The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 33, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 14, 1884 Page: 3 of 4
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SUNDAY MORNING
MURRAt’S STEAM PRINTING HOUSE.
M. F. DEARING, Manaom. v
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
PHYSICIAN!*.
W. M. NAGLE,
Physician and Surgeon
Office over T. Llcbrecht'. Drug Store.
OFFICE HOURS:—n to i end 3 to 5 p. n
Telephone
PEN
Comm
ENISON, TEXAS.
DH. PIERRE WILSON,
mucus ass smatos.
DENISON, - - - TEXAS
Telephone communication to Cupery** Druj
Store, oAnjr reeidence, corner of Gandy street wu
Sculiin ivetiK, will reach me.
Order* left at Caapary1* Drug Store trill receive
prompt atiantioo.
DH. A. W. ACHESON,
Physician and Sukokon>
Office at FYice’a Drop Store,
No. >t{ Main Street,
DENISON, . TEXAS.
Telephone Communication.
DR. D. A. COOK,
Physician and Surgeon,
Office at Guiteau Jk Waldron’# Drug Store,
DENISON, TEXAS.
Telephone Communication.
A. C. Williamson, M. D.,
HOMCEOPATHIST,
Apoac, and Rooms is the Muller Blodt,^)
DENISON, TEXAS.
Will in connection with a general practice, give
special attention to chronic and the moat obstinate
disease*, *eth aa dyspepsia, catarrh, and all die
e rectu
Telap!
hone Communication.
DH. T. B. HANNA,
Physician and Surgeon,
Office 91 a Mein Street.
Residence Cor. Woodard St. end Mirrick Avenue.
DENISON, TEXAS.
!9*CftUa Promptly Attended to day or night.^|
Telephone Communication.
Geo. W. Williams, M. D
HOMCEOPATHIST,
Office over Bank of Dem#on.
DENISON, TEXAS.
Orders left at Guiteau A Waldron*# Drag Store,
will receive prompt attention
Telephone Communication.
ATTOHNKYH.
N. H. FEARS,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
OFFICE WITH II. TONE,
'Muller Bloch,
DENISON, TEXAS.
S. A. GILBERT,
Dmiiaon.
/.•^y.Nijet.
PAvCO,
Sherman.
Gilbert, Finley & Pasco,
. ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Over Bank of Denison
DENISON, : TEXAS.
IKE STANDIFKR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office Beat Stairway, Muller Block,
DENISON, - - - TEXAS.
A. B. PERSON,
ATTORNEY yLT LAW
Office over the City Bank,
DENISON. - - - TEXAS.
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(i O. KANI1ELL D.O. IIAI SK
RANDELL & HAUSE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Bloc
Entrance,
Rooms 1 .and j, Muller Block.
West Jvnt
DENISON, s ' TEXAS.
Special Attention to Railroad Litigation.
NAT. H. L. DECKER,
ATTORNEY AND GOUNSELLER AT LAW.
Ovkick— In East Hall, Muller block.
DENISON, TEXAS.
L. l7 maughs,
ATTORNEY AT t*A.W
. And Notary Public.
No. 312 Main Street, Up Stair*,
DENISON, TEXAS.
KKAL KWTATK AQKN TS.
II. TONE,
NOTARY PUBLIC AND CONVEYANCER.
Only Reliable
ABSTRACT OF DENISON PROPERTY
Office la Muller Block over Poetoffice
Denison. : : : : : Texas.
Real Estate, Iosuruee and Broker’s Office of
A. H. COFFIN,
HeUry ?ublio jgG tatral CoaTtysaoer
No. ill Mam Street, up Stair*,
DENISON. - - - TEXAS.
w. iiTTiuo 11ES,
Real Estate Agent
and General Broker.
gbF’Makel #tlv#ncc« os Collaterals of any kind
and conduct* a general agency business.
No. 315 Main Street, DENISON, TEXAS.__
~JL T. MUNSON,
Seal BstaU and Abstract of Title*.
ITotary 3Evva-'tellc.
Farm and Fruit Land a Specialty.
Denison, Texas.
ZINTGRA FF & FRENCH,
Real Estate Brokers
And Insurance Aot’s.
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Office over Bank of Denison.
f
CONTRACTORS.
JOS. SCHOTT.
1.ARCHITECT-I
And Superintendent of Buildings.
Will khmish lisas sad Specification*
st U«*Ms*blc Hates.
°N":iuAM„Hst^N Denison, Texas.
HKFKNCKS -Convent Building, McDougail
Opera Hotie, MclKnigsll Hotel, Star Store, A.
Itc nnse** building, Libbe Block, I. Kirby building,
J. |. Ourung's resilience, O. McCarthy’s building,
as course ot erection, Residence of L Rppstein,
rchdaner mt Chas. Cunningham, Denison, Texas;
Cal. D. light building. Convent, Sherman, Texas ;
Baptist Oh ere h, Prerhytcrian Church, Bonham,
Tex a*. Iffh^veral plan# complete for erection.
jkxE LOUDON,
Contraotor and Builder,
Shop ora Woodard Street and Rusk Ave.
—f— JOB. *. • WORK-
NEATLY AND CRJIC11LY DONE.
Door and Window Screen, a Specnlty.
WILLIAM WALTZ,
Contractor and Builder.
IN WOOD, STONE AND BRICK.
Estimates Furnished on Application.
Shop on Woodard street. Between Austin and
Houston Avenues.
__DENISON, TEXAS._
MI fiCKLLANKOUi.
L. W. T. hOBINSON
DURANT, IND. TCR.,
—•Dealer ah —
BSSSSAL MUCBASBM V Alt MJSMS,
Country Produce Bought and Sold.
HIGHEST PRICKS PAID POR HIDES,
PURS, PELTRIES. ETC.
Rmpectfully Solicits the trad*of my .ration of the
ladian Taritsy.
LUCILLIUS PRICE,
—druggist—
Headquarter, for Everything in the Drag Line.
Mats, OQs, (Hus * Patty,* Specialty.
No. ns Main Surat,
DENISON, - - TEXAS.
C. W. HOTCHKISS,
House and Sign Pajntes,
Kah.mlnieg, Paper Hanging rad Blazing.
RUSK AVENUE, DENISON, TEXAS
J. N. Johnson, Pres. Sam'l Hanna, Vice-Pres.
Wilisot Sabobn, Cashier.
ns sran satcosal bass,
Authorised Capital,
~---- - pits!,
Paid Up Cat,...,,
Stockholders Liabilities, - wu
Di sbctohs:—Ale*. Rennie, Sam’l Hanna, W.
C. Tlgnor J. N. Johnson, W. R. Green, Wiimot
Srager, Ed. H. Lingo. A. H. Coffin, A. R. CoMiaa.
A Gsriul Bam kino Business Tnansactbd.
BANK.v.OF. v.DE NISON,
B0SXB0V8B. KOOSI * 00., Bukm,
DENISON, TEXAS.
Transact a General Banking BuatncsS- Prc
attention given to collection, on nil points. I
change on the principal cities of the United Stales
and Barone.
A. B. JOHNSON,
MERCHANT TAILOR
No. 114 Main Street,
DENIbON, TEXAS.
Goods ud Patterns of the Very Latest Styles.
Perfect Pits and Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Dklmonico Rkstuakant.
Dknison, Thu.
^XaATtJC BROa, Prop'M
Table .applied with the beat ot everything
CHARGE AS REASONABLE,
AUGUST UHLIG,
Manufacturer of
Flue Boota and Hhoew.
Shop on Austin Avenue,
DENISON, .... TEXAS.
McClellan Ac Neil,
—Manufacturers and dealers in—
FINE FLINT a STICK CANDY,
Fruit and Nut Csndy.
! Opp. Pac. Bspreas Office.
DENISON, : : TEXAS.
Denison City Hotel,
Crawford St. between Houston and
Aiujtin Avcuuts.
BOAEDINO AITS L0MIN3, 01.00 PIS OAT.
By P. L. PESTANA.
WDve House and Laundry Attached.-ffig
filfiS he 6BOR6B,
Washington Correspondent Deni non
Gazbttkkn.
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A. L. MERRIMAN & GILBERT MOYERS,
Attoraijs tad Cocas* lots at law,
P. O, box 469, IJ05 K. St. N.W. Wa.hington, D. C.
Will practice before all the Esecutive Depart-
ments, the Court of Cl aims and the 1
Supreme Court.
Special attention to business before the ladiaa
Bureau and General Land Office.
In connection with the above, Mr. J. A. George
has opened a Bureau of General Information, ro-
tating to all claim* and matters pending before
Congress and the various departnenU. Prompt
attention given to all inquires. Fra.fi in ----r-
Pilot.* .Point. * .Seminary.
ObigM?tffir«d 1684.
«. B. FRANKLIN, A. M. M. D.
PHEaiSKiTT.
Pilot Point, Denton 0o., Tint.
The sixth annual scion of this School—with all
the privileges of a chartered college—will com-
mence on the first Monday in September, lSO*,
and cootinue ten scholastic month.—a few days
intermission giver, during Christmas.
Instruction—Including a full college course_
thorough, government, parental, firm and uniform.
Discipline, systematic and rigid. Morals, good.
Tuition and Hoard, reasonable.
For circulars or further particulars address
rbv. jeon b. nobl®,
I Yes. Board of Trustees.
Or M. B. FRANKLIN.
Pilot Point, Tszss, Aug. 6, 18S4.
Oft the 7th • Mr. Taylor rude out
ff Whitesboro at a very rapid gait.
^*he horse fell down and the rider's
neck was broken.
Rev. Dr I. G John, for some
years editor of the Texas Christian
Advocate, has resigned, and Rev.
6. W. Briggs takes his place.
Saturday night Prof. Kyger went
out ’possum hunting with some
the boys and they kept him out all
night,
kee
That was wrong, boys, to
ter “varmints
keep aprgadher out
until the Coining in of the Sabbath
Last Sunday morning the eighteen-
months-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John R. Callahan, died very
suddenly and was buried Sunday
evening at 4 o’clock.
Monday evening the report was
current upon the streets for a short
time, that A. M. Crow bad Mien
dead. His friends and acquaint-
ances were terribly shocked in con-
sequence of the sad news, and were
only too glad to learn that it was an
idle report put in circulation by some
idle person.
A few days ago we were shown a
few locks of cotton by Mr. H. Tone
which grew on a cotton plant five
years old in. the City of Mexico. It
had the appearance of common cot-
ton, with the single exception that
the seeds were black, hard and
slick, none of the fibers adhering to
them.
Christmas Goods.
Thomas & Howard, at the post-
office, desire to inform their friends
that they have a good selection of
Xmas goods now in store and will
continue to receive such goods un-
til the 25th. Give them a call. They
will^jive you good bargains. They
have many pretty things that we have
not seen anywhere else
For Rattle.
Have you taken a chance in that
fine, large and very handsome rose-
wood music box which J. A. Euper
proposes to raffle off? It is the fin
est instrument of the kind we ever
saw, being supplied with a drum
and bells, and playing ten pieces of
select music. It is worth $125.
Call and see it and take a chance.
THX GRANDEST POPULAR W0U XVXE
PUBLISHED.
#»«> Tear* la Preparation- At Last CaapMad-
SOAMMELL’S UHIVERBAL
-TREASURE-HOUSE-
OP
USEFUL KNOfLEDUE.
A Compendium of the Rest Methods in Every
Department of Human Effort. The moat coqe-
pletc and overwhelming Collection of practical,
useful and immensely valuable processes, receipts,
methods, trade secrets, ways and means in every
art and business. Nothing'omitted.
OTSN VOLUMES IV ONE-
«. FARM INTERESTS. n. DOMESTIC
LIFE. 111. CHKMESTRY AND HEALTH
IV. MECHANICS. V. MERCANTILE LIFE.
VI. REFINEMENT. VII. RECREATION.
In short, plain directions HOW TO DO
EVERYTH INU under the Sun. No volume like
it to be found in Europe or America. A magniff
—----prehensive and iremendious i
y useful in tor mat ion for act'
tsi comprehensive and Iremendious aggregation of
absolutely useful information for actual evei
life. Tens of thousands of subjects, and T
nc in..—*___
?fou-
SANDS OK ENGRAVING* illu.tr.tinK them.
Beautiful colored plates. Wonderful and endless
variety. A book worth its weight in gold tq every
possessor. Sells at sight. Territory extremely
valuable. AGENTS WANTED who can appre-
ciate a tirst-class book. 'No competition. The
handsomest voiumn in the market. It draws like
magnet. Address SCAMMKLL 4 CO.,
so* Pine Street, St. Louis, Mo.
DENISON ACADEMY.
This School will be opened on Sept. 1st, under
the charge of W. M. Kollock. It will consist of
three departments—Primary, Intermediate and
Academical. Pupils of all grades will be received.
A thorough course in the higher branches will be
taught. The school will contain a department in
Music, also one in Art, both ot which will be con-
ducted by experienced and competent teachers.
Terms reasonable. Patronage solicited.
Full information furnished by applying to W.
M. Kollock. Denison Texas
Bucklen’i Antic* S*lve.
The Beat Salve in the world for Cat*.
Bruises, Sore*, Ulcer*, Salt Rheum. Fe-
ver Sore*, Tetter, Chapped Hand*, Chil-
blain*, Corns, and all Skin Bruptinqa*
and positively cure* Pile*, or no pap ‘re*
quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
35 cent* per box. For sale by Guiteau &
Waldron.
DR. JAMES RHEA,
BBBID1KI DENTIST*
DENISON. - TEXAS.
Office Room, No. 3, West Entranca
Muller Block.
Teeth extracted without win by the w of Laugh
ii>K Gas.
Gffli-w Hmirq—-7 Irk 11 * ttt a nH t tn An m
Dr. 1 racer1 a Hoot bitters.
Frasier'* Root Bitters are not a dram
•hop beverage, but are strictly medicinal
in every sense. They act strongly upon
the liver and kidney!, keep the aowels
open and regular, make the weak strong,
heal the lungs, build up the nerves, and
ciesnse the blood and system of every
impurity. Sold by druggists, gi .oo
----ildr
Sold bv drufi
Guiteau & Waldron. Denison.
-AGENTS WANTED-
For The New Book,
DEEDS OF DARING
B-sr
BLUE AND GRAY.
The great collection of the ino#t thrilling per-
sonal adventure# on both sides during the great
Civil War. Intensely interesting accounts of ex-
ploits of scouts and spies, torlorn hopes, heroic
bravery, imprisonment and hair-breaath escapes,
romantic incidents, hand-to-hand struggles, bu
morous and tragic events, perilous journeys, bold
dashes, brilliant successes and magnanimous ac-
tions on each side the line. 70 chapters, PRO-
FUSELY ILLUSTRATED to the life. No
other book at all like it. Outsells evervthiog.
Address STANDARD PUB. HOUSE,
St. Louis, Mo.
Fruit Land!.
N. H. L. Decker has some Sae frait
lands near the city which ha will sail
cheaply at suitable terms. tl
C. J. WALKER,
S IT R/VBYOB,
DENISON* TEXAS.
Orders through the Postoffice wilt receive art
* attention.
YEIDEL'S LIQUOR HOUSE.
The Common Resort of the Jolly and Oay.
Yetdel’s Liquor House has just
been supplied with a fresh, best as-
sorted and most complete stock of
pure liquors and wines.
Per sobs desiring wines or liquors
for medicinal purposes should not
fail to call on \ eidel, for he keeps
nothing but the best.
Could any one sing “hard times”
in Denison who would take the
trouble to notice the rapid strides of
the city during the present year?
]Remember the great number of new
>usine*s houses that have been erec-
ted during the present year—are
any of them unoccupied? Note
those erected on the avenues away
from Mdin !treet—are any of them
empty ? None can answer only in
the negative. Then what does it
indicate? Surely it speaks in elo-
quent applause of thrift and pros-
perity. Such is the verdict of the
shrewd business man who comes
here prospecting. He notices all
these things and draws the unerring
inference. The people of Denison
are hopeful and • confidently expect
grand results from the future, be-
cause they depend on their own re-
sources and exertions, and of course
success will follow.
Knight Templars.
Last Monday night the Individual
Friends Commandary, No. 13, K.
T., Sherman, Texas, elected officers
for the ensuing year as follows: J.
C. Williams, E. C.; C. F. Gribble.
G.; T. D. Joiner, C. G.; T. S.
Freeman, Pre.; W. E. Oxford, S.
W. ; Dick Hopson, J. W.; George
Hardwicke, Treas.; J. E: Wallace,
Rec. ; G. A. Serviss, St. B.; E. P.
Gregg, Sw. B. ; Leo Totten, W.;
J. W. Gray, 3rd G. ; George Cook,
2nd G.; R. E. Kraegeivist G.; M.
G. Parker, Capt. G. There was a
supper and a public installation of
officers on Tuesday night, and quite
a number of Denisouian* were pres-
ent. We are indebted to Mr. A.
W. Spencer for the above list of
officers.
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, The nurseries about Denison must be
doing a good business if we are to judge
by the great number of young trees we
see entered at the express office.
Let a newspaper reporter ask Wyetf
Cutler for news items and he will get this
answer; “Well, I don’t know anything
of Interest—only I’m a candidate for City
Marshal, and will give you an announce-
ment the first week in January. Have, a
cigar?” __
Early last Tuesday morning Charley
Copeland passed from earth to eternity
and was'buried on Wednesday. He had
baen in the £»ty for several years and, by
honesty and industry, bad made many
friends. He left a wife, but no children
Mr. J. B. Hewett, in sending a remit-
tance to square np for the Sunday Ga-
ikTTEK, writes from Jamestown, Dakotah,
that the weather U delightful—no snow—.
and he feels as though he were in the
salubrious climate of Texas again. His
road, the Northern Pacific, has been do-
ing a good business this fall. Himseif
and family are enjoying excellent health.
Mr. Hewitt sends his kindest regards tot
all old friends in Denison.
-»
A Valuable Ohill Tonic—Read thi* Testi-
mopy. W
Bandall, Ark., Jan. S, 1I83
Aftisrs. R. A. Robinson if Co.,l.omisz i7lt,
Ky.:
I certify with pleasure to the following
foots: No presciption ever effected
of the
Writ*** for Taa svnbav Gutmss, more generous and liberal citizen-
PERYZRSIOH OF THE BOHIFTWffr ship anywhere-not even in old
BY JOHN
wjjjth ojje
aid dheer
{o |rv vour
irio’ Ton it. 1 concluded to give it
a trial after taro doctors had failed to
atop the Chills. Owe bo fete made q cqm.-
plete cure. I am now well. I recommend
Hughes* Tonic to all suffering from
Chills and Fev*r. “
(Singed) R. K. GREENI.ESS.
Prepared by R. A. Robinson & Co.,
wholesale druggists, Louisville, Kv. Sold
ot wholesale by teudliw ffiidwJt drug-
gists, and at retail by Julius A. Casporv,
diuggist. Retoils at $1 per bottle; idx
OUR DENISOV LETTER.
An Intereating Letter on Tesas, its
People and Beaonrcea.
Denison, Texas, Dec. 1, ’S4.
Denison is a prosperous and grow-
ing city of 12,000 inhabitants, situ-
ated on the Mo. Pac. R’y, about
three miles south of where that
road crosses Red river, leaves the
beautiful Indian Territory and en-
ters Texas. Denison is a young city,
only twelve years old, yet it is the
pride of Northern Texas. It is
surrounded by a rich and prolific
soil famous fpr the production of
truits and vegetables. It is the Gate
City of Northern Texas, and the
stranger who enters the State from
the north in search of a new home
seldom goes further; or, if he does,
he generally returns to cast his lot
here.
Abroad, the name of Texas is
generally associated with men of
crime and criminal horrors; the
typical Texan is painted to the im-
agination of the northern and east-
ern mind, as a man of vicious and
blood-thirsty propensities and habits
—a kind of walking arsenal liable
to explode at any moment and deal
death and destruction to all around,
As for education and refinement the
Texans are thought to be far behind
the older States; but this, too, is a
great mistake, and the impression
will be in a great part vanished as
the mist of an autumn morning be-
fore the rays of the rising sun, by
the exhibits Texas will- make at the
New Orleans Exposition. And by
these, the enterprise and goaheadi-
tiveness of Denison, will be shown to
great advantage. The Denison ex-
hibit will be elaborate, artistic and
costly.
Perhaps nope of the new States
can rightfully boast of the same de?
gree of advancement in the way qf
civilization that Texas can. I came
to the State last fall and have tra-
versed it—large as it is—from cen-
circumference,
vjhing
Iconic
Tennessee, the place of my birth,
nor iu Kentucky where I grew
manhood. The Texans are a read-
ing and thinking people, and while
Democracy is largely—very largely
—in the majority, the Republicans
exercises the right of suffrage ac-
cording to the dictates of their own
consciences without the slightest in-
timidation or fear of interruption.
The stranger who comes to the State
with an honest purpose is received
Open arms and given a warm
rfbl welcome. If he comes
with capital he will find a large he'd
for profitable speculation. But if he
comfs with nothing but a w
heart and a strong body his welco
will be sane the less cordis). He
will find ample scope for employ
ment at fair wages. (The common
field laborer can readily get $20 per
month with board.)
If one will look over the map of
North America be will find that
Texas is much the largest State in
the United States, and every foot of
Tand Within its bounds is.good.
A young man who starts out in
the world to carve out by his own
personal exertions a ‘ ’foothold,
can’t possibly do better than come to
Texas. I have traveled over several
of the States and noted with minut-
ness their various resources and the
relations they sustained to other
States, and I don’t think Texas is
excelled by any of them.
Unfortunately for many “shrewd
young men” they come to Texas
expecting to find a very susceptible
In my
interpetatl
dream, as
chapter of
art a kinj
this head of gold. And after thee
shall arise another kingdom inferior
to thee and another third kingdom
of brass, which shall bear rule over all
the earth. And the' fourth kf^F^ a
dom shall be strong as lrQffi^ ft
much as iron breaketh in piaces and J for profitable speculation
subdueth all things, and iron
that breaketh all these shall. it break
in pieces and bruisa, and whejn
thou sawest the- feet and toes, part
of potter’s clay and part of iron, the
kingdom shall be divided, but there
shall be in it the strength of the
iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the
iron mixed with miry clay, and, as
the toes of tbe feat were part of ifba
and part of-clay,? so the kingdom
shall b£ partly* strong and partly
broken. And whereas thou sawest
the iron mixed with miry clay, they
shall mingle themselves with the
seed of men, but they shall not
cleave one to another even as iron
is not mixed with miry clay. And
in the days of these kings shall the
God of heaven set up a kingdom
which shall never be destroyed.
Here we have given part of eight
verses of the grandest and sublimest
history that the world ever knew.
When the prophet declared to the
king, thou art this head of gold, his
heart, as we can imagine, must have
been filled with pride, but, oh, when
he saw that after him another king-
dom should arise inferior to his,
another third:kiugdom of brass, and
also another of iron, his pride must
have vanished, inasmuch as he wor-
shiped the prophet by falling at his
feet.
As I have given the rise and fall
of the kingdoms in my last article
will now proceed to a consideration
of the last. It is a fact noted in
history that when Rome took* Gre
cia, it was strong as iron, inasmuch
as it brake in pieces the kingdoms
before it. We are not to under-
stand that the two legs symbolized
a division of the Roman kingdom,
for although it was divided into
eastern anil western Rome, it was
not until the empire was some six
hundred years old, only a few years
prior to its division into ten parts;
whereas if the legs w-ere to indicate
division it must have been divided
frem the first, and besides this we
must govern our conclusions by the
prophecy itself, and whereas, if says
nothing of division in connection
with the legs, it does introduce the
subject of division as we come to
the toes; and here also we find clay
which is, a weakening element.
This dividing occured between the
years A. D. 356 and A.- D. 483.
Respectively thus, by the Huns, A.
D. 336 ; Ostrogoths, 377 ; Visigoth,
378; Franks, Vandals, Suevi Bur-
gundians, 407, Heruli, 470; Anglo-
Saxons, 476 and Lombards 483.
(MachivaPs History of Florence;
Bishop’s, Lloyd Morton, Faber and
Dr. Hale.) This most certainly
brings us to where the prophet has
declared that the kingdom should be
partly strong and partly broken, re
tabling part of the iron strength, and
having partly the weakness of the
clay. More than fourteen hundred
years these divisions of the kingdom
have existed. So, says the prophet
it shall be, so says history it has
been, notwithstanding frequent ef-
forts have been made to unite them,
Charlemagne tried it, Charles V.
tried it, Louis XVI tried it, but
neither succeeded. And thus they
will remain until the God of Heaven
shall set up his kingdom
migrants at the rate of 600,000 a
year, and soon it will indeed he the
empire State in the Union. Some
people, and even newspapers, con-
tend that.Texas* should be “divided
up,^#bat that will never be done—
never. The only consideration that
can possibly be urged as a ground
for subdivision is' a political one,
i. e., to increase the senatorial rep-
resentation Of the South.,
The Texans hail with joy thy
election of Cleveland, liuCthey think
his administration shouhLhe mild
and reserved, in, order to/secure the
greatest amount of profit from the
late signal victory. Moire anon.-—
W.” in Memphis Appeal.
pleased to state that I never found a
New York Trulk Seeker.
Figures That Lie.
The Plenafy Council has inspired
some writer to give to the public.,the
following estimate of the compara-
tive and total number of denomina-
tionalists in this country. As, it is
going the rounds of the press, and
will be used by religious papers, it
is worth while to analyze it:
“The presence in Baltimore in attend-
ance at the Plenary Council of the Cath-
olic, prelates and dignitaries and the in-
terchange of opinions resulting from
their several meetings have served to di-
rect particular attention to a table which
has just made its appearance. It has been
customary heretofore to gage the growth
ot religious organizations in this country
by comparative figures at each new rec-
koning. But as the whole population is
always increasing rapidly, the various de-
nominations have thus always been able
to show a healthy gain in numbers. Since
the opening of the council an attempt has
been made by careful students and statis-
ticians to show these results relatively for
the better guidance of the prelates. The
table which has been prepared arrives at
some conclusions little less than startling.
“By the census of i860 the population
erf the United Sta:es was 31,445,080. The
present population is uow estimated at
55,000,000. The gain in twenty-five years
has been, therefore, twenty-three and a
half millions, or at the fate of 75 per
cent.
“In i860, according to estimates the
accuracy of which was then universally
acknowledged, there were 8,600.000 Meth-
odists in this country. They were then,
as they are now, the strongest religious
body, numerically. Since 1S60 the total
has grown to 15,600,060, which is an 'in-
crease of 75 per cent., keeping pace ex-
actly with the increase in population.
“The number of affiliants of the vari-
ous Baptist churches was, in 1S60, 8,000,-
000. To-day it is 10,000,000. The in-
crease in twenty-five years is, therefore^,
50 per cent., a gain in absolute ratio, buf
a falling off when considered relatively^
“The Presbyterians numbered in i860
3,6 r 0,000. Now they number 5,500,000,
an increase in twenty-five years of 53 per
cent.
“The Lutherans, who have beed mate-
rially benefitted by constant and increas-
ing emigration from Germany, Sweden,
Holland and Norway, have grown from
1,350^00 in 1S60, to 2,000,000 in iS§4,
or at the rate of 6q per cent
“The Qonjjrelationalisp hqve decline^
relatively very much- The old spirit of
the New England pilgrims seems tq be
dyisg out among them- In twenty-five
rears they have advanced but 37 per cent
—that i* from 1,413,000 in 1860, to 1,800,-
000 at present, /
“The Episcopalians show a fair in-
crease in number*, yet one relatively be*
age. 'Their percentage of
cent In twenty five
low dir average
gain la 33 1-3 1
years, bringing up the total from 900,000
to i,xxvx».
“The Hebrews—counting together those
who are orthodox and those who are
merely nominal—have increased from
350,000 in i860 to 700,000 in 1854. a full
100 percent of gain.
“The Friends or Quakers, show an ab-
solute as well as relative decline. They
huve fallen off 60 per cent, from 330,000
in 1S60 to 150,000 in 1SS4.
“The denomination of Christiana, who
are numerous in Kentucky, southern In-
diana, southern Illinois, and Missouri,
number 800,000 against sooyooo in iStio,
an absolute gain of 60 per cent, ybt a tail-
ing off relatively ot 15.
“But the most surprising feature of the
calculations just completed is the growth
of the Catholics. In i860 they num-
bered in the United States 3,175.000.
Now they are 9.500,000. This is a gain
of 300 per cent, in twenty-five years
Should the same ratio of increase con-
tinue to be preserved, they would number
fifteen years hence 35,000,000.
“The difficulties encountered in arriv-
ing at even an approximate result in re-
ligious statistics are manv. In the United
State*, as in England and Scotland, the
doctrinal views of individuals form no
Hem in the census enumeration. The
genenatly accepted plan for arriving at a
result it as follows: The church accommo-
dations. which are gathered officially, are
multiplied by a figure representing in that
denominatio'n the relation of churchgodts
to the whole number of its. adherents.
Then another table is made of the num-
ber of enrolled members or communi-
cants. These are multiplied usuallv by
.'fiv’e for the full population. Finally a
third table is constructed from the chi-uch
records of baptisms and marriages, and
the official record of de.vths. These tables
are compared in parallel columns, and. an
estimate is made from the three. ' The
substantial accuracy, not alone of these
tables, but of the- net results deduced
from their comparison, is not questioned,
though, of course, the circumstances of
their compilation do not preclude the
possibility of occasional errors.
‘lit is the opinion of many of the Cath-
olic .clergy assembled here that in default
of American universities of'High scholar-
ship, Catholic preachers have to contend
in' ther missionary labors with a difficulty
not met with in Europe ' This subject Is
one certain not to*b<» neglected by the
plenary Council Bishop Gross, of Sa-
MRS. WILL
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Millinery and Art Neel
To Rusk Avrora, Rrlwran Mats soil Wuud.rd Surat*, its
rac her uM IrWub sa4 nDwam, prarawiag tlx
tiw latest Styles »(
LADIES' EATS, BONNETS, FL1
And cverthin* else pertaining to Itc
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New the Loweet Living
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people—a people much inferior ini vannah, has sought to interest his cpl-
intellect and general, information^ to
themselves. But they soon jekrn
how much they were mistaken.
Then, chafing under their disap-
pointment, they sicken and tire of
the State and its people, and, as
kind of morbid revenge, they say
and publish many and varied mis
representations of its people. They
will tell the stranger that a man in
Texas has no security*for the enjoy-
ment of life, liberty or property;
that he has no assurance of personal
protection dr political freedom ; that
the red-handed fiend is walking up
and down the highways seeking
whom he may devour and leaving
the soil.in his wake crimson with
an gore. I well remember
when my own ideas of Texas and
her people were suchrfis to make me
fear to venture within her- borderi
But I had not long been upon her
territory when all such thoughts were
banished. The genuine refinement
that you will __ encounter in Texas
will soon remove all fear.
But we read of a, great deal of
crime in Texas,” says one. “surely
the reports are not alPfalse.” Well;
we read of crime in any State ; but
when we come to consider crime in
Texas we should not fail to take in-
to consideration the vastness of her
territory. For example: Texas is
five times as large as Arkansas.
Suppose you multiply the crime in
that State by five, what will be the
result? Or, multiply the crime in
Tennessee by four and then com-
pare the result with the Texas fig-
ures. It will thus be seen that
Texas compares favorably with any
of the States.
Texas is now filling up with im-
leagues in a plan for more efficient pas-
toral efforts among the colored popula-
tion of. the Southern states. Wherein (out-
side of Louisiana and Texas) the Catho-
lic church has at present, confessedly,
very little foothold. It is to be noted
that the churches of all creeds and de-
nominations in the United States con-
tain accommodations for 37,500,000 per-
sons, or just half of the whole population
of 55,000,000.”
Let us compare these figures with
such official figures as it is possible
to obtain. It is not necessary to go
back to i860 Those published this
year and bringing the census down
to the close of 1883 will do very
well. In the first place we will quote
from the Methodist Centennial Year
Book published l%st January by
Phillips and Hunt, official publishers
for the Methodist church, and edited
by W. H. De Puy, D. D;f who
stands at the head of official Metho-
dist encyclopaedists and statisticians
Opr Writer from Baltimore places
the numerical strength of the Meth-
odists, in round numbers, at 15,000,-
000. The official Year-Book puts
the nupaber of all Methodists in the
United States at—what? fifteen mil-
lions?—not a mite of tfc. There are
.just* 3,993,724 Methodists in the
country according to their own show-
ing, and it will scarcely be asserted
that Methodists are modest in claim-
ing membership in this world or the
next.
The Baptists are given as number-
ing 13,000,000. Now, taking their
own estimates, which include all
Baptist congregations, without re-
spect of ecclesiastical or denomina-
tional affiliations, up to 1883, and
their membership is only 2,552,129.
Presbyterians are put down by this
new statistician at five million and a
half. The official figures are 1,002,-
944-
The Lutherans are credited with a
membership of 2,000,000. The of-
ficial figures are 800,189.
Congregationalists are flattered by
being told they number 1,800,000.
Their pride may have a fall when
they find that 387,619 is their total
strength in this country.
Episcopalianism shrinks even
more that Congregationalism. In-
stead of having 1,200,000 as this
w’riter asserts, the official figures 4fe
The number of Hebrews is even
more grossly exaggerated. The gen-
tlemen inspired by the plenary coun-
cil claims for them 700,000. Con-
gressional Librarian Spofford, in the
American Almanac for 1883, puts
the number of Jews in the country
attending synagogs regularly at 13,-
683—a very material difference.
That the Friends are declining in
numerical strength is very true. A
large proportion of those who for-
sake their ranks, however, do not
enter the fold of any other denomi-
nation of Christians. They usually
become Freethinkers. Mr. Spofford
puts their strength in 1883 at 67,-
643, between which and 150,000
there is a wide margin for “clerical
errors.”
The “Christians,” or “Disciples
of Christ,” number, according to
Mr. Spofford, 567,448; while, ac-
cording to the church statistics, their
numbers are a few thousand less—
namely, 563,928. Quite a difference
between these figures and 800,000.
Nine and a half millions are too
much to allow to the Catholics to-
day, though there is iio question that
they have increased much faster than
the other sects. Sadlier’s Catholic
Director},- for 1882 put the number
at 6,370,858 ; at the same time, how-
ever, leading and well-posted Cath-
olics claim^l, in round -vnumbers,
seven millions. Probably the total
strength now is about the latter fig-
ure, or slightly over it. This in-
cludes, however, the entire Catholic
population, and a slight drawback
must be made on that account. We
must acknowledge that the Catholic
churches hold its membership well
in hand, and the shrinkage from
heresy is comparatively slight.
A summary of the claimed and
official figures shows a monstrous
difference. The quoted article
makes a Christian membership of
48,300,000. The official church fig-
ures of the same denominations only
foot up to 16,066,606. This is out-
Heroding Herod with a vengeance.
But if the figure! are so faulty,
what must be said of the manner of
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gathering them! The first
multiply the seating capacity of the
churches by ‘‘some figure” which
somebody thinks is the right one to
donate to the comparative, number
ot church-goers and church adher-
ents 1 Now, every one knows that
the right way would be to subtract
from the seating capacity of the
churches the difference between the
number of seats and the average
number who attend, for with the ex-
ception of a few churches, whose
pulpits are occupied by sensational
or heretical preachers the seating
capacity of these houses is futty
douhle the average attendance. Sub-
traction, and not mult%>lic*tion, is
the arithmetical process to be appli-
ed in the first methods of computa-
tion.'
In the second method, the multi-
plier is altogether too large. Tak-
ing the total number of communi-
cants is probably tlte fairest way of
arriving at denominational strength.
But to multiply that by five is mon-
strously absurd in the face * of the
well-known prevailing tendency to I Evojr broUjfbti-t*> til 18 MjirKqt. 12vot
irreligion. The communicant of the tidlOUS ttliste c all dt*8H*e, may Ke had
family is usually the mother or f
daughter, and it is rare for her
have the full support of more than I ^ Invlta&OIl tO OUT StOF8 iS extended tO
one other member of the family. 1 **** w wui qiauc lb CAAOUUCU VJ
Indeed, it is a matter of extreme
doubt whether the number of con»* I
municants (bearing in mind the
number carried on Protestajat church
rolls who have “moved away,” and
the custom of the Catholics of carry-
ing as church members all ^aptii^d
—even in infancy—by their priests),
will not cover the full denomination-
al strength of the sects. Thjwe are,
of course, many so-called Chris-
tians who do not attend the church-
es—no doubt of that. But their
Christianity is of that lukewarm and
shadowy kind that attaches itself to |
no denomination. Their mothers
and perhaps their fathers were
Christians, and they suppose they
must be; but the matter occupies
scarcely a moment of their thought,
and when they shall begin to seri
ously reflect upon the question of re-
ligion the chances are at least eight
to seven that they will become fol-
lowers of science. The un-
churched multitude in this countiy is
at least as two to one.
The third method of computation
mentioned is so plainly open to er-
rors that scarcely a line need he
written upon it. The idea that
every infant baptized grows up a
Christian, that every couple mar-
ried by a minister are members of
his church, or that every corpse over ___
which a priest may pray was in life I Our Fall and Winter Stock of Men's, Boys,, Youths' and
the devoted friend of the Christian | Children's
faith, is grossly foolish. It is a
thought of which an ill-concealed
wish was the father.
But suppose the test of creed is
taken instead of church attendance,
or even of communicants, what
would be the result then? One
hardly flattering to the churches, we
are sure. There is scarcely a church
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not the bishop and his advisers fear-
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gone not only the congregation of
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