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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-04

from isaiah winch Jesus QuOIeu WHSu
he presented Himself as the promised
Messiah at Nazareth, THE Spirit OF
the Lord is upon Me, because He hath
Amounted Me to preach the Gospel TO
the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the
broken-hearted, to preach deliverance
to the captives, and recovering or sight
to the blind, to set at liberty them that
are bruised, to preach the acceptable
year of the Lord" When John the
Baptist sent his disciples to inquire OF
Jesus if He was the Christ, He replied:
GO and shew John again those things
which We do hear and see. The poor
have the Gospel preached to them.
Although HE was rich, yet for our
sazes He became poor" He identified
himself with the poor and needy, and
His hand was always Outstretched to
help them. 1t could not possibly be
claimed with any reasonable justice
that He ever selfishly claimed for Him
self anything that might have been be-
slowed upon those VINO were poor. And
yet in the incident which is before us
we find some of the disciples murmur-
ing against the pouring of the pre-
cious and costly ointment upon Jesus
head and claiming that the ointment
should have been sold and the poor
remembered. But Jesus, whose thought
was always for the poor, rebukes them
and declares: Eye have the poor with
you always, and whatsoever ye will
We may do them good; but Me We have
not always" The poor were ever
present with them. affording a perpet-
ual opportunity for the deed of charity
and kindness. They were to be remem-
bered they were to be helped, and
whatsoever anyone so desired he was
free to do so; but there were gifts
which even the poor were not entitled
to. They belonged wholly to the Lord
Himself. There were times when even
the poor must be forgotten in render
ing full and appreciative service to the
Lord.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-04

Tucson, Ariz., Aug ga monster
mountain engine exploded at the
Southern Pacific shops here Friday.
The mangled remains of c. c. Mayfield,
the fireman in charge of the boiler,
were found so yards away.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-04

, IN NllN
when Jesus lived
among men, so it
is to-day, the poor
are present with
us. Jesus was pc
culiarly the friend
of the poor. The
word of prophecy
declared that the
Christ who was to
com e S h o u | d
preach the Gospel
to the poor, and
it was thatpassage
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-04
Frederick l.. OImstead.

Boston, Aug. 29.-Frederick L. Ohm
stead, the noted landscape architect,
died to-day at Waverly, Mass, aged 81
years.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-04

she did not pray any more. She used
to be Christian, she said. And the
words Of Jesus: Come unto Me, all We
that labor and are heavy laden, and l
will give you rest" came to her heart
that day with new meaning and new
hope. And 1 found the poor, the des-
perately poor, to whose temporal needs
was not able to minister, but TO
whom the Lord b1essedly opened the
way to serve them in their spiritual
needs.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-04
VICE: CONSUL WAS
NOT ASSASS|NATED
Unknown Assassin Fired at Him
But Bullets Missed.
REPORT OF KILLING AN ERROR
The President, However, Will Not
COuntermand Order For Squadron
to Proceed to Turkish Waters
Insuring Protection.

Washington, Aug. ga decidedly
new turn in the case of the United
States vice-consul, William c. Magels-
sen, at Beirut, Syria, who was reported
to have been assassinated last Sun
day, developed, Friday, when it be-
came known that the report was in
correct, and that, although Mr.. Magels-
sen had been shot at, he had not even
been injured.
This information came to the state
department in dispatch from United
States Minister Leishman, at Constan-
tinople, who said the mistake in max
ing the original announcement was
due to an error in the transmission of
the cipher dispatch from Consul Ravn-
dial, at Beirut, in reporting the incident
to the minister. The dispatch from
the minister was communicated to the
president at once at Oyster Bay, but
up to a late hour last night nothing
had been heard from him on the sub
ject at the state department. Its con-
tents were extremely gratifying to the
officials of the government here, as it
relieved the situation of it's extreme
tension, and leaves the way open for
an amicable and peaceful adjustment
of the incident.
The opinion was expressed that the
attempted assassination of Magelssen
probably would bring matters to a TO
Gus, the attention of the Turkish gov
eminent being drawn to the matter in
a forcible way and some effort thus be
made to avoid further trouble.
The denial of the report of the kill
ing of Mr.. Magelssen relieves the situ-
alton of it's immediate awkward and
embarrassing feature, but will not pre-
vent our naval vessels continuing TO
the east. Minister Leishman, in one
of his dispatches to the department,
suggested that conditions were such
that it might be we'll to have some
American naval demonstration in
those waters.
Acting Secretary Darling, Friday
night, received a cablegram from
Admiral Cotton, dated Villefranche,
saying that he had left that place with
the cruisers Brooklyn and the San
Francisco, for Genoa, on the way to
Beirut.
Squadron VIII Proceed to Beirut.
Oyster Bay, n. Y, Aug. 29.vPresi-
dent Roosevelt has received through
the state department confirmation of
the dispatches from Constantinople and
Beirut which show that the report of
the assassination of Vice-Consul Mag
elssen at Beirut is an error.
The president will not countermand
the order to Rear-Admiral Cotton to
proceed with the cruisers Brooklyn and
San Francisco and the gunbOat
Machias to Turkish waters.
The attack on Mr.. Magelssen is re-
garded as an incident which points TO
the necessity of demonstration which
would have the effect of insuring the
protection of Americans in the Turk
jSh amOirP
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-04
Chicago. Sunday,

Chicago, Sunday, 1903.
Text:-"Ye have the poor with you al
ways, and whatsoever ye will ye may do
them good. Mark 1871
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-04

THE Criticism.-Much criticism is
L heard that the churches raise and
eXpend SO much for the evangelization
of the world and so little in direct lines
of charity. The sociologist points with
pride to his neighborhood settlements,
his clubs, his schools for the poor, and
challenges the churches to show like
zeal for the lettering of human cOndi-
lions. 1t is the complaint of the dis
ciples mOderniZed. The disciples said:
This ointment might have been sold
for more than 300 pence, and have been
given to the poor" The modern critic
says: See the vast amounts the
churches are spending in spreading the
Gospel. This money might better be
devoted to the alienation of the condi-
ton of the poor of our own land" Is
the criticism just? and if not, wherein
does the criticism err? Both questions
may be answered by the same state
ment: Jesus did not come into the
world to better the condition of the
poor. He came that He might through
His sacrifice save the souls Of men. His
mission to the poor is not to give more
food, better clothing and shelter, but
to lift the dead soul to life in Him, and
when this has been done food, cloth
ing and shelter follow. The best the
world can do for it's poor does not go
beyond the brink of the grave, but the
work which Christ does, and which He
has called His disciples to help Him
carry on, brings better conditions in
this life and prepares the soul for
Heaven.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-04
Giving to the Lord and
Giving to the Poor " "
Sermon by the Highway and Byway'' Preacher.
Copyright, 1908, by J. NJ. Edson.l
Giving to the Latter Is Not Always Equivalent
Giving Lord.

men, but the Lord would never have
lad the privilege of giving His gra-
cious and appreciative testimonial
which has come with it's rare fragrance
down to us through The years. Was
Mary lacking in her sense of the needs
of the poor? Were the critical disci-
pies more Jealous in charitable enter
prises than their Lord? Mary's offer
ing, the criticism of the disciples, and
Jesus rebuke, bring their message and
their lessons to us of to-day.
IN these days of lavish giving and
L splendid organized charities, the
poor are remembered and provided for
as never before in the worlds history.
Charity's operations are reduced to a
science, but the Lord and His mission
to the poor are forgotten. Temporal
benefits are allowed I'D obscure the
eternal needs of the soul. The alabas-
ter boxes are sold and the 800 pence
are given to feed and clothe the poor,
and human pride and self-conscious-
ness swell in the heart and eXclaim:
See, Lord, how splendidly thy servant
hath wrought" But were the soul SEN
sitive to the voice of the Saviour, they
would hear Him say: eye have the
poor with you always and when ye will
We may do them good. Ye have con-
slant opportunities to minister to their
physical needs, but the supreme offer
ing is the alabaster box of fellowship
with Me, of realization of My mission
to earth, of loving gratitude because of
what l have wrought for you" 1t is
not the giving of the 300 pence to re-
lieve temporary need, but the offer
ing of the best one has to the Lord
that one may go forth equipped to give
the Lords best to the needy souls of
the poor.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-04

THAT Mary did not err is evident
from our Lords Tebuke to the muir
muring disciples and His commenda-
ton of the deed of Mary. She was so
adjusted in her relationship with her
Lord and those about her that she did
not allow the physical distress and the
needs of the latter to obscure her Lord
and make her forget that the spiritual
was far more important than the ply
steal. Three hundred pence and the
poor looked bigger and better and more
important to some of the disciples than
the love and devotion and spiritual
perception of Mary. Human standards
are so different from those which God
recognizes and uses Three hundred
pence to the poor would have secured
to Mary honorable place among the
towns benefactors. She would have
been known as a philanthropist among
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-04

T is a matter OF proper adjustment
L of ourselves to the Lord and to
those about us. Both have their claims
upon US The giving to the one must
not take from the other that which is
rightfully due. We recognize, of
course, the beautiful truth that he who
serves the poor serves the Lord.
Scripture plainly declares that "he that
hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto
the Lord" And Jesus, in the picture
which He drew of the judgment day,
identified those who had given a cup of
cold water to the needy as having rem
dered that service to Jesus Himself.
We may not meet Jesus in the flesh
and minister unto Him, but the poor
we have with us always and we may
find in their need opportunity of bless
ed service unto the Lord. But in this
service there is danger of error of
judgment in degree and kind of ser
vice rendered. There must be careful
adjustment The proper adjustment of
the delicate balance wheel in my watch
determines whether the works will run
or not If the revolution of the little
wheel is not equal in each direction,
so as TO properly act on the escapement
and permit the springs to drive
the wheels, my watch is good
for nothing as a timekeeper. Ev-
erything else about the watch may be
of the best material and workmanship
but if the balance wheel is not proper
ly adjusted it will be of no more SER
vice as a timekeeper than the gilded
play watch which my little one so
proudly carries. And so it is in re-
gard to our relations to the Lord and
the poor. An adjustment which ena-
bles one to render to each the rightful
devotion and service is the only ad-
justment which is fair to both. For
Mary to have sold her box of ointment
for three hundred pence and distribu-
ted them to the poor would perhaps
have brought her much public praise,
but it would have robbed the Lord of
that evidence of the exquisitely tender
love and devotion which comforted
His heart in the dark hours of the last
days of His ministry upon earth.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-04

JESUS Rebuke.-And if Jesus were
here on earth to-day He would an
swer the modern critics as He did
those who murmured at Mary: Eye
have the poor with you always, and
whatsoever ye will We may do them
good" 1t was not Jesus purpose to
set the poor aside and refuse to recog-
nize their claim for help. In fact His
reply is a positive recognition of the
poor and their claims upon their fellow
men, and especially the Christian. The
rebuke is not against the desire to aid
the poor, but against the exalting of
the temporal above the spiritual And
until the higher claims of the latter
are recognized, one is not in a position
to administer to the temporal needs.
The least which one can do for the
poor is to feed and clothe and shelter.
If the help does not go beyond that
point, the amending years of eternity
will reveal the folly of such ministry.
The poor we have always, and there is
constant opportunity to help them.
physically, but the supreme mission is
to help them spiritually. To withhold
food and shelter and clothing so that
the life perish would not be so terrible
as to withhold the ministry which
would bring the soul from death to life.
Death would forever end the physical
suffering, but death would only mark
the beginning of the awful lack which
the soul without Christ must know.
THIS thought and this lesson were
| forcibly driven home to my heart
during my summer vacation last year.
which l spent awheel. My pockets were
not filled with coin, but the roomy
bag on my bicycle was filed with the
precious Word of God. Pretty ilIumi-
mated Scripture texts, and Testaments
the living Word of God which shall
not pass away, rather than treasures
of this world which perish with the
using. The thought that in the coun-
try districts there were many needy
souls who seldom or never came I'M
der religious influences or heard the
Word of God, who might be reached
through my itinerant ministry, i'm
PEELED me forward. And 1 did find
such. l found one half-grOwn boy who
had never heard of Jesus. 1 found one
poor Woodworking mother whose trials
had driven her from the Saviour's side
instead of to Him. She had no Bible,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
WORLD'S-t9O4-FAlR.
ANTITIPPING LEAGUE.


An 'antitippng league is suggested for the benefit
of these individuals who subject to the peculiar
mportunateness of low-saared unsalaried attend
ants in hotels and shops. The organization of a
league 10 which anybody of faring temperament and
facile susceptibility may be eligible. is urged.
The average citizen inherts strong hatred of
money and lie will not give willing support TO any
scheme that may prevent him from dispossessing
himself of burdensome and useless coin of the Re-
public. The writers who recommend an multiplying
league" may be credited with coed intentions, they
surely working for the public veal in endeavor-
ing solve this great sociologc problem. But they
make mistake in encroachng upon personal liberty.
Only receivers of tips need money. care for it
Tipping, therefore is nuisance is stated. but
highly commendable custom, which affords literary
actors. politicians. clerks and aboring men an
opportunity TO dispose of something which they do
want. There is reason why patron should
not pay the restaurateur dollar for steak and
ell the waiter to keep the change of fve-dOliar
bill: to give the barber fifteen cents for shave
and the boot-back twenty-five cents for shine,
Money is worth nothing except at the mint or sub
treasury. and there il is only worth its weight. Very
few people like money and scarcely any works
fer it. Tipping should not be abolished 1t offers
n chance get rid of silver that makes too much
noise in the pocket and bills that might be ABERDEEN
tally used for lighting cigars.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
o,MALLEY-KIELY WEDDING
CHINESE CUSTOMS DUTIES.
Order Relative to Nathalie Matter
Subject to Revenue Changes.

Postmaster Baumhoff has received COM
munication from y. VI. Brooks. Superin-
tendent of Foreign Mails at Washington. in
which he makes the following order. pro-
viding that in the future all mail made
mp in the United States for the United
States Postal Agency at Shanghai, China.
and received at that agency. which contains
articles liable to Chinese custom duties
shall he submitted to specially authorized
customs officials. The charges the United
States Postal Agent shall cat,se TO be COL
lected upon the delivery OF the articles. and
transmit the amounts TO the Chinese Gus
toms officials: also - custody of the
dutiable articles is not to be surrendered.
but is TO be retained in the United States
Postal Service. until the articles are finally
disposed of, and the stipulations OF the
Joint regulation of this department and .he
Treasury Department relative to the treat
ment of dutiable articles received In the
United States in mail from foreign countries
are to be conformed to as far as possible
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
LESS THAN A WEEK.

Vigorous efforts must he made in the next few
days to excite general interest in the special election
for June % Less than week intervenes before
the election and in that short time the meaning and
effects of the issue must be impressed upon every
good citizen that he will neglect his duty by fail
ing to vote.
The one danger exaggerated by the apparent lack
of attention to- the election is that the vote might be
small. This state should not prevail Every citizen
should understand the important proposition and
every citizen should vote. If the proposition is thor
oughy understood every citizen of personal standing
will vote. and if every such citizen will vote the Char
ter amendment will be adopted.
Why there should be keen interest in purely po-
ca contest involving party triumph or the success
of popular candidate and no interest in a very i'm
portant matter concerning the prosperity of the city.
is contrast fundamentally opposite to the popular
idea of popular government In this election the city
is making of the principle of referendum. by sub
hitting proposed Charter provision to the for
their approval. The citizens should uphold this ref
erendum principle by studying the proposition to he
presented and by voting in accordance with their
judgment.
Every who is qualified to vote is qualified to
have an opinion. Every who holds opinion
public affairs should record his opinion in the
porg-pace: it cannot be recorded to better purpose
with such telling effect in any other in
any other place. Voting must be looked upon as Il
duty rather than privilege; otherwise the citizen
who desires good government and municipal progress
will have only good wishes and nice hopes his
sets. while the citizen who votes though lacking opn-
ion of his own. will manage public business.
The special election is distant but few days.
Yet it is probable that thousands Of citizens
of the object of the election. and that thou
sands have erroneous ideas about the proposition that
will be voted upon. Many citizens think that the
proposition is authorize the issuance Of bonds:
they believe that favorable vote would sanction
actual increase in the citys bonded debt. This i'm
preston is far from right
The effect of the amendment would be to suit the
Charter 10 the Constitution to give the city the
authority to increase the public debt at any time in
the future. for permanent public improvements The
Charter is defective in describing the cys authority
the amendment would supply this deficiency The
Constitution authorizes the city to increase the bonded
Indebtedness fer permanent public improvements this
authority should be definitely invested in the city by
Charter
But every should know. the Charter amend
ment does not provide for bond issue In order to
issue bonds another special election would have to
be held after this election. II this amendment be
adopted the city will have legal authority to increase
its bonded debt within the limit prescribed by Con-
stitution for such public Improvements are perma-
spond with Constitutional provisions and would con-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18

tain all authority which the city is empowered to ex
ercse. The question of bond issue would be deter
mined by the voters. at any subsequent time when
another special election might be held
There can be no disagreement about the view that
the city should accept all rghtful authority that is
offered. The Charter should define the city's power
to increase the bonded indebtedness for permanent
public improvements. Even should this authority
never he utilized the city should nevertheless have it,
If the voters should be opposed to bond issue. they
vote against it when that proposition is submitted.
1t is not submitted now. They should approve the
amendment and suit the Charter 10 the Constitution.
A! that they will do then. in practical way. will h.
to enable the municipality to submit bonG-iSsie
proposition to themto the voters-at future date.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
ROCK CHURCH COMMENCEMENT
Commercial Institute Pupils in An
nual Entertainment.

The Rock Church Hall at Grand and Fin
new avenues was filled last night with the
parents and friends of the children who
presented the annual entertainment Of the
Rock Church Commercial Institute.
Music for the occasion was furnished by
the Christian Brothers College Orchestra
and materially aided in making the pro-
gramme a success.
A novel feature was the concerted speak
ing of familiar pieces. The pupils were so
well trained that had it not been for the
great volume OF sound 1t would have seemed
as If one person were speaking. The sixth
grade spoke "old Ironsides:' the fifth
55inth and tenth grades Forest Chapel
Bell"
besides the numbers by the orchestra and
the bows choir Emmett Mcdonnell. Philip
Zimmerman Thomas Mcmahon and Joseph
A. Sheehan rendered individual selections.