Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1884 — He Knew He Was a Sinner. [ARTICLE]

He Knew He Was a Sinner.

“My dear boy,” said an earnest Sun-day-school teacher at the North End Mission to a frowsy urchin, “do you know that we are all sinners?” “Yes, marm.” “Do you know that you are a sinner?” “Yes, marm." A long and earnest talk followed, in which the claims of the gospel were fully set forth, but the teachefwas only rewarded by an tty Finally, it occurred to the teacher that perhaps She had taken the boy beyond his depth, and she inquired: “John, you know what a sinner is, don’t you?” “Sinners, marm? O, yes; sinners is strings in turkeys’ legs.” —Boston Globe. The cost of building and supplying the railroads of the more important States was as follows, in millions of dollars: New York, 807; Ohio, 825; Illinois, 588; Pennsylvania, 471; Missouri, 308; Minnesota, 307. The railroads of these six States cost about half as much as all the railroads in the United States.