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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
NEW OWNERS OF

NEW OWNERS Of
GUTHRIE's BANK.
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, June ISL is
reported snat a deal has been consu-
mated as a result of which the Gnth-
RE. KY. bank will change hands July
1. The new owners are Mr.. Sisclsir
of Russellyille, KY, and E. A. Hail.
the Pembroke banker. This hank is
capitalized at $4,000, and it is un
derstood shat the sale was made foi
sI75, the par value being 500. The
bank was established about ten years
ago
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
WEDNESDAY. JUNE, is, 1902.
DAILY THOUGHT.

THE quality Of directness is char
acteristic of all men of great executive
ability. because they value time too
much to squander it in useless and
meaningless conversation.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
THE WEATHER..

Showers tonight, and Thurdsay fair
except showers in the southeastern
portion.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

30 on the gauge, no chahge IN lsst -
hours. Wind south, light breeze.
Weather, light rain and pleasant.
Rainfall in last "a hours trace.
Temperature "a. Pell, Observer.
The Sunshine leaves for Memphis
next Friday.
The Charleston left last night for
Tennessee river.
The Mary Ste wnri Ia due this after.
noon from Golconds.
The Dick Fowler cleared for Cairo
on time this morning.
The Clyde will leave at 9 o'clock
tonight for Tennessee river
The Alice Brown was built in 1881
and tho Boaz IN 1854. Both are in
good condition
The Avaloz win leave Memphis this
afternoon for Cincinnati and will
pass PAducah Friday.
The Thomas Parker passed ont Of
the Tennessee river this morning and
went TO Jopps to unload ties.
Captain W. ID. o'Neil. who has
been out west in the mining business,
has returned 10 Pittsburg. to stay.
The City OF Memphis arrived at s
o'clock yesterday afternoon and left at
. O'Clock for ST. Louis with an sx.
oeIlent trip.
The CITY Of Clifton passed mp Aast
night at O'Clock from 81. Louis to
Tennessee river with good passenger
and freight trip,
The Joe Fowler arrived from Evans
wills on time this morning aud made
connections with the Dick Fowler
This is the first ,l,no she has been IN
ON time in many weeks.
The loss to tho Relief. which was
sunk at Rising sun Thursday night,
Will b. about go. 200 The boat will
be raised. Her whole upper works are
wrecked. The hull and machinery
alone will be saved.
As the river reoedes the chanlsls
at all the shallow places cat out. and
so far none OF the packets has had
trouble or delays at the bars. Some
predict that there viii vet be a June
rise. and good packet water for some
time to come.
Captain Dan L. Thomas. IL il said.
will not receive cent OF insurance
on his lost towboar Jessie, because the
boat was only insured to navigate on
tho OHIO river. The boat burned TO
the waters edge while lying 1t Oak
Ridge, ON the Kanawha river.
Engineer Norris Shsllcross Of the
Harry Brown has been engaged TO take
charge OF the engine rooms OF the new
towboat Peter Spragae, being quill ~
Dubuque, Ia, by she Moaongahela
River Consolidated Coal and Coke
compsav. The sprague. which is
nearly completed, is the largest and
most powerful river towsoat in the
world.
The st. Loais and Tennessee River
Packet COMPANY has scared con-
tract to carry Uncle Sans mail be-
tween panville and Johnsonville, on
the Tennessee. IL being route with
twenty-six postoiiices GA it, to cover
which the small steamer now on the
ways at howard's is being built The
engines Of the late Will ]. Cummins
are to GO on the boat
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

It'll indeed pity that all the street
car lines, railways, water companies,
telephone systems and political parties
cannot be run to suit some Of the wise
champions of the people" but it
seems that they can't.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
FAME Is FLEETING.

Can you remember who ran
on the ticket with Cleveland
when Harrison was elected;
There are few who can, but
there are many who believe
an occasional adj is all that is
Necessary to keep the remem-
brance Of them fresh and
green in the public mind.
Mail Order Journal.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18


One little Girl had i've little dimes;
She had counted them over a good many
times.
And again and again she had left her play
To plan how TO spend them for Christmas
day.
For papa and mamma ana baby boy
Ard grandpa and grandma would all enjoy
Her little gifts a. much as a score
OF other presents that cost far more
-Four OF the dimes were Gun and old.
But one was shining and new. I'm tod:
Ard once the little rirl said @ friend;
This new one Il ainos; too pretty to
spend"
A. last the Christmas shorrirr was done;
The dimes were spent. yes. every one;
Ant Annette seemed the harpistt SRI alive
As she hurried hems villa her parcels iva
She had a seere; fer mothers ar.
- houEht arice present for papa dear.
And fer grandpa and grandma lad baby.
too:
But spent the shlrlest dime for your
Jessie L. hfltton. IN ~. Nicholas
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

In Paducah Cow can go into a
yard and help herself to what she
finds, which is more than a citizen can
do without getting arrested for steal
to.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

Illinois Democrats have declared
against two evils, Bryan and the
trusts Wonder how Mr. Bryan likes
TO be classed with the "octopusses ?"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

The postofiice business in the Unit
ed States is rapidly increasing The
REIMBURSEMENT of salaries shows in
creases in salary to 1880 postmasters
aggregating $3.50, 200. These increases
are based on increases in receipts and
the total reductions amount to only
s25, 500. Twenty-four offices OF the
second class will be advanced TO the
first class, and one hundred and ten
from the third to the second class.
The number of Offices in each class at
present are: First class, ego; secopd
class, 1925, third class, s,495. The
average Salary of postmaster will be
increased this year from Lar to sl,-
-aO
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
CUPID CUTS CAPERS
Reported Marriage Of a Paducah
Boy at Henderson,


Mr.. Frank Grinith' Dudley,- ot
Princeton. Ky. d.Miss. Nary .
Richards of Henderson, were married
in tine latter place yesterday. 49,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

A 'hourhi r. Inc stores
The builder frds u lying loose
Where. by design or not twas thrown.
And takes Il for his use,
He shapes n here and chissis there.
He pares u thin or cuta II square
To fi
TIE place Ms eye selects FOR =.
And A. tho mason laws tie wall.
The iarr,r builders thoughts are LAID.
He fnds them rough and shapes thsms
all
rntl. a. last. - made
The splendid structure men
Behold IN awe. and then.
Inns gining that God or Fate
Has favored him with special might
Or special talents 10 create
What he has found
Strcwn 81 around
Ard waiting 10 be used Alright
Thy call him great.
s.. v Kiser. IN Chicago IReort Herald
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

Distru.

Pull seemed 10 him the World Of sorrow.
And full OF weary cerk and care.
without a hope 20 giit tc-norrow.
With only suffering ana despair.
with riadncss passing Ike light
flashing across the space Of night.
And why, h. murmured, should this 10.
n He who dweiis IN mystery
Has any love for you al me7
Then. as hs heard a huii % weaving.
He saw a child below ne loom
watching the long ttryad's tireisss REV.
ing
Guessing the figure through the Room.
And seeing IN The shades fling
HIS fathers will accomplishing
oh. Of s1ch temper E' ne be-
We cried then; shaI ! more than he
From the wrong sldf he pattern sect
--Harsst Prescott sronord. IA n. Y. iads-
pendent.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
THE BEST PRESCRIPTION
FOR MALARIA

Chills and fever is bottle of Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic. Il is simply
iron and quinine ia tasteless form.
No cure, no pay. Price, so cents.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

Mr.. Harry Ekdohl, assistant cashier
In the Fulton bank. and Miss Helen
Louise Jones were married Mondaylat
the home of the bride in kosciusko
Miss.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
ICE CAVE.
ONE OF THE WONDERS OF
BRECKENRIDGE COUNTY.

Leitchheh. Ky, June ls--On John
Holmes farm. in the eastern Part Of
Breckenridge county, there is . cir
eular cave, where ice remains all sum-
mer. Years sgo, before ice was man
ufactured, people would come for
miles 10 procare ice for the sisk.
Great ieicles form during the winter,
and so large is this srozen mass that
the heat Of summer does not cause IL
to melt On approaching close to the
mouth Of the cave ON hot midsum-
mer day one is met by an Arctto
draught that chills to the marrow. So
great ls the difference Of temperature
that il Is dangerous to remain long in
the cave.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

Oh would they right come mack aEaln.
Those days befsre nv house was bare.
When little voices thrilled nay ears,
And little feet were on the stair
Sweet was the stir OF dear young life.
Ard sweet the cares n hrought mo then:
on. would that stir those blessed cares,
Were On my silent homoagainl
Or. would tlrese DAYS were back again.
when littlg hands ciung round my kns1s:
And little lips 10 mine were pressed
! feel thea strange these hours Of ease.
Now ara poor dwell alone.
And tot,er on through stranwest ways,
sun lonring FOR what never comes
The nfe ana love q other days.
REV. william Cowan, In Golden DAYS.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

The dog law is to be enforced in
Paducah. Those who are the happy
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

eAHNSNohs fh'tf eH' $780,
Robsrds of Henderson, were married
In tine latter place yesterday. .s.-
Mr. Harry Ekdohl, assistant cashier
in the Fulton bank. and Miss Helen
Louise Jones were married Mondayiat
the home of the bride in Kosciusko,
Miss.
Mr.. @. p. Guess Of kuttawa and
Miss Gertrude Cooper Of smithlsud,
were married MONDAY night by ESQ,
Alex Roberts at is'home in South
Fulton.
Jacob ". sessler, age 25, OF the
city, blacksmith, and Genia Wade,
Of the city. age'iG. have been licensed
to wed. Itwillimake the first mar
riage Of both.
Exalted Ruler VIM. iKraus will to-
day. in behalf Of Paducah ledge, tele.
graph congratulations to Grand Ex-
allied Ruler Picket aud wife, married
last evening in Louisville.
Yesterdays 81. Louis papers an
.nounce the marriage at Clayton, the
Grotna Green OF ST. Louis Of Jacob
". Young, Of 81. Louis, a barber. and
Miss Mollie L. Trowell OF Paducah,
Ky. The directory contains no such
name.
The marriage of Rev. Robert Wood
ward Barnwell, formerly rector Of
Grace Episcopal church here, to Miss
Melinda McBee Brunson OF Florence,
South Carolina, takes place tomorrow
morning at O'Clock in the 81. John 5
Episcopal church there
The marriage OF Miss Myrtle Ian
don to Mr.. Robert Logus took place
in Mayaeld this morning at the home
Of the bride st 10 O'Clock. and was
quite social event in the capital of
Graves The following were among
those from Paducah who attended:
Misses Msude and Ella Anderson,
Nora johnson, Elizabeth Carney, Nell
O'Nsill. Mrs. L. p Dix, and Mr..
Ed Gillen.
II was reported last night that Mr..
Jesse Baird, son of City weigher
Baird Of the city, was married at Hen
derson last night to Miss Frances "
Sechrsst Of the latter place. Mr.. Baird
recently went there TO locate. His
relatives, upon hearing the report, tele-
phoned him, and he claimsd it was
all joke, put mp ON him ~ some of
his friends, and that he had no intep-
ton of marrying.
Hon. Charles Z. Pickett, OF Wat
erloo, Ia, grand exalted m sr Of the
rehe'oHn' anu rio'eo'i'e Oiuei Vi
i-iA'' WINS mi '' Az '"s'
"'eni"s W "i'' mum Ai'A' "S"n'
NJ 'h" resHienoloi 'ne o'iu"s i's'eh's'
DIR. and Mrs Joseph Ryan. A recep-
tion at the residence followed the Ger.
emony, and Mr. and Mrs. Pickett left
for an extensive trip to the Pacific
coast, returning to salt Lake City,
"a national rauniCr.s ~ tho Elta
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

The city should go slow in the mat
ter OF abandoning Yeiser park. In the
first place, it is named after our pres.
ent worthy mayor, and we feel that
ON that account we could better take
care of it than the county. Another
thing is that we need il for our cows,
and desire to hold on to it until the
fate of the COW ordinance is learned.
II the cows are required to be kept
in there will be no use for Yeiser
park, and the city can then take the
necessary steps to unload it on the
county, to which 1t belongs.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18
weathcr-Wise.

II 1ies were always sunny
No cloud DER hin an plain e.
We'd miss that earthly pleasure
OF growing at the ralni
Wed never know one measure
OF happiness agaiul
No matter how they reason
There Is not any doubt
We need. In every season.
Something TO grOwl about
IT'S well the storm-clouds gather
And blot the sunshine outl
p L. stanton. In Atlanta consti-
rution.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

Observations taken at a. m. River
:. 8 on the gauge. no change in last %
hours. Wind south, n light breeze.
Weather, light rain and pleasant.
Rainfall in last "a hours a trace.
Temperature "a. Pell, Observer.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

4 Mr.. @. p. Guess Of Kuttawa and
Miss Gertrude Cooper Of Smithlsnd,
were married MONDAY night by ESQ.
Alex Roberts at his'home in South
Fulton.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

The marriage of Rev. Robert Wood
ward Barnwell, formerly rector OF
Grace Episcopal church here, to Miss
Melinda McBee Brunson OF Florence,
South Carolina, takes place tomorrow
morning at : O'Clock in the 81. John.
Episcopal church there
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

Jacob ". sessler, age 25, OF the
city, a blacksmith, and Genia Wade,
OF the city, age'l6, have been licensed
to wed. Itwilllmske the FIRST mar
riage Of both.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

Exalted Kuler VIM iKraus will to.
day, in behalf Of paducah lodge, tele.
graph congratulations to Grand Ex-
allied Ruler Picket aud wife, married
last evening in Louisville.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-18

Yesterdays 81. Louis papers an
.nounco the marriage at Clayton, the
Grotna Green OF ST. Louis, Of Jacob
W. Young, OF ST. Louis, barber. and
Miss Mollie Z. Trowell Of Paducah,
Ky. The directory contains no such
name.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-12
Sedgwick School Items.

We invite everyone to our Christmas
entertainment.
We have new supply of pencils and
steatite crayons.
Chloy Geiger has gone with her
mother to North Platte.
Sickness caused Doyle Epley to be
absent from school Monday of this
week.
klOyd StutZman is back in school
again and from what he says Sedgwick
suits him pretty we'll.
We will give an oyster supper at the
school house on Friday evening, De-
cember 10. Do not fail to come
Roy Stockham, who has been visiting
with his people south of Sterling for
the last two weeks. has returned to
school.
Clyde Epley has been collecting
money for the Christmos tree and has
been very successful. He has secured
the promise of over Sl4.00.
Ethel Hilbert will leave school this
week and start with her aunt for Las
Vegas, New Mexico, whcre she will
join her father who is spending the
winter there
Our school, assisted by the school in
district 6S, and by the Sunday school,
is preparing an entertainment to be
given on Christmas eve at the Sedg-
wick school house. We shall have a
tree and are planning to have a pleas
ant time. "A" Glass.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-12
Saved at Graves Brink

4 know | would long ago have been
in my grave, writes Mrs S II Newsom,
of Decatur, Alabama, If it had not
been for Electric Bitters. For three
years l suffered untold agony from the
worst forms of indigestion, waterbrash,
stomach and bowel dyspepsia. But this
excellent medicine did me world of
good. Since using it l can eat heartily
and have gained 35 pounds. For indi-
gestion, loss of.appetito, stomach, liver
and kidney troubles Electric Bitters
are a positive, guaranteed cure. Only
SOC at Mason & Lavelle's drug store.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-12
A COLD WAVE

The forecast of sudden changes in
the weather serves notice that a hoarse
voice and a heavy cough may invade
the sanctity of your own home. eau
tious people have a bottle of One Min
ute Cough Cure always at hand. f Fl
Wise, Madison, Georgia, writes: 4 am
indebted to One Minute Cough Cure
for my present good health, and proba-
bly, my life 1t cures coughs, colds,
la grippe, bronchitis, pneumonia, and
all throat and lung troubles. One Min
ute Cough Cure cuts the phlegm, draws
out the inflammation, heals and soOthes
the mucous membranes, and strength
ems the lungs. Mason & Lavelle.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-12
East Lincoln School Items.

East Lincoln School Items.
Examination makes us pale.
Katie Meineke was absent on Mon
day.
Esther Olson was absent Thursday
and Friday.
Velma Williams has been absent for
several days.
Claude and William Finley were alb
sent on Monday.
Cora Conyers was missed from school
last Wednesday.
Boys, you must not bring snow into
the school house.
We hope that the roll of honor may
be complete all this week.
Pleasant View is going to help us
with our Christmas program.
We had two callers Monday after
noon, but they did not stay long.
Two members of the ''C' spelling
class are gaining fast in head marks.
Charles Pebley, who has been over
on North river, returned to school on
Monday.
Miss Holden was taken sick We'd
nesday morning and had to leave
school. Lois Miller and May Ball
taught in her place.
Busy Bees"
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-12
4 New Remedy

Tie old friends of Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy will be pleased to know
that the manufacturers of that prepa-
ration have gotten out Il new remedy
called Chamberlain Stomach and
Liver Tablets, and that it is meeting
with much success in the treatment Of
constipation, biliOusnesS, sick head
ache, impaired digestion and like dis
orders. These tablets are easier to
take and more pleasant in effect than
pills, then they not only move the bow
els, but improve the appetite and cor
rect any disorders of the stomach and
liver. For sale by G. Lavelle, drug
gist.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-12
FoiIs a Deadly Attack

MY wife was so i'll that good physic-
ianS were unable to help her. writes
NJ M Austin, of Winchester, Indiana,
but was completely cured by DR. Kings
New Life Pills. They work wonders
in stomach and liver troubles. Cure
constipation. sick headache. 25c at
Mason & Lavelle's drug store.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-12
Strayed

From our ranch on section 22-9-44
IN Philips county, Colorado, steers
branded ss on right side. Liberal re-
ward will be paid for information in
regard to same
j. B. Allen & Son,
Holyoke, Cole.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-12
OFFICE OF
TOWN TREASURER.
Julesburg, Cololorado,
November 2S, 1902.

Notice is hereby given that will re-
deem at my Office in Julesburg all town
warrants numbered as follows:
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-12

Interest will cease on above war
rants after December 81, 1902.
b. A. Vaughan,
Town Treasurer.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-12
NOTICEOf REDEMPTION
COUNTY WARRANTS.

OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER,
SEDGwICk COUNTY. COLORADO,
November %, 1902 J
Notice is hereby given that l will
redeem at my Office in JuleSburg
county warrants numbered as follows:
No. Date Of Issue. iniOu,,t
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-08
NEW PEST CAUGHT
At RIGHT TIME

Two grasshoppers which arrived in
Honolulu on the steamship China have
been causing much trouble to AgriCul-
tural Commissioner Wray Taylor and
Professor Perkins entomologist, and
have incidentally made the agricultural
department grateful for cooperation in
it's work from the customs bureau. The
grasshoppers are of a remarkable va
viety, larger than those in Hawaii, and
are valued as pets because they Sing"
They are not able to compete with
nightingales and canaries, but they
keep busy, and emit a sound that is
between the chirp of a cricket and a
whistle.
The grasshoppers came in a small
box about six inches square, in the pos
session of a Japanese woman passen-
ger, The box contained a lot of green
grass for the insects to feed on. When
the customs officers saw the box they
thought of Oriental insect pests, and
promptly separated the Jap from her
pets, They held the box of chipping
grasshoppers and telephoned to Wray
Taylor, who FASTENED to the wharf to
see what the insects were. After look
ing at them Taylor telephoned to Per-
kins, and Perkins came to have look
as well. After examining the grass
hoppers Perkins said that they were
harmless, and the pets were turned ov-
er to their owner. They sang regular
ly while being looked at.
They are something between a
grasshopper and a beetle" said Taylor,
land are valued by the Japanese as
pets. They will never be released by
their owner anyhow, but if they were
they would do no harm.
1--WE are very grateful to the customs
people for notifying us as they did. If
they will help us in this way, the Ter
ritory may be saved from an invasion
of pests that might do great injury"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-08
TOUCHING VARIED TOPICS.

At a family reunion in Indiana there
was one man present who had seen six
generations of kinSmen-and still had
IS in his pocket that hadn't been Dor
rOWed.-St. Louis Globe Democrat
Mr.. Lawson has found the sea and
the land against him-the first as to
yachts and the second as to horses.
But there is plenty of room up above.
Why not try airships ?-New York
World.
Jim Pigg of Kansas is said to have
been arrested for drinking two quarts
of whisky in an insufficient time. Kan
sas being a Prohibition state, it seems
that Mr.. Pigg ought to have his name
changed to the adult form.-Standard
IN. " Post-Standard.
The masters of the United States are
in convention in Milwaukee. 1t is en-
tirely appropriate that large share Of
the program should be taken up with
hops.-Toledo Blade.
A Chicago man is being sued for $780,
900 by woman who claims that he at
tempted to kiss her. II is frightful to
think of what her claim might have
been had he ucceeded.-Denver Post.
John Mitchell betrays unmistakable
symptoms of being the ablest, the san
est, and the most honorable labor lead
er that ever made his appearance in
ten United States.-Detroit Free Press.
Here is a chance for the Pullman
company to get some new unpro-
nounceable names for it's cars If it will
look over the list of the Prince of
SLAMS suite that Is coming to this
country.-Atlanta Journal.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-08
Ayers Hair vigOr

There's pleasure in Offering to you
sucha preparation while you will GER
tainly feel a sense of security in using
something that others have used for
half century.
Do not be deceived by cheap imita-
tions which will only disappoint you.
Make sure that you get the genuine
Ayers Hair Vigor.
Prepared by Or. &c. Aver Co.. Lowell Mass, USA.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-08
PROPHECY ABOUT AMERICA.


Prophecies, even when the prophets
are politicians, sometimes come true.
Here is a notable Gladstone utterance
which we can now look back upon as
quite prophetic. Speaking or writing
twenty-five years ago of the menace
which, in the prospective development
of her resources, America offers to the
commercial pre-eminence of England"
the grand old man" predicted that
America, and American alone, "can,
and probably will, wrest from us that
commercial primacy. We have no title,
l have no inclination, to murmur at
the prospect. If she acquires it, she
will make the acquisition by the right
of the strongest; but, in this instance,
the strongest means the best. She will
probably become what we are now, the
head servant in the great household
of the world, the employer of all en-
ployed; because her service will be the
most and ablest. We have no more til
tie against her than Venice, or Genoa,
or Holland has had against us"