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Milford chronicle., 1903-06-19

fathers heart melted with repentance
ana he was crying like a little child.
Boys and girls, what do you think your
mother would do if you would climb
up into her lap and put your arms
about her neck and ask her why she
did not have family prayers? l tell
you what she would do. Perhaps she
would get down on her knees and put
her arms about you and then and
there consecrate her life and yours
anew to the Saviour. Oh. childrenl
Oh little children, that is one reason
why | want you TO respond to Christ's
suffer the little children
to come unto me-" l want YOU to
come to Christ today to be saved. that
you may also ask your big brothers
ana sisters. your fathers and mothers
and all your little playmates to come
llong by your side.
Milford chronicle., 1903-06-19
Horrors Of IournnIi.n,.

''What is the difference" said the in
formation editor, between a dissatis-
fed third base man and
And the owner of a collection of
curiositiesY broke in the exchange ed
itOr. zone plays for his discharge and
the other charges for his display
That's easy. What is the diGcrenc
between the captain of leaky ship
"And a lawyer cross examining l
witness? Shucks! That's like falling
of a log. One mans the pumps and
the other pumps the man. Why is d..
actor
'BOneless ham. Why is
(TO be eontinuedl
Chicago Tribune.
Milford chronicle., 1903-06-19
A ChiId,s Pnthetfc PIen.

George Francis Train sat one spring
morning in Union square, as was his
custom. surrounded by children to
whom, contrary to his attitude toward
adults, he was always affable and
agreeable. On the outside of the group
surrounding Mr. Train stood a small
colored girl looking wistfully at the
white children who were receiving all
his attention and hearing his wonder
full tales After they had dispersed
and Mr.. Train was alone the black
child advanced timidly and said to him,
DO you love childrenY Looking at
his questioner in some surprise, Mr..
Train admitted that he did. Then in
a low voice she said, Il am child"
Milford chronicle., 1903-06-19

For the benefit of those desiring to attend
the Twentieth Triennial National smnger-
,est OF me southeastern SiPngerbuud 81 ial.
ilmOre, Md June Is to 20 the pennsvlv p, "a
hairoad Comrany viii selI round mn, lick.
Ba umore from all stations on its IN, :.
except NoOdherry, Harrisburg, and inIerme.
ulAte STATIONS, CoiEmbia. Frederick, and in
tfm-diate stations on the Northers Central
~ way Lancaster, Harrisburg, ana Ter
mediate stations, and stati ms on the Pbfla-
!eNclesiye Of stations south of Towuser Il
,lel, rom v hich tickets W IN be sold on June
- IA and 10, good for return passage untlI
uhe =, inciusive,at rate ofsingle fare for the
round trtp, plus one dollar
Sldr-trip tickets from Baltimore to Wash-
inston and return will be sold and gooi a.
ipg June Is and l9,at rate OF i.GU for tine Iouna
.flp. These tickets VIII be good 10 ieturn
W hin Two days, dale of Sa e Included. and
VIII be Na!ld on al trains except the Con-
gIt tssiOral Limited
Milford chronicle., 1903-06-19
College
NEWARK, DELAWARE

NEWARK, DELAWARE.
Examinations for entrance to Delaware Col
lese will be held t the following places on Fri
day and Saturday, June 18th and 2Oth. 1903. he
ginning in the morning:
Newark lat the College,, Middietown, smvrpa.
Dover Milford, Georgetown, Seaford, Laurel,
Leves.
Candidates will write 10 the President Of the
College to tell at which Of these places they may
desire to apper and they will be notified where
the examinations will be held.
GEO. A. HARTER,
May l5th-6t. President
Milford chronicle., 1903-06-19
A Little Child Shall Lend.

but there IS another reason. children
why you should come to Christ and
that IS so that you can bring your fa-
theF ana mother, big brothers and sis
/ ters along with you to Christ. oh how
many children there are here whose
Iathers never ask a blessing at the
table or have family prayers by the
nome altar! Oh, how many little chill
uren there are here whose fathers and
mothers and big brothers and sisters
are drifting out into life of sin merely |
because they have never answered +ba |
pleading call Of Jesus and have nor
come ana knelt at the Saviour's feeti
Little children, do you not know II
can lend vpnr Ve'tsa 49,. 'laEh li!aIEh mothers and
brothers and -ssters and uncles and
aunts op dig men and big women TO
CHEST? Do you not realize. bows and
girls. .that as the Bible describes the ,
day OF millennium as the time when !
"tlE wolf also shall dwell with the
l9nb. and little child shall lead :
hem'' the greatest gospel messengers
VINO ever lived are the little children :,
who are leading the grown up people =
o the foot OF the cross?
Boys and girls. if you have a father -
Who never goes to church, what a good =
hing it would be If you could bring y
I'm! suppose you should 20 home :,
rom this service and Chamber up into r.
is lap and say: Papa, why do NOT -
ou come to church? Why do not YOU 4.
we Jesus" How good thing # ~
'ould be II he should put his arm a. -
round you and should say. Yes. dar- -
ne, for your sake will go to church =, "
nd learn to love Jesus" He would be sl
ping just as that great lawyer and ~
atesman Of Philadelphia did a few ~ ~
ears ago. He was home from Wash t% H'
gton for little while on a vacation. -. -
lille he was sitting in the parlor his pe p
tie six-year-old daughter rushed into " "
e room, crying: "Oh. papa, | have ~ ~
armed to read. Would you like to 81
ar me read?" Then she went and m ~,
Bible and opened it, and with WI
r little fingers used for a guide she |
'wly read the sixteenth verse Of
third chapter OF st. John. "For a
d so loved the world that he gave +bi
only begotten Son, that whosoever for
ieveth in him should not perish. but "
We everlasting life" Before the lit daa
girl had finished her reading the NOT
Milford chronicle., 1903-06-19
A Price tn n. n.,n

thought" said the shopper, "that
TINS was bargain; that l could get it
for a songY"
Wen, you can have It," replied the
dealer, IF you can reach q few high
notes."-Buffalo Times.
Milford chronicle., 1903-06-19
Christ the Cu,da


Now, little child's lire coD no oo,,,
pared 10 seed. How? Because Won
Know a seed does not grow unless If is
rlshtiy planted in the right kind of
GROUND. Weeds will grow anywhere
without any care. So if the good seed
spoke or Just now does not get cored
| Tor and looked after it will NOT GROW
Dut the bad seed will, and your Hvas
] VIII become like weeds-good for no+I,
lns' Now II you ask Jesus to look aft
IT you ana take charge of you, out of
your nature can grow the great trees
Oh righteousness which will bear forth
good Truit if you will only let the roots
Ol your heart grow about the rock of
calvary upon which once stood tbe
oaVlours cross. Do you not see chill
uren' how important It is that Won o,ive
your life to Christ now if from vonr
niue serves must come all that is good
or all that is bad?
Little children should come to Christ |
soon' very soon. Their Christian fo- (
thers and mothers will not be able
much longer to shield them from the
evll temptations as they have been able
TO do. When my little boys and girls
were at home l could do what I pleased
win them. could say Susan" or
Iertrude' or "ThOmas De Witt" or
Frank"-for I have four children-"I
"lsh you would not associate with that
lttle boy you were with this morning"
ana ana II one OF my little girls should saw.
'Nhy papa" I would answer: ~ do
lot thlnk he is nice little boy. heard
us mother call to him today to como
MO the house, and he answered. 4
won't come And when his mother
vent after him he lay right down in tne E
treet and began to kicl, and scream 4
nd bite. Now, no good little boy will
yer act like that, and l do not want /
ou to 90 with him"
But. children, though l may havefW
cen able to guard and shield and pro/ W
ect my little girl while she was At to
ONE. there came n momentOus Eay
'hen she went beyond my dire0/care W
nd guiding influence. That 6y first tn
lme when we sent her to snool. 1t hi
as a sad time for the payntal heart fr
hen our oldest child hagto pack her hi
tile schoolboOks and/leave home. 20
er mother took her to a great big lo'
'om filled with Hte boys and girls We
I'd left her there In that school we ar,
lew that tbere /ere bad girls rs well lin
good girls. "a boys as well as good an
VS.. and sh had to sit there and as dol
1iate to Jme extent with them all. sta
nv wis going to look after NV We,
lie ~ when she goes to meet the Inc
nm $dons Of school unless Christ WI
loves little children, goes along lit
takes her by the hard? Who is the
ig to tell her what to do when the lea
girl tells her to disobey her teach hea
nd whispers in her ear the naughty got
y If Christ is not there? Her her
her cannot do it, Her father can slo,
do it. We are not there. Christ the
can be her guide and her shield. God
emDtattOns of the Little ones. his
me grown up people do not think bell
little children have any big temp hav
ms. But know that some of the tie
Milford chronicle., 1903-06-19

than your father or mother. sister OF
brother He is a friend whose love is
/ beyond your mental grasp. whose love
passeth all human understanding"
Two Kinds of seed.
Let me tell you what Jesus Christ
can do for you. In every child's ma
ture there are two kinds of seed. One
OF these is capable of growing into a
tree Of righteousness. and the other is
capable of growing into a tree of wick
edness and sin. Now, when Jesus
takes charge Of a childs nature it is
the good seed that grows, and then the
child's life starts well, and when the
child becomes a man or woman that
life Is happy one and blessing to
the world. Children, these words may
be very hard for you to grasp. but l
think l can explain my meaning by a
very simple illustration. l hold in my
hand an apple. Where did it come
from? "Oh. l know" says a young
boy sitting in that class behind his .
teacher My mother last summer f.
took me 10 the country. While l was .
there | used to visit farmer who had
a farm just back of our hotel There
in his field he had a great big apple
orchard. The farmer used to let me
climb those trees and pick the apples
which grew upon the branches. They
were aWfully big trees. Some Of them
were so big that had to get a ladder
TO climb them. Some of them were so
big that after l had climbed them |
found four or five birds nests in the
same tree. Some of them were so big
That my mother used to come out on
hot days and hang her hammock under
he branches and there do her sewing
md Knitting" I
That answer is right, my boy. An I
lpple grows upon branch in an 4
richard. But where did those big o
rees come from which produced the I
pples? "Oh do not know" answers s
he boy. Il suppose they have always v
een there. Why, mother said that "
ONE Of those apple trees were forty n
htty years old Some of them were O
old as my grandfather and grand "
lother, and they are awfully old" 81
es' my boy, you are right again. OF
ome apple trees live to be verv. very cC
d. But those trees did not just grow. ze
very tree had beginning. If You n,
It open the apple which | hold in my m
lnd you will find in the center of if sl
apple core. Right in the center of er
Q apple core you will find little of
own seed Now, children, if you ed
Vi take this apple seed and plant If el,
the ground in the springtime that do
su VIII burst open and begin to grow. w,
e little roots Of that seed will begin he
grow down. A little green shoot ha
G grass will begin to grow up. Then nfl
green grass will change after tbf
lille into stem. The stem will de,
'nge after awhile into a tree trunk. hin
om that tree trunk VIII grow the ed
inches. From the branches will as
wv the leaves and the blossoms. wit
in the blossoms will afterward slei
W the apples. The apple tree does aw,
come forth from nothing. The ap- upo
Tree first grows from the little seed fool
that which / hold in my hand. hea
Milford chronicle., 1903-06-19
TRUSTEN p. CAUSEY,
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT,
FIRE < LIFE.
MILFoR5, DELAWARE.
S.a.UUEL ,. H'ILSOJV,
Funeral SircGior and EmhaIme

Vu'eFdI ,.TSGtOF and EmbalH1el
Twenty-Five years experience in the abov
business with the assistance Of my son. John
r wilson, enables me to guarantee satisfac.
ton. Everything first class with moderate
charges Black and white heal 7ss. Bodies
elhoalmed or preserved by tht dse on ice
@ @Aei s oiack suits end robes; Iad.es' dresses
and robes children's shrowds always in
stock. No extra charge made for my wife'S
services when required. All styles Of collins
and cas- kets constantly in stock
Telephone and telegram coDmunico,,o,s
promptly answered. No. extra charge for
distance. Five per cent discount or Nh hills
petd within thirty days --9
we ask for an examination Of our Furnf
t1s line '1'As a.
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Milford chronicle., 1903-06-19
Reduced Rates to baltimore.

VIA PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, ACCOUNT
SAENGERFEsr OF THE NoRrHEAsrERN "A
ENGERBUND.
The independent., 1903-04-16

Cleveland and all other cities in the
state would be in absolute control of
one man. Hanna calculated that with
mayor of Cleveland elected in his
interests, he would not only have Tom
Johnson disposed of, but things fixed
to suit him for all time to come. Now
Tom Johnson holds that power and
not Hanna. This being the case, it is
freely predicted that Hanna may be
defeated for reelection.
In Chicago, Mayor Harrison was
elected for fourth term on a dis
tinctively public ownership platform.
In st. Louis the republicans were
defeated ON account of the notorious
corruption OF their city officials, sew
eral of whom are serving in the city
council who have been sentenced to
the penitentiary and are out on bail
pending appeals in their cases. In
Cleveland, Chicago and st. Louis, the
democratic platforms were all right
and men of the right stamp were NOM
mated on them. In Cincinnati the
thing was the other way. A gold
democrat, M. e. ingalls,, president of
the Big Four railroad, was the candi-
date, and the republicans carried the
city with whoop and hurrah that
left the "reorganizers" In a most hope
less condition.
ingalls, was one of the kind of demo-
Gratis that all the republican dailies
have been lauding to the skies. They
have held him up as they have Judge
Parker and Dave Hill as model for
all democrats. They found it easy to
do up ingalls,, just as they expect to
do up any reorganizer candidate that
they may induce the democrats to
nominate.
The independent., 1903-04-16
~~"@>~@
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THE STEAL. CORPORATION


advertising is the material main
stay, says w. J. Client, in Our Ben
evolent Feudalism,' speaking of "our
moulders Of opinion" "and the mer-
chants and magnates who have lar
gesse to distribute must be humored.
Publishers says the interesting CEN
sus bulletin on Printing and Publish
ing are depending more on adver-
tising and less on subscriptions and
sales for financial return Whether
it be the sensational yellows,' or the
less sensational, but characterless
pinks, or the staid and ponderous
'grays of the press, the same rule
holds"
Which calls to mind that the Oma-
ha Bees share of largesse from the
United States Steel corporation has
just come to hand in the form of a
full page advertisement, giving the
first annual report of that octopus.
This statement shows that for the
year ended December 81, 1902, the
gross sales and earnings were $780,
510,479.39, and that after deducting for
manufacturing and operating expenses,
general expenses Gncluding Schwab's
salary and taXes), and other minor
charges, the net earnings for the year
were s133 1903, ,763.72-or trife better
than 10 per cent On the $1,325, ,267,-
5S3.43 worth of property which the
corporation claims to own.
But The Independent did not set
out to give an analysis of this report.
1t simply wants to call attention to
the taxes paid by this corporation, re-
ported at $2,391, ,465.74. That of itself
is an enormous sum sufficient to wipe
out the floating debt Of Nebraska and
perhaps leave enough to build
temple for the university without any
help from Rockefeller. Yet, enormous
as the sum Is, it amounts to less than
two mills on every dollar of property,
and less than 2 per cent Of the net
earnings.
The United States Steel corporation
paid trife over 1S cents in taxes on
each s100> worth of property held by
>it-and that includes every kind of
taxes, state, county, and municipal.
An $4,000 quarter section of Nebraska
land (say in Lancaster county, pays
about s35 a year in state, county and
school district taxes; $4,000 Of steel
The independent., 1903-04-16
RECENT ELECTIONS
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~~N>~~

The recent elections in Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago and st. Louis go
far toward clearing UP matters III re-
gard 20 the chaos that has reigned in
the democratic party. The democrats
carried three of these large cities and
lost one. Tom Johnson made clean
sweep in Cleveland and SO overwhelm-
ing was his victory Notwithstanding
that the corporations used every
means in their power to defeat him,
that it is generally conceded that
Mark Hanna, who was on the ground
and gave his full attention to the
campaign, has received the greatest
blow that has been dealt him since he
entered politics. What makes Har-
mas defeat most stinging is the fact
that the senator lad the legislature
pass the now celebrated ripper bill''
concerning cities with the firm con-
viction that Tom Johnson would be
defeated and the power of the city OF
The independent., 1903-04-16

trust property paid but $14.40 in taxes
last year.
1t ought not to be difficult for the
small taxpayer to see where he comes
in in deal like this or to see how
the corporation can afford to pay en-
ormous prices for publishing full
page advertisements Of its report in
the leading plutocrotic newspapers OF
the United States.
&SS>@<SSS
The Nebraska supreme court has
made the startling discovery that in
all Nebraska cannot be found a com
petent young woman, OF populist or
democratic persuasion, capable Of as
sisting Deputy Clerk Paul Pizey In
preparing the "unreported' opinions,
and because of this discovery the
court has appointed Miss Howell Of
Omaha, republican, to do the work.
1t may not be out Of place to remark
at this time that such tactics tend to
strengthen the party organizations
which placed Judges Sullivan and
Holcomb where they are today!
The independent., 1903-04-16
N~NN%N| ~
~~~N~
ASSOCIATED PRESS MONOPOLY
nominate

All that nine-tenths of the people
know of the world and of politics they
get from the Associated press. The
character of the men who for great
part make that news has often been
pointed out by The Independent. No
great daily has seen fit to place
correspondent in the Philippines and
all the news that the people get from
there comes. through the Associated
press. 1t now turns out that the AS
ISOLATED press agent there was an ex-
convict, who shortly after the expira-
ton OF his sentence Of seven years for
forgery was employed by it to furnish
the news that the people of the United
States were to base their political ac-
ton upon. Previous to his sentence
for forgery he had been a confidence
man and a genteel swindler in Eu-
rope, Australia, India and Egypt. In
the Philippines he went by the name
of Edgar G. Bellairs, but he has had
many aliases, among them Cheriton,
Elaine and Cameron.
He served the Associated press also
in Cuba and China. This is the man
who made r medical lieutenant a
brigadier general, and another, an ad-
Venturer from Kansas, the commander
Of department of the United States
army, for upon his dispatches the
fame of Wood, Funston and Chaffee
rests. When he left Manila he was
given a farewell dinner by the army
and among those present to do him
honor were Major General A. r. Chat
fee, commanding the division of the
Philippines; General Charles F. Hum
phrey, chief quartermastcr; Colonel
Charles A. Woodruff, chief commits
sary; Colonel William P. Hall, ad-
jutant general; Brigadier General T.
]. Wint, Brigadier General ]. M. Lee
and the president of the American
chamber of commerce. There we're
43 other men, all distinguished in
army or in civil life, in attendance to
attest their friendship for the depart
ing journalist.
This Associated press monopoly is
the most dangerous thing to good
government that ever afflicted any ma
tion. 1t will continue as long as the
telegraph is in the hands of private
parties. In connection with the West
ern Union Telegraph company it con-
trolls monopoly that threatens free
government. All that the people know
about the water cure" and other
The independent., 1903-04-16
THE MERCER CASE

WituUut uUuDt the occurrence OI
greatest interest to the people wki,h
happened during ihe week was the
decision in the case Of the Northern
Securities company, or the Merger
Case, as it is most commonly called.
1t is the most sweeping antitrust de-
cision ever made in this country. The
United States court of appeals, sitting
in st. Paul, has given Jim Hill and his
partners the most stinging rebuke ever
administered by a court In this de-
cision all four judges-Caldwell, San
born, Thayer and Vandeventer-con-
Cured. Every contention of the de-
PENDANTS is swept aside and perma-
nent injunction entered against them.
The opinion, written by Judge Thayer,
contends that The attempt Of the
Northern Securities company to hold
and vote the stock OF the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific railroads is
in direct opposition to the provisions
of the Sherman antitrust law; that
these are competing lines of road and
the merger destroys competition, that
any restraint of interstate commerce
is illegal; that the mere power to fix
common rates for competing lines,
whether the rates actually so fixed are
reasonable or unreasonable, is in con-
travention of the law, and that char
ter from New Jersey does not carry
with it the right to override federal
statute. .....
The dailies are making great ado
about the decision, but The IndepeE-
dent does not see that it will have
any practical effect, even if sustained
by the supreme court. 1t will not es--
tablish competition between these
roads. 1t seems 20 this writer that
Dan Lamont, Grover Cleveland's OLD
chum, stated the Facts when asked to
give his opinion Oh the decision OF
the court Lamont is director in the
securities company. He said:
'"The same men who own and
~ control Northern Securities own
and control he Northern Pacific.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and
Great Northern. What's the diff
foro,,ono nh Nor4bo1Y, Cooyritio.
company simply made it easier
for these men to ruu the roads"
The truth is that railroads are mo-
nopolies, and supreme courts nor
congresses can make anything else
out of them. There can be no COM
petition with a railroad and it is fu-
tile to try. There is but one solution
to the question. The government
must own the railroads. If, as La
mont says, one set Of men own ali
these roads, security holding COM
pany," while convenience, is not a
necessity in destroying competition.
fCTnapS IN the sweet Dye anu bye,
the people of the United States will
find all these things out and then
they will go to work and apply the
proper remedy.
These three great lines Of railroads
are all owned by the same men. They
will never establish competition be-
tween them, whether. there is Sc
curities company or not AS far as
competition is concerned, this deci-
sion will not affect it in any way
whatever.