Show THE MISSOURI NAVY concerning the early aad late boating days on the rier st joseph the talk of reviving boating again on the recalls to a good many old boatmen in st joseph memories of the days ahn there was no other for applying the traffic cf this county wih transportation the laet boats that ran to this point regularly were operated in 6 and fince then the glories of boating havi been represented by a few govern meet crafts bearing willows for mat and tome few ferry b ate captain beiver now justice of the peace in bt joseph was one of the first and last commanders comm andars of boats plying between ht louis and st joseph for over thirty years he ran the river every part of ahe big muddy has been explored by liim and the yellow stone tor two hundred alli a aboe fort keogh ilia last boating hafi done on this beautiful stream about yeara ago at that time it was not an unusual thing for his boit to ba blockaded by berda of buffalo swimming the river and more than once he has captured these in midstream mid during all the healing months lie boat would bs supplied with fresh maat taken by land or water aa it up and down the stream from st joseph to omaha WAS what boatmen called bad river the stream was crooked shallow and frequently boas would find a treacherous on which they would lay for hours at one point the dream formed a U divided by a narrow strip of land less than one mile in width from a boat sailing toward a passenger could look acroca the strip and see another boat bailing in the same direction bound for bt ioula one time a party of at joseph men en route for ahe firmer place were in a boat that lad on a sand bar thirty els haars hoars growing weary of ahe do liy they finally went acore and employed a farmer to drive them to omaha one day was occupied with the trip and aa aliey passed the landing at omaha they found their steamboat there having arrived twelve hours before they did border ruffian days were flush times tor the river banks were lined with carlp and it behaved behoved the captain to lie on good terms with each eide or the walls of his pilot bouse would a poor defense against balleta from the shore after the railroads rendered ifill ingon the loftur river unprofitable captain weaver ran between bt joeeph and omaha during his daiy diy be commanded many of the largest and best boats on alie river the captain ia firm in the belief eliat some day the river will again he crowded with boats bt bleen een kansas t ity and 81 louis although the stream between alie former place and bt is not fator jibb fur navigation there are too many dangerous bunds whirlpools rapid and band bars pontiac whisky ia camou along the missouri river abany years ago the pontiac started brorn st louis for bt joseph having among ohr lading beveral hundred barrels of whisky between this place and the boat came to grief and bank out of sight all were wed but the whisky disappeared numerous bean hinK have been organized to find the floid but none have been successful the nn certain aher giai changed ita course forming islands where wa dear waters and bars where there was boating and now nobody knowe where be copper distilled die tilled hea lahe of the pontiac is babied the was one of alie fant est aud linest boats on the aher alone in the forties it ran between kansas city and while an ailing loading at the place it wan frequently chartered by alie mounir bloods fur excursions the boat carried an excellent tiring band to whose music the tripped a measure and in coi irles behind the pilot house and abaft the wheels one day a wild and wooly alringer fl ringer from the back country came to and fell under tha influence of the whisky of that pr iol ile minions of the law seized him and the police judge directed him to labor five days on the rock pile he was indignant and ewed notice that when his term of hd expired ha would burn the town per ave day he the maul and emote lie then he disappeared bat hat night the city of Al chison wa ablaze in hlf a dozen places like a cicore of houses asaei ix foie the blaze was quenched the next there were more fires each in a dill rent p atlon of ibe city bit no barc neild discover dis coer the the neit night the lav at arr mooring in east ti hison sud d ly a bright blaize burat forth lc hion already terrified by alie enee ful tramp was awake and oil to the liver bink po sible to eftie the boat and to prevent damage t ober crafts it was set adrift it drifted so the kai ss side grounded on a bar floated off aad baided bailed down the lighted river to a budline point blow the city ft here it ent albord and burned to the waters edge bar was the ralty appellation bestowed upon the by one of tl e early day boats it bun under an unlucky star it there WAS a boag in the raier it would strike was there a band bar in the river it would ground on it it waif cloer than treacle in january and the very geriba of ill luck directly the reverse was the welt marvelous between aid kansas city on time like a railroad train after carrying counties tons ot freight and of pas fenger it was burned one night at latan bar the ancient town of weston was alie booming toft n of the rier in those days it kansas city and all other po nt frequently a dozen large boats lay at the landini liay was plenty and business biek finally the aher baale one of its numerous changes and left the town high and dry and the steamboat landin half a mile down farzam hack of the city as a high eminence bearing the bame relation to western that king hill does to Atchu ison the numerous hotels of the place each kept a watchman there when a steamboat was lighted they gave the alarm halt a dozen omnibuses omni buses I 1 whirled away to the landing frecht faeona hurried forward and pandemonium reigned uncil lie passengers and were of the colorado was the ccoce excursion steamer ot st joseph it was one of the three steamers firming a line between this city and while lying at the wharf in this city it was frequently cratered hrat ered by the men for moonlight trips up the river for several years a majority of the st joseph sparking was done on the colo ado among the river greyhounds grey hounds were the kae howard evening S ar black haak and sallie west the latter the fleetest ol 01 all aut 1 within a very few years the keerl ss was still adgit doing duty on the the bothem are bellied to be out of commission if not of life in the palmy days of the river boata would make the trip from st louis to kansas city in three or four days and 2000 wai not infrequently pad bv pa on a engle trip between those two points there are not many to navigation cone tat can not be overcome with little difficulty the modern system of electric lighting will enable u ere to un by night as well as by day very d efferent from the eld time pine torch freight boas drawing bat little water and yei having vat carrying capacity cn be built for email amounts command to the fortunes require to construct the floating palaces of old appears to be good reason for believing that the river will again be occupied by boats of this class the city church the rev diaries A dickirson writing in the problem of tin modern city church says should the church by made an asylum or hiep tal for the brokenhearted broken willed and the broken bodied why not it was designed for this purpose by our lord and such it was made by liis the modern church with its rented pews closed door and faiz days interregnum of in activity can hardly be eaid to have in the church of the old jerusalem or ita antitype in ahe temple of the new jerusalem arthe first was certainly organized for daily ministration acts vi 1 and in the second the pates shall not ba shut at all by day axi as it is not the 0 the minister on the first of the beven days but the of the people during each of the beven days that make a church aggressive and in that sense a worthy successor of is apostolic original eiith a church is neither controversial nor apologetic it docs not mistake lliel cleave axe of the sectarian lor the sword of the spirit it refutes error by equalizing the it conquers man by helping him to conquer himself it defeats the world by blessing it such a church as the body of christ stands like the voiceless light on the damascus road a resplendent contradiction to the taunts and objections ot the scoffer it Is in the operation cooperation co of the uptown and downtown down town churches that the ideal church oi the is to be realized and when it appears it will be an institutional church that is a church with several basora and other salaried workers and many wellor well or departments of work it is impossible or one man to discharge in a satisfactory patis factory manner the multiform duties of a city pastorate there aie differences of administrations and diversities of operations and there hould re workers 0 differing gifts to carry them on the aggregate salaries need oot much ex eed the salary of the atar her and a church worked in this way by men and women of even ordinary ah lily will show results that will far exceed any which can come from mere brilliant preaching ching the pulpit la not to be n elected or belittled in this coming church the preaching is to be earnest practical evangelical and frequent the sermon however is not as is often the cabe to ha the only thing which is offered to attract the people to the sanctuary the chief attraction is to be the worship of god music eliat potent aid to worship shall swell from alie many throated organ and blend etli the language ot praise on the lips of the congregation and choir or v ith the voice 0 the sweet singer in israel whose sermon in song may perchance touch the heart vv bich the in proad leante unaffected the contribution plate that other important aid to wort hip shall have its place and shall bo laden with the deed offerings of a thankful people tle seats ba absolutely freethy fre ethe doors always open end should the maete raus mendicant who shared the crust of sir enter ahem he would eel at home this church will recognize the fact that the gospel is concerned with the body soul and spirit with sunday and all the arst of lie week and to this end it will emphasize the sacredness of many so called things knowing eliat there is not half the danger of bean the church that there is of failing to the secular life southern girls in new york then there are the other southerners who atop over in new york for a lark on their way from the white sulphur springs and ea and newport and who amputate their ra but are the most amiable openhearted open hearted creatures on earth aritas britas a new yok correspondent of the boston transcript the families have black servants with them marom lep who spoil he children to deith and are lott in amazement at the il orlea of near york tho girls am a study any thine farther removed from th groomed wellborn well born and well bred northern girls would te hard to find yet thay are kharmine in their I 1 own unconventional way there ii nn daubl tha fashian among new nirla ii foaad repletion n f llo ini after the icy of eirls it is laj form to re emotional hiie Siut bern g ali dont know abigt ahia they bit around the hotel rooms a d chatter in the most and unconventional lu anter rhey are i ot troll bcd with any fear of not doing the right thing ard consequently always well bred aid ej they take out their gay summer gowns for a final wear 01 th m all a aund and instead of ho bevere lad ir male the new york cirl reli piously in the laoel drawing booma and corridors carri dors her sou hern flutter about in fluffy mullins muslins and striking china filks and bow they do enjoy new york ard drag pa and ma round to thea res and M here reidy re idy mado can ba bonghi the pis and mas of these younk things are by no means the disobedient parents york airl they aw per ketly willing to submit to the of bourg ones and are entirely auni able while they are bang hauled and pulled about in the most abrec ti inae and thoughtless chefe southern girls dont trouble redfern and Mii alt mans and sterns are fwd enough for them the fact is chev lack more trimmings on their frocks than the arbiters of will allow and when they pay 75 to aloo for a frock they like one that can be seen at a distance but it suits them their healthy pallor and admit of more color in their pet up than their stouter and rosier eistert of the north nine tirre out of ten a man calls ane most perfect eown in the world a dull unless it has plenty of calor and jingles and lace to it aed is every mans favorite color and they think the gay troika of the girls charming he called on business arlandas Ar lanias the governor 0 georgia bad us deniis ced a delegation of prohibition ests when a card bearing name judge J T W madison wae him the chief executive waa ery tired having been har rasped with dry afe chea and would hae sent down an excuse but the agh name on the card bespoke a visitor of importance so wearily yielding he told the porter to show the gentleman up A few moments later one of ahe most deeply colored gentlemen pent lemen in the state stepped into the boora dia yere de gubner yes what do you want ia called on biz bah Is tt jei you area judge yas jettice ode peace down in da di strick we 1 l state your business wilh noe as quickly as you can ill do it sail Caze dats come yere fur see anuw oh yes some time ago bah I 1 hid er roan sam uly rested an tried for st ealin con I 1 tried him joysef an fined him faw an six in jail dis auz all tory curme hut de blame law er he tuck erbeal ter der circus cout now sah my V id you is dia vere TA youe got any fluence flu ecce wid da bedge circus outi wish deap him er drw lines an tell him ter send dt cgee back ter me now is ion got much fluent e you old undrel get out of here or I 1 will have you thrown out jest wait er linit bah arst wait erminet ermi nit I 1 know dat stole dat con an I 1 know dat he wants ter take er peal jest BO he ken ecale lie I 1 justice dat is atter him darb anhder thing dat is er mighty cal bohlier down dar an de folks wants ter git rid 0 hm till alter de lecky hun knows da doss er da er promised me er bundus dollars to pend him up now its er gub nors duty ter do folks wants him ter do an hobon hoi on ill go keber deao comin ober folks hoi on fur iea dun gone vermontis Ver monts deserter farms american architect A lather sad story is told by sir valentine a vermont official about the desertion of that beautiful detate by its former inhabitants standing with other on a hill in bennington county and lo aking over the valley of the river a tributary of the connecticut they counted fifteen cont grous of perhaps a hundred a ra each ell fenced aad with buelling duelling du elling houses and leaea tolerable condition without a cingle inhabitant beyond towards the connecticut hut bidden by the maple groves in lie valley wera 03 they knew fifteen more also deserted et all n ell situated and detill showing deigns of their former fertility statistics show that a similar condition prevails all over the beato in windham county are more than acres of land once cultivated but now deserted and in the whole state the number of abandoned farms complete with houses fences baina and out buildings must be beveral thousand yet vermont is one of the pleasant est healthiest most fertile and most civilized states in the union in its river valleys is no malaria while Us hills are covered to the summit with vegetation the lesa has made portions of the south r early barren haa never been favored in vermont where a century or more cf block fanning has rather enriched than exhausted the boil yet the bo found happy homes there have crowded into the towns or have left the state altogether alto geher in thirty yeara from 1850 to asso alio increase in population in vermont was 6 per tent while the population of the whole country more than doubled and that of the adjoining etite of petta increased nearly 80 per lent not pretending to any ideas on |