THE SORA2TTON TRIBUNE SATURDAY MORNING OCTOBER 16. 189T.
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LARGEST HOTELS
IN THE WORLD
One Will Cost One Million, the Other,
Seven Millions.
AT ONE MEALS COST FIFTY CENTS
t the. Othrr 1'lvo lollnr Would
Unruly Procure tho Uucst it Smell.
Antithesis In Hotel Construction
ttnd Mnnngcmcut ns Itoiircsonted in
the Mills Hotel nnd tho Astoria in
Now York City.
W. E. Curtis, in Chicago Itccotd.
The two largest, most cosily nnd
complete hotels In the world nre to !
opened In New York this month. One
of them Is situated In Hleoclur nttect,
near Broadway, nnd tho other nt tho
pnnipr nf fith avpnuo and 54th fltieet.
One tho Mills hotel Is ten stories
high, 200 by 100 feet In size, eot $1,000,
000, has 1,501 lodging rooms, 200 bath
tubs, 350 wash basins nnd a dining
loom in which 550 men may nit down to
meals that will cost Unit fmrn 5 to 50
cents. Tho charge- for lodgings Is 20
cents a day. Tho baths nnd wash laa
ins, with plenty of boap and towels,
nre fiec.
The other Is Hip Astoria, on the site
nf the old Astor mansion, adjoining tho
Waldorf and under tho earn manage
ment. In fact, tho two will be prac
tically the same hotel except that Wil
liam Waldorf Astor owns one nnd John
Jacob Astor the other. Auhways nre
cut through tho party walls upon every
iloor. Thcio Is to be only one ofllce,
one kitchen and no division anywhere
except In tho rent and taxes. The
Waldorf Is thlrt en stoiles hlch and
cost over J5.000.000. Tho Astoria has
seventeen stories available for guests,
two for kitchens and storage under
ground and three In tho mansard roof
and towers for servants. It cost over
$7 000,000. One million dollars more Is
being expended in furniture, In addi
tion to similar equipment of the Wal
doif, which cost $500,000. Thus the two
hotels represent an Investment of near
ly $15,000,000. Together they contain
1.1S5 lodging rooms, G75 with baths nnd
175 with parlors or sitting rooms. There
will be 1,275 employes, more or 1 ss,
on the pay roll. Of these 12 j will be in
the kitchen, 450 In the dining rooms, 200
chamhermatds, 100 bellboys, and clciks,
cashiers, laundresses, porteis, engi
neers, mechanics and clectilclans make
up tho rest. Including a full oicliestra.
One man w 111 have nothing to do but
look after tho clocks, and Unit will k ep
him busy.
THi: IlAUi JIOOM.
The new ball loom In the Astoila Is
100 feet bquare. without a pillar, and
three stories high. The banquet room,
or the Astor B.illery as they call it,
will be 100 by CO feet. The two aio
considered the finest looms of their
size in the woild. No palace in Europe
contains any so beautiful. The dining
looms will seat 750 persons without
ciowdlng, which Is 200 more than the
Mills hotel can accommodate, but
everything at the Mills hotel will be
just ns neat and wholesome, nnd tho
proprietoi Intends to teive as good
coffee and bread for 5 cents as one can
get at the Astor for 2 cents. Theio
Is considerable difference In the pilcis.
At the Mills hotel the chaige U uni
form 20 cents a day. At the Waldoif
nnd Astoria the cheapest room w 111 lie
$2.50, and the rates will inn all tho
way up to $50 a day or more. The beds
are Just as comfortable at both hotels,
and come from the tutm factoiy. At
the Astoria the beds are made of brass.
At the Mills they aio of lion. Both
have similar vvoven-vvlio inattrese,
with hair mattris.ses upon them. At
the Mills the hair matties,es for blngle
beds welch twenty-nine pounds and
the blankets cost 2.."u a pair by the
gross. Theio aio two pillows, one of
featheis and one of hail, the sheets
are of the llnest I'tlca mills cotton
and the counterpanes nre hpotless
white. At the Astotia the sheets aio
linen, and theie Is a bolster Instead of
an extra pillow. There Is a velvet car
pet on the Iloor, al.so, and vailous beau
tiful and expensive pUces of furniture,
couches nnd easv chairs, nnd in each
of the sitting rooms theio Is a piano.
All you get in the way of furnltute nt
the Mills Is a cane-bottom chali, two
shelves, n low of hooks and a nig on
the Iloor befoie jour bed.
OTHER CONTRASTS.
The looms at both hotels aie lighted
with electricity nnd heated with .steam,
the ventilation Is uprfi-tt nml ili
plumbing is up to tho limit of sanltaiy
M'lenco Both have all the necessary
elevators, and, being built of steel,
stone and flie-biiek, are ns near lire
proof as modern archltectuie can be.
The marble stairways and vestibules
nre a.s white nnd as handsomely c.uvcd,
the oak trimmings aie ns highly pol
iahed at the Mills ns at the Astoila,
and the actual comforts aio as good
in one house ab In the other; the only
difference Is in what wo poor woims
call luxuries.
At tho Mills hotel theio Is a beauti
ful library and two leading rooms, 30
by 200 feet each, one of them for smok
ers, and pipes ns well as cilgars aie
permitted Thero aio smoking rooms
at tho Astoria also, but pipes are for
bidden, and you have to buy your
books, magazines and newspapers at
the news stand, while at the Mills they
nre furnished free.
No liquors aro bold or allowed at the
Mills. At tho Astoria you can b t
anything in tho way of drink that tho
world produces, and tho kitchen will
furnish anything you nro willing to
pay for. At tho Mills ou can. get
meals for 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 cents, and
all the way up to 60 cents, but tho
speciality will be 10 and 15 cent, meals
Ten cents for a breakfast, 10 cents for
lunch and 25 cents for dinner, with a
fi-cent cigar ufter dinner whllo you
read the papers, and 20 cents for a
room, makes tho expense 70 cents a
Going to
Better stay at home and get
DUST
from your grocer,
where and
Sold every-
Cteans Everything
MADB ONI.Y BV
THEN. K.FAIRBANK COMPANY,
Chlcap o.BU Louli. New York. Doitou. Philadelphia.
day for every comfort a man can pos
sibly need, which averages about $5 a
week. You can pay for your meals
and lodging In ndvnnco if you choose,
by tho week or the month, but there Is
no reduction In prices. After the hotel
gets fairly running some reduction
mny bo made for peimancnt boarders,
but nil comers will ho treated alike
at present.
Thero nro laundry privileges nt the
Mills hotel as well as at tho Astoria,
only nt tho former they will not do
up statched clothes. You can mako nn
nrrangement, however, to have your
Sunday shirt and collar done up out
side of a little more than cost price.
GOOD FOOD.
1 did not find terrapin or broiled
bieasts of spring turkeys with trullles
on tho bill of fare nt tho Mills hotel,
but you can get a mighty flno Irish
stew with onions in it for G cents that
Is lust exactly ns good nnd a plats
of luihh or corn beef and c.ibbago for
the same price. The Mills hotel Is not
mn for charity any more thnn tho
Astoria, although it is tho 111 st at
tempt ever made In tho United Stntes
to provide comforts nnd cleanliness for
worklngmen at low pi lees. Both ho
tels are commercial enterprises, nl
though tho men icsponslble for them
did not expect to derive nny profit
from tho Investments. It is not rea
sonable for the Astors to expect divi
dends from a $13,000,000 hotel, even
nt tho pi Ices that will bo charged
there, and Mr. D. O. Mills did not erect
his model hotel for worklngmen with
nny Idea of nddlng to his nlrendy great
wealth. Both he and tho Astors nre
actuated by tho same motives by
pride and public spirit nnd a desire
to erect monuments by which their
fellow-creatuies mny lemcmber them.
They nre mixing benevolence with
business. At tho same time theio is
no more Intention of giving people free
lodging for free food nt the Mills than
at the Astoria. The patrons of both
places nre offered accommodations at
cettaln prices, but they are expected
to pay for what they take. Mr. Mills
hns furnished a beautiful, wholesome
and comfortable homo for men of small
means at rates within the leach of
every wage-earner, but he believes
that it would be an Injury Instead of
a blessing to make It free. It would
destroy the object of tho undertaking.
It would encourage deadbcatlsm and
pauperism nnd deptlve the patron of
his Independence, his Individuality and
his self-respect A workingman in New
York or from Chicago or any tiaveler
can lido up to the door of the Mills
hotel In the stieet cats or on tho ele
vated rallioad. write his nnme in the
legl.ster and call for a loom on the
fifth Iloor or the seventh Iloor, as hap
pens to suit his fancy, and pay for it,
Just as the rich man can ride up to the
Astoila In a cairlage and nsk for a
loom that meets his taste. If they
cannot get what they want they can
both go elsewhere, but the one Is under
no more obligation to Mr. Mills thnn
the other to Mr. Astor, and that Is the
spirit Mr. Mills deslies to simulate In
the woikingmen of this country, for
he was once a workingman nnd knows
how It Is himself. Everv body who nd
miies progiess nnd lino nichitectuie
and likes to boast about the United
States being nt tho top side of nations
ought to be ginteful to both Mr. Astor
and to Mr. Mills, and for similar len
.snns, nnd will bo If they inspect these
two hotels.
jioxr.Y JIICIIOIIDS.
From the Detroit Freo Press,
A tclertlllc association in one or tho
smaller towns had engaged a lecturer to
deliver a dlsiouiso on bacteriology. Ono
of tho members of the society being un
ablu to attend turned over his admission
tickets toa friend who raid ho thought ho
knew bomibody who would be Interested.
The tickets passed as th inkles gifts from
person to peis-on until they fell Into tho
hands of a f.umer nnd his wlte. On learn
ing that a tingle lantern was to bo em
plojed they i evolved to attend, even if It
did mean tho tioublo of 1 itching up nnd a
llttlo los.s of bltcp. Thcj took scats nvvay
bai k In tho hall and m.ido no Mgn of ap
proval or objection. When the lecture
was coiicIuJikI ho was heard to rem uk:
".Mary, was jou payln' Mention?"
"Yes. As go 3 1 us I could."
"Aro jo scnit?"
"I'm -scart as much as I could under
stand of It."
"Did jou tnkn notice of whut ho said
about all them llvo animals that we can't
H'O""
"Yes, Alt' I must say I doubted It till he
pi nvcd It by t-howin' tho plcters "
"Do jou remember ills lemarks 'bout
nearly every kind of sickness biln' duo to
thcso heie mlciobes?"
"Yes," sho answered. "Hut I don't see
whut we're goln' to do about it."
"Mebbe j ou Jlned mo in belli' 'specltlly
impressed by his statement that ono of tho
easiest wnjs of pajMn' these microbes
aiound to where they do damage is in tho
bandlln' of nilnry "
"Yes."
There was a long pensivo silence.
"Marj" he said with a sigh.
"What 13 It?"
"I don't llko to seem to complain 'bout
whut Homo peoplo would look on ns a
blessln'. But I can't help thlnkln' you an'
ine'd get ntnro fun out o' life If wo could
inn oomo retk of not beln' so outlandish
healthy."
MOUHXINCJ.
Fiom tho Dover Stato Sentinel.
A week ago a major of tho Victoria
Guards died, and was given a military
builal. Tho regiment Is a. crack one, and
we went to see tho procession. When tho
mournful ingcant was over wo stood
thinking of the solemn scene those sad
faced men, tho reverse! arms, slow tread,
pad music, and touching sight of ling
draped collln, and unusod helmet. Somo
one toucheel my elbow and said:
"Was the dead gentleman, anythln to
ye. mx'am?"
"No," said I, smiling In splto of myself.
"Yo looked to Borry, I was full sure ho
was somethln' to ye," sho continued dls-appolntedlj-.
"llo was a human being, and a bravo
eoldler; that should bo something to ull
of us."
"Vis. Yin, to bo sure. I do bo feeling
that way mesclf this marnln'. But
wouldn't it bo grand, ma'am, mournln' for
a man like that, supposhi' ho was some
thin' to yo."
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Painl Before the Romami Qovereore
Acts XXilV, HD-25.
BY J. E. GILBERT, D. D., LL. D.,
Secretary of American 5ocJety erf Religious Education.
CONTEXT. In hla address beforo tho
Sanhodrin, studied last week, l'aul an
nounced his belief in alio resurrection. As
tho council was composed of l'hnrlse
and Sadducocs, tho onu holding nnd tho
other rejecting this doctrine, (Acts xxlll,
8.) a gre-at dissension arose, and l'aul was
taken into tho castle for safety. Later a
coinany of despcrato men bound them,
selves to kill Paul, nnd when this bccutno
known, tho enptnlii M-nt him under a
slioug guard to Felix, tho govcrnoi, who
resided nt Caesaroo.. Five dajs after,
Ananias, tho high priest, accompanied by
tho ilders and TcrtultUB, an ndvocate, fol
low ed to present 'their churges. After an
uddicss by Tertullus, tho governor per
mitted Paul to speak for lilmsoir, a marK
of great favor. That speech, delivered
with utmost composure, nnd evidently
without premeditation, will engage our
thought today,
SALUTATION. Tertullus began Ills
speech with excessive llattery, (verses 2
nnd 3) which must have been as offensive
as It was fale. Paul's salutation was re
spectful, -simple and manly, (verso 10.) Ho
expressed his pleasure and gratitude in
being permitted to plead his own causo
beforo one who had "been many years a
Judge to tho nation." That roferenco to
tho past bervlco of Felix was In no senso
complimentary, Is was a mero statoment
of fact for a purpose. Tacitus, a Itoman
historian of that time, Informs us that tho
governor had been several tlmca involved
with tho Jewish rntriots and zealots,
whom (ho describes under tho namo of
robbers, upon w hunt he Inflicted sovero
punishments. Indeed, bis term of olllce
was full of troubles caused by tho tuibu
hrnt Jews. Paul intended to say that he
considered It very fortunate that hu stood
beforo a ruler, who, by such experiences
had learned tho character of tho people,
nnd was prepared and disposed to Judgo
rightly.
INNOCHXCi:. After this brief appeil
to tho ability of Felix, tho apostle plead
ed "not guilts-" to tho charges inado
against him. Ho maintained the plea by
three consldciatlons. First Only twelvo
days had idapsed since ho entered Jerusa
lem, and ilvo or thoo bad been spent in
Cnesarea, a period of time altogether too
brief for nny j-cdltious niovements.(verso
11.) Second During the week of his stay
in Jerusalem no ono had found him in tho
temple, in the snngogucs, or in the
streets, disputing with any one, or creat
ing a disturbance of nny klnd.(veiso 12)
Third There was nbbolutcly no pi oof that
could bo presented to support tho ueeiiba
tions m ule. Thcso threo points formed a
completo answer to tho first part of tho
speech of Tertullus, who claimed that
Paul was "a pestilent fellow, a mover of
sedition," or. In other words, a disturber
of tho peace, and an enemy of the govern
ment. CONFnSSION Tertullus had also af-
BRADFORD'S FIRST PAPER
Piles of the Bradford Gazette Give an
Interesting View of Early Life and
Times In Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Prom tho Towanda Review.
A most interesting nnd valuable
volumn is a file of the IJradford Ga
zette, Bradford county's first news
paper, now in the possession of Dallas
J. Sweet of this city. Pouring over its
yellowed pages one gets a view of the
life and times of the young town and
country obtainable now heie else.
The Bradford Gazette van establish
ed by Thomas Simpson in August,
1S11, one year nfter tho erection of
the country and only 43 yeais after
the first white settler, Randolph Fox,
started his cleat Ing at tho mouth of
Towanda creek. The first paper pre
served In the tile owned by Mr. Sweet
is No. D, and is dated September 7,
ISIS; It was published regular until
August 23, ISH, when It nppenred as
a half sheet, and was discontinued.
On Apill 13, 1S13, Burr Rddgeway
revived the paper, publishing It for
three years. Considering tho means of
communication then existing the Ga
rotte coveied its new Held veiy well.
Those were tho Stirling days of tho
"War of 1812." and much space was
given to war news on the land and
sen, much of it many weeks or months
old. In the issue ef Feb. 1, 1814 ap
pears tho financial statement of the
county commissioners, Justus Gay
loid, William Slyer and Butr Ridge
vv ay.
The total receipts for the year were
$2,CIG27; total expenditures $2,743
ftG; among the items is ono of $120.75
for cletl; hlie, and the bounties palil
for tho hilling of wild nnimala, in
cluding wolves and pantheis, was
$27-:S7.
NAMING THE TOWN.
Tlie paper of Mny 10, 1813 contains
some important Items in the history of
the borough of Towanda. The notice
Is headed "Naming tho Town," and
then savs that nt a meeting of tho
Court of Quaiter Session In the towns-hip
of Townndu, on May 8, 1815, Hon.
John B. Gibson presiding, upon the
petition of tho inhabitants of tho town
plot, laid out for the sent of justice, to
wit: Simon Kinney, Charles F. Wells,
Harry Spalding, Obadlah Spalding,
Ubenezer B. Giegory, Jesse Woodruff,
A. C. Stuart, Adam Conly, John E.
Kent, Andrew Irwin, Burr Rldgeway,
and O. II. Holden, being all the said
inhabitants John Frankln, Julius
Tozer, Joseph Kinney, John Saltmarsh,
Joseph Klngesbury. David Paine and
otheis, citizens of Bradford county,
setting forth that the inhabitants of
tho town plot havo unanimously
selected Monmouth for tho designa
tion of said town, and all agreed to use
that name for the county town. Per
mission was asked of tho court, and
given to spread tills proceeding on tho
court's recoid.
Then for tho next year the paper
is dated "Monmouth (Towanda town
ship.) The final naming of Towanda
is of Itself quite a history. Col Means
was one of thoso positive men, and a
political leader in the county; a Demo
cratthen called Republican and he
had been tho chief Influence In locating
tho town where 'It stands. Tho Isjtue of
the Gazette of March 4, 1S16, is dateel
"Wllllnmston," and Burr Rldgeway ex
plains: "Tho name of tills village having
become tho source of considerable
strife, the editor, willing to accommo
date all, announces a new name this
day mny it give satisfaction and be
como permanent." This prefix of
"William" was ns much Intended for
William Means as had tho namo of
"Meansville." The place now had ad
vocates who called It all tho vailous
names of Wllllainstou, Monmouth,
Towanda nnd Meansville, Pino Grove,
etc. For so bmall a place It was al
ready much numed, and each name
had its advocates ns well ns its ap-
j ponents. To ull thcso wero added
ilrmcd that l'aul was a "ring-leader of tho
st-ct of Nazarenes," (verso C.) Intending
thcrofoio to mako him on offender against
tho church, and to cast contempt uixrn
Christianity. In his icply l'aul confessed
that ho wus a Christian whom tho Jews
called a heretic, but defended himself and
hla religion against unjust aspersions. Ho
worshipped 'tho God of ihls fathers, (vciso
It.) Tho God of Abraham, thei father of
the nation. (2 Tim. 1, 3.) llo believed nil
that was written in tho law and tho
prophets, accepting tho Old Testament as
tho rulo of his faith and practice. (2 Tim.
Ill, 1C.) llo had hope toward God (verso
15.) expoctlng a icsurrcctlon of tho Just
nnd tho unjust, as nib his countrymen did.
(Dan. xxl, 2.) rinnlly, ho was conscien
tious, seeking In all his career to bu right
with God and man. In short, ho wor
shipped the samo God, held tho samo
Scripture, cherished tho samo hopo and
honestly sought to lead a good life. It
was improper to call such a man a here
tic. OCCUPATION. Proposing to give tho
fullest nnd clearest possible account of
himself, tho apostle next proceeds to show
why ho camo to Jerunlem and what ho
did after his arrival. His errand was
friendly and benevolent, (vetso 17.) His
peoplo wero In need and 1 o lad come with
alms, (Horn, XV, 25.) nn act that would be
logarded as praiseworthy by all, whether
Christian, Jews or heathen. Having dis
charged this olllce, ho hail entered Into
tho tcmplo to pel form acts of purifica
tion, required under the laws of Moses
(verso 18.) This ho had dono In a respect
ful manner, not with any noiso or confu
sion, not with a crowd gathered about
him whom ho might inclto to disorder.
Whllo thus engaged certain Jews from
Asia, (Aats xxl, 2G.) somo of thoso peoplo
who previously annoyed him, camo into
tho tcmplo and found him. This plain re
cital of tho wholo case showed conclu
sively that he, n. pure-minded, well-behaved
citizen, had been tho vloilin of envy and
malice.
ACCUSnilS.-Ono point further nnd tho
dofenso Is complete. Wheio weio tho
men, tho Jews of Asli, who tound Paul In
tho temple, and raised a, persecution
against him? (verso 19.) Why Jiad they
notcomo to Caeatea as witnesses ' Their
nbsenco was piosumptlvo proof that they
had no reason for accusing him. But, In
ns much as they, who alone know what
transpired whllo ho was In tho temple,
wero not present, let thoso who had como
say whether In his trial beforo the coun
cil an j' evidence of his guilt had been
produced, (verso 20.) Ho appealed to them
thero and then to stato whether on that
occasion he had behaved himself lmprop
crl In nny particular, except that ho had
announced his belief In tho resurrection,
thereby causing dissension between Phar
isees and Smldueees. Hero was a bold
challenge to his enemies to produco testi
mony against him.
"Vauxhall" and "Claverack," the
original name of the Connecticut pur
cnase. FINALIA SETTLED.
In 1S22 the name was still a subject
of contention. The Gazette was now
dated Meansville. Tills finally be
came, when tlie subject had entered
into the county's politics, tho Demo
cratic favorite of the opposition. This
went on unabated, until 182S; at that
time Judge Ryon was senator from
this district. It Is said that, through
the influences of James P. Bull and
William Pntton, Democrats, he op
posed the incorporation of the village
for some time on the ground that the
Incorporators had selected the name
"Townnda." But after some time he
consented, nnd it was finally settled
officially and permanently in tho incor
poration act. The tradition yet re
mains that there was a private meet
ing of tho citizens, nnd those at tho
meeting petitioned tho legislature for
the incoiporation under the name of
Towanda, and that before they wero
detected by the other side the bill had
passed and become a law.
OIJK llAHiKOAU MlfjKAGi:.
Is Irrcgiilnily Distributed (Ivor tho
Country and Growing Unevenly.
Tiom tho Now York Sun.
New York is the first of the States
in respsct of population. Pennsylvania
is second. Texas is the largest of the
States. California is tho second largest.
Yet neither New Yoik, Pennsylvania,
Texas nor California stands first In
lespoet of rallioad mileage; that dis
tinction belongs to Illinois. The rail
road mileage of Illinois exceeds 10,000.
The significance of that figure may be
undeistood when it is known that the
lailroad mileage of Russia is only 25,-
000. Second In tho list of States in
lailroad mileage is Pennsylvania, New
York comes sixth, Kansas, Iowa, and
Ohio being ahead of it; Kansas has
a railroad mileage of 8,900, Iowa 8,500,
Ohio, of 8,700, and Now Yoik of 8,200.
The railroad mileage of New" York
small as it is by comparison with that
of somo other States Is large when
compared with that of somo European
countries. Tho mileage of Spain, h
nation of 10,000,000 people. Is only 7,500
and that of Portugal is but 1,500,
though the population Is three-quart-i
rs as large us that of the Empire
State. Montana with an area of 140,000
squat o miles, has only 2,700 miles of
lailroad, whllo New Jersey, with only
7,800 square miles, has 2,200 miles of
railroad. Utah and Minnesota nre al
most exactly the bamo size, and tho
little difference which exists between
them Is in fnvor of Utah, but Minne
sota has only 1,300 miles of rallioad
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JTry Grain0!
wi y y-v m
l ry urainu i j
Ask your Grocer to-day to s
show you n package of
GRAIN-O, tho new food
drink that takes the place of
coffee.
Tho children may drink
it without injury ns well ns
. thcndult. Allwhotryit.liko
it. GRAIN-0 has that rich
seal brown of Mocha or Java,
but it is mado from puro
grains.and tho mostdclicnto
stomach receives it with
out distress, i tho price of
coffee..
15 cents nnd 25 cents per
package. Soldbyall grocers.
Tastes like Coffee-
Looks like Coffee
L.muih m m
HH llt-J
IdlinnTY.-HavIng listened attentively
to this speech tho governor adjourned tho
case, promising another hearing when
Ljslas, tho captain, camo. (Verso). This
was honorablo and wUse. A Judgo ncodB
to gather evidence from all sources belore
giving a deciBlon. (Deut. xlx, 10). It ap
pears, how over, that Felix wus kindly dis
posed toward Paul, for ho commands a
centurion to keep him, that Is, to provide
suitable quarters, to protect him against
enemies, and to allow the visit of ac
quaintances. (Verso 23). As a, further
mark of good will (Prov. xvl, 7), ho ordcreel
that Paul should have liberty, eo that he
was not treated aa a criminal. This was
ociulvalent to an endorsement. Probably
tho words and spirit of tho apostlo hod
mado a favornblo impression. Besides, It
is expressly stated (verso 23) that Felix
had Knowledgo of tho Christian religion,
and that inclined him to deal kindly with
its rcpiesentatlvc.
CONVICTION'. It is probablo that the
Jews obtained no subsequent hearing, as
nono la mentioned. Having no witnesses
to sustain their charges, they were, doubt
lust), compelled to withdruw nnd return
to Jerusalem. A few days after, Felix,
with bis wife, Drusllla, who was a Jewess,
Invited Paul to speak boforu them con
cerning his faith in Christ. (Verse 21). It
Is impcwslbla to dctermlno whether at the
Ilrst tho governor was Influenced by a
mercenary motive. (Verse 25). Paul spoke
upon tho fundamentals of religion, right
eousness, temppraiico and Judgment, (I
Peter 111, 13), Tho sermon is not reported.
Felix was convicted. Ho trembled under
a. senso of sin and Us consequences. (Hz.'a.
v, 0). And jet, though near tho kingdom,
ho dismissed tho faithful proacher, prom
ising at a more convenient season to call
for him. What thoughts nnd feelings
struggled within who shall say? What re
sulted from tho prociastlnatlon no ono
i.hall tell. It wc3 tho turning point in
life, and Felix entered tho wrong path.
CONCLUSION This appcaraneo of Paul
beforo tho Itoman governor fulfilled tho
predietlon of Christ (Matt, x, 18), nnd
served several lmportnnt ends in advanc
ing tho cause of religion. Tho Jews wero
frustrated In their purposes to persccute.
Tlin hemic nnd godly character of an
apostlo shemo forth In tho clearest light
In commendation of his faith, while his
leady ic piles to tho accusations proved his
intelligence. (I Peter II, 15). It furnished
an opportunity to deliver tho gospel roes
sago to thoso who were in high position,
who might not othcrwlso havo heard It,
and for si time, nt least, aroused tho con
science. It brought into close relations
thico rcprescntatlvo men a heathen, a
Jew land a Christian and afforded cuclt
opportunltj to Judgo tho others and to
measure himself. It was tho beginning of
that long strugglo In which threo forces
contended for tho masterj Paul on trial
was Christianity on trial. Paul vindicated
was Ohrlstlanltj triumphant.
whllo Utah lias 0,000. Nevada nnd
Vermont have almost to a mile the
same railroad mileage, but Nevada has
an area of 110,000 square miles nnd
Vermont an area of only 9,000.
The total lailroad mileage of Eng
land is 11,000, less than that of Illinois
and Indiana together, and the total
mileage of the United Kingdom, Eng
land, Scotland and Ireland (there Is
a larger railroad mileage In Scotland
than In Ireland,) is less than that of
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The despalrty between tho States in
tho matter of railroad building is In
creasing for new lines are being push
ed constantly In some sections of tho
country while others are neglected. In
Connecticut, for instance, tho present
railroad mileage has Increased less
than 100 in the last seventeen years,
though in the same period tho rall
ioad mileage of Florida has increased
from 51S to 3,000. Vliglnia has doubled
Its railroad tiockage since 1SS0; so has
Kentucky; but Washington state has
Increased Its mileage in tho samo per
iod from 2S9 nvlles to 2.S90 miles.
It is supposed popularly that there
has been less railroad developement in
the South than In many of the North
ern States, but the contrary is true.
From 18S0 to 18S9 the railroad mileage
of the middle Atlantic States New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Dela
ware, and Maryland Increased 50 per
cent.and that of tho five north central
states Ohio, Michigan, Indlnna, Il
linois, and Wisconsin CO per cent.
But in the same period the railroad
mileage of what are called tho Missis
sippi Valley States Louisiana, Missis
sippi, Alabama, Kentucky nnd Ten
nessee Increased 100 per cent., and
the railroad mileage of the South At
lantic States Virginia, North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Georgia, West
Virginia, nnd Florida Increased 1J0
per cent. The average cost of con
structing a mile of railroad is $03,000.
"WHERE'S IIITTt"
Ilcibrn Ho Mould Sponlc Lincoln
Wnntcd to Know.
Congressman Hltt, of Illinois, began
his career as a reporter on tho Chicago
Tilbune, where his exuertness as a
stenographer caused him to bo assign
ed to report the speeches of Abraham
Lincoln in his celebrated Joint debatd
with Douglas in 1S3S. Lincoln camo to
depend on his oung friend so that his
ilrst thought, when facing an audience,
would be to see thut Hltt had his pen
cil ready. On one occasion the chair
man of a meeting hod Introduced Lin
coln to tho great audience who had
gathered to hear him, and every sound
was hushed and every head bent to
catch the ilrst syllables that wero to
fall from tho lips of the orator. Lin
coln was observed to bo uneasy. Ho
craned his long neck this way und
that, peering about the front rows of
tho expectant multitude. Then ho
broke tho stillness with tho sudden
query, "Where's Hltt?" Tho specta
tors exchanged glances, thinking some
thing untoward had happened. No
body understood the question except a
fow newspaper men, who wero aware
of the part played by tho young sten
ographer. Again Lincoln made ns it to speak,
but only to ask, anxiously: "Where's
Hltt? Doesn't anybody know wheio
Hltt Is?" A reporter wlio stood near a
window, after taking a quick burvey
of the landscape, called back: "It's
nit right; HItt's coming." And he
was. Ho had been to dine with a
friend, and accidentally overstayed his
time. As ho pushed his way into tho
hall, nil breathless, Lincoln heaved a
great sigh of relief, and soon plunged
into a speech which, by many critics,
was pronounced the most effectlvo of
tho campaign. Tho Illustrated Ameri
can. Equal to the Ocrnsion.
From tho Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Hullo, George. Back from tho Bca
aldo?" "Yep."
"Como back engaged?"
"Yep."
"How many?"
"All of thorn, I was tho only man there."
A fearful Experience
A POSTMASTER LOSES THE USE OF HIS
LESS ftHO ARMS,
Edwin R. Tripp, of Middlefield Center, meets
a Hazardous Encounter Which Renders
Him Helpless.
From Otttgo JlepubUean, Cboperitown, JV. ri
Mr. Edwin T-. Tripp, the postmaster at I
Mlddleliciu renter, a. ., recently nan a
daneerous experience vrhich left him in a
helpless mate, jus cyniem vtm 1.0 mucu
thattered that it was feared lie might never
recover.
In an intfrvltHT with n reporter of tho
Jltpublican, regarding this experience which
had attracted considerable attention, Mr.
Tripp stated :
"In March, 1892, I was taken with what I
afterward learned was locomotor ataxia, mid
was unable to walk, and I kept getting
worse until I lost the use of my arms. 1
doctored with two skillful doctors but re
ceived no benefit, and alo used a "' tic
battery but kept gettintr to doc
tors told me they could j uiorc. This
was in May and June, 1892. I gave up all
hope of ercr having the use of rny limbs
again, and did not expect to llvo Tery long.
I was unable to dress or undress myself, and
could not get around the house unless 1 was
tuored in a chair.
"I think it was in June that I read of the
caso of a man in Saratoga Co., N. Y., who
was taken Terr much ns myself. Ho had
taken Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
Peoplo vrhich contained, in n condensed form,
nil tho elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore shat
tered nerves, and had been cured by their
use.
"I learned that the rills were prepared bj
the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Sche
bectady, N. Y., and only cost 50 cents a boa
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" In tlie spring of 1813 I was elected town
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Subscribed and sworn to beforo me this
23d day of June, 1897.
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