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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-06

the city OF Aurora in 1873. Later he be-
came connected with Fraser q Chalmers OF
Chicago. From Chicago he went 10 the
Black Hills gold mines in South Dakota,
to superintend the erection OF mining ma
chinery, and afterwards 10 Mexico. He
next took charge Of the reduction works
at the Silver King mine IN Arizona.
Mr.. LAbram some time later went 20 Chit
csgo. n when inquiry was made by Mr..
Gardner Williams for an engineer to 30 TO
Kimberley to take charge OF the crushing
and concentrating plant about 70 be erect
ed there, Messrs. Fraser & Chalmers. VINO
supplied the machinery, cent out Mr.. La
BRAN. The construction completed. Mr.La-
BRAN took charge OF the plant. He was
subsequently appointed assistant mechan-
ical engineer to the company and in 1888
became chief mechanical engineer. The
Diamond Fields Advertiser OF February Il,
1850. published at Kimberley. says:
During the siege Mr.. Labram, who had
severed his connection with the De Beers
company at the end Of last year, having
accepted a similar post with the Console
dated Goldfelds OF South Africa, under II.
II. Webb. chief engineer, and under whom
he had been employed in Mexico, has
proved of great assistance to the officer
commanding, first in the manufacture OF
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OVER THE WINE AND CIGARS.

WHEN the ladies'. with gossip and chatter,
Have vanished and left you alone
With a dozen good fellows around you
And a bottle OF fizz for a tone.
There's a strange, u~naccountabls feeling
THAT the sight OF a petticoat marsl
Steals into your heart like a sunbeam.
over the wine and cigars.
II you can't sing a song. tell a story.
But let IL be goOd-in a sense
For this hour is but an oasis
In the desert of sham and Dretense.
Forget the vague fears OF tomorrow
And the world. with its turmoil and warA
Let humor and love blend their sweetness
over the wine and cigars.
When you are weary of song and Of story
And you've sung OF your Ethel and sue.
You can dream Gor there's no harm in
dreaming)
OF the things you are going to DO:
Plan the things you will buy with youp
riches.
For under the moon and the stars
There is nothing that dreams cannot give
you.
Over the wine and cigars.
So heed not the gossip and chatter.
As II falls from the lips of the fair:
Just think OF the peace of that study
And the cronles you'll have with you
there.
I think that long hour at dinner
Rather adds to the other than mars,
For it gives us a chance to be thankful 1
over the wine and cigars.
OLIVER WHITE
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Of the world have been conducted in the
name Of the church; hat crueIties IN
speakable have been committed in the name
of religion; that religion has ever frowned
upon progress; that it has ever secuted at
science, and that 1t is the greatest enemy
OF the human race.
Therefore. our child shall not be taught
TO believe in that OF which there is abso-
lutely no evidence TO substantlate. but
shall be reared in the light OF reason; she
shall not be taught the Lords Prayer II
is suggestive Of death. and therefore has a
tendency to produce melancholy. 1t pro-
claims temptations, reminds one Of evil
and kingly power. and is altogether useless
and harmful to the innocent mind.
Trials. troubles and responsibilities will
come soon enough. therefore we have de-
termined not to burden our child with them
SO long as they may be avoided.
she shall not learn to sing songs to
him on high except in ridicule. nor asso-
ciate with children who do. Her mind shall
ever be a receptacle for the truth and
not a waste basket for superstition. She
will be taught honor. virtue and self
esteem; to do all the good she may; to pity
those who bend the knee to an imaginary
being beyond the clouds; that intelligent
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parsons and priests are out for the money
and do not believe that which they preach
and are imposing upon the blind and igno-
rant; that they are the stumbling blocks
in the way of intellectual progress; TO be
ever mindful OF the feeling and sentiments
OF others; that environment is probably
the cause OF their ignorant faith: to never
Intentionally hurt the feelings of any hu-
man being; to be charitable and tender OF
disposition; to recognize the brotherhood
OF mankind, and that we all sprang from
a common cause or source: that she must
not go through life like a chicken with the
cholera, longing to die; that she has a high
er duty on earth than to spend her time
in idle endeavor to live up to the foolish
dogmas OF the church; that this world is not
a preparing place: that she must so con-
duct herself as to leave an impression for
the good-to do something that will be OF
real benefit to man.
She shall. IL nature spares her, attend
the Liberal University at SilvertOn, Ore.
despite the protests Of the Christians, and
there study the higher branches of art and
science She will there learn to know that
when We die We are just as dead as any
other animal, and that 1t is her duty dur
ing life to leave something to be rememr
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shells and then In the construction OF the
gun known as Long Cecil. The latter piece
of work has been a veritable triumph, for
the deceased gentleman and for all con-
nected with him. The construction OF such
a piece of ordnance was something entire
Iy new TO the De Beers people. who were
thrown upon their own resources. aided by
the consultation OF the best authorities
available. The result was in every way
satisfactory. A Al gun was turned out at
the cOmpany's workshop in. under the cir
cumstances, a very short space Of time.
Barring a few minor details, It has proved
a big success. In the construction OF this
piece OF ordnance Sr. Labram was the
leading spirit, and :e military authorities
were first to acknowledge the value OF hi.
services and the success Of his work and
certainly no layman better deserves the
thanks, not only OF the authorities. but Of
the citizens OF Kimberley"
Mrs. Labram has many ietters OF oc7-
dolence from officials and from friends OF
herself and her Husband in South Africa
She lives quietly SIth her lS-yesf OH en-
In a comfortable home adjoining her
fathers house on South Lincoln avenue. in
this city. Their dwc. ing here was con
structed for them. Just prior to their de-
parture to South Africa
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Cincinnati Man Believes the
Doctrine Of Insersoll the Best
for Humanity.
REPUBLIC.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The baby daughter OF Charles s.. Sparks,
an attorney OF Cincinnati. will never kneel
at her mothers knee to lisp. I'm baby fash
ion, a prayer to the Great Unseen.
The child now is only a few months old,
but as soon as she is able to understand
she Will be told by her father that God Is
a myth.
She will be told. also. that the Bible is
not an inspired record; that the Christian
religion is false. gloomy and an enemy OF
humanity.
This is what Ingersoll taught. and the
child's father is. an ardent follower OF the
great agnostic. -
The little girl will be taught to reason.
to tell the truth under all circumstances, to
be charitable. virtuous and kind.
This will he an experiment that will be
watched with great interest. There are
few II any children IN any Christian. land
who have been Taught from their birth to
deny the Christians God. The atheist and
agnostic usually reaches the independent
age of thinking foe himself before he bold
Iy says: There Is no God" A chiId's re-
ligious training is often wholly neglected.
but the case Is certainly exceptional where
a parent deliberately trains a child TO scorn
all thaC is sacred 10 the Christian
The mother OF this child is a grand
daughter of the late Reverend Richard Will
liams. who died in the Isle OF Man in
1872. At thu time of her marriage she was
a devout E~piscopaliau. and with her hus-
band read the Bible and all chronological
history.
Mr.. Sparks. in a statement made regard
ing his ideas in training his child as he
has plainly announced to members OF the
family and friends that he would do, said:
In our study OF the Bible my wife and 1
found many contradictions. many absurd
tiles, and that the God Of the same upheld
polygamy and all other crimes In the cal
endar; that David was a man after the
heart OF the Bible God. and In his name
carried on cruel wars and committed many
murders and outrages on the weak. We
found that IL its authors were inspired mer
their God made many mistakes which are
attributable to ignorance only
We also learned that most Of the war,
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-. SIEGE GUN LONG CECIL" AND IT'S MIXERS.
"a GEORGE LAeGAn STANDS WITH HAND On rrJzuE OF GUN. I -


Mrs. Labram IS dissatisfied over the man
ner in which her late husbands estate in
South Africa is being administered After
Mr.. Labram's death Gardner +. Williams.
general manager OF the De Beers COM
pany. was appointed administrator Of the
Labram estate. Private advices from
friends cause her TO believe that affairs are
I'm such 4 state as 10 soon CAUSE her to
make a trip 10 South Africa IN her own
interests. From the Chicago parers SIZE
learned that Mr.. Williams had arrived I'm
that city ard she surprised MIN with a
call. He EXPLAINED that thines are all es
they should be regarding the estate. but
Mrs. Labram stnl feels not entirely sat
isied.
Lieutenant eelonei Kekewicn. who COM
manded the British forces during the diego
OF Kimberley. in writing to Mrs. Labram,
under the date OF February Il. said:
mo only Kimberley but the whole Brit
ish nation is to-day Indebted TO your hus-
band for the assistance he afforded to the
defenders of Kimberley during a siege
extending over nearly four months Your
late husband placed unreservedly at my
DISPOSAL his great genius. and / annot
sufficiently express my gratitude for the
many works he completed which have
much assisted me to prolong the defense
OF Kimberley"
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bered by. except a crumbling monument
of stone.
I'VE shall teach her that this Is the only
known place where one may be happy; that
the story that one must die before he can
have happiness is false and Is the leaven
bread Of the church.
Il do not blame the clergy for criticisins
me for rearing my child an agnostio- A dis
position TO do 20 Is In keeping with their
dOgmatical doctrine. and IL they had the
power which they once welded the teach
ings 1 would give my child upon the church
and its history would have to be done in
private. r
"The church educates its young. or. rath-
er. 50 limits their education that il is al
most impossible for them to rise above the
church.
The clergy knows the tendency of man IS
TO drift away from the church, hence they
have Christian schools, which are its LIES
blood.
The Christians. who would rule tbs
world by the sword II unable to do so
otherwise. know that II children are reared
as We intend to rear ours It Will only DO
a few generations when ministers will be a
novelty, when churches will become tenn
pies Of learning. where people of intelli.
gence will assemble to listen to the honest
utterances Of honest men"
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m at the wreck a year later. are Yer Beck
and orson Lowell respectively. Frisby, the
publisher Of The Voice Of Light" whose
remarkable success encouraged the project
ors OF The Whole Family" is Doctor Louis
Alopsch. Of the Christian Herald, and his
other paper, which Is allotted the last line
in the book as "The Road to Fortune is
Success. which he has since disposed OF.
The somewhat sensitive advertising man
ager. Bates. is supposed to be ". II. Baker.
who Is now connected with a popular
monthly publication, and the Reverend
Montague Banks 10 perhaps in real life
known as the Reverend r. Dewitt Talmage.
OF course. a goodly portion Of fiction is in
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the care with which Il was written and the
ease with which It may be read. Gold
smith wrote plainly. but u%nevenly. and the
handwriting Of Burns. though not at all
difficult to read. is Indicative of haste and
a tendency to blotsi II must LAY taken
the typesetters some time to get used to
Scott's small. running slant. but. compared
to Wordsworth's untidy scratching. It Is
beautifully clear. Keats wrote a round,
boyish script. and Shelley like a woman.
OF the later writer's. Thackeray was, per-
haps. the best penman. 1t IL a notable
feature that the twenty-four men repre-
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/e-lal Correspondence Of The sunday Republic.
Aurora. Ill. Jan. Modification by the
British. Government 10 the State Depart
ment at Washington 70 the effect that Eng
and IS to pay to AIRS. George Lahram Of
his city the sum OF 5000 on account OF the
ieath of her husband In the siege OF Kim
'erley comes in response to an appeal
made BY Mrs. Labram some time ago. The
widow Of Labram wrote TO the State De
'artment asking It to present n claim 10
he British Government for the payment OF
4 reasonable amount OF money for the loss
The had sustained.
1T is Cecil Rhodes and none other who
vas responsible for the detainment Of my
husband in South Africa and for his death
here said Mrs. Labram TO a reporter
his morning. 81 had been with my hus-
Dand in Kimberley. and it was evident that
war was Inevitable. when. in company
With my son. 1 started i. the summer OF
sa for my home in Aurora Air. Labram
Was TO have followed me as soon as Re
:Ould arrange his affairs to get away.
which We then estimated would take about
4 months time.
However. as war became more fmni-
nent. Mr.. Rhodes prevailed upon Mr.. La
,ram 10 remain to superintend work pre-
,aratory for a siege. Finally they were
aemmed in. My husband made the big gun
that IS said TO have saved tho city from
capture and then gave his life to the cause
Of Mr.. Rhodes. / received his last letter in
March. 1t had been written on February
: only two days before his death"
The shell that killed Labram was the
asst ono fired on the evening Of Friday.
February .. from the Long Tom Of the
Beers. It burst In Labram's room in the
Kimberley Hotel. killing him instantly,
Erecking the building and buryfng him in
he debris. He wes buried at night, with
'ull military honors. News OF his tragic
death reached his wife in this city by
means Of telegraph and the newspapers
several weeks before She had received his
last letter.
Labram was born IN Illinois and lived his
'oyhood days and much OF his early life in
Aurora The first electric street lighting
plant in the United States he installed in
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terwoven into the narrative and many
events which did happen are purposely ex-
aggerated and remolded-and / cannot say
whether Dorothy was Q fairy OF fact or
fancy-but to some who know the men and
also knew Of their unsuccessful venture,
'The Bread Line appeals az a very real oc-
currence.
Hand writing of Famous Writers.
In r. F~arquharson SharPs Architects
OF English Literature" q collection Of
short biographical sketches Of poets and
authors. from Shakespeare TO Tennyson,
soon 10 be published. each sketch is sc-
~companied by a facsimile reproduction OF
the subjects writing. and the character
istics Of some are very interesting. Pope's
hand was clear. symmetrical and easily
read. and he signed himself a Pope"
Doctor Johnson wrote a vertical hand Of a
certain regularity. but quite difficult to de-
cipher. while that of Gray was very small,
and almost comparable to copper-plate in
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-07-14
A PERFECT RIGHT TO STRIKE.
But Rights of Others Must Not Be
Invaded,

The rights of striking workmen were
clearly and concisely stated the other
day by New York magistrate who
was hearing case of assault. "YOu
may work for whom you plesse," he
said, ''as long as you please, and leave
whenever you please. If you can do
better or get more money, you have a
perfect right to do SO. But every
other man has the same right to sell
his labor for what he sees fit, to work
as many hours as he pleases, and to
accept whatever compensation has
been agreed upon between him and
his employer. The law does not per-
NIT you to interfere with him." If
every striker would keep this little
statement IN mind, labor troubles
would at least be free from violence,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-07-14
THE EXCURSION THE TROUBLE.
Demoralize Labor and Work Hard
ship to Farmer.

The cheap excursion has done much
IN the way of demorslizing labor about
Americas this year, as farmers will
attest. And this complaint is general.
A farmer in a middle Georgia county,
speaking of the scarcity of labor, lays
1t to the cheap excursion. One of
these was run to Savannah from his
town, and 100 negroes went from
there. OF the 100, eighty have not
been heard from any more, They
either renamed in Savannah or took
to the woods somewhere en- route.
The eighty, he says, were under con-
tract for the year, but entirely disre-
garded this, and disappeared on the
excursion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-07-14

You'll find silk
A Silk Sale. prices sacrifi ced.
You'll find silks
here during this sale from one
quarter to one half less than YOU Il
pay for like styles and qualities in
a regular way. If you have silk
need, you'll buy these silks wnen
you come to investigate.
LoT No. 40 pieces of Fancy Taffeta
and Brocsded Silk, ranging from I'd to
10 yds in piece; good quality and beauti-
full patterns; formerly sold at 81 90 aud
81 %; this week SOC.
24-inch Satin Fourlards Silks, ri 3h
colorings and beautiful designs; former
ly sold at 81. % this week sos.
19-inch Black Taffeta Silk-the kind
that wears well-regular price Csc; this
week at 49c.
10 Pieces of Plain and fancy colored
China Silks, in small and neat floral de-
signs; formerly 75c and 81 ;Uhis week 25c.
% inch Black Peau de Sole Silk. extra
heavy quality and warranted to wear
regular price $1.25; this week at 983.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-07-14
Housekeeping The nome clean
Special Items. isbino time Shoots

housekeeping lie NOME Cledn-
cu time is the replen-
oPeClal items. ishing time. Sheets
wanted. PillOw-slips needed; bed
spreads, towels, and what not.
Note the reason for our calling the
following items special:
10 Dozen Sheets hemmed and ready
tor use, full 1914 made of standard
sheeting; regular price 75c; this week 400.
% Dozen Pillow-slips, good quality,
hemmed and ready for use, size 36x45
regular price 16 2-3; this week 1890.
% Dozen all>linen Huck Towels, hem.
med and ready for use, large size, regu-
lar price 15c; this week at 1Oc.
so Dozen extra large size Bleached
Towels, fringed: regular price II 1-2c
this week at sac,
% Dozen Colored BOrdered Linen
Doylies, regular price SOC; this week al
25c dozen.
72-inch Bleached Table Damask in a
large variety of patterns, good quality
formerly 75c and Soc; this week at SOC.
LOCO Yards Fruit of Loom Bleaching,
Sc inches wide, at &c I'd; only 20 yards
to customer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-07-14
GEO D. WHEATLEY. GEO. D. WHEATLEY.
Our Great Mid Summer Clearance Sale !!

NJE will not weary you with a long introduce
" tory to the Importance of this sale; but
simply say to you now and here, that the sole object
object of this big summer selling event is to dispose
of all surplus seasOnabe merchandise; and to that
end have gone carefully through each section and
reduced prices that there can be no mistake about
the bargain nature of the occasion Of course week
of such selling, at such prices, means a present
money loss; but what matters that when we gain
twO-foId object We clear shelves for the
autumn stocks, and at the same time give our public
buying benefit that they will appreciate Just one
week will this sale lastsix working days and 1t
will make a record for itself if money saving plays
any part in your buying economy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-07-14
STILL CoOpED IN COUNTY JAIL.
White Men Held as Witnesses Can't
Give Bond.

Smith and Balsh, the unfortunate
machinists whose testimony is wanted
at some future term of court here as
witnesses in several misdemeanor
cases, are still sweating in jail here be-
cause of their inability to give $50
bond for their appearance. AS they
are strangers here no one seems dis
posed to bail them, aud the chances
are that they will sweat in jail for
weeks longer because they were nm
willing witnesses to an alleged assault
upon them by three local strikers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-07-14
It Dazzles The World.

created one quarter of the excitement
that has been caused by DR.. Kings New
est tests have been on hopeless victims
of Consumption, Pneumonia, HemOr-
of whom it has restored to perfect health.
F"Ter onS
it is the quickest, surest cure in the
world tits sold by E. j. Eldridge, who
guarantees satisfaction or refund money.
Large bottles soc and 81 90. Trial bot
lies free.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-07-14
A Child Enjoys.

The pleasant flavor, gentle action, and
soothing effect of Syrup of Figs, when
in need of laxative, and if the father
or mother be costive or bilious, the
most gratifying results follow its use;
SO that it is the best family remedy
known and every family should have a
bottle. Manufactured by the Califor-
MIA Fig Syrup Go.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-07-14
She Didn't Wear a Mask.

But her beauty was completely hidden
by sores, blotches and pimples till she
used Buoklen's Arnica Salve. Then they
vanished as will all Eruptions, Fever
Sores, Boils, Ulcers, Carbnncles and
Felons from it's use. Infallible for Cuts,
Corns, Burns, Scalds and Piles. Cure
guaranteed. 25c at r. j. Eldridge's,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-07-14
TRAIN KNOCKED OUT JERSEYS.
Two Registered Animals are Hurled
From Track.

Alderman Henry G. Mitchell, who
operates large dairy farm near the
city, deplores the loss of two of his
finest Jersey COWS, the animals tang
ling up with the pilot of Seaboard
locomotive yesterday. The animals
were fine ones and very valuable. A
"house committee" consisting of AL
derman Mitchell, Alderman Fort and
City Marshal Feagin went out to view
the catch of COWS caught by the cow
catcher,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-07-14
MAYOR FIELDER Has RETURNED
His Short Stay at Mount Airy Was
Beneficial,

Mayor Fielder has returned from
Mount Airy and again filled the execu-
tive chair at the city hall yesterday.
His stay at that pleasant resort wap
very brief, being less than week, but
he enjoyed it nevertheless and proba-
bly, derived some benefit therefrom.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-07-14
sEABOARD TRIP TO SAVANNAH
Special Train to Leave Americas Next
Tuesday.

The Seaboard Railway announces a
special excursion to Savannah next
Tuesday, 10th. The round trip rate
from Americus is 50, and tickets are
good four days returning. Special
train leaves Americas about o'clock
Tuesday, reaching Savannah at 4 p. m.
See G.. Fl. Whitaker or John T. Argo
for further details. Plenty OF room and
best attention aboard special.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-07-14
JERSEY Cows and Calves

Three fine Jerseys 2 to 5 years old,
with calves. Gentle stock and heavy
butter makers. Price $50 cash. Heif
er calves $40. Money refunded in
thirty days if stock not satisfactory.
Address, John ". Shiver. Americus.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-07-14

When you want modern, up-to-date
physic, try Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. They are easy to take
and pleasant in effect. Price, 25 cents.
Samples free at all druggists.