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The L'Anse sentinel., 1903-05-23

DUT, you ask, how came Abel to know
y that sacrifice was needed? How
came he to take the lamb? Go with me
back into the garden of Eden. The
guilty pair stand before God with their
clothing Of foliage which they have
woven together for themselves. But
God does not suffer It thus, but makes
them coats of skin. God must provide
the covering for guilty men. And so
in the garden there sacrifice Is made
as a Testimony against sin and to point
the way of cleansing from sin. God has
Just said that the consequence of sin
shall be death, and here is death wit
messed by the slain animal from which
is taken the skin to cover their naked
ness. AS they wore those dresses of
skin how they must have been per-
petual testimony TO them of what
death was and suggested that God
would provide way of redemption for
them. And since the plan of God
was wrought out on Calvary, the way
of approach to and acceptance with
Him is still by way Of the sacrifice
made once for all for sin in Christ
Jesus. Abel, though dead, yet he
speaketh. Let the lesson of his offer
ing teach you. o soull the way of APP
proach unto God. and the way Of 40
ceptance with Him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-18
Teachers Examinations,

The next examination for teachers
will be held in the Ironton public
school building, Friday and Saturday,
June Goth and 9th. The order oil
subjects are as follows:
First day: Geography, grammar,
algebra, photography, language, arith-
metic, literature.
Second day: Reading, civil govern
ment, U. S. history, science, physiol-
ogy, pedagogy, advanced history.
The examinations will begin at 1880
and loo o'clock sharp. No one will
be permitted to take a part of the
work now and the remainder in
August. All must finish at this ex-
animation If they begin. Those wish
ing a renewal will please make the
fact known to the County Board by a
written application before June 9th.
Be sur to give your permanent ad-
dress. Inasmuch as a contract can
not be legally made until your certii-
cate is deposited with the district
clerk, all wishing to close their con.
tracts should take this work. You
HAD BETTER AVOID A SPECIAL EXAMIN.
ALTON. We have made arrangements
to supply you with paper at cost. By
so doing we shall have uniformity.
Very Respectfully,
O. j. BUFoRD.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-18
PERSONAL.

Joe O'Brien Is home from school.
Mrs. Blemel visited In St. Louis last
Thursday.
Oby Riddle, of St. Louis is visiting
in I%ronton.
W. j. Schwab and wife are In St.
Louis this week.
Sheriff Malugen, of Wayne county,
was here Tuesday.
V. M. AXE was here from Newport,
Arkansas, Sunday.
H. B. AXE, Of Little Rock, was in
%1ronton Saturday.
Sam. Andrews was home several
days the past week.
Miss Edna Hills arrived home last
week from Anna, Ills.
A. j. Langdon spent the past week
with his family here.
j. M. Whitworth returned last week
from a visit to Arkansas.
George w. Clarkson, of Bismarck,
was in town last Saturday.
Miss Jennie Logan, of Belleview,
was In lronton Saturday.
j. l., Baldwin and Hayes Malugen
were in Piedmont Sunday.
Miss Clara Barnett, of Poplar Bluff,
was in the Valley Sunday.
Miss Mary Myers is home from a
visit to Pennington and Doe Run.
DR.. Marshall and Irene returned last
Friday from their trip to Arkansas.
Mrs. Fred. Kindell, Jr., returned
last Thursday from a visit to Iowa.
Mrs. Jno. Campbell, of St. Louis, is
spending the summer in the Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shapleigh and daugh-
ter arrived from st. Louis last Saturday.
W. H. Shelby and family arrived
from St. Louis Friday and are domi-
ciled in the Edgar home in Russell.
Vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Shapleigh and
daughter returned to St. Louis Tuesday
after spending a few days in their
home here.
Mrs. May Kinks, Of Iowa, and Miss
Annie Whitworth, OF Bismarck, were
In the Valley last week.
Mrs. Ed. j. Hamilton and children,
OF Springfield, Ills, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. r. Baldwin the past week.
Mrs. Goa O. Whitworth and little
daughter, of St. Louis, arrived Wednes-
day on q vlsit to relatives In Ironton,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-18
No "trash" at Bonanza.
Graniteyille Items.

r. Allen went to St. Louis Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs, 7. Hill are visiting
relatives in Belleview this week.
Mr.. j. Kerchner, who has been in
st. Louis for the past two months in a
hospital, returned home last week.
We are glad to state he is much better.
Mr.. w. Hinsdale was in St. Louis
last week.
Mr.. A. Sheahan returned from St.
Louis Saturday.
Mrs. Murray visited relatives in De
Soto last week.
Misses Lou Oesterle, of Middlebrook,
and Mabel Watts, of Pennington,
visited friends in town Sunday.
Mrs. L. Kelley. of Flat River, is
here visiting relatives.
Mr.. P. w. Schneider came from St.
Louis last week,
Mr.. Myers is with relatives in Iron
ton this week.
Andy Sheahan, who has been at
tending the Bryant & Stratton Bust
ness College in St. Louis, came home
last week.
Mr.. Il. F. Walsh, of St. Louis, was
in town on business last week.
Mrs. Baugh, Of Annapolis. was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. r. johnson last
week.
?. Steel, W. Anderson and his niece,
Miss Essie Yount, visited in Granite
vile Saturday.
Mrs. j. Simpson, of Arcadia, spent
last week with relatives at this place.
Mrs. Clostamen, OF Iron Mountain,
was the guest of Mrs. j. Dubacher last
week.
Mr.. r. Allen entertained about
thirty-ive Of his friends at Iron Noun
tain lake Sunday, in honor of his birth
day. An elaborate dinner was served
about 2 o'clock, and we did ample
justice to it. The remainder of the
afternoon was spent in boating,
rambling and merry-making. We
wish Mr.. Allen many more happy
birthdays. x.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-18
From Rev. Peterson.

On Thursday morning, June II,
1908, Chas. p. Cameron and James
Fulkersou of Puxico, Stoddard county,
two of Dur old friends, TO our surprise
and delight made their appearance at
the parsonage. After taking in a
portion of our beautiful little city and
its parks, with DR.. Smith we drove out
through Arcadia and Russellville and
spent the remainder of the morning
taking in the scenery around the Shut.
In.
About 2 P. NJ. we started out to view
the beautiful scenery around Granite
Vile. As we were entering Pilot
Knob We saw in the distance a com
pany Of women, and as they drew
nearer we saw they were from Granite
Vile, and meeting them they ordered
a halt and demanded our return
Leaving our two friends in the care OF
DR.. Smith, we joined in company with
the women and we're hastily driven
back to the parsonage, where the wo-
men took possession, much to the
CONSERVATION of its inmates, but they
proved to be ~peaceable. They I'm.
loaded a wagon, consisting Of the good
things of this world to the amount of
$13, and refused to take them away
with them. Just before taking their
leave, still more to our surprise, they
thrust into our hand $19, ''spot cash"
One of the most charming features
of this benefcence is, that almost all
the homes of Graniteville are repre-
sented among the donors. A list OF
the donors was left with us, which will
be preserved along with other memen-
toes. May heavens richest blessings
rest upon all the warm hearted donors,
is the prayer of the receiver.
This occasion, with its gifts and its
delightful social intercourse, is one
that will never be forgotten by the
pastor and his family. The only OBJ
lection we had to the call was it was
like the strawberry short cake-not
long enough. T. G. PETERSON.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-18
LAND OFFICE NOTICE.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
LAND OFFICE AT 1RoNToN, Mo.


~IRoNToN, Mo-, June 18th, 1903.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
ton to make final proof in support Of his
claim, and that said proof will be made
before the Register or Receiver Of the U. S.
Land Office at ~Ironton, Mo-, on
Saturday august l, 1908.
viz: George w. Miller, Homestead Entry
No. 1928, for the south half lot one ~,
northwest quarter section nineteen (Io),
township thirty-two (3a) north. range FIVE
80 east.
He the following witnessesto prove
his continuous residence upon and %cultiva-
ton of said land, viz: b. F.. Matkin,
Robert King, G. A. Maxim, Henry Miller,
all Of Marble Greek, Mo.
GEORGESTEEL,
Registers
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-18

One thousand punches imported
flowers. Bonanza.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-18

Watch for the announcement next
week OF dramatic entertainment soor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-18

Screen doors, poultry netting and
screen wire. Bonanza.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-18

For KENT--House of five rooms and
pantry, furnished. Inquire at this
office.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
state Protection

To the Editor Of The Journal.
As I understand. the state of Mime
sofa protects its citizens from fraud in
various ways, e. g., it employs bank
examiner, a dairy commissioner, etc. l
believe it would be an excellent move
to have a state examiner of stocks which
are offered for sale.
What a lot sof hard working, honest
people have lost their savings in this state
because Of false representations on the
part of the companies selling them!
e If these people had been granted the
protection of such an examiner, upon
whose statements they could have relied
before investing their small, hard-earned
savings, many a home would have been
saved; many bitter discoura cement
would have been avoided.
If it is the duty of the state to protect
the people from unsafe banks and from
unhealthful and adulterated foods. why
should it not protect them from the money
sharks who deal in fraudulent stocks:
But why stop here? Why should not
the state protect its people from the great
est Of all frauds and curses-the liquor
saloon? The incubator of anarchy, the
deadliest enemy Of the home, the source
of more wretchedness. poverty and crime
than all the other sources combined!
In fact. what right has thes5sta tc
infiict upon its citizens this unmftigatec
evil? s
The first law Of life is the law of self
protection. In protecting its citizens by
prohibiting the saloon it would protec,
itself, and would thus fulfill its highesi
duty; it would thus perform one of the
first and greatest functions of righteous
government. Arthur Z. Haynes.
Dec. 1S, 1903. !. ;55;
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23

a different species. He belongs to the
class of the suburbanite who fastens
his collar as he runs to the train; to.
the class Of the man who always ar
rives at the station just in time To-
catch the end OF a transcontinental
train or miss 1t; to the class that is
ever verging on the precipice of too
late. s8g
The belated Christmas shopper is
not always a person who belongs in
the too-late class at other times and
in other circumstances. Indeed, the
prompt but busy business man is often
caught in the stores after the last de-
livery Christmas eve trying to accom-
plish the impossible task Of oIding
twelve bundles fin.. one arm while
reaching into his pocket for more
money with the other. But whatever
their excuse, extenuation or justifica-
| ton, these belated Christmas shoppers
are apt to be nervous, fatigued, irri-
table; eccentric in their decisions and
disorderly in their manner They are
a wild-eyed, distressed lot.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
. East and West. :

"a.
The cynics in business have been
disposed to- feel that the frequent as
sertions that the rest Of the country
is affected only to q limited extent by
the collapse Of the speculative boom in
New York We're like whistling to keep
UP courage.
The cold figures are against them.
The full compilation Of the national
bank returns to the controller of the
treasury, under the call Of Nov. II,
shows that while bank deposits have
been declining in the east, they have
been growing in all other sections OF
the country, as compared with the
same date a year ago. In the interval
the national banks deposits Of the
south have increased $34,900, 900,
those of the middle west s42,6OO,OO
those of the farther west, $4,000, O0O
and those of the Pacific coast ST.
100000.
While the rest of the country has
been augmenting it's national bank de-
posits by over $1OO,00O,0 900, the east
has seen the total of it's deposits de-
cline ST., 100000.
Gould there be any better demon
stration Of the fact that the same
forces are not at work in the rest OF
the country that have resulted in a
rather gloomy Christmas in New
York?
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
Christmas Shopping.

To-day and tomorrow the belated
Christmas shopper will appear on the
streets and in the stores. With him
the appearance Of the crowds that
pour up and down the retail streets
and in and out of the stores will be
changed. The early Christmas shop
pers are a good-natured, leisurely, coll
lected aggregation, They have set
about an important task calmly and
nlethodically. They get about as much
satisfaction out of buying as out OF
giving, and about as much as there is
in receiving. They go thru the streets
with smiling faces and beaming eyes
planning some appropriate purchase
They compare prices and deliberate
over purchases. They are happy and
cheerful.
The be1ated shopper, however, is so1
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK


People who have things to say to the pub
lie, that ought to be said, are Invited to
use tt,is column. But the space Is linn
tied, and all communications must be
"boIIed down" as much as possible.
Three hundred words Is safe limit.
New York Not the Pivotal State.
To the Editor Of The Journal.
In your washington dispatch Of Satur-
day, referring to a talk had with Pres
ident Roosevelt, 1 am made by the omis-
sion of the word mot" to say squarely
the opposite of what was said The dis
patch says the result, based on my anal
ysis, narrowed down to a turn prac-
dcally on one state, and that was New
York" Had mot appeared before New
York the statement would have been as
it was made to the president. In the
interview with me printed on Monday the
word lin portant," near its close, should
have read Impartial
The reason New York is not the import
ant state. next year for the republicans
from purely classified list Of states, is
because President Roosevelt, if nonina ted
can be elected without New York. This
is what might be termed a statistical an
alysis rather than political one. On the
other hand the democrats can carry New
York, New jersey, Connecticut and Rhode
Island and not win, showing that the VIC
torious candidate must carry one little
state that Is being overlooked, or Roose.
welt must lose two Of Nevada, Montana
and Colorado. New York Of itself vii
not lose the elections to the republican;
or win it for the democrats. While it is
not necessary to Roosevelt's reelection
the democracy is defeated without it. Ir
that sense only can it be regarded as 9
turning state. III. V. Jones.
Minneapolis, Dec. 23
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
BOOKS RECEIVED

MEMOIRS OF NINE. v1GER LEBRUN. Trans
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TWO LITTLE SAVAGES Being the Adventures
of Two Boys Who Lived as Indians and
What They Learned Illustrated with over
200 drawings. By. Ernest Thompson Seton,
author of Lives OF the Hunted etc. New
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N. Mccarthy. Price $1.75.
BOOK OF GIRLS. By Lillian Bell. author
of, Hope Loring.' - etc. Frontispece by w.
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Minneapolis: N. Mccarthy. Price 81.
BELGIUM: ITS CITIES. BY Grant Allen. Ir
two volumes. illustrated. Boston: L. c.
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/ Price So.
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Henry Wadsworth Lohgfellow. With illustra-
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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
UNPUzzLED LAWYER
Philadelphia Public. Opinion.

81 ii.
:, The other day a Phiadelphian came to
John G. Johnson to, get an opinion on a
singular case. It happened that two sis
ters, living in the same house, had infants
OF equal age who so resembled each other
that their mothers were unable to distin-
guish them when they were together
Now it so happened that by the careless
ness of the nurse the children had become
mixed. The father of one of the infants
wanted to know how the mothers were t,
make sure they had received back their
own infants.
But, perhaps" suggested the lawyer
the children were not changed at alp
'Oh, but they were.t'
Are you sure of that?''
The father was very sure.
Well, If that is SO, why don't you
change them back again?'' remarked the
lawyer blandly. II don't see any difficulty
in that case
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23

Chicago court has sent an alderman
convicted of election frauds to the house
of correction for one year, which sounds
like a very mild penalty for what should
be regarded as calling for a term of years
in the penitentiary at hard labor. But
perhaps that is as much as could be ex-
pected in Chicago, which Is rapidly ac-
quiring reputation as a nest of lawless-
ness out of which nothing, much but crime
and lawlessness could be, expected to
hatch
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
a Hint to Mr.. Hill.

It seems that Mr.. j. J. Hill, who is
often painted by his warm admirers
as the father of the northwest, is not
so good to his children as the Cana
dian Pacific is to it's little boys and
girls. From some of Mr.. Hills speeches
we have gained the impression that
the Great Northern railway is an
eleemosynary institution having for
it's purpose the salvation of the farm
ers and other inhabitants OF the
northwest. Ofttimes has Mr.. Hill
dwelt on the low rates he has granted
to the farmers. Absolutely, these rates
may be low; relatively, they are not.
Mr.. Hill is not doing so very we'll by
his children after ALL if he does not
bors in Canada get.
Elsewhere to-day we republish a
portion of a letter to the Boston
Transcript from it's staff correspond
ent, Mr.. E. w, Thomson, who has
been doing the American and Cana
dian northwest. The Transcript is a
very carefully edited paper, and Mr..
Thomson is very reliable corre-
spondent. Hence, we accept as cor
rect his comparative figures as to
wheat rates on the Great Northern
and Canadian Pacific. 1t is very
serious matter. to the farmers of
North Dakota if their, neighbors in
Canada are able to ship their wheat
the same or greater distances for
from 4 to s cents less a hundred
pounds.
The Winnipeg papers assert that
this fall wheat prices at primary
points have ruled several cents higher
on the Canadian than on the Ameri-
can side of the line. With such a
difference in freight rates, it would
be surprising, indeed, if there were
not a corresponding difference in
prices, other a conditions being, the
same. Most of the points on the
Great Northern. in North Dakota are
considerably nearer Duluth than
Canadian points in the same longitude
area@to Fort William, and yet they
have to pay freight charge approx
mately third higher.
H. Mr. Hill claims credit: for making
North Dakota, but just now he may
be responsible for the removal of
some OF the farmers Of that state to
Canada.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23

! The grand jury finds fault with the city
gamblers and low resorts. The general
public will be inclined to agree with the
jury The present administration is not
by any means living up to the; exa nple set
it. in these respects by the brief Jones ad :
ministration. Mr.. Jones showed that pub
lie gambling could be stopped in Mime
'apolis. Gambling flourishes now be-
cause no effort Is made in that direction.
favor of gambling under police control,
but experience shows that policy always
degenerates into a wide open town or else
in graft, in Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
The Jacksonian club Of Omaha ha

The Jacksonian club of Omaha has
members who were expelled for refusing
to support the Chicago and Kansas City
platforms. This is taken to mean that
the club no longer considers mans posi-
tion on the silver question a s affecting the
genuineness of his democracy. We are
living in rapid age. Seven years ago
man couldn't be a democrat and believe
in the gold standard. Now it doesn't
make any difference.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-23
Poor Old! China.

The prolonged conference at Toxic
between representatives of Japan and
Russia touching a modus vivendi has
as yet yielded no positive affirmation
of an amicable settlement. It is i'm
possible. to see how there can be any
amicable settlement if Japan comedies
Russia's claimed right to remain in
Manchuria. Whatever of a tenporiz-
ing policy the Japan government may
be contempla ating, r is reported from
Toxic that the popular demand is for
the government to set a limit upon the
Russian tactics of aggression and in
solent negligence.
In 1894 the outside world saw what
Japanese public sentiment could ac-
complish as to government action. 1t
compelled the war against China and
showed to the nation the possibilities
Of Japanese military and naval talent.
Concession by Japan is only putting
off the evil day. The Japan China
war Of 1s94-95 gave Korea to Japan,
financial interests there. To leave
Russia in control of cManchuria is to
insure her further absorbing processes,
whatever may be her pledges.
While Japan Is steadily preparing
for war by sea and land. and feeling
the contents Of her war chest and. with
satisfaction summing up her sre-
sources, poor old China, her terri tory
shrunken pitifully by the land-grab-
bing proclivities of Russia Germany
and France, is trembling over the pos
sible results to her of a RUSSO Japan
cessful physical resistance to the en-
croachments of Russia and the other
powers. She is no better prepareddo-
day to put down insurrection than she
was during the Boxer outbreak OF
I9oo: ,Y..A .sas.*s,,. &, Asss&-.S 8 ) skSE 81
Some officials are trying to- get the
empress to mobilize an efficient army
| to assert, China's rights. General Ma
says he can't raise 100000 men fit fol
intelligent military service. The
trouble is there is no national spirit il
China. Varying dialects interfere with
close relations between the provinces
| The army on paper is enormous, bu
even the portion supposed to be or.
| ganized is divided by race, the Manchu
dynasty at Peking having an army
of Manchus and the native Chinese
forming another division and actins
as q constabulary. China could no
effectively defend herself from he1
cousins, the Japanese, in 1894-95
She cannot defend herself from preda
tory Russia, and, in the event Of {
Russo-Japanes war, it is more thar
likely that Germany, France ane
Great Britain will take advantage O.
/ the situation and compensate them
selves for Russia's bold theft of Man
churia by organizing "protectorates'
/ over the geographical spheres the.
/ have already selected for themselves
AS to the United States, with he1
manifest destiny" to be the great Pa
cific ocean power, dominant over tn,
t5trade advantages of the vast Pacifi,
| littoral, she will have to meet the ag
i gression of Russia herself before long
and our government is aware of tn.
! fact and will have to solve the ques
ton: What is the meaning to tn,
United States Of the extension of ou
Pacific coast line to within a few hun
dred miles of the, Chinese coast in tn,
| Philippine archipelago?
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