The Thinker from McPherson, Kansas • 1

'E Ml' 1 rv 1 1 'VI l1L jzjljlu 7 I "The Agitation, of. Thought Ja the, Beginning of sssss- -db 1 JfcPHERSON, KANSAS, TUESDAY, OCT, 9, ERA of MAX, VOLUME I. XUMRER 17, subscript' 1.10 pkr annum in' -what: isirfs "Oh! wbetta Life?" linked of OB Who bed the Journey Jut beKun. Hi brnebed his curling locks at Id, looking op be thin roplleii: 'Ufa It a season bright and gay I tsate It charms from day to day. virions of stature bright, ire tier present to my JWben inns 0 thirty years had sst, Yhii selfsame pns again I i i Ths freshness of tfli yontb had fled.

i "Ohl what ia again I said. is or warfare, one great Where each one matt his weapon wield Aome fight for eonqueit, tome for gain. And many strive for worldly fame. A few there are of milder mien, Whs is the strife are seldom seen, Tl rmrUra atlll fa ill I From infant eoucb, to funeral pall. Life hat ita dark sido and Its light, Bat onto me 'tis not to bright, As when a boy Hope steered my bark, And I was cheerful at the lark 'v 'Wbsa four score ysart bad passed away, Hit head was sllTered o'er with gray, Deep farrows marked hit brow and feoa," For be bad well nigh run Ufa's race Again I etked: "OhI what is Life?" A tesien fraught with care and strife, A Tain delusive dream of pride, A fares, a humbug, he cried.

"My youthful visions long since My manhood's hopes art with the dsad, Jfe solaee left, no wish liars 'u. Xaeepttolay medowaaaddls." Again I saw shadowy And tlowly It upraised itt arm, Aadthus it spoke: "mortal," It 'Earth numbers me among her dead, atld earthly scenes of cart and strife, Ton oft-times asked me, 'what ia life' As oft' I answered, vain replies, i Tks mtats of earth had dimmed mj eye. Wow will I tell'thee, Life's the Urns To lit thes for, a better clime, "'The naked olothe, the hungry feed, So sbslt thou have In time of need. Civs drink unto the thirsty aoul, And those bowed down with grief, consols, Thst when thy sun of life It let, Thou will have nothing to regret. But gladly hear the summons To weft thyeelf from earth to heaven, thire to enjoy that promiied reef.

Within the mansions of the blest. WHAT IS DEATH Pray tell me death, where and what art. tkon, That inch terrors thou doit bring, To the Fluent, to the Koble, the tubjeot, and the King, Art tboo Death, a fell destroyer, Nanght dtilrlng but to tiay, Art thou an Infernal power, Which no hand bat God't ets stay? Did 'st thou never feel Never aught of sorrow feel, For the hearts to which thou'tt given Wounda whioh time can never heal? thounever cease Male or female young or old, "Can "thy favor e'er be puronaied, By the talltroan of goldt REPX.T. Mortal I I will tell thee truly, What I am and where I dwell. Think me not a fell destroyer, Nor Inhabitant of hell Neither am a demon spirit.

That delighteth man to sisy, Bor am I a potent evil, Whioh no' band but Qod't eas tiny I'm a mtuenger of glory, Bines so one ean enter there, 'Till he by the laws of Vature, Yields hit body to my care. I'm the ferzy-man o'er Jordan, From the earth to spirit-short, None arrive at that blest bares, -Bat with me they ferry o'er. Then mortal; fear me never, ninoa without my helping head, -Ton can nerer gain the harbor, On the shore of tpirit-land. 0. Quntrr.

CRIMES OF PREACHERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 283.. tine; alias George Ebers, Daptist, Elmira, New York; Richburg, Pennsylvania; Buffalo, New York, charge adultery and seduction many times; seduced wife of a "brother" in Elmira, broke up the family; seduced wife of another brother in Buffalo; deserting her, sedacing her daughter; lived with her in Richburg; deserted his wife and children; false personation; elopement with women. 1882, Rev. Catholic, Saginaw, Michigan; charge, adultery and seduction of wife of W. Colford, who shot at him.

Mrs. C. cpnfessed. 1881, Rev. Veterling, Detroit, Michigan; charge, drunkenness, and immoral assault on women.

He was arrested. 1876, Rev, M. VaaOrden, Presbyterian Missionary to Brazil; charge, slaveholder. He was deposed. 1878, Rev.

George B. Vossburg, Baptist, 'Jersey City, New York; charge, assault with intent to murder wife. He was indicted. 1878, Rev. W.

G. Veal, Methodist, Wasatchie, Texas; charge, rape on Mrs. John Griffin. He was arrested, I convicted and expelled. 1878, Rev.

Paal T.Valentine, D.D.; Ph. LL. New York' city; charge, rape on many little girls under his charge in College for Homeless Children; sodomy, buggery, unnamed crime on little boys under his charge. He was sent to penitentiary for ten years. 1879, Rev.

J. T. Vine, Evangelist, New York city, charge, deserting wife after squandering all her money. 1880, Rev. Van-der-Bone, Catholic, Saginaw, Michigan; -charge, adultci with parishioner's wife, caught in the act by Catherine Burk.

G. H. Vandeusen, West Amsterdam, New York; charge, forgery of pension papers. He was indicted. (To be Continued PALACE CAB BXLIOON.

A party named Harris, who has been making a specialty of converting railroad men, has a scheme on foot to build a gospel car, a sort of a palace affair, with kitchen and all 'the conveniences, to use to run around the country converting rail road men. Mis plan is to have religious people subscribe about eighteen thousand dollars to build the car, and he will attend to the build ing and equipment of the car, and run it on shares. It will be hauled to a large city and sidetracked, when the work of converting can commence, and when all of the railroad men that can be reached have been made to see the error of their ways, the palace car evangelist will couple his outfit on to the hind end of a train and seek fresh fields and pastures new. The scheme looks as though it would be a good one for Harris. He could travel over the country like a prince, and get in his work like a star actor.

While The Sun would not throw a straw in the way of the evangelization of the loudest mouthed brakeman, or the dirtiest switchman or car wheel tester on earth, it must say that the palace car religion does not look feasible. It is not according to the teachings of Christ, who was contented to ride a jackass, and do all fhe good he could out under the stars, with no palace car upholstered in red plush, and who never rode on a pass. If the Reverencd Harris was going to make a specialty, of converting superintendents, and general managers, and directors, a palace car with a side-board, and an organ, and a baptistery, might be appropriate, but as that class has all been converted, and have palace Beck. 1881, Rev. James Trot cstan't Montreal, Canada; charge, larceny, long continued.

He was arrestedv 188 1, Rev. Joseph Taylor, Baptist, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; charge, swindling. ,1881, Rev. David Tice, Stillwater, Minnesota; malicious prosecution of a poor widow. ibsi, jK.ev.

j. iu. inompson, i res byterian, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania charge, larceny, dishonesty and He had a church trial. Alfred Thompson New York city; charge, adultery and seduction of Mrs'Cobham; robbery of his paramour, and deserting wife. Said in court, "We all do such things more or He was state pris oned at Sing Sing for five years.

1881, Rev. J. Warren, Ohio; charge, drunkenness. 1 He was 1878, Rev. Tice, Baptist, Newark, New Jersey; charge, seduction of several girls.

He was expelled. 1878 Rev. Joseph Thames, Ash ville, North Carolina; charge, scduc tion of Miss Laura Palm. 1878, Rev. L.

P. Thompson, Cincinnati, Ohio; adultery many times, i 1878, Rev. Torry, Western New York; charge, 1878, Rev. A. T.

Thompson, Cincinnati, Ohio; charge, adultery 1878, Rev. J. H. Todd, Sioux City, Iowa; charge, adultery with a mil liner, elopement with and deserting wife. 1878, Rev.

T. Tresselraan, Anne-tia, New York; charge, adultery and seduction of several girls, and elopement with wife of Mr. Hunt. 1878, Rev. A.

W. Torry, Kalama- 100, Michigan; charge, falsehood. He was tried and found guilty, 1878, Rev. Thompson, Buffalo, New York; charge, adultery, many times. 1878, Rev.

Horace Taylor, Ober- lin, Ohio; charge, seduction many times. He was convicted and imprisoned. 1878," Rev. John J. Thompson, Orange county, New York; charge, immoral assault on a young 1879, Rev.

Treadwcll, Brooklyn, Missouri; charge, righting riot in church against Rev. Landers. 1879, Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, Presbyterian, Brooklyn, New York; charge, lying, deceit, extortion, and abusiveness.

1879, Rev. J. P. Thompson, New York city; charge, adultery and seduction of Mrs. Deland of his choir.

His love letters caught by her hus band, pastor of Broadway Taber nacle. 1879, Rev. Tabor, Methodist, Kan sasville, Wisconsin; charge, adultery and seduction of a young girl; caught in act in her bedroom by Henry Combert. He was arrested and gave bale of I500. 1880, Rev.

Trumbrower Brooklyn, New York; charge, immoral assault on servant girl; kissed her for her" spiritual wellfare. He fled. 1881, Rev. Kerr. B.

Tupper, Bap tist, Chicago, Illinois; charge, arson, burning both churches; adultery, se duction and bastardy with a girl. She left her babe in his woodhouse. 1880, Rev. Towers, Minnesota; charge, suicide. 1881, Rev.

William Thomas, Washington, D. charge, keeping gambling house. PART V. 1879, Rev. W.

H. Uttey, Detroit, Michigan; charge, swindling, obtain ing money under false pretenses. Knlighville, Michigan: charge, adul tery with "sister" Barrows. She told. iSSj, Rev.

R. M. Sniitli, Methodi'st, Indianola, Iowaf charge, disorderly conduct. He was fined. i8Sa, Rev.

W. H. U. Stewart, Tres bytcrian, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania charge, deserting wife and family. 1876, Rev.

J. M. Schueller, Lu theran, Andrew, Iowa; charge, se duction and adulterf with a lot of little girls at his asylum school; rape on Zetta Meeker, eight years old seduction and adultery with Delia Pardee and Mary Meeker, age four teen; Rose Shaffer, thirteen; Libbie Ingham and Jennie Bertha Nellis, fifteen: and many .1 J' -J ainers. tie conicsjcu, rcsignca ana fled. 1881, Thomas Sharp, Metho dist, Gowanda, NfiWYork; charge, assault with intent, to rape sister Zubber, and lying.

She told and he was suspended. 1881, Rev. Smith, Bruns wick, New York; charge, seduction and bastardy with Miss Dora Far lies: lying. She told on child-birth death-bed. 1 88 1, Rev.

G. Simmons, Bap tist, Troy; charge, seduction and adultery with Miss Lillie Akin. 1878, Rev. M. Smith, New York city; charge, lying about what Miss Clara Morris told him.

She never told him anything; 1( 188a; Frank Strongfellow, Protestant charge, murder of many Union men during the war. 1879, Rev. Carl. Shilling, Protes tant Episcopal, Alleghany, Pennsyl vania; charge, adultery and drunk enness- Hewas expelled.) 1881, Rev. Shrimp, Methodist, Camden, New charge, quar ing with Rev.

Kirby over church dues. v- 1881, S. C. Sale, Baptist, Mason City, Iowa; charge, adultery with "sister" Eva 'Brewer, lying. He was deposed, then fled.

7 1881, Rev. ShurtlifT, Methodist, Elmira, New York; charge, slander against Rev. Lewis. He was fined 188 1, Rev. Steller, United Brether-en, Rich Yalley, Indiana; charge, immoral assault on Miss Beamer.

He fled. 188 1, Rev. D. II, Stone, Methodist, Brooklyn New York; charge, forgery, swindling, fraud.robbad Mrs B. Sherman.

He was indicted. 1 88 1, Rev. John L. Smith, Methodist, Lebanon, Indiana; charge, adul tery and seduction of Mrs. E.

Love lace, seventy years old. He was caught in the act by M. M. Russell, Had a church trial. 1881, Rev.

Carlos Swift, Baptist, Chicago, Illinois; charge, adultery and i seduction of several "sisters," assault on others. They told. 1881, Rev. I. J- Stine, alias T.

Black, Baptist, Leavenworth, Kan sas; charge, larceny often repeated. He was arrested, confessed and sent to prison. 1881, Rev. J. M.

Spargrove, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; charge, suicide, PART T. 1883, Rev. C. V. Turrell, Methodist, Wyandotte, M'chigan; charge, adnltery with Mrs.

Mary Greer. 188a, Rev. J. W. Taylor, Baptist, Great Bend, New York; charge, adultery, bigamy, deserting wife and He was convicted and expelled from church.

1881, Rev. C. Teal, Irontown, Wisconsin; charge, incest, seduction and adultery with his own daughter, who is only fiiteen years old, and she told. He was arrested and imprisoned. 1881, Rev.

Abner Thornton, Bartholomew county, Indiana, charge, his fild among the conductors, tl brakemai, the freight handlers, thr baggage smashers, and the engineers and fireman, and'they had all rather get under a shed in the depot, and sit on trucks, and listen to the word, than to go into a palace coach, with their greasy overalls on, and listen to a dude tn a circus Such men are sensible men, who are not caughtjby gilt-edged tomfoolery, and the 'car evangelist would build op a barritr between himself and the boys the moment that elegantly upholstered juggernaut should roll into the depot Some citizen would aek what car that and a brakeman wooM spit across the platform and say that was a private snap of the New Jerusalem train dispatcher. Railroad men who know enough to take religion, if they want whether it is handed to them on a da platter or a silver service, would go around a block to keep our of sight of a man who had to have a special car to eat and.skep in, and a closet in one corner to pray in. The quiet, unostensious' worker in God1 vineyard, yho would go to the switch house and talk religion and smoke dog leg tobacco with tha switchman, while he told him of the glories of the religioa to which the railroad i man was a stranger, would "double discount the palace car evangelist on souls saved. The good man who would travel on a caboose of a freight train, and talk to the boys of aland that is fairer than this, as they eat the cold lunch from a tin pail, put up by loving hands at home.and who could go out and shovel mow if the train got stalled, or hold a lantern while the boys unloaded a car load of way freight, could garner more souls and turn them over in good order to the general manager of the narrow gague heavenly line, than the palace car fellow, with his colored cook and he-chasibermaid, could in a lifetime. When those whose business it seems to be to save souls learn that a plain statement of facts between man and man, nd an appeal to their good sense, has a thousand times' more effect than gilt dged and upholstered monkey work, there will be fewer such lunkhead enterprises sprung upon the men who are always glad to contribute to any scheme that promfses good to the Master, Let the eighteen- thousand dollars that it proposed to be expended for a mahogany and walnut palace on wheels that never would catch a human soul till Hades freezes -over, be paid out to buy clothing and food for the children of railroad men who have been disabled, or who are sick and unable to work, and, it will be thr means of saving more souls than an be saved by the Pullman plan, and the men who contribute the money will be much happier to know that it has gone to bank up hungry little stomach with pork and beans, than they would to know that a man was traveling around the country in a palace car, with a French cook, singinz gospel hymns on side tracks, and being laughed at by the whole country.

Peek's Sun. We are in receipt of September and October numbers of The Alpha, a monthly journal, edited and published by Mrs. Winslow, at Washington, D.C. The Alpha is another journal sl ilr to The Woman' Herald of Industry, of San Francisco, Devoted to woman's political equality, culture of children, dress reform and the general elevation of humanity. The Thinker wishes The Alpha thr success it so richly deserves.

If each of our subscribers make it a point to get one subscriber it would not only be a praiseworthy aa in the interest cf jirogress and Frcf-thoucht, but it would help us to scatter the intelligence most needed out bigotry and superstition. 1, Or PREAcnEES" coraraenoed So. back nuuibetra can be obtained.) None. If fat) give the correet name et denomination, will the rererends please eTorrect. part s.

Continued, Rev. P. St. Clair, Methodist, Des charge.fraudulent voting in conference, stuffing ballot-box. He wag tried, convicted and suspended.

i88, Rev. M. C. Sheldon, Meth-diBt, Harvard, Illinois; charge, adultery, immorality, obscenity, vulgarity, lying. He had a church trial.

1882, Rev. C. W. Sherman, Abingdon, IilinoU; charge, fighting. 188a, Rer.

U. Stillwell, Baptitt PART. i88, Rev. J.J. or J.

W. VanAhv cars of their own, he has got to find fighting and quarreling with Dr. vJ r-.