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The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11
THE PULPIT AND THE PEW.
Minister Makes the Congregation and
the Congregation the Minister.

Minister Makes the Congregation and
the Congregation the Minister.
Between a minister and his congre-
cation there is an action and reaction
so that the minister makes the con-
gregation and the congregation the
minister, says Ian MacLaren in the
Ladies' Home Journal. When one
speaks of a minister's service to his
people one is not thinking of pew
rents and offertories and statistics and
crowds; nor Of schools and guilds and
classes and lectures. The master
achievement of the minister is to form
character and to make men. The chief
question, therefore, to consider about
a minister's work is; What kind of
men has he made?
And one, at least, OF the most deci-
sive questions by which the members
of a congregation can be judged Isl:
What have they made of their minis
ter? BY that one does not mean what
salary they may give him, nor how
agreeable they may be to him, but how
far he has become a man and risen
to his height in the atmosphere of his
congregation. Some congregations
have ruined ministers by harassing
them till they lost heart and self-con-
troll and became peevish and ill-tem-
pered. Some congregations, again
have ruined ministers by so humoring
and petting them that they could en-
dure no contradiction and became
childish. That congregation has done
its duty most effectively which has Gre
ated an atmosphere so genial, and yet
so bracing, that every good in its min.
lister has been fostered and everything
petty killed.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11
STORAGE BATTERY.
As Motor for street Cars, Said to Save
Half the Expense.

Hair the Expense.
New York Mail and Express: The
installation of the storage battery cars
will add a new motive power to the
diversified resources of a city which is
using steam engines, the cable, the un-
foreground trolley, compressed air and
horse power in the business of local
transportation. The storage battery,
however, is not a novelty to the me-
tropolis, for almost the first cars to
be manufactured were placed on the
old Madison avenue line more than a
dozen years ago by Frenchman
named Julian. Half dozen ponder
GUS vehicles were kept running on the
horse-car tracks with some success for
about eight months, when adverse liti-
cation compelled their withdrawal
Since then the storage battery has been
perfected and elaborated in this city
and applied to electric cabs. The OPP
Grafton Of the two storage battery cars
upon the Grand street line has demon
strated the efficiency of the system to
the satisfaction Of the officers of that
line. report has been rendered upon
the findings Of the chief engineer of
the electric company that supplied the
cars. The favorable results enumer
ated were attained despite the fact that
the track is an old one and intended
for lighter cars, and despite the fact
Bot ha Il n
speed Of sixteen miles an hour-and
not half that speed could obtain on
Grand street, the effect being con-
siderable loss Of power. This will not
be the case with motors designed for a
lower rate of speed. The two cars
were kept running for four weeks, eX-
Guiding Sundays, and covered in that
period 1929 miles. The secretary Of
the Grand street road estimates from
the cost of operating these two cars
that if all the cars on the line had been
independent motors the cost of oper-
ating them in the items relating eX-
c'usively to traction for a given period
of nine months would have been $685.
600 less than what it actually cost to
run them for that period. a saving Of
more than one-half. Again, the num-
Der of cars could be reduced 25 per
cent. because of the superior size and
quicker schedules of the storage-bat-
terry cars. On this it was estimated
that a saving of $4,000 more in plat
form charges could be made, making
the total estimated saving to the line
in a period of nine months about $780,
900.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11
COLORED WOMAN.
Who Saw the Capture of Washing ton
by the British.

by the British.
Mrs. Hope Ann Cook. colored. who
died at her home, 1917 Madison street,
recently, was one of the few remain
ing witnesses to the capture of Wash
ington by the British in 1914 Mrs.
Cook was a remarkable woman She
was born in Charles county. Maryland,
in 1904. Her ancestors were never
slaves. Mrs. Cook, though 95 years OF
age at the time of her death, had a re.
markably clear memory. She was
about 10 years old, she often said, when
a vivid recollection of the stormy
Scenes of that period. Mrs. Cook. with
hundreds of others, took refuge at
Alexandria, she going with her aunt.
She also told of the numerous atrocities
committed by the British soldiers in
the neighborhood of Washington and
Alexandria, some of which have never
been recorded in history. Mrs. Cook
was brought to Washington by her
aunt, and since her coming had resided
in the same house till she died. Her
husband in 1910, and for some years
after, conducted a restaurant on +
street, near Fifteenth street, which was
a favorite resort Of the prominent men
of those days. Among the distin-
guished military men who frequented
the Hope Club" as the place was
called, we're Gen. Winfield Scott and
her staff rs.-Washington Post.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

When James Russell Lowell was our
ambassador to England, his visiting
country-folk subjected him to no end
of annoyance. Persons whom / don't
know" he said Introduce to me per-
sons whom they don't know" A Lon
don correspondent Of the New York
Times enumerates some of the de-
mands now made upon Mr.. Choate.
He is asked to procure tickets of ad-
mission to parliament and to public in
gtitItions; for presentations to the
queen and introductions to notabilities;
for loans of money; for friendly media
ton with iandlady who may have
made an overcharge; and once. ,ate at
night a Ian arrived at his door with
Gag and baggage, expecting to put
up" as he was a stranger in London.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

Spain smiles through her tears Hav-
ing no longer any distant islands to
protect, she can get on very we'll with
out her lost navy. Having no insur-
rections to put down, she can reduce
her army to the footing Of home po-
tice. The twenty millions paid her by
the United States, and the four or FIVE
millions from Germany, may not go
far toward paying her big debt; but
'The jingling of the guinea helps the
hurt that honor feels" Her home
coming soldiers are glad to exchange
service in the tropics for work in ths
delds and mines, and only the gold
laced officers grieve for their lost OPP
portunities of plumber. Her statesmen
can now give undivided attention to
those long-neglected problems OF good
administration and domestic develop
ment.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

ivory palaces. All is v ell with them.
All is well.
1t is not a dead weight that you lift
when you carry a Christian out Jesus
makes the bed up soft with velvet
promises, and he says, put her down
here very gently. Put that head which
will never ache again on this pillow OF
hallelujahs, Send up word that the
procession is coming. Ring the bells.
Ring! Open your gates, we ivory pal
aces" And so your loved ones are
there. They are just as certainly there,
having died in Christ, as that you are
here. There is only one thing more
they want. Indeed. there is one thing
in heaven they have not got. They
want it. What is it Your company.
But. oh, my brother unless you change
your tack you cannot reach that har-
bor You might as we'll take the South
ern Pacific railroad, expecting in that
direction to reach Toronto, as to go
on in the way some of you are going.
and yet expect to reach the ivory pala-
ces. Your loved ones are looking out OF
the windows of heaven now, and yet
you seem to turn your back upon them.
You do not seem to know the sound OF
their voices as we'll as you used to, or
to be moved by the sight OF their dear
faces. Call louder. we departed ones!
Call louder from the ivory palaces"
When think OF that place, and think
Of my entering 1t, | feel awkward;
feei as sometimes when have been ex-
posed to the weather, and my shoes
have been bemired, and my coat is
soiled, and my hair is disheveled, and
stop in front of some fine residence
where l have an errand. l feel not fit
TO go in as / am, and sit among the
guests. So some of us feel about
heaven. We need to be washed; we
need to be rehabilitated before we go
into the ivory palaces. Eternal God
let the surges OF thy pardoning mercy
re- over us! l want not only TO wash
my hands and my feet, but, like some
skilled diver, standing on the pier
head who leaps into a wave and comes
up at far distant point from where he
went in, so ! want to go down, and so
want to come up. Jesus, wash me
in the waves Of thy salvation!
And here / ask you to solve a mys-
terry that has been depressing me for
thirty years. | have been asking ii OF
doctors of divinity who have been
studying theology for half century,
and they have given me no satisfactory
answer. | have turned over all the
books in my library, but got no solution
ask you for an explanation. BY what
logic was Christ induced to exchange
the ivory palaces Of heaven for the
crucifixion agonios of earth? l shall
take the first thousand million years
in heav =. to study out that problem;
meanwhile, and now, taking 1t as the
tcnderest, mightiest Of all facts that
Christ did come; that he came with
spikes in his feet; came with thorns IN
his brow; came with spears in his
heart, to save you and to save me.
God so loved the world that he gave
his only begotten Son. that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but
have everlasting life" Oh. Christ,
whelm all our souls with thy compass
sion! Now them down like summer
grain with the harvesting sickle of thy
grace! Ride through today the con-
queror, thy garments smelling "of
myrrh, and aloes. and cassia, out OF
th2 ivory palaces.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

A fruit novelty is reported from Call
fornia. 1t is half lemon and half
orange, with the shape of the lemon
and the color of the orange, the juice
having the flavor of both. 1t is, OF
course, artificially produced. Hereto
fore the phantom lemon, which figures
in picnic assets, has had the chief dis
tinction as a lemon curiosity. The
fruit world, it will be seen, shows a
tendency to combination as we'll as the
business world.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11
Poor Baronet.

Sir Thomas O'Connor Moore, Bart,
has been elected from the room he
lived in with his family at Cork, be-
cause he could not pay the rent of 20
cents a week. He is the eleventh
holder of the title, which dates back
to 1901.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

A special tax on bachelors has been
voted by the diet Of Hesse. Despite
the financial advantage, however, a
man might marry in Hesse and repent
at leisure.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

The value of human life is not very
high in Connecticut. A jury in that
state awarded $40 to the relatives OF a
man who had been killed on a railroad.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

In the United States senate one man
on each side. a democrat and a repub-
lican, is selected by hig party asso-
ciates to arrange the pairs. Whenever
the roll Is to be called on any party
question, the absent democrats are
paired against the absent republicans,
and in case more of one party than of
the other happen to be out of the
chamber, enough of those who are
present refrain from voting to fill out
the necessary pairs. Senator Paso OF
Florida has of late years represented
the democrats in these arrangements
He has so often had to pair himself to
make things come out right that IL
used to be said that he never cast a
direct vote. This was an exaggeration
Sometimes he voted, but more otter
when his name was called he. rose tc
say. "Mr. President, / am paired with
the senator from Dash. II he were
present he would vote yea, and | SHOULD
vote nay" the last part of the state
ment varying, of course, according Il
circumstances.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

Don't marry a girl with the expecta-
ton that her father will set you up in
business. The father-in-law of today
not only wants all he has, but lies
awake nights scheming how to acquire
more.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

An uncommon disease caused the
death of Mrs. Rose Funk, resident OF
Bloomington. I'll. Portions OF her
flesh had become as dry and hard as
bone
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

To prevent typhoid fever boil the
drinking water; to prevent dyspepsia
drink the boiling water. 1t seems to
be merely a matter OF choice as well
as Of taste.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

The Michigan Supreme court has
about completed the work of annulling
all the work completed by the legisla-
ture OF that state.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

Ambassador Cambon is a living ex-
emplfcation of the fact that the lot
of the peacemaker is not always an
unhappy one.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

The "secle.. service" was organized
by the Quakers.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

It seems queer that there is a de-
mand for dressed beef in warm
weather.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

The mosquito never waits until the
first of the month to send in his little
bill.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

Blockading the island OF Luzon
seems to be a difficult matter, and not
so we'll done but that Aguinaldo can
readily purchase what supplies he
needs from foreign merchants at
Hongkong and from Japanese dealers
at Yokohama. At the high prices he
is able to pay for war materials and
their shipment, blockade running Is an
exceedingly profitable business Agui-
naldo must have abundance Of money.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

When a man is hungry rare steak
is less desirable than one that is
plentiful.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

Some mems idea of practicing eco
nomy is to preach it daily to their
wives.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

It's easier for an elephant to climb
:. tree than it is for some men who are
IA hurry to get rich to be honest.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11
French Soldiers Becoming Smaller.

At the semi-annual drawing in Paris
OF conscripts for the French army the
n~mber OF recruits was IL per cent
smaller than one ys-, ago.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

UnciviliZed warfare continues In
Kentucky's mountainous regions.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

The familiar expression, "Robbing
Peter to pay Paul." is connected with
the history of Westminster abbey. In
the early middle ages 1t was the Gus
tom to call the abbey st. Peters ca
thedral. At one time the funds at st.
Pauls cathedral being low, those in
authority took sufficient from St.
Peters to settle the accounts, much to
the dissatisfaction of the people, who
asked. why rob st. Peter to pay st.
Paul?" Some 200 years later the say
ing was again used in regard to the
same collegiate churches, at the time
of the death of the earl OF Chatham,
the city Of London declaring that the
famous statesman ought to lie in st.
Paul's. Parliament however, insisted
that Westminster abbey was the proper
place, and not to bury him there would
be, for the second time, "Robbing st.
Peter to pay st. Paul"
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11
ORIGIN OF EXPRESSIONS.

Many OF the phrases one uses or
hears every day have been handed
down to us from generation to genera
ton for hundreds of years, and in many
cases they can be traced to a quaint
and curious origin. Done to turn"
suggests the story of st. Lawrence, who
suffered martyrdom by being roasted
on a gridiron. During his torture he
calmly requested the attendants to turn
him over, as he was thoroughly roasted
on one side.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11

In one OF the battles between the
Russians and the Tartars, 400 years
ago. a private soldier of the former
cried out: Captain, I've caught
Tartar" Bring him along, then" an
swered the officer. 81 can't, for he
won't let me-" was the response. Upon
investigation 1t was apparent that the
captive had the captor by the arm and
would not release him.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29
Engineer Killed I'm Wreck.

Yesterday serious wreck oc-
Cured to a TIC through freight
train going west, just this side OF
Whitesboro, Texas in which engi'
neer John Ison was instantly killed,
and fireman Johnson was coRsidera.
bly, bruised up in escaping by jumb-
ing. Our informant stated that
an obstruction was placed upon the
track, on curve in the road about
a mile this side Of Whitesboro. We
could not learn details of the
wreck how many cars were
smashed up, etc
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29
Five gallons coal oil for
As cents at Meriwether &
Taylor'S. 4-30

1t seems that Hadlin's Comedians
went to pieces here Saturday night
II is stated that an effort will be
made by two Of our young men to
reorganiSe the company aud start
olt on the road again, Theatrical
troupes have a hard time of It; an
less there is lenty of money to back
snch enterprises, they generally 20
TO the wall,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29
Canada to Be Eeliminated.

Washington, May 8.-.Canada
will be eliminated from the settle
ment of the Alaska boundary ques-
tion. The situation is exceedingly
dangerous and Great Britain will
coerce the Canadian colony, Unit
ed Stntes will make no more con-
cessions
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29
WHEN NATURE

Needs assistance It may be best "a
render II promptly but one should
remember TO use even the most
perfect remedies only when needed.
The best and most simple and gen
tie remedy is the Syrup Of Figs,
manufactured by the California Fig
SYrnp Go.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29

You have done the wrong thing
if you have bought shoes without
seeing the Foreman Shoe Co,
about it. 1t is to your interest to
consult them on such matters. 52S
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29

Having secured the services of
Mr. Henry Mathews, we are now
ready to repair anything in the
line of Guns, Pistols, Locks, Type
writer's, Cash Registers, Lawn
Mowers, Bicycles, etc We especi-
ally want jobs that others can't do,
Give us a trial, we guarantee salts
faction EDWARDS HARNESS Co. 5l7
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29

Some business men seem disposed
to kick when asked to take stock
in an enterprise for the good Of the
city. We want to say to them,
that we can never hope to build p
ourselves, nor the city either, ly /,
ngCardly course. No donations
or bonuses are being asked-simply
take seock, We expect TO see a
cotton factory enterprise next
brought to public view 1t viii be
money directly in your pocket to
take stock in such a thing, and al
same time build our city as nothing
else possibly can,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29

A report comes from Wilton,
that post Office there was success
fully robbed there Friday night.
Amount of booty secured is not
known.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29
For Rent.

A 8 room house on a high, dry
piece of ground on State Line
avenue, win rent cheap to a good
paying tenant. Apply to HUDDLEs-
TON BRoTHERs, 30 tf.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29

The city editor is on the sick list
and kept at home today-hcpe he
will be able to come down tomorrow,
The editor has ever been an adept
at localizing, and by neglecting
other branches of the business, will
keep up local, as well as other news
features,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29

Mr.. w, j. Buhrman and wife left
this afternoon, to spend the sum
mer in northern attitudes After
visiting relatives in the state of
New York for about a month, will
occupy the firms summer cottage
at Bath Beach for the remainder
of the heated term
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29

Mr.. Abe Block OF Washington,
Ark, is here, enrout to Garland, to
visit his brother in-law, Mr. Paul
Booker.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29

At the meeting Of the east side
school board Saturday, following
new officers we're elected, We learn:
". H. Arnold, president, T. E.
Webber, secretary.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29

Yesterday was quite sultry, aud
there we're many who sought cool
places-park was the mecca OF
mauy.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29

Misses Jewell and Louie Davis of
Pittsburg, Texas, who have been
visiting the family of Judge J l..
Sheppard, returned home this
mornings Miss Bernice Sheppard
accompanied them, and will enjoy
the companionship of old playmates
for a week or two.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29

EWay the mails come in from the
north is very unsatisfactory to our
business men-traiAs do not get in
until after nine o'clock, which
makes delivery of mail rather late.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29

Sheriff l. A. Bickham went up to
Little Rock yesterday, to carry an
insane man,to the asylum Mr.
Blair of College Hill, we learn.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29

We are requested to announce
the ladies of the Presbyterian
church will hold a reception at the
residence of Mrs. r, B. Williams
Tuesday evening, from Z to II
o'clock, so as to meet their pastor
and his wife. Members are espec-
ially invited to be present.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Rate for transient local adver-
tising in this paper is five cents per
line, payable in advance, in every
instance. For church entertain
ments half price-church an-
nouncements free. 2-Z3
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29

We had a very fine shower last
night which effectually settled the
dust for awhile and freshened up
vegetation considerably.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29

Mrs, W, M. Pettigrew' has re-
turned home from old Rocky Com
fort, after a week spent most
pleasantly among relatives and
friends. Her friend, Miss Matte
Campbell returned with her and
will remain a few days.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29

Justice Henry Of the west side
called the civil docket this morning
Most of cases were continued
few judgments by default.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29

Mr. VIM Johnson, formerly Of
Chicago, and a graduate OF Par
sons Neurological Institute, also the
Philadelphia Optical college and
with fifteen years experience as a
watch maker and optician, is now
10 the employ OF CbAs, S Erber.
Mr., Erber will guarantee all watch
repairing and lewelry work iutrust.
ed to his care, Should you be In
need of spectacles call aud let
them fl YOU with a pair Your
eyes viii be examined free, b.2l.6t
Have your pictures. framed at
Artist Supply Go, 5.1b8t
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29
Lemons Is cents a dozen
at Meriwether & Taylor's

Miss Corrie Webber, assisted by
her mother and older sisters, will
entertain at her fathers howe this
evening, the other members of the
graduating class of the east side
public school
a@
The Gate City News Is engaged
in a war against dirty alleys and
streets aud its fight is having re-.
suits, The News is stirring things
up on the west side in great shape,
It's influence for good cannot be
questioned
sasa.
The Southwestern Telephone and
Telegraph Company has bought the
opera. house property at Pine Bluff
aud will erect too.story brick
blGlding, to cost $4,000, modelled
after the company's building at
Waco, Texas.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29

In buying groceries of A.
J. Offenhauser, you have a
chance Of getting a fine
$400 piano. 1 ticket with
each purchase. 4-21.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29

Hurry up the opera house compa =
ny. If this is not done, we con not
possibly hope to have matters ready
for next seasons business. If every
business man will take stock IN this
enterprise it will be go.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-05-29

Get your money S worth, we don't
know of any better advice to give
the buyer of a bicycle. And there's
no doubt you do it, wnen you buy a
Crescent Bicycle. Its price al
ways reminds you, that you've got
your moneys worth, Sold on
monthly payments by the Edwards
Harness Company. D Z