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log mother Is The most prse'rrs pee
session any boy a aAye. A 50
of all. in his case he r.
.,-sAa'. t4s :
o Of persona / tng'c l. e-
lsg mother who rosd, TIE tory Of
Samuel longs 10 have her prayers
similarly answered Let 81 such learn
Saa, a mothers pgays.s lF ~'ae
only % as she is right. Her charac-
er l'es " the % {
Many a mothers prayers are bindered
because her boy sees that she does not
live up to them. The careful reading OF
these carly chapters Of l Samuel shows
Hannah 6 woman Of sweet aud loving
disposition. She was temperate (l:l5);
she was regular in her attendance at
DIVINE service, being present at every.
feast (l;S, 81; she was above all low
ing,-toward her God first and fore
most, .aer toward her husband, her
children, and even toward the nasty
and quarrelsome peninah.
The praying mothers prayers have
lavue (2) if her prayers are right.
The best outcome Of a righteous char
acter will be right praying. Her pray
ers we're regular, offered Systematically,
s'year by year. and no doubt much
%oftener; they we're earnest, expressing
the burning desire of her heart timely
and practical for she solemnly dedics-
ted him to holy service before his
birth. The praying mothers prayers
have value (3) when her conception Of
God is right. Hannah bad, fof her
time, a slngularly exalted conception
of God. Read her song in the second
chapter. God was in her estimation
greatly exalted above the one she loved
on earth, her husband 1:e-10) He
controls, she believed, the practical
affairs of life, bestowing riches and
honor, answering the prayer Of the
humblest. Let all praying parents
then, see in the boyhood Of Samuel
the secret OF successful praying tor
children. Right character before God,
right prayer TO God, aud right concep-
ton OF God.
II. Samuel as an Example Of Prayer.
The heart Of the lesson shows
Samuel in the holy OF boiies commune
ing with God. His mothers prayers
were most effective ia making him a
praying boy, What she had chosen
for him he 0 learned to choose for
himself. He was prayerful and relig-
ious first OF all because he chose to be.
Thus early in life he learned the value
Of elesr-cut decision for the right.
May the thousands Of boys who read
his life follow his examplcl The Chris
tan life begins with, and consists in
definite choice Of God aud good as
against Satan and evil. Every dag the
admoniIioa is 10 be repeatedly oOeyed
"Choose ye tins day whom ye viii
serve Samusl's prayeriulness Is a
further Example IN that he cultivated
the heanng ear. Though he did at
first mistake it Tor Ei's, the great
polut is-he heard the voice. The
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fourth time God got the answer he

touttu tim0 NOu BOt tuc answer ne
wanted.
Alasl he has called many of us moi
tour, but four thousand times without
receiving any answer. Now the besI
thing we can do is to get into onr holy
of holies, the hearts inmost recess,
and there pray until we learn to know
Gods voice. Though we may have to
run to some good Eli for help as to
how we should answer, let Us first OF
all, for ourselves, learn to hear the
voice! But Samuel's prompt obedience
is the best part of his example. At
the very first call bis ''Here am T.
keeps time TO the rapid beat Of bis
willing feet as he uns to Eli. How
clearly the New Testament teaches
obedience as the first step into the
Christian life. Do you realize that the
gospel commands all men everywhere
to repentP
Obedience is the only real hearing.
"Do yon hearP'' says the mother.
yes" you reply, but standing still.
''Well, lfyou hear, then go, obey, and
show that you hear" So let everyone
who would follow Samuel's example
run swiftly to obey the call to repent
ance which he already has heard.
III. Samuel SIS sa Incentive to Prayer.
This is a lesson by contrast. Chap.
2:22-26, undoubtedly means to place
the wickedness OF ElT's sons in sharp
autithesis to Samuel's increasing piety
and popularity. II Eli had prayed
over his boys as Hannah prayed yer
Samuel, probably he would not have
had such trouble with them in later
life. He does rebuke their sin, but
they do not heed him (2.22). How
sad a picture of disappointed old agel
His sons forbidden to succeed him IN
the sacred Office, their death predicted,
and the priesthood even wrested from
his family Perhaps the greatest secret
of Ellis failure with his boys was this,
he began TO Iatel Hannah's example
should ever be the model ia ChristiaH
parents. Let the very earliest rm-
pressious be holy and prayerful, en-
forced by loving admonition and q
holy life, that the sunse OF your boys
life may be like the golden close OF
.Samuel's, and not like the unhallowed
end of Hophni and Phlnehas.
Teaching Points:
Verse 6. Gods call to each soul is
personal. He knows your
name. and calls it, as well as
Samuel's. His call is also re-
peated,-thank God for the
ssYet again.
Verse Z. Samuel's ignonrance of the
Lord was not like that Of
Hophni and Phinebas (2:12).
HIS was the ignorance Of in
complete revelation theirs
of wilfnl rebellion.
Verse g.. Perceiving the Lords cal.
for another is easier oftimei
than hearing and obeying Il
for oneself.
Verse 8. "Spesk Lold"-and how
gladly God does it when h,
once gets our hearts open
Prayer Is as much letting Coo
talk to US as it is talking t.
God.
Verse IL. Tingling ears are the i'm
mediate result of hearing ears
Verse IL. Marx well the sure per
Torrance Of all that God ha.
promised, Of good and evil
''from the beginning ever
unto end.n
Verse l3. Gods description of a sin
full life,-(R. VI "Did brinI
a curse upon themselves"
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RnAp rHIs.

Neosho, Mo-, July %, 1sO1.-I have been
for twenty years q sufferer from kidney
and bladder trouble; have not been able
to do any work for several years The
Texas Wonder, Hali's Great Discovery,
has cured me, and now | I'm able to do
all my work. Auyonein need Of a kidney
medicine will find this to be the cheapest
on earth, for / have tried them all.
l,11m1 W. A. DAVIS.
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WINE o. cARDul
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
December a., BIZ Rev. Raymond J.
Davies,

Decemoer H. " hel' hayihOhu -
paYies,
THE ROY SAMUEL Samuel 3:6-14.
Golden rgxt,-Spess Lord, for thy
Servant heareth. / Samuel 3 8.
The Lesson S,ory-Eksnsb, the
father OF Samuel, came Of the priestly
tribe OF Levi, lived in q little town OF
Ephriam, and was very regular IN his
annual visits 70 the sacrsa fa~heraacle
at Shiloh. OF his two wives, he loved
Il ga though chiidless, more than
Peninah who had horne him q large
family. As us1al polvgamy produced
its owD irui, Of domestic strife and
confusion. Psrirah tock every oppor-
tunity to make life miserable for Han
nah, iannliag E @gcially on her
b%srrenuess. Her ie was particularly
aroused Nbpu. ~ IRA snprsl visi. 10
Shiloh Ekstlsa gave Hannah the
largest and h--- ra-'iou OF me sacrI-
fetal NEST, leaving Only the second
choice for herself and children. Que
year, after an nuosuaig unpleasant
time with Pepi77h Hanaah, unable to
eat, arose, left the table aud entered
the tabernacle - weep and pray. OF.
course, only one petition can be offer
ed, that she tht have s male child.
Old Eli, the Priest, seeing her lips
move, bul hearing ~ Tord naturally
supposed her to be drunk as n result
Of the feast, panuaR replies, and at
once eonvlnces him otherwise, Where
upon the Priest makes Q prayer that
her petition map &c granted. IL.
course Of time thst prsyer is answered,
and Samuel is born. No sooner is he
weaned than Eannah takes steps to
redeem her vow "to give him 10 the
Lord all the days Of his life. The
child samuel is left in the tabernacle
with Eli The Priest, where he spends
his early years in learning sacred du-
ties We have no aiat Oh lhe age Of
Samuel at the time Of our lesson but
in all probability so was p OF 10 YEARS
of age about lhe time at which Jesus
himself received in the temple his first
call 10 divine sa.vioe. Samuel evil
IDENTITY slept 10 ne hoiy OF bolles,
where The ark OF God was and The
lamp Of God burned. (cbap. S:8).
Here IN the stiffness Of the night be
hears bis name called and promptly
answers Here am t. as he runs With
all haste TO report himself to Eli.
The old Priest himself does not at first
seem TO suspect iae real nature of the
call. Not indeed, until the voice
ONT s third lime does he instruct
Samuel how to answer God. The
fourth time, that the divine cail comes
Samuel replies, "Speak, for thy ser.
want heareth.n COD now reveals 10
Samuel The judgment which has been
prosouuced against Ell ard his house
because of the w%ickedness of the
Pr two sons, iiophnl and Phiue-
has.
The Lesson Meanng-Prayer and
IL uaasHce h lhe central topic Of oer
Lesson. while samuol is the central
person. 10 relation % him, however,
we Fave oiher persons so closely con
necgd that we eauuot afford 70 over
hos fnem. iisouah, samuel's mother
and Eii ne tutors With his Two WICKED
sors. Wtth these " yIewz the fol
mesning of NJ son cores cut as Va
cpnsidsr salpqsl as () 4 product o
PRAYER, (2D as an exnmpig q p aye.
and (al AZ aq lei eragfr
I saunel as 'eet os Payer.
0eAid- 81 ~erssaal religion, q pray
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-21
Butler Opening Friday.

The links of the Butler Golf Club viii
be formally opened next Friday afternoon.
when the members Will compete for six
prizes presented by Charles Mayer & Co.
and Saks & Co. There are a first, second
and third prizes for the young women.
and the like number for the men. The
former firm has given some clubs for the
two first honors, also balls for the third
best Saks & Co. has presented some balls
for second prizes.
Play viii begin at o'clock and the two
tournaments will be at eighteen holes each.
Those members who have golfed for sew
eral years have decided not to participate
in the games, but coach the novices and
watch them fight for championship hOnors.
The Butler course was informally opened
a week ago last Monday. and since that
daily. OF these, Paul Guffin and Mark
Brown seem TO be showing the best form.
Among the young women Misses neTna
Meade Richey and Cordelia Butler
are playing the best golf.
Miss j. Anna Carpenter. captain OF the
club. said yesterday, concerning the cOnoi-
ton of the course. Since the informal
opening the links have not been IN good
condition because of the lack Of rain. The
showers yesterday have softened the turf,
so tomorrow all the putting greens Will
be hand rolled The fair greens are 10 be
moved 100 feet wide which will be great
improvement TO the course. 1 hope TO have
the links in very good shape by Friday"
Entries for the events will close tO-mOr-
row. Following are the names OF the men,
bers who have already entered: Misses
Charlotte Powell Cordelia Butler, Ethel
Wright, Verna Richey, Dora Campbell,
Essie Hunter, Kitty Layman. John Nit
chell. Charles McElroy. Paul Gufhn, Herold
Mauzy, Cleo Hunt. Mark Brown, Wayne
Parker and Roy Adney.
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SHAW IN SHIRT SLEEVES.
A Type of American Whom the Brit
ons VIII Know Better.
Salt Lake Tribune.

Salt Lake Tribune.
1t is we'll known that our new secretary
OF the treasury. Hon. Leslie NJ Shaw, OF
Denison, Ia, is a self-made man who used
to sell trees in the Western country, and is
so little ashamed of that fact that he re-
fers to it with no embarrassment Then
he was a struggling lawyer and banker;
and while he is now what New England
people might call "forehanded," he is far
from being rich. At all events, he wears
the same hOmely side whiskers OF his early
years and the same shapeless shoes but
his head is large and clear and his heart
warns with the fire Of patriotism and
friendship.
Thus it does not matter, and could not
matter in a thousand years. what the ed
itors of English papers say OF Uncle Leslie
They may call him statesman in his
shirt sleeves. but We notice that that is an
exact picture of Uncle Sam himself when
he prepares himself for the fray: for
whether IL is an industrial or military con-
quest in which he engages it is all the
same. Shirt sleeves are none too good for
him 10 fight in, and they are good enough
for him TO be victorious in. IL Uncle Leslie
Shaw were in truth statesman in his
shirt sleeves il would be so much the better
for him. He would be still more a type of
our fine, sensible. patriotic and pugnacious
gentleman OF the Western country who can
distinguish right from wrong and are not
afraid TO call spade a spade.
Hurrah for Leslie III. Shaw, secretary of
the treasury and statesman in his shirt
sleeves, He typifles the patriotic temper of
our Western people and the financial genius
OF our time. Let the London editors con-
template that the financial center of the
world has moved across the Atlantic to the
Yankee country almost in a night. Let
them remember that Uncle Leslie Shaw, of
Denison Ia. is our secretary of the treas
ury and that he knows his business. His
is a place of power Ii is also a place OF
knowledge. and even the British editors
will in time learn 10 respect him.
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"Three IL League.

DAVENPORT, Ia, May @.-Terre Haute
had a batting rally in the tenth and won
the game. Score:
RHE
Davenp'rt o 0 0 0 o 0 0 % /
Terre Hte 0 0 0 o o % 5
Batteries-McCord and Shannon; Scott
and Starnagle.
CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia, May 20.-Burchett
pitched a fine game to-day and the field
ing OF the locals was ragged. Score:
Cedar Rapids o 0 0 o. 4
Evansville e. 0 l l l l. 5 0
Batteries-Mnler and Evers; Burchett
and Siester.
ROCK ISLAND. Ill. May 2c.-Blooming-
ton punched hits in the eighth and won.
Score:
Rock Island . 0 o 0 0 0 o % 4
Bloomingt'n 0 0 l o 0 IS 2
Batteries-Smith and Williams; Barker.
Brown, McGreevy and Corners.
ROCKFORD, H.. May 20-Decatur was
no match to-day for the heavy-hitting
locals. Score:
RHE
Decatur 80 0 OI0 l-37 5
Rockford ......0 0 lis IS 4
Batteries-Magill. Abbott, Dickey and
Schrewbridge; Simonton and Thiery.
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Minnesota Beat. Notre Dame.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi. May 20.-The
University OF Minnesota to-day turned the
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DOINGS OF THE GOLFERS
COUNTRY CLUB CHANGES ITS
TROPHY CONTEST RULES.
f. v. Lemons Challenge Has Been
Accepted-Butler Course Opening
ON Friday-GoIf News.

The special feature at the Country Club
links next Saturday will be the spring ham
dicap tournaments The women are TO
golf for the Lockard-Miller cup and the
men for the Nebeker trophy. Both COM
petitions will be at eighteen holes, the
handicaps TO be limited TO eighteen strokes.
Play will begin at 2:3O o'clock The Lock-
ard-Miller and the Nebeker cups were pre-
scented four years ago with the object that
they be played for twice a year, and each
prize become the property OF the person
winning il three times. Mr.. Burford, chair
man of the greens committee. said yester-
day that this clause has been changed.
Players who have won the cups heretofore
will contest on Saturday. and the woman
who carried off first honors this time.
whether or not il be the third time she has
won the tournament, becomes the perma-
nent possessor of the Lockard-M Miller tro-
ply. This also is true concerning the Ne
beker cup. The competitors for the Lock-
Miller prize, and the number OF times
each has won it, are as follows: Mrs. II.
S. New, twice; Mrs. +. II. Burford. once;
Miss Florence Coffin, once; Mrs. A. Co
burn, once; Mrs. "A. T. Perry, who won IL
three years ago, has withdrawn.
Those of the Nebeker cup are: George
Catterson, twice; Parker Boyce, j. K.
Sharpe and Z. H. Burford and II. II. How
land.
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killen Kept Hits Scattered and
kuhns Batted weII-MinneapoIis
Drubbed by Columbus.
American Association Standing.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. May 20.-The In
dianapolis baseball team took the third
straight from Clingman's men to-day by a
score OF 10 l, in what was, on the part
OF the locals. one of the worst exhibitions
of ball ever seen on a Milwaukee diamond
The visiting team played good ball during
the entire nine innings, neither the error
of O'Brien in the second nor that of Coul-
ter in the fifth resulting in runs. Umpire
Haskell was so badly off in his decisions
that he had first one team and then the
other calling him names for showing par
TALLY. He was as badly off in his de-
cisions on the bases as he was in balls and
strikes, but, even if he had favored the
locals. it would not have won the game
for them, as their base-running was mis-
cradle, their fielding worse and altogether
it was a poor exhibition of what is called
the national sport. Killen, of Indiana polls
of Indianapolis, pitched a good game, and
held the locals safe when hits in the five
last innings would have met runs. Elliott
for Milwaukee, gave but two bases on
balls and struck out one batter, but his
support was enough to dishearten any
pitcher. The visitors three runs in the
second inning were the result of a double
by Coulter and singles by Hogriever and
Kuhns, with a base balls presented to
Kilen. Kuhns and o Brien led in batting
Attendance, 300. Score:
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BELL COMPANY DEFEATED.
Loses It's First Legal Battle with In
dependent Telephone Companies.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, May 20.-The Bell Tele-
phone Company has lost it's first legal bat
tie with tie independent telephone COM
panies. The Western Electric Company,
Bell concern, asked the Federal Court of
the Eastern District Of Pennsylvania to en-
Join the Keystone Telephone Company
from using a switchboard upon which the
Bell people claimed a patent. 1t was the
first open and direct attack which the Bell
telephone people undoubtedly contemplate
making from now on against the growing
power OF the independent companies. Judge
Dallas has just denied a preliminary in
junction.
An examiner in the Patent Office who
has had long years OF experience in electri-
eel apparatus. speaking of the decision of
Judge Dallas, said to-day that undoubtedly
from this time on the Independent compa-
MES would resist wherever possible the on
slaught of the Bell people against them;
that the decision was OF very great moment
10 the independent companies IL gave
them the right to use multiple switch boards
for telephone exchanges, upon which pat
ents were about expiring or had expired.
The examiner in question said that the
growing power Of the independent tele-
phone companies throughout the United
States was looked on by the Bell telephone
people as a menace to their interests and
from now on they would harass wherever
possible the independent telephone compa-
MES by diSsuading subscribers from US
ing the Independent companies lines
AS a matter of fact, the examiner stated,
the independent telephone companies have
more exchanges and telephones in use in
the United States to-day than the Bell
companies, and as they are backed by local
capital and local sentiment their advent
into fields heretofore controlled exclusively
by the Bell people is looked upon by the
latter with grave concern
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Baseball Notes.

Bill Clark, formerly one of the catchers
of the Washington club. but who was sus-
pended early in the season for failure TO re-
port for duty, will again join the club. Ar
rangements TO this end were made yester-
day.
Mike" Donlin. who is serving a term in
the Baltimore jail for assault. signed a
contract yesterday TO play with the Gin
cinnati National League team. Ii is eX-
pected that efforts TO secure his pardon
will prove successful Should he be obliged
TO serve the full term for which he was
sentenced, he will not be able TO join the
Cincinnati club until very late in the sea-
son.
1t was rumored last night in Chicago
sporting circles that James A. Hart, the
present manager of the Chicago National
League ball team, had purchased the in
terests of John r. Walsh and Al Spaulding
in the club These two men were the two
largest stockholders, and together con-
trolled sixty-four one-hundredths of the
stock. Hart owns eight-one-hundredth