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Dakota County Herald
DAKOTA CITY, NEB.
IOHN H. REAM, Publisher.
Many a grafter hnn built his fortune
n a steal foundation.
Aflfr a while every sneakthlef ran
elalm that he la merely a souvenir col-
teotor- 1 1 fi sua
Some people seem to be making for
tunes out of wheat without a grain of
trouble. ,
Our Idea of a hypocrite In a man who
really admires his mother-in-law, but
Is too contrary to admit the fnot.
; It's a wle ninn who ran distinguish
the difference between a pilfering sou
Tenlr hunter and an old-fashioned
thief.
The word "thousand" on the new
ll.OtK) certificate la said to he misspell
ed. IxKik among your change and see
If It Isn't so.
Bisliop Bowman, 00 years of nge, Is
not a millionaire. Still, we think we
may safely say that he has been a suc
cessful man.
The price of thread has been raised
cent a spool, which Increases the val
ue of the nal attachment for holding
the susjicnders.
The Minneapolis Journal has discov
ered that the word "thousand" Is inls
pellcd on the new $1,000 certificates.
Haven't bnd time to examine ours that
Closely I
During the time lie was on the stand
Mr. Rockefeller's Income was so much
greater than the $90 he earned as wit
to ess fees that he did not think It worth
While to put In a claim for the fees.
It Is reassuring to learn from Recre
tnry Taft that the Panama Canal will
be completed wiihln seven years. Seven
years Is' not a long pctlod In time !n
the carrying out of such a colossal un
dertaking. "Riches will disclose your flatterers j
poverty your friends," says a Baltl-
bora philosopher. In most Instances
poverty discloses your lack of friends,
and riches disclose nothing because you
don't have them.
"Save; work bard; practice aelf-de-
fclal." Thus John D. Rockefeller lays
dawn the rule which must be followed
ty those who wish to get rich. It Is a
botlceable fact, however, that the poor
generally follow these directions.
A Pennsylvania mail told bis fiancee
that she would never be able to keep
nlm from going to lodge. Whereupon
she straightway broke the engagement,
Incidentally, she also broke his neck
thus promptly and permanently break
big nlm of the lodge habit
"Honesty Is the best policy." Presl
dent Hadley of Yale advises his young
tnen not to accept that precept He
aaya honesty that Is based on policy Is
bot honesty at all. Bay It Isn't; but
under the circumstances It Is the best
policy. There Is always the hope tfiat
fjoncsty accepted as a policy may grad'
oate Into a principle.
Appreciation day Is the name of a
new festival In a New York hlcrh school
It originated last year, when one of
the girls In the cooking classes Bug
rested entertaining all their old gram
mar-school teachers. The Idea anneal
ed to the other girls, and the teachers
Were Invited to an entertainment by
their former pupils. The clrla did all
the pleasant thing they could think of
to make their guests hannv. on the th.
ory that It la much better to do a kind
aeea to a live teacher than to my ap
preciative tilings over the coffin of a
dead one.
Where Ignorance Is bliss 'tis folly to
oe wise. The modern facilities of com
oiuuicatlon give us altogether too much
Information for our comfort about
what Is going on In the world. There
Is danger that nervous persons may
come to imagine that there are tin
usual disturbances taking place In the
tody or the earth, portendlmr some tr
rifle catastrophe. There Is evidently
Dot the slightest foundation for
belief. Nothing Is bow happening which
Das not oeeu happening since the earth
h was Inhabited, although the Drobahlllrr
Is that the earth, like folks, grows
steadier as it grows older. We merely
bear more news than our forefathers
got
An Incident which occurred In New
Tork Is Interesting, as showing lu how
short a time women have succeeded In
Inspiring confidence In their ability to
ao wont wnicn was formerly done ex
cluslvoly by men. ; The employes of the
corporation counsel's office celebrated
the completion of fifty years of serv
Ice by the chief clerk, Mr. Andrew T,
Campbell. In referring to the changes
which had taken place during the half
century, Mr. Campbell recalled the com
motion which was caused twelve or flf
teen years ago, when It was first bus
gested that women be employed In the
office. "There wna almost a riot," he
aid. Then, he added, "But to-day, If
any one should suggest that we do
away with the services of the twenty
five womeu helpers, there would be
something worse than a riot."
In view of the disorders that have
already taken place lu Seoul and the
further troubles that are anticipate
there and elsewhere 'In Korea, there
Is a illnixixitli.il lu aonie quarters to
blame or sneer at "the indifferent on
looking powers" that are jsr;nlttliig ag
cress I vc Japan to abolish the ludeiieml
euce of the Hermit Kingdom and con
vert it Into a mere colony. We uro
even told that Jnpun has disregarded,
or proposes to disregard, the Torts-
mouth treaty, secure lu the knowledge
tliat uo -nation would dare offer any
eZccMve opp'jrltlon. Hut all comment
of this character forget the unauliuous
Interpretation which the world put on
the very provisions of the Portsmouth
treaty which Japan Is uow accused of
trampling under foot. If the world,
was right then, thre Is no occasion for
ludlgnatlon and protests now. It Is
trt that the treaty with Russia os
tensibly left Korea the status of au
Independent state. The Czar merely
recognized Japan's predominant Inter
est and Influence In that "sphere" and
bound himself to keep his hands off.
This means a protectorate" all said,
t did, and It docs to-day. Japan sub
sequently made certain agreements with
the Korean government which, In fact
If not In name, abolished the tatter's
ndejeiidence. A government which
must conduct all foreign relations
through anotlter and that Is bound to
ake that other's advice In sdmlnlstra-
ve and fiscal and military matters Is
not Independent nut the masses of
he Koreans did not jcrhaps under
stand (he exact rhange that had come
bout. The court continued to Intrigue,
nd the mission to The Hague eonfer-
ence was unquestionably a violation of
he spirit of the Korean-Japanese
treaty. Japan did not fight China and
Russia In order to gain a nominal "pre
dominance" In Korea. Expressions of
Ity and sympathy for the Korean peo
ple are In order, but the Interests of
he people are not Identical with the
nterests of the court aod ruling poli
ticians of that misgoverned country.
The fact Is, If Japan had not secured
control Russia would have grabbed It,
nd would that have meant more prog-
ress and justice and order In Korea
than Japanese overlordshlp la likely to
secure? Should Japan's role prove try
presslve and tyrannical, the enlightened
sentiment of the West will be Justified
n protesting. With mere changes of
form and ceremonial the outside world
will not trouble Itself.
WOULD HAVE SWEDES RETTTRNV
Effort Blade br Kin a: Oacar to Get
Emltraiti Dark. Heme.
An effort Is under way by the Swed
ish government to effect the return to
their fatherland of the hundreds of
thousands of Swedes who have emigrat
ed to Amerlcn and by discovering the
causes of emigration In Individual cases
to prevent It In future. Swedish edi
tors and pastors have received a re
quest to co-operate In this work.
The request Is la the form of a cir
cular from an "emigration committee"
of. 100 prominent Swedes, with head
quarters at Stockholm, asking them to
ascertain from as many Swedish read
ers and parishioners as possible:
The chief causes of his emigration
from Sweden.
His present condition and earning
power.
Whether he Is employed In agricul
tural, mechanical or other pursuits, or
as an unskilled laborer.
When and how often he has visited
Sweden, bis family connections In Swe
den and In the United States, and In
what trades he has been employed In
this country.
Editors of Swedish newspapers are
asked by the royal Swedish statistical
department to publish this request for
Information at intervals and to send
all data to the Royal Swedish consu
late, 17 State street, New York City,
before Oct. 1.
The circular says In part:
"The committee believes the princi
pal causes for emigration from Sweden
are the lack of sufficient opportunity
for work, and the difficulty of reaching
a position of independence, and th
consequent difficulties placed In the way
of marriage and the establishment of a
home.
'It Is for the purpose of removing
these obstacles and of Improving condi
tions In Sweden that the emigration
Investigation committee has been or
ganized."
Minister Lagerkrantz, the Swedish
representative, was charged to open a
bureau In the United States through
which a Swedish-American desiring to
return might secure information as to
the conditions In bis trade In Sweden
and the probabilities of his prosper
ing there. Consul Ekman, who died re
cently In Sweden, left 400,000 crowns
($110,000) to the bnreau which Mr.
Lagerkrants Is to establish. ,
Sweden Is said to desire particularly
the return of skilled mechanics, of
which there Is a great scarcity In Swe
den, owing to the better opportunities
for high-grade workmen In the United
States. Manufacturing towns which
fifteen years ago were prosperous com
munities are said now to be almost de
populated because of the heavy emigra
tion to America.
The bureau which la to be establish
ed In the United States will, It Is said,
be provided with enough funds to as
sist mechanics unable to pay their own
way back to Sweden.
MOBS WOEK FOB THE P. M.
The Postmaster at Squeedunk By
Ginger! The mail will have to be
opened after this an hour later because
of this new-fangled law allowing peo
ple to write on both sides of jiowlal
cards. It takes Uie Just twice as long
to read 'em.
A Moilera Heart.
"Do you ac that lady over there?'
She broke my cousin's heart!"
"Was she so cruel?"
"No, but the day Is-fore he broke
off his engagement to her she Inherited,
200,0(0 marks." Translated fori
Transatlantic Tales from Fllegende
Blaetter.
Every uiuu gets mail wtieu ho sneaks
to the pantry Just before bedtime, and
finds only cold potatoes.
WHAT THE PEOPLE DEMAND.
By Oov.
Ours Is not and was not Intended
to be a pure democracy. It Is Im
practicable that the eople .should
administer the government directly.
They govern through representatives.
For their protection they have by
direct legislation created constitu
tions fettering the power of their
representatives and establishing
safeguards by which they are secure
In their personal liberty 'and In
the results of their thrift.
We note with satisfaction the In
creasing sense of ,resionslhllity to
the fieople on the purt of those who
represent them.
Efforts to dominate legislation for
Yt i ;'t"s-v:-t
iim-aa r ' - r
oov. a a buohks.
selfish purposes and attempts through the form of popu
lar election to place In office those wlw In the guise of
executing public trusts serve private Interests, are less
successful than heretofore. The people have become In
tolerant of such traitorous representation. And It Is
entirely within their power to put a stop to it altogether.
Political leaders who have performed the function of
clearing-houses for legislation, and who while posing
as party workers have served under a retainer of spe
cial Interests, careless alike of party principles or public
Justice, are passing from the stage. The people demand
leadership, and parties ueed effective organization to ad
vance their principles.
But the time Is rapidly passing when any one can long
maintain a position of wide political Influence who Is
under suspicion of maintaining a double allegiance.
GREATEST DISCOVERIES STILL TO
By Justice
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Some years ago Lord Kelvin, thnt master
mind of British science, remarked to my uncle,
the late Henry Field I cannot quote his ex
act words, but the substance of them was
this: "Great as have been the discoveries of
the past fifty years, those that are coming
will make the next half century as far aliead
of the last as It was In advance of the pre
vious period. We are on the brink of dis
coveries greater than have been dreamed of, and of high
est Importance to mankind."
I can see the forerunners of some of the marvels that
are In store for us. What a weird thing Is wireless
telegraphy, aeadlng our messages mysteriously over the
seal The airship seems to be a practical possibility of
the near future. The telegraph and the telephone al
' ready have enabled us to accomplish a valuable saving
of time. Think what It means, this one thing of saving
time In our human existence. It gives us more oppor
tunity ,to think, to study, to work, to accumulate wealth,
to carry on trade and commerce, and more time also to
devote to helping others and promoting peace and hap
piness In the world.
The merchant of the past was confined principally to
bis Isolated community. The merchant of the future
may deal with the whole world, reaching out Into every
country, buying, selling, trading In faraway lands, car
rying on enormous transactions that could not be un
dertaken but for the Inventions of science that save his
time at home and bring the other side of the world In
stantaneously to his door.
We have millionaires to-day and billionaires to-morrow.
Perhaps we shall have trllllonalres next. Let us
ENGLISH AS SHE XS SPOKE.
tJaoser of V'alasr Slana; la Baalaeaa
Intereoarae with Foretffaera.
Illustrations of the dlsadvontuges of
cultivating local vernacular and slang
la one's own language are sometimes
brought sharply home to business men,
as was the case In a letter received tlie
other day by a New York firm from one
of their own correspondents In the far
east, which read In part as follows,
ays Shipping Illustrated:
"Will you kindly send us a modern
dictionary of American language, as
we are unable to understand some of
the plirases In your letter. Writing on
the th ultimo, you say, for Instance:
'Do not let Messrs. hand you a
loraou In this deal. If they try It on
pitcfc one for fair right over the plate
to Mr. , and If he foozles cable
for a solar-plexus.' The terms used
are foreign to us and we entirely fall
to comprehend their significance."
Another Incident similarly Illustra
tive occurred on board, a big liner In
New York n short time ago when a
representative of Shipping Illustrated
was conversing with one of the officers :
"Have you been often in New York?"
asked the visitor.
"No. nils Is my first trip," was the
reply.
"You have leen running to other
Engllsh-sieaktng ports then. You
speak very good Kngllsh." suggested
tlie visitor.
' "No. This Is the first Engllsh-sieak-Ing
place to which I ever came."
i ".May I ask where you learned Eng
lish?" "In school at SebastojHil. We had a
good professor and I understand you
very well, but many of the isxiple here
with whom I speak I cannot under
stand, so that I have suised the
American language Is different. I am
told by some of the other officers wls
do not sjieak English, but who speak
French or German, that people b,.re
Who sieak those English languages
speak the same as at home, but Eng
lish here seems too large n language.
One ctinnot understand the words. Teo
pie say things and laugh and I am pu.
ilM. but do not comprehend."
The moral of such Incidents Is obvi
ous. If business men are to take ad
vantage of the fact that English is now
more widely spoken abroad than any
other language, they must lie at n!na
not to lav-loud their meanings by the
use, essH-lally In correspondence, of
Slang pnrusea which have merely loca
iigamcance.
A Malla-a Wlf.
He Do you kuow thero Is to be t
grand ball for charity, and I am think
Ing of taking you. Have you evei
danced for charity?
Sher-Certalnly. Do you not remem
ber that eveu before wo were engaged
I never refusal your Invitations?
Translated for Transatlantic TaKts from
1 Motto per Illdere.
Tramparrat Ulaaa Huler.
The transparent glass ruler, au Ins
ration, la of great assistance to drafts
men lu wolr work.
Chaa. E. Hughes.
have tlirm if their wealth Is ut-.-J for Increasing the
welfare aiul the happiness of Immunity. I do not view
with alarm the accumulation of wealth, liccause I believe
that the spirit of humanity ami the sense of responsibil
ity Is growing among us.
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YOUNG- MAN'S SALARY NOT MAIN THING.
By John A. How land.
In life us n clerk In a general store in a small town,
lie could have had more money in another store whose
specialty was shoddy goods of all kinds. He decided to
stay by the better man at the smaller salary, with the
result that to-day In his own business, aggregating mil
lions annually, he says that some of the basic principles
of his house were found In the methods of that country
store where he first sold goods for an honest man.
With the young man at the outset this question of
salary seems all important. To the extent that It shall
not humble his pride to have to accept so little, this salary
has distinct bearing. But as between $1 and $2 on the
salary roll, many a young man who In the beginning
lived well on half as much finds himself In debt with
twice the money In bis pny envelope. He discovers sud
denly that a salary of whatever size Is subject to new
perspectives.
Considering the young man venturing Into business as
an Individual, training for business, he is fortunate If he
shall hare some level headed counselor who may help hlra
see the full stature of Opportunity in sharp and lasting
contrast to the petty salary of a day.
COME.
David Brewer.
WORK FOR THE.
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JAMES I1BVCK.
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how to mitigate tlie contrasts of wealth and poverty;
how to adjust more fairly the burden of taxation; how
to deal with Intemperance, with unhealthy dwellings,
with discharged criminals, with vagrants, with neglected
children how In various ways to help those who need
help. .
All these questions have a double side. They need
to be studied la tlieir principles as a part of economic
science. They need even more to be studied In practice
by getting into actual touch with the evils Inherent In
the growth of dense enters of population.
And if the antagonism of rich and poor which exists In
nwiny parts of Eurojie is to be averted from American
cities, It must be by keeping the richer people In close
peryinal touch with the life of the poor.
ONE WAY
GucBt Why do you call this the
ocean from here.
Proprietor Oh, yes, you con. We
600 feet. You get a magnificent view of
AMERICAN GIBLS.
Ona of the Ylataare of '4S Expreaaaa
lleraelf.
"I don't kuow what the world Is
coming to," sighed a New York woman
of tlie vintage of 45 to a New York
Evening Sun representative. "Time was
when we used to go down to Castle
Garden and watch the Immigrants
come In for the purpose of congratulat
ing ourselves ou being American girls.
"You know how the immigrants look
when they come in, the women and
girls weighted down with huge bun
dles, boxes and bags containing the
worldly goods of the whole family, and
the men and boys walking along with
their hands in their pockets. We used
to feel so sorry for the women and the
girls and so Indignant with the men,
and along with It all so proud that we
were born lu a country where all wom
en were treated with consideration, not
made the burden-bearers for the whole
family.
"Now, from all I uan ace and hear.
It appears that American girls are no
longer proud of the way their fathers
and brothers have been relieving thcui
of burdens. They ' not only want to
carry all the boxes and bundles of the
poor immigrant women, but they wish
to take ou themselves all the resMiusl
bility of the government.
"I don't know anything about, the
suffrage question. I'm neither for nor
against It, but I do know that if I had
my life to live over again I had rather
be au American womau than any other
created being. That Is, of course, un
der the old order of things. I have
had men protect mo and humor me all
my life, and have found It pleasant
enough to be willing to live it all over
again."
"But suppose you had to earn your
own living, be your own protector, with
uo one to humor your whims, what
then?" asked the suffragist.
"If I Just had to I suppose I should
do my best I but I don't like to think
Thousands of young men are starling out
In life with the salary magnet the only at
traction to them. "A Job" that shall pay suf
ficiently to meet his small necessities and pay
for as many of the small luxuries of the time
as the young man feels more and more are
pnrcol of his necessities liecomes at once the
young man's objective aim.
1 have a business acquaintance who started
EDUCATED WOMAN.
By Ambassador James Bryce.
There are two fields of work
which the average educated citizen
of the male sex does not find time to
enter, but Into which women have
more time to enter. One is the cul
tivation of a thorough knowledge
nnJt A A ... - lu A. 1 1
" ""' mate iu nieravure me
habit of reading that which Is not
ephemeral, the habit of study, the '
acquisition of a critical faculty
which discovers and enjoys what is
of permanent literary value.
The other field Includes the study
of economic and social phenomena-
OUT OP IT,
Soa View Hotel? You can't see the
have a captive ballooa that goes up
the sea from there.
ot such a possibility. If I Just had to
be a drudge, I suppose I would want
as mucli money as the men drudges,
and In time I might want the ballot"
"That Is nil we are asking for," ths
suffragist rejoined. "Industrial condi
tions have forced us out of the homes,
driven us Into tlie array of workers.
Since we have to do men's work we
wish men's pay and their privilege, the
ballot. We only wish for a fair deal
and uo favor."
Fair deal and no favor! How many
women In this land of the free and the
brave would be content with a fair
deal and no favor? A fair deal? Yes.
When It comes to no favor there will
be precious few who are willing to
sign their rights away even for the
power of tha ballot So long as wom
au nature Is woman nature and the
American mau la the American man
the American woman will claim and
get favor. Unless the signs of the
times have been stacked In the shuffle
she will also get her fair field.
All Had Meanlng-a.
"So the proprietor of this hotel hns
n big phonograph that plays while you
dine?"
"yes, and some of the selections are
very appropriate. For Instance, If he
thinks his guests are get.tlug Impatient
he puts on such pieces as 'Life Is Too
S';ort to Worn" and 'All things Come
to 111m Who Walts.'"
"H'ni! 1'retty good Idea."
"Yes; but tlie last selection beats
them all. If he tbluks you might over
look tipping the waiter, he puts on
Kipling's recessional, 'Lest We Forget!
Lest We Forget !' " Brooklyn Citizen.
HcUbus Are Small Katcra.
The bedbug has been scientifically in
vestigated by the Department of Agri
culture, aud the reassuring Informa
tion Is given that au adult IxvlUug
feeds only ouce in from thirty-six to
forty hours.
A wan uever guts dysin-psla from
eUiiig the tUlugs he dislikes.
0TJB HASTE IN BUILDING.
TVe Are ow Taklaa; More Thought
of Stnbllltr aad 1'rrnianr nee.
To the European eye American
towiia and villages have the HpH-ar-mice
;f temisirary structures. Even In
NewKngland, rich In stone, most build
ings, except in tfie crowded parts of
large cities, are of wood. Old ami
much traveled highways cross streams
over wooden bridges, which last but a
few years,
During the first three months of this
year the fire losses in the United
Jitntes and Canada amounted to $t)l,
IHHUOO, $10,000,000 more than for the
corresiKindlng three months of last
year. Every year cities on the Inland
rivers sustain enormous losses from
flood., lossea greater in the aggregate
than the cost of preventing by proper,
embankments and other means the
disastrous effects of the floods. Every-,
where 1:4 evidence of u deposition on,
the part of Americans to build for to
day rr.ther than for to-niorrow.
The reason for this Is that America
has not wholly outgrown the spirit of
pioneer days, when shelter had to be
thrown together for the night. Peoplw
needed houses faster than they couldj
build them. There was not time t u
brick snd stone. The habit of hasty.
Impermanent building Is fastened upon,
us; wooden bouses of the flimsiest
kind rise and decay like mushrooms.
Permanence and stability come with
age. The American Is taking more
time to think of the future, he Is be-,
ginning to build more solidly. One
sign of this Is the attempt to Introduce!
Into uiauy American cities architectur
al plans for streets and water fronts
wheh shall give order and direction to'
growth for a- thousand years. 'The
American imagination is 'gaining In
scope and steadiness.
New York City consumes 5,360,000
pounds of tea annually.
The birth rate In Germany Is six a
thousand higher than In England. '
Genua ny has ten government poly
technic schools, having a total af 15,458
students.
The Russian secret service employs
more than 6,000 women. Several of
them draw $10,000 a year.
In the north central States there Is
a percentage of thirty unmarried men
out of every 100, to 19.3 of unmarried
women.
Tlie village of Elm, In the canton
of Glarns, Switzerland, Is so surround
p(l by mountains that It has no sunlight
all winter.
A census of Egypt Is being taken.
In 18!7 the population was less than
10,000.fKK), and now it Is thought to oe
iver 13.000,000.
The Black Sea contains less animal
Ife than any other body of water. The
ower depths ore saturated with a poi
sonous gas which kills the fish.
India has 4,835,047 acres of Irrigated
land in the Punjab, an increase of 453,
501 acres in one year. The crops are
mainly wheat, sugar cane, grain and
winter oil-seeds.
The latest figures available, those
for June, show that the gross earnings
of railroads operating over 93,500
miles amounted in that month to $82,
D5fi,3.)0, the gain over June, 1908, being
$0,700,423, or 13.4 per cent
The fire loss of the United States
and Canada for the month of June, as
compiled by the New York Journal of
Commerce ami Commercial Bulletin,
shows a total of $14,765,000. This
makes the aggregate for the half year
$117,477,500.
The six great ports of India which
received merchandise and distributed It
for consumption and re-expout In 1906
were: Calcutta, $141,470,130; Bom
bay, $120,048,055 ; Karachi, $31,449,085 ;
Rangoon, $31.100,2!Ki ; Madras, $28,896,
900, and Chlttagoug, $1,027,030.
American aad Madera Art.
We are all familiar with the weary
plaint of our artists that in America
we have no atmosphere. We are ac
cused by the American student In ths
Latin quarter of having a country with
out nuances, without half-tones or sub
tleties, light and shadow. We arc
sneered at as not palatable. Perhap
we are not, as Brittany Is or Naples or
the harlsir at Boulogne or Kothenburg
lu a sunrise mist, but Just what is real
ly palutable is somewhat a matter of
opinion not wholly of French tradi
tion. Remington has fouud the western In
dians and their environment worthy ol
a masterly brush ; Borglum has discov
ered subjects enough roaming over th
Western plains for a techulque that
might seem good enough for French
rivers and Brittany meadows; Twlcht
man did not give up painting becauso
New England was bis abiding place
und lament the absence of Freuch at
mosphere in Connecticut
He Just stepis'd outdoors, walked
through his garden, looked down a
winding lane or out over the sound at
Cos Cob nud painted und achieved mar
vels of atmospheric effects that few ot
the greatest or foreign laudscaplsts
have ever excelled. Ho did not worry
because America was not palutable. If
he ever thought about It at all It must
have been with a quiet little smile of
amusement.
And so what we need iu order to
create a further national spirit In our
art Is not a different country but a dif
ferent, new, Intelligent understanding
(Hilnt of view toward our country as it
exists. The Craftsman.
friendly Ad vice.
Coal Dealer I want to insure my
stock of coal. "How much will I have
to pay yearly on 150,M) francs' worth?
Insurance Agent Is It the same as
you sent me the other day?
Coal Iealer Exactly.
I. A. Then take my advice and do
not insure at all. Nothing could pos
sibly make that coal burn. Caricatur
ists. Some women are always pitying
some one at homo or abroad, aud
rather atwui to cujoy It
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Life. Things pass ami perish, but
human twings abide forever. Rev. J.
W. Iv, Methodist, Atlanta.
Womanhood. The young man gets
his first Idea of womanhood from home
associations. Rev. F. .1. Van Horn,
Congregationalist, Worcester, Mass.
Influence. Never forget your influ
ence. Do not wieck with a J.'st what
you haye wrought with n Javelin.-
Rev. W. II. G. Temple, Congregational
ist, Cleveland.
Better than Prayer. There are times
when there Is more religion In 25 cents
than iu a long prayer. Help your
brother iu need. Rev. M. C. Brooks,
African Methodist, Brooklyn.
The Armor of God. The half heart
ed Christian is not happy, but the man
who has on the whole armor of God
Is the one who rejoices along the way.
Rev. W. F. Bryan, Methodist, Dallas,
Texas.
Readiness. Be ye also ready! How
helpless we are before the forces of
nature. Be ready. The calamities-of
life reduce us all to a common level.
Be ready ! Rev. Samuel Rcid, Metho
dist, New Albany, Ind.
Buddhism. If Buddhism, without a
single promise of future life, with Ita
fatalism and practical annihilation of
the soul of man, Is better than Chris
tianity, then follow Buddha. Rev. K.
Wheeler. Baptist, Camden, N. J.
The Duties of Life. Life must
unified by having but one principle ufJd
then seeking to attain to the one goal
bv iislnc two Instrumentalities, relig
ious duties and secular Interests. Rev.
C. D. Case, Baptist, Montclalr, N. J.
Indifferentlsm. The notion that one
religion Is as good as another means
practically that one religion Is as bad
as another. The step from Indifferent
lsm to Infidelity Is easy. Rev. George
Thompson, Roman Catholic, Portland,
Ore.
Disaster. I can never believe that
our God works disasters for the pur
pose of punishment He uses them, but
so does He use all things to bring men
to think of Him and surrender to Him.
Rev. H. G. Ogden, Methodist,, Louis
ville. Change. The form of Christianity Is
constantly changing. Organizations nnd
symbols of faith, long identified wltn
the religion of Christ, loose their hold
uikhi thought and life. Rev. A. J. Ray
mond, Congregationalist, Schenectady,
N. Y. is
Fellowship. A man cannot be a
stranger when he stands In the pres
ence of the spiritual life. He has eyea
to see the eternal realities of God and
comes Into closer fellowship with Illm.
Rev. P. G. Sears, Episcopalian, Merl
deu, Miss.
Doubt With all our progress In In
genious Inveutlon nud mechanical np
pllunce, with all our marvelous con
quest of time nnd space, still the ele
ment of uncertainty is not yet over
come. Rev. Henry Frank, Independ
ent, New York City.
Honesty. Men find It easier to take
the path of least resistance. But the
honest man will follow the beckoning
hand of truth at any and all cost. He
will be true to tlie promptings of his
conscience, no mutter what the world
will say. Rabbi J. L. Levy, Hebrew,
Pittsburg. Pa. ,
Jommittees. We cannot safeguard
ou" civilization by the appointment of
committees of inspection for Insurance
and for buildings and for packing
house corporations nnd for railroads,
and for steamship lines and dry goods
sores and the thousand and one other
enterprises of to-day. Rev. J. R. Strat
n, Baptist, Chicago.
Material Things. Too much ImjKirt
ance Is paid to material things. Re
member, "Man shall not Irve by bread
-1 flAn . . . Hi.il1fnfru oiH
HlOIie. .H I U crrvi uuimifftD, " ....,
their names emblazoned on the front,
to be seen of men, so they will, go down
through the ages. But these things d
not endure. Rev. D. W. Bartlett Bap
tist, Lob Angeles, Cal.
The Golden Rule. If the Golden
Rule wus the regulator of life and con
duct, the "smart set" would have lit
tle time for gossip and slander and,
more for reading, reflection, and study.
This would result In many of the di
vorce mills shutting down, thus perma
nently benefiting society. Rev. G. W,
Grliitou, Methodist, New York City.
Certainty. No mau cou le a Chris
tian without being sure that he is a
Christian. If u man Is a saved man it
Is the first fact lu bis existence, yet
people often base on wrong grounds
their belief that they are saved. A man
Is not saved simply because be bellevea
certain tilings about Jesus Christ
Rev. G. B. Vosburgh, Baptist. Denver.
The Gospel in a Nutshell. The cross
is tlie abridgement of the Christian
religion. It is the go-pel In a nutshell.
It Is the Alpha and Omega of the BU
lilc. It is Hi.1 Christian guide boos to
heaven. It Is a manual which the un
learned, as well as tln learned, may
oiK'ii unii read, und draw from Its
page:; the hidden maruia of spiritual ds
light. Cardinal Gibbons, Roman Cuta
olic, Baltimore.
Au Stratus Thounht.
f Vrta'iil.v, i.i our own little sphere
it is not I lie most active XHplc t
Nli'iiu we owe the most. Among th
common people whom we know it la
not necessarily those who are busiest,
not those who, ineteor-like, are ever om
the rush after some visible charge and
work. It is the lives like the stars,
which simply pour down on us the calm
light of tli.lr 1 rl:it ami faithful ls
lug. up t i uiilrh we look ami out of
which we gather I he deepest calm and
ourag". Phillips Brooks.
It ii iu.: ili.m-ult to gs people starts
ed to iiilveriislu;;, but It doesn't da
them any g.hid to keep il up uiiIcsh thay
have the sxidJ.
