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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-12-25

The new Union Station at Kan
sas City, which. cost over 6 mil
lion dollars, was sold one day
last week by two icon" men for
81, 800 to a fellow who had just
pulled in from Montana. The
westerner was ubber-necking"
at the fine structure when the
two men approached and said:
"How do you like it?" The West
erner said 81 like her. fine, {"
"How would you like to own this
fine building?" replied the "con"
men. 81 would certainly like to
own it," said the westerner. "well
we own 1t aud its for sale," said
the icon" men "and we will sell
it to you for $500 and take S100
down" "''I will take it," said the
westerner, and, at this moment
reached for his pocket book and
handed the swindleIs 800, say
ing that he would return shortly
with the balance, but when he
returned the said owners coul1
not be found and the "sucker"
called on the police, who failed
to find them.
The Atchison County Mail sets
a valuable example in announce
ing tc its readers that it has in
the Office great speech by a
certain lawyer which any Of his
friends may read by calling there.
II our other esteemed contempo-
rary, The Congressional Record,
would make similar announce
ments frequently as to great
speeches by senators and repre-
sentatives, there would be more
room in its columns for live read
ing matter.
Pennington, one Of the best
towns in southeast Missouri, will
soon vote on local option. The
city council has ordered an cleo
tion to be held January 18th. The
council also voted for a munici-
pal Christmas tree on the court
house lawn Christmas eve. The
city authorities and churches OF
Pennington will cooperate in
the entertainment and all the
poor children in that city will be
remembered by Santa Claus.
After an hours deliberation, a
jury in the circuit court OF Davi-
ess county at Gallatin, decided
at 10 O'Clock last night against
the plaintiff in the suit of Daniel
H. Cary, a student OF the state
normal, against John G. Thorn
hill, presiding judge Of the coun-
ty court Of Nodaway county, for
$40, 900 damages. A motion for a
new trial Immediately was made
by Cary.
Twenty-one men in Knob Nos.
ter have pledged themselves tc
see that the town has Chautau-
qua course next summer. They
obligate themselves TO the extenI
OF 1900. tits stated that this /:
an unusual number Of citizens il
a small town willing to take
chances on such an enterprise
which fact speaks well for Knot
Noster:
!. According to the Dexter Mes
senger, a citizen Of Poplar Bluf
says that man was sent to th'
penitentiary from that town th'
} other day for wounding an un
desirable citizen. "If he ha'
killed the fellow" says the Pop
lar Bluifite, "weli, he'd hav
} been sent to the legislature, may
be-"
Most newspapers are suppose
to "covsr" the news, as the yer
> naculsr has it, but the Marsha
Democrat i News 'scovsrs tn
county like blanket" " and Th
fMexico Ledger "covers Msxic
as the dew does Dixie" accord
. ling 10 standing .'stfeamers' 0
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-12-25

uuSou tulu year totnou tWclFe
inches in circumference and
weighing a pound.
1t is funny what a difference Q
few years make. The girl used to
let you chew her "wax" in school
while you took q whirl at her 'all
day.sucksr' now has a daughter
who carries her individual drink
cup SO she won't get any germs
in her mouth.
It is said up in Mexico that the
surest way for q man to establish
his id.ntity as a native Of Calla.
way county is for him to pre-
nounce the name of Auxvasse,
one of the towns up there. II he
balks on the pronunciation he Is
u rank outsider.
A substitute for gasoline is
said to have been discovered that
can be manufactured for / 1.2
cents a gallon. II it shall come
up to the expectations Of its pro-
moters the owners Of automobiles
may be able to save enough on
their fuel bills to pay 10. their
beefsteak.
The first real estate transfer Of
record in Cass county has just
been unesrthed by a county
official and shows the passing OF
title of forty acres OF land in
Van Buren county as Casscoupty
was then named. The consider
alton was given as $50 for the
tract,
\Oue of the annual December
festivals at Chillicothe is the ban
quet Of subordinate lodge No. SO,
Anti Horse Thief Association.
Livingston county has large
membership in this body, and
consequently is not favorits
territory for appropriations OF
horseflesh.
Colonel Tracy Richardson, well
known in Lamar, who saw SER
vice in Mexico during the Madero
revolution, is said to be lined up
with the allies in the European
war and will in a short time be
handling a machine gun for the
English, according 10 the Re-
publican Sentinel.
The corner stone OF the new
Christian church at Sikeston was
laid with Masonic ceremonies last
week. After the ceremonies there
was q banquet served in the din
ing room of the Methodist church
which was rendered the ladies oI
the Christian church who served
supper and applied the proceeds
upon the new church.
Among the most widely known
of Cupid's Missouri victims Is
Andy Little OF Mcberly, who,
several months ago, while still O
bachelor, was successfully sued
for q divorce. Mr.. Little was
named as asguardian for an insane
msn whose wife desired her free.
dom and the papers in the case
necessarily were served on Me-
Little. Undaunted by his exper'
ience in the divorce court, Mr.
Little was one Of last week.
bridegrooms.
A new game law that shout,
be passed by all states woul'
contain the following: "Bool
agents may be shot bstweel
October /! and September 1
Spring poets from March | i
Juns1; /; Automobile speed demon
from January ! to January , |
Road hogs from April 10 TO Apr
Is; Amateur hunters from Sep
tembsr | to February 1; Wa
takers no closed season; An
man who accepts q paper for tw
years and then, when the bi
is presented, Gays I nev or order
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-12-25

Most newspapers are supposed
to 'coveF" the news, as the veF-
naculsr has it, but the Marshall
Democrat News ''covsrs th .
county like > blanket" and The
Mexico Ledger "eovers Mexico
as the dew does Dixie" accord
ing TO standing .stfeamers" on
/ the front page ot each.
Nov that there are no longer
any bears in the vicinity. tbs
name Of Bear Greek station on
the Burlington, near Hannibal
has been changed to Monvard.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-27
Trinitv's Aim Is to Be Democratic

ception of the First Presbyterian
Church. The tower of Trinity Church
is older than the First Church build
ing, but the First Presbyterian
Church, as a whole, is Older than
Trinity, the body of the latter hav-
ing been destroyed by fire in 1870
The new assistant at Trinity comes
on October /. This is Rev. Elwyn H.
Spear. of New York. The vicar of
Christ Chapel Harrison, which with
it's $50 communicates is a part of
Trinity parish, is Rev. William j.
Tilley.
To the last diocesan convention,
which met in Trinity Church, accord
ing to custom, the last week of May,
the rector of Trinity reported that
there were in Trinity parish, ex-
elusive of Christ Chapel. 500 families.
representing 1900 souls, of whom $50
were confirmed persons.
There are all sorts and conditions
of men, women and children in the
parish, some of the well-to-do, soma
of the very poor and some in moder-
ate circumstances.
1t is the desire of the rector that
the church should be thoroughly
democratic, and not a class organiza-
ton, either as regards the manual
working people or the employing
class
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-27

national prohibition measure, will De
voted upon in the House of Repre-
sentatives on July s, when it will be
decided whether we are to remain a
rum protecting nation or a sober and
rum destroying nation.
1.-THE vote that will be cast for or
against the Hobson bill will depend
largely upon the attitude of our thou
sands of Christian Endeavor MEM
bers who have power and influence in
the land. Our own president, j. Z.
Sproull, and the executive committee
of our Christian Endeavor Union of
New Jersey most heartily approve of
the recommendations of the United
Society of Christian Endeavor, which
are here set forth; and as superin-
tendent of the department of Chris
tan citizenship and Sabbath observ-
ance l implore of each society that
it act at once and implicitly on each
point of the recommendations.
THE hour is come when we can
smite this awful soul devastating
traffic, and this we can do by up
holding the efforts of the brave men
who on the floor of Congress are bat
thing for the destruction of the rum
traffic.
Have an appeal for national prohi-
bfsfon made from every Christian
Endeavor pulpit of the State on
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The executive committee OF the
New Jersey State Christian EndeaVor
Union have announced the prelimi-
nary list of speakers for the conven-
tion. which will be held in the Ber-
gen Reformed Church. Jersey City,
october 7, and .. These include:
Rev. F. e. Clark, D. D., president
w. S. C. E., Boston expected; Rev.
S. Parks Cadman, d. d., Brooklyn;
Rev. Daniel A. Polling, associate 70
president w. S. c. f., Boston; john
r. Clements. president N. Y. S. c. p,
Union: Rev. Floyd Tomkins, S. I. D.,
Philadelphia; Rev. w B. Greenway,
Philadelphia; Rev. j. W. Rogan, Red
Bank; Rev. A. Chapman, Hacken-
sack: Rev. F. w. Johnson. ID. D.,
Railway; and Rev. Fl. K. England
Roselle.
The program will include: Schools
of methods, open parliaments. Illus
trated talks (fresh air), open air song
services, shop meetings, sunrise meet
ings, intermediate session, junior
session.
Rev. f. w. Johnson, superintendent
of the department of good citizen
ship has issued the following to the
Christian Endeavorers of New Jer-
sey:
Dear Christian Endeavorers:
1.-THE Hobson bill, which is a great
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-27
Yuan Shi K al as Dictator

hearts Although Confucianism Ee
the guiding star of the Chinese goN-
eminent, Lao-Tze, which has many
analogies with Christian thought and
sentiment, has taken firm hold on
the hearts of the people, and as time
has passed the figure of Lao-Tze has
grown in significance into the stature
of a Christlike superhuman person
ahty.
He believes thoroughly in
despotism and the young Chinese Of
the twentieth century he regards as
only the offspring of vain dreamers-
If at any time he has simulated
sympathy with such dreamers it has
only been because by this apparent
Cancellation he could the more easily
deceive the opponents of the throne
until he should be ready TO spring
upon them.
Looking back today says Mr..
Bland, upon the chief events Of
Yuap's administration of the presi-
dency Of the republic it is interesting
to observe how each one marks a
distinct and pre- arranged advance
in q resolutely consistent policy, that
policy of the salvation or the re-
Mobilization of the monarchy which
Yuan has frankly proclaimed from
the beginning as the nations only
certain means Of saving its entity
For Yuan knew, what is now plain
TO the world, that the republic, as Mr.
Bland intimates, was only an acciden-
tai and transient phenomenon in the
ages Of existence Of the Chinese en-
pire and that If the nation were to
avert dissolution il must be replaced
speedily by the absolute monarchy Of
the Man of Destiny, or by a limited
mr. ars1l1T tan hx~
periments in constitutionalism.
And Yuan, the strongest man in
China" as said the official quoted by
Bishop Bashford. is just the one to
effect this restoration. Time has
proved that he endues the velvet
glove when il serves his purpose, but
that he has the iron hand of the die
tator and despot is quite apparent
from events in which he has acted
with all the ruthless and cold blood
ed cruelty of the Empress Tzu Hsi at
the very height of her power.
Now. Christianity is one of the
weapons which Yuan assuredly viii
use in extinguishing forever the re-
public born of the fanatieal radical
ism of Sun Yat-Sen and his fellow
revolutionists and the activities OF
the dreamers of Young China.
And now the road TO the restora-
ton of the monarchy is clear. as was
indicated in the address of Bishop
Bashford, and as was regarded as
necessary by such statesmen as Sir
Robert Hart and Prince Ito. And in
the view of some observers it may be
that, as Mr.. Bland says, from the
stepping-stone of an absolute dicta-
torship. supported by public opinion,
Yuan Shi K'ai may at last be per-
suaded to follow the example of the
founder Of the Ming dynasty and es-
tablish in his own person a new i'm
perial line. What part Christianity
viii play in such a coup d'etat Il
remains for Yuan to say.
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Methodist episcopal

In ST. Luke's NJ. E. Church tomor-
row the pastor, Rev. j. H. Mac
Donald, will preach in the morning on
"The Great Conquest" In the eve
ming his theme will be 1.-THE Sin of
Ambition, as Illustrated in Mac
BETH
At 1.-The CHEEKY Church. Green
and Union streets, Warren Patten
Coon, pastor, Rev. Mr.. Haley of Eng
land, will preach at the service to-
morrow. In the evening Rev. Mr..
Coon's theme will be, 1.-THE Mightiest
Force Welded on Earth The month
ly official board meeting occurs on
Monday evening. The hour of re-
freshing will be on Wednesday eve
ming, beginning at 1870 o'clock with an
open air service in front of the
church.
The Union Street Methodist
Episcopal Church and the Fifth
Baptist Church. beginning with
the first Sunday in July,
are to have union services for
July and August. In July Rev. Mr.
Coon will preach, the morning service
being held in the Baptist Church,
the evening services in Union Street
Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev.
Mr.. Lowrey will be the official pastor
of the two churches during August.
In the Roseville Methodist Eplsco
pal Church, Orange street and Bath
gate place, Dorr Frank Dietendorf,
minister, the sermon topics for to-
morrow are: Morning, 1.-THE Vision
That Strengthens the Soul" evening,
Foes Without apd How to Meet
Them" Musical program Morning
Prelude. trio, "Extase, Came
violin solo, "Canzonetta' concerto
in Z minor, Tschaikowsky; o1ertory'
ITO Spring" Grieg; postlude, trio,
chant sans Paroles, Tschaikowsky.
Evening-Prelude, trio, Notturno, NO;
Ill. List: cello solo, "Benedlctus'.
Rost; offertory, = trio, "Serenade'
Widor; postlude, trio, Coronation
March, Meyerbeer.
In the Centenary Methodist Epis-
copal Church tomorrow the pastor
Rev. DR.. Ralph B. Urmy will preach.
Morning, subject, 1.-The Law of Lib
erty;" evening subject, "Thee De-
serter.'' Musical program: Morn
ing-Prelude, overture to Loneh,
grin" Wagner; offertory, Romance,
Mallard; postlude, Grand Snorus,
Cappocci; anthem, No, Not despair
inglv.' Gilchrist. Evening-Prelude'
0ffertoire in E minor, Desplantay;
offertory, "Andantino," Chauvet'
postlude, Postlude in D, Calkin; an
them. "Sing Alleluia Forth" Buck
hymn-anthem, 'Vesper Bells, ar
ranged by Miss Lillian Kieran; So
nrano solo, Love Divine" Flotow'
bv Mrs. Edith Ten Brock Krick. 80
The music for tomorrow in 81.
lakes Methodist Episcopal Churcn is
as follows: Morning-Organ prelude
"Andante Moderate" Merkel; anthem,
~ Will Sing of Thy Power sullivan;
offertory, "Cantabile," Hesse; solo for
bass. IF God So Clothe the Grass
(Bischoff), Mr.. Downing; postiude'
"PostIude in A Flat" Delbruck.
Evening-Organ prelude, prelude in
B Flat" Barnard; anthem, "A Song
in the Night Woodman; offertory'
"Evensong," Kern; duet, Turn US,
o Cod" (Marston), Mr.. Burkhardt
and Mr.. Downing; postlude, Finale
in F. (Maxfield). Lucy J. stephens,
organist.
In the Central NJ E. Church, Rev.
Dr. H. Y. Murkland, pastor, tomor-
row will preach at 1890 o'clock a. M
on 1.-THE Domestic and Foreign
Policies of the Kingdom" and follow
ing the service the session of the sun
day school will be held. At $40
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-27

1t is the determination of the rector
to be fair" in his relations with
every social group in our common
wealth-to blame what he thinks
blameworthy and to praise what he
thinks praiseworthy, without respect
to persons or professions.
The total receipts of the parish re-
ported to the convention for the year
ending April 80, 1914, amounted to
$42, 539. OF this amount S25,24S was
spent for parochial purposes, s14,161
for diocesan purposes, chiefly St.
Barnabas's Hospital, and s3,52S for
general missions.
The senior warden of Trinity is
John \. Clifford; the peoples warden,
James Hodge, and the clerk, Arthur
G. Sherman.
Among the parochial organizations,
besides the vestry, are a fiourishing
branch of the Woman's Auxiliary to
the Board of Missions, also a branch
of the Junior Auxiliary and a Babies
Branch; a strong branch of the Girls
Friendly Society, the Daughters of
the Church, the Chancel Society, a
chapter of the Brotherhood of st.
Andrew, a Boys Club and the Sun
day school.
The parish house, known as Trinity
House, is at "a Rector street, and is
constantly in use. IT was built at a
cost of 600 in 1910
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-27

A few weeks ago there appeared in
the Evening Star, on this page, a
rescript of an address by Bishop
Bathford. of the Methodist church,
delivered IN China. and throwing
much light on the progress OF
Christian mission work in the re-
public. The address was also I'M
portant as presenting picture OF
Yuan Shi K al, the man who today
is all powerful with the Chinese peo-
pie.
The address was sent to the pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church by
DR.. Cunningham, the missionary OF
that church, who has been many
years in China, and who is supported
by the voluntary contributions OF the
Sunday school children OF the parish.
Through the kindness of the Rev L.
Is. Hills, assistant of DR.. W. J. DaW-
son, this rescript of the address was
given to the Evening Star.
The purpose of this article Is 10
show how valuable are the observa-
lions of missionaries on the polltlcal
conditions in the countries they help
TO align on the side of Christianity.
In a late number Of the National
Review of Mr.. MaXse, there appeared
an article, entitled Yuan Shl h al,
Dictator and its tenor proves how
lust were the opinions OF the men
quoted by Bishop Bashford.
AS the National Review says, there
NAV be widely different opinions
about the policy of Yuan Shi X al
and its morality, but none can deny
that he possesses indomitable courage
and that his craftsmanship is so re-
markable as to challenge the admira-
ton of the world. And, further, as
one looks backwards upon his career
since his return to supreme power III
1911, the more marvellous do ms
achievements loom up before Europe
and America Indeed, the tue,
"Oriental Superman," which has been
bestowed upon him is in no sense
exaggeration or rhetorical hyperbole
one of the statements of Yuan Shi
K'ai quoted by Bishop Bashford WAS
that the ethics of Confucianism no
longer sufficed for the Chinese people
and that Christianity was needed IN
the republic before its stability should
be assured. Now the significance OF
this statement lies in the fact that
/. directly contradicts the view OF Mr.
Bland, a trained observer. who says
"It is doubtful at this Juncture
whether the moral and material forces
at Yuan's disposal will be- Sufficient
TO restore the old equilibrium, but Il
NAV safely be predicted that he will
continue to marshal and direct them
in accordance with the classical ira
ditions of Chinese statecraft, by ad-
herence 20 the Confucian system and
eventually by re-establishment OF the
throne"
Now it appears to us that the re-
mark of Yuan Shi K'ai showed that
he did not intend to follow any sucn
course. for he had found it ineffective
in accomplishing his design. He I'M
derstands that young China, at least,
though he despises it, is awakened 10
a sense of the reality Of the religious
change that has come over their
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-27
old First Church
Lecture Course
Now Announced
Senator Kenyon Among Those
Engaged for Season of 1914
and 1915.

The Evening Star prints today the
program of the church lecture course
of the First Presbyterian Church.
This course has become a feature of
the life of this church in the autumn
and winter. only men of prominence
in the country are engaged for the
course. The list for 1914-1915 follows:
November 2, A"Admiral Blake: the
Servant of Liberty" DIR. W. J. Daw-
son; November 16, dramatic recital,
THE Message from Mars" Edwin
Whitney; November 30, Reign of the
Iconoclast," Senator William S. Ken
yon; December ID, the Lyceum Arts
Conservatory Orchestra, Christmas
concert; January 4, 1.-The Conquest OF
the Arctic Lincoln Writ; January
Is, 1.-The Square Deal" Frank Dixon
February l, Americans in the
Making" (cartoonisD. Mrs. Marion
Ballou Fisk; February Is, a Dickens
evening, Mr.. Frank Speaight; March
|, readings from his works, T. Hop
kinson Smith.
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The simple statement of the facts
about Trinity Church, the sanctuary
" hich adds so much of grace and
dignity to the beautiful Military Park
in the centre of Newark, will reveal
its Importance and integrity as a
parish and the work 1t is doing for
the people of the city who are men,
bers of it's congregation.
The rector of Trinity parish is Rev.
Mercer Green Johnston. He became
rector on December l, 1912, succeed
ing the late DIR. Louis Shreve Osborne,
for twenty-five years the distin-
guished and beloved rector of Trinity.
Mr.. Johnston came from San An
tonic, Tex, where he was the head of
the Diocesan School Board, controll-
ing two large schools-the West
Texas Military Academy for boys and
St. Mary's Hall for girls.
Under Mr.. Johnston new buildings
were erected for the West Texas
Military Academy at cost of $l1O,-
600. Previously, from 1903 to 1908,
Mr. Johnston was rector of the
cathedral parish of st. Mary and st.
John, Manila He began his ministry
as a deacon in Grace parish, New
York city, in 1898.
Trinity parish was organized IN
1746. 1t is the oldest ecclesiastical
organization in Newark. with the eX-
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In the churches OF. Newark tomor-
row there will be some exchanges
and some strange faces will be seen
In the pulpits of the city. DR.. DaW-
son will not preach again until the
autumn in the First Presbyterian
Church, and DR.. Hunter, of the Sec
ond Church, has gone to Europe. DIR.
Inglis, of the Third Church North,
still remains in charge in his new
sanctuary, and he is not certain
whether he will go away in July or
later Other well-known Newark
clergymen will be far from the city.
The sermon themes as announced
for tomorrow by the pastors of the.
city and the musical programs Sc
lected by the choir directors of the
churches will be found below:
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Endeavorers Name ConOention Speakers

Sunday, June IS; also on Sunday,
July 8. Following the sermon have
the congregation pass a resolution IA
voring the passage of the Hobson
bill. These resolutions should state
the number of people represented
and should be forwarded, special de-
livery. to the congressman of the
district.
Arrange to have in every city and
town of your State-set this as your
goal--a patriotic prohibition meeting
of some sort on July 4, send tele-
grams from these meetings to the
congressman of the districts in which
the meetings are held.
"Get every man and woman in your
State You can possibly enlist. to send
a personal telegram to his or her
congressman on July 6, or a night
letter July 5, respectfully urging him
to vote for the Hobson bill.
"Be in Washington on July 6 if you
can. Let me know of any from your
State who may come. We want 200
picked Endeavorers there.
''Let US in this matter be faithful
and do the work as unto the Lord.
Sincerely,
Fl w. JOHNSON,
Superintendent of the department OF
good citizenship.
Railway n. J.. June "a, 1914.