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Railroad Extensions

Nearly all the great railroad systems
of the country are holding III allegiance
scQemes for Improvement, extension,
or equipment awaiting the clearing of
the bond market shelves.
The Atchison system is holding back
for next year, or for time when the
financial markets are more readily alb
sorbent of bonds, a scheme for a S1O,-
100000 or $4,000 ex ension north
OF San Francisco or Sacramento with a
more northerly terminal on the Pacific
Coast in the Redwood country.
A president of large railroad sys-
tenn east of Chicago says:
"There is not a railroad system in
the United States today but that is in
need Of new equipment to replace old
or outclassed equipment aud of heavier
rails to garry the new equipment, and
new equipment to get the efficiency of
the heavier rails.
'The rebuilding of railroad systems
and railroad terminals has been fairly
we'll started in this country, but the
re-equipping of the railroad systems
with heavier rails aud heavier locomo-
tives has scarcely as yet begun.
"Giyen a per cent. money market
for railroad bonds, and the rail mills
and locomotive works could not begin
to fill their orders. Every delayed or
der for new rails and needed new
equipment at the present time means 6
double demand in the future"
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Dead Brought Back to Life.

Custer. S. D., June AFTER lying
thirty.six hours in her coffin Mabel
Fearing, the tive-year old daughter Of
G. NJ. Fearing, has been revived
The child was saved through the in.
PREVENTION of DR.. E. S. Norton, a rela-
tive, who was at the house to attend
the funeral. DIR. Norton noted the ro-
sy cheeks and unchanged appearance
of the child and refused to permit the
coffin to be closed. He called other
physicians and an effort was made to
revive the child. At last signs of re.
turning animation was noted. Half al
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HISTORY In STATUES
Prominent SCulptOrs Artistically
Decorate Buildings at Fair.
Many Choice Bits of Sculpture Repre-
SentiAR Historical Events and
Persons AdOrn Entrances to
Buildings and EmbeIliah
the Landscape.

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
is profusely adorned with statuary.
The historic character of the exposi-
ton affords opportunity for use in the
avenues and courts, and at the entrance
OF buildings, of portraying statues and
other figures and groups having his
torlc significance in connection with
the Louisiana Purchase.
Besides this there is also an abun-
dance Of purely decorative sculpture,
that is sculpture which is architectural
and monumental intended to express
various poetic ideas and afford beauti-
ful and inspiring effects. Much Of the
latter class of sculpture is used in the
adornment Of the central architectural
feature Of the Exposition-the Festival
Hall, Colonnade Of States and Cascade
Gardens. The statuary for the Col
onnade Of States, however, has hls4
toric significance in that the various
figures typify the IA states and terri
tories formed out OF the original
Louisiana territory. The Exposition
palaces are adorned with QuadriBas,
spandrels, pediment figures, car
touches and other architectural sculp-
ture, and some OF the buildings have
appropriate figures at the entrance
such as the Missouri building, where
on either side Of the main entrance are
seated figures Of Napoleon and Jeffer.
son, and the Art Palace, where at the
main entrance are seated figures rep
resenting such subjects as Nature anC
Truth. Another statue for the en-
trance to this building is entitled
Sculpture, and 1t is the work Of Dan
lei G. French This building has mucl
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MANUFACTURES. WORLDS FAIR.
ST. LOUIS
other sculpture, most OF 1t OF perma-
nent character.
An illustration OF the way In which
sculpture is used in the decoration Of
the palaces Of the Exposition is the
work Of Augustus Lukeman for the
Electricity bGilding Mr. Lukeman
has executed for this building four
seated figures, portraying Heat, Power,
Speed and Light They are placed on
the main facade of the building, and
each figure typifies In poetic manner
the idea to be presented. Light, for
instance is female figure holding in
her hands the carbon wire lyrical of
the electric spark. Speed is repre-
scented by the god Mercury wearing
the traditional horned cap and hold
ing in one hand a winged Wheel the
treatment symbolizing the telegraph
and telephonesas among most notable
examples Of the speed of electricity.
Again, take the sculpture OF the Edu-
cation building, which is the work of
a st. Louis artist, Robert P. Bring
hurst. On the Palace OF Education
there are twelve separate models OF
each of these models from four to four
teen replicas are used, 80 that the
sculptural decoration of the building
is composed Of 81 separate pieces
Notable among these are Music, His
tory, Golden Rod, The Flight OF Time
Industry, The Thread OF Fate and the
Louisiana Quadriga The latter com
position Is striking one A two
wheeled Roman chariot is drawn by
four powerful, prancing horses har-
messed abreast. They have the short
cropped name of the Roman steed
The center horses are thrown back on
their launches and two female figures
guide and restrain the outer horses
by Hrasping their brides. In her free
hand the figure at the left carries ar
olive branch, that at the right palm
branch, these being symbolical respec'
lively OF Peace and Victory The cen
ter figure in the chariot is symbolica
conception OF the Louisiana territory
1t is o well-@caped, erect female fig
ure holding in her appraised right hant
an American flag that drops in ligh
folds about her, and In her appraised
left hand a blazing torch synbolical O
Education.
Nearly 100 American sculptors wer,
engaged upon the execution Of thu
models for the figures and groups o
the Worlds Fair at St Louis. Tn,
enlargement Of the original models 0
these sculptures was carried on at tn
workshop in Weehawken N j., wher
nearly Zoe men were employed in thi
branch of the activities which wen
en- for Ae purpose of adorAing tn
grounds of this great Exposition.
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For the above occasion the Southern
Railway will sell round trip tickets at
very low rates. Tickets will be on sale
June 10, II, ~, 10, IA, and 10, limited
to reurn June 1S. Extension of final
limit can be seucred until July 10, by
depositing tickets with special agent at
Nashville, Tenn, on or before June
IS, and payment fee of so cents. South
ern Railway coupon ticket agents will
quote rates and sell tickets on applica
tion
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Railroad Notices.

Commencing December 9th, the FRS
co Systew will inaugurate through
Pullman Tourist Sleeping Car service
between Birmingham, Ala, and San
Francisco, Cal. Cars will leave Biz
mlngham at 1920 p. m. every Wednes
day, and will be ronted via the Frisco
System to Kansas City. Rock Island
System to Pueblo, Denver and Rio
Grande and Rio Grande Western t.
Ogden and Southern Pacific to Sar
Francisco. Requests for reservation
should be addressed to.
w. T. SAUNDERS,
Gen. Agt. Pass. Dept,
Corner Pryor and Decatur Streets,
Atlanta, Ga.
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J. l.. MEEK, ID. P. A.
G. A. BEEscoTER, A. G.. p. A.

The Southern Railway will sell ex-
cursion tickets to the above points on
each Wednesday and Saturday il the
months of June and July, August and
September, at rate OF one first-class
fare plus SO. for the round trip, tickets
limited so do days from date eff sale
with privilege of extension to 90 days
upon payment of the difference be-
tween rate at which ticket was sold the
regular all all year tourist rate. For
tickets and complete information call
on Southern Railway agents.
J. L. MEEK, D. p. A.
G. A, BENsCTER. A. G.. P. A. --
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"What did the teacher say about
your essay?" asked Mrs. McGudley.
"He said it was Pathological" an
swered the girl graduate.
Gracious mel To think of your
doin anything like that, almost the
first time tryin'!- Washington Star.
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To Hot Springs, Ark, and return vic
Rock Island System (Choctaw Route
one fare plus 80 90 from your home
town. Final limit so days. Tickets
on sale every Wednesday and Satur'
day during June, July, August and
September, 1904.
For further information write or call
ON
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Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Cholly (proudly)-ByJovel I'm quite
a professor of swimming, don't you
know. l taught Mabel Galley how to
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JACKIE Cad That was quick throw
down.
Cholly Indignantly What do you
mean?
Jack Why, sheiet me give her ten
lessons before she learned.
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SiIas-My son, Hiram, writes from
college that he is learnih' French
Cyrus-By heck, a college education
is some use, after ALL II he ever gets
q Job as waiter he can write the menu
cards-Ohicago News.
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Denton How is Graves, the under
taker, getting along?
Benton-Great. He married mid
wife, and now they catch the going and
coming. Town Topics.
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"What have you folks contributed to
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ress?" asks the Yankee of the South
erner.
"The lynch-pin, sub" is the haugh.
ty reply.
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Mrs. MEDALLION haven't got that
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Mrs. Nuritch-No, we discharged
him. He didn'l-er butter to suit us.
Philadelphia Press.
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PROPORTIONATELY LOW RATES FROM OTHER POINTS
June 9nd 7th 14t 10TH
will be authorized Tickets limited
be good only in coaches.
Round trip for these dates from Bristol will be Knoxville
Proporionaely low rates from other points
SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS SPECIAL
Solid Vesbue Train consisting doaces dining
sleeping leave Knoxville S45 arrive St Louis at
DAY SERVICE
Leave Knoxville at $3.50 arrive at St Louis Route
Southern Railway and Queen and Crescent rone
For tickets Railway
O. A. BENSOOTIR Asst Gen Pass. Agt Chattanooga Tenn
j. L, MEEK District Passenger Agent, Knoxville, Tenn.
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"What is that thing the umpire
wears on his chest?" asked young Mrs.
Torkins, who is slightly nearsighted.
THAT, answered her husband, lis
shield to protect him from the ball. "
''Is it? thought it was medal for
bravery. = Washington Star.
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For the above occasion the Southern
Railway will sell excursion tickets to
Chicago at rate of one irst-class fare
plus SOC fer the round trip. Tickets on
sale June 10, to 20, inclusive, final lin
it June 20, 1904. For tickets and COM
plete information call on Southern
Railway a gents.
J. L. Meek, D. p A.
G. A. BENsooTER, A. G. ?. A.
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'Tisn't safe to be day without DIR.
Thomas Electric Oil in the house.
Never can tell what moment an acct
dent is going to happen.
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ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION RATES
Via Southern Railway

Universal Exposition opened
December 3lt the Southern Railway will sell tickets
daily from points named a rate given, follows:
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G. A. BExsoorER, A. G. P. A.
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G. A. BENscTER, A. G. P. A.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-03-16

Do foreign missions pay? This
is the question asked again and
again by those who pretend, in
spite Of the vast volume or evidence
to be gathered on every hand, to
doubt the wisdom of the churches
effort to convert the heather world.
Japan as a mission field offers evil
dence of the highest value of the
power of the gospel of Jesus Christ
tol enlighten, purify, civilize, and
Ckristianize people who until re-
Gently were buried in paoan super
stition, doubt and decay,
A patient comparison is neces'
sary to understand Japan's past
and presently In 1912 that intrepid
Portuguese navigator, Mendez Pin
to. touched the shores Of Japan and
returning took with him to India
Anjiro, Japanese subject. Seven
years later, in 1549, Frances Xavier,
a heroic Roman Catholic mission
airy, met with Anjiro, became inter
ested in the salvation of the Japan
csc, brought him to Japan with
other followers and began the teach
ing of the Christian faith to the
people. BY 1896 more than a mil
lion of converts had been secured,
among whom were great feudal
lords, men of powerful influence
I Ne attempt to control political af-
fairs, serious mistake on the part
of the Christian evangelist, led to
a persecution of unusual severity,
extending over many years, and
costing the lives of more than two
hundred thousand faithful natives
and two hundred European mission
aries. We need not to study the
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-03-16

The influence of Christian senti-
ment in society has made a differ
ence in the dealings of man with
man. Not a judge upon the bench
but has felt his moral backbone
stlffen by the presence of Christian
sentiment among the people and
even in the press.
Japan has recently set the world
an example by imprisoning more
than one hundred of her leading
citizens, some of them men occu-
plying high positions in her educa-
tional system, because they were
found guilty of accepting petty
brides from the publishers of text
books as payment for their favor
able opinions on these books.
While American cities sit com
placently to watch their politicians
steal through the exploiting Of
more than one franchise, the city of
Tokyo tries, convicts, and impris-
ons some of her leading officials
because they cheated in the quality
Of iron pipes put into her water
system.
l do not pretend to assert that
japanese civilization is morally
equal to that of America at all
points, not by any means, nor
would l have the reader lose sight
of the fact that the missionaries to
that country have not been asleep
for thirty years. No statistics can
picture to the mind the wide
spread influence of Christian senti-
ment already manifested in this
land so recently heather, and this
influence is large out of all porpor-
tion to the numbers of those en-
rolled as Christians.
REVISION OF TREATIES AND RESULTS
The revision of the treaties lift
Continued on fourth page.)
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-03-16
! Japan Missionary 3occess.
By REV. D. S. SPENCER. Tokyo, Japan.

details of this persecution, but
must not fail to note its terrible Sc
verify, the answering loyalty of
tine Christians 10 their faith, anu
the great prejudice created in the
japanese mind of all classes against
the Christian faith and the foreign
ers who brought it. This pref udice
closed the empire to the foreigner
for ESQ years and made his second
entrance upon japanese soil one of
great difficulty and delicacy. A
handful Of Dutch traders. corralled
on little island in Nagasaki Bay,
their ships coming two or three in
a year, themselves always under po-
lice surveillance, never allowed to
penetrate the main land, forming a
window in the south, thro which
Japan could dimly look out upon
Europe, were the only foreigners
allowed to come in contact with the
children of the Sunrise Kingdom.
The black ships of Commodore
Perry with their strange white
wings, entering Tokyo Bay in 1853,
July, broke the slumbers of Japan's
millions and helped to lead the peo-
pie out upon and era of new nation
al existence and unprecedented pro-
gress. With consummate diploma
tic skill and without the firing of
gun, he secured a treaty of amity
and good will, step of stupendous
Importance to all the world. But
the prejudices of the people at large
still remained TO be overcome.
The first Protestant missionaries
entered japan in 1859. Their first
convert received baptism in Octo
Der, 1864, but so hostile was the
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-03-16

phrases about kindness and charity
and left the suffering to bear their
sorrows as best they might; but the
Christians are dotting the land
with hospitals, orphanages, asy-
lums, homes for the friendless and
for ex-convicts, and the tears of
joy and gratitude that flow from
the relieved are as incense waited
to heaven. Perhaps in nothing
has Christianity manifested its
power over the fiery japanese spirit
more completely than when it has
tanned the Sdmurai and sent him
out as a good Samaritan to estab-
lish humanitarian institutions,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-03-16
CONFIDENCE RETToRED.

Suspicion has given place to con-
fidence, and it has come to pass
that the men most largely trusted
are the Christian men. The Presi-
dent in the lower house in the Diet,
thrice chosen, is a Christian man,
and dozen or fifteen of its most in
fluential members are well. known
folio wers of Christ. This is about
fifty times the due representation
of the Christians proportionate to
numbers. But we now have Chris
tisn ministers in the Cabinet,
Christian admirals in the navy,
Christian generals in the army,
Christian justices upon the Su-
preme bench, Christian men head
ing important commercial enter
prices, and we ought to thank God
that the profession of Christianity
is no longer a bar to mans at
tainment of the highest positions in
the empire.
HUMANITARIAN INSTITUTIONS,
The followers of Buddha and
Confucius mumbled pretty ethical
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1904-03-16
ELEVATION OF WOMAN

Woman, too, has felt nightly
the touch of Christian uplift. Con
fucius had no place for her. From
many Buddhist temples and sacred
mountains she is excluded. She
could claim no legal standing, and
was a mere chattel to be disposed
of as caprice might dictate. But
Christianity has made concubinage
a disgrace; the civil code, based
upon the Code of Napoleon, or
Christian law, gives to woman her
legal status, guards her rights of
person and property, and makes
possible her independent existence.
The hardest blow yet struck
against the damable system of
licensed prostitution, the curse of
Japan, was struck by a Christian
missionary, Methodist, and if the
Christians be supported in their eff
fort the day is not distant when
they will close every brothel in
the land.
DEVELOPING CHRISTIAN SENTIMENT
But the case does not rest here.