to Boston.
The times., 1897-06-04

Chicago Grain and Provision Market.
Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs & Co.
Bankers and Brokers. Members OF the
Y. Y. Stock Exchange. 1427 street
The times., 1897-06-04

The market held fairly well during most
oil the day, but slurnped off perceptifIy
toward the last. People are OF different
opinions, naturally, as 10 what viii occur
today. 1t does not seem probable that
there viii be any large decline, and it
may be that prices Will hold up, and even
advance, as there seems no reason in any
changed condition of things for fright
on the part OF the bulls Just how deep
this movement goes VIII probably be de-
cided when the people, who have been
buying during the last three or four days,
wish to take their profits. If there has
been much buying for investment, the
BOOM may continue; but if the advance is a
matter OF manipulation, helped on by small
traders, realizing viii knock it all to pieces.
Ladenherg, Thalman & Co. are still Of
the opinion that the market is q purchase
The times., 1897-06-04

The belief is very strong that Southern
Railway will declare dividend of / per
cent in short time. 1t seems very prob
able that this stock viii advance, though
not as rapidly as some others, OF course
The times., 1897-06-04

Should be read daily, as changes may,
occur at any time.
FOREIGN MAILS for the week ending
June ., s9T, close promptly at this office
as follows.
The times., 1897-06-04


erelgn State and the Endorsement OF tile
sent him here time after time, should at
least weigh fer something.
Under these circumstances / believe
that this committee owes to itself and
owes to the Senate that when PROPOSE
ton of such grave character as this is
submitted for consideration, the commit
tee shall take time TO consider the oues-
ton fairly and fully and dispassiona tely
Il have no temper in this matter /
believe that the Senate ought to look
fairly and fearlessly into any accusation
that comes here with sufficient degree
Of force to induce it to believe that it
rests on any substantial basis; but / do
not believe that the Senate ought to be
started off lightly on any proposition made
by sonIe man, who, perhaps, with the great
est honesty in the world, has been imposed
upon. Under these circumstances it seems
to me the Senate ought to proceed calmly
and deliberately. The Senator from South
Carolina said that the Senator from Nevada
told him he was going away In the after
noon, and did not know when he was COM
ing back. The Senator from Nevada told
the Senator from New Hampshire and
myself that ne would be back tomorrow
think this matter will be taken up in the
committee and disposed of at the proper
time
Il am not prepared TO say that 1 am
In favor of anything being done further
than I have already Indicated I shall
not act hastily, and no effort, no motion
to discharge the committee, is going to
produce haste on my part. / will go
ahead. If the Senate trusts the committee
with the investigation of the subject, and
examine it to the best of IN ability.
II do not understand the full force OF
the Senator's ground of complaint In speak
ing Of the great desire to get this resolution
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-11-17

bentenb, ibm gu fOlgen, ftieg er in be &ujite
binab.
LIMB 0u meinHTt, SaB mir mpr9cn T9on Die
Snfel errei9en tperoen2" no6m iebt Mi6
WtanIel bas Wort,
rMorgen Abeno getpiB, meme IiiBe W1ars
garet, borausgefebt, baB bte1e 8r;lc anbdlt.
nNber oente bOG, tpenn mir aQe bic MtGn>
ner bort treffen! 9as pirb ia fur9tbar auf=
regeno! @le betpaffnet, &pbert, pergiB bag
ni9t. 9aft bu f9on beinen plan 9ema6t9"
l1nb aus ibren f9Dnen, bunteGn Muqea, bic
fte 5Grtli9 auf Oes commanders Mntlib 6ef=
tete, fpra9 Die gauge dngitli9e 8sIorgnib
ibres 9er3ens,
u09stnen Plan9" ld9elte 8olbod. v0er
1T einfu@. @ir %antern, geben an 2anb,
ne6men Die 9iraten ~eefangen, fu6en bas
9olo, finoen es, pertauen's an 8orb unb iez
geln na9 SDbnep,"
rWas mObte Die 11rIa6e fener. auBerz
oroentli6en 8eipegung in Der See gepeIen
fein, Die oaS S4iff bon ieinem Mnfer rib?
fragte WfiB ManYel na9 elmer fleinen Bauie.
uWenn id re9t pertanben babe, ipar bic
2uft gu Oerlel6en 3eit gang ItiG."
Ser &ommanoer f9aute ii9 nab benz
Steuermunn um, Der in3piI9en pieoer err
I9ienen mar.
rWie ertlaren sic fi6 bic Sadie, Scr.
Mattbeps?"
oWeiner Weinung na9 1ino bic yGut6z
tpelen our4 Elm untertroii6es Grbbe6en berz
Dorgerfen tporben", antpprtete Der @efraqte.
nOieier @nii4t bin audb i9," nidte 8ol=
bod.
sd babe T9on otter bon ioG9en GrI6eiz
nungen gsb0rt," fuhr Matt6eps fort. rMein
Batter, Elm alter @iibiesfaiffer, fat einmul
Die lleberle6enben zines Sabr3euges oufgee
Iammelt, bus Bel fol6' einem iubmarinen
@robeben gun5 urplDBli6 upter poGen @egeln
pie Elm @tein in ben @runb g%efunten mar"
rNuf Gre 1T NQes m0gli9," 1agte Der
&ommanoer.
Sn bieiem Nugenblid gepabrte man duf
Der Reeling Der 8rigg, bic ungefG6r brett
biertel Seemeilen Doraus mar, bic @eitalt
zines beftig geititulirenben Mannes. Ser
&omnanoer griff na4 einem auf Dem Sberz
1i9tfenTter Giegenben SperngluIe.
n9us 1T 9arbp" ,rtef er. n@r aei9t na6
See binaus,"
u@egel bo!" ert0nte cine @timme bon Der
| Bad Der Queen" fer,
r9as @roBboot, 10 pubr i9 tebe!" fbrie
Mattbetps, Der bas 56iffsteIeItop am Nuge
bate,
MiB Manfel iieB etnen @9redensruf aus
unb flammerte ii4 an ben Nrm bes Som
manbers.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-11-17
g~inunb5nan3igitss &apit.G.
Ger @Qmpf.


SFern am ganbe Der &immung eriGim@
merte elm li9ter Puntt, Der ii9, bur9 ba5
3eleif flop betra9tet, als Elm 8ootsiege[ eripies.
unter6aIb be1Ielben ragte Elm lan3e5 0pQz
borb unb cine 8ei6e menf4li9er &0pfe iiber
bic 6ori5ontltnte berauf,
r9as 1T bas @roBboot Der Queen" rief
Scr. Mattbeps nit elmer Stimme, Der man
feline innere @rregung unbDrte, so tpenig
uu9 baoon gu feben 1T, id ertenne es oOA!."
SD CLAUDE, bnB Sic rebt bdber," lagte
8olOod, bas Glas beiieite Legend. rWir ftn6
ni9t mebr melt BON Der Sniel 0aQoraa;
penn bas 8pot g~eitern NIT nDrbli1em Garie
BON Dem @ilun6 abgeiegelt 1T = un0 gegenz
pGrtig lisgt es n0r0lib an = bann muBtsn
mir ibm ~begegnen. Sin l~eltener Glidsumz
itanO bIeibt iebo9 Oiefes 3ufumnsntreffen
fir uns troB alfebem, unb mir baber nun gu
bepeifen, baB mir elmer fpG9en 9unIt ies
S3idfals tpiirbig iino, @eftatten Sic, Sir,
buB ih oas &pmman6o bieIer Sarf ii6crz
ne6me9"
rSelbfberitGnbli9, @uer @bren," anttporz
tete Der Sberteuermdnn, ft6 pieber6olt oerz
beugenb. n@eIboeritGnOli9. @erfigen
Sic iiber midi un6 OieIes S4iff gang na6
8elieben."
Dgut. 3und9it miifIen mir uns nit Wafz
fen osrie6en. @ignultiiren sic 4arD9, beiz
5ubre6en, aber f6neu, bite. Msnn jsnes
Boot %ertennt, baB mir bic r4us:n" finb =
Die fe6lenOe 8orbramtenge miro es ni3t LAM
9e i'm 3peifel bariiber laKen = urb penn
es onBeroem berausfinOe,, oaB mir in Sc
feai9aft Ter 8rigg fegeGn, Oann mac9t es ft9
auf unp baDon, uno es ein5uFan9e1 biirftc
uns ni6t Iei9t tperben."
Sine feline Slagge itieg an Der @affel emz
pOr; 6arop p~eritanb bas Signal ullb lisB
Iofort bud6raTen. Die 8;i9g be;mte ibre
6abrt unb IieB bic gurf berantrei6en,
rMr. 0a1bp", gr0blte Der 8omnanber
biniiber, ri6 min auf baS Boot Sag0 maGen,
@4iden Sic mir bic 8affentiite uub Nluniz
tion an 8prb!"
n&p, ap, Gi:!" rief !6aroD suriid.
n2aHen sic feds Marn in's Boot ae6cn,
bret bubon be6alte iA bier, lautete 8olood' 3
tpeitere Or0te. r&omme ib Semen aas
St@t bann 1sgeln Sie nad 9alorau unt err
iparten mid oott."
nNp, ~, 5ir!~ rief Ser Steuermanu, un0
Damn begeNn eli, sei4dfti9e5 Srei6en cuff
Der 8rigg.
Der &ommo,nae" trat IN MiB M.unIe( herz
an, Iegte 3irtliA Die 0uno auf iIr: eduIz
ter unb iag5e, BALD gu ibr, bulb gu
Mattbetps gemelre!: mir miiien cine
&rtegsliit anpe1oen. So5al6 mir Die
Naffen an 8oro BADEN, baGten mir off
bas 8oot ab. Stab5tns mub Die pirairn
6urb cine @eiGi4se, bic if I'm in Den HGuub
legen tperbe, IN grsO lodtn. Sic, Ner. G1dt~
ibelps, unD BE 2tute, 8iuiun uno 6arrp
ausgenommtn, hulten fi6 osritett, tis bic
6aluntsn ldmmtli1 an 9ed linD. Oonu
fa1en ale Muna anf T,eia Si9na! iiber Tie
Der"
n@enn Die &e:te u6er DorSieben Ipu.er,
ni9t an Bprb 81 tomm:n2" lpea5ets Mo:z
tbetps Elm.
r9ann :perSe1 toir andre MuBreaeln erz
greifen', perlcbte ser 8ommunber nit ierpr
@ering19dBunq i'm 9o1e, bic Elm Offis;cr
Der &0nigliGtr Narine in foldo cinem U1pz
ment einem &auffabrteizS teuermann qegeuz
iber nlr gu !.eibt enpf;nOet. namentIid spern
Der lebtere ii5erTl;iHige 6ra9ea iteut.
@r nd6m Die @aA5 BON Ger S9aIter her
iunqen Dame nno !pintte Den 8pctsmann
9tubbins gu ihA auf Die Settle. Nu9Dem er
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-07

Young people should cultivate tho
habit OF showing their appreciation uf
the good. wherever D, is sc.n ug found
Honest praise hurts uo one And I'd.
We ourselves likr o.. lc' us r.ye O.. On
others a mother lcit hD baby 10Y %
.rW moments ln the care Ul lt'.o
brother On hcr absence The boy
skc,rbod O. picture OF the baby WHOM
the mother returned aHl saw the Haly. Oh
picture. sh, gave The boy artist "a E.s
90 approval "Tha, N.s' said Hcail.
min Yves, years aDorWard, made mr
o. painter How many have been
helped hy words %. chorr or SMILES 90.
approval. and how many lives have
been crushed Through the l5oN ot ln
encouraging word ur o. gbcnr.ug m "'
Have you told your pastor 'Ha. Dos snI.
mons inspire loo SOU noble Impulse. .u
HUIn you tu Use 90 better U.H' Uu.
tgU him. HIH hear a H.hHr ia k"n"
tHo result o' HH preaching. HI Do.
WJy D., discourage. because H N.HI
ml sg.s uu result u. U.s w... oH'
H.W @ cheer luu. H.u. u. ND fu
receiving U.# nm u.uy o.. ta.H
SNOW Cha. appreciate. their Nui a..
aud words. 6N. father mother
brother s...r uInU.. 900 o. Chico.
They 1861 500 Goa. vD are thankful UaI
thUN N..I strive fu ..rto us mlt, lo1
VW In.f H.r .n4 rrUI anT lind b.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-07

o, an So yuuns hearts, know that 90
Is safe 90 DO right. IL Is dangerous 90
SOW wrong SO matter how smooth
how sol and sweet. seem the paths OF
SIM know that beneath cycg flower
there Turks O spider beneath every
silkcn couch ot Indulgence there trulla
a nest OF sorUpnts and the scene tina.
begins with flowers shall end midst
thorna and ihIckou For tho moment
indeed The judge may seem unob.
servant, and ihc Waterman may seem
asleep. bat Boz who yields 90 any de-.
Election from honor shall lnl 40 las'
that God never s.umhcrs that Ilis
laws never sleep. Go east or west. nae
turc Is upon the track Of tho wrong
doer The time shall come when. .u
the hour OF reelection. reason SHALL
read the law. conscience shall ascend
iato her iuirmcu, seat. memory VIII
furnish the testimony. rcmouc viii De
the penalty. and che sowing 90 s.u shall
receive o. harvest Could the sage ri
old sit down To- converse with en- Do
youth who to-day walks 90 the street.
pcrchaac5 be- would dgI many NEr.
through excess. are draining away th.
rich forces 90 nerve agd brain anil
blood Daily they dgly reason lt.
book taste Cos music love Dos uuuIp
companion h.r Atas. when 90. hl.,
0, the pbE..J. s.Us.s begin. to E.yr
way. and they 'sll back upon tu, men
al faculties f1r pleasure. 'I.1 she's.
faculties that have lDas starved SHALL
in turn. uaae mon suffer Do U1' bon.
reason 0r memory shall lE "Hr.au 0
called aad SIP r'ur i. brrluso .
street shed ont my hand arI U0 man ro.
ardcd. therefore. ] win laurb 90 sou.
calamity viii mock DO y0u- lcsc.a.
ton. when your fear oomua as ds.
struc,ion and your des1Ia'lon as
whirlwlud lu Daniel Wobsicrs word.
OF disappointed ambition. % rll live
We see that statesman s1Ns What ht
rcaps In Goothos fearful cry GOT
more light We see ha, tho poet who
sows darkness shall reap darkness. ~,
who SONS reflection shah reap wisdom
Iic who sows sympathy shall reap love
The good samaritan who SONS tender
ness 90 the man wounded by the way
side shall reap tenderness when an-cl
s,oop 90 bind Mp bis broken heart N,
Who gives q crumh shall receive the fu.
loaf OF that eternal bread De- VIII,
gives a cup OF cold water 20 one o
Gods little ones shall receive q river o
water OF NE Rev DR. HiIls.