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southern spring I did not know what the future held of marvel or surprise for me. Anger and bitterness had p-eyed upon me continually for weeks and a deep languor had succeeded this passionate struggle" Her education, once begun, progressed rapidly, and in May, 1888, she came to Boston to study and learn at the Perkins Institution. to no little of her success.
 Her life in her Alabama home after the arrival of Miss Sullivan. her won derful experiences in Boston and the gradually broadening world which opened to her awakened view, she de- scribes as vividly and with as perfect visualizing powers as if she possessed the acutest sense of sight Of course the sets down many things told her by oth- CTS as if she saw them herself, but it is that very power to express her ideas of the things she sees through others eyes which makes her story remarka- bIe.
 Of the book the Boston Transcript says: The absolute rarity of so gen. uine a human document as Helen Kel- ler's story of her life makes it one of the important books of the year. It speaks wholly for itself, and amplified by her letters and the documentary ac- counts of her mental growth and devel- opment, it bears eloquent testimony to the triumphs of modern education and to the adaptabllity of the human mind. It is difficult to say which of the three 1 of cfa ho tant. The first is the autobiography proper, in which the wonderful girl looks back over her short life and sur veys it in retrospect; the second is made up of her letters, in which is re- , vealed the unfolding of her mind step by step; the third contains the evil
 dence of others, and naturally gives many facts which Helen Keller herself is incapable of setting forth or of ana
 lyzing. Thus the book forms a complete whole, wherein is told a story which has all the accuracy of biography, and
 all the romance and grace of fiction.
 Miss Keller writes as if she were la
 boring under no physical disadvantages whatever, and her impressions of her. self, of nature and of the life about her reveal the great feat accomplished by
 her education and mental training"
 The New York Commercial Advertiser says: Helen Kellers autobiography would be necessarily of great interest, if for no other reason than that it is the personal narrative of the only we'll educated deaf and blind person in the world. But, aside from this quality of uniqueness. it is worthy of preservation as the picture of beautiful character, marked in places by an exaltation of spirit rarely found in literature. Not. of course. in expression or power, but in feeling, it almost recalls the sublime sonnet Of Milton on his own blindness"
 Price of book $1.50 net; for sale by the Pease-Lewis Co.
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feeling that sway the heart of the gen tie bred, refined and sensitive woman Veronica was one of those women who set an ideal of a lover very high Of the book the Commercial Advertiser says: The book, however, is full of flashes of strength and brief passages of descriptions of haunting vividness. Price s1.50; for sale by the Pease-Lewis Go
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The April number of the Lamp" will have for frontispiece new portrait of Anthony Hope. who is now visiting us. The entrance of the old Book Buyer" upon a wider field under its new name is evidenced by the announcement of a paper on "A Weakness in the Ameri- can Colleges by President Charles r. Thwing, the first paper, not strictly lit- erary. we believe, to appear in the pages of this excellently edited periodi- cal. A study of Richardson and Haz- litt," also to appear in this number, de- serves special notice, because it is from the able pen of Mr. W, c. Brownell.
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The following books not previously included in the spring announcements of Houghton, Miffiin & Company will be published by them this season: "Trent's Trust" by Bret Harte; Rus kin's Comments on Dante" with an in- troduction by Charles Eliot Norton; 'The Correspondence Between Ralph Waldo Emerson and Herman Grimm" edited by Frederick w. Holls; "The Confiscation of John Chandler's Es- tate" by Andrew M. Davis; and "Of Education" by R. R. Bowker.
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who may nave influence with the court;
How much more important is the eternal
welfare of our souls. We all. without ex..
ception, stand condemned at the bar OF
Gods justice. The sentence has already
been pronounced-'the soul that sinneth. 1t
shall surely die To realize this fact Is
to feel our need of the aid of Jesus, and
turning to him and placing our case in his
hands with a sincere heart. trust we have
an advocate with the Father, who can pro-
cure for us pardon and peace.
"All other attempts to gain eternal life
must prove ineffectual, because God him
self hath 50 declared. He has chosen TO
save only those who come to him through
his son. oh. the bitter and eternal anguish
of those who have d~espised the place of
God and have tramplad upon the precious
blood Of Christ. having sought out their W
inventions only to find that Justice hears no
other plea than that of Christ.
How. then. does Jesus successfully plead
our case? By making it his own. The &C
cuslng voice charges us with sin and no
unrighteousness can enter heaven. True
pleads our advocate. but I have borne this
mans sins on the cross. I have clothed him
with my own righteousness. He has brok-
en- the law of God, but l lave kept It. 1
have redeemed him from the power of sin.
Death hath claimed him for the grave, but
l have conquered death and brought life
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-26
ZINC ORE PRICE ADVANCED.
Increase of Two Dollars a Ton in
One Week.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.


Joplin. Mo-. Jan. 25.-Still benefits of the
expectation of zinc ore accrue to the pro-
ducers Of the Joplin district, the assay price
being advanced during the week to a basis
OF $4 for ore aSsaying 80 per cent zinc.
In a numGer of instances this was an In
crease of 81 per to1 over the offering Of the
previous week.
1t would now seem that any further at
tempt to claim that Western ore Influenced
the price Of ore in the Joplin market could
be easily understood to be nothing but q
blum to lower prices.
This is emphasized by the fact that the
company that bought heaviest in this dis
trict within the last two weeks is reported
to have received during this week twenty
lumhia.
And this same company paid the highest
prices week before last to get large guam
titles of the hign-grade ores of this district.
This su~bstantiates another point. that this
smelling company was caught short on Jop-
lin ore on an advancing market.
And again. 1t is Indicative Of still higher
prices within thirty days, else why would
so large a tonnage be purchased. This one
company secured upward Of 1000 tons. in
addition to Its regular purchases. and to
secure this large amount was compelled to
overbtd other purchasing agents.
This leaves the situation most satisfactory
and producers generally are congratulate tins
themselves that prices have resumed a basis
presenting a good profit to mining ventures.
A resume OF the last year brings out the
fact that 1902 was a profitable year. showing
as 1t does that with an increase Of only 1888
tons OF zinc and a decrease Of 1852 tons Of
lead, yet the money received for the ore sold
was a,5o0.oO more than that paid for the
output Of 1901.
The lead market remained steady and
strong, with an increasing demand. at Isl
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-26
EXERCISES IN HONOR
Of FEAST OF ST. AGNES,
Congregation of Catholic Church APP
proDriately Observes Festival
of Patron Saint.

The feast Of st. Agnes. patron saint Of
81: Agnes's Catholic Church. Salena and
sidney streets. was observed yesterday
morning in the church with appropriate re-
iigious exercises. The affairs and the body
Of the church were decorated in honor Of
the celebration. About the affairs were
banks of potted plants. palms and ever
e eaod1s: a ana the the many clusters Of lighted
cent electric lights shed a subdued bril-
lance about the chancel.
er s9,sm Fat aasa H RaSs was "a st. sung fs by the csu msg-
assisted by Father A. ]. Mercer of St.
Cronan,s as deacon. Father Thomas O'Reil-
Father A. B.. Gass. b. D.. Of St. Bridgets
under the direction Of oreanist J. J. voeie
Klein's string orchestra. Marcos mass
was sung for the first time in this city. At
s the onear mG,s the choir sang "Madre del
The soloists were the Miss Agnes and
Lora Cowen. soprano; Messrs. Blume and
Bloemker. tenor; Linsenbrinls. slevers and
The Very Reverend Father F. V. Nusent
Of Kenrick Seminary delivered the sermon.
the chaste generation: by the grace Of God
I am what I am"
He referred to the martyrdom of st.
cution OF Diocletian. and dwelt on the grace
by virtue of which she triumphed over the
temptations, which beset her to serve the
oAS NIOSCIt. ne SdIu III MS
grace, conferred by God. was not only pres
ent in the time of st. Agnes. but in our own
times. 1t Is the grace by which earnest
service OF God: There are living proofs of
Gods grace still among US. as witness the
men and women who devote their lives to
acts OF religious charity. beneyolence and
mercy. Witness the various sisterhoods of
cnarity and mercy; who care for the desti-
home. a refuge and II shelter when for
saken by the world and their own. The
listers Of the Good shepherd. whispering
words Of cheer and comfort and consolation
to the fallen sister. repeating the story of
the Magdaien and holding out the hope of
Sisters Of Charity. caring for the motherless
and fatherless children.
Lastly. the priesthood, a body established
by Christ himself upon earth to convey the
He referred to the great responsibilities
young men take when they consecrate their
lives to the priesthood. and said no sane
unless he fees he is chosen. Otherwise the
grace which is necessary to sustain him In
the priesthood will be wanting. without
The vocation is an absolute gifxsof God.
and no earthly power, influence sSf money
can buy Il. But If it is NOT cherished BY
him to whom God gives It. II 1t is not fcs-
whom the young aspirant remains for the
greater part of his fifteen years prepara-
ton. the vocation can be lost. Men may
full can. make another choice. Not so he
that feels God has called him to the priest
hcod. once a priest always a priest. Once
Father Edward Fenlon OF ST. Bridget's
Church pronounced the solemn benediction.
Priests from other parishes who were in
attendance were Fathers NJ. Tobyn. F. NJ.
Lavery. Peter O'Rourke, p. W. Talon. +.
Cruise and Father Schreioer.
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Republican Lawmakers at Jeffer-
son City Declare They Will
Vote Independently.
DEMOCRATS WANT THE PROOF.
Assert That So Far the Members
of the G. O.. P. Have Arrayed
Themselves With Cor.
porate interests.
BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.

I d n ~
Jefferson City. Mo-. Jan. 25.-Republicans
have made the remarkable statement with
in the last few days. and it has been re-
| peated time and again, that the lobby will
| not be able to control the Republican votes
| in the Legislature-that is. all Of the Re
| publican vote. Asked for a bill OF par
| ticulars, they say that there are two, and
/ perhaps three, of the eight Republicans Of
the Senate who will not abide the dictates Of
the lobby, and twenty-three out OF the six
ty Republicans In the House who have de-
clared their independence Of lobby tnfu-
enceS.
The Republicans are very about
giving names, but it is known that two Oh
the three Senators they rely on to make
their predictions good are Senators Mckin-
ley of Putnam County and Young OF Iexas:
The third is supposed to be Senator Jeweii
of Kansas City.
Democrats who nave been opposing lobby
dictation have no sort of confidence in these
fair promises. They expect to see the Re
publicans present a practically solid loboy
Of votes. This has been the rule in the
past. and so far none Of the Republican
lawmakers rave given evidence that they
solved to lead a better legislative life:
The chief opposition. SO far to the alum
baking powder bill has come from Re
paithoneh it is a fact that in the lower
House it has received considerable support
from Republicans. 1t Is said that one he
nubiican Senator worked hard all day Fri
day and Saturday. and missed out on going
IN Church to-day, in order to work up op-
position to this measure among the ooc-
II is predicted that when the bill comes
IN for passage in the Senate he Will De
loaded with medical opinions showing ina.
.'alum'' is injurious to PUBLIC heaitn. lbs
also predicted that there will be more Re
publican than Democratic votes against the
bill in the Senate. The only 70
If in the House so far has come from Re-
publicans. g..
a disgrace to the State. aver tnat. WHY
they would be very glad to see even q part
Of the Republican vote in the General As
sembly assert its freedom from such IN,
f1uences, yet they want some substantial
evidences of this fact before going INTO
ecstasies over the situation. They nave
known such promises to be made before ana
broken the first time the lobby cracked lts
whip. This time they will insist on the IKE,
pubiicans showing their faith by their
works. -
of Republicans line up and vote against
some notorious lobby mea sure. or IN favor
of some bill the old lobby influences are
fighting. then the Democrats say they VIII
believe the Republicans are in earnest. and.
accordingly. give them full credit, but not
prior to such a practical test.
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By the Rev. VIM. ]. Williamson.

Jesus has a perfect knowledge of our con-
dition and has ready access to the heart
of him who is our judge.
Jesus becomes the advocate of only those
who through conscious need seek his aid.
If a man shall undertake to plead his own
case before the throne of the just and holy
God then. Of course. there is no place for
Christ In such a life. Many who are lifted
up with a sinful pride are going about seek
Ing to establish their own righteousness.
relying upon their human works to estab-
fish a right to salvation. These should
weigh we'll the rashness of such a course.
They are proceeding in the face of Gods
emphatic statements that all have sinned
and come short of his glory. and that all
human righteousness is as filthy rags.
Jesus Will have the entire case commit
ted to him or he will not undertake 1t at
all. He enters into no compromised; saliva
ton must come entirely by him or entirely
without him. Those who would have the
intercession Of Jesus must renounce a,l
claim to human righteousness and. taking
their place as those who are rightfully
condemned. accept his intercession.
With what eagerness the condemned
man at some earthly bar Of Justice seizes
every possible hope in order to pro-
long his life a few years. All that a man
has he will give for another year of life.
He seeks to get the intercession Of any
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HIGHEST MARK OF DEVOTION
G IS SUFFERING FOR OTHERS.
Takes n His Theme
Hans Deepest SACRIFICES for
l. His Fellow.Men.

.Viearious Suffering was the subject Of
the Reverend Doctor w. ]. MoKittrick's
sermon at the First Presbyterian Church
Christ also hath once suffered for sin. the
JUST for the unjust, that he might bring us
to ...GqS Ss;. He said ssl in part:
transferable: One Of them . guilt. No
man can be guilty for another man. 1t
would be a shabby universe In which such
2 thing. could be allowed. Every man must
own sin. Another Of them Is penalty. The
punishment OF the innocent for the guilty
would be rank immortality. Nobody with a
spark OF Justice within him could sanction
sucn q monstrous proceeding.
1t ts simply impossible that remore, the
hardening Of the conscience and general
the penalty Of guilt. should become the her
1taee OF the innocent. or be laid upon them
py any commercial or legal transaction.
hhno.ner OF them is character. This cannot
clothes. This canont be handed down or
handed up. and. II 1t could, it would be
worthless. Whatever character you have
got, good or bad. is not something that was
gwen to you. but something that was
forged and hammered out in the depths of
your own soul.
These things are not vicarious. and con-
not be traded to and fro. They are our
own .or they are not ours at all. But there
is something that can be vicarious, reason
that is suffering. You cannot carry an
others guilt. or penalty. or character: but
you can carry another's suffering. or, rath-
er, you can suffer with him., or for him, or
through him.
THE weak suffer for the strong. Nature
presents to US the spectacle of that which
Is unfit going to the wall. showed out of ex-
istence. that the stronger and better may
survive. This is one Of the stern laws OF
the development and progress of life. That
pathway has been REDEEMED by the blood OF
countless generations OF sacrIfcial lives. The
history of the organic world has been tina
OF q winnowfng fan. blowing of the chat
and preserving the wheat. Only the minor
fly of life stays In the world. The majority
vanfshes because 1t Is unfit to live and would
carry retrogression and decay into the ever
iengthening future. 1t seems cruel on the
top. but Is beneficent at the bottom, for only
in this way. by giving the field to those
precept Of Christ. to him that hath shall be
given, and from him that hath not shall be
taken even that which he hath can the
world OF life be marked by an upward trend
and kept ON the road to larger progress and
acquisition.
THE strong suffer for the weak. Some
thing OF this u found In the lower order
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ENS wNOI SUFFERING SAWS CONVERSION JESUS The ADVOCATE, CHRIST IS WAITING

and immortality to light. have atoned
for his sins: I lnfold him In my arms ano
anpeaI to the eternal covenant that this
soy ~ is exceeding strange that men seek
out ali manner of human devices When
Gods plan of salvation is so ample and so
ready Of access. According to the eternal
DEGREES of heaven, no soul can nave an0lher
nlea than Jesus Christ and his sacrifice;
The longest list of human deeds presented
at the bar of Gods justine wo9 rS,, ee b con,
sumed to ashes, but those whom ChriSt MAIN
redeemed with his blood shall enter neaven
with the song of the elders. Unto him mat
loved us and washed US from our sins IN
his own blood ~,,.
and their hopelessness. To all sucn we
commend the Lord Jesus. who is aoie 70
save. even unto the utternOst. Refusing MS
aid. there remains nothing but eternal sep
aration from God. Men think lightly OF this
and do not deem such separation a matter
of great moment. A little while ago one
of our citizens fled to Mexico. He had
funds with which to purchase all needrui
things, but Punishment from his city ana
his friends made life SO intolerable that ne
Voluntarily returned to accept his fate. On.
that men would awake to the realization
of the fact that without holiness no man
shall see God. and in Christ alone can that
holiness be acquired"
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GOVERNOR D0CKERY ANGRY.
Resents Statement That State
Convicts Did Not Wear Socks.
SPECIAL

hEPlBIIC SHEClAL
Jefferson City. Mo-, an. 25.-Governor
Dockery showed more temper to-day when
he was informed that there recently APP
peared in a St. Louis newspaper a state
ment to the effect that the convicts at the
P~enitentiary were not allowed to wear
stocks. than Is his custom under the most
trying circumstances The statement was
to the effect that the Warden had adopted
this method of reducing expenses, so as to
make a good showing for the P~enitentiary
from a financial standpoint
THAT report is absolutely slse." said the
Governor. II never heard of such a thing
before. and I am surprised that it ever
found its way into print"
II know that the convicts wear socks"
said Colonel AL Morrow of the Governors
Office. who overheard the remarks of the
Chief Executive. II saw the socks distrib-
uted to the convicts. They were new socks
and they were good socks. No Jerry Simp-
son ideas of economy prevail at the Peni-
tertiary. The Warden Is not a Populist. and.
so far as 1 know, none of the convicts ex-
pect to go to Kansas and run for Congress
on the Populist ticket. when they are re-,
leased"
Even this sally of Wit on the part of
Colonel Morrow did not restore the Cow
ernors customary good humor. He was mad
through and through. al.
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FOUND DEAD BODY ON TRACK.
Switchman Williams Was Killed
in Terminal Yards.

The body of Guy Williams, a switchmau
In the yards. was found mangled
on the tracks near the Eighteenth Street
bridge yesterday morning about Z o'clock.
accident Is supposed to have occurred
early Saturday night.
Williams was IS years old. His wife liyes
at Princeton. Ind. He roomed at No. 1903
Dillon street. The crew with which he was
working informed the police thai he was
missed about ] o'clock Saturday night, but
they thought he had gone home.
The body was removed to the morgueI
Relatives at Princeton were notified,
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FLAMES THREATENED TOWN.
Fire Does $4,000 Damage in
Fisher ILL.,, Yesterday.

REPUBLIC
Bloomington. ILL.,. Jan. %.-Another costly
fire occurred at Fisher, a small town in
morning. The j. w. Kenward dry goods
and grocery store was the first structure
to go, the fire originating in this building.
The stock was valued at $50
The flames then burned the. building oc-
cupied by Charles Kidd. confectioner. The
damage on stock is S1.0N. The vacant bank
building. owned by Frank Venum. was also
destroyed. The fire was gotten under con-
troll while the building adjoining Venum's
was burning. Thu block on the opposite side
of the street was also threatened. but was
saved after desperate efforts
The heat broke most of the plate glass.
The entire damage Is estimated at SO. 200,
This was the second serious fire that has
visited this village. the first. a year ago. de.
stroying $50. 600 worth of property.
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JESUS IS THE ADVOCATE
OF ALL WHO SEEK HIM.
A Personal Effort to Right
eousness Ia of no Avail, Snys
Doctor Williamson.

The Reverend Doctor William J. William
son preached yesterday morning at the
Third Baptist Church on Tho Advocate
with the Father His text was: And II
Father. Jesus Christ, the righteous" Doc
tor Williamson said, in part: .
THE titles given to our Lord suggest at
once his fitness for the ministry OF rec
onctiiat.on and our deep need Of the serv-
ice he comes to render. He has Undertaken
TO be our advocate with the Father and TO
plead our case against every accusing
voice.
"For this task he is abundantly equipped.
He was the author of heavens law and has
the deepest love of the Father, before whom
he pleads. He can make our case his own.
because he bore our sing. endured our
shame, was wounded for our transgressions.
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are helping to plat his crown of thorns.
all these are helping to drive the nails that
bind him to his cross!
"You have not been obedient to the
heay emily vision! God never let's a human
soul go unwarned to its doom of eternal
oblivion. He cries out in each heart MS
message of warning. They who are peo-
ping in a mighty. never-ending stream the
outer darkness of eternity have al! been
warned. have all been entreated. have all
been pleaded with by the tender voice or
love, St. Paul's experience has not been
unique. 1t is the common experience or
eYeryOne!"