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raaaasral aa often mm reqoested.
, "KgKf are going up."
What, again, or yet?
-N'ew Item.
Take note that the people are utill
thaertng for Koonovclt.
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Our troop are going south, but not
la the vernacular bciisp.
Boon after the president put on
that red necktie he ordered the army
to Texan. v
That Texas governor refused to ac
cept Bailey's resignation, knowing he
waa oil right,
i
In tearing down the tariff wall those,
democrats should be careful not to get
hurt by falling lumber.
Tha consensus of opinion seems to
bo that when Bailey took. It back he
undid the best, deed of his life.
When the pay stops on the sixtieth
legislative day, our law-makers will
not be so eager to work overtime.
We are beginning, to fuel for the
reputation of Rev. Irl I,. Hicks, who
laid March would bo a stemwludcr.
Not only do three members of Pres
ident laft's cabinet reside In Chicago,
but they all reside In tho Twenty-first
Ward. s
The Hon. Illnky Dink emerges from
the affair with his name undlmmed.
There aro some things that cannot be
dimmed.
Emma Goldman succeeded admira
bly In St. I.ouls. She got a, public
man to denounce her publicly. Greater
advertiser.
The sennon Is fast approaching
when young men1 hcarta lightly turn
to thoughts of diamonds base ball
diamonds.
These frequent changes In the
Trench cabinets give us a good chance
to atudy the pronunciation of French
names, anyway.
' Wouldn't It be, a calamity If Jack
London should be captured by the
.Mexican forces and continue his 1 It -rarjr
output as a prisoner of war?
Our friends over In Europe need not
over-worry about their property Inter
tats in Mexico so long as l'ncl Sam Is
Standing on llio border looking over.
Senator I.orlmer says there la a
trust among the newspapers and it
has set about to ruin him. His organ
In Chicago Is, at least, not In the com
bine. The collector of customs at Cleve
land has been removed for miscon
duct. Wonder If that was a case
where prevention nilht have done for
cure.
' rostmaster Thomas win try to
make the public believe he Is the
victim of a great conspiracy, when, as
a matter of fact, he Is the victim of
els own greed.
In trying at this lata day to force
Tammany to let the legislature elect
a senator Governor I'lv finds himself
In much the same fix as the man who
caught the wildcat.
At any rate, Ouaha manages to
entertain convention delegates In such
1 way that they are profuse in their
thanks for hospitality, and ready to
return for future gatherings.
Of course, If Mr. Bryan had ouly
beard from ex-Governor Shallenberger
and"Cbrls"Gruenthr, he would never
bare come Out for the initiative and
referendum feature of the ArUona
constitution.
Colonel Hoobevelt is glad also to
see the coiurulssloa form of govern
ment tried ot at Birmingham as an
experiment. Most people like to have
the other fellow foot the tuition bills
U the school of experience.
Workmen's Compensation.
A bill has been introduced into the
Nebraska legislature to provide for
the compensation of employes for in
juries sustained by Industrial acci
dents. This bill, wlili h is pies' iitcd
through Jtcpiesvntative Kvans. baa
been adapted from a formulation by
several organizations, repreHentlng
"both employers and employed, In con
Junction with the National Civic Fed
eration, whose department of indus
trial conciliation was until recently
under the direction of John Mitchell,
and represents the views of those who
have studied the subject most thor
oughly. This measure, or measures of sim
ilar content, Im pending In other states
besides Nebraska, snd It Is only a
question of what states shall take the
lead In thla far-reaclilng reform. The
New York legislature last year en
acted a workmens compensation law
covering mrt of the field, but no one
can doubt that the subject Ih claiming
steadily Increasing attention, and that
some method of caring for the victims
of Industrial accidents muRt take tho
place of the exltttlng system of casu
alty Insurance, which means either
inadequate compensation or a costly
lawsuit by which the Injured work
men either gels nothing or divides
what he docs got with the lawyers.
The problem, perhsps, does not
press upon Nebraska as an agricul
tural state quite so forcibly as it does
tilon other states, but for that very
reason Nebraska Is in better position
to Join with the pioneers in this pro
gressive movement.
Exceptional Distinction.
In his annual report aa president of
Columbia university, Ur. Nicholas
Murray Lutler laments tho lops of men
of exceptional ability and distinction
In the field of science, arts and letters,
and auks tho question, Where are to
be found fit successors to the gen
eration that la now passing of the
stage? He seems to thlnhvtnat the
universities suffering In this way are
at particular disadvantage. "Their
rapid growth and multiplication," he
declares, "has nocessarlly drawn Into
their service men of every typo and
kind, and of these mediocrity has
claimed Its full share. One main dif
ficulty In each of the higher institu
tions of learning in the world today
la militant mediocrity. Distinction Is
to bo sought for at whatever cost, and
strong guiding personality cannot be
too aumerous."
But the colleges and universities
really occupy no different position in
this respect than the realms of trade
and industry, the professions and
politics. Men of distinction, towering
above their fellows, arc rare every
where', and the question is constantly
propounded, where are to be found
tho successors of those who have at
tained eminence and are then called
away?
Yet somehow each generation seema
to produce and develop Ha men of
exceptional ability in precisely tho
place where they are most needed,
and where they can do tho most good.
Thla is tho Inevitable march of
progress which brings forth now
leaders to servo as captains and head
the column In humanity's forward
march.
So we believe the universities need
not despair for scholars to supplant
those eminent men of science and
letters In whoRe lustre they have
shon. Militant mediocrity It Is true,
may bo found everywhere, but only to
make exceptional distinction stand out
in greater contrast.
The Bojey of Polygamy.
Former United States Senator
Frank J. Cannon, son of a one-time
leader of the Mormon church, and sev
eral other magazine writers, are warn
ing the people against what they are
ploased to term a revival of strength
among the followers of Brlgham
Young. They contend that polygamy
has been restored, that 800 polyga
mous marriages have been contracted
and the Mormon church has not ob
jected. Tho picture of Mormon ag
gression Is quite menacing. One
writer sees them dominating the po
litical affairs of six states and fears
for tho nation.
The picture strikes us as overdrawn.
In the last election in Utah, the home
and headquarters of Mormonism. the
Amerlcanv party achieved an over
whelming victory. Long ago thla gov
ernment placed an embargo upon
pobgamy. That violations of the law
should occur la to be deplored, but not
wondered at They probably never
entirely ceased. We have difficulty in
this country enforcing other laws. The
fact Is polygamy as an institution of
church or state has been overthrown.
If Mormons should resume openly the
practice of thla custom which our laws
forbid our laws will find a way to atop
tbem.
Hut one writer aays, whereas fifty
years ago there were only TOO Mor
mons In this lountry. today there are
700.000. That may be true, and still
be a poor showing. Proportionately,
with all other stupendous growth and
progress in the United States, the
Mormons had to make gains to avoid
falling benlud the procession. When
we consider the vast resources they
have had in their ceaseless effort to
propagate their faith, these results
are certainly nothing to become
alarmed over. Not only have the
Mormons lost ground politically in
their own state as they call Utah-
but there haa been a steady and strong
Intlua of other denominations, which
are building up powerful centers 0f
education. While this Is going on in
the rery heart of Mormonlsm. It does
not seem possible that Mormonlsm,
because It Is mskifig a staunch fight
for Its fundamental principles, need be
considered a serious menace to the
country.
Success of Poital Savings.
Attention has already been called
to the fact that the first month of our
experimental postal savings banka
furnishes a creditable showing for the
system. But a point that deserves
emphasis is that the money placed In
the so new banks has not been taken
from older depositories. In other
words, the deposits In the savings
banks represent that much new sav-
ings. That goes to answer one of the
questions raised by thoso who ob
jected to the experiment. They feared,
or contended, that If the new system
prospeted It might be at the expense
of other Institutions. Of course, the
argument does not seem strong
enough to alarm, and now we find that
it is not. taking the first month's ex
perience as ft test of the tendency.
Forty-eight of these savings banks
were created by the government to
start the system and their average de
posits for January were $1,2 SO per
bank. The February report Is ex
pected to show a consistent Incressc.
So that the government feels quite
well repaid for Its venture and the
postmaster general Is now arranging
the details to extend the system by
means of tho $500,000 appropriation
granted by congress for that purpose.
A greRt many factors enter Into con
sideration In determining this exten
sion, as of course, casual thought
would suggest.
The Important fact has, however,
been established that postal savings
Is feasible In the United States. Of
course, as to Its feasibility under
favorable conditions there was never
any doubt, since It had long ago been
demonstrated In European and other
countries. It Is to the credit of many
Of those who vigorously opposed the
Idea at first that they are so ready to
withdraw their objection and judge
the innovation on Its merits. In Min
nesota the State Bankers" association
has gone so far as to have introduced
In th-j legislature a bill making It easier
to institute savings banks In that
state aa a meana of competing with
the postal savings banks. One view
of thla might suggest harmfut opposi
tion, or unfriendly competlllon, but
the broadest view, we think, does not.
It shows that tho conservative bank
ers concede the success and perma
nence of the plan, and when they
create other savings banka the general
effect will be simply to promote the
welfare of all such Institutions by en
couraging the habit of saving among
the people.
Thoroughness.
This is an ago of specialists. In
most lines of art, science and industry
energies are confined to single chan
nels, and it la conducive, of course, to
tremendous eftlclency in tho aggre
gate. But specializing should not and
does not contemplate any lack of thor
oughness. It levies no embargo
against a complete mastery ' of every
part and department of a business or
profession, but encourages It, and the
man who possesses that has a great
advantage over the one who docs not.
A friend once said to J. Plerpont
Morgan: "Mr. Morgan, they tell me
that you can do the work of anybody
in your office better than he can, him
self." "Oh, I don't know about better, but
what I do know is that I can sit down
at the desk of any clerk in my estab
lishment and take up his work where
he loft off and go ahead with it." And
after a moment's reflection the great
financier added: "I don't like being
at the advantage of any man.
While few persons may hope to be
prodigies like Mr. Morgan, all may
gain the advantage that comes from
thoroughness. Great emphasis needs !
to be laid on this in the school room,
the first training place of the boy and
girl for life's activities. It should
take the place of the tendency to skim
over and get a smattering of the les
son, w hlch hinders all too many young
people after they have flitted through
their schooling and gone out to cope
with a more practical world. It is
difficult to lay too broad a foundation.
French Complications.
France is still in an unsettled state
of affairs. Its latest change in mln
istries has brought
prospect of security.
no immediate j
Problems that
harassed Premiers Combes, Clemen
reau and Hrland still perplex and eon
found M. Monis. While come progress
along certain lines has been accom
plished, setbacks have been sustained
j along others and, altogether, the
situation is believed to be nearer a
crisis in the republic than it was
three years ago.
Cltmnnce.au was regarded as a great
improvement on Combes and aa bril
liant as was he, Briaud was thought
to possess even more advantageous
qualities than Clemenceau, but all
alike have failed to evolve order and
system out of the political chaos that1
has existed and still exists. Because '
of Brlsnd's socialism he was expected
to Influence that party for great good
to the nation and at the same time,
owing to -his strength with the con
servative forces, to bring the two
elements Into sympathetic relation. He
failed utterly. The extremes there
are as far apart aa are the clericals
and their opponents and the four
elements make the situation far more
complex than ever. The monarchial
party has always supported many lead-
i- - .. ...IB"
tng soclallpt measures and. strange as
It may seem, this pecullnr alliance
grows stronger. It Is pcrhapa the
most foreboding shadow resting upon
the republic.
The causes and effects In France
are not local. No longer are observeis
pretending to deceive themselves as
to that. The unsatisfactory condition i
growing out of the government rail
roads is but a small factor. .Ml agree
that what ails tho body politic of
France today Is the virus of socialism
and anarchy, which has permeated the
whole system of government and
threatens more . evil results. Any
remedy looking to a cure must be
conipichenslve enough to apply to this
revolutionary Influence.
Complicating still further France's
unpleasant condition Is Germany's dis
pleasure at the return to the ministry
of M. Delcasse, whose removal In 1905
from the ministry of the marine was
taken as a concession to Germany. The
German press Is outspoken in its dis
approval of Delcasse's return to power.
lie is, no doubt, the most forcible per
sonality of the entire new ministry.
Work for Men and Boys.
The Young Men's Christian associ
ation has entered upon a very remark
able campaign throughout the coun
try. It is a campaign for quiet, ef
fective work to get hold of tho men
and boys for religious service. Teams
composed of prominent nieu of ability
are making the rounds of ninety prin
cipal American cities, conducting
meetings and organizing their forces.
From theho cities other teams radiate
to the smaller towns, the purpose
being to touch every corner of the
country.
This work is laid out upon rational
lines. It contemplates no sensational
or exciting tirades, but rather the
quiet Bort of hand-to-hand work that
is most calculated to Interest men and
boys. It Is not proselytlrg. There is
no effort or intention or getting men
or boys into auy particular church.
The sole purpose is to get 4.hem in
terested In their spiritual welfare, to
arouse them to the opportunities of
better service.
For one year this work is to go on.
It is a part, at least an outgrowth, of
the forward movement that has taaen
hold of the men over the United
States, and, according to church re
ports, done a great deal of good. To
the outside world looking on, all these
movements certainly have the appear
ance of genuine zeal aud commend
themselves generally for their business-like
methods, They seem to aim
at some definite object and to employ
a fixed system In reaching It. As
these workers move across tho conti
nent they receive the co-opcratlon of
the local associations and evangelical
churches without regard to denomi
nations. Any such movement that
gets the denominations more used to
working together ought to bo con
ducive of good results.
Farmers and the Railroads.
The Rock Island Is one of the great
railroads that are doing much for in
tensive farming by their work of edu
cation. Like others it has accom
plished a great deal with its special
educational trains sent over its 8,000
miles of tracks The Union Pacific,
Burlington, Northwestern and other
roads have contributed vitally to this
Important work. These railroads are
able to employ the best talent and
facilities for spreading the gospel of
scientific agriculture and It Is a splen
did thing for this propaganda. ' It
means vastly more than can be meas
ured In dollars and cents to have the
combined Influence, Intelligently di
rected, f the railroads In promoting
the cause.
But of course, the railroads are do
ing this, not purely from a philan
thropic standpoint. Philanthropy
may be a factor, but they are reaping
benefits, as they have a right to.
Greater development, larger crops,
more scientific farming, all alike help
to multiply their sources of income
and swell dividends. Yet, It has only
been of late years that we have had
this excellent co-operation, so that
even selfish Interest Is being turned to
good account. When the farmers and
the railroads reach a plane on which
they can combine their powers in mu
tual co-operation they have atjalned an
end worth striving for. The two united
double the resources and make possi
ble wonderful results. There is no
good reason why the utmost frankness
i mlcht not ox 1st hutwenii lhm fm.
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lied economically.
Hiw Far to Be Old-Fashioned.
Folks often hear it said that the
old-fashioned ways are the best. In
every period of history, and none more
than the present, the question is
raised to mark the lines of future
policies. It appears in the present
political struggle In our country. All
men demand to go forward, but they
disagree as to the ways that lead on.
In religion even more than politics,
this tendency exists. The church
divides on the lines of orthodoxy and
imorthodoxy, of conservatism and
liberalism. Many preachers and
theologians say, "1 will hold to the
old-fashioned doctrines; they are good
enough for me."
In statecraft, in religion, in society
certain fundamental principles ran
never change. To them the state or
the church must hold securely. But
old principles and old doctrines can
be made to apply to new conditions
and being old-fashioned is safe and
Justifiable only when it does not
prevent one from being progressive
enough to become serviceable to his
day and generation. What we need to
be careful of is not to set up our own
conceptions of old-fashionctlncss un
less it plumbs with some great, funda
mental truth and principle; not to
crowd out the spirit of progress purely
for the purpose of being ol 1-fasli-loncd.
Churches have held tiKhtcr to
creeds In days gone by than they are
holding now. They have learned to
look upon creeds as merely man
made affairs (bat are thoroughly
worthless unless they can be adapted
to new and ever-changing conditions.
That, of course. Is heresy to some, but
not to the most progressive orthodox
churchmen, the only kind who ate
doing what is really worth while. New
nationalism, says Mr. Roosevelt, is
simply applying old principles to new
conditions. The workaday value of
the o!d-faBhloned law Is to be found
in its ability to serve the needs of the
new-fashioned customs. If It will not
meet that test, it Is of no practical
value. Merely being old-fashioned
does not save It. The world cannot
and will not stand still or go back
ward to preserve or propagate an old
theory. All the old principles that arc
of any account move forward with and
promote the world's progress,
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President Taft expreswes the hope
that congress, convening In extra ses
sion, will confine itself to adopting the
Canadian reciprocity agreement and
stop there. An extra session of con
gress, however, Is like a pralrlo fire
easy to light, but no knowing how
far it will travel before It dies out.
Legislative redistrlt ting must not
be allowed to get lost In the shuffle.
Governor Aldrich Is under platform
pledge to call the law-ma!ters back If
they neglect lo readjust present dis
proportionate representation In house
and senate.
The ex-boss of San Francisco poli
tics, on entering the penitentiary to
begin a fourteen years' term, said:
"I turn my back upon the past and set
my face to the future," Naturally,
that would be the order.
A I'liah-lln t Ion rtlat,
St. I.,ouls Olobe-Drmocrat.
Colonel Itooscvclt will dedicate the big
dam In Arizona. The colonel Is one of
the tii:i'."l piiFli-button artists America
has produced.
The Point to He in mi Iter.
Washington Stur.
There Ih bound to be mote or less diffi
culty In keeping a number of enrrgetic
statesmen properly reminded that the ex
tra session wa called especially for the
consideration of trade relations with Can
ada. experience ftafety Valve.
Mannas City Times.
During the last twelve years America
has acquired soma experience In the mat
ter of governing Jatln countries. This ex
perience doubtless accounts for the ab
sence of uny demand at. this time for the
annexation of Mexico,
Champ Clark's (.real Loss.
lxiuisvllle Courier-Journal,
'i'he extra session of congress will force
Champ Clark to cancel lecture dates on
the chautauqua circuit for which lie was
to receive tt),000, and thus doth the fly of
discontent drop Ihto the cup of his happi
ness as the first democratic speaker since
Heck was a pup.
Improving Itallroad Iluslnras.
Philadelphia Record.
Tha railroad officials have been defeated
In their proposition to leave the rate de
cision In such a shape that they could
take the current year's business as a basis
for an application next fall for Increased
rates. Hut It Is not at all certain that
they would have gained anything by that.
Their business is Improving, and It may
be about aa good this fiscal year as lust.
All Hecorda Ileaten.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
One piece of work the last congress was
able to do. While tariff board, reciprocity,
conservation And oilier things had to be
crowded out, the appropriations were made
so vigorously that the IJ.OUO.OOO.OOO mark
was surpassed, beating all former records
by over l:io.000.000. The retrenchment plans
of the opening of the session seem to have
slipped from the legislative memory at Its
close.
People and Events
Senator Rcverldge threatens to write a
book. Some southing diversion is needed
to keep him from firing a speech at the
extra session.
California's glorious climate is right on
the job. On the north aud south ends of
the state people living on low lands have
been warned to climb out of reach of ruin
floods.
The report that the Texas legislature had
Invited Senators liailey and I.crirner to
address that body oa purity in politics
turns out to be an idle rumor from the
scat of war.
Omaha aspirants for large family honors
are hopelessly outclassed. Samuel W.
Dansbury of Trenton. N. J., has just
scored his twenty-fifth baby, and Sum li
only fii. That's going some.
According to a Kentucky court a road
roller Is a thing of weight and movement
and a community which hires one Is not
llahlx for damages when a horse shies at
it and smashes the dashboard.
A teacher in the schools of Worcester,
Mass., wrote a hook in which the assertion
was made that Mt. Patrick was an English
man. As a consequence the laiok Is getting
a finer line of publicity than the author
dreamed of.
Prof It II Alderman, bend of the Morris
Harvey, college at Huntington, V. Va.,
must be a man of urn 'milium persuasive
power. He induced a teacher to push tuiy
a chance lo marry after the license had
been procured
The Introduction in the Kanias City
council of an ordmarce requiring each
Mund of on rchaml ise to weigh sixteen
ounces started a roar In eery ward In
the city. objector Insist that exact
weights are a detriment tj "business"
Mrs. Polly Ann Weed of Evaiisulle. Ind..
has a wholesome dislike for widow's
The other day she discarded the habili
ments cf woe and annexed husbend No
Out of her pan experieni e I'ul'y draws the
conclusion that the at erase run of men
aie worthless, but "what nu a p or wo
man do tha must set a living somehow.''
SECULAR SHOTS AT PmPIT.
WaahiiiRtnn Stm : A MiF'iirl cleipynmn
hai Iwen aMnn farmer not to mlse tn
!n. i ii. It Ih not ilrar wliethir be la pio
! tluB im liiotal grounds or B8 a t onnols-
ectir.
I oiil'-M'le t'ourlcr Journai: Tim Bi.or.iful
ski pt. k who Ktirer tliMt t u clnif li l ti"t
up to date h nut observed tin proivsal
lo hanae the Church of DnnUnl lii.in.- by
ildlna the words "by air" to the prayer
to "prracrve all that ita.cl ly l.md cr
water."
t'bli him He'-ord-lleial I: A New et k
1 prcHi her announce Hint tb? Ameilcai pco
I pie are nnwlns mure siiohbHh cv ry j-nr.
! lie prohHblv 1H'-C bis li llcf llp.ni .III' f:n l
i that it Is no longer ne . m.h-. for a iati.li
ilHte for public office to let up lb J c'.'lm
that he was born In a lo cabin
l.e.'lles Weekly: K. W. 1Iik ktiui r. pre
frsor of aocloloRy of Kansas university
and dean of the grail. i nchool, In Ids
liiilipie and otlsinal views t.pou lca:in
questions of the day. He lielleves that
theic are too many t bur lies in the ruial
districts and that the small salaries paid
ministers leave them open to the tii-ipis-tlon
offered by every uraft s Ilmmo that
lifts Its head to public view, offcli an
"honest" and much-no (led dollar to the
underpaid and overworked pastor. Savs
Prof. Hlackmar; "The competition of the
various denominations fieuucntly 'cads to.
the bulldinn of more churches than can l
supported. Take a town with mo people
and six churches and not uv.-r half the
population church-goers. .Icrc vm ii.ivp
six stniKRlitiK congregations, with six
poorly im lit preachers, oV"i y' hl.i'i poorly
organized, every church )i rfanl ;ii:l n bear
ing a burden of debt and iMli ts con, peti
tion bringing the w holi C lirlsli.-m ser Im
Into disrepute."
Ol TI.OOK KOH MIMSTKIPI,
Interesting I'laurea and Flirts llenr
Ina Thereon.
Philadelphia Press.
The decrease of clergymen In almost ev
ery Protestant denomination has been the
subject of frequent complaint by church
authorities, by newspapers and by parishes,
seeking clergymen for the last ten years.
How much this Is Justified Is shown by
the figures which have been brought to
gether by Thornton H. Penfield, secretary
for theological schools of the International
committee of the Young Men's Christian
association. This return covers forty years,
1K70 to 1!U0. and 144 seminaries, practically
all In the Protestant communions, in JAT'i
these Institutions had 3.2."4 students. In
twenty-five years, 1S9.'.. the number doubled
to ti.f.n;.
At this point, as everyone Is aware, there
began, to be a decrease In those who of
fered themselves for the ministry. By 1302,
or seven years later, while the population
of the country had grown about Rftio.noo,
and the number of church members and
churches In full proportion, the number of
men studying for the ministry had fallen
to 5.3').,. There wore also ldS women, chiefly
in the Baptist and Campbelllte Institutions.
For the last eight years the number of
men studying for the ministry has risen
to ".:;."). Thla la very closely twice those
who were studying in 1S70. In the Interval
tho population of the country has groAti
two and one-half times, its wealth bus
quadrupled and the number of separate
churches and church members has grown
nearly In proportion to population.
Nothing Is more necessary to the com
munity, whatever the religious opinion of
Its members may he. than tho steady and
constant supply of men of high education,
of consecration, of careful training, of In
spiration and of lives devoted in act and
word to the service of the divine and of
humanity. JL'nless such men are ,ln the
community Its great moral forces wlli
cease to have their expression, their di
rection, their inspiration and their repre
sentation,. H Is, therefore to be regretted that, In
spite of the many movements, particularly
through our Young Men's Christian as
sociation, which has been active during
the last decade as never before, the sup
ply of clergymen Is not keeping up with
the growth of the country, but It Is gratify
ing that this supply Is Increasing. It Is
notable, however, that the share of those
who become clergymen with a college edu
cation Is decreasing. Down to lh the
schools which require college training fur
nished about, two-thirds of the total num
ber of men fitting for the ministry. In
lldO they furnished one-halt or S.M5, out
of the total number which, Including 31!
women. Was 7.5S7.
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Mrs. Scritpjitngton Imi provoke mc ti l
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Mr. ScrappuiKt'tn-'i hen stand off a lltt.e
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"Kven about that, they fell out.' Haiti,
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LIBERTY.
John Hay.
W hat man Is there so bold that lie lould
Sli y.
"Thus ami thiiH.otilv would I have tho
sea '."'
I'll! W liel tint- Ivlti:.' .-itlii. t,,t.l , . r ..1
! Clashing i he earth In love, and throaltr.:
hbok
The smile of heaven from v.ae of nme
thvst :
I if whether, freshened by the busv winds.
It hears th I'liile end r.avles . f Hie world
To ends of use and stern activity;
or whether, lushed hv tempests. It gives
way
'In rlementnl fury, howls and routs
At all its rocky barriers. In wild lust
ttf ruin drinks tlv blood of living tliing
And strew- Its wrecks o'er lenvues of
desolll t e shore
Always It is the sa, and till how down
Before Its vast and varied majesty,
And so In v.iln will timorous men essav
To pet the metes and bounds of liberty.
For freedom Is its own eternal law:
It makes Its own conditions, end In storm
r calm nllke fulfills the linen Ins will,
t.nt us not then rlesnlse It when it lies
Still as n -Icepimt lion, while a swarm
if unnt I ke ev ils hover around Its head;
Nor doubt It when In mad. dlsliln ed tlm
B shakes the torch of terror and 'ts crv
Shrill o'er the (making earth, nnd In the
f'u"e
Of riot and war we see Its awful form
H'i" by the scaffold where Hie chosen pt
King' down Its groove the knell of shud
dering klnps.
For nlvvivs In thlnn eves. O 1,'beifv,
Shines that high llcht whereby the world
Is saved.
And. "hough thou ally up. we will trust in
thee.
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