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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1912-11-14

Fcsns Nrae
+ c Suttcf wa, in 81 Louis last
Saturday to meet Gen 4 Brakeman
o. Anderson Ind Who il president
q large glass factory which is
cnmluE here these Gentlemen are
going % purchase an up-todate
glass factory that viii manufacture
all kinds Of glass except plate glass
and locate it somewhere between
FrsttIs and >ilIra
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1912-11-14
Southeast News.

CarutAaryie Democrat
4 Young man aLri about 23 a
civil engineer namud AltpFt Crane
Nas run over nv the Cape t,lrauicau
Cmlthcfs,iiIe train at II3ytl Monday
night al 400 o.CiAa and instantly
k,lltd has lower limits ampltatwi
aud the body almost dl~mhowcIcd
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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1912-11-14
Well Fitted

Campaign Manager. hear poor
Jobb has lost ms memory. Cant
remember a thing from one day t1
another.
Secretary. Wolldn't he be a good
man to take charge Of the campaign
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ameri-
can.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1912-11-14
Still Too Many Gun T0fers

Despite the passage of the bill
framed by State Senator Francis
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1912-11-14

nk ~ m in al n m Store W ~ glad t~ t~ t sin
a m be " cree I& & tn n>m yu inter
urm"vsuum "y winter pY i"
wnune nel m
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-04
GarryHerrnann.

the prediction of A. G. Spalding,
that baseball will one day be the
worlds sport, is too rosy, al
though this is a long way off.
The new agreement of the
major and minor leagues has
brought about a more harmon
ious understanding that cannot
help improve the game.
Phis agreement has improved
the position of the player, the
man who plays the game and this
means improved playing, This
means, in turn, more thorough
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-04
ROSY FORECAST FOR 1912 BASEBALL BY HIGHEST
- MOGUL OF THE GREAT NATIONAL GAME

AT NATIONAL GAME
ly satisfied public, and never for
get it is the public really makes
the national game, s.
One sign Jof the times is the
splendid new fields and the hous-
ing accommodation for patrons,
in major league cities. Rome,
when speetacles were the life of
the people, never dreamed of such
places. Her games and gladiator
ial contests were staged in less
pretentious enclosures than the
new homes of many clubs,
The stands in Cleveland, Phil
adelphia, New York, Brooklyn,
Chicago, Detroit and Boston in
dicate the progress of the game.
Thousands who remained away
rather than submit to discomfort
and dirt will attend the game reg
uiarly. Everything that can, be
done to make surroundings at
tractiye to men and women, has
been provided and the modern
ball park is as comfortable as a
theater.
The caliber of young players
who have come into the major
leagues this year is, seemingly,
large, and the races should be
close, Clubs which last season
were dangerous have been
strengthened in their weak points
and l anticipate red hot strug-
gle until the final day,
Last year was disastrous for
several minor leagues, due chiefly
to the feeling of prosperity and
H. Iasira 70 forara+ GO Ia r1y 1i,,,sEc
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-04

By August Garry Hermann,
Chairman of the National
Baseball Commission.
If 1912 doesn't prove baseball's
banner. year, I shall be disaP-
pointed.
Baseball has not reached its
full development, not by great
deal. No man can say what its
limitations are. | do not think
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-01

eIand OF SIT Where you are tonight?
III I would come back so years from
tonight It would seem like a sepul.
chre.
"A friend Of mine was preaching in
a town in New Jersey and there was
a young fellow there. cashier in a
bank. whom they tried to get to give
his heart to God.
"He made the excuse that he had
TO go TO New York. II was IN 1888.
when they had hat famous snow
storm. snow twelve feet deep. He had
no other cus to go other than to
get away from the meeting. He was
hours and hours laundering HIS way
through the slush and the snow 10
reach his hotel. and when he arrived
at the old Astor house down on Broad.
way. he was wet and chilled through.
They summoned a physician. One
glance and he said to him:
Have you a mother alive7'
"'Yes. sir
"a father
mo: he is dead
Are you married.
Married
wife alive?'
yes
Where do they llve?'
"1n Railway. New jersey
"I1l send for them
He looked at the doctor and said:
My God. you don't think II IL that
bad?'
Yes. it's bad. I'll get them here
quickly. It's pneumonia. / don't think
! can help you
He turned his face to the wall and
said:
L have missed II! I have missed
81 have missed IT,
The doctor said:
What do you mean
"He said:
Ne Had Missed u.
"T had nothing 20 bring me hero. I
merely did II 20 get away from the
meetings and Judgment followed me-
His wife and his mother hurried 10
his bedside and az -ney enetred the
rooom he family whisper-a; 7 have
missed III
They begged. they pleaded. they
prayed. they ~entreated. they lmplored
and to every entreaty he would family
respond
~ have missed g.
IT r. not necessary % commit some
great sin 20 be lost. Just neglected.
Let the merchant neglect his business
and he II bankrupt Let the one who
IL sick neglect 10 send TOR n physician
and no will die. Lot the man coming
20 the falls neglect 30 use the oars
and row back and he viii be Loaf
Caesar had a letter handed 10 him
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My dear woman, It breaks NV
heart to tell you. but the ROYAL Char.
yer went down last night and your
husband was lost ~
She looked at him, threw her bands
70 g head. and cried:
My God. DR.. Taylor. so near home
and yet lost!'
How swiftly the years of our pilgrim.
age ny.
As the days. weeks and months move
silently by.
our days are soon numbered, death
sounds nj knell.
We scarce know our friends till we
bid them farewell.
To you. fellow Christian, I turn with
delight.
grave cannot harm you your flu
ture IL bright.
Be faithful, be earnest. temptations
repel.
And you'll soon bid this world a smiL
ing farewell.
Farewell. fellow sinners. I'm free from
your blood,
My messages delivered. I leave you
with God.
I've pleaded, I've e~ntreated. but 7
could not compel,
And III the Judgment Day breaketh ]
bid you FAREWELL"
And he said tomorrow"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-01
IONA VITA BUILDS UP RUNDOWN PEOPLE

often when I couldn't eat and had a
nervous attack I would sufere severe
dizzy spells.
Il heard SO much about the new
tonic. 'Tona Vita that I decided to
give IL a trial and I feel like q diff
ferent man I am strong In every
way. I sleep well. can eat anything
and my nerves are as steady as can
be. l have gained four pounds In
the last ten days. I believe iona
Vita Is the best medicine on EARTH
"Tona Vita" was introduced In this
country by. a number OF physicians
scarcely a year ago. The tonic has
proved the biggest success Of n
medicine ever before sold to the pub
lie.
II you are debilitated and run down
don't allow this miserable condition
to last a day longer. Let iona Vita
build you up and bring back your
health. II IL fails your money will be
returned by u agent In your city.
Chas. r. Goethe & Co. 81 Twelfth
Street. is the agent for iona Vita in
Wheeling. w. Va. The Approved For
mula company. Dayton. Ohio.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-01

Tomorrow your name may appear
In the obituary notice OF the news
paper.
Tomorrow they may telephone for
the undertaken to come and embalm
you and measure yeu to tell the grave
digger how long to dig your grave.
Tomorrow crepe may fiutter from the
door knob.
10. on a narrow neck OF land.
'Twixt two unbounded seas / stand;
Yet how unreasonable a point OF time.
A moments space removes me to yon
heavenly place
Or shuts me up in hell.
Annual Death Rate.
The annual death rate Of the hu.
man race is so. 1000, 900. That's 13s. 900
a day. 5000 every hour. % every min
ute. One-half OF the human race dies
before they are 16 years old: one
quarter OF the human ice die before
they are 5 years old. The average
length of a human life is 33 years.
Not n man or woman in one mil
lion lives to be 100 years old.
"Supposing l would come back to
Wheeling FIVE years from to night.
how many OF you would come and
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warning him Of a plot against his life
but he neglected to open IL and read
IL.
when / think that this is the last
service Of this great effort on the part
OF God and the Holy Spirit to bring
you men and women to repentance, /
tell you my heart nearly breaks.
Think OF the sermons you have
heard.
Think OF the tears that some
mother. or wife. or friend has shed
over you. or that your children have
shed! Think of IL! Think of the
ministers. think of the evangeljsts
that have pleaded and begged of you
TO be a Christian. and still there you
sit, written on your poor soul in great.
black letters.
Another Sunday Story.
my friend. Frank Smith, about
whom you men heard me tell a story
this afternoon, was preaching in a
town in New Jersey. He tried to get
a young man to give his heart 10 God,
but he wouldn't. The meeting closed.
Frank left the town and seven months
afterwards went back. Some one
said:
Mr.. Smith, you remember Nj. By
&" Yes
e" Frank he had great respect for
you; go and see him"
Frank hurried to the house, rams
the door bell and the wife responded
She said:
oh. it's you. Mr.. Smith. Well, ]
am delighted to see you. and ! know
Charlie will be glad, but, Mr.. Smith,
promise me you will o say anything
to him about dying. II might frighten
him. l don't think he is as bad as the
physicians say
MY friend didn't promise. He went
to the bed room and soon was left
alone with the man. He said:
Charlie, you are too weak to talk
TO me, and I'm not going to talk to
you, but I'm going to pray. and in my
prayer I'll make the plan OF salvation
plain, and If at any time in my prayer
you Will accept Jesus Christ as your
Savior. just press my hand. Do you
UNDERSTAND
He nodded his head feebly. MY
friend grasped the mans thin hand
in his, dropped on. his knees and
prayed.
II came to the end and said:
'HeI us, o God. for Jesus Christ's
sake
The clock on the mantel licked for
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seem to meet? That's mine. See
away on yonder to the west, that's the
Illinois river. I own the land down
to that
MY friend said:
You are very rich
He said:
Ives. I came here without a cent
and l have $500 acres all paid for,
and | don't owe a dollar
Reynolds put his hand on Dicks
shoulder and said:
How much have you got up yon-
der?'
HE said:
Il haven't thought OF that; I guess
nothing. I've been SO busy piling II
up here. l haven't thought OF over
yonder.'
Three months later they laid his
body beneath the sod OF Illinois and
his heirs quarrelled for years over the
estate.
Rich here-nothing over yonder.
Three great men died on the same
day. I am not going to tell you this
story 20 suggest anything to you rela-
tive to their characters, but simply to
tell you that when death came they
had TO go. One was the king OF Spain,
another was Hannibal Hamlin and the
other William X. Vanderbilt.
Out In front OF Vanderbilt's brown
stone mansion in Fifth venue New
York city. assembled thousands Of peo-
pie on the day OF the funeral. A re-
porter for the New York Sun stood
near a group OF workingmen and one
fellow was heard to make this re-
mark:
We'll we'll. well. that's Vanderbilt
in that co1in they are carrying down
the steps. Is IL as the ~pallbearers
came down with his body.
That's Vanderbilt in that coffin
that they are carrying down the
steps?"
Yes
Well he said. boys. I've stood
Just about here many a time and
have watched Vanderbilt walk down
stose steps. enter his carriage and
drive away to Wall street, and be vas
worth thousands OF millions and /
didn't have a cent in my pocket. To-
day It's changed. He is coming down
the steps without a cent in his pocket
and ! have-two dollars
Death Calls Them All.
When death calls you must 20.
When Charlemague died they did
this:
They carried him into his sepul-
chre; they seated him on a throne OF
ivory inlaid with gold and precious
Jewels; they clothed him in robes of
royalty; on his head they put a jewel
ed, crown, on his finger a signet ring.
In his hand a scepter. symbolic OF
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two, three. FIVE. seven, eight minutes
and no response. My friend arose and
looked into his face and saw him try.
Ing TO speak. and he leaned over to
catch what he was saying. and he
said.
Not tonight. tomorrow.
That night at fifteen minutes past
6. he was a corpse. .
And he said tomorrow
"Born In another mans stable
Buried In another mans tomb.
His first companions cattle in the
stable.
His last companions thieves on
the cross.
His first resting place anothers
manger.
His last resting, place anOthers
tomb.
Some Of you giggle IN His res
ence now.
Some day there will be- another
funeral and II will be IN your street
and the hearse will stop in front OF
your house.
Some day the ~pallbearers will come
70 carry out another body and o
Will be In the coffin and your name
Will be on the tombstone. and atm
there you eft
Listen! n could just pull the
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curtain back and let some Of you men
and women see how close you are to
the cofin, you would turn pale. And
there you sit Indifferent.
Without Hope
And he said tomorrow
The Royal Charter had circumnav-
igated the globe. She touched at
Queenstown. On the morrow she was
due at Liverpool. The lord mayor OF
London. the lord mayor Of Liverpool,
the lord mayor Of Dublin had. with
others. assembled TO bid welcome to
the captain and his crew. That night
she backed from her wharf and
steered for the open sea.
"A terrific storm arose and the ship
was beaten and pounded { kindling
wood and only one OF her passengers
or crew ever reached the shore. He
climbed up an almost precipitous rock
and reached land and sent a message
to DR.. William NJ. Taylor.
The captains wife was a-member
OF DR.. Taylor's church and he was
given the sad message TO tell her. He
went to the home In the morning. rang
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-01
Physicians Have Great Sue
cess With Tonic in This
Country.

When people OF wealth become de-
bilitated and run down in health.
they go to high priced sanitariums
and health resorts to be built up
again. But what about the thousands
OF debilitated nervous men and wo-
men with no vitality or ambition who
have neither the time nor money to
spare for such Injuries as sanitar-
iums? IL you are In this miserable
condition read with care the follow
Ing statement by N. +. Mann. living
at So Good avenue. Buffalo. N: Y.
Il have had indigestion and been
all run down for ten years. ! couldn't
eat anything at times and was always
c~onstipated. My nerves were out of
order and I had bad headaches. be-
ieved ! had kidney trouble. too. as I
had dull pains In my back much or
the time. I was easily excited and
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bis power sealed the tomb Of Charlie

his power sealed the tomb Of Charlie
msgne.
Ages and ages after they broke the
seal Of the tomb. At his feeeet was ~.
ing a heap Of dust which al one time
had been his flesh and robes. His
crown had dropped down onto his
bony shoulders; his ring had slipped
from his niger Time had gnawed the
hand that had grasped the sceptsr.
and scepssr and all were lying on the
floor. and a. they fell the scroll IN
rolled and his hand had fallen upon
and was pointing % the words:
What wlli n profit n man n be
gain the world and lose his OWE soulg'
And he said to-morrOw.'
= tell you. men. the brevlty Of life
II another reason. " IL too easy for
the heart 10 stop. Il r. too easy for
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BILLY" SUNDAY is
toe.ss.as1 from fsnsh P.ss.,


When he stood on the scanold he
said:
Finally Grew Hard.
when ! started on my mad. wild
career, the thoughts of Il troubled me
until i could neither eat nor sleep.
When We went up by the side OF, the
nrst vessel and made fast and took the
nrst life. for days I couldn't eat, nights
i couldn't sleep. The face haunted
me until I almost cast myself into the
sea. i was 50 troubled.
But 1 went on, driven by avarice
and greed. until I grew SO hard that
We could come up by the side of q
ship. tie to IL. rush ver on the deck
and take children and women, lift
them over the gunwale and hurl them
INTO b sea and then stand and
laugh.
II got SO hard hat we could muir
der passengers and crew, and with
the deck slippery with blood, with
dead bodies lying about me, I could
take a corpse for a pillow and lie
down and sleep for nine hours and
never waken.'
Think what a man had to do to
get a heart like that.
Think OF the sermons you have
had to resist. the tears and the plead
ings TO which you have had to say no.
IL has taken years to get into the
hardened condition that many OF you
here tonight are in. Listen! II
were you and had made up my mind
that l never would be a Christian, !
would leave the building now.
IF were you and had made up my
mind that / would never be a Chris
tian. I would leave the building now.
II were You and had made up my
mind that 1 never would be a Chris.
tan. 1 would run from anyone who
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Look away on over to the north See
that2'
Yes
See that town? That's on the
north boundary Of my land2 / own
the three largest buildings there.
Look away on yonder to the east.
See it,
Eyes.
THAT'S mine. See away on yonder
TO the south where the sky and air
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.ae aoor e and the captains IittIe
dressed In her best, almost Leaned
ms arms. then starting bscS
apolosized n said: oacA
Won On. IT'S you: DIR. Taylor? I though,
the captains wife came and
sspSO,oeized for the waiting breakfast
lou Know the Royal Charter
anS ulo ave been In ere this. stay
anu enjoy the meal with u.s.
Ut Taylor looked at her and said.
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The lungs 10 longest ~ "a too easy for
? blood clo 90 form ~ H. too easy for
a stroke o. apopleHy 10 knock you
down.
To morrow The doctor may shake
bis head-tO morrow.
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The man who r. looking for troubi,
seldom has TO so away from home Il
find ~.
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Desert He'll.

Continued on Twelfth PAgs.)
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When he stood on the scarold
said:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06

And here is another of $50 pages and 9.
third of Lila. "Verily here" you eX-
claim mentally in the modified Language
Of the preacher, "of making Of book
there is no end" De Morgan, ThaclSeray
and the thTee-volume novel are beaten 20
a standstill. You imagine the bootblack.
or perhaps IL is the padrone himself. or
the candy man, sitting up night after
night. the days toll over. like the SER
want in "Rudder Grange" burying the
trials and tribulations Of life in an ocean
of words recounting the vicissitudes Of
heroes and heroines, their adventures In
wars, with brigands and with rivals IL
love Who said the Greeks were Hitter
ate?
There is market for Greek books in
this country to the amount of about s2oG
a day" says the book dealer. "A cool
deal of 1t is mail order business. We get
orders from all over the country. l get
my books chiefly from Greece. The pub
fishers there issue the books in sixteen
page sections, which they sell separately
after they have finished issuing the sec
lions and the book is finished ! buy up
those left over. and have them bPuud to-
gethsr with nay imprint on the Ppyei |
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06

ana then take UP the old Greek. BY the
time they are forty they will be able 10
write In the classical style, and II VIII III
their feelings at that age. The modern
Greek Is for the expression OF the feel
ings Of the young. the classical for those
Of the older man. Instead OF always look
ing backward, they would he looking
forward also. | once wrote a book in
which ] wished to place paragraph re-
garding ones attitude toward the future
| could not write II, because there were
no words In the old Greek 10 express my
feelings, what | wished TO convey"
BY this time you have reached the
brown mud at the bottom Of your dcmi-
tasse, and you rise to go, having found
II good 10 be there" You continue along
Madison street 10 the next corner. where
II Is crossed by james, and see numerous
signs in Greek characters. II you have
no knowledge of Greek you will feel like
certain we'll known Arctic explorer who
visited Russia to buy supplies for his OK
petition. He could not read the Russian
characters, so his railroad journey with
face toward Archangel was an experience
OF nature TO try the feelings OF any
one less perfect than an angel OF any
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06

strjctionists and the Ellis Island figures,
should be able TO support book store.
If by good fortune you are accompanied
by lover of the Greek tongue who has
lived in Greece and understands the people
Of that small, rock ribbed country you
will find yourself at the beginning OF
little journey into an unknown land which
will give you new impression OF peo-
pie whom you may have always thought
Of as bootblacks, keepers Of candy stores
and vendors of flowers.
The proprietor "a smooth shaver man
of not above thirty years, invites you t.
sit down around his desk and have a cup
Of coffee Imagine an American store
keeper inviting any one to do this IN
business hours. You sit down, as you
have been requested TO do, and glance
around at the shelves Of books, taking
pains now and then 10 study the strong
lines of the forceful young man opposite
YOU YOU make up your mind as he talks
about Greek books. how they are pub
lished and his methods of procuring them
that ne is a man Of energy, acumcn ano
character. The keeper of the Greek cor
neT book store illustrates MS EeIldhS
with paper bound volumes which he has
brought, to him while you sit waiting for
the coffee. They have covers in the prl-
mary colors, which give them crude
appearance TO the American eye and su6-
gcyt the dime novel. The works OF fic-
ton. however, you are Informed, are not
OF SO cheap a type, bu. compare with the
a.. Atnaricup novel In
quality.
What is the price Of such book
lifting one up.
From 81 20 to 81 so, according TO SIZE"
is the reply.
Can it DC possible that Greek boot
blacks are willing 10 pay as much as that
Tor story bound only in paper? You
open the book. Sixteen hundred pages
A novel sixteen hundred pages long? Yes.