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A STEAM ROLLER AND MOTORS FOR THE AMEER.
The Indian tour of the Ameer of Afghanistan in 1907 has evidently Impressed on him the advantages
of good roads, and It would appear that he is now about to have such throughout his dominion. Doubt
less good roads and motor cars would greatly facilitate the extensive tours his Highness ha to take to
keep In touch with the distant proTlnces of his kingdom. Recently some ten elephants were seat la Chuman
to convey a steam roller, a motor car, a stone-cruBhlng machine, and a mo tor boat to Cabul. The motor hoat
is probably for pleasure trips on the Cabul River, while the car will enable the Ameer to visit the outlying
provinces of his dominions In as many days as It has hitherto taken months.
FAIR WOMANHOOD.
be-
not
to gentle and so bounteous doth ap
pear My lady, when she maketh a salute,
That every tongue, trembling,
cometh mute;
The eve to look UDon her doth
dare.
Though conscious that her pratse per
vades the air.
In beauty clothed, she moveth mod
estly, As If she were a being from on
high.
Come down to earth to show a marvel
here.
Bo grateful seems the vision from
above,
The heart drinks sweetness from the
entranced eye
Which would mock Fancy If It were
not proved;
And from her lips it seems as there
were moved
A delicate spirit, breathing full of love,
Which ever blddeth the rapt soul to
sigh.
Dante.
of bills to Miss Goldwasser and care
fully entered the water. To make It
realistic Mr. Phllllpsteln clutched him
with what he Imagined was the grip of
a drowning man and whispered: "I'll
sink again and pull you down with
me. You are doing fine, only show a
little more energy. You act like you
was afraid."
Whereupon Mr. Phllllpsteln sank
Into the water and dragged the fren
zied Plncus, who was a fair swimmer,
but hated the water, along with him.
When they arose Mr. Cohen gave a
loud cry. Miss Goldwasser was run
ning along the bank with a long stick
in her hand which she had picked up
and which she was trying to reach
out to the struggling men.
"Just to make it seem more like
the real thing," said Mr. Phllllpsteln,
who was playing his part with much
enjoyment and zeal, "I'll let go of you,
go out a few feet and sink again.
Then you got to dive for me, grab roe
by the hair and pull me ashore. I like
to bet you win her sure."
And he again cried for help, and
pushed out and sank, gasping and yell
ing for help.
Mr. Cohen had gone as far a3 he
could or dared. He was more than
ten feet from shor9, weighed down by
his clothing, almost exhausted and
afraid to venture out any farther.
He turned and struck out for the
land, disregarding Miss Goldwasser's
AT THE 'LADIES' WINDOW."
Harmless Honianrr and Hire Trnur
rdr nronghi to I-lifht.
In most of the larger postomces ol
the country Is a small window bear
Ing the Inscription, "Ladles' Window
General Delivery," where day after
day thousands of letters are turned
over to the fair applicants with no
questions asked unless the official in
charge have his doubts as to whether
the one seeking a letter has the right
to it. Then the only question gener
ally asked is the name of the town or
place from where it wa3 expected. To
the Initiated, this window gives for'h
a different story almost with everyone
who stops there.
Here may be seen a couple of school
girls, laughing and Joking, expecting
a letter from some young fellow to
who.ni the home address could not be
given. Their little secret may be a
harmless one, but they are venturing
upon dangerous ground.
A woman whose face and clothlns;
tell the bitter struggles she Is making
gets a letter from home, the lettc i"
which was sent through the general
delivery because she did not wnnt the
folks at home to know where sh?
could be found.
Another woman, well dressed, the
expensive furs and jewelry stamping
her as the wife of some prosperous
man, walks past the window and back
cries to help the sinking man back of ( again, until she is sure there Is no
one around to see' her receive the
"Mlndll Phllllpsteln told me you
eculd tell me how to win her. Please
do it."
"Sure you can," said Mlndll. "You
can do anything. I said it to Plncus
I said It to you or to .anybody. Go
head, Herr Einstein, and tell Plncus
Leben how to win the girl. He ought
to be married long ago."
A smile crossed the great detective's
face. "I have had something to do
with most kind of cases, but never
before was I called upon to advise In
a love affair. I'll do my best, and I
seldom fail. Herr Plncus Cohen, at
tention!" "Za befehl!" said Plncus. saluting.
He was a member of the Rosensteln
Miners and Sappers' corps, attached
to the state national guard.
"Did you ever do anything like a
hero? That's what wins women," said
Ignatz.
"Once I Btopped a horse that was
trotting down the road w.lthout anyone
In the wagon, and it looked as though
It would run over Miss Sarah Minzer.
She saw me do It, awer did not think
much about It. That's the nearest I
ever come to doing anything brave. I
ean't brag about it, though, Miss Gold
wasser would likely laugh at me."
"Can you swim?" asked Mr. Ein
stein. "It is one thing I can do fairly
well," said Plncus.
"Take her out walking along the
JCast river some day, get a man to fall
In for you, and then jump In and res
cue him; it looks brave and probably
will win the young lady."
"Good idea!" exclaimed Mr. Phillip
ate! n. "I'll De the man t0 fa"
been the best swimmer in Browns
ville. Won a medal at College Point
t the Elsensteln Club outing last
ummer."
"That man is 111!" exclaimed Miss
Goldwasser. "Look at him; I think he
Is going to fall Into the river. Run up
and catch him before he gets In."
Mr. Cohen would like to have done
o very much, as the wish to be a hero
tnat day had entirely departed from
him. Before, however, he had fairly
started for Mr. PhlllpBteln, who now
was only a few yards ahead, the lat
ter had given a groaning cry and
fallen with a splash Into the river.
Mr. Cohen echoed the groan, lis just
remembered that he had not prepared
for jumping into the water and was
wearing his costly Sunday suit with
his gold watch, and that a goodly roll
of bills was in his pocket,, which sure
ly would be spoiled by the water. He
began to take off his coat with no en
thusiasm. Miss Goldwasser screamed: "Help
him! Get him out!"
Mr. Cohen reluctantly . approached
the edge. Mr Phllllpsteln had come
to the surface and was treading water
and floating along with the tide. He
had on an old suit, and Instead of a
coat wore a tight fitting sweater.
"Save me," he said, and waved en
cournglnfily to Plncus.
With despair in his heart Mr. Cohen
threw tews his coat, handed hU roll
him. Mr. Cohen found he could make
no headway toward shore. Then sud
denly his courage left him and a little
hysterical panic came upon him.
"Get me out!" he cried. "I'm los
ing myself. I can't keep up any
longer."
Mr. Phllllpsteln took two strong
strokes and reached the side of the
scared Plncus. Supporting him with
one hand he swam to land with the
other. He dragged Plncus out on the
bank and laid him down. The latter
was fully conscious, and shame and
fury because of hl.i weakness and cow
at dice possessed 'aim.
"Hero!" said M'.ss Goldwasser, in a
rapture.
"Sure, he Is a brave man," said Mr.
Phllllpsteln, as he helped Mr. Cohen
to his feet. "Did you see how he
jumped In for me?"
"He's a hero!" Miss Goldwasser's
tone was full of scorn. "Why, he even
thought of his money. He saved that
before he tried to get you out." She
handed Plncus his roll of bills. "No,
brave man." continued Miss Goldwas
ser, addressing the astonished Phllllp
steln. "You are the hero. You saved
blm. You are the most daring man I
ever saw. I admire a man like you."
"Say," said Plncus Cohen. "Where
should I come In?"
"You tried to do something." said
Miss Goldwasser. "But you were not
equal to it. You had to be saved by
the man you were going to help."
Miss Goldwasser looked a little mys
tified. "How was It," she asked of
Mlndll, "that you were so weak that
you felt In and then strong enough to
not only get out yourself, but bring
Mr. Cohen out with you?"
"A little falntness came over me."
said Mlndll glibly, as he gazed with
admiration at Miss Goldwasser; "and
when I fell in the cold water revived
me. Oy! oy! I'm glad I was able to
help this man.'
The two men soon dried their cloth
ing and returned to Miss Goldwasser.
She greeted Mr. Phllllpsteln with en
thuslasm and during the car ride on
the street car back to Brownsville
she frequently referred to him as a
hero and learned something about his
position In society, which was excel
lent. Going to her relatives, Miss
Goldwasser made further Inquiries
about Mr. Phllllpsteln and found that
he was popular and prosperous, highly
regarded as a fine, smart man by all
Brownsville
Miss Goldwasser invited Mr. Phillip
stein to call on her, and he promptly
did so.
A month later the despondent Mr
Pincus Cohen read the announcement
that Miss Rose Goldwasser and Mr
Mlndll Phllllpsteln were engaged.
New York Teltgraph.
letter written in a bold miscullne I
hand. She is rich enough to rent a
hundred private boxes, if necessary.
but experience has taught her that
private boxs have failed more than
once, while few mistakes are made
at this window of the general delivery.
Next comes a woman with hard-set
features, her eyes narrowed almost to
llts, sizing up everyone In that cor
ridor. Anything the least bit suspl-
lous to her and she leaves to return
some time later. The letter cannot be
handed out too quickly. Her story U
easily read. Someone dear to her Is
n trouble. The police are watching
her home, the postal officials have
been Instructed to lntercpt any mall
directed to Iter, and so she has
learned that any other name will do,
and that the general delivery window
s the last channel through which aha
can be kept Informed ot the troubled
one's movements.
So they come and go. The young
woman who has eloped, the young girl
with a harmless flirtation, the mother
who has made the fatal mistake, the
daughter to whom the gayer side of
life appealed, the maid or the matron,
each with her own reason for not
having her mall sent to her home address.
Borne read the letters In a secluded
corner of that large building whera
their contents bring forth peals of
laughter, or 'Sudden, sharp cries of
pain. Others read them as they walk
along the street, finally to place them
In some secure hiding place, or tear
them up in the most minute pieces,
throwing them away at long inter
vals so that no one could ever recover
the telltale frag-ments.
the
omtnir Back Again.
Prisoner "Can I spean with
convict Smith for one moment?"
Jailer "No; he has just left, after
finishing his time. But ask me again
In about a week." Fllgende Blatter.
MOTHER'S BODY IN HOO YARD
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THE DANGERS OF MT. BLANC.
By Proleor W'hymptr.
There 'are avalanches of different kinds, but
when the term "avalanche" Is used It Is gen
erally supposed to npr'" 'o falls of great
bodies of snow or Ice.
One of the llrst o.-i. .:111s of this kind
which attracted attention took place in 1820,
upon Mont Blanc, and it Is commonly called
the Haniel accident. Dr. Hamel, a Nubian,
set out on Aug. 18 to go up Mont Blanc, ac
companied by two Englishmen and eight guides. They
had ascended to a height of more than H.ono feet, with
five guides in front, who were cutting or making steps,
when all at once the snow above them gave way and
the entire party was carried down a thousand feet or
tuore over the slopes which they had tolled.
Slow again broke away above, and more or less cov
ered up the whole party. Some of them strugsled out,
but three of the lending guides were hurried Into a
crevasse and burled under an Immense mans of snow.
Ten years afterward, when conducting another tourist
up Mont Blanc by the same route, one of the surviving
guides pointed to the crevasse and said to his employ
er. "They are there."
"It was a melancholy reflection." remarked the tour
ist, "and all of th guides seemed to feel deeply the loss
of their Ill-fated comrades, who will in all probability
remain Imbedded there till the day of judgment." He
was wrong. At that time (1830) the bodies were no
doubt a considerable distance from the spot where
the accident occurred, for the dismembered remains
of the three unfortunates commenced to reappear at
the lower ond of the Glacier des Bossons In 1861. more
than four miles away, in a direct line, from the place
where they perished, and must have traveled down on
an average at the rate of 600 feet per annum. The
Btrand.
the growth Is rapid there sometimes is pain. Many of
the pseudo troubles of the hour properly are no more
than the man of the world's growing pains. They are
cause for much rejoicing and congratulation rather than
reason for lamentation or for concern. They are marks
of advancement in social organization. They are proofs
of progress toward the realization of human solidarity.
A
EVOLUTION OF THE MAN OF THE WORLD.
By Adm Mmy Kreeker.
The embryonic man of the world, albeit
rudimentary, is nevertheless a real organism.
He acts as a living whole. The cities, as
Spencer viewed them, are big organic cen
ters in his body. The arteries of trade are
bis circulatory system. As he develops, bis
sundry parts become co-ordinated. They hang
together better. They knit together more
intimately. They act more nearly as one.
Instead of multitudes of little beings he begins to be
have as one being.
Of this, as our society man grows, we have many
tokens. Syndicates, trusts, monopolies are only one
phase of the unifying life. Many little businesses for
merly competed with each other, as different entities,
each of which must struggle for a separate existence.
Now they merge Into one gigantic throbbing life.
Housekeeping Is done after a collective method as
never before. Every laundry and every bakery and
every carpet, curtain, and dres cleaner's establishment
a Wrrr himlness made UD of a number of lesser
enterprises carried on, each separately, for an individual H
household. And the ready to wear clothing maker is
a colossal example of the Identical thing. He has anni
hilated many of the differences separating the country
folk from the city. Ditto the magazines and news
papers. Ditto the public school system, which in the
first Instance supplanted Isolated private schools or the
far more isolated and far more private home nursery.
As man in any or all of his parts evolves there Inev
itably are changes. Growth implies change. And when
MTJSIC THE MOST SOCIAL OF THE ARTS.
By At. B. Robinson.
Music Is "common and beautiful as light
and air." There Is no better exponent of
this belief tlinn M. Camllle Bellnlgue. In his
opinion music Is the most social and sociolog
ical of the arts. He remarks how It has al
ways appealed the most strongly to apostles
of the people who make social regeneration
the object and hope of their lives. The peo
ple, he says, are by nature musicians. They
are not architects, or painters, sculptors. Music exists
for the people, it the public, and the decadence of
music means the triumph of materialism and the loss
of social faith.
When it Is once understood that music Is a funda
mental part of ordinary life, and l not something added
on to it, anyone who Is described as musical will be,
in nine eases ont of ten, not a performer, but a listener.
And the music teacher will be engaged not so much in
showing children how to play as in giving simple expo
sitions ot musical form, with perhaps a few graphic
and historical accounts of the composers and their
times, and In pointing out the beauty of their works,
and playing these in sections and as a whole many
times over.
A great future is before the musical profession If
they will but minister to the millions. At once the most
intellectual and the most emotional, the most univer
sal and the most personal of the arts, music Is, Indeed,
the most potent ot all consolations for the troubles of
workaday existence.
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COURTESY KEEPS HOME LIFE HAPPY.
By Helen Oldfitld.
It scarcely Is too much to say that, barring
habitual drunkenness and jealousy, 'with or
without reason, the lack of everyday courtesy
between husbands and wives has wrecked the
happiness of more marriages than any other
cause whatsoever.
. It is common for people to extol the "free
dom of the home," and within bounds such
liberty undoubtedly is delightful. But when
it Is so overdone as as to degenerate into license It be
comes responsible for a considerable amount of domes
tic misery. Not long ago a woman lamented to the
"home circle" of her favorite family magazine that her
husband neglected his shaving in the most scandalous
fashion when, as he expressed it, "there was nobody to
see." He forgot that his wife was there to see. If
any one else were to speak of her as a nobody be would
be indignant; he reserves that privilege for himself.
Married people are apt to make the mistake of act
ing as if when once t lie vows are made the prayer Is
said, the deed once for all is done, and henceforth
there can be no question of their love for each other.
On the contrary, it is not enough that a man shall love
his wife, he should tell her so over and often. It is
not enough that a woman shall love and honor her
husband, she must set forth in her life the fact that
she does so. Married love, to which the Inspired apostle
likens Christ's love for His church, should be like
God's loving kindness, new every morning.
HIE MB OMEN 07 SPAIN.
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iPvtlered r Both (minm and Law,
Tar Ltnl Narrow l.lraa.
The vast majority of Spanish wont
en still believe that it is degradln
for a lady to take up any work
which she Is paid. Therefore if they
do not marry they either enter a con
vent or live with a member of the
family, and they do not at all mind"
being dependent on the charity of
friends or relatives.
Though marriages are often ar
ranged without the consent of the
bride-elect, law or cuBtom gives the
Spanish woman the power of appeal
ing to a magistrate if she wishes to
escape from a union which Is distaste
ful to her.
The magistrate may take her from
her father's home until she Is of age,
while If she determines to Jiarry a
man of whom her parents disapprove
she may also place herself under the
protection of the law, and she cannot
be deprived of her share of the family
estate.
On reaching her majority she en
joys the same privileges as her broth
er with regard to property, and may
nherlt, will, buy and sell; but when
she marries she reverts to the position
of a minor, and her husband has en
tire control of all her possessions,
which he can squander without ren
dering any account to her, though she
cannot spend a penny of her own
money without his consent. He may
desert her and her children without
Incurring any punishment or much
public condemnation. A Spanish lady
confers on her husband the titles of
nobility and any privilege connected
therewith she may possess at the time
of her marriage.
Public opinion is still so strongly
opposed to their education that II
ill be a long time before they are
fitted to take their share in their
country's work, and many women are
so ignorant that they can hardly reai
their missals or write their names.
This Is especially the case In small
country towns. At Madrid school1
have been opened for their lnstruoi
tlon, and the classes have been con
ducted by excellent p-ofessora, but
comparatively few women have
availed themselves of the privilege.
SHORT METER SERMONS.
GETS RICH ON BEANS.
Sixty years ago Edward Borchard,
one year old, went to California with
his parents In a prairie Bchooner. He
returned east recently in a Pullman
ear to visit relatives.
Edward Borchard's parents were
"forty-niners." Their home was In
Iowa. Stricken with the gold fever
they packed their belongings in a
schooner" and "set sail' for the
land of their dreams.
Edward Borchard has made a for
tune raising lima beans and sugar
beets. His bean market Is in the
East. He numbers his acres by the
thousand. He Is the proprietor of six
ranchea and employs as many as fifty
horses on a ranch. Also, Borchard
possesses seven sons. They are grow
ing up, and as they grow to manhood
they relieve their father of his bur
dens. When a young Borchard
reaches his majority his father gives
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CANTAB BOUCHARD.
Some of his Satanic majesty's lieu
tenants go about banding out free advice.
The early widow catches the eligible
on.
.Mrs. Lizzie Hies, 57 years old. liv
ing near Omaha, 111., was found dead
in a lot near her home. Hogs had
mutilated the body. She had prepared
dinner for one of her sons, saying
she would leave It on the table for him
while she went to see a neighbor. The
boy came from work, ate his dinner
and waited awhile for his mother to
return. Going out In the lot, ho dis
covered the hogs about his mother's
body.
It Is hard to determine whether
some men are cowards, or only cau
tious. We all agree we should do certain
things, but so Diaoy of us wont
him a number of acres, a number of
horses, hands him some capital
teaches him the rules of ranching and
telis him to go forth and grow his
fortune.
Borchard raises about one hundred
and fifty tons or lima beans every
year. That's some beans. In Call
fornla they don't raise them on sticks,
but let them trail on the ground.
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INCK the announcement of the desire of financiers of the
United States, supported by President Taft, to participate in
the proposed loan of f27,fft0,000 for the financing of the Han-kow-Szechuan
Railroad line in China, much interest has been
manifested by the banking and business world In the ques
tions involved in this International relation of the oldest and
newest of the world's great nations. From the beginning of
railroad construction in China the aid of American financiers has been
anxiously sought, and for some obvious reasons very decidedly preferred to
that coming from less disinterested quarters. About six weeks before the
opening of the line of railway bet 'en Canton and Fathan, constructed by
the American-China Development Company, was characterized by the Co
lonial Secretary of Hongkong as an event of national and International sig
nificance. Prince Chlng concluded with Sir Ernest Satow an agreement con
taining the following provision: "If China desires to construct a Hankow
Szechuan line, and her capital is insufficient, she will obtain all necessary
foreign capital from Great Britain and the United States." This was on Oct.
1, 1903, and the understanding appears to have been formally renewed with
Minister Conger In the following year.
The death of the controlling spirit of the America-China Development
Company, Calvin E. Brlce, stopped negotiations for Its proposed Investments,
and Belgian influence began to assert Itself with the beginning of actual
construction of the Hankow-Canton road. The Belgian and French In
terests purchased from American holders a sufficient majority of the shares
of the America-China Development Company to give them control of tho
company, which was reorganized, with Charles A Whlttler at the head.
The Chinese government did not like the change and served on the Depart
ment of State formal notice of revocation of the concession to build the
Hankow-Canton Railroad. This move was met by the Secretary of State
with verbal and written assurances from J. P. Morgan that 1,200 shares of
the company had been acquired from their Belgian holders and that these,
together with some 2,400 Bhares in securely American hands, had been
placed in a voting trust calculated to guarantiee the maintenance of Amer
ican control of the road.
It is, moreover, very much In the Interests of China herself that a
power so deeply concerned In maintaining the integrity of the empire, and
so absolutely destitute of any desire for territorial aggrandizement at its
expense, as the United States should be a party to negotiations which my
have an lmpctant bearing on the future control of Chinese finances.
A liini Shot.
"Didn't I say you couldn't play ball
until after 2 o'clock? Tell me!"
"Why r Marin yes'm! But er
didn't pop read you last night how
down in Washington all the govern
ment clocks are goln' to be set two
hours ahead durln' the summer?"
Puck.
The r.xplnalon.
"Mah goodness," yelled Auuty Chloe.
"Dat 'splosion neahly scairt me to
def."
"An' mah goodness," piped up Uncle
'Rastus, "It done neahly scairt me to
deafness." St. Louis Star.
Occasionally a deaf person expresses
k sound opinion.
ALL CAN SMOKE ON MISSOURI.
Stata I'rodorea 24,071,400 Cob Plpea
In l08.
The statistics concerning Missouri's
production of corncob pipes styled
the "Missouri Meerschaum," supply a
good" pipe story, though it is not a
"pipe dream." According to the fig
ures compiled by the Missouri State
Bureau of Labor and Stasitrls for its
annual report there were made In Mis
souri 24.671,4ri6 cobplpea In 190S, sev
en factories being engaged In their
production. Of this total number 23,-
268,096 were made in Franklin county
alone. In addition there were .urned
out the same year 415,314 wooden
pipes, 1,729,330 extra stems and 149,
238 pipe rleaners.
The value of the total product was
$431,810, of which Franklin county
county produced $401,643. The value
of the raw material consumed was
$233,688. the capital invested In the
seven factories was $124,547, and tho
wages paid exceeded that sum slight
ly, being $128,295. In the manufac
ture of these pipes there were em
ployed 303 males and C3 females.
Missouri made enough of these
pipes last year to supply one to each
man, woman and child Id the State,
and still have more than 20,000,000
left. Each head of a family In the
unitea Biaies couia nave Deen surv
plied with a Missouri made pipe, the
product of a single year, and have left
about 9,000,000 for export to foreign
countries. St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Maater Taaalom.
Power-hunger and pleasure-lust an
master passions. Rev. W. L. Phillips,
Congregatlonallst, New Haven.
Plra to Conscience.
The church's position is a plea to
the conscience. Bev. W. H. B. Allen,
Baptist, Narragansett Pier, R. I.
Powrr,
The church has sometimes been
enamored of Btation and power. Rev.
W. H. Foulkes, Presbyterian, Portland,
Or.
De Vp and Dolus.
Search for your place before yon
get into God's waste heap. Rev. H.
F. Carpenter. Christian, Santa Clara.
Cal.
Position.
Position gives power. It lends ad
vantage. Position puts one where h
can be seen. Bev. Statom, Presby
terlan, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Calouinr.
Calumny may be so insidious aad
so cowardly that it lies in the shadowi
nd does its deadly work in the dark.
Rev. F. Hope, Baptist, Santa Clara,
Cal.
Roccptlvanaaa.
Man's understanding of spiritual
truth would increase more rapidly II
he were more receptive to the light.
Rev. W. P. Lyon, True Life Church,
San Jose, Cal.
Live In Christ.
However large any man may be
without Christ, he can be much larger
and greater with Christ living In him.
Rev. M. S. Kaufman, Methodist,
Norwich, Conn.
Starred Soul.
Man may grow into a perfect ant
mal, possess a cultivated brain, be
come carefully religious and yet carry
in hie bosom a starved soul. Rev,
Guy Arthur Jamleson, Presbyterian,
New York City.
Arcsrsor.
The great want cf Americana Is ao
curacy. II a man is to do accural
he must be taught It In his childhood
or he will never learn it. ttev. m.
C. Peters. New York City.
Title ot Nobility.
To be a man of God is to have 1
title of nobility worn by the prophet!
ot old the highest expression that
man is capable of becoming. Rev. C
R. Hemphill. Presbyterian, Louisville.
Dylan; Poor.
Our great political leaders are now
expected to serve the public before.
their own pockets, and their glory iq
the future will be to be able to dl
poor. Rev. G. C. Richmond, Episco
pallan, Philadelphia.
Platitudes.
We are leaving the ten command
ments to preach and to teach a few
platitudes which do not affect the con
sciences of men, and which make I
flabby character. Rev. C. E. Spalding,
Christian. Coronado, Cal.
Muslarha Is Hellgious.
"The mustache has a religious slg
niiicance, said a clergyman in
ix:meii imaress. 11 forms, you see,
In company with the nose, a cross.
"In the time of the Moslem Invasion
of Spain mixed marriage rendered it
Impossible to tell a heathen from
Christian; so the Spaniards took to
shaving all the face but the upper Up.
Thus every Christian countenance
bore a cross a cross part flesh and
part hair.
"From Its religious the raustach
has come to have an elegant slgtilfl
cance purely. Men now wear it not
to proclaim their faith, but to magnify
their beauty. Its source, however, Is
In Christianity. Before the Spanish
invasion men either wore full beards
or went clean shavod." Los Angeles
Times.
In order to do a thing once som.
people have to do It twice.
What's In a Nans.
A crabbed bachelor and an age.
spinster one day found themselves at
a concert. 1 ne seiecwuua were ap
parently unfamiliar to the gentleman,
but when Mendelssohn's "Wedding
March" was begun he pricked up hli
ears. "Tnat sounds ramuiar, ne ex
claimed. "I'm not very strong on
those classical pieces, but that's very
good. What is it?"
The Bplnster cast down her eyea.
"That," she told him, demurely, "la
the 'Maiden's Prayer.' " Cleveland
Leader.
Told ly tua l'ratures.
Men who succeed In commerce
have alert faces, but no particular
features. Clergymen who go up the
ladder of preferment have faces that
tell of self-repression tight lips, eyea
which look straight ahead, Artists, oft
the other hand, have eyes which are
all over the place and small, well
formed chins. Politicians who succeed
by their Influence over men have at
ways prominent noses.