Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 September 1883 — Page 3

SERVICES OF THE SABBATH. liev. John Alabaster's Initial Sermon at Meridian-Street Church. JVnonal Appearance of the New Pastor— Charles P. Collin and Wife Ad* dies* the Friends Congregation. THE WORK. OF THE CHURCH. First Sermon of Rev. Dr. Alabaster at Merid-ian-Street M. E. Church. Rev. John Alabaster, D. D., the new pastor of Meridian-street M. E. Church, delivered his lirst sermon to the congregation yesterday morning. The attendance was large, and the membership from other churches in the city was well represented In the congregation. A favorable impression was made by Dr. Alabaster upon all his hearers, aud his pastorate in this city, judging from the character of the mau aud the unusual ministerial abilities evinced in the initial services of his new charge, promises much good. Dr. Alabaster is of medium size and well proportioned in his build, and lias the vigorous vitality which belongs to a constitution capable of hard work. He is apparently not far from forty-two years old, aud has a decided clerical appearance. His face Is clean-shaven, and his hair, which is a mixture of dark and grey, is rather long, reaching to the collar. He lias grey eyes, of u thoughtful, meditative expression, and a head which would call for a first-class phrenological chart. His conversation Is earnest and unaffected. There is much of the grace and art of oratory In the delivery of his sermons. He speaks in well-modulated tones, and his remarks are liberally punctuated with gesticulation, which he gives a pleasing grace by an easy and natural way by suiting the action to the word. The subject of the discourse yesterday mornllng was “Co-laboriug with God.” The text chosen was, “We are laborers together with God.” I Corinthian*, iii, 9. “In the second chapter of Genesis,” Dr. Alabaster said, “is a declaration announcing the close of that distinctive work called creation: 'Tints the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the hosts of them/” That there have been no creative acts of the Almighty since that period, we should be slow to believe. But of one Thing at least are we certain, operations are in constant progress that require the power of God. These operations respect not only the sustaining and controlling of nature, but also its development and perfection. It Is the economy of God that his works shall go forward largely through secondary causes. He does not use his power directly except when the result is beyond the power of co-operative agencies. Whatever God makes becomes under Him an agent for producing other effects. Whatever God does, becomes under Him a doer to produce other results. In the great operations in nature all things are caused to work together with Him. The winds become his ministers, serving iu the circulation of the atmosphere, in the mtngl’ng of the waters of the ecus, in the conveyance of the clouds, and in scattering the seeds of plants. The rains serve Him, in dissolving the rocks, fertilizing the earth, and feeding the fountains and springs. And so light, electricity, beat, chemical agencies, all work together to produce Che results of the divine purpose in nature. And living organisms become themed ves among the most powerful forces in the natural world. The plant constantly changes the material about it—consumes it, works it. up into new combinations aud forms, and effects results both chemical and dynamic. The animal takes the work where the plant leaves ir, aud transforms and transmutes the elements in nature into yet more beautiful and delicate structures. All these are so many foroes working in the realm of nature to change her forms, develop her powers, conserve her energies and purify her elements. God has anothei co-worker ou this earth—so far as we know, his only intelligent and independent agent— I Yuan. The powers of nature can only act as they are acted upon. The lower animals operate with undevlating and non-pro-gressing instinct. But man, ns possibly no other agent, in nature, works with God in developing results for which he. has capacitated the material world. Man works with God to perfect the foims of life about him. The flowers, by his laboi and skill, are brought to a greater glory of bloom; the fruits are developed to a finer form, flavor and size. The trees are caused to grow with a more complete symmetry, and the very animals placed in man’s keeping are iranroved in beauty, tteetness, strength aud value by the care and cultivation that he bestows. Man changes and beautifies the externa! world. He levels the hill*, tills the valleys, drains the marshes, fertilizes the deserts. And how man transforms the material about hind He turns the trees into forms of beauty, utilizes the metals aud minerals, works ui the ores and rocks and the very earth into delicate, beautiful and grand structures. Think how largely the. brain and muscle of men have entered into the work of making a city where once (Stood the forest and where roved wild and savage races. What an example of man’s skill in the use of material is the steamship or the telescope! How wonderful the watch, the telegraph, the compass, the telephone, tue marble aratue and the painted canvass! What triumphs of mind and skill with matter! But there is another department besides nature or the material world in which man co-operates with God. And this cooperation is at tended with more wonderful and momentous results—it is the culture, development and perfection of man himself. If we consider man in his infantile period, what can bo said of him more than that lie is a capability—physically he is helpless; mentally with the bar.esr shadow of power: morally with the seeds of sin ready to germinate. What a change is to be aft-cted! To nurture that feebleness into streng'h; to lead out that Intellect into all the capabilities of the human mind, and above all, to secure that sou! iu its highest spiritual development, Ir a great work. To i rain and nurture a human soul into th< affections, conditions, joys and hopes of a saint in God is a marvelous work. God has uot reserved this work for himself alone, In nature he gives soil, seed, rain, dew, air, light, yet calls in the aid of an intelligent co-worker to secure the harvest. Fields do not till and plant themselves, neither do crops gather themselves info barns. Bo Is it in grace. God gives the truth, the holy spirit, a Saviour, but calls i". the co-opera t Inn of man to accomplish the result. He did not assign this work to other intelligencer than man. He might have called m angels, but he delegated man as his great co-worker iu the realm of grace as well as In nature. He not only said to man “Subdue the earth.” but also “Go yo into all the world, aud preach the gospel to every creature.” This great work is to he carried forward in a systematic and intelligent manner. It is not the divine purpose that the kingdom of grace shall be left to accidental methods. He has not so ordered In nature. Wo find organization there. If we examine the humblest plant we may learn ulesson concerning spiritual work. The purpose of the plant germ is to produce a thing of life and beauty out of the material about ir. Bur how does it work for the accomplishment of this end? We find the plant is composed of root, stem, branches and leaves. We see that each part works after its individual nature, yet that all the parts work towards the same grand result. Now if we analyze either part, we shall find it composed of a number of lesser parts, each also conserving the purpose of the particular part to which it belongs. The fibers of the root serve that organ; the pores of the leaf all turn their energies towards its particular puroose. If we go out into nature anvw here and ask, Ifow does God work! the reply is, “By combined effort.” 80 is it in the universe at large, where sous and planets, and systems of worlds servo each other. Ami if we inquire, concerning God’s method of working in grace, we shall find it the same. Organization is the divine plan. It is this principle applied to the kingdom of grace that gave us tiie church. The church is of God, not of man. God ordained it an organic hmtv in which is individual energy in combined elf irt. If we examine the plant, again we shall find another suggestive feature—division of labor. Not only no root and stem work, and each toward the same general end, but each Mas irs own specific part In the work that no other organ ! can perform. Break off the root of a plant, and U will die, or bend its energies toward the | formation of anew root. It must do one or the other. If we go among men, we find that divis- | ion of labor is the method of civilization. The savage can make all he needs, aud as long as he does It he will remain a savage. The more perfect the article, nsuallr, the ! greater the application or the principle. Now come back to the church, and vou find that Sod “hath set some in the church—first apog-, ; tlc* secondarily, prophets: thirdly, teachers; ! urter that miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.” That ‘is, : God has assigned to the great work of Hi.-, king- j loin various workmen, and lie has given to j *hch man his work. In our own branch and | Jt m of the church what a diversity of laborers—jiahops, ministers of various and rela-

tions, trustees, stewards, leaders, singers. Sab-bath-school workers, besides various helps—now, as iu apostolic days, “lor the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.” Third—We see wkat are some conditions of success in a church. 1. To regard the church as a field in which, and a channel through which to labor. “We are laborers.” God said, “Go work in my viueyard;” he also said, “Woe unto them that are at. ease in Zion.” The church is no place for “loungers,” “drones,” or for “honorary members.” It is a plaee for earnesr. prayerful labor. The church is God’s workshop. What magulficeut products are nere to be turned out. What are the. factories where choicest fabrics are produced, where the most wonderful specimens of skill are made; wlmt the studios where canvass Is made to glow mid marble, to 6peak: what the halls of legislation, where the conduct of States Is shaped, compared with the church where men are taught, traiued, formed for eternity? Here blocks are carved and fashioned for the living temple of Jehovah. For such a work there must, first of all, be a just estimate and appreciation, and there must be individuality of effort. Not only a place for labor, but a place for each. The work is so vast and manifold thatcach may ami must aid. Work is the condition of life iu the church, and mere must be specific labor. Nothing caw bo successfully done without u clear idea of what is to be accomplished. In all the official relations men susain to the church they must be Impressed that the success of the body depends upon the faithful service of each. You may have a chain of ponderous links, a cable for ihe largest vessel, yet one weak link makes the whole cable weak. A successful superintendent in the Sunday-school cannot tuake a church strong if its trustees are inattentive to their work, neither can a faithrul board of stewards make a church strong if the pastor is weak. The whole front must inarch together. A church Is only really strong when each interest is well and faithfully cared for, when nothing is permitted to lag behind, when one interest- is not. allowed to overgrow another and leave it sickly in the shade, and each private member must be a living member, adding strength and vigor to the body. There must be harmonious effort. One vital element in the success of any church is that all connected with it shall learn to say “we” and “our.” “Your” and “their” will weaken any org ‘tiization on earth. We must feel that the church is “ours.” No person or body of persons must, assume the attitude of Judges or critics. Whatever is done by any must be accepted by all. The success of any portion of the church must be rejoiced in by all; the failure of any must be shared in kindly feeling bv all. It must be the aim and delight of every member to see the church succeed for the Master’s sake. We are “laborers together.” How graud the plan! How elevating and ennobling*. How. Christlike! And we are to labor in harmony with all the good, whatever their denominational names nr methods. All who love Jesus Christ are to he our co-laborers. And we are ‘‘laborers together with God.” We must each be impressed that it is God’s work, and that we are his workmen. Tb’s will elevate the labor. This will stimulate our efforts. This will give encouragement in the darkest uud most trying time. I think this of great importance: that wo keep constantly in mind the true nature of all ohtirch work. No matter what we do in legitimate work for the church, whether it be the care of her spiritual interests or the care of the property; whether it be teaching iu the Bab bath-school or the cultivation or the social life of the church, let all be done witii high spiritual purpose, as unto God. Let the spiritual power of a real Christian life be carried into the temporal concerns of the church; and let tlie systematic care of secular concerns be taken into the spiritual work. Let those who have charge of the property care for it with the order and neatness which should characterize the house of Grd; and let those who are entrusted with teaching, aud with the care ot souls, remember that they are in charge of God’s heritage. Oh, let me call you, to-day, beloved brethren in the Lord, to an exalted outlook upon your Christian duty. Lpt me magnify before you the meaning, the dignity, the importance, of the church as a power in the earth. Let iue impress you with the fact that the church is made up of individuals, und that, her strength must be measured somewhat by your zeal and fidelity. Let me burden you, even, with the thought that you stand individually responsible for her success or failure. Need I suggest to you the honor of such a work? “Laborers together with God!” How men feel honored in working with great leaders. Here is an artist, who was the pupil of a master. He speaks of it with pride; it is spoken of to his fame; it is recorded in his biography when he dies. How the cheeks of the veteran glow as he tells of battles in which lie fought with renowned leaders. But to work “with God;” to lay hold upon souls for Christ’s sake; to march under ihe banner of the Captain supreme; to help hew out blocks for the temple of God; to aid in building up the kingdom of the eternal ages. What a work is this. In conclusion, Dr. Alabaster referred to the rewards of a life of Christian work—the satisfaction of seeing the work of God prosper, and above and beyond all the final reward when the golden gate should open, the streets of gold flash upon the eye, and the great white throne appear, with Him seated upon it to welcome those who have kept the faith and are ready tor the crown. Speaking particularly to the members of Meridian-street Church, he said he was here, he trusted, under the order of Goa’s appointment. “Your hopes will he my hopes, your fears my fears, your worK my work. Whatever a minister of God may and should do to help you to a life of labor and success, that I want, by grace, to do, and I pray that together wo may be successful in that which has been mutually committed to us.” After the benediction was pronounced a large number of the members and friends of the church were introduced to Dr. Alabaster, who had evidently made a favorable impress At by the straightforward, easy and unassuming roann**r in which ho bad entered upon the work of his pastorate. In the afternoon a special exercise was engaged in by the Sunday-school, arranged as a welcome to the new pastor. The room was handsomely decorated Tor the occasion, aud The service was, in all respects, hearty and impressive. THE CONSCIENCE. Charles F. Coffin and Wife Address the Friends at Yesterday Morning’s Service. Charles F. Coffin, of Richmond, Ind., and his wife, Rhoda Coffin, who have, acquired more than a national reputation for the ir efforts In prison reform, spoke yesterday morning at the Friends meeting-house, corner Delaware and St. Clair streets. Mr. Coffin spoke upon conscience, which he and. fined as the secret judgment of the soul. He disb l evfed in the doctrine of total depravity, aud yet held that conscience was largely the effV-or of eduoaiiou, so much so that no one can ever wholly get away from th effects of early Christian teaching, and that it is as though conscience may become defiled because our tendency i* toward evil. He held that it is the work of the Holy Spirit in ihe soul to cleanse and purify the conscience, and that the first step iR a thorough belief in Christ as the Savior, and an absolute acceptance of Film nnd the acceptance of the teachings of the. Holy Scriptures. Mrs. Coffin spoke briefly, her remarks being supplemental to the sermon. Last evening l’rof. David Dennis addressed the society. The attendance yesterday was smaller than usual, owing to the large number who went from here to attend the yearly meeting at Plainfield. _ THE CITY IS BRIEF. There were thirty-four deaths in the city iast. week. John Sutton, a sneak-thief, was given one year north by Judge Norton on Saturday Mrs. Atm O'Day has been appointed guardian of Margaret, James and Thomas O'Day. The county commissioners have appointed Levi \\ bite, justice of the peace at Irvington. The Fifteenth ward Republicans meet to-Aight at No. 6 engine-house to nominate a councilman. There will be a meeting or the Young Men’s Republican Club, ui, their rooms In the Bates block, this evening. A full attendance is desired. Marion Lodge. No 28, U. O. of IT., will give a musical and social entertainment ar their hall, next Wednesday evening, to which the public ie invited. The. flag of the Sixty-third regiment of Indiana volunteers was received from Washington la-t Saturday by Miss Callis, the State Librarian, and it has been placed among the other Hugs in the library. The firm of A L. Wright & Cos., wholesale and retail in carpet*, was incorporated under state laws last Stiturday. The capital stock is B*loo.ooo, aim t tie directors are A. L. Wright, It. L. Talbot and Thomas M. Andrew. K B. Alvord has brought suit in the Superior Court against the estate of George 11. Tm>ev, to vacate a judgment, for $1,549 3d given against him, he claiming that lie had no legal notice of the suit and no opportunity to defend it. Wk know that i here i* nothing <>n ear’ll <qial to Hop Litters a* a fuinii> medicine.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER IT, 1883.

SETTLING AN OLD SCORE. I O’Leary's Young Men Get Their Revenge from the Shamrocks. The Cincinnatians Defeated in Both Saturday’s and Sunday’s Games—The League Championship. The Indianapolis boys got even with the Shamrocks in great style on Saturday and yesterday, defeating them in both games. Saturday’s contest was a Waterloo for the visitors, the score standing 14 to 5. McCormick and Powers, of the Cincinnati club, acted as the battery for the Shamrocks, but the ludiauapolia boys pounded the ball after the most approved fashion, and scored eighteen hits, with a total or twenty-three. In the first inning Dorgau got to first on an error by Siioupe, was advanced to third on loose fielding of Shoupe, infield hits by Callahan and Keenan, and scored ou Kerins's single, leaving the bases full. McKeon then hit for three bases, bringing in three men and scoring himself on Peoples’s out. Callahan scored in the second on hits by himself and Peoples, and a passed ball ■ Four more were added in the sixth inning L.. hard hitting by Callahan, Keenau, McKoou, Peltz aud Downing, assisted by two errors, ami | two were made in each of the two remaining in niligs. Veaeh started in to pitch for the homo club, bat wa9 taken out after the fifth inning, the visitors hitting him too freely. From this out McKeon pitched and not another run was scored. Following is the score: Shamrocks. a.b. k. b.h. p.o. a. k. Bower, lb 5 1 2 7 1 0 Wei he, If 5 2 2 0 0 2 Powers, c 3 0 1 6 1 1 McCormick, p 5 1 2 0 6 0 Greenless, r. f 4 0 1 10 2 Odder, g. ft 3 0 0 2 0 0 Reeder, . f 4 1 1 2 0 2 Myers. 2b 4 0 O 5 5 0 Shoupe, 3b 4 0 1 1 1 3 Total 37 5 10 24 14 10 Indianapolis. a.b. r. h.h. p.o. a. e. Dorgau, c 0 3 0 9 0 1 Callahan. 3b 5 3 4 1 1 1 Keenan, r. f 4 112 10 Kerins, lb 5 2 2 10 0 1 McKeon, c.f. At p 5 2 3 0 3 0 Peoples, s. s 5 1 2 1 1 0 ’ Peltz. l.r 5 1 2 1 0 2 Downing. 2b 5 0 2 3 2 0 Veacb, p. At c. f 5 1 2 0 5 0 Total 45 14 18 27 13 5 Shamrocks 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 O— 5 Indianapolis 5 1 0 0 0 4 2 2 *—l4 Earned runs—Shamrocks, 2; Indianapolis, 4. Basses on balls—Shamrocks, 3; Indianapolis, 1. _ Bails called—On McCormick, 84; on Ve icb, 72; on McKeon, 34. Strikes called—Off McCormick. 7; off Veacb, 10; off McKeon, 5. struck out—By McCormick, 3; hv Veacb. 3: by McKeou, 2. Left on bases—Shamrocks, 8; Indianapolis, 7. Two base hits—Weihe, Reeder ami Peoples. Three base hits- McKeon, 2. Double p:ay—None. Passed balls—Two each. Wild pitches—-Veacb, 1; McKeon, 1. Time of game—l:so. Umpire—Will L. Johnson. Sunday’s Game. The Indianapolis club played the Shamrocks a return game on the Cincinnati grounds yesterday in the presence of of 1,700 people. They won easily by a score of Bto (5. For a time it locked like the Shamrocks would be “shut out” entirely, as they failed to score until the niuth inning, when by two hits and three errors by Peoples they made six runs. It is evident that Peoples was too anxious to play a brilliant game before a Cincinnati audience. O’Leary’s men played an excellent game, and as the score shows, k flocked the couccit out of Len Deagle, the Cincinnati’s “phenomenal” pitcher, making a total of twenty-four hits. Following is THE SCORE. SHAMROCKS. A.B. R. 11.11. P.O. A. E. Bower, lb 4 0 0 9 1 0 Wiehe, 2 b 4 1 1 2 2 2 Myers & Oehler, o. &s. s.. 2 113 11 Greenless, r 4 1 0 2 0 0 Reeder, m 4 1110 1 Maculier, s. s 1 4 1 0 2 0 0 Shoupe, 3D 3 0 O 2 1 1 Deagle, p 4 1 2 0 7 0 Trafflcy, c. <& 1 4 0 0 3 0 1 Totals 33 6 5 24 12 0 Indianapolis. ail r. h h. p.o. a. k. Dorgau. r 5 0 2 1 O 0 Callahan, 3b 4 2 3 0 2 1 O'Leary, ui. f 4 0 1 0 0 0 Keenan, c 4 12 0 10 McKeon, p 4 0 0 4 9 0 Kerins, lb 4 0 0 11 2 0 Peonies, s. s 4 2 2 1 1 3 Peltz, 1. f 3 2 110 0 Downing, 2b 3 113 2 0 Total 35 8 12 27 17 4 SCORE by innings. 1 2 3450789 Indianapolis I 0 0 0 2 I O 4 *— 8 Shamrock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6—o Time of game- Two hours and twenty minutes. Earned runs—lndianapolis 5. Bases on Bulls—lndianapolis 2, Shamrock 4. Balls called—On McKeon 83, on Deagle *7. Strikes called—Off McKeon 14. off Deagle 5. Struck out—By McKeon 5, by Deagle 2. l est on bates—lndianapolis 7, Shamrock 5 Three-base lute -Deagle, Callahan, Keenau, Peoples. Home runs—Callahan, Peltz. Double play—Bowers to Snonpe. Passed hulls— I Trait!ey 1, Myers 1. Wild pitches— McKeon 2. Umpire—John Kellj*. The League Races. The Chicagos, who were at the head of the procession at the close of last week, have taken a tumble to fourth plaee by losing four straight games at Boston, while the latter, by virtue of their victories, take first place. The championship is not yet decided, by auy means, but the chances are in favor of Boston winning the pennant. Chicagos remaining games are: Two with Providence, three with New York and three with Philadelphia. The clubs stand as follows: Won. Lost. Boston 55 34 Providence 54 35 Cleveland 53 35 Chicago 53 37 Buffalo 49 39 New York 41 46 Detroit 35 55 Philadelphia . 16 74 The American Association race is almost aa close as the League, the Athletics, St. Louis and Cmcincitinati neiug well together. They stand aa follows: Won. Los r. Athletic 62 27 St. Louis 59 31 Cincinnati ... 56 31 Metropolitan 50 38 Louisville 46 42 Pittsburg 30 6o Columbus 30 61 Baltimore . 27 61 Tue Toledo club Is leading Saginaw by two games in the Northwestern League race ami \v 1 probably win the pennant, although Peoria i still In the race. Following is the table: Won. Lost. Toledo 49 21 Saginaw. \7 27 Peoria 43 30 Grand Rapids to 33 Fort Wayne 32 38 Springfield 30 42 Bay City 28 43 Quincy 18 GO General Notes. The base ball season here will close about Oct. 20. Keenan made a reinarfeable throw from right field to home plate, preventing a run, after catching a difficult fly in Saturday’s game. If ever there m a a base ball club misnamed it is the “Shamrocks,” the most prominent play* tie of v. inch .ir_ Uj let, Shoupe, Weihe aud

! Meyers. It is about. n evsn bet that neither of the above named could tell Shamrock from a sweet potato vine. Downing has signed with the Indianapolis club for next year. But two more playeis are now needed—u change pitcher and a short-stop. When the Louisville clijh comes here tills week : you will see some ballplayers, notably Joe Ger--1 bardt ind Peter Browuiug, wlm is a batter of the oid school. Jimmie Peoples evidently did not make a very favorable impression on a Cincinnati audience yesterday. However, it is very seldom that ho plays so poorly. TboShamrocks were not able to be*At O’Leary’s men yesterday even by the aid of three players from the regular Cincinnati club—Deagle, Traffley and Maculier. Callahan was rather handy with the bat in yesterday’s game making a home run, a threebase hit and a single Peltz also favored the audience with a home run. Jerry Dorgau caught a remarkably good game of ball on Saturday considering his maimed condition and want of practice. When he is in form lie is one of the best catchers in the country. Commercial Gazette: Should there be a vacancy or two in ibe American Association next year— which !s not, improbable—the Brooklyn and Indianapolis clubs will till the vaeunoies. This is reliable. Enquirer: Thebaso-bnll craze, from present j indications, promises to he even livelier next j season than it was this year, and that is saving a great deal, as 1883 h s been the most successful in the history of the national game. Enquirer: Dan O’Leary is fixing the fences fora very strong nine to r. present Indianapolis next season. J) n has several flattering offers to 1 go elsewhere, but he is in love with the citizens of the Htioeler capital, aud will endeavor to more than creditably represent them on the diamond next year. A prominent pitcher,who,it; Is to be presumed, knows what he is talking about, says that one reason why pitchers who have been playing in outside clubs do nor snow up so well when pitching for a League club, is caused by the difference in the ball. The Reach ball is easy to pitch, while the Spalding ball is the opposite. Pittsburg Commercial Gazette: A base-ball player's path in summer tin e is on beds of flowcry ease. He gets a tug salary, travels all over the country, stops at good hotels, and has the best of everything. Hois paid by the public to furnish one hour and a half of amusement each afternoon, and he snould certainly be able to keep clear of whisky during the season, especially as he has ail winter to get even. The great trouble with some men in the Allegheny clun is that they look upon ball-playing merely as a pretext to open their nor-*s and enable them to sweat out the whisky drunk the night before. They regularly till up and regularly sweat it out at The expense of tlio reputation of the management and the regret and sorrow of all lovers of hall playing hereabouts. Without whisky the Alleghenys are the equal of any club in the association. Enquirer: Jimmie Peoples, of the Indianapolis club, has been signed by the management of the Cincinnati club for next season. Whether he is to play with the association team or with ihe strong professional club that Is to take the place of tiie Shamrocks has not yet been definitely settled. If it is rhe intention to play lura at short field in rhe place of Fulmer ir. will be a big mistake. While ho may be able to mechanically play a more brilliant game than the veteran, he lacks that experience and head work Foossential to this position. Fulmer in this particular is without an equal ou the base-ball field. There is not a point in the game that escapes his observation, and he is always in readiness to make the most out of a misplay by his opponents. A great many errors have been saved by liis magnificent, backing up of second and Third has**.* 5 , aud frequently he has covered the home base when it was very important that it should be guarded. He is also a splendid eoacber, and has helped score many of the runs made by the Ciuuiuuatis this season. AFFAIRS IN VATKULIND. Mr. Adolph Seiden sticker's Observations on Certaiu Matters of Interest to Gernmn-Americau Citizens. Adolph Seideustieker, editor of the German Telegraph, returned the other day from a fourmonths’ tour iu Europe, his Travels being chiefly in Germany and Austria, though lie was for 6orue time in France. Mr. Seideustieker made his visit accompanied by his sister, Mrs. Thudium, of Philadelphia. The point of chiefcut interest 10 Mr. Seideustieker was the university town of Gottingen, Hanover, his birthplace, which he left thirty-seven 3' ears a hoy less than fifteen years old. As he went there merely as a traveler he said, in answer to a question of the Journal interviewer, that he had not hart any opportunity to investigate the labor question. Os course as a Germ an-Ameri-ca 11 and as an editor he was not wholly unacquainted with the question of food and labor, but his information was not special, and therefore could be of no great importance. He remarked, however, a great difference in the condition of the common people. Their condition is vastly improved and is still improving. The cause of this lies in the unification of Germany, which has broken down all trade barriers and given an intercommunication unknown before. There is more money aud the common people have a larger share of it. “The military burden which Germany, as all Europe, bears, ie uot an unmixed evil,” said Mr. Beidcn sticker; “rich and poor alike have to do military service, and the contact of the common nnd ignorant with the wealth}' and better educated classes is valuable as an educator to them. Besides it, in some measure, is toning down the rigid class restrictions that prevailed, and the common man feels that be, as well as the rich man, is a Unman being, invested with hiimau rights. I noticed that among men prominent in ail businesses and industries are self-made men, men who have risen fro’o the common classes to prominence in greu- pursuits. <;r course they are nor as numerous ,n to r.*, bn* v<*u find them everywhere.and that fa u gives imp* to 1 lie poor and struggling i.iaa.m**." “How do Germans regard emigration! Do they not think that the country has a great and irreparable loss in tlio emigration of hundreds of thousands who not only take away large amounts of money, lmt, as the emigrants are nearly all young, deprive the country of money-making muscle and a fecundity that impairs Increase in population?” “Theoretically, they mav consider that the country loses by this emigration, hut practically it should not. he considered a loss. In Germany the Increase in population is greater than in any country, 1 believe,in Europe, and the successive censuses show this increase notwithstanding emigration. The loss in money is considerable, for the German emigrant comes to the United States usually on money of his own saving, and > not, as we are told of the Irish, on monei sent | from America. Money is much more pie 11- \ tiful there now than ever before. The amnesty I paid l>3* the French marked the beginning 1 or the financial improvement which has increased since. During my stay in Germany ! T remarked ih.it ir was nor, us of old, the upper classes alone that indulged 111 midsummer jaunts nnd sight-seeing, but that the middle classes and lower-middle classes were to he found traveling i upon the railroads and stopping at summer re- 1 sorts and places of interest. They have money ; to spend, and they spend it. Amusements, however. do uot cost there as here. What would cost, in the way of sight-seeing and aiu 11 8“Uien t, sls or S2O here, would not. cost more than as many marks there or a third as much. As an Ameneau I was not disposed to look favorably upon the system of tares 011 the railroads, four different fares for different classes being used on the same train. But I tiow think there is a d'*a’ "f good sense in it. All the fares are lower than in this country, and (lie cheapest—that paid by the country people- is a great benefit to trade, as going to and coming from markets the trains were crowded with them.” “Whar. about American pork!” “I did not talk on that subject particularly, r have a friend in Vienna who used to live in this country. Some rim** ago, lie s id, he had introduced lii.s friends to American ham. He insisted that the hums from this country were better ; than the. Bohemian hams, which aretne crack hams in Vienna. They ate the American ham in his conipanv ■, and agreed with him, and as lio had a friend over hero who is a packer, they induced him to import some for 111 111 The clad tidings spread about, and others Insisted upon being favored in the same way, and lie soon had a business open his hands he did not desire. A provision trailer came to his relief, offering to attend to the sale of the hams if ho wo ild import them, and the business began to grow rapidly. Just then the cry of trichina was raised by some medical journal, and it run wild in the newspapers, and my friend dropped out of tho business. I am inclined to believe there was reason for the government, there taking tho action it did in regard to American meats. A decree of that kind was not taken without hav-

ing a foundation of scientific fact. Wo have trick.v traders here who sell inferior goods—look at that investigation in Chicago lard—and the United States government ought to see that then© rascally tilings are not done. We would then escape tb© loss that comes to us by these proscriptive measures. “How are retail prices on pork and beet?” “They are little or no higher than here. Re- , tail profits there arc not so exorbitant as here, | and meats sent from this country to Germanv j <*an be bought there at retail nearly as cheaply as here. Our retail system is one of extravagance and waste, which is not the case in Germany, where pretty much everything is utillized.” TELEGRAPH IC BREVITIES. Tho number of emigrants who landed In New York in ten months was 363,374. Forest, fires arc racing extensively in numerous places through eastern and northern Maine. A fire at Atlanta, Ga.,on Saturday, damaged the stock of Simons & Drummond, produce merchants, $30,000. The National Methodist Local Preachers’ association will hold its annual session in Philadelphia begiuniug Oct. 3. Asa memento of her residence in Canada, Princess Louise has given the Dominion gallery a painting, five feet In length, executed by herself. Judge Edgarton decides the Dakota capital commission an illegal body, and liis order ousts them from their positions, with the coats upon them. Professor Paul Jean Odenliall, who came to this country in 1925 as secretary to the Marquis De Lafayette, died at Norfolk, Va,, aged eeventyfive years. Wm. Bosnell filed assignments of several mortgages to Mrs. Lillie Langtry on property in New York city, on Saturday, the consideration being SBI,OOO. Col. Robert M. Mayo, of Westmoreland county, Va., Congressman-elect, fatally shot himself on Saturday while on board the steamer Virginia, from Baltimore to Norfolk. Abram 8. Nesbitt, the sixteen-year-old son of the president of the Second National Bank of Easton, Pa., has run away from home. He is said to he heir to $500,000. Minnie Smith, aged twenty-five years, a prisoner on Blackwell’s island, jumped from the up* per tier in the prison to the ground floor ou Sat' urdav night, and was instantly Killed. Pleuro pneumonia has appeared among the cattle in Delaware, Chester and York counties, Pa. So far about. 350 head of cattle in those counties have been affected, a dozen of which have been killed. The light-ship anchored on Frying-pan shoals, off rhe North Carolina const, which went adrift in the recent gale, and which it was feared might be lost, has been discovered and towed into North Carolina in safety, with her crew of ten men all on board. Mrs. Garoux, of East Templeton, Ontario, left two children 111 her house while she went a short distance to milk a cow. On returning, she found flames leaping out of the windows, and nearly lost her life in the vain effort to save the little ones. _ DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. War Department. ) Office of the Chief signal ofricr,r. y Washington, Bept. 17, l a. m. ) For the Lower Luke Region—Local rains, followed by cooler, fair weather, winds shifting to north and we6t, higher barometer. For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley—Cooler, clearing weather, preceded In east portions by local rains, north to west winds, higher pressure. For the Upper Lane Region—Cooler, fair weather, nortwesterlv winds becoming variable, rising followed in the northern portions by falling barometer. Loral Utnorvanouft INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 16. Time- Bar. Th. Hum Wind Weather R’Pl 6:24 a. M. 29.90 71.3 68 S Thr’t’ng 10:24 a. m 29 91172 84 8W Lt. rain ! 2:24 P. M. 29 82 79.8 60 SW Fair .18 6:24 P. m. 29 82 71 84 SW’ Cloudy 10:24 P. m. 29.86)09 90 NW Cloudy. .70 Maximum temperature, 80; minimum temperature,, 68. General Observations. War Department, ( Washington, Sept. 16, 10:25 p. id. J Observations taKen at the same moment of time at all stations. 53 H & x £ z r- -E. t 3 2 z 2 = £ sz• * c STATION £ 5 : r " -t 5 : ; = ! • alls • j p * * ; !.! : x : Bismarck, Dak... 30.08 53 8 Clear. Cairo 30.00 73 NE Clear. Chicago 3000 60 N Clear. Cincinnati 29.89 71 N Fair. Davenport, la 30.08 62 N Fair. Dead wood Denver 29.94 66 SE Fair. lies Moines 30.14 54 N Clear. Dodge City... 30.13 62 NE .... Clear. Ft. Assinniboine.. 29.93 58 8 Clear. Fort Butord 29.98 59 SE Clour. Fort Custer Fort. Elliott Fort Sill 30 07 70 N Clear. Gaiveston 29.95 82 8 Cloudy, Indianapolis 29.86 68 NW .70 Cloudy. Keokuk 30.06 01 N Fair. La Crosse 30 08 56 Calm Clyar. Leavenworth 30.14 57 NW Clear. Little Rock. Ark.. 29 99 74 Calm Clear. Louisville 29.89 71 8W Cloudy. Memphis *29.98 74 NW’ ('leap. Moorhead 30.11 55 N Clear. Nashville 29 94 71 8E .47 Cloudy. North Platte 30 11 54 8E Clear. Omaha 30.22 58 Calm Clear. Pittsburg 29.88 72 NW .03 Lt. rain. Ban Antonio Shreveport 29.98 72 W Cloudy. Springfield, 111 30.02 64 N Cloudy. Bt. Louis 30.03 65 N Cloudy. Stockton 30.01 70 8E Clear. Bt. Paul 30.12 54 Cairn Clear. Vicksburg 29 98 77 Calm Cloudy. Yankton. D. T 30.16 54 NW .....Clear. New Orleans 29.96 79 Calm Cloudy. Las Animas 29.99 63 8E Fair. Fort Smith Sait Lake City... 29.86 70 N E I Foggy Fort Billings. j Horsford’s Acid Phosphate FOR WAKEFULNESS. Dr. William P. Clothier, Buffalo, N. Y., says: “I prescribed it for a Cat hollo priest, who was a hard student, for wakefulness, extreme nervousness, etc. He reports great benefit.” C. E. KREGELO, CHAS. TEST WHITSEIT, 183 N. Tenn. St. 336 N Alabama St. C. E. KREGELO & WHITSETT, FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALM. No. 77 North Delaware Street. '• elephone connection at office and residence. ■

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I >ACKER COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, Brooklyn, N. Y. The thirty ighi.li annual session ot this well-known School for Young Ladies will begin on the 19th of September, with a greatly Improved buildiug and complete apparatus,and on a revised and more liberal scale of tuition. Pupils from abroad will find ample ard 00m fortabie accommodation iu tho Boarding Department adjoining tiio school building, Apply to the PACKER INSTITUTE, or to Miss E. J. SMITH, 160 Joraleuion street.

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