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Marble Hill, Missouri, Thursday, May rs, 1905.

over which it was impossible for one
to return. 'F"ilure" was written
for all who allowed themselves to
be hurried thru the rapids and their
destination was "Thc Gloomy
City" On the other hand, the por-
ton Of those who stcmmed the cur
rent was "succcss" and an eternal
home i'll the "City Of Light" All
who would attain this result must
make Up their minds that they must
'roW. not drift The b music class
gave as an appropriate complement
t" Mis- Clippard's essay the beauti-
tul song "Anchored."
Miss Ella Myrtle Fulkerson then
delivered the Glass Prophecy"
The young prophecies saw herself
the wife Of 4 minister. She was
mcndlng his clothes one day when a
| hook-agcnt called, who proved to be
| Homer Williams. From hIm she
learned about a part Of the class. 1t
seems that Homer had studied vocal
music and Oratory, but had made his
greatest success selling books.
George Bisplinghott was a society
man for some tinlc, after which he
Joined Il circus troupe. He became
great actor but was not popular,
50 for financial reasons he becamea a
| salvation-army leader Hiss Vera
CIlppard was "a quiet, prim old
maid" who was lecturing on How
to make married life a success" She
took Il hand organ with her so as to
give q double entertainment. Miss
Meta Estes was an Independent
school mistress for several years,
but finally married Lord North who
successfully made his way over the
sacks" that other men had found so
formidable. Alya JamiSOn was Il
prominent lawyer, who had a good
ear for finding out things" and was
the most prominent candidate for
the presidency Of the United States
This article was rather out Of the
ordinary line and proved interesting
to the audience.
Mr.. George Henry Bisplinghoil
delivered an Grafton on "Our CoUn- |
try" The speaker began with a
quotation from 'America," pointed |
out the heritage that we as people |
bad received from our fore-fathers, |
compared our government with |
those of other nations, noted the
blessings and privileges for which |
we should be thankful, and showed |
what We should do that our country
may continue to be as progressive
IN the future. He closed with an
appropriate quotation from Long
fellow on The Ship Of State
Miss lola ITinkle and Mrs F. J.
rendered in a most
plesing manner Il piano ductt, "The
Dance after which Mr.
Alva JamisOn gave an Grafton en-
titled ''Russia and Japan" He trac-
ed the development Of the Russian
Empire eastward from the time of
''l lermak the NolGa pirate and rob-
bcr," the t'rcal founder Of the Rus
sian Empire III ASIA till the capture
of Manchuria from China. He then :
gave attention to Japan, the gar
den" Of the East, her struggles in
China, her humiliation at the hands
Of Germany, her preparation for ,
war, and her present victorious con
flict with Russia closing with the
hope that ''the time may come when
the eagle Of war may no longer be
seen, nor the clash of arms heard,
but peace may rest over the entire
world"
Mr. Homer +. Williams closed the
oratorical contest with an Grafton
on N.Thc Sources Of Modern Civil
ization." He considered these four:
the Greek, tho Roman, the Hebrew,
and the Germanic. The speaker
pointed out that from Greece we
get art, literature, and demo ocratic
form Of government. From Rome
IN ideal system Of laws and central
izcd form Of government. From
the Hebrew we received much in re-
liglon. The moral laws Of all
nations today are founded on the
laws that ruled the Hebrews three
thousand years ago" From the
Germanlc we have ''our love Of in
our regard for woman,
and our high moral standards"
The misses Vera Nern Clippard,
Maudc Clippard, Meta Cleveland
Estes, and Ella Myrtle Fhkerson
sang a very pretty quartet, "The
Suwanee Shore" F. NJ. Wells pres
idcnt Of the board oftrusteeS, in an
appropriate speech presented the
class with diplomas Rev. Lowe
for Dr.. r. ". NanAmburg, presented
, mnd.l to Miss Mnta Estes I'hn