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Dakota County Herald DAKOTA CITY, MED. JOHN II. REAM, - - ru Wisher A doctor cnii lmtdly be blamed for foslr. hi temper when he gets out of Bishop Follows thinks the avcrnge man ought to live to be 120 years old. Fass the word to Osier. Mr. Asqulth, England's new premier, Is a mnn with a past, and It Is a past that Is highly to his credit. A woman wants $7",oo0 for a kiss. Wall street In Its palmiest days never saw a more flagrant attempt at over capitalization. Farmers In the dark tobacco district of Kentucky are selling out and leav ing the State. In some localities this is too free a country. An Indiana womuu claims to have discovered how to keep eggs for a yeor. Borne of the grocers apiear to have discovered long ago how to do that. According to Chancellor Day, men get rich, get fat, get dyspepsia, and die. But there was Russell Sage, who got rich, but didn't get fat, and died anyway. Possibly Congress has the absurd Idea that to build two battleships at a cost of $20,000,000 will lie doing fair ly well for a nation that is a trifle shy on revenue Just now. "We need women to care for our souls," declares Hamilton Wright Mn ble. Which sounds all right, but as a matter of fact we keep them busy car ing for our socks and underwear. Owing to the hard times, Helen Gould Is suspending some of her pet charities. The hard times don't seem to have affected Madame Gould. She is thinking of taking on a new one. Well up toward the head of the list of mean men will be found the name of that Chicago father who deserted his wife as soon as he learned that she had become the mother of twins, and never came back. We rather like this observation from the Washington Tost: "The Smiths, Joneses and Browns are the butt of mnny Jokes, but you never find their names In a list of wild-eyed, bomb throwing anarchists." More than a hundred millions were spent for about fifty thousand new pleasure automobiles by Americans last year. Some of those who Intended to buy an automobile this year have changed their minds since the panic. Trot J. W. Burgess says that the German army is "a school of manners which transforms the rudest peasant Into something like a gentleman." On the other hand, Judging by certain of ficers, it transforms the gentleman into something like the rudest peasant nigher education for women has been Justified in the eyes of the In habitants of one New England town. Some college girls at home for a va- ' cation -entered a spelling-bee, and two of them spelled down their mates and all the "natives." This will set at rest in one community the suspicion that , college students are deficient in the ru diments. The recent burning of the town ball and other buildings In Guayaquil, Ecu ador, with a view to check the progress of the bubonic plague, suggests that mnny a structure In another place in vites annihilation for similar purposes. There Ve, "tuberculosis blocks" in New Xork City, tenements so sat united with the disease thnt an occupant Is almost certain to be stricken. In Paris tho municipal council has Just discovered that several hundred dwellings In the working-class districts nro dangerous for tho some reason. There are noto rious "cancer houses" In Lincolnshire, England; there Is at least ono "plngue tenement" In Bombay, India;1 nnd it la recorded that Amber, the ancient capi tal of the Indian stato of Jaipur, had to be dispeopled and deserted becauso it was so completely Infected with lep rosy. To all such dwellings of denth the- Guayaquil treatment should be ap plied. Any municipality could better afford to pay tho cost of replacing a disease-ridden buildings than to let It tand and take perpetual toll of lives. 7 "Summer baseball" Is a matter" which rouses the interest of a great many high school und college Utys, to some of whom will come excellent opportunl ties to earn money during vacation by playing mi professional or seml-profes Slpnal teams. By tho athletic rulei How most universally In use, those who accept such positions will be debarred from playing on any college team. The tule was established to keep college port free from professionalism, and has been regarded as wise. Lutely, however, n (llvoltioii to question Its wisdom has been shown by prominent college presidents and professors. They point out that what Is wanted to pre vent college beys from giving undue prominence to sport. To this end It Is desirable to keep professional ball players frm entering college merely to play lull I ; but that Is no reason why a genuine student, under the necessity of earning his way through college, Should not be left as free to do It by playing :all as by teaching school or oiling hooks. The cluuige of feeling on this matter Is Interesting as showing tendency to look ut college siort more sanely than has lately been the prac tice. Ten yeirs ng Congress formally de clared thut war existed between tli United States of America mid the king dom of S;m!n. Wit:, that act fate tunic.) the page upon a new chapter In th history of the Amer-I-m c ple. TV a at least li dear after ten years. Perhaps to the wisest little elee Is dear. 'The mood of the nation to-dny has cer tainly neither the enthusiasm of the o-caTled expansionist nor the anxiety and foreboding of the anti-Imperialist The future looks neither so bright aa it did to the one, nor so dark as It did to the other. If our mood could be en compassed In a phrase It would prob ably best bo descrllicd as a somewhat uninspiring belief In the Inevitability of our present development. At times this Is brightly colored by a sense of ths new prestige of the nation before the world, but this Is not so new and keen as it might be, for consciousness of our greatness has never been altogether denied us. At times we grow restive under a knowledge of new and Irksome responsibilities and obligations. But this does not last long either, since we are a full blooded people, self-confident, and not normally anxious. The chap ter, therefore, thus far Is, In the main, plain prose. Wliether It has a meaning more olgnnnt than we suspect Is for the future to disclose. We know that the chapter Is but begun. That the American Imagination has not caught Are at the events of the Spanish war and Its really splendid results Is, per haps, explainable from the fact that our energies are as yet so exactlngly and so successfully engaged within our own continent. However that may be, there Is still something Initially Insolent In America's eciy and confident entry upon the stage of world politics aa though tho country had bided Its time In cool assurance of welcome and com plete success as a protagonist In that great drama, au assurance not unfitting In the latest born of history, the heir of nil the ages. However, a decade has not been long enough to crystallize a foreign policy founded upon our new status and our new relations. That public opinion which arises out of a general recognition of needs and ten dencies Is not yet formed with regard to our situation In the far east, onr ultimate duty to the Filipinos, our re lations with China and Japan. At this time It may be said to be In a state of solution, but a comparatively slight shock would precipitate It. That we are awoke to the Pacific and Its prob lems Is much. That we realize more fully each year the significance of the Panama Canal, that South America rises more fully over the horizon of our national consciousness, that we are be ginning to think In terms of world rela tions all this means that we are In a new epoch, and that we are pledging ourselves to Its Issues as consciously, perhaps, as nations ever do. Our dan ger Is thnt we shall enter and grudge payment. To help rule the world Is to pay a groat prlco not only In tnnterlal treasure but In the precious coin .if na tional character. The reflex of worldly ambition and externul success upon ourselves Is the main question. But the genius of the race must deal with thnt as it must In the generations to come. The statement that radium loses ac tivity on heating has been tested by Dr. II. W. Schmidt, who finds that at 1300 degrees C. its effects are exactly as at ordinary temperature. The making of false gems and. the doctoring of others which are real, but slightly blemished, has become a pro fession, so widespread that in some countries tho workers of entire towns do nothing else, says Popular Mechan ics, which goes on to explain how ru bles and pink topaz are manufactured. Surrounded by on immense wall of Ice 8 to 10 feet thick, a fire In a five- story building in Troy, N. Y., filled with bnles of cotton waste, defied tho efforts of the Fire Depnrtment to extinguish It for seventy-eight days, and on the last dar took a combined forec of fif teen streams of water to quench the flames. Pluus have often been made, says Cassier's Magazine, to devolop the pow er of the tides, but In most cases these have failed of commercial success. Now however, a project Is well advanced to harness the power of the tides on the coast of Maine. A company has bond ed land on either sldo of Back Bay, In Portlund, where It la anticipated a ti dal power plant will be located capable of developing at least 25,000 horso-pow-pr, or enough to run all the electric cars, lights and engines in the city. The third report of the giis-cnglnc re search committee of tho Institution of Mechunlcul Engineers In London re cords some experiments which are re garded as showing that the highest economy Is obtained with comparative ly low maximum temperature. The Implication .Is that gas engines should, Iks subjected not only to lower pres sures, but to lower temperatures. Thus, It Is said, many difficulties thnt arise In large engines where charges of rich gas nro used might be avoided, and the maximum pressure kept down to quite reasonable limits. If construct ed to work only with moderate pres sures and temperatures, the whole of the working parts might bo very much lightened. Osmosis Is the passage of a liquid, or a gas, through u membrane. Some times medicines are administered in this way. But how far we are from understanding the details of this sub ject as related to the human body Is Indicated by some reecut experiments of Prof. Louis Kuhlciibcrg. All at tempts to Introduce lithium salts into the system by absorption through the skin have failed, und yet the same salts make their way readily through the mucous membrane. When the feet lire soaked In a solution of hydrochlo ric, or sulphuric, add, un alkaline re action quickly takes place Internallv. But citric acid refuses to uct the same way, iilthough both of these acids hav 4 similar effect when taken through the digestive tract. Sulphuric acid, then, has quite a dlfferetit physiological ef feet when It enters through the skin Instead or through the mouth. Living membranes act differently with regard to osmosis from dead ones, und the same membranes which Is-have alike with regard to some substances behave very differently from one another with ward to other substances. uermofid Rtvrnnl PunUhment. Xo sin has even been dreadful enough to Incur nn eternity of punishment. Kev. It. E. Sykes, I'nlversnllst, Denver. I nrf.l rioted Activity. Whenever life has unrestricted activi ty It makes for health, beauty, power and peace. Kev. E. W. Hunt. Unitar ian, Boston. A Prraelirr. Every Christian Is called to be a preacher Just ns truly as was John the Baptist. Kev. Dwlght E. Marvin, Pres byterian, Brooklyn. Itluht lie of Money. Ample opportunity Is given men of means to i:hc their money for the good of their fellows. Kev. Charles B. Mltche!:, Methodist. Cleveland. KnHli. As knowledge Is gotten by hard study, and wealth by hard labor and economy, so faith Is gotten by practice and toll. Bishop II. C. Morrison, Meth odist, Blinilnghani 1 An Kvnnitellliir Power. For the present day church to cease to be it world evangelizing power would mean Its spiritual devitalization and ultimate death here at home. Kev. J. Klnsey Smith. Presbyterian, Pittsburg. The llrnrt of a Woman. The heart of woman, while a weaker vessel In t'.io face of daring di'eds nnd trying moments, has n more active sym pathy toward Christ. Bishop P. J. Donahue, Koniun Catholic, Wheeling. I n! vernal Ptanilard. A universal standard at the present time seems all that is necessary for a union of nil Christian forces In the con1 quest of the world for Christ. Kev. J. L. Loo, Presbyterian, New York City. llrll. Those who go to hell do so because they want to go there. God, Christ, the angels, the very evil spirits them selves, try to keep people out of hell, but they will go there. Kev. A. C. Dixon, Baptist, Chicago. i:kimhi. There Is something sublime about nn egotist. We who live In the vulley of humiliation look up with reverence to those mountains of self-contldence. Kev.. Frank Crane, Unlversallst, Worcester. (tiil'i Majruty. Think of God's majesty us ninnlfest d by the orbs of day and night, nnd of Ills purpose in revealing their har mony, variety, nnd obedience for man's contemplation. Kev. Henry Hepburn, Presbyterian, Aurora, 111. I'arrleaa I.lrea. Is It not true that most of us, ns re lated to the great problem of human sin ami need and suffering, are living careless nnd self-indulgent lives? How mnny of us nro making It any special business of ours to search for lost sheep. Kev. Willurd B. Thorp, Congre gutlonallst, Chicago'. The formal Man. Jesus was the natural, normal mnn. lie flames forth that which every mnn shall be hereafter. He was the round ed nuture, tlm one cosmic citizen, com plete, symmetrical, ripe, majestic, beau tiful. Kev. X. I), mills. Congregation tlounllst, Brooklyn. Perverted Power, There Is not n sin but that back of it Is the power for good. Put yourself under the control of Christ nnd you will begin to stand erect nnd become master of those things you have been submitting to. Kev. G. Campbell Mor gan, Evangelist, Hartford. I.ove Worth Krlalnlnur. The newly-iimnicd man who assumes the ulr of having bought n woman with the wedding fee und lays aside his care ful wiusomelicss loses what he thinks he has won. If love Is worth wooing to secure. It Is worth wooing to retain. Kev. Dr. Png' Congregationalism Bos ton. ' The I.I B lit of the (hurrh. The church has not always been alert to her mission and her work. Under the cruel heel of tyranny, the Iron glove of despotism und the dark cloud of big otry, her light has many times grown dim, only to break forth again with resplendent brightness. Kev. Nathan Bailey, Baptist, Providence. Doliiu Something, If It Is something real to be a Chris tian it will show In what a mnn does. A Christian will be busy being neigh bor to some one who Is In need. The most evident test of a man's religion will be found In his .attempts to do something for some other. Kev. WU Ham II. Day, Congregational 1st, Los Angeles. Vltnl Subject. Christian conversion Is n question which has been under discussion or hundreds of years in pulpit and on the public platform. It has also lxeii dis cussed In the homes before the fire sides. In business places also and In the low bell boles of vice, ami It Is n sub ject of vital importance. Kev.'" J. O. Boswell, Evmv.'cilst, l'a wtiieket, K. I. I'or.n Ceixl llitlillx. Form good habits, avoid bad compan ions, smI-kiiis and gai'i'iliic, and don't think that yon must have a "good time," nuittcis not what It costs. Be Industrious, honest, s.thcr, brave und chaste. Form oiir habits before mar riage; you ati't do so after marriage, any more limit yo;i can teach an old dog new i ricks. Kev, C. F. Thomas, Koinan CiKholl', Baltimore. A t;re:ilrr Ailllftluo, A representative from a Southwest ern Slate was, lot long ago, lament ing to a illcic;i:c t tin t ills memory was getting poorer each year. "Things that I hear go In at oat car and out a! the otli he said. "That's b id sil.J the colleague, with u broad smil:", ".nil you'd better be thankful that your caw is not as bad as that of Blank, of l idlaua. Things go lu ut his car untl com,' out of hi ' moutu," HuriH-r's Weekly. FACTS IN TABLOID FORM. One of the electrical plants In Ger many employs rt.ilK) workers. Some s.ooo.ouo tons of moss pent are located In the bogs near Lnke Tezcoco, In Mexico. A new theory by the British Medical Journal Is thnt persons resnnbllng each oilier suffer from the same diseases. "I think the milk Is put there to test people nnd see if they can residt taking If," nld Mr. Mowden to a Isiy charged at .Muryleboue, Londmi, with stealing a frui ;f milk from a doorstep. The lad was dischnrged with a warning. Ail persons who have crossed from America lo Kurox are familiar with the Fiistnet Bock, the first spot of Erin that they see o:i the eastward voyage. Thereon has been erected a new light house which has cost the record sum of $10:1.200. "Calais, co.OOO Inhabitants. Important seaport; principal Industry, tulle net," so run tlie French geagraphy books, ninl any one win lias visited the town, except as n transitory passenger to Dover, will remember tlis tulle factories where half the Inhabitants earn tliclr living. Gen. J.mics Evelyn Pileher, editor of the Military Surgeon, Is the new di reclor general of the National Volun teer Emergency Corps. The corps wns organized In 1!K:, to render aid In time of national calamity or In the event if war. The corps Is now being reor ganized on the lines of the medical corps of the United States nrmy. The new royal Dutch West Indln Mall steamship Coppciiame arrived In New York not long ago on her mnlden trip from Dutch Guiana with the first cargo of Surinam bananas 3,000 bunches. The cultivation of bananas was begun In Dutch Gulnim two years ngo, with I lie assistance of the Dutch govern ment, nnd has been a sivcess. On a particularly blustery March Horning, the story goes. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell walked round the Philadelphia City Hall square with a young editor. As the two men held on their hats nnd leaned against the blast Dr. Mitchell said: "I think a shorn lamb should be kept tethered here, don't you? Prov idence then might be induced to temper I lie wind." Jewish chess players have retained tlie championship nt that game for the last forty-two years. Steinltz held It for twenty-eight years till 1804. nnd Lasker has been champion over since. Dr. Lnsker attributes this predominance of tlie Jewish genius in chess to the fact that Its rules are entirely based upon those of self-defense in the strug g e of life, nnd Jews are adepts In this art. "Everything lias its cause. If we hut find It," said J. McKee Borden, can retary of the department of charities, nt a banquet In New York. "Once, In n miserable slum. I heard two little girl beggars talking. 'Why Is it,' said the first, 'that the poor Is alius more wlilln' to help us than the rich?' The second answered promptly nnd bitterly; 'Them wot don't mind g'.vln' Is the ones wot stays poor.' " It Is only n few years since butter was unknown in China, mid even the milk from the cows could not be pur chased. But recently Chinese restau rants have taken to the serving of "European style dinners," nnd the bet ter eluss of Chinese nro becoming large consumers of butter and other Euro pean luxuries. In tlie ports where fresh butter Is obtainable this Is given tlie-preference, but In the Inferior Chi nese cities tinned goods nre being large ly used. The demand for employment by edu cated women is greater proportionately In England than In any other country. Nowhere In tlie world is the dilemma of a woman accustomed to luxury nnd suddenly thrown on her own resources so distressing as in England. Thlg problem was dWcussed recently at a great conference in London, where rep resentative women of England, Ireland nnd Scotland met to decide on the best means to help educated women to earn n living wage. Dr. Max Verworn. professor of phy siology nnd director of the physlologl cnl Institute of the University of Got tlngen, has been appointed Kaisei Wilhelm professor nt Columbia Uni versity for the year l!0S-O0. The ap pointment was made upon the recom mendation of the Prussian Minister ol Education. Prof. Verworn Is one ol tlie most distinguished of living physi ologists and has received high bonort In Germany. The Khedive of Egypt, whose great fad is locomotive driving, had a nar row escape the other day while run ning an engine on tlie state rnilwny. He suddenly found his way blocked by a wagon loaded with pig Iron. The royal engineer showed wonderful pres ence of mind, lie reversed and used his full brake p.iwer and stopped Just short of tlie obstruction. He then left the engine, walked back to n station and had nn Interview with the respon sible olhelal there which Unit individual probably will never forget. Berlin is said to be the quietest city In Europe. Kailway engines are not allowed to blow their whistles wlthlo the cliv limits. There Is no loud bawl ing of hucksters, und a man whose wagon gearing is loose and rattling li subject to a tine. The courts havs a large disi relbm us to tines for nolse- mal;lng. S.rangest of nil. planivp!ny lug is regulated In Berlin. Uerore a certain hour In tlie day, and lifter a certain hour in tlie night, tlie piano must ! silent In that musical city. Even during the playing hours n fine Is Imposed for mere pounding on tho ilano. Omlnoui. "The bookkeeper," said tlie Junloi partner, "has been married nearly four months now." "Well," item. in. led the senior part ner, "what of that?" 'Why. he hasn't naked for an increnst in salary " "Heavens'. We must have bis ao rouuts examined." The Cuthollc Stan ard and Times. WVORCES ONLY FOR THE CHILDLESS. By Prof. Alexander Graham Bell. wwaaaipafi mm "Sjl. Throw wide the gntes of marriage, and where children nre produced close tight tlie doors of divorce. Every child is entitled, by nnture, to a father and a mother, nnd no people should pro .luce chlidren who are not prepared to give them purentnl care for life. The grand spectacle Is presented to our eyes of n new people being grnd unlly evolved lu the United States by the mingling together of the different races of the world in varying propor tions. It Is of the greatest conse quence to us thut tile final result should be the evolution of a higher and nobler type of man In America, and not deterioration of the nation, i To this end the process of evolution should lie carefully Btudled and then controlled by suitable Immigration lnws tending to eliminate undesirable ethnical elements and to stimulate tlie admission of elements assimilated .readily by our population and thut tend to raise the standard of manhood here. EMOTIONAL CONTROL BRINGS When we yield to nn emotion our sentiment always transforms itself Into a movement. Joy, fenr, love, anger nre expressed in un conscious gestures, In a perfectly clear man ner. The strong man is muster of his emo tions and his unconscious movements. In or der to expend our strength to the best advan tage Is Is needful to give out us little as possible under that base form of energy known as our emotions. All our emotions should be un der control. The choleric lnun, violent, exuberant, is a feeble fellow, at the mercy of his environments. With him the nerves dominate or even nbollsh lndlvldunl in itiative. " He is a creuture of impulse, no mutter where it originates, lie Is n moral und a social slnve. The mnn that is too lively, too pctulunt, dispenses his forces as quickly ns they lire produced. He never has but a small amount of energy to concentrate on some thing really useful, nlthough he nttacks his problems with vim rnd even with violence. A man who wishes to hnve strength for the right occasions must husband his resources nnd hold careful watch over his dally move ments. Such a mnn has the advantage in that by his vic tory of will power over his emotional tendencies, over his animal centers nnd human instincts, he has purified ills Judgment, reinforced his mental jsiwers, nnd given T::E TRUTH ABOUT MEDIUMS. Perfectly IloallUy Pciile Of;eu 1. ! Aliiiormal lVipr. "I have had a good deal of experi ence with mediums, nnd I've come to the conclusion thut they nil start with at least some small basis of abnormal power. Is it not rather suggestive that the number of practicing mediums does not materially increase? If It were n mere matter of deception, would there not bo thousands nt the trade? As a niatfer of fact, there nre not fifty ad vertising mediums In New York nt this yfioinent, though, of course, tlie number is kept down by the feelbig that It Is a bit disreputable to acknowledge posses sion of these powers. "There nre nice oues. My own moth er had this power in her youth, so my fattier tells me. Her people were liv ing In Wisconsin nt tlie time, nnd the settlers from many miles around came to see her perform. An uncle, when a hoy of four, did automatic writing, nnd nn mint recently wrote to me In re lation to my book, 'The Tyranny of the Dnr!:,' that for two years ' (beginning when she was about 17) Uhmo powers of darkness made her life n hell. There are mnny recent peo-lo who arc posses sed by strange foivS, but are shy of confessing these abnormalities. As!: four family 'physician. He will tell you that lie nlways lias nt least one patient who is troubled by occult powers. They call it 'hysteria. which doesn't explain anything. Many apparently healthy people possess the more elementary of these powers often without knowing It." Hamlin Garland In Every bidy's. CATHEDRAL MADE OF MATCHES. A conl miner named Wilhelm Leni pertz nrrlved here n few days ago with I cathedral a cathedral mmh of matches. He cunie from Port Arthur. Texns, where he hnd been employed nntll recently. The cathedral reprc lents two years of IjCinpertz's labor. sro jrjir rr-j m M K4 JjV m Bear Admiral Coghlun, whose vessel, tlie Italelgli, ren dered such conspicuous service at the battle of Manila Bay, tells the Philadelphia 'Ledger, of the liiqiortaut changes which have taken place lu the navy since that memorable battle of ten years ngo. , "The greatest change," said the Admh'al, "has. of course, been the great Increase in tlie strength of our navy. Never lu tlie history of the world lias n nation Increased Its sea power within any MTiod of ten years as we have since the wur with Spain. We had then four battleships. We now have 2.", nearly nil of which are lu commission The four others which are under construc tion should soon be ready for service. You might em phasize this: that any one of these newer battleship which we btrve built siinv the battle of M Mtlla would have leen more than a match for the entire feet which Admiral Dewey commanded. "The other advances. Tin y have be 'i uotr.bV and many. There Is the Increase in 1 1 ravl.iity of tire. We now have act mil rapid fire. But ; tin s. days vueh appllnnces us we were introducing might le disci Ibed as tending to, well, say, deiitutt; slowutui of tire; that THE CHURCH'S POWER, By Sllvaln Roude. such painstaking labor as few men are capable of performing. For L'O years Lenipertz has been a coal luincr. He worked in the mines of Germany and America, but a few years ngo he hnd to give up mining on account of III health. While he wns ill ho did various things to while away the time. One dny he started to build n toy cathedral patterned after a pic ture ho saw In a mngnzlne. Ills build ing materials were matches and glue, his tools n pocket knife and a glue lll'ILT OF 2,000,000 SPLINTERS. brush. The plan wns laid out for a building 14 feet high, 14 feet long and 7 feet wide. He worked with remark able patience, oftentimes putting in all his waking hours at his task. After two years of almost continuous appli cation tlie Job was finished. Tlie walls of the cathedral, the tow ers und turrets, the gullerles and stee ples, the ornaments nil are of match es. It took more thnn 2,000,000 match es to build the church and more than 100 pounds of glue used In fastening tlie 2.000,000 matches securely. New York Press. , 0 SIZES OF TYPICAL BATTLESHIPS OF 1898 AND l i 1 himself the cnpaclty for discrimination In many other matters between the Important and the insignificant, ta useful and the Idle. . INTEREST IN LABOR. By Rev. Char leg SletMla. The labor union is not the labor question. If all the unions wers wiped out of exist ence the Question would remain. This is th era of the common man. The common man, the worklngman, Is coming to hls own. Un less that victory Is based on sound principles, the last state will be worse than the first. The square deal for every man should be our Ideal. We are making mistakes, but we are making progress. It the church did not care about tha conditions of labor, I tell you right now I'd get out of the church. But the church does care. Christ gava no social system ; He set out to better the individual. Josh Billings ance said: "Before you can have an honest horse race you must have an honest human race nnd I guess there was lots of horse sense In that state ment It is not so much a question of man's surround ings, but what he is within, within himself, that has to do with composing the social unrest. The church herself has created this increased social unrest, in showing people the heights to which they might attain. That is as Jesus Christ would have it a health ful dissatisfaction with personal conditions to teach men how to rise higher. BANKERS' SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY. By Senator Depew of New York. Bankers do not claim, that they a re in business for philanthropy or their health. They do not deny that they desire to make all the money they le gitimately can, to pay good dividends to their stockholders, and strengthen their institutions by adding to their surplus. But no student of finance can rise from a study of what the bankers, not only of New York, but of Chicago and other large cities, did in the recent crisis without feeling: SEif atob DF.rrw. that the banks of the country are of ficered and managed by wise, level-headed, exceptionally able and patriotic men. No better public service can be rendered by bank of ficers and directors than to keep the machinery of com merce going and to maintain strong and solvent the In stitutions upon which the credit nnd business, 'the em ployment and the living of the people depend, The Exploitive Force of Water. f Water, looked upon ns the tamest of liquids, is as great an. explosive a dynamite, under certain conditions. Ia one day water breaks up more earth and rock than all the gunpowder, gun cotton and dynamite in the world do in a year. These explosives can be controlled by human agency, but water does not hold Itself accountable to man. It runs into the ground, freezes, ex pands and spits the soil into little pieces. Finding a crack In a huge rock, it repeats tho same process, forcing it asunder. If frozen in the pores of a tree it often explodes with a ' report like a gunshot and the force of a dynamite bomb. Dundee Adver tiser, f Story of War Trophy. Bose Garth, of Clinton, probably made the first corn sheller used in Mis souri. Fifty years ago, in 1858, he devised one from wateroak plank and teniK'iiny nails. He used it on his farm until 1SC1, when Trice's men came through there, saw it was a good thing and took It down to Jackson's mill, where It wns used to shell the corn which was ground into meal for Con federate soldiers. The old corn sheller wns lost truck of for a number of; years by its mnker, but nfterwnrd he wns informed that it was being pre served ut Washington among other cu rious1 trophies captured from the South. Clinton Democrat. v Brok the Law. "What got me iuto trouble? Fallura to Ignore the law." "That seems odd." "Not at all. I couldn't resist the temptation to give the law a swift kick." Louisville Courier-Journal. After an affecting scene at a play tho men ail blow their noses vigorous ly, and the women pat their eyes. A. ninn's way of crying la to blow hi nose. 1908 CONTRASTED. TS9S AMdAKA JMntrjf 3.trr DjZS3Hr ti' AxscAJtMft 4 rtfJrttJtrjf jvma r ax would be the best way to express what we were doing then. Then the minimum of time required between shots of the heavy pieces wub two and a half minutes. Now the maximum Is about 40 seconds. "The Improved gun mechanism permitted of a vastly Increased rapidity in firing. The telescopic sight brought about a vust improvement In accuracy, especially when firing at long range. One observer hnd become so much impressed with this accuracy that he sought to tell about It lu this wise: The captain peering through his blnoculurs at a ship Just above the horizon, suys to tho captain of a six-Inch guu: 'Hit that fellow on the bridge In the eye.' 'Aye, aye suys the gun captain, 'which eye?'" x Among the numerous other Improvements the Ad miral noted the advance in armor const nut ion, a prog nss so great that the 11 inches which the new Connecti cut carries bus greater resisting power, than the 18 Inches which the Oregon und her class curried. Still another luqiortiiiit udvamv 8 (no 8ni()k,.!es powder with which our magazines ure now supplied, this being vastly superior to the old smoking, brown hexagonal with which we fought out the wur with Spain.