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afterward heard him say how thank
full he was for what the Lord had
done for him."
After a time the preacher said: 1T
does not appear, then, Brother Juck-
lin, that you believe in the effective
ness of prayer"
"Oh, bless your life, yes. But the
greatest good it can do man is to
make him feel his dependence on he
devine will-his humbleneSs. The man
that prays for SOmethin' he needs is
simply selfish. / know an old fell
Iow that was kneelin' beside q log off
in the woods prayin' to beat the
''Limuel," his wife broke in
ITO beat the Salvation Army band
and everybody that saw him was
struck with his piety. But / happened
to be a-lyin' off on the other side Of
the log watchin' for a wild turkey,
and / heard what the prayer was
about And it was simply a beggin'
petition that he wanted the Lord to
grant-wanted to make money on a
certain venture that he had set on foot
Tryin' to set up a bucket shop in the
New Jerusalem. That sort of prayer
amt half as honorable as cussin-' But
don't understand me to say that prayer
never does any good, for il does: 1t
makes a man better able to stand a
misfortune. 1t doctors his mind and
fortifies it against sufferin'. l know
that prayer rightly employed is a good
thing on the farm The most religious
man ever saw raised the best crops
Prayed twice a day, night and morn
ing"
And the Lord blessed him." said the
preacher.
Yes, sir. Prayed night and morn
in, but between the prayers he worked
harder than any man in the neighbor-
hood. His prayer was for stren3thk so
{, he could labor. / tell you that there
is many an amen in good digestion Ind
many a hymn in a muscle. Yes. 3iE;
and I want to say to you that war tyill
cease not when the world becObes
more merciful. but when every nation
is so well prepared that no other na4or
can afford to attact it. The big battle
ship is the plea for peace"
Copyright, 1905, by Opie Ready
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barbed wire and entrenchments full Of
spikes and secret mines ready to blow
whole division of an army into the
clouds. But after all, war is war. and
when mans killed, no matter whether
it's with one of these nice little bull
lets or a snortin' minnie ball. he's
dead, and so far as he is concerned the
whole earth has been split asunder. /
recollect that while our Civil War was
goin' on the folks over here at Eben-
eezer meetin' house used to assemble
and pray for it to end. Old Lige An
derson was the principal prayer. and
sometimes it seemed that he would
command the Lord. He never came
into the house of prayer that he didn't
have some special information for Prov
idence Yes, he was goin' to hold the
Lord personally accountable IL the war
didn't end putty soon. The folks that
had been conservative with Providence
after a while turned radical and re-
member that we were all nightly as
tonished one night when Lige he sud-
denly Topped"
The preacher looked UP in aston
ishment, and the old man explained:
ITO flop" you know, ''means to
make a quick break for the other
side. Yes, Lige he Topped. And the
cause of his sudden turning was this:
He come into possession of beef
contract for the army / don't rec
ollect whether the Government got
afraid that he might have an influence
with the heavenly powers or not. but
at any rate he got the contract And
the next meefin' afterward when. old
Brother Haskill had poured forth the
usual dose of lament because the
war hadn't come to close. why Lige
he suddenly gets UP and without
strikin' the usual attitude of prayer.
rporfS nryt ord before 1nV action
is taken I think it would be better
to use your own judgment in this
NATTER OF course we would all like
to see the war close-when you feel
that it ought to close, but
The blasphemous old beast" said
the evangelist.
well, yes" Limuel admitted, but
il didn't sound so then. And the war
lasted till old Lige he was rich, and
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" TRAVELLING evangelist who
had halted for the night at old
Linn Jucklin's house had said
Il that he hoped to see the time
when there would be no more war,
when the old man remarked: Yes,
and 1 reckon King David hoped to see
the same blessed day. In this life there
are two sets Of prayers that don't ap-
pear to have had much effect-prayer
for rain and prayer for war to cease.
But there never was but one time when
there want no war nowhere on the
earth. and that was when rain wan
needed. 1 refer to the time of the food,
when Noah held his peace congress in
the ark
But the time Of universal peace VIII
come" insisted the preacher.
YES" agreed the old man, when
all Of the kinks have been Strengthened
out of human nature. It is mighty
hard matter to correct a thing that was
started off wrong, and man seemed to
have set out with his worst foot fore
most. He got hungry and he fought
for something to eat. He fell in love
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that the machine gun didn't cut any
very ugly capers. Man has always
shown sense enough to outwit the ma
chine he invents. Whenever they find
that to stand off five miles is eftec-
tive. they'll stand off five and half
and go a little closer when they want
to be desperate. The Japs have taught
the world that war hadn't quite
reached its top notch. Every age mas
thought that it had the best of every
thing, but compared with the time to
come, every age has been dark age.
Ever since time began the sun has
Just been comm up, and no man has
lived in the noon of the world. He
thought he did, but his clock was
wrong Unfortunately about all he
can study with any degree of accuracy
is the past, and you may know all the
past and yet be a poor gueSser as TO
the future. The college Is the store
house of the past, but the little chap
that can't talk yet is the future, and you
may know all that has been said and
not foreshadow what he is goin' to say
There amt nothin' that is more of
constant experiment than wisdom IS
1t keeps man on the dodge. The man
that writ the Decline and the Fan or
the Roman Empire could sit amid the
ruins and look back a thousand years,
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AMID RVlN lPE}ENdER

but he couldn't look forward as far as
his eyelash.'
The Lord is opposed to war; SAID
the minister and in his own good time
will bring it to an end
Yes, in his time. but not in ours. IL
was said that the Lord was sorry that
he made man, and it amt on record
that he was ever glad again
'Limuel Jucklin,' said the old man
wife, you ought to be ashamed or
yourself to talk that way, and in the
presence of a preacher, too"
SISTER" remarked the preacher.
smiling kindly, "he might as well say
it as to think it, for what man
thinks he thinks in the presence of the
Lord
There" said the old lady. There.
what do you think of that?"
II think it's all right, Susan. because
/ don't see how he could have said any-
thing else. But gettin back to the sub
ject of war: After we have printed an
extra million or so of tracts ana
blowed particularly hard over the work
of our furrin missions. we always IKE
to think and to believe that the world
has been made kinder, that even war
itself is more humane. that men are
killed in a softer and gentler way
than before. And then we read OF
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gress SO slow?
Well, one reason is that, benefcent
as nature is. her forces are not UNI
formly employed in mans behalf. Fire,
whirlwind and flood still, as ages ago,
do their destructive work, laying low
high structures, destroying lives. There
is always suffering and want some
where and as long as we are unable
to control the elements we shall have
with almost periodic regularity the
disasters and scourges which impede
the progress of the race.
Man himself hinders this advance.
Left to his own devices and unre-
strained by moral ideals he engages
in a fierce scramble with his fellow
men for the spoils. He wants the
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- - WIZ Does not the world Get On Faster? = =

70 years old? Considering what one
has to combat from infancy to old
age we get along surprisingly well.
We not only exist, but most of US live
happily, establish our homes and rear
our families in peace and usually have
enough to eat, drink and wear. The
constant marvel to me is that in view
of the size of the worlds population
and the difficulty of finding standing
place more people do not starve.
1t is true, moreover, that the world
is getting on faster than it used to-.
Slavery has gone: foul and disgraceful
prison conditions at least in civilized
countries are abolished as well as
harsh punishment for minor crimes
The horrors of war are mitigated by
heroic service of physicians and nurses
Woman can gain the education which
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less than a century ago was denied her
even in this land of the free. The
rights of laboring men are respected
as they never were before, and the
golden rule influences legislation and
international diplomacy to an extent
never before known.
Yes. the world is getting on toIerably
fast. and perhaps as fast as the av-
erage man can keep step with it, and
the problem for you and me is to see
that we keep abreast of all thati is
best and finest in the worlds life. that
we do not lag behind the procession
of earnest, unselfish men and women.
who are living, not for themselves
alone, but with the great aim Of bet
tering society. So instead of COM
planning because the world moves so
slowly let US rejoice that it does move
at all. Let us take our place among
the oDtimists, who expect and believe
in and labor for the golden age that Is
yet to be. THE PARSON-
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and he fought for woman, and then he
kept on fightin because he'd got his
hand in. And ever since 1 can recollect
they have been holdin' peace congresses
every once in a while; and whenever
they hold a right good one war is sure
TO follow. One nation has always got
somethin' that the other one wants.
craftsmanship shows a nation what it
needs, and then the soldier goes out to
get IL. The statesman that has avoided
war is nearly always put down as a
failure. If he goes into war and gets
the worst of ii, then the people know
that he wasn't a statesman after al"
But am inclined to believe" said
tho evangelist, that with the passing
of .ne war between Russia and Japan
the great wars will have come to an
end"
'.Yes, a big war always has been the
last one. When they got the machine
guD the wise men said that the end
of war had come, and it looked that
way till another war came along and
asserted itself and then it was observed
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"VERY now and then we get out
IL of sorts with the world. 1t moves
lf so slowly; it seems SO cold and
44 cruel and dark. 1t takes squirt
toward righteousness and then it
drops back into the old, easy going, in
different grooves. We have no greater
individual geniuses, no profounder
no more inspiring pro-
phets and poets than the world held
centuries ago. Indeed we sometimes
look around in vain for the modern
equivalent of Shakespeare and Bacon
and Kant. Are we really making any
headway at all. and if so why. with all
our boasted modern inventions and
appliances, is the pace of human pro-
Arizona republican., 1905-11-14

season. Each team has defeated the Tempe Normal team recently and the enthusiasts who have followed the games expect this to be a great fight Though the Indians scored more points against the Normal the Normals cross ed the Indians goal but failed to do so against the high school.
 The high school team is confident of victory. Every man is in the best of condition with the exception of the half back, Irvine, whose arm is still in bad shape from injury received when playing the Normals last Saturday. The Indian team has continued a most energetic practice under coaching by Capt. Grimstead, who has made a re- markable showing with the men in his team, many of whom were new men this season. The Indian team so far this year has played a faster game than have the normal or high school.
 The game will be called at three o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Arizona republican., 1905-11-14
OLD SOLDIERS MEET.

Sunday Capt. E. D. Thornton, of Phoenix, came over to Tempe to see M. L. Spear. The last time they met was in 1864 at Pine Creek, Ala, where M. L. Spear, on detached duty, served under Captain Thornton for about three months. MT. Spear belonged to Company c, Twelfth Indiana cavalry, and Captain Thornton belonged to Company l., Twelfth Indian cavalry. "Reminiscences of their army life were freely talked over. They served for two years in the same regiment, and were in the last battle of the war at Mobile, Ala. MT. Spears company, C, was General Cambries' body guard during the siege. The meeting will long be remembered. Captain Thorn ton was a resident of Mesa City sev- eral years, coming to Mesa in 1894. Mir. Spear mas lived in Tempe since 1882. Neither knew of the other s whereabouts until week before last, when MT. Spear joined the G. A. R. post at Phoenix. Sunday is the first meeting since November, 1865, when they were discharged at Indianapolis, Ind, forty years ago.
Arizona republican., 1905-11-14
MESA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
 OFFICERS.

The adjourned meeting of the Mesa chamber of commerce met Saturday night and concluded the organization of the chamber by electing directors and officers.
 A rather spirited meeting was held, which incidentally showed the great interest that is being manifested by the people of Mesa in. this new organi- zation.
 Chairman J. l.. Waring presided and the following officers were elected. A. J. Chandler president; Burt Wingar, first vice. president; J. D. Loper, sec ond president, and J. L. Waring, treasurer. The other directors elected were J. F. Kelly. Charley Peterson, w. A. Kimball, O. s. Stapley, D. c. Bab- bitt, w. A. Mcdonald, and Dr. Drane. A question as to the amount of the initiation fee was discussed quite thoroughly and at times heatedly, but motion prevailed to leave it as it is, but that a committee be appointed to solicit members and money from those who are able and interested so that a good fund would be had with which ] to carry on the work.
Arizona republican., 1905-11-14
WORKING A BIG FORCE.

There were more men and teams al work on the river above town yester- day than at any time heretofore since the work started.
 Altogether there were fiftey-seven team employed and about seventy-five men. With such a force it is not sur prising that the work is progressing very rapidly and to the entire satis- faction of those in charge. It is yet a little early to say definitely when the thing will be completed, but enough has already been done to materially aid in the protection of the Miller ranch should there be any high water in the near future.
Arizona republican., 1905-11-14

Diseases of the kidneys are growing more common every day. Health re- ports everywhere prove it. This is due to two reasons: First, the hurry, hus- tie, worry and strife of modern living overtaxes the kidneys; second, kidney diseases come on so quietly that they are commonly neglected until they be- come serious. If you continually over work, overfeed or overdrink, you are living too fast for the kidneys to keep up with their work.
 The healthy human body passes off every day an ounce of urea, containing twelve grains of uric acid. The duty of the kidneys is to filter this poison ous waste out of the blood, and to the kidneys comes the blood in an unceas- ing stream to be purified. Living too fast has one of two effects-either the production of uric poisons in the body is so increased that the kidneys can't keep up with the Altering work, or the kidneys, themselves, become so weak ened by the strain that the Altering work is only partly done. Then the uric poisons begin to collect in the body and to attack the vital parts. First of all you feel a pain in the back, head | ache, depression, and languor, then comes lumbago sciatica, rheumatism and bladder troubles.
 It should be clearly understood that little timely help for the kidneys will set them right, but continued ne- giect results in dropsy, sediment ir
Arizona republican., 1905-11-14
TEMPE
LOST A FINGER.
But the Loser Is Thankful He Es-
 capped Further Injury.

Ernest Gill, a young man who has been in the employ of H. $. Sims, met with an accident yesterday that will undoubtedly cost him a finger. He, however, has no complaint to make, and is thankful that the injury was no worse, for at the time of the acci- dent he stands a good chance of losing not only his finger, but perhaps his life.
 He was working on a seeder, one of the kind that is attached to a wagon, the motive power for the seeder being furnished by the rear wheel of the wagon. MT. Sims was drying the team, and MT. Gill was in the act of slipping the chain on the wheel of the seeder. He had done the thing many times before without accident, but this time the team started a little sud- den and a finger of his right hand was caught between the cogs and the wheel, almost clipping the end of it just back of the nail. Had he not pulled hard when his hand was caught he would probably have been carried over the wheel and run over by the wagon, which was heavily loaded with grain. He had a glove on at the time and, strange to say, the glove was scarcely scared, and at first MT. Gill had no idea that the hand had been more than pinched. When he remov- ed his glove, however, he found the end of his finger dangling by the
Arizona republican., 1905-11-14
A NOMINAL BOND
 FOR BENITO LOPEZ
The Killer of Valenzuela Came Near
 Being Exonerated.

Pedro Lopez, who shot Miguel Val enzuela near Arlington last Saturday, from the effect of the wound Valen- zuela dying the next day, is a free man, though under bonds to appear before the next grand jury. His bond was fixed at $500 by Justice Barkley of Buckeye precinct before whom he had a preliminary examination yester- day. The bond was furnished by c. w. Peterson and C. G. Cunning.
 The inquest on the body of Valen- zuela was held the night before. The jury merely found that Valenzuela had come to his death by gunshot wound inflicted by Lopez.
 At the close of the preliminary ex- animation it was the opinion of the justice that enough evidence of the justif1able character of Lopez's action to warrant his discharge had been aduced. He telephoned to the office of the district attor- ney about it and was advised to leave that matter to a grand jury. It had been brought out at the trial that Valenzuela had maintained Illicit re- lations with the wife of Lopez for sev- | eral months and that he had admitted | it. He had also said that Lopez had | told him that he would kill him un- 1 less he ceased those relations.
 The point upon which the justice | thought he might be discharged was ] that he had acted under para graph 8
 section 1S1 of the revised statutes 1T | shooting Valenzuela. It was done 1T the defense of his wife. The district
 attorneys office thought that thaf
 would be a too broad construction o the statute. The evidence showed
 that Lopez had surprised ValenzuelS
 with his arm around the woman. Sht
 was not an unwilling recipient or the
 fondling, so that she was not in tha degree of danger of bodily harm con- ! templated by the statute which woulC
Arizona republican., 1905-11-14
PERSONAL MENTION.

Grant Jones and Austin F'ranken burg left yesterday morning for Flag staff to attend the Masonic Grand lodge, which convenes there this week commencing yesterday.
 The meeting of the Ministerial asso- citation yesterday resulted in the se- lection of Rev. MT. Fisk, of the M. E church, to preach the Thanksgiving sermon. The services will be held ir the M. E. church, south. at the usua- hour Thanksgiving morning.
 Laird and Dimes yesterday received a consignment of candies from the Bishop company of Los Angeles.
 Miss Henderson, of Phoenix, entered the Normal yesterday.
 Elmer Ruse left Sunday evening fol Douglas. where he expects to spenc the winter. ......---.,
Arizona republican., 1905-11-14
A GAME DINNER,

Ducks seem to be plentiful a short distance up the river, and on irrigated fields not a great distance from town, and local nimrods are taking advan- tage of the rare opportunities offered to secure wild game. Saturday seV- eraI Normal boys made a trip up the river and bagged enough ducks to furnish an excellent game dinner for thirteen of them the following evening The ducks were cooked at Turner s and served up in the most approved style.
Arizona republican., 1905-11-14
THE MASQUERADE BALL.

Extensive arrangements are being made for the grand masquerade ball to be given Thanksgiving eve, Mo- vember 29, by the Rebekahs. The in- Vitations have now been issued, and as usual there will probably be large attendance. The ball will take place in Curry hall, and for the occasion the Gounod orchestra has been secured, which is a guarantee of a high grade of music. lLl
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Chas. J. Sanichas, the Phoenix can dy man, was a business visitor on the south side yesterday.
 B. H. Temple, of San Francisco, was here yesterday.
 The home of MT and Mrs. Thos. Morrow was made happy day before yesterday by the arrival of a baby girl.
 Take your game to Turner's to have it properly prepared and served. He makes a speciality of that kind of work,
Arizona republican., 1905-11-14
|" THE KIDNEYS ARE THE FILTERS OF THE BLOOD KEEP THE
 FILTERS OPEN"

Take exercise, eat plain food, and plenty of it, do not over-indulge in stimulating or spirituous drinks, and, above all, use medicine that acts di- rectly on the kidneys-a kidney spe- cific and tonic. For this purpose there is no remedy so we'll adapted as Doan's Kidney Pills. By the willing testimony of residents of our own city, this rem
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have warranted her husband in killing an assailant. The justice then decided to hold Lopez and admit him to nomi- nal ball..
 It is unlikely that his case will ever get beyond the grand jury room.
Arizona republican., 1905-11-14
INDIANS vS HIGH SCHOOL
The Third Interscholastic Game Next
 Saturday.

The football game at Eastlake park Saturday afternoon is the all absorb ing topic of interest in the athletic associations of the valley. The Indian team and Phoenix high school team will play the third game of the inter scholastic series. Each team has de- veloped considerably in speed and strength since the beginning of the
Arizona republican., 1905-11-14
PHOENIX PROOF

LIS. Dunbar, formerly of SIG North Seventh avenue, says: "Doan's Kid ney Pills are not new remedy to me. We first used them in our family sev- eraI years ago when living in Mari etta, Ohio, where they were considered a household necessity. They are the finest remedy for backache or any symptoms of irritated or weakened Kidneys on the market. Shortly after moving here. some three years ago. symptoms of a recurrence of kidney trouble in our family became evident. and we tried to get Doan's Kidney Pills at several drug stores. They knew nothing about them, and We sent to our druggist, Mir. Styer, of Marietta, for a supply. Noticing them advertised in Phoenix last winter when We required them, we procured them at the Bris- ley Drug Co.'s store. They are a ne- cessity in our household, particularly so when compelled to drink the water in Phoenix. On every occasion. when their use is required, they have never failed to bring prompt relief"
Arizona republican., 1905-11-14
HOME DRAMATIC CLUB.

The Home Dramatic company IS hard at work on a thrilling melodrama entitled Lone Tree Mine" The cast is a good one and the company prom ises it's many friends one of the strongest and best plays given on the Mesa stage. It will be presented in about two weeks.
Arizona republican., 1905-11-14
HELP THE KIDNEYS

the urine, too frequent or scanty, or painful passages of the urine, gravel. kidney stones and, in time, Brights disease, diabetes, Or apoplexy.
 It is plain, therefore, that in order to keep well, one must keep the kid neys well, and instant attention must be given to the early warnings of kid ney complaint, such as backache, lan- guor and irregular passages of the urine.