Pike County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 51, Petersburg, Pike County, 11 May 1892 — Page 4

f ■; , w X ' n The following discourse by Ri lie Witt Tn Image, addressed pai larly to young men, was dellvei the Brooklyn tabernacle from the r. T. turn'd m text: Daniel waa first.—Daniel vl.. 2. *' Where in romance can you find thing- equal to what Daniel wi reality? A young man, far away home, introduced into the most nifieent and most dissolute palace (f all lake onal s to and licathe earttb/ The king, wishing to i this young man a prodigy in per* appearance, orders his attendant see that he has plenty of meat£ wine, and Daniel refuses these dt cies and insists on a vegetable die' fusing everything but pulse and w iter, waving back all the rieh viands w determined: “No, I thank you."’ He surpasses all the princes in brilliancy. As this sun rises higher and , high* r in the firmament, it puts out all the stars, and if their is anything the stars hate it is the sun. Daniel become:: so much of a favorite with King anys in tom nag

V ► « Darius that our young hero is promoted to be prime minister or secretary of state—the Frolinglluyseu or the Bismarck of the ancients. But no man ever attained such high pos tion without exciting the envy of others. The meanest and wrathiest passion of the soul is jealousy. You see it among all professions and occupations, 1 am sorry to say you see it as much among , clergymen as among other classes of men. It is a passion hitter as hell, and it is immediately recognized, and yet, thongh it blackens the man who indulges in It, men will kindle this fire which consumes only themselves. There were demagogues in Babylon, who, highly appreciative of their own capacity, doubted the policy of elevating such a young man as Daniel. They said: \ "Why, we know^ more than he daes. We could manage the public affairs better than he e»n manage them. The idea of putting Dan in such a place as that” Old Babylon hvas afraid of young Babylon. They began to plot nis ruin. He was an illustrious target. The taller the cedar the more apt to be struck with the lightning. These demagogues asked Darius to make an unalterable decree that any man who, within thirty days, shall nsk a petition of anyone except the king shall lie put- to death. Darius, not vlistrusting any foul play, makes sueli a decree. The demagogues have accomplished their purpose, for they knew that Daniel would not stop sending up petitions to his God, and Daniel, instead of being affrighted by the decree, went three times a day to his house- »p for prayer. He ls caught in the act. It s is condemned to be devoured by the lions. ( Such a healthy young man will be for It the leonine monarchs the best banquet -hey ever had. By the rough executioners of the law he is hurried away toward the den. I bear the growl of the monsters, and their 'pawing of the dust, and as their mouth is placed to the ground, the solid earthquakes with , their bellow. The door is removed and Daniel shoved into the den, which was all agleam with fiery eyeballs that seem to roll and snap in the caverns. They approach the defenseless man. Their appetite was sharp with hunger. One stroke of their paw, one crunch of their teeth and he would have been lifeless. How strange a welcome l);m_X£l receives from the monsters. Tliey fawn about him. They cover his 16 jet with their long mane. • They are struck with the loek-jaw. That night Daniel's sleep is calm and undisturbed, with *-hjss head pillowed on the warm neck ot * the tamed lions. Hut Kiog Darius was not so happy. He loved

uuai ana fte natea tne stratagem by whicn his favorite had been condemned. He paces his floor all night. He can not sleep. At the least sound he starts and his flesh creeps with horror. A bad conscience will make the bravest man a coward. He watches eagerly for the dawn, which seems so long in tarrying. At the first streak of light~he starts cut to find-the fate of Daniel. The pals ee gate opens and jars heavily behind h im while yet the city is asleep. He com es to the den. He looks through the • crevices but sees nothing. He dare not speak Expecting the worst, his her rt Stops. Gathering strength he puts his mouth to the rifts in the rock and cries: “Oh, Daniel, is thy God whom thou servest continually able to deliver tliee from the lions?” An answer comes rolling up out of the deep darkness: “Oh, king, live forever. My God ha th sent His angel and hath shut the lions’ months, that they have not hurt me.” The young man is brought out and the demagogues who made the plot are thrown in. But they hardly struck t re bottom of the den when their flesh rent, and their bones cracked, and the blood spurted through the rifts, while the fierce monsters shook the rooks with their terrible roar, announcing to ullages the truth that while God defends His people, the way of the wickisd shall perish. Now, you see from this subject thtt in the eyes of many the greatest offense you can commit is success. Of whit crime had this young man been guilt that he should come under the bit! hatred of the demagogues? Why. had got to be prime min ister of Bal Ion, That they could not forgive. 1 hofa in this sketch a touch of humm nature. As long as poverty pinches you and you rpn the gauntlet between taxgather and landlord, and you ha're hard work to educate your children, there will be multitudes of men to say: “Poor fellow, he ought to succeed. How sorry I am for him.” But, after awhil you begin to emerge from the darknet That was a capital investment. Y< purchased at just the right time. Fo tune became good-natured and smile You builded yonr own house. You got to be one of the first men on the street. Now, as yon pass, a number of thote late sympathisers stand on the corner of the street. They scow-1 at you fro n under the run of their hats. You have more money you ought ' the rim of Befm* a word « than they have, am scowled at from und< i fully past, you her 1 “Stuek up," says on >. honestly,” says anothe •. ” says a third. Every house was laid ot horses' hoofs vver i Your carriage the have you don , ought to be have dared to upon it that rise far above

before I out for the young lawyoung minisV any kind of first, but, as you and begin to t occupations it then, young wyers, young How is and prod merahante,physieiuns, young mi it then? . Again, la-hold in our subject nn exhibition of true decision < f character, liefore Daniel were condemnation and death if ho continued faithful to his religion. Yet, just as before, three times a day he prayed' with his face toward Jerusalem. There is nothing more fatal for the religions or worldly advancement than a spirit of indecision, llow often youth is almost gone before the individual has determined upon his profession. Thera arc those who for thirty or forty years have accomplished nothing anywhere .because they have not felt themselves settled. Thfy have thought of the law, of medicine, of merchandise, of mechanism. They have some idea of 'going wfht. Perhaps they will go east. Perhaps they won't. They may go north or south. Perhaps they will invest their money in railroads or in real estate. Perhaps they won't. They arc like a vessel starting from New York harbor, which should one day decide on going to Liverpool. and the nexV on New Orleans, and the next on Marseilles. How many

men hare lor a long while been out on the great sea of life ancl they do not know to what port they are destined? It is an everlasting taelring of ship, but no headway. The man who begins to build a house on the Corinthian style and when half way up concludes to make it Doric, and then completes it in Ionic, wfll have an unseemly pile and be eursed of every school of architecture. These men that try everything get to be nothing. God wrote in your brain and engraved on your bones what you ought to be. Then be that, nothing more or nothing less. In that direction is your success. Every other road is ruin. Having adjusted your compass, go ahead, ^Set your teeth together. Small difficulties, do not notiee. Great difficulties, by God’s grace 'strike them down. Onward! Let cowards skulk. Act you like sons of God. If yon want to sail to the land of gold, you must double the cape. To usefulness and strong character there is no overland route. Over the great deeps you must tiy. Most of the way it is either head wind or tempest. Character, like the goldfinch of Tonquin, is magnificent when standing firm, but loses all its splendor in flight. There is no such thing as failure to those who trust in God. Paul got to be an Apostle by falling off his horse. Stephen was stoned into lleaven. When a young man resolves on a religious life, he does not always find it smooth sailing. Old companions laugh and say with sarcastic tone: ‘‘He has got to be pious.” They go on excursions, but do not ask him. They prophesy that his religion will not hold out. They call him longfaced.” They vender if he is not getting wings. They say sharp things about him for themselves to laugh at. When he passes they grimaee and wink and chuckle, and say loud enough to be heard: “There goes a saint.” If you have ever seen life as it is, yon know not what strength of resolution it often requires for a young man to be a Christian. Again, let this story of Daniel teaeh us that the way to future suoeess is through present self-denial. A'ot only did Daniel show his willingness for selfrestraint by refusing the luxuries of the king’s table, but must have denied himself much social enjoyment and sightseeing in order to have attained most wonderful profieioney in study. The rush of the chariots under his window and the sound of mirth that rung out on the air of lJabyion would have attracted most y cuing men into the streets and to expensive places of amusement, lint Daniel knew that it was only through severity of application he could attain the honorable position for which he was intended. Indeed, you may carry this tirnth into universal application. The most of those who have succeeded in an profession or occupation have come up from the very bottom of the ladder. The brightest day began with the twilight. The admirals who/ commanded the navies of the world' started as cabin boys. The merchant princes whose messengers are ships and whose servants are the nation's custom houses once swept the store and kindled the flics. The orator who lifts up the

{fate of the son), as Samson carried off the (fates of (laza, onee stammered and blushed on the stage of a country school-house. The young painter, under whose pencil skies blossom and waters gleam, understands his subject so well because he has but little to shelter him from the one and is obliged to find his only beverage in the other. Out of the dark, deep mines of want and suffering has been dug the marble for the world's greatest temples wisdom and palaces of power. Yanderlyn. the artist, must first content himself with a charcoal sketch. Franklin, before becoming the renowned philosopher, must be a journeyman printer. Columbus must weave carpets before he can weave hemispheres, David must take care of his father's sheep before he rules Israel. Aruos must be a herdsman before he becomes a prophet. Daniel must be the humble student before be rises to be the pr'mfc minister of Babylon. If a young man start in life wim large notions of what he must immediately have, willing to t’onskler no economy, but expecting with a small ship to unfurl as much sail as an ocean frigate, he will find himself capsized by the first northeaster. It is the small sprig that can carry in one hand which will thrive best when planted. But if. by levers and huge, lumber wagons, you bring down from, the mountain a century oak. though yon may plant it, you can not make it live. So he who l>egins life on such a grand seale and with such exorbitant notions, wili never succeed, while some young man who having a right spirit, through his self-deniCl, planted a tree which has reached above Wall street and Hung its shadow in one direction over the granite palaces on the avenues and in the other far out over merchant vessels anchored in the bay. Men say success in life is all a matter of good luck, but industry and economy and self-denial put together always make good luck, men who ffciled twice, i notes shaved the I ure are young are getting _,_ne before they their father when he first

|s not every young the same character when nlwent that was maintained at home. Prederich watching his father’s sheep among- the hills or thresh* ing rye in the barn is far different from Frederick on the stock exchange. How often docs the kind, retiring spirit become bold effrontery, and the accommodating, self-sacriflelng disposition once exhibited among brothers and sisters. becomes a cold and unresponsive selfishness, and economy, wastefulness and open-handed charity, tight-fisted stinginess, and the keeping of good hours is changed into midnight revelry. I probably address vonng men now, distant from their fathers’ houses, and others who, still under the parental roof, look forward to a time when they will depart alone to conflict with the world and among strangers, be called to build up characters for themselves. Happy for you, oh. young man, if you shall, like Joseph, be the same when living with wicked Pharaoh as with pious Jacob, or Daniel as pure in Babylon as in Jerusalem. There is no passage in a man's life of more thrilling interest than the day in which he leaves homo and goes off to seek liis fortune. The novelty and romance con nee te l with the departure may keep the young man from any poignant sorrow, but parents who have seen the destruction among strangers of those who were considered promising youths can not help feeling that this step is full of momentous importance. Before the youth left home all

ms conduct was under anectionate guardia nship Outbursts of folly, carelesness and impropriety of manner and looseness of speech were kindly reproved, and although the restraint seemed sometimes to severe, yet hours of sober reflection have convinced him that it was salutary and righteous. But, behold, how the scene changes. The father, through the interceding of metropolitan friends, has secured the son a place in some bank or office. Schoolmates on the night before his departure come to take their farewell of the young adventurer. That morning he takes a last walk around the old place, and going past some lovespot, a sly tear may start, but no one sees it. The trunk is on the carnage, and after a warm good-by, away they speed over the hills. Set down amid excitements and among companions not overscrupulous as to their words or deeds, temptations troop around the stranger. The morning comes, but no family altar, and the Sabbath, but no real quiet, and perhaps at the sanctuary the faces are all strange and no one cares whether he goes to church or whether he does not go. Long winter evenings arrive, and how shall they be spent? On his way home from his place of business he saw flaming placards announcing rare performances, and that this was positively the last night. At - the door of his cheerless boarding-house no one greets him, and the evening meal is insipid, few no one cares whether he eats or does not eat. The room in the third story that evening seems doleful and repelling. A book snatched up from the stand proves to be dull, for no sister is there to look over with him. In despair he rushes out reckless as to where he goes if only he can see something that will make him stop thinking. That night may be the turning point in his history. Once within the fatal circle of sin and the soul has no power to repel it. On that dark sea he is launched, where the gleam of joy is only the flash of the pit and the roai of laughter is only the breaking of the gates of the lost.

In many a country churchyard is now the grave of some youthful spirit that went away lithe- anti bounding', but came home diseased and crushed and blasted to disgrace the sepulcher of his fathers. Yet this exodus must be made. As from far distant hills rivers find their way through tunnels to great cities so from far distant points ut the country it is necessary that s stream of uncorrupted population slial’ pour into our great thoroughfares t< keep them pure and manage the traffic of the world. Multitudes of sueh art constantly making their departure front, home. To-morrow morning all of the thoroughfares leading toward the great cities of our land, on steamboat and rail car, there will be young adventurers for the first speeding away from theii homes in order to try them fortune in town. The "Lord stretch forth His arm for the deliverance of these Daniels away down in Pabylon. Wherever your lot may be east—in far inland town or in some great seaport—maintain in your absence the same principles of morals and religion which may have been instilled by parental solicitude. And while you may feel in your heart and life the advantages of early religious eulture, forget not those to whom you are chiefly indebted, arid pray that as age comes upon them and the night of death begins to fall on their pathway, the hope of Heaven may beam through the darkness, lustrous and steady as the evening star. The Lord forbid that by our conduct we should ever bring disgrace on a father's name or prove reereant to the love of a mother. The poet did not exaggerate when he exclaimed: How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child. llonr to Moot Evil Reports. Now, my friends, when we near evil of anyone, let us suspend judgment. | Do not let us decide until we have heard . the man's defense. Do not run out to meet every heated whelp of malice that runs with its head down and its tongue out. The probability is that it is mad, and will only bite those who attempt to entertain it. Let us be lenient with the fallen. You see a sister fall, and say: “Foot woman!. I could never have done that!" Perhaps you could not, because your temptation does not happen to he in that direction; bait you have done things in the course of your life that these fallen women would never have done, simply because tbeir temptation was not in that direction. Do not say in boasting: “I never could have done sueh a thing as that!" You don't know' what you would do if sufficiently tempted. You have an infinite soul force. If grace direct it, a force for the right; if evil influences seize upon it, a terrific force for the wrong. There are passions within your soul that have never been unchained. Look out if once they slip their.cables.—Talmage, in Ladies’ Home Journal.

awtouarlx to be Protected. YYe are glad to learn that the U nited States government has undertaken to redress the wrongs suffered by American missionaries in Turkey. These unoffending men weir arrested without Cause, their llibles and other books were confiscated and their property was spoiled. Had this been done by a mob it '.vonlei; hare been excusable, though no less an infringement of right, for a mob has many heads, hut no brains. But it was the arbitrary aet of a Turkish governor, who ought to be retired to private life. The missionaries are no less entitled to protection than the traders, so long as they conduct around them the Star* h.fcfiHfcSttttMta. itions within the laws, as to have done in thi

The Philadelphia Manufacturer, (he organ of the High Tariff Manufacturers club, of Philadelphia, has the following on the exactions practiced by the sugar trust under the protection given it by the McKinley tariff: "Congress has provided that many millions of revenue heretofore obtained from sugar duties shall be diverted from the public treasury and be given to the people. The trust, under the sheltet given to it by congress for a wise and fair purpose, proposes in turn to divert a portion of this money from the pockets of the people to the pockets of the members of the trust. “Brethren, We say to you that if the protective system is to be employed for such purposes as this, the game is up No champion of that system can succeed, even if he wore willing to try, iu commending to the people, at one and the same time, the protective system and the sugar trust. It is quite impossible to expect the nation to regard with enthusiasm, because it proposed to reduce the price gf sugar, a law which enables the sugar trust to defeat that intention. What the purpose of the act is, consumers do not so much care. The thing that appeals most strongly to them is the actual fact-that.sugar prices have actually fallen; now, if sugar priees shall again advance under the manipulation of a protected conspiracy against the people, it will be useless to commend consumers to the purpose of Mr. McKinley. They will conclude, and rightly conclude, that if the whole benefit of the lower duties is not to come to them, it should go once again into the treasury of the United States. The opponents of the protective system will have placed in their hands, at the most critical moment

in the history of American protection, a potent weapon with which to assail the protective theory; and we venture to say that there is small reason to doubt that the result will be overwhelming- defeat for the protective system. Openly, in view of every man in the nation, there will be unanswerable demonstration that the free traders do not lack justification for their oft-repeated allegation that the protective tariff is used by manufacturers for the purpose of enriching themselves at the cost of their fellow eitizens. The formation of the trust is, indeed, a challenge issued to the people. The latter, through their representatives in cqngaess, have decreed that sugar shall be cheapened. The trust, on the contrary, declares that it shall not be cheapened. There can be no doubt of the conclusion of this conflict of interests if the people shall be thoroughly roused; but there is some reason for fearing that the consequences may involve other thah the offending parties. The sugar trust places the entire manufacturing interest of the country in jeopardy by its action, and in behalf of that interest we enter protest against the course that it is pursuing. “Jhrotesting, however, is likely to be of small service in averting the peril in which protected industry has been placed by this combination. There can be no safety but in action, and it may be conjectured that there would be few expressions of grief from protectionists if a republican senate should join with a democratic house in sending to a republican president, just as soon as the sugar trust has made its monopc^y complete,a bill placing all grades of refined sugar upon the free list. The protectionists who defend protection upon grounds of

public interest nave no concern to apologize for it when it is perverted to the interest of a few private individuals. In truth, such abuse of the system ought to encounter prompt resistance from the sincere friends of home industry, for the man who misuses the tariff in such a manner is a more dangerous enemy of the system than the most active of the apostles of free trade. The question for consideration would appear to be, shall the sugar trust tie permitted to use protection for the overthrow of protection?” ‘ THE SUGAR TRUST. A Comparison of Prices With and AVlthProtectlon—Free Sugar Will Save to the People Over it 1.1,000,00U Annually. WITH TUK TARIFF OX RRFIKKD SUGAR, The sugar trust is “protected:” («) By duty of X cent per pound on reiined sugar. (6) By natural advantage or protection of M of a cent per pound. iVesent price of raw sugar, 96 degrees centrifugal, S>£ cents per pound. Present price of refined sugar, granulated, cents per pound. Difference between above prices, 1 if cents per pound. Cost of refining, not over X cents per pound. Net profit on refined sugar, X eents per pound. Net profit per barrel, $2.03}£. Net profit on 12,000,000 barrels, or minimum yearly production, $25,503,000. Actual value of sugar trust properties, about $35,000,000. Kate of profi t <fti actnal valuation, 73.08 per cent. Sugar trust capitalization, 7 per cent, preferred stock, $37,500,000; common stock, $37,500,000; 6 per cent, bonds, $10,000,000. After paying 7 per cent, on preferred stock and 8 per cent, interest on bonds, the above rate of profit would yield 58.65 per cent, on the eommon stoekh WITHOUT A TARIFF ON REFINED SUGAR. The natural advantage or protection to sugar trust, is X cent per pound. Price of raw sugar, 96 degree centrifugal, 3% cents per pound. Price of refined sugar, granulated A, 4 cents per pound. Difference between above prices, X cent per pound. Cost of refining, not over % cent per pound. Net profit on refined sugar, % cent 'per pound. Net profit per barrel, 81k,' cents. Net profit on 12,600,000 barrels or minumnm yearly production, $10,237,500 per year. After paying 7 per cent, on preferred stock and 6 per cent, on bonds, the above rate of profit would yield 18.7 per cent, on the common stock. “ In the eompi.atiun of these figures we have treated the trust very liberally. Present rate of extortion from the people by means of the tariff, 3-8 cents per pound, or $15,356,000 per annnm. Proposed rate erf saving to the people by means of free sugar, $15,356,000 per annnm. Is it not time that the wholesale extortion now practiced by the trust be stopped? Bet us have free sugar in reality and not merely in name.—N. Y. Daily Commercial Bulletin. —Protected by the tariff on refined sugar the sugar trust is now making profits at the rate of 73.08 per cent, on the actnal value of its properties. The work required of the men employed in the sugar house is the hardest kind of work possible and a considerable number of the men are forced to work in intense heat. The low rate of wages— $1.50 per of ten hours—which the to pay is so low that no will work in the to its, pick rags and sell

WORD TRUE!” So Bays the Writer of That Fa* tnous Letter. He Brit era tea His Statements, Produces Additional Proof and Clearly Defines His Position, |N. Y. Sun.! It would bo difficult to measure the interest and comment, not to say excitement, which the published letter of Dr. R. A. Gunn, which appeared in the palters yesterday, has occasioned. The prominence of the doctor and the unusual nature of the letter have both tended to add interest to the subjeot and make it really the talk of the town. I called upon Dr. Gunn at his residence, No. 131 West Forty-seventh street, yesterday afternoon I fouud the reception room crowded, and it was only after an hour’s waiting that I succeeded iu obtaining an

luimTiew. Ur. Gunn is a distinguished looking man, and impressed me at oboe by his manly bearing and air of sincerity. I took the seat ho courteously offered me, and said: “Are you aware, doctor, of the cornmottou your letter haa caused t” Dr. Gunn smiled, and replied: “Things out of the ordinary usually cause comment. It is not a common tiling for physicians to indorse and cordially recommend mediciues other than those in tiie Materia Mcdiea. History is full of instances of scientists who have indorsed discoveries they believe to be valuable, and hare been denounced for so doing, and yet these same discoveries ara blessing the world to-day. I hope I have the manhood and courage to be true to my convictions, anci that is why I so cpenly aud unhesitatingly indorse War ner's Safe Cure as being the greatest of modern discoveries for the cure of diseases which have baffled the highest skill of the medical profession.” I was impressed with the earnestness of the doctor, aud saw that he meant every word that he said. “How long have you known of this remedy, doctor!” I asked. “Nearly ten years,” he replied. “My attention was origiuntly called to the Safe Cure by a serious case of Bright ’s disease, which was considered hopeless, and yet, much to my surprise, under its uso the patient recovered. 1 have tried it in other eases since then constantly, and my original faith in its power has been confirmed. I have seen patients recover from inflammation o f the bladder, gravel and Bright's disease when ail other treatment had failed, and I have found it especially efficient in all female troubles.” “Can yon specify any particular cases, doctor]!” I asked. “That is a delicate thiug to do,” the doctor replied; “but, as I always keep a writ ten record of my easos, I can accommodate you” Thereupon the doctor opened his desk and produced his record book. Turning over the leaves he said: “Here is a case of a gentleman who was a great sufferer from inflammation of the bladder of long standing. He laid consulted a number of physicians without beuefit. When first consulted I myself tried the usual methods of treatment, but without success, and I finally advised him to try Warner's Safe Cure. He felt better from the start, and in a few weeks was entirely cured.” The doctor turned a few pages further, aud then said: “Here is auotiier case. It is that of a gentleman who had frequent attacks of renal calculi, which, as you know, is gravel forming in the kidneys. He had never been able to preveut these formations, but after an unusually severe attack I recommended him to try the Safe Cure, which he did, and, althongh it is three years since he took the remedy, he has never had an attaok since.” The doctor continued to turn the leaves of his book, and suddenly exclaimed: “Hero is a most remarkable ease. It is that of a lady who had suffered for some time from Bright's disease. She became eneiente, and about the fourth month sud deuly beeame blind, had convulsions and

Dually feu tuto a state of coma, caused b,v ureudo or kidney poison. Several physicians who saw her said she could not live, and in this view 1 fully concurred. As she could still swallow I said, as a last resort, that they might try W aruer’s Safe Cure. They did so, and to the surprise of every one she recovered. She has since given birth toaliviugchild.'and is perfectly well.” “Those are certainly most wonderful coses, doctor,’’ I said, “and while 1 do not for a momemt question their authenticity I should consider it a great favor if you would give me thetr names. I think the importance of the subject would fully justify it.” "lu the iuterest of other sufferers 1 think you areeorreet,” Dr. Gunn finally observed, after a moment's thought. “Both the lady aud her husband are so rejoiced, so grateful, over her recovery that I know she is ouly too glad to have others hear it. The lady is Mrs. Eautes, wife of the well known costumer. She was not only restored, but is in perfect health to-day.” 1 thanked the doctor for his courteous reception, for the valuable information irn parted, and 1 feel assured that bis generous aud humane nature will prevent him from feeling other than glad at seeing this interview published for the benefit of s’tffering humanity'. Cnrncti ushers move easily, because they’re aisled.—Smith’s Monthly. —The new Episcopal Church of Zion and St. Timothy in West Fifty-seventh street, New York city, would be a show place in any other city in the country. It affords the congregation all the latest devices for comfort. Every seat has a shelf under it for canes, parasols and umbrellas. Opposite eaeh bench, on the back of the one in front, hang little plush cushions to be put upon the floor and knelt upon, and behind these cushions are racks for the men’s hats. The | apparatus for heating and ventilating i the church is not in sight, but it is very I effective. The building is large and costly, and its walls, which are bare of galleries (except a little one in an alcove over the entrance), are all finished in red and brown pressed brick. Its ininterior walls are therefore like the outer walls of many buildings, and yet the effect is very fine. Thy the “A. B C. Bohemian Bottled Beer” ninde by the American Brewing Co. of St Louis. It has the pure Hop flavor. THE MARKETS. N»w You. May 9, 1898. CATTLE-Native Steers..* 3 IS • 4_T5 COTTON—Middling . 7t»» ' J3* FLOUR-Winter Wheal. 8 83 » 4 to WHEAT-No. Sited..:. 97*9* 90‘s CORN-No. *. 3344* 37 OATS-Western Mixed. 34 PORK-New Mess ... 10 CO * II U0 ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling,.... T BEE V ES—Choice Steers. 4 33 Medium.. i. 43# HOGS—Good to Select.. 4 80 SHEKP-Fair to Choice. 4 00 FLOUR-Patent*.. 4 83 Fauey to Extra Do... 8 8> 83^8 7*0 490 4 30 4 ft) 3 75 440 4 10 88 40 SWh 70 »1» 700 WHEAT-No.3 Red Winter.. CORN-No. 8 Mixed. OATS—No, 3... RYE-No. 8. 73 TOBACCO—Lugs.. JlO Leaf Burley.- 4 30 HA Y-Clear Timothy. .. » 80 <* 18 30 BUTTER-Choiee Dairy. . 14 • 18 EGGS-Fnih.. *, 1*J4 PORK-StaudardMess (New». ... *10 37*9 BACON—Clear Rih.. tog* 8*9 LaHU—Prime Steam. 8 * 8*9 WOOL—Choice Tub. * *» CHICAGO. CATTLE—Shipping. 3 4> • 5 50 HOGS-Fair to Choice., . 4 40 » 4 8o SHEEP—Fair toChotoa.. 4 CO • 8 40 FLOU R—Winter Patents.. 4 30 • 4 40 Spring Patents,. 4 15 * 4 40 lT—No. 8 Spring..- »-Ts® 84Js T0.8. 4»t« 44*9 OATS—No. 8 . 30 « S0*4 PORK—Mess (New). >13 « 8 88*9 KANSAS CITY. SSKSfcag“!-*..r. S8 S 18 WHEAT-No. 8 Red. «!»• 88 Bc^-Noav.v.'.."::::::::::: «• NEW ORLEANS -- 4 00 « 483 * 54 38*s« 39 18 00 <i 17 4 0

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