The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 15, 1897, Page 4

FINE SUPREME COURT RULINGS Decisions Handed Down in Southern California Actions. Ventura and Ojai Valley Rail- way Loses Through an Appeal. St. Joseph’s Hospital in San Diego to Retain Property Bequeathed by J M. Littie. LOS ANGELES, CAL., March 14.—Sev- eral decisions were received here yester- day from the Supreme Court deciding | . Superior Courts of Southern California. In the case of Mar- garet J. Barry, administratrix of the estate of J. M. Little, appellant, against St. Joseph's Hospital and Sanitarium of the Sisters of Mercy et al., the judgment of the lower court was afirmed. The suit was instituted in San Diego to set aside deeds to three pueblo lots in that city which Little during his lifetime had exe- cated in favor of the hospital. The Su- preme Court holds that the transaction was a proper one and the consideration sufficient. The court reversed the judgment of the Jower court and granted a new trial in the case brought by the Santa Monica Lum- ber Company against J. H. Hege, ap- pellant, and Dr. William Naumann, de- fendant. This suit was brought to fore- close a lien on Santa Monica property for material. The Superior Court decided that Naumann was liable and that a lien against the property would be vald if properly executed. In the case of R. H. Shoemaker Jr. against David D. Acker the Supreme Court affirmed the decision of Superior Judge Waldo M. York here, before whom the case was tried. The action was a dam- age suit for $35,000 for breach of a written contract, and the appeal was taken from the verdict of the jury allowing the de- fendant $2000. The judgment of the lower court in the suit brought by the Ventura and Ojai Val- ley Railway Company against F. Hartman was reversed, and the Supreme Court di- rected the Superior Judge of Ventura County to sustain the demurrer to the complaint. The suit was brought to re- cover certain assessments on the capital stock of the company which had been subscribed by Hartman. The judgment of the lower court was for the company, and the Supreme Court reversed this de- cision on the ground thatthe company had no right to levy an assessment, be- cause one-fourth of its capital stock had not been actually subscribed. The Supreme Court reversed the judg- ment of the lower court in the foreclosure suit brought by the California Savings Bank of San Diego against W. Parrish etal., and ordered the Superior Court to sustain the demurrer to the cross-com- pl appeals from the nt. . B RAILWAY TO RANDSBURG. Work on the New Line to Within the Week. LOS ANGELES, CaAL, March 14— Randsburg is to have its first railroad soon. Work will be begun on a line be- tween Kramer, on the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, and Randsburg inside of a week and will be hurried to completion. The route is along one natural grade for the whole distance, except where it crosses the divide east of Ransburg, where, it is un- derssood, the heaviest grade will be en- countered. This will not exceed ninety feet to the mile, and only for a mile or two at that. The advent of a railroad will doubtless be a great benefit to the camp and will induce many to come who are now kept away by the long stage ride from either railroad. Commence Bale of Asphalt Land. LOS ANGELES, Car, March 14.—The Santa Maria Asphalt Company has agreed tosell to the Consolidated Asphalt Com- pany of this city 300 acres of asphalt land in Santa Barbara and Ssn Luis Obispo counties. This agreement was made some months ago, but the papers were not filed until yesterday. The price is $30,000. AROUND THE ~ BASES, The Alerts and the San Fran- cisco Athletic Club Piay Ten Innings. A Large Crowd Attends the Opening of the Commarcial League. The Ban Franciseo Athletic Club de- feated the Alameda Alerts in an exciting ten-inning game at Oentral Park yester- day by a score of 7 to 6. The Alerts were first at bat. Bird flew out to left field. Brockoff was given a base on balls and went. to second on Moskiman’s hit. Krug was given his base on walls, filling the bases. W. Hammond singled and Brockoff scored. McKee then went out on a fly to Johnson. Jacobson hit a speedy ball to Raymond, who fum- bled, and Moskiman and Krug scored. J. Hammond retired the side by fouling out. The Athleticclub started out with atwo- base hit by Sheehan. Spellman flew out to Bird. Pheiffer was safe on Krug'’s error and Sheehan went to third and came home on Van Norden’s single. Reisso got a bit, (forcing Pheiffer to third, and on Krug's- overthrow he scored. Fard retirea the side by striking ont, In the fourth inning the Alerts added another run. . In the fifth innjng Van Norden was given ‘a base on balls, stole second and went to third on Reisso’s hit, scoring on Ford’s single. Neither side scored until the ninth inning, when Bird hit a hot grounder to Pheiffer, who allowed it to pass him, and before he coul; recover the ball Bird made & circuit of the bases. ' The Alerts had a lead of three runs when the Athletics came in for their last inning. Pheiffer began hostilities by sending a bot grounder to Brockoff, who let it pass. Van Norden sent a fly to Brockoff, which was neatly gathered in. Reisso was hit by the pitcher. Ford created great en- thusiasm by smashing the ball for two bases and scoring Ppeiffer.” Johnson hit to Brockoff and was thrown out at first. There was but one run needed to tie' the score. The large crowd were in an excited state. ‘With two men out Reisso stepped to the plate, and after having two strikes called ne sent & swift grounder to Krug, who let it pass him and virtually lost the game, 28 Ford came Lome and tied the score. Raymond followed with & his to Krug and was safe on the latter’s error. CAV- tain Hammond became tired of Krug's raw work and he had Moskiman change positions. Sheehan was hit by McKee and took first. Spellman retired his side by hitting a fly to Moskiman. Moskiman led off for the Alerts by foul- ing out. Krug wentouton a fly to deep center, Hammond hit to Pheiffer, who misjudged the ball, and Hammond went to second. McKee hit to third and was thrown out, ending the inning. Pheiffer singled and Van Norden hittco short and was safe on Moskiman’s error. Reisso flew out to Goldswortuy. Pheiffer stole third base and Hammond tried to head him off and threw too high to Brockoff and Pheiffer came home on the overthrow, winning the game. In the tenth inning Dreus was knocked out by being hit by a foul ball. After a little delay the gritty player continued the game. The winuers will play the Santa Clarasnext Sunday. The score is as follows: AB B BN &R PO A B BT 3 B0 A 050 5 1 2 1 6 6 2 6 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 [ 1 6 ;o 6 0 2 0 4 1 1 McKes, p..... 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 Jacobson, 1 b, 5 [ v v 11 0 1 J. Hammond, 5 v 2 0 1 o o Goldsworthy, 4 1 0 0 2 3 o TOtalS. ......coneee 44 6 12 2 28%*13 11 S. £ ATHLETIC AB. R B SE PO. A E han, L 5 1 2 0 5 [ [ 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 3 ¥ o 2 o 0 5 1 2 1 2 5 0 rgiEea U .8 1 2 0 9 o [ 0 0 0 4 3 2 4 0ilolmtyiaty 3 o [ o v 0 3 ¢S 7 10 3 %0 11 7 *0ne man out when winning run was made. BUNS BY INNINGS. Alerts.......3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-686 Basehits.2 0 1 8°2 0 1 1 1 1-12 Athletics....2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1-7 Baseniis. 8 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 1-10 soaARY. Earned runs—Alameda Alerts 2. Home run— sird. Two-base hits—Sheehan, 8ird, Ford, Sac- rifice hits—Bird, W. Hammond, Speilman, Shee hau. First base on errors—Alercs 5, 8. F. Athletic Club 8, Kirss base on called balls—Al Athletic Club 5. Left on bases—Alerts 1 2 Atbletic Club 13, Struck out—By McKee 4, by Raymond 3. Hit by pitcher—Goldsworthy, Krug, Relsso, Sheeban. Double plays—Brockoft to Jacobson. Passed balls—Dreus. Time of game— Two hours. Umplre—James McDonald. Official scorer—F. D. Lowry. The Newman & Levinsons defeated the J.J. O'Briens at Sixteenth and Folsom streets yesterday by a score of 31 to 17. As yesterday was the opening day of the Commercial League nearly 2000 people attended. The seven teams that comprlse the league were present, dressed in their pretty uniforms and adding color to the occasion. Duringz the game the Letter-Carriers’ band played popular music. The score is as follows: NEWM'NELEVIS'N.AB. E. BE 8B PO A E 1. Levy, 3 b.. 8 10.51.,0 8 il ¥ Seaah Toikel Y 08 TRt 1 olgsvgiiiy T8 ST g 08 8- B LS Wiy g 4 6 0 3 3 3“3 an, 8 L4781 8503 E Sullivan,1.f....6 2 1 3 1 0 0 A Nicholson,r.%..2 8 2 3 0 1 2 ;52 31 13 14 %26 13 14 for not touching second bag. AB. B BXL SB PO A = 9E SRR SR T D.Hanraban,l. 6 R .1l -1 Az el P. Hoggerty,1D... 6 1 1 0 4 0 2 G.O'Brien. ¢c....... 4 8 3 5 8 3 8 E. Mitchell, [ e nphp St GRNT R h Martin, c. £ D T N L 3. R. Lynch, TRE i s JUBrien,2b... 5 3 1 0 5 2 0 oaghan, 3b..5 1 1 0 4 0 B8 h, I. £. 0 0 0 0 0 0 O Total. 2 17 11 10 27 14 19 RUNS BY INNING. Newman & Levinson 5010210486331 J3.J.0'Brien.. ©2112100100-17 G. O'Brien, 2). First base vinsons 17, O'Briens 11. First base on called balis—Newman' & Leviusons 15, O'Briers 6. Struck oni—F. Mansfield 8, Mitchell 10. Hit by pltcher—Aurich, S Toomey, R. Mansfield. . Mans" fleld 6, G. O'Brien 5. Wild pitches—F. Mansfield —F. Mansfield to oomey. Umpire— Charles Geggns. Scorer—J. W. Stapleton. The White House team defeated the 0'Connor & Moffitts by a score of 30 to 20. In the morning the Gilroys defeated the Santa Cruz team by a score of 34 to 14. The South Ends defeated the Estrella baseball team by ascore of40t0 9. The fentures of the game were the batting of Whaley, Kerlin, Parker, Brannan and Doxey. The A. Shirek & Co. baseball club de- feated the Oakland Famous team yester- day at Oakland by a score of 24 to 23. The feature of the game was the fast work of the first-baseman of the Shireks. The San Francisco,Violets wera defeated by the Santa Clara_Athletic Club team by ascore of 7to 3. The feature of the game was the errorless playing of the Santa Claras. Hits—San Francisco Violets 8, Sants Claras 10. Batteries—Lynn and Graham, Perarreis, Fitzpatrick and Kennedy. Presidio Athletic Grounds. The baseball game at the Presidio ath- letic grounds yesterday resulted in an easy victory for the Will & Finck team. The soldiers were weakened by the absence of three of their best men, and in conse- uence did not play their usual game. core: Will & Fincks 19, United States regulars 8. Other Games. The Pacific Stock Exchange Baseball Club defeated the San Francisco Stock Exchange at the Recreation grounds yes- terday by a score of 23 to 20. 2 The Clement Grammar Baseball team defeated the John Swett Grammar Base- ball team Friday afterncon at Central Park by a score of 22.to 2. At the end of the ninth inning, the score being a tie, they were obliged to play another §nning. — STEAMER FOR STOCKTON, Fast River Vessel to Connect With Valley Road Trains. STOCKTON, CAvn, March 14,—The fast steamer of the California Navigation and Improvement uom%nny to plg between Stockton and San Francisco bids fair to become a-reality. Ata recent meeting of the boarda of directors of the corporation, Manager Corcoran was instructed to obtain' figures on the construction of the vessel, It will be capable of making the trip within five hours. The* steamer will connect with the Valley road trains. It will car? certain freight as well as passengers. Itis to be built on the latest lines in steamboat architecture, and excel in appointments anything seen on California inland streams. Ly BANTA ROSA OPIUM RING. Raid on a Chinatown Results 'in an Important Seisure, SANTA ROSA, CAL., March 14—T. J. Dunn, Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, made a raid on Chinatown yes- terday and captured a big opium-cooking outfit. The officer is sure that Chinamen have been preparing the drug ona big scale here. "Dunn seized over $600 worth of the drug in Sonoma on Thursday. It is be- lieved that for some time a great deal of smuggling has been going on in SBonoma County. The coast officers are confident thata large amount is secreted here. They have been unable to find it, because word was sent by Sonoma Chinamen to those here telling them to be on their guard against the revenue officers. S g Buys San Diego Property. SAN DIEGO, Cak., Marth “14.—Jules G:o-z of Little Falls, Minn., has pur- chased” the Albermarie Hotel block for $20,000. He will tear down the structure and build a large brick biogk. - ———— THE most suffocating Cough can be 8t once re. lieved with Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant, and if perseveringly used, this medicine will generally effect a cure, Easy 1o take and effectual, Jayne’s Sanative Pills. AY, . MARCH 15, 1897. Rev. W. A. Gardner, pastor of the West Side Christian Church, preached last even- ing to a crowded church on the Fitzsim- mons and Corbett contest. He said: On the first day of January, 1897, there was not a placeiin the United States where it was lawful for men for a prize or wager deliberately to meet and pound each other until one or both were dead or “finished.” On the 29th day of- February the law- makers of Nevada said: *‘Our forty- four sister Btates are mistaken in making it a crime for men to fight fora wager.” They therefore enacted a law which, according to Judge Bonnifield, Chief Justice of the Bupreme Court of Nevada, *‘egalizes the taking of human life for a reward or wager.’’ The two mand. Ido not say that this is right, but Iam simply stating a fact. % ‘Whenever the Christian people of this coast demand it there will be a daily paper published that will be as careful to cut out the sensational accounts of priz fights, horse-ruces, lottery-drawings, sui- cides, divorce scandals, etc., as the pres- ent papers are to secure them. I am hop- ing, praying and working that we may have such a paper, and toeducate the people up to the necessity for it I deliver this and similar addresses. Until we have a better daily paper I shall continue to tronize those we have and thank them or the courtesies they show to religious teachers by weekly publication of their pulpit utterances and the general religious news they furnish us. The fact that such a battle can be fought on American soil at the close of the nine- teenth century ana be lauded and patron- ized as 1t has been and will be is a sad commentary upon the degraded state of the morals of this Christian land. “Pugilistic and Football Insanity.” Dr. Hemphill’s topic last evening was ‘Athletic Contests in General and One Contest in Particular.” His text was 1 Corinthians, ix:24-27. He sald: These mataphors are borrowed from the athletic contests of the Greeks who bulked big in the eye of the world then, and who, because of their present plucky attitude azainst the great powers of Europe, bulk big in the eye of the world now. That these athletic contests were attended with manifest evils, like some of the athletic contests of our own day, is more than likely. Paul did not condemn them in general; nor do we. Love of play is na- H 7. .\\\\ o N Y '( BISHOP GEORGE W. CLINTON. excuses offered by the Legislators of Ne- vada for thus legalizing crime are: “‘It will bring money into the State,” and “It will advertise the State.”” Each of these statements is true. Possibly there may be $50,000 left in the Btate by those who visit the first prize- fight brought there by their new law; but evada will find it very dearly d money. The people who go the leave something besides money behind them. The gathering together in their capital city of the class of persons who always swarm around a prize-fight and the act of their Legislature and Governor making legal a brutal fight will stain the morals and blight the character of the youth of that State, the effect of which cannot be removed by $50,000,000 of gold. Traly the State has been advertised by the making of the law and by the fight it has 1nvited. 3 San Francisco, and especially one of its churches, was advertised by the murder of two innocent girls. Thousands flocked to the church. 1t was filled with people from basement to beliry, but did you ever hear of any desirable citizens who wanted to move to this City or become members of that unfortunate church be- cause of the advertisement by the ‘‘crime of the century”? Such is the advertise- ment our unfortunate sister State is re- ceiving by the ‘‘prize-fight of the cen- tury.” One of the patriotic legislators who con- stituted themselves a committee of invi- tation to bring the Corbett and Fitzsim- mons fight to their State has become seri- ously offendea by the insinuations of peo- ple in other States concerning the morals of Nevada, and he affirms that there is no State 1n the Union where life and property are safer; where women and children re- ceive as great protection and where the poor are better cared for. That may have been true in February, 1897, but it will be a long time after the 17th day of March, 1897, before, 1f ever, it will be again true. Since the 30th day of last January, when Governor Sadler signed the law permitting %rll.-fightlng and Dan Stuart decided that evada should be the battle-ground be- tween Corbett and Fitzsimmons, the daily papers of this and other cities have made occasional (?) references to the event. On the 4th of this mounth Mr. McKinle inaugurated as President of the States, but that event is of such small im- portance with the people of this coast that the daily papers give from ten to fifteen times as much space to tke latter event. paper gives five cuts of the new President and seventy-five cuts of Corbett and Fitzsimmons within the month. The people have such a hungering after this sort of news that their paid agents, the newspaper reporiers and artists are watching every movement of these men, They are caught by the kodak when being welcomed to the State by Governor Sadler, at the postoffice receiving mail, sprinting through snow or mud, and in almos. every attitude the wideawake newspaper man chances to see them. The high contracting parties are paid to tell each day how they have slept, what they have dreamed, what they ate, efc., what they are thinking about or any other matters of importance of which they may choose to speak. You will observe that I say the above is the people’s estimate of these events. Bome may inquire why I charge the peonle with what the daily papers do. The Prophet Hosea 2700 years ago said, “Like people like priest,” ‘and so it is to-day, L people like ¢aily papers.” That the daily paper is what the people de- tural, but if to you all the world is a huge football field and all the men and women in it are merely players, then your love of play is a malign passion which you cher- ish at the peril of your own undoing. President Jordan hasmuch to say sbout religious insanity, but not a word abotit football insanity, which would be a far more timely topic. The feverish, all- absorbing excitement, which, during the football season, paralyzes 'the higher activities of our young men is fast making aonce innocent amusement an evil -that will have to be shunned like opium- smoking or whisky-drinking. Amusement hasits place. Keep it in its place. Keep it ionr servant and it will bless you. Let it become master and it will curse you. It is like a medicine. Taxken in right quan- tity, it is a healthful tonic. Too much of it is & desdly poison. Returning to Paul, some contests in particular, To the Christians at Corinth, he writes: ‘‘Whether, therefore, ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do_all to the glory of God.” .And to the Christia Colosse in the same strain, he writes: ‘‘Whatso- eyer ye do in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus.” Badger- baiting, bear fights, bull fights, cock fights, dog fights, man fights—can you witness these things to the glory of God and in the name of the Lord Jesus? If you can, you must either have a very queer conscience or a very queer Lord Jesus. Amusements of all sorts may bs put into three categories: First, those which are forever right, and in these all Chris- tians of every name can engage without harm and it may be with profit; second, those which are forever wrong, and in the no Christian can engage without harm and loss; and third, those which are debatable, and when you have a doubt about anything don’t do it. *‘He that doubteth is damned if he doubts.” It may be right for some one else, but wrong for you because you have a doubt about it. In which category shall we place prize- fighting? 1 shall neither insult your ine telligence nor your piety by discussing the question before you. It isnot in de- batable territory at all. There is not a man whose opinion on moral questions is worth a bean who does not condemn pugilism as utterly bratal, degrading, dis- gusting, diabolical; the most diabolical of all diabolical sports upon which all the diabolical passions of human nature feed and grow iat. *‘The manly art,’’ they call it. No, it is the brute’s art, the art of seli-defense. It is the devil's own. Here is Paul's infallible test for the coming prize-fighi: Get down on your knees when none but God is near and pray this prayer if you can: “Oh, God, I am going to see the prize-fight in Nevada next Wednesday for thy glory and in the name of the Lord Jesus.” Would you, would I, would any man dare to insult God by offering such a hypocritical prayer as that? I wonder how many praying en will go to see the disgusting exhibi- tion next Wednesday—two brutes, yea, worse than brutes, doing their best, or their worst, to kill one another. Poor littie Nevada! The only Btate in the American Union that is willing to be infamous. * Poor poverty-stricken Ne~ vada, its products for the most part al- kali, sagebrush and jackass rabbits! Poor, purchasable Nevada—carriea in the vest pockets of the nigg]nt bidders! Poor, de- cadent Nevada| hat a pity it was ever admitted to Btatehood. And what a pity that the Statehood cannot be taken away from it because it consents to this infamy. Poor, disappointed Nevada—the emblem on its seal of State the rising sun! Blot it out and put in instead the brawny fists he did condemn | metropolis. 'He entertained and the ugly faces of the prize-fighting idols of the hour. And the disgusting exhibition is to take place on St. Patrick’s day! Well, the Emerald Isle supplies a large porportion of the world’s profes- sional sluggers, and the sons of the Emer- ala Isle chose the day of all the year they love the best. His Life Work Among Drunkards. 8. H. Hadley, superintendent of the Jerry McAuley Mission of Water street, New York City, spoke in the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium yesterday afternoon. Mr. Badley, who has himself known what it was to be down, labors exclu- sively among the lower classes of the and in- structed the audience with an account of the methods and results of his mission work among the drunkards of New York. ‘“You know as well as Ido,’” he said, *‘thatin every city there is a great army of drunkards, I have traveled with them for years. . Tknow their needs and I know their temptations. Unfortunately they are just as far out of the pale of the church as though they were Hottentots, but they do come to .the mission. It is true they are sometimes badly damaged when we get them, but they m: grand Christiars when they are saved. Hadley spoks of the unemployed in this City and he said he was going down to see them because he knew that kind of p:oilfi- He said the strong must help the weak and at his mission in New York he had never refused any one anything he asked for. He declared the Lord never ;am. more work to therm than they could 0. Sin Has the Power of Self-Perpetuation. Dr. Case spoke from Galatians vi- “‘Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” On the subject ‘“‘Consequen- ces,” he said: ‘““As we sow so shall we reap. This is a great and universal law. Deeds are seeds. So with good deeds as well as evil. God’s harvest is just as sure as the devil’s. God’s seed shall come to God’s harvest. Sin bas the awiul power of self-perpetuation. A stub of a cigar thrown into the dry grass starts a fire that sweeps down forests and towns with irre- sistivle mastery. To break ome of the least of God’s laws is to open a channel for destructive energy to work havoc. The excesses of youth are drafts upon age that must be met. Character is consolidated hakit, Evildone is not evil done with. Coleridge says: ‘Evil habit first tries, then drags, then drives.’ We nltnnll'y dislike restraints; we hate law. We don’t like the commandments, We are apt to think we have outgrown them. Many want no God; hope there is none. But how would they feel on & train go- ing at 50 miles an hour and no engineer or fireman on the engine? Or to be at sea in a storm withont compass or pilot? A universe without a God—too dreadful to think about. Every commandment is an illumination and a defense. The fast young man shuts his eyes to the light and his ears to the note of warning. Heis going fast from God; where will he pull up? Going fast from holiness and purity. Fast Iife is artificial life. It is a flash of pleasure and an eternity of disappoint- ment. Fast life means wrecked health, horrors of remorse, black despair. Men are lost not for doing wrong, but for be- ing wrong. A crazy man buckled a lightning rod to his back to ward off lightning. Do not make religion a light- ning rod or a fire escape, but let it be your life. ‘The Feast of St. Joseph and Its Lessons. At Bt. Mary’s Catholic Church last night the rector, Rev. Henry H. Wyman, preached a sermon on the feast of St. Joseph and the lessons to be drawn there- from. He described the saint as one of the highest types of sanctity. He told the story of the immaculate conception and of Joseph’s faith in his spouse and his trust in God. “Prayers addressed to this saint,’’ said the preacher, *'will give us the strength to bear the trials of this life. He is the patron of the spiritual life. He may be called the master of the spiritual Iife, be- cause his was the singular privilege to die in the presence of our Divine Lord and the Blessed Virgin. St. Joseph has, there- fore, been chosen as the patron of a happy death.” He exhorted his hearers to make the life of St. Joseph an ideal, assuring them that in poverty and sickness it is always capable of affording consolation and ex- ample. Bishop Clinton at Zion Church. Bishop George W. Clinton of St. Louis preached yesterday at the First African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church on «Higher and Spiritual Evolution,” taking his text from Psalms, 1xvii:13: “Though ye have lain among the pots, ye shali be the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.” He said: *“The text before us describes a very sad and pitiable condition of a great people. But while a part of the text describes such a debased condition it also sets forth the possibility of the attainment of a condition a8 high above that, and one which stands in as great contrast to that low condition asdoes man 1n_his civilized state. stand above the species of animal claimed by some to be his ancestor. “This text refers to the despicable con- dition of Israel in Egypt when subjected to the cruel treatment and debasing in- fluences of that godless people and idolatrous nation. Truly Israel’s condi- tion is most fittingly described by the clause, ‘I am among the pots.’ “What was Israel’s condition then has been the condition of other nations, races and individuals time and again in this world. Buch is the condition of nations, races and individuals now in many places.” —_— The Triumph of Life in Death. Rev. M. P. Boynton of the Baptist Church preached yesterday morning on “Life and Death,” from the text John xii, 24-25: “Verily, verily, [ say unto you, ex- cept a grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die it beareth much fruit.” He said: Philip brought the Greeks to Christ who had said ‘“We would see Jesus” and the Lord uttered these wonderful words that proclaim a life in death and a gain in loss. A right understanding of this text means a right conception of life. Christ would free us from the narrow cell of seli- consciousness. Jesus' idea of life means other lives springing up, and that lifethat refuses to increase soon finds its lot to be oblivion. Life in Christ meansa giving up of self. The Cuban patriot who was shot in the early dawn will rise in in those who take his place in great struggle for liberty and instead of the one there will be the score. Anythin@vthnz frees us from self is a blessing. hy the gilded hall, the flash- ing lights, the melody of music, the thrill of the drama? Why the running from house to house, from State to State, from land to land? It is man’s mad effort to escape from himself. Christ offers this escape in himself, He who is free from himself in Chris. will understand death and read his life.experiences as an open book. Such an one will not be contented with his childhood, but will long for the years of maturity and manhood. The ‘most wondertul story in the worid is your own life. There are no darker plots in i han those laid by the enemy of 333:'.'051.' No hero in song cun compare wi:h the heroic that may be developed in your own heart, if you will but d’ia in Christ. Placing our bands in Christ’s, we delve into the profundiiy of the thnugl‘-;t until we possess the jewel—life in death. All e then 4}; -azga, .uxd:‘rnx;:ss“u ight, all life delight, and we exclaim, *C fiegattfx. where is thy sting?” All death is life, all life is God. Rev. R. C. Foute at Grace Church. Rev. R. C. Foute, preaching at Grace Episcopal Church last night, took his text from St. Matthew 8:22; “But Jesus said unto himd follow me, and let.the dead bury their dead.” Thesery seemingly hsrsh words, the speaker said, applied rather to the spirit- pally dead than the physically dead. Christ was urging mankind to abandon evil and follow bim. In order to do this men must rise above the selfish level of worldliness and live a spiritaal life. The spiritually dead in_Obrist’s day were the Sadducees and Pharisees, who cared neither for God nor man. Mrs. Hoffman’s . Talk on Temperance Mrs. Olara Hoffman, National treasurer of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, delivered an address at the Cali- fornia M. E. Church last evening, upon the purposes and achievements of the or- ganization which she represents. Mrs. Hoffman detailed a number of eir- cumstances which she considered indica- tive of the progress which temperance ideas had made. The influence: of Mrs. Frances Cleveland, she said, had been potently exerted in this direction in the National Capitol during the last four years, and as an instance she related that ex-Secretary Carlisle, himself a rather heavy drinker, recently gave an elaborate banquet, at which no liguors were served. The progress of temperance sentiments in the religious and industrial as well as the social life of the country was dwelt upon at length, Mrs. Hoffman also made a spirited at- tack upon the tobacco habit, which, she said, had become the object of agitation by the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union all over the United States. Mention was made of the good work which the union had done in securing laws for the instruction in the public schools upon the evit effects of alcoholic drinks and also the passage of laws in n;nlny States for the protection of minor girls: In ber closing remarks Mrs. Hoffman calied upon her hearers to be examples to the young and show by their whole lives that they were uncompromisingly op- posed to the liquor and tobacco habits. Dr. E. R. Dille on Unitarianism., The Rev. E. R. Dille of the Central Methodist Church discoursed on Unita- rianism last night. A few of his remarks were as follows: “In’ preaching on Unitarianism I do so in no controversial spirit. Many Uni- tarians are my personal friends. With Unitarians I have no controversy and no quarrel. I am ready to admit thatas a denomination they have done something for religious thought and religious liberty, and rendered Christianity a service by emphasizing and elevating the conception of Christ’s manhood. *‘But while I concede to the Unitarians the possession of much truth, and give them credit for their influence upon the literature, culture and philanthropy of our time, their denial of the deity of. the Lord Jesus Christ takes them, as a de- nomination, outside the Ohristian pale, and robs their syster of moral and spir- itual power.”” 3 The speaker then proceeded to an af- firmative argument for the deity of Christ, based on the Scripture, his perfec- tion as a teacher, his resurrection and his influence on the world. el THE YOUNG PATRIOTS. Adding to the Memberghip Roll of the o Valentine Holt Soclety. The monthly meeting of the Valentine Holt Society, Children of the American Revolution, was held last Saturday in the residence of Mrs. C. W. Moores, 1712 Web- ster street, when Miss Edna Datton, daughter of Samuel Dutton and descend- ant of John Libbey and John de Mier, revolutionary soldiers in the New Hamp- shire and New York lines of the Conti- nental army, was elected to membership. Miss Harriette Wing Moulton read a very carefully prepared paper on, “What Connection Had Thomas Jefferson With the Rapeal of the Primogeniture Act?"’ ‘The subject of the lesson for the after- noon was, “John Adams.” The work of the society for the past year has been the study of the lives of the Presidents of the United States, and the willingness of the young patriots to continue in this line is shown by the remarkable excellence of the papers presented. The president of the society, Mrs. A. 8. Hubbard, gave sn interesting account of the National convention of the Children of the American Revolution _held in the city of Washington on Washington's birtnday and it created much enthusiasm among the members. > At the close of the business meeting there was presented a charming literary programme arranged by the committee —e 0Y'S VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA WILL bring to your cheek the pink of health, the roses of life. It cleanses the blood. 0Y’S VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA TAKES away the surplus bile and leaves the liver 1n perfect order, It isa true liver regulator. OY'S VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA CAN be used by old or young. Take it moder- stely. Remember that moderation in every- thing tends to longevity. DO!('T LET THE DRUGGIST SUBSTITUT! He does it in spite snd for profit 4 on social hour, after which dainty refresh« ments were served by the hostess assisted by her daughter, Miss Elsie M. Moores, an officer of the society. The year opens. with a list of fitt names on the roll and a number of app cations on hand. The president, has been appointed State director for California, reported that societies are be- g formed, one at San Jose with Mrs. Lida C. G. Leib as president, another at Maryse 1| ville with Mrs. W. 1. Ellis as president and still another at Los Angeles with tbe president not yet name: SPIRITUALISM . DEFINED. Elder E."E. Andross Speaks on the Sece ond Comling of Christ. Elder E. E. Audross of the Seventh-day Adventist Church spoke last cvening at the hall, 1040 Market street, on the subject of spiritualism. He said: “This delusive work of Satan in these times is plainly foretold in the New Testa- ment. Many Scriptures show that in the last days, or just before the second com- ing of Christ, there 13 1o come & time of especial peril and numerous deceptions in spiritual and religious matters. “A spiritualist is one who believes that departed spirits. communicate directly with men through the agency oi mediums and by various signs—one who holds in- tercourse with departed spirits, “We believe that spiritualism is the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders to deceive. Wa are told that evil angels, transformed as ministers of righteousness, are to deceive, if possible, the very elect. The spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doc- trines of devils. We have not the time to describe the various modes of operation adopted in the manifestations of the phe- nomena of spiritualism. The crowning work of its deception is the so-called ma- terialization of spirits. 3 “That individual who does not believe that there is a gower in spiritualism i certainly deceived, and is where he may beled into itadelusions. The doctrines of spirituslism are honeycombing © churches to-day.” Do yon feel that it is impossible for you to get back that great rosy manhood of which you were once so proud? It is becanse you have heen fooled often and often—now isn't it ¢ Think ! INot A single inch of you foels as well as it ought to at this moment, and yet if you would but be wise, instead of trying to 56 how very foolish yon can be, things would he very different. Try What memory you have ; what vim is there ; how much sleep do you get; those tell-tale spots hefore the eyes ; and that eternal fear of an asylum or a grave. 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