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Milford chronicle., 1903-03-20

her said, Little one. come here; will
undress you" He got out a wooler
shirt and used it for her nightgown
Then she looked up in her sweet, innO-
rent way and said: Now l must say
my prayers. Who will say them tO?''
This was harder proposition for the
men to solve than the other. At last
one miner said, Come, my darling, and
say your prayers to me-" When the
little one knelt, the tears came yelling
out of the miners eyes. He pushed
her off as he said, "No, my little one;
am not good enough for you to say
your prayers to me-" Another miner
Iried it. He broke down. At last the
little girl knelt by her bunk. When
she commenced to pray the old prayer
Now lay me down to sleep,
pray the Lord my soul to keep
and ended up that prayer with the
plea that God would bless the good
men who were looking after her, there
was not dry eye in that cabin. Many
Of those rough. stalwart men, through
that child's example, were led to give
their hearts to God As Il result of
that little girls visit these rough min
ers built a church. They brought to
that church Il minister The minister
declared that in all his life he never
preached to a more impressionable au-
dience than those rough men, who had
been brought into touch with that little
child prayer
You assert that that childs gospel
influence is the exception? l know it
is not. l know that a man never on .
earth comes as near TO heaven as when
his little baby boy or girl kneels by his
side and i'll trust and love says a baby's
evening prayer God pity the man
who never knew that joy! God forgive
he father who has dulled his ear so
IS not to hear such message, who has
blinded his eyes to shut out such
light, which in angelic form can come
o him in bare feet. rObed in a little
White nightgOwn. Brother. do not tell
ne that NaassOn's childhood was vast
ID years. DO not for moment sup
'Ose that although you may be an ordi-
ary man living an ordinary life in an
rdinary home your little cradle had
10 gospel significance in the lives OF
our Christian parents.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-20
TALMAGE
SERMON
By Rev.
FRANK DE WITT TALMAGE, DID,,
Pastor Of Jefferson Park Presby-
terian Church, Chicago

Chicago, March 10. - How much OF
real herOlsm and true nobility are dis
played in ordinary, inconspicuous lives
is shown by Rev Frank De Witt Tai
mage in this sermon on the text Mat
thew /, 4, "And NaassOn begat Sal
mon"
Why did Thomas Carlyle entitle one
Of his books Heroes and Hero WOr-
shipT" He knew that the vast major
ity Of the human race loved to study
the lives of its great men and women.
Most people are BOswels, bOwing be-
fore some JOhnsOnian shrine. We want
to see the hero as Il divinity, a prophet,
a priest, n man of letters or a king.
What Dante or Shakespeare or Luther
or Rousseau or Burns or Cromwell or
Napoleon was in public and private
life has for most of us an absorbing in
terest We are not. as a rule, over
wrought with excitement when we
come in touch with a seeming no
body" but we will travel far to sit at
the feet of a great orator or to clasp
hands with Goethe or a Victor Hugo
or to see one whose dictum may intiu-
ence the destiny Of a nation
We do well to honor the transcendent
genius and to take an intense interest
in the characteristics of the great man,
but we ought not to overlook the heroic
elements in ordinary lives. There are
men among US. incOnspicuous and un-
known. who are living valiant lives,
overcoming the evil within them and /
around them and exercising a benef- /
cent influence on their own contracted .
circle. These are men who, if a great
crisis came or a great opportunity
opened, would achieve fame. but with
out it will die unhOnored save by the
few who know them we'll 1t is such
men l would hold up for your admira-
ton today, and l choose at random as
an illustration of the class an obscure
name from a genealogical table.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-20

you may think your domestic life does
not amount to much. You may say II
consists mostly in sewing dresses for
the babies and cooking meals and pet
ting the little ones when they are hurt
and reading the Bible to the children
before they go to bed. But I want to
tell you that in the light of this his
tory of NaassOn you have a mighty, a
tremendous work upon your hands
You may be the mother or the grand
mother of a boy who will yet proclaim
the gospel of Jesus to the furthermost
parts of the world. You may be rock
ing in your daughters cradle a future
Frances E. Willard, Florence Night
ingale or Frances Ridley Havergal.
Am l going beyond my right IN too
much emphasizing the infinite influence
of a humble home? Were not nearly
all our great men born in a cottage in
stead of n palace? Have not nearly
all our great men laid at their humble
mothers feet the credit for all their
success? What said Thomas H. Ben
ton. the great Missouri senator. when
--N 'tt' 0NAAf NAAAAs a oHCNNn III 4NtM
York city? My mother asked me nev-
er to use tobacco, and l have never
touched it from that day to this. She
asked me never to gamble, and l never
learned to gamble. When l was seven
years of age, she asked me never to
drink. l made resolution of total alb /
stinence. That resolution have never .
broken. And now, whatever honor l /
may have gained, I owe it all to my
mother" What says John Adams?
All that | am l owe to my mother"
What says James A. Garfield? He says
nothing, but his actions speak louder
han words. We see that his first act
lfter having taken the oath of office as
PRESIDENT of the United States was to
can over and with smiling lips. under
owing eyes, kiss the withered lips OF
lis old mother When Garret A. Ho-
art was about to take the oath of Of
ice as president elect in the senate
hamber, | saw President McKinley's
yes wander up to the gallery wherein
at the one who gave him birth. and
e bowed his reverence and love % his
Id mother.
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The Mothers Heart.

Henry Ward B2echer once said that
''the mothers heart is the child's school
/ ROOM" 1t is more than that: it is the
very heart of the child's mental. moral
and spiritual existence All. woman,
called mother; all, man, called father.
do not say that your humble life in a
humble home amounts to naught
When you rock the cradle, you are
rocking the centuries. Your boys. YOUR
girls, may yet become mighty men and
women for God and for the betterment
of the world, because you are now
starting them right. They may be
preaching and living the love of Christ
among the earth's sinful men long aft
er your earthly work is done and you
have gone to your heavenly reward.
Again. Naasson's life impresses me
with the fact that the greatest of earth
" works are accomplished by ordinary
people. Here and there in the long list
of genealogical names which are re-
corded in the first chapter of Matthew
there is a prominent man, but four
hfths Of them-aye, nine-tenths of them
are names as humble as that of Mas
sons. Thus we find that everywhere
the vast bulk of the worlds work is
done by the Ordinaries and not by the
eXtraordinaries. Why? Because there
are but few eXtraordinaries and thou
sands upon thousands and millions up-
on millions Ordinaries. When you stand
by the grave of Christopher Wren in
st. PauPs cathedral of London. you
read his epitaph thus: If you wish to
see my monument. look about yOu."
But when | look about St Paurs cathe- +
iral | see in the stones of every wall
md the dovetailing of every crevice
he work of hundreds and thousands of
lands horny with toll as well as in the
complete building the white. soft fin
,ers of the great architect who there
les buried. | see the humble labOrers
igSing the foundations; | see the hum
lie masOns rearing the walls: | see the
tumble carpenters lifting the scaffold-
lgs; | see the crowd collect about the
oor, bruised. mangled body of the
whose foot misstepped and
those brains were dashed out upon the
round beneath when he fell from that
igh scaffOlding. Aye. see Naassons.
umble Naassons. everywhere in life!
hey have builded the pyramids; they
ave lifted the dome of st. Peters and
le TAI Mahal; they have worked on !
lie farms and swept out the stores and :
ed in the soldiers trench. 1t is the J.
'cumulatiOn of the work of the OBJ !,
ure individuals in this world which
IS made this old earth what it is;
erefOre, my brother, do not say that
'ur life's work is useless because it is J.
II
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-10
IMPROVEMENTS on THE WABASH.
Extensive Plans in Central Illinois to
BE Carried Out.

The entrance of the F'risco-Rock Island
interests into the Wabash's Central I!l1-
nois territory has apparently had an effect
upon the latters plans for Improvement.
which, taken w from time to time, have
ing to officials Of the road, this spring and
summer will see large amount of ;=..-
prcyement in the Chicago-St. Louis line
The thirteenth district of the middle g.
vision, Decatur to st. Louis, which in
cludes 1924 miles Of main line, is to he
gone over thoroughly. This Is at present
one of the most crowded divisions in the
system. and much of 1t is to be Sract:-
cally rebuilt to meet the demands of in
creased traffic,
Estimates and details OF the various por-
tons have been prepared and officially APP
proved, but are not yet contracted for. En-
Eineers have been engaged for several
months in their line Of work and have COM
pleted the plating. 1t is said that a por-
ton at least of the work will be inar-u-
rated this spring.
FL ". Merriweather of Decatur. general
roadmaster: J. K. Howard of Decatur, resi-
dent engineer. and T. NJ. Strain of SPRING
field, superintendent Of the bridge and build
ing department., were in Edwardsviile yes
terday on preliminary tour Of inspection.
Among the improvements authorized are
the following: From Edwardsville Junction
to Poag, Al miles OF track will be rebuilt in
order to eliminate the heavy curves: from
Edwardsville Junction north to Carpenter,
sc miles of track is to be raised and Car
penter Hill, one of the steepest grades on
the line, Is to be lowered. much as Body
Hill was cut down Last year. All the wood
en- bridges and tresties are to be torn away
and replaced with concrete arch bridges.
The work Is all to be done in such man.
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DEPPLER TO ARRIVE TO-DAY
WITH JOHN J. RYAN'S BOOKS
United states Marshall Will Make NO
Payments Until All DepOs-
ftOrs Are Heard From.

United States Marshal Morsey said yes
terday that he expected o. w. Deppler back
from Cincinnati to-day with the books OF
the John J. Ryan Company, which were re-
moved to that city when the concern sus-
pended payment.
AS soon as they arrive the clerical force
will be put to work. under the Marshars
supervision, getting the accounts Of depos-
itors in shape for the settlement in the
United States bankruptcy court.
Marshal Morsey said yesterday that not
one cent will be paid to depositors until he
is assured that Ryan's proposition to pay %
per cent can be accomplished.
To this end he will not mail any checks
until every depositor whose name appears
on the books as having a claim against
Ryan is heard from.
II at that time the amount of money in
the Marshars custody is not sufficient to
pay Is per cent of every claim, he will pay
none but make a statement of the situation
dispose of the matter as 1t sees fit.
Many depositors have already sold .,r as
signed their claims to spectators, and this
will increase the difficulty OK discovering
who the bona-fide claimants are.
The Marshal says the man who presents
a certificate Of deposit, or hundred of
them, will be recognized as the claimant.
whether the original claimant lost. sud or
otherwise disposed of 1t.
most as large as that of promoter of a
| "get-rich-Qufck'' scheme. Letters come from
| ali parts Of the country, most of them con-
| taining instructions to mail a check for the
S-rer-te nt compromise which they agree to
accept.
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FURNITURE TRADE IMPROVES.
Chicago Dealer Addresses st
Louis Board on Expositions.

p. D. Francis Of Chicago addressed the
ST. Louis Furniture Board of Trade on
Furniture Expeditions: Their Benefits to
the Manufacturer. to the Buyer and to the
City" at the regular monthly meeting Of
the board at its quarters. No. ITO North
Eighth street, last night.
H J. Kentnor, chairman of the Freight
Committee, reported that rates on furni-
ture between st. Louis ard Southeastern
points are very favorable now. He recon- :.
mended St Louis furniture dealers taking
advantage of the Southeastern market
There has been no improvement, he said
in the car and locomotive shortage.
that the State Legislature pass Senate hill
No ~ known as the bulk bill, and recon-.
mendlns H. N. Davis Of the Smith Davis
Manufacturing Company Tor the City Coun.
on the death Of John H. Crane, formerly a
member Of the board.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-10
THREE SUITS TO RESTRAIN
PAVING WORK ON STREETS.
1. Is Claimed That Provision of Or
dinance Calling for Use of btu
minOus Macadam Is Void.

Three suits were filed against the city and
the Board of Public Improvements yester-
day to restrain the improvement of streets
with bituminous macadam.
Catherine f. Gartslde and Robert w.
Gartside seek to restrain the Improvement
of Maple avenue between Hamilton and
Hodiamont avenues. Robert H. Keiser is
plaintiff in the second case, which seeks to
restrain the improvement of Union boule-
ward between Forest Park and Delmar ave-
nue..
In the third suit the Royal Investment
Company is complainant 1t seeks to have
the Improvement of Delmar avenue be-
tween Kings highway and Union boulevard
restrained.
The ordinances providing for the improve
ment are Nos. 20.941. 20,942 and 2o,943 They
were approved February last 1t is al
legged that they are void as to the provi-
sion calling for the use Of bituminous ma
ascertained whether bituminous macadam,
asphaltum or vitrified brick is the cheapest.
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ner as to anticipate double-tracking the d.
CHARLES N. PEPPER APPOINTED.
Special Representative on Develop
ment of IntercOntinentaI Railways.

ment OF IntercOnttnentaI Railways.
Washington March 9.-Secreiary Hay, hav-
ing been authorized by the Pan-American
Congress to appoint special representative
to carry out the recommendation of the
conference that the United States take the
initiative in developing intercontinentai rail-
way plans has appointed Charles NJ. Pepper
as such representative.
Mr.. Pepper Is well known as an author
and newspaper writer He was IL delegate
from the United States to the American
Exposition held In MEXICO, and is now in
Cuba as Special Commissioner for the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition 10 be held
in ST. Louis. He will close up that work
shortly and proceed on the special mission
with which he has just been charged. He
will visit the capitals of the various coun-
tries and confer with the Governments on
the subject.
American diplomatic and consular repre-
in regard to the matter. Much interest has
been manifested in the project by the repre-
sentatives in Washington CT the Latin
American Republics and also By their Gov
ernments.
1t Is stated that cons derable progress al
ready has been made toward closing up the
gap of the intercontiuental road, and i'll
many cases surveys made by the Engineer
ing Commission a few years ago are being
followed. Further. 1t is said the amount of
railway construction under way In the
South American countries Is not generally
understood In the United States. and the
various Governments are anxious to show
what is being done and what encourag e-
ment will be given to the investment OF cap
ital for this purpose.
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NJ. S. U. CONTESTANTS CHOSEN.
E.. A. Green, Fred Kelsey and Mel
son Scar to Represent Missouri.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Columbia. Mo-. March AT the prelim-
mary contest to decide the representatives.
Of Missouri University IN the Illinois Mis-
bated the question: Resolved, That Con-
gress should possess and exercise the ex-
elusive right and power Of regulating those
industrial corporations which by their rela-
tive magnitude. are enabled SO largely to
control the price and conditions under which
their commodities are placed on the mar
This II the question that VIII be used in
the intercollegiate debate. The winners were
y. A. Green Of De Soto, Fred Kelsey of
bennington. Ia, and Nelson Scar of Deer
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suPERINTENDENT's OFFICE CHANGE.
T. A. Gould and W. ]. Tyler VIII HaS E
HendquaFters in Other Cities.

1t was officially announced yesterday that
the office of general SUPERINTENDENT of the
Missouri Pacific will be transferred from
ST. Louis TO Kansas CITY, Mo. The order
Is effective March u.
L. A. Gould, who has been general su-
perintendent. with Offices in ST. Louis, will.
III pursuance with the change, depart for
Kansas City in n few days.
1t il also announced that the office of
general superintendent of the St. Louis.
Iron Mountain and Southern Railway will
he transferred from ST. Louis to Little
Rock. Ark The order $ effective March To-
w. II. Tyler. who occupies the position.
will move in Little Rock
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ID. A. r.. IS PLEASED.
Procures Passage of Bill Prohibiting
Defacement of Flag.


REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Jefferson City. Mo-. March 9.-Daughters
OF the Revolution win rejoice over the
passage tonight Of House bill 49, intro
duced by Boutwell, OF Pettis The bill pro-
hibiting the use of ANY word. figure. mark
picture. designs. drawing or any advertise
ment OF any nature, upon any nag, stand
ard. color or ensign Of the United States"
was passed without opposition
The organizat ton of the d. A. r. has
worked hard for such a bill in Missouri.
it IL the law in twenty States. and 1t IS
hoped to make Missouri the twenty -nrst.
Mas Louise Dalton Of Wentzville. State
historian Of the Daughters. has been at
tending to the passage Of the bill At the
State conference in Cape Girardeau last
fall. delegates representing the 100 Missouri
Daughters from over the entire State.
voted for ouch a measure. The officers of
the organization are: Mrs George H.
Shields. St. Louis, Stats regent: Mrs.
Wallace DelafieId, vice State regent: Miss
Mary Louise Dalton. Wentzville, State his
torian; Mrs. A. DeF1guiredo, St Louis
Cape Girardeau. State treasurer.
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TELEGRAPH NEWS
BRIEFLY 10L D

DUBLIN-C r. Devlin. Irish Nationalist,
formerly Canadian Commissioner In Ireland.
has been elected without opposition to rep
resent Galway In the House Of Commons
in place of Colonel Lynch. who Is UNDER
going a sentence for treason.
OGDEN, UTAH-Southern. Pacific Brake
man c. A. Malan shot and fatally wounded
Fat Costello at Mat1in. Costello was one
Of twenty-five hoboes who had been elected
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indianapolis, Ind. March 9.-ReCeiver Ma
lott OF the Vandalia to-day announced the
appointment of William EoGs ssdcn gem
erai freight agent of the road. Mr.. Hodges
don IS now general freight agent OF the
Cleveland, Akrcn and Columbus.
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MITNDT-On Saturday. March Z, 1903. at p. m,
Frederick Mundt beloved mother OF August.
Henry. Lizzie and Aivna Mundt, aged IS years
and month.
Funeral will take place Tuesday. March
10. at $50 p M, from residence No 2555 Rutger
street. Relatives and friends are invited to
attend.
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o,a,,r xeave. soci.li.t Parry.

Leon Greenbaum, for nearly two year,
national secretary of the Socialist party
has resigned to enter Union Labor politics
He will 60 on lecture tour through LII
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TRENTON, N. 1.-THE American Seeding
Machine Company. with an authorized cap
ital of SIS, 000. Coz, has been Incorporated OF
the capital stock. $,500,oo0 is preferred,
drawing per cent cumulative dividend.
The balance is common stock
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AT RARR's.

Great opportunities are precented at Bars
for securing choice selection Of goods. There
Is no dissatisfaction with the goods from
Missouri's greatest store after you get them
home The offerings this spring are unusual.
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Funeral March II at ! 80 .. m.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. into rest on Monday.
March 9. 1908. at 6:l5 a m. at his daughter
home. No. 3ll9 California avenue. MIR. Wolfgang
Hoffeider
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PFLAGER-Entered into rest. Monday morn
ing. March Q. 1900 at IL O'Clock. Jessie M. be
loved wife OF Harry W. Phager.
Notice of funeral will be given later.
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Trades and Labor Union. 1t Is reported
that several other officers Of the Socialist
party will follow Mr.. Greenbaum's action.
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HANsoN-on Sunday March 8. 1909, at Bap-
band Of Lem Hanson, aged a years.
Funeral from residence No. 1923 Texas ave
invited.
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PoMBIRAY-on Monday. March .. 1908. at
40 D. m, Charles Nicolas Lc Mercier de Pom
bray. aged 81 years 10 months and q days. Born
In Guadeloupe Island West Indies.
Funeral from Holy Angels Church. Wednesday.
March II. at o'clock a. m.
New York Washington. Chicago End New Or
leans papers please copy.
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APPROPRIATENESS into rest Monday. March
y. lsoS a. q m. Doctor George Robitoy.
Funeral Wednesday. March IL. at p. m. from
Wagoncr's undertaking parlors. No. III Olive
street Interment private. Please omit flowers.
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Statement to Stockholders Shows
That System Is in Flour
ishins Condition.
MANY MILES OF EXTENSION.
Comprehensive Plan Made to Meet
the Necessity for the Develop
ment Of the Iron
Mountain.

Following Is the substance OF the annual
address of George ]. Gould, president of the
Missouri Pacific Railway Company, which
with the twenty-second annual report. will
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SPECIALTlES.
Mississippi Valley
Trust Company
Acts as Register and Transfer Agent
of Bonds and Stocks.
SPECIALTlES
DEATHS.

COTTER-on Monday. March 3. 1903. at II: 30 p:
m. Helena Cotter. aged months. beloved
daughter OF Jos. L. and Marguerite Cotter (nee
Moran.
papers please copy.
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DAwSoN-At the residence. No. 45ls Margaret
Ia avenue. Mary Dawson. daughter Of the late
William and Isabella Dawson.
Funeral from the residence wednesday, March
IL. 1903. at $50 O'Clock p.
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SCHURK-On Monday, March 9, 1903. at lis
q. No.. Louis Schurk beloved husband OF Mary
schurk (nee Stockel. aged y years.
Due notice Of the funeral will be given.
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ATTENTION! TAXPAYERS!
Pile and Ffst1Ia Cure.

Sample treatment Red Cross Pile and Ffstnla
Cure, and book explaining each variety Of piles,
sent free. Rea Co, Dep. R. d. Minneapolis. Minn:
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THoRN-On Monday morning. March 8, 1908.
William Thorn, beloved son OF Elizabeth Thorn.
aged Il years and months.
Funeral will take place Wednesday morning.
March II. from residence OF his sister. Mrs. H.
Hen- No. 1900 La Sale street. at $3.50 &