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Show Great Services Recognized 1 I THE body of Sir Wm. Van Homo was brought 1 H back from the foreign soil on which ho won 1 H a fortune, title and great name in railroad con- i H struction, and burled in the little village burying H ground where his father and mother are sleeping. H Wo have no idea that he was superior as a H railroad builder to either of many men in this H country of ours who during the past sixty years H have ribbed the land with steel rails and made H new tracks for commerce. H Some of ours have made great fortunes, but H not all, somo have made great names in the H thoughts of intelligent men, but the chances are H ten to ono that had Sir William remained on this H side of tho line, the title that he would have H gained would have been that he was a soulless H monopolist; the oppressor of the poor; one of H those heartless men who ride around the country H in a private palace car, which car Is the modern H Juggernaut that crushes out the hopes if not the J H lives of the poor. f H The chances, too, would have been seven to H ten that the government would have felt that it , H was its duty to investigate his work and if it H could have done nothing else, it could have at H least so blasted the credit of his road that he H would not have been able to secure money enough 'I to keep the road in proper repair. H Old England has very many wrong ways, but H she never falls to reward those who perform high H service for her. It is so in her army and navy, H so in her courts, so In every line where eminent H service is performed. H The result is that those in their service do H their best, and this 1s so palpable that she long H ago learned and practiced on the fact that the H great laborer is worthy of his hire. H |