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j ; ii. . , i. i,iv.ii:,,i-u-...-l-.t-j; 25 Dakota Ccssty BcsS JohevH- Time to put that Russian revolution In the "alleged" class. The Northwest rassage Is found, but Kobodf knows what to do with It The souvenir postal card bas led to murder In New York. Not at all surprising. FolltenM la the bridge that spnns the abyss between truth-telling and common aense. The difference between the drama and real life la that on the stage trage dies seem pathetic. Mark Twain Is to write an auto biography. Mark refuses to tackle any thing grave until be la dead. Teddy, Jr., bunted eleven days and got notlWng. Does be wish to bring gray hairs In sorrow to the grave? The Czar keepa a fortune-teller on feis payroll. No wonder the poor little father alwaya wears such a melancholy expression. The truth of the matter Is that the Russian peassntry are auspicious of eating freedom cake from the hand of Adam Zad. . A rich Pennsylvanlan has hired a trained nurse for bis sick bulldog. The strange part of It Is that this million aire doesn't live In Pittsburg. As a matter of fact, the Cuban revo lution seems to be the result of a dis inclination on the part of the revolu tionists to work for their living. Mr. Rockefeller's pastor aaya tnc most miserable people on earth are very rich. Most of them seem to get a good deal of satisfaction out of being miser able. The Sultan baa pardoned a large number of criminals out of the Turkish prisons. From this It Is Inferred that his health Is either a great deal better or a great deal worse. That northwest passage has been found again, but President Roosevelt Is trying to open up a southerly pas sage which be thinks will be more con venient for general use. Mr. Rockefeller bos gone on record as an exponent of the "simple life," and It Is no surprise to the folks who nave noticed what a almple matter It Is for blm to make a living. General Weylcr la reiwrted to regard the Cuban revolution as a bit of child's play. Tbla may bo due to the fact that both the revolutionists and the govern ment are trying to make It a bloodless affair. One of New York's loveliest and most aristocratic heiresses Is to become the bride of a newspaper man. Titled for eigners will regard this as another ag gravating piece of effrontery on the part of the press. General Miles saya that the open ing of the Panama Canal will cause a world war. Somehow, the General re minds os of those long-distance alarm lata who say that In two or three mtl Boo years the world wilt frizzle and fade away. One hundred thousand dollars' worth H postage atampa belonging to Boston Electors were exhibited at the con vention of the American Philatelic As sociation. The average boy collector who has a hundred dollars' worth at the catalogue price tblnka be Is rich. Sentimentalists always picture the Indians as a vanishing race, shoved on toward the furthermost edge of the map by the ruthless white man and ahot down now and then when they do mat obey with sufficient alacrity the order to move on. But cold etutls tics show that there are 284,000 id dlaua now living, and that there bas been an Increase of 14,000 In the last decade. It Is estimated that there were but 230,000 In what Is now the United States when this country was discov ered. These figures constitute a high tribute to the vigor of a race that bus not only survived the encroachments of civilization, represented by some 00,000.000 whites, but Increased and multiplied while defending itself with Inferior weapons against trained fight ing uiq with modern arms. TliB director of the solar observnrnrv at Kensington lu England announces that t the time of the Sun Fruuclseo and Valparaiso earthquakes and those which occurred in 1104 tbo spots on the sua were at the maximum of their aize. It Is not known that the sun spots and the earthquakes have any relation, but their simultaneous ap pearand has been observed often. There Is another theory of the west ern earthquakes, however, which is more sijnple and probable. It Is that the mo tains on the western shore of the consent are slowly but constantly being forced upward. Occasionally the upturnlAf strata of rock slip and tlio result la destruction to the cities with in the ara of disturbance. This theory 0ts well with the recent successive artlniuakes on the Pacific roast Progress In China bus recently boon jbowu la a remarkable. If not unique, way. The people of a village In tlw province of Fuklen held a meeting, and determined to break up the opium hab it. At the suggestion of two men who tad gone to the Fuchau City Hospital (or treatment for oplum-ainoklng, let ters were sent to the head of the hos pital asking blm to come to A-lotig and kelp them. One contained a respectful and carefully worded agreement signed by the village elders and principal iii.mi. Doctor Wllkinion. who tells the story In the Church illsslonsry Intelligencer, accordingly went to the village, aril found that practically all the people were anxious for the reform. At a meeting with the head l.ien the opium shopkeejHTS themselves stood up t 'l said they were willing to stop selling the drug, and fifty dollars was rnie:l to defray the cost of medicines. l.it March the village ancestral hall w.:s turned Into a hospital, nnd seventy-nine men patients were ndmltted, u woim.n from the mission having charge of nine women In another place. For three weeks they were treated, during hVh time only two lost courage and K't. Dolly morning and evening religious services were held, with n Increased Interest as time went on in the sing' Ing of hymns and the simple Bltiie talks. During the day the tedium of the patients was relieved by maglc-lsn-tern, photogrophlc and gramophone ex hibitions. What the result of the move ment will be It Is of course Impossible to say, but at the request of the village eiders and head men, the mandarin .ut up n proclamation forbidding any mo again to open an opium-shop In the village. It Is desirable that the lands re claimed by national Irrigation projects should go Into the bunds of actual culti vators, and not of speculators. Presi dent Roosevelt calls special attention to this in his letter to the natlonol Irri gation congress. He wishes to see a multitude of small farms, each sufti clent to supKrt one family, Instead of a much smaller number of 100-acre farm. Doubtless the speculators already have their eyes on the lauds which the gov ernment Is about to endow with special fertility. They would like to get posses sion of extensive tracts so as to profit by the great Increase In value which Is certain to come. If the reclaimed land are sold at first in small parcens to gen uine cultivators they will stick to their holdings and the speculators will not be able to get In. No legislation can be framed which will automatically keep the speculators out For many years unscrupulous men have been able to get around the laud raws, and help them selves to choice portions of the public domain. They did so with comparative Impunity uutll the present Secretary of the Interior got after them. He has prosecuted ninny and bas punished some. He has exemplified the familiar principle that laws are of no value until somebody makes It bis special business to enforce them. The irrigation act says that the limit of area per entry shall represent the acreage which, in the opinion of the Secretary of the In terior, "may be reasonably required for the support of a family upon the lands in question." Iu one locality he may consider five acres enough, and In an other forty. If this discretion Is to bo wisely used by the Secretary or by the subordinates on whose Judgment he ha to depend to a considerable degree, there does not seem to bo need or room i for any additional legislation. Tho President says the national Irrigation congress can do something towards car rying out the policy of placing on each reclaimed area the largest number of families that can get a comfortable liv ing when the land Is well tilled. It can give advice as to the size of allot ments. It can assist In the detection of attempts at fraudulent entries. No doubt Ingenious men will try through dummies to get control of large tracts. If they shall succeed It will not be duo to Imperfect legislation but to the laches of the agents of the government Medicines are made almost absolute ly tasteless, according to a new Ger mun process, by causing them In liquid form, to be absorbed by natural agar agur, then granulating or pulverizing, and then drying. The electric target of a Cunudlan of ficer, Lieutenant Colonel G. A. Peters, Is being tested by English riflemen. The target Itself la a bullet-proof plate of chrome steel, aud tho lmpuct of the bul let on this drives buck oue or more of a set of steel hammers, thus closing an electric circuit by which tho exact spot hit Is recorded on an Indicator plute at the firing point The system Insures accuracy, saves much time aud needs no attendant. Sulphur Is being tried In Germany as a wood preservative. It is applied iu molten form und us It hardens It completely 111 w the pores. At moder ate temperatures it Is unaffected by water, weuk or strong acids, or alka line solutions. A disadvantage Is th.u tho sulphur melts at 115 degrees F., ami this makes tho t routed wood unlit for places exposed to considerable heat. The best wood for uso with this pro cess U poplar, the trials of oak and p!ue having been much less sutlsf.wj. A largo steamship has recently been constructed on tho Tyne having v.o masts at all. Instead of musts 'lie vessel Is furnished with four large pil lars placed ou each side of the ship, two forward und two nft, which serve as derrick inists. The two forward piU lurs are connected by a bridge, 50 feet ubove the water, which may le us.kJ for lookouts. The vessel Is 482 foet long and 54 feet broad, nnd Is to he used in the fur East to carry bulky car goes. Accommodations are, however, provided for 1550 emigrants. Auoth-;? vessel of tho same type Is building. J. E. "Ihornycroft, an English author. !ty on engineering, In reviewing recen attempts to adapt the luteruul combus tioii enjj.ie to murine use. says that this udajktutiou may now be regarded us an accomplished f'"'t. Trials made between Uuuihurg und Kiel with a mo tor of "0 horse-power showed thut tlio gus propelled bout consumed 5:10 itouud of uutliruclte, us against 1,820 pounds of steam eoul consumed by a steamboat Of pructicully the sume dimensions aud making the sumc speel. (las-engines of from 500 to l.(HH) horse-power for marine use are now being constructed Iu England, and Mr. 'Ihornycroft ex pect to sec such engines Installed Ir j large kea going vosscl. You heur a irreat deal of the "ad vantages" U be gained lu living lu a' large city. We don't krow what the , are unless It Is chasing street cars. I mhlrtv i Revolution enriPd by the 30Anlwi AmorlcAj) Wwr renewwl efrr three r erf mdopondeoce L'BAN'S of the present day were born to revolution. Men now in the prime of life, as In fants beard the clash of arms. Their first reeollec lections are of swords that Hashed, homes that blazed and women who fled from the sav age soldiery of Spain. When at the close or the last century the reconcentrado lifted to heaven the arms withered by famine and Implored the great nation that had won peace to save him and his from destruction and despair, there was an answer at last In the boom of cannon. Brave ships cross ed the water. The strong had taken un der tho shelter of his might the weak and downtrodden. The Cuban flag was given the right to fly over a free Cuban people. Out of conditions little better than anarchy came the stable form of order, and they who had struggled for many a decade found their efforts crowned with the freedom of their de sire. Then the benefactor withdrew, leaving to an emancipated people the problem of their own destiny. That the new republic should not have remained quiet la not surprising. Many Americans know little of the Cuba of fifty years ago. To them the Gem of the Antilles bus been but a spot In the map, mnde vivid for tho first time when the United States, horrified at continued cruelty, drove forth the tyrant The cruelty was nothing new In Cuban history; It baa made Cuban history. Before the climax that lower ed the Spanish pride and the Spanish banner In the West, for decades the prayer for recognition as belligerents went unheeded. Cuba In revolt displayed a concep tion of Justice that would have been an honor to any people. All early move was the freeing of the slaves held under Spanish rule directly in violation of treaty. Spain's pretense of emancipa tion had been nothing more. By royal decree the slave was freed when he bci reached his GOth year, or just wnen he would have beeii helpless to care for himself. At one time out of 000,000 ne groes In Cuba 308,000 were slnves, many of these being nntives of Africa. When the revolutionists freed them a large number became soldiers, aud some won their way to Important command. In 1820, but for the veto of the Unit ed States, Bolivar, valiant and futile, might have won the cause of Cuon. But the causewas not killed. The South American possessions of the Spanish were permitted to break their alle giance, but Cuba, suffering, oppressed, crying out with a great voice and with Its blood sealing the sincerity of Its as pirations, was permitted to languish In thrall. In 1848 the struggle for Independence took definite form agulu. At that time Cuba was recognized as a republic by Peru, and there was promise of co-operation from neighboring governments, but that of the United States could not be won, and the promise was not ful filled. Yet with failure, and In the face of opposition from those who might have been neutral, and of Indifference from those whose impulses should have been friendly, the faith of the Cubans never faltered. When 50,000 Cuban lives had been sacrificed to the fury of a falling des potism nearly 200,000 Spanish had per ished on the same altar. At one time the Cubans overran the Island from the eastern extremity to Colon on the west The enemy was shut In Its strongholds, but the enemy held the sea. The Cuban armies were made of tried lighters. Tho Spanish were raw levies, constant ly renewed. Production of sugar began to lessen, and agriculture generally win on the wane. Spanish reforms took the shape of more obnoxious taxes, until tho Cuban paid $S4 yeurly, while the Spanish In their own laud paid $7. In 1871 the Cubans had Issued an fS QUEEN PHIXIPPA INTERCEDING FOR THE BURGHERS. The pictures Illustrating history (mainly fancifully, of course) In the galleries of tlio London Royal Academy this year cover a wide field, and one would have to be very well up In different i-erlods of history to be able to answer all the questons, iwiy, of ou Inquiring school lioy It wan In 1S47 that Phlllppu of llal.uult. the wife of King Edward III . Immortalized herself by begging for tho life of tho Calais burgesses. On the surrender of the tow-., Edward consented to spare the garrison on conditio that six of the principal citizens should bring the keys bareh led and bare foot with ro,K.s round their nock. The lives of the patriots .no volunteered were spared only at the intercession of the yueen. Popular Hoar. Jack, a dog at the palace theater, London, known to theater people all over the world, died the other day and his death was announced with an oill cl&l euloglum. He watched the stage door when the doorkeeper was awuy Ik V V - .. w . appeal to civilization, showing the con dltions that had grown from the declar ation of lndeendeiK,e at Manzaulllo In IStVS. It was an appeal to touch the heart of humanity, ami perhaps It did. but to no practical effect The Manza nillo declaration but eintiodied the sen timent sought to be put Into practice by Lopez In 1848. In that year Ixpcz bud landed with a small expedition and met defeat In 1850 h made a second essay, and was again defeated Ills third attempt resulted In his capture, nnd he was executed. Vain also were the efforts of Gen. Quitman In 1S.V. but the seed such men sowed was ripening for the harrest A Ileal Leader Arlaea. It was In October, 1803, that Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, a lawyer, raised the standard of revolt He had but a few hundred followers, and they but partly armed. A mouth later his army consisted of 12,000 men. They won vic tory after victory. Man for man the Spanish were no match for them, nnd so tho regiments were poured In to perish of battle and disease. When Cespedes captured a town, and found that he could not hold It. with the full consent of the Inhabitants, It was his wont to destroy It before abandonment, so that Into the hands of the enemy there fell naught but ruins. Don Do mingo Dulce, the Spanish commander, made overtures of reconciliation. Mes sengers sent to confer with him were nssasslnnted, and negotiations fell through. The war degenerated Into a guerrilla strife, as was unavoidable, and for long years the Spanish were harassed' by a foe they could not sub due nnd never did subdue. For decade, with intermittent periods of n peace that hut presaged fresh outbreak, the contest went on. Then opposition to Spanish rule became Implacable. The time for the final struggle had arrived. The War of Yesterday. That which followed Is remembered as hut of yesterday. The women und children of the patriots were herded in camps, there to die of famine. Want stalked through the fertile Island be cause there was none to do the work. The plow rusted and the hoe was Idle. The mill turned no more. Put the pat riots would not yield, though the whole fair Island be desolated and the last Cuban give his life for liberty. What would have been the outcome had not tho United States ordered Spain buck to her own continent and driven her hence no man can say. That there would have been practical exter mination Is hardly to bo doubted. In the conduct of the Spanish there was no hint of mjrey or compromise. Wey ler, pluced In supreme control, was a mnn with soul untouched of pity, a hardened, brutal nature dominating his every move. He claimed the right to make war In his own fashion, and the United States arbitrarily took the right from him. For this Cuba had been Imploring for weary, almost hopeless, years. When liberty was first an accomplish ed fact the Cubans chafed under the benign rule of the liberators. They could not understand that there should be restraint upon them. Had they not devoted their lives to securing freedom, und where was the freedom? The Cu ban, whatever bis precise lineage, re colls uow from anything that seems In tlio least to curtail his prerogative as a freeman. He does not understand poll tics ns older peoples accept this, and the quiet opjosltlon of speech nnd bal lot Is ullen to his promptings. To fight has been the basic part of his educa tion, and with no foreign hosts to meet, he readily turns bis prowess against the neighbor who may have failed to agree with hl:n. Cuba's career has been a series of tragedies. The struggles of the Cubans would form the subject for n glorious epic. They have emerged triumphant, and If so be the consciousness of victory has turned the heads of a few of them what U the marvel? and ran and got him If the bell rung, a iu! had been trulned to fall on and ex tinguish any burning substance he saw, such as a piece of paper. He wa choked to death by a piece of money he was taking to a restauruut to buy his dinner with. I, ,' M. . j up J" i . .' i Wf VT" , VM '- - ill w i. - i ir f, WOMEN SHOULD BE JriiOKS 0 Onr entire nynrcm of ti inn rv"'. wvwv! of high crimes is a mo.-l.eiv vr "sw Intelligent fviT:.pner are nfisbV v why we cling to It. Onr ,li?d!,-sl i; cumbersome, evpensiv sn1 fit v essential particular. It Is Imp"'- tv wV a defense of the Jury vrem m SnI In modern practice and ren?t. Tbe v--.-.i metropolitan Jury Is a eoitipc:i f rr' and emotionalism. The jurymen are .yel mawkish sentimentality rather than by a proper iWvr-.-i tlon of the demands of justice. l!.wt ver4i.--r in sk women have been tried offer enYnrtrement and 1rvert' to those of the "weaker sex" who find tbemwVve te-rtn'' to commit murder In requlttal for resl er fsn. ie.1 rvr,f "But will not women Jurors be too l.kely to vnvfcl v- of their sex?" I am asked. Not vinle the one a.vuws! Is shown to t guilty by the evlden.-v, I think. If vmr der Is to be considered a capital crime, rnimlerers JvM be convicted anu punished, and rut dlsoriniinati.in snouM be shown because of sex. There Is valid tvn for asserting that women are better qualified to Ju.!pp of te guilt of an accused woman than are own. Beyond OouM there would be more verdicts of guilty, and that U J.i: what we need at the present time. WILL THE CHURCH "MAKE GOODt" By Rr. R. A. U hit. One of the considering Its Pit'li? useless institutions supported py the iy".3U Public Is the Christian church. This Is far from saying It Is wholly use less or that It has not groat value. It Is merely saying that the returns are not proportioned to investment Estimate capital Invested In theo logical schools, the enormous Invest ment in church property, the vast annual contributions for support and compare with actual social value and asv. a. a. white. the discrepancy is discouraging. Add to the financial investment the mental and nervous energy involved and can any man bouestly say that the church as now administered Is worth to society what It costs? Good business principles demand that such an enor mous capitalization of money and energy shall show ade qulte social returns. Can the church "make good?" Pub lic estimates, as evidenced by public Interest, give a nega tive answer. Joslah Strong, himself a churchman. Mid ten years ago that only 30 per cent of our population regularly attended church services. Also that one-half of the population wns entirely estranged from the church. A practical people do not desert au Institution which positively benefits them. I believe In the potential power of the cjiurch. I believe It will some time make Itself worth what It costs. There are many reasons why the church does not meet the requirements of the modern situation. The church, OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY. Since those we love and those we hate, With all things mean and all things great, Pasa in a desperate disarray Over the hills and far away ; It must be, dear, that late or soon, Out of the ken of the watching moon, We shall abscond with Yesterday Over tho hills and far away. What does it matter? As I deem, We shall but follow as brave a dream As ever smiles a wanton May Over the hills and far away. We shall remember, and, In pride, Fare forth fulfilled and satisfied, Into the land of Ever-and-Aye, Over the hills and far away. W. E. Henley. ZEKIEL WATERBURY was de termined to marry. He told Mary Ann Uiggins so one night as be sat by the kitchen table watching her knead some bread for the morning's baking. "It's took me some time tew make up my mind, but I'm going tew dew it, sure as sixpence!" be said, emphatical ly. Mary Ann looked at him a little scornfully. "You ain't got spunk enough tew pop, tew begin with," the said. In lofty d's daln; "an', If you have, who be you golu' to pop tew? There ain't many decent girls tew b had Just fer the askln'," she added, with a tinge of re proof in her tones. "There's enough on 'em that's ready an' waitln'," Ezeklel answered, with equal loftiness, adding carelessly, "but If the fust one ain't agreeable I can Jest ask another, belli' as how I ain't over partlcklh-r." Mary Ann's scorn deepened consider ably, but Ezeklel was In no wise 'Ps turbed. He was the owner of a small farm, several cows, a somewhat anti quated horse and lumber wagon, and bad as good a garden as any man !u Berryvllle, and beside that, who bur himself hud led the choir In the church for severul years and curried the tunin' fork Into every slngln' school that th- village had ever known? Ezeklel reckoned this was recommen dation enough for any man In search of matrimonial adventure. "Mary Ann Is a feared of losln' a good home. I s'pose," he argued to himself when left alone; "but law sukes! she ueeiVt be, fer I wouldn't let no wife of mine lord It over Mary Ann, nohow! No, si roe! She's took cure of the house tew long tew git the cold shoul der from Ezeklel Wuterbury now!" Aud with this determination In ui'.nd. be beguu to think over his list of ac quaintances for a wife who would ls most likely to suit himself and not eu roach upon any of Mary Ann's long estubllshed privileges. "There's no one tew le suited but me an' Mary Ann," he decided agulu, for bo knew that his issir old mother was too demented to know or rare who he'd the relus of government Iu tho Water bury establishment He swung tho ax over bis shoulder tho next morning, preparatory to fllllug the wood box before starting bis day's work, but his mind was still busy on which of tho "ready au' waltlu'" maid J Wooing of Mary Ann. "ITS " r(Vy rA...u most expensive and, cost one of the niost OVERCOMING ens would do as a starter for his some what delicate venture. "How do you thluk you would get on with Anna Maria Parsons?" he asked of Mary Anu, when he had completed his morning task. Mary Ann sniffed a little warnlng'y. "She an' I haven't spoke since the night of the 'spellln bee' tew her house," she said shortly. Then she turned with a martyr-like look upon her face and added pathetically, "bv:t don't you mind me. Ezeklel. Go on nu' marry Anna Mario, If you want tew. 1 can go away, of course." And ':e raised the corner of her apron to !:er eyes and turned to leave the room. "Hold on, Mary Ann!" Ezeklel called, with a sudden thought "What daw you say to Aramicta Smlthers? You know she's " But Mary Ann would not even listen. "Aramlnta Smlthers. Indeed! The sauciest minx In the whole village! No, Ezeklel Waterbury! I'll go away at once and not wait to be ordered out by that red-headed little " But now It was Ezeklel's turn to fly, and he pulled the old straw hat do.vn over hla eyes and rubbed his ear re flectively as he began searching aguU among his acquaintances for a wife that Mary Ann would like. Suddenly a bright Idea occurred to him. ne rush- ed buck to the house in a perfectly hi larious mood. "See here, Mary Ann." he logan, with a congratulatory simper. "I've Jojt thought of the very oue! I'll usk Miss Milieus, the schoolmurm. on my way home from meetiu to-night." "Au git sot on fer ycr pa lug!" Mary Anu responded promptly. "Ezeklel Waterbury, you must le stark, starin' mud tew think of propositi' to tuo schoolinarm ! What on 'urth dew von think she would do In this 'ere kitch en? Why, she couldn't fry out a pound o lard If her lite deluded on It!" siio said scornfully, adding with a very tin phiitle toss of her head: "An I'm mor tal sartln that there's one woman that won't keep on dolu the work an leltln' your wife play lady. In the parlor!" Ezeklel looked downhearted for a moment. "There's Emma Greenby," he sug gested, a little less enthusiastically. "She's got false teeth and does !iir hair on curl papers tew make It friz," Mary Ann commented shortly, us site glanced lu the looklngluss above the sink and caught tlio rellectlon of ber own naturally wavy locks. "Of course, a woman like that may suit you, but "I'll ask the schoolmahm." Jj.. ( l,V V, V.;.. .V. . -.V ; generally speaking, shows no hearty and positive Interest . lu the vital things In which i-eoplo struggling with life sua death problems are Interested. It has been a ad tit.! is tw much of another -world Institution. Oue world t tUue, aud this world first, Is the verdict of the ma-Jw-tty. Too church ought not to lack Interest la tho wr:a lKpe lu another world. But this world presents WtW.v roil and Immediate problems, and the Instltu- sw Wh does not vitally and persistently contribute to aohit'eu Is apt to be discredited. W tv ee hand, the church takes too little luterest 'A asVua I'lvWouia of labor, capital, corporate greed, tSwtii h Mgh and low places, politics dodges the v,v f.t ttotieu ef the hour upon which hinge the fc'lT' von aud welfare of the nation. It disasso l.vr?f fivm the things which make for the lmine- ;v rV. I fe or death of society. It V tx-mv c operation with those who are seek r t vs' rv'vnu aud struggling against almost hopeless s5, rXc th world decent and wholesome. The frvvt informs are carried on under other auspices Oa t vf Oe ehurvh. Speaking generally and admlt t.r iv5' cooptvr.s the church plays the coward In the fa.-t of fcvUl er'.e. Us ministers are silent or apelo jrt its p-w ivuertle and cautious. W,:i the church recover Its lost prestige? If so, It must roxoUitioune Its attitude and methods. It must cease to suppose that the world tun be saved by mere philan thropy er panacea or theokgloal platitudes. The church has too kmg been content to plaster the social wounds, asking no questions as to why the wounds existed. It must become a searcher for social causes and become a ociat force. Never were there such opportunities for the church as now. Never were its wasting and unused ethi cal and spiritual forces so required In the world's Imme diate social problems. TIMIDITY. , u By John J. Holdea. One of the most devoted correspondents, whose criticism, whether favorable or adverse, has been of great help to me, asks how to overcome shrinking timidity and lack of self confidence. Milton says: "Ofttimes nothing profits more than self-esteem, founded on Jus tice and right, well managed." Of course, the problem Is to acquire a just opiulou of one's own powers, especially in reference to others. Therefore comparison Is probably the first and most Importaut factor. Every person of mature years should know what he Is best fitted for. He should study hlniRelf, and study himself with reference to others. He enn be certain that there are some things be knows better than anybody else to be discovered through communications with his fel lows. On those topics, at least, he can speak with con fidence, certain that nothing holds an audience better than this assurance of knowledge. From these he can ad vance to other topics as his education proceeds, strength ening himself where he Is weak, filling up the Intellectual gaps left by his reading and experience, and system atizing everywhere. There may be better plans, but I cannot think of them. I'm sure I couldn't never git along with her," she added, naively. Ezeklel was Bilent. He, too, had caught a glimpse of the curly tresses upon Mary Ann's forehead, and Ir bad just occurred to him that In the whole year wherein she had acted as bouse-' keeper for himself and bis Invalid mother he had never before discovered how pretty she was until this very minute. Strangely enough, be went about his duties, and not another nam was considered as a possible addition to his family after that disparaging com parison between Emma Greenby and Mary Ann. That night he resumed the conversation, but on an entirely differ ent plan. "Mary Ann," he began, gently, "could could you p'lnt out one that you think would he wlllln' tew have me?" Mary Aun grew crimson. There was an unmistakable meaning In Ezeklel's tones, and that "would be wlllln' " was such a come down from his first posi tion In the matter that she felt humil iated at once. Curiously enough, a doz en nnmes were on her lips In an Instant "There's Sara Martin, on' Eva Mer rill, au' the Widow Johns, an' " she began. "An' Mary Ann HIgglns," Ezeklel suggested, bashfully. Then ho plucked up courage as he saw Mary Ann blush ing again. "Would she have me, dew you reckon?" ho nsked, tenderly, ns ho placed his arm about her waist There was the sound of a sob and a laugh together as Mary Ann burled her head upon his shoulder. "It wouldn't dew no harm to nsk her," she whispered, mischievously, "beln as how you're not over parttck. Her." Woman's Magazine. Warn Hranled Men, "It is well that old men should wear beards," said a physician, "for when one becomes old one should be spared the exertlou of daily shaving. But I would like to Issue a warning to all beard wearers. I would like to shout, "Keep your beards dry,' In a voice loud enough to be heard around the world. W ere those words heeded many cases of sore throat, cold, aud influenza would be avoided aud many deaths would be definitely put off. "So many men with beards neglect, when they wash their faces, to wipe their beards dry. A beard a foot long demands a lot of toweling. It should be toweled after every wash u good live minutes. Otherwise It is damp. The owner goes about with this damp tl.in? upon his delicate nnd sensitive throat Then, If he takes tonsllitls or lutlucnz.i. he blames the American cli mate. There uro too many daiu.i beards among us. Too U;.uiy men, washing their faces three or four times a day, have their beards damp find clammy u good three hours da"-" lOxt-llliiir Sport. Lust winter the Norwegians varied the excitement of ski running by yok ing the runner to a motor cycle by a long leather strap, which he grusps with his left hand. The speed uttalned Is enormous, and great skill Is required to avoid being pulled over, as the body is apt to outrun me reet. lue pastlm "I Is growing very popular. When a girl says she is going to her room to write letters, she says It as If she fells that writing letters Is a real lauy-iiue uimg iu uo. A good many meu take credit for not kicking a man when he Is down, Why ::lck uka at all? i