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Baferta County llerald
Dakota cnr, ueb,
Uohn H. Ream, . Publisher
Pome pijilo seem t. tti.tiik that loud
talk makes a sound nnfument.
When a man claims ho won a "moral"
k"tory It means he has had the studlng
licked out of Mm.
If every newspaper would advise men
to oto tho way they want to less ad
vice would be wasted.
Ill Fplte of the craze for public office,
ft would take a whole lot to Induce any
onq to become Czar cd" Russia.
Father Edward may find It necessary
to take little Newfoundland acnys his
knee and administer a good spanking.
A New York girl typist wrote 2,4m
words In half an hour. It goes with
out saying that another girl did the
dictating.
Occasionally a woman dyes her hair
red, but if a man was to do a thing
like that he would be confined In a
padded cell.
One nice thing about betting o,n elec
tion Is that when you win you can
brag about It, and when you low- you
can keep still.
Native Italians nro angry at their
government's purchase of American
steeL Alas, they forget our kindness
In Inventing the peanut.
As between the king of Annul and
the Count de Castellane It will have
to be admitted the hitter's methods
were a shade more refined.
Inasmuch as nil Englishmen are good
pedestrians, members of parliament do
not mind walking six or eight blocks
to avoid meeting a woman suffragist.
Gorky characterizes Now York City
as "loathsome." It must Ik? admitted
that New York society seemed decided
ly loath to open Its doors to Mr. Gorky.
If these matrimonial rumors really
are. so annoying to George Ade he
knows what he can do In order to make
mire of avoiding future annoyance
that sort.
Mrs. Eddy did all that she could be
expected to do to correct ' the repeat
that she was dend. She announced ax
emphatically as a weak woman could
that the story was not true.
. An English woman says that women
nuke much better bankers than men.
That may be true. Did you ever kno.w
A man to borrow money from his wife
and escape paying It back less than
even or eight times?
.Owing to tho general prosperity and
for other good and sulllclcut reasons
there Is to bo a mnterlal advance In
the wages of railway employes. The
eleeplug car porters will exioct n gen
erous public to see that they get their
share of tho Increased prosperity.
Folk who live along tho rural free
delivery routes and huve seen the car
rier trudge over heavy roads through
bad weather will approve tho recent
gift of an automobile to a New Jersey
carrier. It will help the postniuu and
at the same time speed the delivery of
mall. Nevertheless, one cannot help
asking whether a carrier's modest sal
ary will pay tho running expense 6f n
gasoline gig.
The great Hrltlsb battleship Dread
nought, which was tested at sea the
other day, developed a siced, accord
ing to uuolllclal announcement, of
nearly twenty-two and a half knots an
hour, and maintained for eight hours
an average speed of twenty-one and
a half knoti. This makes It tho fast
est battleship afloat. Tho ship Is
equipped with turbine engines, which
now seem to hove vindicated them
selves beyond any doubt.
Balloons belonging to the military
transport department of tho German
army engaged In a race with automo
biles the other day. The balloons were
supposed to be carrying dispatches,
and the automobiles were supposed to
belong to an enemy which desired to
get possession of the dispatches. The
automobile, to win tho contest, had to
reach the balloon within a few min
utes of the time It came to earth. The
balloons won In almost every instance.
notwithstanding the attempt of an au
tomobile to climb a ,tree In an effort to
reach the balloon.
The unapproachable north polo has
been a nuisance nhnut long enough. It
lias caused Innumerable chilblains,
bronchitis and disappointments, much
popular boredom and ne.t a few deaths,
to say nothing of the financial waste.
Nobody gets there, for by the time a
fellow comes within something like 200
miles of It the hardship has turned him
Into another sort of man the sort that
reneges. This may go ou Indefinitely
unless we find a way to cut It short,
and that Isn't easy. It Iihs recently
been suggested that If someone should
absent himself for a while aud then
-p,uie back sod tay he had climbed the
polo tho agony would abate. Scleuct
would overhaul his data and Hud la
mme In It The search for the pole
would tie letiewed. Reside there's the
smith isjle. Divert attention from tho
srtlc quest and you encourage the ant
arctic quest which Is by far ino,r
bothersome and uncomfortable and In
Jurlous.
Two or three weeks ago a stock ex
change cumird bad It that Russia had
defaulted upon her bond Interest. As
the Interest was not th"n due, the sbyy
fell fiat. It remains to be seen, how
ever, how long Ku.'Sla can con'lniio to
meet her ol'igatlons, bonded and other,
If tho existing conditions continue. Ac
cording to iliaiile observers the fcltii't
tlon must soon become Impossible. K
iitly occurred tho anniversary of the
so-called ouistitutloiHtl manifesto of
tUs Czar aud thjj-Li It was "cclcbrat-
efl" by officialdom according to tnstruo j
under conditions resembling- a Mate
war. IVJiee, soldier and C(js
swarmed everywhere and the hohses o
peaceable citizens were barred am',
locked. No man went upon the street
without the mot pressing business.
And this has been the condition, prac
tically, during the whole year that hiif
elapsed since the Czar proclaimed th
coming f constitutional government.
How much longer can It continue with
out bankrupting the government? In
St. IVtcrsburg on the anniversary day
there were sixteen executions and 2'M
dcKrtatlon.. Presumably the same
ratio prevailed throughout the empire.
The Imperial government Is killing peo
ple and It is sending others to Sllierhi.
The revolutionists are assassinating
those who are obnoxious to them. The
"black hundreds" are t.laylng the Jews.
Murder Is In the air, trade Is paralyzed.
Industry at a standstill. How much
longer can It last? liy the continued
employment of militarism as u tax col
lector the Imperial authorities can for
Pome time wring bloody rubles from .in
Impoverished nation, l'.ut there mut
come a time, and It Is not far off,
when the nation will have no, more
rubles to surrender, even under stress
of the knout or the bayonet. Hlood may
not be had from turnips nor money
from people who have not a penny.
Then what? The situation presents a
menace to civilization. Kusia bank
rupt would be ns bad as Russia In the
hands of anarchists and revolutionaries.
The effect could hardly full to be dis
astrous to finance, trade and cenimerce
everywhere. Is not the time approach
ing when the other powers will, for
their own protection, be coiiix-lled to.
intervene, either for the rehabilitation
of the Imperial government or for the
Hholithyi of it? The question Is not
sentimental but strictly practical. The
rest of the world will have to deal with
Russia or Russia will undo the rest of
the world.
I A FRIEND IN NEED.
When "Aunty Hall" died everybody
In Shrubvlllo mourned tue loss oi u
friend. Some she hud nursed, many
she had comforted, and nil, In her own
words, she had. "neighbored" for years.
"I declare, 1 don't know who'll miss
her most, her own folks or those that
aren't any real kin, excoptlug as she's
made 'cm feel us If they were, said
one of the distant cousins whom Aun
ty Hall had helped over many a hard
road. "I reckon V illnrd Jones ami
Amandy are going to miss her full as
much as anybody."
'Had she done a great deal for
them?" asked one of Aunt Hall s young-
r and later friends, who had known
Bhrubvllle only for one summer.
"Cooked flapjacks and doughnuts
each twice n week for 'em for more'n
two years," said the?, cousin, briefly.
Then, seeing the puzzled fate of her
piestioner, she explained.
"Amandy was Isirn pizen neat, she
said, "and she couldn't bear to cook
anything that might make a bit of spat
ter or sizzle top o' the stove. Ami she
and Wlllurd IhUi doted on llupjicks
and doughnuts. So soon as Aunty Hall
found out how 'twas she began to
make for them twice a week when she
did for herself, and they had a reg'lar
traffic with covered dishes through the
neighbor path that cuts across lots.
"Oh, no, she never took any pay for
It." said the cousin, as If she had de
tected that question In her listener's
face. "She was situated well, and
could afford it.
"She often s:ld she pitied Amandy
so for being horn that way. She en
joyed every minute she was frying, to
think her make-up was easier In a
world where there s moro n one klni
of stove-top.
"I guess you won't And many neigh
bors like Aunty Hall." Youth's Com
panlon.
AYIirn Schoiilliiyr Wan 1 lint .
Tho head master of the fashionable
school, as he sat In his office getting
ready for opening day, said:
"At Eton, the famous English public
school, where some boys spend $10,000
or $1.,000 a year, and where It Is hard
ly possible to get through on less than
$l,.r00, It only cost, in Queen Eliza
beth's time, $LTi annually."
Ho took down u little book.
"This Is a copy," he said, "of a manu
script, still preserved In Devonshire,
that gives the Eton exiwuses of the
two sons of Sir William Cavendish.
"Among the Items are :
"'Mending a shoe. Id; an old woman
for sweeping and cleaning the cham
ber, 2d; a breast f mutton, rid; a
small chicken, 4d ; Aesop"s Fables, 4d ;
two bunches of caudles, Id; a week's
board, fi shillings.'
"The total minimum excuses of an
Eton lty In l.'l 1 hoard, tuition, every
thingwere $2." u year."
Mt-t 111 Malrh,
Dr. Aberuothy, the famous Scotch
surgeon, was a man of few words, but
he once met his match lu a womau.
says the New York Mall. She called
ut his office In Edinburgh one day and
showed n hand, badly lultniued and
swollen, when the following dialogue,
opened by the doctor, took place:
"Ilurn?"
"Knilse."
"Poult lee."
The next day the woman called
again, and the dialogue was us follows:
"Hotter?"
"Worse,"
"More poultice."
Two days later the
other call, and this
woman made nn
ooliver.satioli oc-
currod :
"lietlcr?"
"Well. Fee?"
"Nothing," exclaimed the doctor,
"Most sensible woman I ever met."
A IM.-c.f uf WImIoiii.
Mrs. Haymow What's all this here
talk about some kind ' peace confer
ence, SllicS?
Silas Haymow Wall, y' see, Mlrau-
dy, sjme o' these here dukes an' things
finds that It's better f go t' eaee than
t' go ter pieces.--Toll .-do Pdade.
To keep u house warm lu winter
huvs the cellar coaled.
ick V .-S illi , V arnAin-ts
"Send 10,000 rattlesnake skins," tele
graphed a German tiini of fancy leath
er workers recently. 1 lie order started
an immediate boom in the snake hunt
ing industry, and the queer mortals
who make a living and n good on
hunting rattlesnakes In their hiding
places are out early and all day bag
ging the game. Perhaps the. most suc
cessful snnke catcher in the country Is
Grllllth Jones, a Welshman, who lives
at Tobyhnnna, Pa. lie has not only
succeeded in bagging hundreds of rat
tlers, hut has formed n sort of com
pany of snake catchers, an.l has some
times as many as thirty men and wom
en out catching every variety of snake
to be found in the Pennsylvania nvks
ami woods. He rarely returns without
as many living and dead snakes In his
canvas bags as he can conveniently
rarry. He has never been bitten, and
says he never need be unless ho faints
while snake hunting.
The snake skins net .VI cents and 7."i
cents up to $1 each, according to size
and quality. Jones has a process of
"Did you ever feel the hot blush of
Fhiimc mantle your cheek for something
you had done lu your youth?" osked the
man with the grizzled mustache.
"Never," answered his corpulent
friend, promptly.
"Perhaps you wouldn't," said the
mustuched 'veteran, thoughtfully;
"some never do."
"Oh. it would mantle all right If there
was any occasion for It," said the man
of comfortable proportions. "The rea
son that It doesn't Is that my youth
was exemplary. It may seem a little
like boasting, but I suppose you want
the plain, unvarnished truth when yc,u
isk. Hut why?"
"I wus looking at a photograph of
myself at the age of 20 or thereabouts
last night," explained the man with the
grizzled mustache. "My wife dug It out
of n hatch of family pictures she had
stowed away sejnew here and she hand
ed It over to me and asked me If I rec
ognized It. Honest. I didn't. I wouldn't
believe her at lirst when she said It
was me, but It grew on me by degrees
sort of eunio back to me. I wish I
had It here to show you. Say, I'd kick
uny boy now that came around me look
ing like that, but I suppose 1 was rath
er proud of It theu or I'd Lave sup
pressed the prints and brj;en th:J
plate."
"What was the matter with It?"
"Everything. Tho collar principally,
perhaps. I was wearing n very low
turned-down collar, with a very wld'?
aud flowing how. I suppose I thoui'ht
It u rather picturesque and romantic
sort of au iirrungement, but. great
guns! It made me sick at heart to look
at It. When I got to thinking It over 1
remembered that very lie and the suit
of clothes 1 was wearing. I remembered
my shoes. They were patent-leather
shoes, hw cut, with clastic sides and
dove-colored uppers, decorated wltit
very small pearl buttons. Yes, sir, I
wore shoes like those, and a size ami
u half too small for me at that."
The inan with the grizzled mustache
elevated his foot with some slight dif
ficulty and regarded the roomy, square
toed shoe of unadorned black calf that
he was wearing. "I remember the girl
I was chasing at that time, too," he con
tinued. "Yes?" said his fat friend.
"My goodness, but I had taste ! What
kind providence prevented me from
marrying I don't know, but I do recol
lect that I was madly, passionately in
love with her und that I thought her
u paragc.n of feminine charm and beau
ty. Hut what got me was the expres
sion of entire self-satisfaction In that
face. I won't say In my face, because
that complacent young idiot wasn't me.
1 have had to stand for his foc.llshm-ss,
of course. I'm still carrying the corns
he left me. for Instance, and I feel tie
effect or his carrying on in college. I've
got a broken finger that he acquired !u
a cane rush. See that?"
"That's nothing. You can be thank
ful that It wasn't n broken neck-"
"It would have Uen If I could hav
tot hold of him at about that time,"
said the veteran, savagely. "Staying i,p
to all hc.ors anil iiudermlnliig my con
stitution, too! That'u what be did.
there's no question about It. I'd have
been In my prime to-day physlctlly if
it hadn't been for the way he condm t
ed himself. Hut it was never any use
to tall; to him. I le knew It all. It was
Just a matter :.t form ami convention
sending him to any educational lnslim
t Km. Why didn't he store my ml el
with useful know leth'.e, or the beauties
".f the classics, at least'.'"
"Didn't he?"
"Not that I can remember. I i-oiihlVt
repent the Greek alphabet without a
break If it would save me 'from a mur
derer's doom. Aud if hp couldn't do
that w hy didn't be earn some money c.r
save It when lie did get to earni - It?
No, sir, by thunder! lie was having v
ood time, the selllsh, cone.-ited young
puppy, and be never thought of making
my sort of provision for me. I'd hae
been ten times better ott than I am to
day If he'd been de-sntly frugal. I te'l
ou, sir, that boy hadn't any sense, and
I'm nstiamcd of lilm. I'm u-haiued of
the clothe he wore and the way he
p. jr
TEN THOUSAND IIIDO
treating them himself and by bis meth
od of" tanning retains the beautiful
marking. Among the numerous arti
cles made of snake skin are oeket
books, neckties, card cases, ladles'
purses, belts, hat bands and money
hags.
The worst port of the work, accord
ing to Jones, Is not the danger of be
ing bitten, but the dixapoliitiiuut at
tending the attempt to capture the
snakes. Out of IKK) attacked hf says
he Is averaging well If he captures a
hundred. The snake can wriggle out
of very close quarters and seldom stops
to argue with his enemy or protest
against capture. He Is off for the
smallest hole he enn find and unl"
the hunter is as quick as n lightning
flash with his long pole be will lose
the quarry.
The snake hunter strikes oil, so to
speak, when ho lights upon a nest o.
snakes comfortably ensconced in some
cranny for the winter. These snakes
will probably he hunched together for
the sake of warmth, ami can be cap
tured en masse with little lilllcult.v. as
they are sleepy and sluggish. Some
times there are as many as a hundred
snakes In one of these bunches, but
such a find Is not often recorded.
looked, and the things be said, and tho
things he did. When I thought of him
lust night, I blushed for him actually
blushed for hlin."
"Don't be too hard on hlin," said tne
corpulent man. "He probably had a
few good streaks before the harsh, cruel
world rubbed them off. Most likely he
bad high Ideals of some sort and am
bitions and that kind of thing. A good
many young idiots do. I wonder if he
would hove blushed If he could have
seen you. Do you reckon he'd have beci
entirely satisfied?"
"I wouldn't care a hang whether he
was of not." said the man with the
grizzled mustache. "I'm better than a-
hud any right to exect." Chicago
Daily News.
FISHING A-HORSE BACK.
Animal Win n Worthy Follo-nrcr of
Sir Imnak.
A somewhat novel method of fishing
w as employed by the "Pudding Sisters."
They did their fishing on horseback,
using two mounts, known as Grace and
Ginger, says Outing.
The horse Grace find tho added value
of a training In trout fishing, and llsh
ing was gooil In the south fork of the
Snake, the trout ranging from one to
two pounds. Grace would work across
lhi rlllle, up to her sides In the swift
running water, while her rider cast a
gray palmer with a yellow body up,
dowu and across.
It was laughable to watch the horse
when a fish was hooked. Slowly, pa
tiently, cautiously, (J! race would amble
toward the shore, watching the frantic
attempts of the tlsh to escape, stepping
sideways lu an effort to give her rider
better chance to play It, and always
sighing in apparent relier and ftitls
f act ion when the fish was finally
lauded.
That horse keenly enjoyed the sport,
(linger did fairly well, but had a bored
nlr through the whole iterforninnce.
The other horses would have none of It.
The deep water, the whipping of the
rod, the swishing of the Hue, seemed to
get ou their nerves, und they would
plunge and snort mid make for the
shore just us a two-pound lieuuty was
rising to the fly. The deep water and
swift current made fishing on foot al
most impossible.'
INDIANS NEED NO DENTIST.
Kntltiir No Hwrrla und I.lvlutf Ool
ilunr l.lfc, Their Teeth Are Souud
"Nobody ever saw an Indian with
bad teeth," remarked J. S. Miller of
the One Hundred and One Uanch Just
after he had completed arrangements
'for the Indian camp which Is to he a
part of the One Hundred and One
Kanch show.
"Do you know why?" ho continued.
"Just this: because they eat no sweets
of any kind, they restrict themselves
to simple food and they live out of
doors. When we lirst started out with
these wild west shows every fall I
thought. Inasmuch us the trip was In
tended as a sort of an outing, to give
my Indians a touch of high life by put
ting them up at hotels. They were
thoroughly unhappy and nearly starved
on the small portions of various dhli
es. They could not touch the sweets
nor eat anything fried. So now we let
them do their own cooking, which is
very simple. They In i 1 great quanti
ties of meat and a big hcl)iin; of this
with bread ami coffee Is all that an In
dian wants. They lake no cream or
sugar in their coffee fuel. In tact, never
use sugar In lit v article of food.
"There are Indians on the One Hun
dred and One ranch so old that iioImhIv
can tell their age. They may show
every mark of extreme uge, but every
one of them has all his teeth ami they
are soiuui ami in ui. Kansas l lty
Journal.
ttulck Urparlce.
Miss Elsu You are certi'aly polite,
baron. You pans mo and never look
ut me.
Huron Ah, mademoiselle. If 1 had
looked ut you I never could l ave pass
ed by. Translated for Tr-iiiaUttuUi?
Tales from Flleseude U'.stter.
Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
THE HONOR OF THE UNIFORM.
N several occasions soldiers and sailors of
the linltefl States have been excluded from
public places for no other
.fi than that they were In
cases the War Department or the -Navy De
partment has come to the support of the
offended soldier or sailor.
In one Instance a warrant officer could not get accom
modations In a hotel. The Secretary of the Navy took
the matter up, and the hotel kceer was censured. A
more recent case Is that of a sailor to wham was refused
admittance to a place of amusement, "solely on account
of being In the uniform of the Cultd States navy." He
brought suit against t'.ie proprloior. Pear-Admiral
Thomas encouraged the suit, and the President approved
It In a published letter. The President said th.it he
wished to make It plain that the uniform of the I'nlted
States is to he respected, and that the wearing of it Is a
presumption In favor of the character of the wearer.
The President also suggested the ot'.ier side of the mat
ter when he said, "If a man misbehaves, then, no matter
what uniform he wears, he should be dealt with accord
ingly." There Is a duty upon every citizen to respect the
uniform, nnd there Is also a duty on every man In the
service to maintain the dignity of the service. It may
happen that lii towns frequented by sailors or soldiers the
act of some man In uniform disgraces his suit of honor.
The next man who appears wearing tho same sign of
honor suffers for the.sin of his fellow.
The President is surely right in saying th:.t our en
listed men are n tine class, and that the wearer of the
uniform Is entitled to respect "so long as he behaves
himself decently." There is a double responsibility on
every one In the service to behave as becomes a man, for
bis own sake and for the sake of the sign he bears.
Youth's Companion.
WIFE DESERTERS AND THEIR
FE desertion Is a serious
A J Increasing In Chicago nt
Xt 1 J'nol'H aIV thousands of
W W U ,l,t ,.),., ,1.... .1.
themselves ami their children from starving,
and their number Is being added to every
week.
Iu many cases, of course, the husband only is at fault.
Hasty marriages, weak characters, laziness nnd brutal
ity are nil to blame and when they are proved to be
responsible the wife deserter should be sent to the peni
tentiary for a lesson to other men. If there were any
way to set him to work to support his family that would
be still better.
Hut four hundred women who last year appealed to
the Bureau of Charities for assistance because they had
been deserted by their husbands confessed that they could
not cook or keep house. In their cases there Is something
to be said on the side of the husbands, however weak
and vicious they may be.
How can n woman expect to keep a hsuband's love
Slid devotion If she Is unable to keep her husband's house
or provide hint his food and drink? These four hun
dred women may have been as attractive to the men
they married us a pretty girl in his harem Is to a Turk,
but no man can long pursue the delights of love-making
on an empty stomach. Sooner or later his iuterest will
fade and he will go out to look for something to soothe
bis hunger.
If these four hundred marriages should come up for
DEATH-DEALING RAILROAD.
flilnrce Line Prove Pntal Mnny
Who Unlit It.
A recent report concern! ig railways
In China says, according to the New
Y'ork Herald: "The constriction of the
railway between Eaokl and Yunminfu
(th great enterprise to whieii all well
wishers of Yuannan iook lorward as
on:; of tho means of permitting this
province to take her prooer place lu
the markets of the world) has been
perseverlngly pushed for.vinl In the
face of great difficulties, both climatic
and economic. The vile climate of the
Namuti valley has levied a heavy toll
ou those who have dared ;o open up its
primeval Jungles nnd gullies. The death
rate among the coolies imurted from
various parts of the empire and put to
work In this dreaded valley may, with
out exaggeration, he es'i.nated at
C.tlOO, or 70 per cent of the total num
ber employed on that partiu'ar section
of the line. The couipan;- t as made
praiseworthy efforts to counteract the
evils of the climate iu this valley.
"Instead of attempting to carry on
the work In the Nnmati valley all the
year through, the work is t-uspended
almost entirely during Mi summer
rains, and the coolies art moved up to
the works on the high and healthier
plateau. This measure, wul'e It econ
omizes the life of that mo-it important
Individual In the building of any rail
way namely, the coolie must com4h
crably delay the completion t,f tho line,
nnd wo must, therefore, wait until
1910 at least for that groat desidera
tum, the linking up of Yunuanfu with
Hallphong.
"The year under review marks an
important epoch in the history of
French railway enterprise In Indo
Chlnu. On Christmas day the first lo
comotive reached laiokal, on the Ton-klng-Yunnun
border, and it is hoped
that the coining spring will see tho
commencement of a throi;ch railway
service between Hallphong and I.ao
al." I'nt-hangnl.
After making a tour of the te.wn .-i
local beggar urrayed himself In the
garment that had been glvi, him.
His toilet made, he looked at his re
flection lu the pool lu the wood and
hook his head.
"Here I am," he said to his ce.mpan
Ion, who was donning his cast-off
clothes, "wearing the boots of u bank
president, the trousers of a shop-keeper,
the shirt and coat an 1 vest of a
dejetor, and u minister's oat. Yet in
iplte of it all I look like a tramp!"
nttrred Iler.ctl.
Nell The last time I saw Miss
Kutely she had u job ns collector, run
nulng down old accounts for a weakhy
manufacturer.
Hello She's got a Itottor Job now
running up new accounts at all the
stores. She married her employer.
Philadelphia Ledger.
"I huve been uhuscd so much by
Reform papers," said a millionaire to
day, "that I am tempted to slup my
wu face."
adjustment before a Jury the wandering husbands would
no doubt be exonerated and sympathized with, no mat
ter whnt their own faults might prove to be. The first
essential to happy and successful marriage Is a wlCe thai
knows how to cook und to keep house. Without It thcrs
can 1m- no home Chicago Journal.
CHURCH OR CIRCUS P
apparent reason
uniform. In several
jv-rVvj say:
f;r? j'Std'I'J man
IT
can prcacn sermon umi wm nintui,
not afraid of notoriety."
The conception of the church held by these trustees Is
the conception of too ninny churchmen that of material
prosperity. Influence and power In the community. In
the carrying out of this Idea many churches have entered
the contest for expensive plants, artistic music and sen
sational preaching. They require a pastor who has busi
ness capacity, social leadership, who is capable of mak
ing an Impression.
In all this miserable program there is not one Idea or
iota of real Christianity. If the church Is anything more
than an ethic society It Is a divine Institution, which Is
set for the cultivation of spiritual life. All else Is Inci
dental to the main purpose the engaging and saving of
the souls of men.
It is well enough to have expensive churches If they
reach the people and minister to their spirits. And music
if it does not degenerate Into mere entertainment. And
good preaching if it Is gospel. Hut the church that Is
looking for a combined orator, social leader, canvassing
agent and financier to he Its pastor regardless of tho
depth and sweetness of his spirituality ought to go out
of the church business and go Into the show business.
Indianapolis Sun.
GOOD EXCUSE.
offense and it is
a tremendous rate.
deserted wives in
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A LITTLE LESSON
W ADVERSITY.
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There may be differences of opinion
concerning the philosophy preached by
Voltaire, but there can exist none oon-
"k ceruing the Inlhi-
ence that the man
exerted upon his
own generation and
succeeding ones.
II 1 s personality
was peculiar. He
was embittered and
cynical, yet there
wus an Intensity, a
magnetism about
him that would
win for him a
hearing where men
voi.taiuk. or more ugreeauie
natures utterly failed.
Voltaire reached summits that no
philosopher of his time even aspired
to attain to. It was an age where
friendship of royalty and the patron
age of nobility counted for everything
In the line of material success. Vol
taire, without fawning; In fact, on the
contrary, openly disregarding this
class, was nevertheless treated by them
with most remurkable consideration.
The great Frederick of Prussia ent
for Voltaire to come from France to be
his guest, and treated him with the
consideration ho would have extended
to royal guests.
And yet while Voltaire had reached
this high position, his youth had been
one of constant trial. He had tried
almost every occupation and had
failed most miserably ut every one be
tried.
After each failure he began again
;th undaunted courage. Even his Im
prisonment did not deter hlin. He
started life anew after his years In the
Hastllo with mi assurance worthy of
Its reward.
lint Him ((Olnir.
Henouth n tr.-p gat Iler and Him,
And quite alone tTie two.
Save for an owl peri lled on a limb.
Which said : "To wlilt, to woo."
Now for an hour or more s:it he
Nor nny nearer drew.
Although I he owl w lih owlish K,.e
Remarked: "To wli, to woo."
Whereat lie tmik the hint, th's man
For he bad oancM a cine.
And to warm up ut lenih began
To spoon, to wit, to weo.
Houston Chronicle.
SI roil DimiIji!.
New Minister I am glad you enjoy
ed your trip. Foreign travel ulwus
broadens one so.
Mrs. Crump (imrtlyt Why, Mr. So
lup; he.w can you say that? I don't
weigh un-ounoe heavier that 1 did wneti
I started. Toledo Hlade.
A savage dog Is the waveWe cross of
he hungry hobo.
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HE trustees of a large church In Ctncago
have requested the resignation of tho pastor
because he Is too old to be of further use.
He Is sixty years old. Furthermore, they
"Wlmt we need Is a hustling business
who can raise money und a man who
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DON'T WORRY.
man, it has been said. Is either a fool
or u physician at 40. Some people manage
to he both. Among these Dr. A. T. Schofleld,
who lectured on the preservation of health
at (iresham College, Is certal'y not to be
(tainted. Dr. Schofleld lifted'up his voice
lu what we cannot but think a necessary
protest against the amount of encouragement given now
adays to people whose main interest iu life Is their own
health. In the course of his remarks Dr. Schofleld, while
strongly insisting that our national life Is not as healthy
as It ought to be, argued to the effect, unless we misin
terpret him, that a perpetual worrying about individual
health is as unhealthy ns most of the morbid agencies
that surround us. We Incline to think that our health
ought to be treated on the some principle us our clothes,
which we should (It is submitted) not think about very
much once we have got them good and put them on with
a mio amount, of care. After all, as Mophistnpheles point
ed out to a famous member of Dr. Schofield's profession,
there Is only one way of keeping in perfect plrlcal con
dition all olio's life, and that Is to work at bo,..ly tasks
In the open air every day, and iiever think at all. As to
that we say what Chaucer said to St. Augustine's some
what similar advice: "Hot Austin have his swink to him
reserved." Most of us prefer to keep on with tho great
voyage of discovery that we call civilization. London
Daily News.
PALACE NOW A CONVENT.
Wealthy Womnn Itctioniicc Society!
fend Will Live Willi Nana.
Having decided her life was a disap
pointment, Mrs. Alice O'Day, a wealthy;
Missouri woman, has turned her ele
gant country mansion near Springfield
Into a convent and proposes to spend.1
the remainder of her life ns a guest of
the. twenty-four black-robed nuns, who'
now own the $1!."0, i(H) estate. Mrs.
O'Day, who has been twice married,
says that no man shall ever enter her
life again. She says she expects to,
find peace of mind In the solemn round,;
of religious duties in which she will
take part to some extent. Having been?
once divorced, she cannot be a nun.
but Is allowed to reside with them as
the foundress of a colony.
Her gift is Indeed a princely one.
The magnificent residence, which not
many months ago echoed with the
gaiety of bolls and euchres, is In the-
midst of a 20-acre park. It was called
THE O'DAY MANSION.
Ellindale," suggesting the haunt of
mischievous sprites. Now it is "St. de
Chuntel Monastery of the Visitation."
The nuns conduct a school for girls,
and the building is to he used exclu
sively for this after Mrs. O'Day builds
them a new convent, which she ha
promised to do.
Mrs. O'Day was Mrs. Alice Williams,
of St. Louis, when she married a
wealthy railroad magnate. Six years
ago she had a violent ipiarrel with
him, following which she secured a di
vorce and u heavy alimony settlement.
Haunted by the I, out.
Weodon Grossmlth used to tell a good
story about u play by Robert Gunthony,
which that gentleman asked him to
read. Mr. Grossmlth took the comedy,
but lost it on his way home. "Night
after night," he says, "I would meet
Ganthony, ami he wouhj ask me how I
liked his play. It was awful; the per
spiration used to come out on my fore
head as I'll say sometimes. 'I haven't
had time to look at it yet!' or again,
'The first act was good, but I can't stop
to evpiaiu, etc., must catch u train.
That play was the bane of my exist
ence, and haunted me even In my
dreams." Some months passed, and
Ganthony, who Is a merry wag, still
pursuud him without mercy. At last
It occurred to Mr. Grossmlth that ho
might have left the comedy In the cab
on the night It was given to Sim. He,
inquired at Scotland Yard. "Oh, yes,"
was the reply. "Play marked with Mr.
Gil ut hony's name, sent back to owner
four months nro, us soon as found."
Kansas City Independent.
A king may do no wroiiz and still
Jcouie within au ace of it.
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