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WHY THERE ARE FEWER MINISTERS. train crows and order thorn to Hlioot when attacked. The
liuuiuiuaRunia Presbyterian general assembly reports a moral effect, It Is believed, would bo folt at once, and it Is
I TTlfiiniiiK off of !) per cent In the Hiipply of edit- probable that train robbery would cease to be a prolltablo
N 1 catod ministers. In 189(1 the theological Hem- avocation. Kansas City World.
LJJlnarlcH In the synod of IlllnolH had DIM stu-
BCil dents, and In 1001 only 001! students, a smaller DON'T BE A GOOD FELLOW.
mnnlinr limn I1IIV VOar sIllCO 1S80. It Is Hot
ritirprlslng that the franiers of the report speak
of tho facts as perilous to the church's Interests. Hut the
facts themselves are far from surprising. The record Is
monotonously similar to that contained In tho annual re-
norts of other evangelical bodies. The Harvest is ripe, out
tho laborers are few.
N his IJttle talks to the people as ho might
call them John D. Rockefeller has said a
good many Interesting and valuable things;
nothing ranking higher in both qualities than
that in which ho said, speaking to young men
"Don't be n good fellow." It is doubtful if
more valuable advice to young men was
packed Into fewer words. It is of equal
Hlnculnrlv. however, the Presbyterian board suggests over
that tho proper way to bring a change for tho better Is to value to men at all times of life, but its additional value to
disabuse, In tho minds of young men, the notion that the young men is that at their stage of development tho gen-
ministry is overcrowded. Tho reasons for tno inou oi inco- erous instincts outrun discretion. Like puppies they think
.oglcal students go far deeper. Commonly, tho fault Is everybody is kind and honest and they are ready to make
laid to tho growing commercialism of tho age and a lack of friends on sight. Tho perversion of this line Impulse is
consecration In purely spiritual endeavor. This is probably to bo a "good fellow." This Is to give rein to virtue until
ns far from the truth as tho other notion that prospective it becomes an amiable weakness, and thence degenerates
students think the ministry overcrowded. . Into a vice, tho center of which Is the grossest selfishness
There never was a time, In the world's history, when Selfishness is tho rich bed and muck heap in which most,
there was more solf-sacrillclng devotion to humanitarian If not all, forms of sin liavo their root. A peculiar danger
and ethical uplifting than the present. This Is proved by of tho sin of tho "good fellow" is Its unusual quality of
tho marvelous growth of settlement foundations, liberal self-deception. It lulls its victim into the belief that ho
societies and churches, and kindred movements. Not only Is really very noble, broad, unprejudiced, democratic, gen
largo wealth, but Individual human effort, Is being incrcas- erous; no stingy, old self-centered curmudgeon who denies
ingly laid on tho altar of humanltarlanlsm. nimseii, ana perrorce every one else, tbls, that, and an
Tho falling off among the evangelical clergy Is directly other thing. And that Is Just It; thoro is tho fatal nssump
traceable to the assumption, rightly or wrongly, that these tlon that undermines the whole foundation of character.
bodies do not clve their future ministers full freedom from Indianapolis News.
tho charge of llllberallty and narrowness. There Is as
much splendid consecration as over, In tho higher altruistic
fields. If there Is a falling off among tho smaller callbered,
who look upon tho mlntstery ns a profession, it is not a
very serious matter. All evangelical churches represent, In
greater or less degree, speclllc movements and upheavals
In tho religious world. When they become conservative
nnd historic, there Is a natural dron In enthusiasm. It Is a
natural fact in the exteriors of religious evolution
Tho falling off in divinity students, to which the Pros
Daughter of Wcullliy New-Yorker
In Wife of .an Iiullan.
A daughter of one of Now York's
wealthiest and most widely known
hotel men, wearing moccasins on her
feet and a party-colored shawl over
her shoulders and carrying a papooso
strapped to her back this Is one of
the curious spectacles that will be
pointed out to tho thousands of land
stokers from all parts of the country
wlm will go to Lander, Wyo., when
the government opens tho Shoshono
Indian reservation to settlement next
spring.
It doubtless Is perfectly safe to
say that there are few white women
n the world who for mere love of
man would give up Now York for an
Indian reservation lf0 mites from a
railroad, civilization for barbarism,
wealth for poverty, silks and satins
for tho coarse apparel of a squaw,
but that Is precisely what Grace
Wetherbeo did. She did it, more
over, not for love of a white man of
her own race, but for love of an In
dian who Is now her husband and the
father of her child.
It Is a strange tale, that of this
daughter of a wealthy nnd widely
known New Yorker and her red-skin-
(d husband.
Grace Wethorbee's father was and
still is one of tho proprietors of tho
Manhattan hotel in New York City,
which, until tho Waldorf-Astoria was
built, was tho finest hotel in tlw
metropolis.
Six years ago Miss Wetherbeo came
from New York out to Fort Washakie,
eighteen miles east of Lander, to visit
WOMAN'S INHUMANITY TO WOMAN.
HE rehabilitation of the blasted reputation of
a woman, her recovery of oven tolerance in re
spectable circles, is as dlfllcult a task as was
ever undertaken. Woman's inhumanity to
woman has its most vigorous exploitation In
this particular Held. And there are few of the
women who display abhorrence and contempt
and vlndlctlvoness toward sinners of their own sex who
byterlan report alludes, la a mere passing phase that does manifest any Ill-feeling toward tho male companions of
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not disturb the general uplift. If the world grows away
from ancient creeds, there Is always a recompense in more
liberal forms of religious endeavor. Chicago Journal.
those sinners. Virtuous mothers have, in many instances,
been more than willing to marry their virtuous daughters
to men who were notorious for tho vice for which their
associates of the opposite sex were scorned by those moth-
HOW TO PUT AN END TO TRAIN ROBBERY. 0rs as the vilest of moral lepers. We are not defending
IIIO growing frequency of train robberies Is or apologizing for immorality, but would there not.be Just
r I said to have determined the olliclals of a num
I I ber of Western railways to arm their train em
It1mffict Aw rtMift imj1u t ftinlt ftti(na nn ti
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war footing. Tho number of these holdups and
the success of the robbers In getting away with
their booty have aroused railway and express
authorities to the necessity of adopting heroic measures for
protection. The shotgun, loaded with slugs, In tho hands of
a husky trainman, Is the first thing to suggest Itself
In tho days of tho frontier stage coach and parirlo
Bchooner every mall or express vehicle was guarded by
armed men. As a result holdups were confined to cases
where these precautions had boon neglected. With the ad
vent of the railway this kind of hlghwaylsm has flourished
because tho trains have not been protected. Such protee
tlon will now be given. As a rule train robberies are as
successful when committed in a well-settled region as In a
wilderness: The fact that a majority of train robberies are
successful and that the robbers get away encourages others
to engage In the desperate calling.
The plan of arming all trains carrying money and vnlua
bios may seem like a return to the days of the stage coach,
but it is likely to accomplish the desired purpose. It would
, bo cheaper to send an armed guard with each train than to
picket the entire lino of road. Railway managers are com
ing to tho conclusion that the logical method Is to arm the
as much detestation of this sin with less of malevolence
toward the sinner? And where Is the Justice of, or excuse
for, the condemnation of only one of a pair of equally
guilty sinners? Washington Post.
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PUBLIC FAULTFINDING.
HE ability to point out with dlsngreeablo clear
ness social evils and public perils is not alone
enough to entitle Justly a man to any great
amount of public esteem. Cassandras la
breeches or petticoats are of no more real ser
vice to-day than In tho heroic age, and tho mir
acle about the lady herself was not so much
that the Greeks paid no attention to hor forebodings and
warnings, but that some impatient hero who had work to
do did not wring her dismal neck.
Thoro has never been a time when our country lias
needed to have ideals of service made more fresh and
attractive, or when tho real work of the world, done by its
sane, healthy and kind-hearted workers, needed greater rec
ognltlon. It Is the good, rather than tho bad in us which
needs encouragement and exposure, and if it once finds
work to do tho bad In us will be far loss noticeable or trou
blesome. It Is a poor gardener who devotes too much time
to the weeds at the expense of the vegetables and f lowers.
Atlantic Monthly.
IN IIEH NEW 1IOMK.
AS TO DYNAMITE DANGERS.
Explosive May He IIuiuUimI Ileuk
' le.mly by ICxjierleneeil Man.
"Tho recent railway accident at liar
risburg has brought, out a vast amount
of irresponsible talk about handling
dyivanilte," said a contractor who had
purchased tons of that explosive for
blasting purposes. "The majority of
persons who talk about dynamite have
' only a vague Idea of what It Is. Dyna
' mlto is not tho dangerous substance it
'is popularly supposed to be. It may
bo handled with absolute recklessness
I by an experienced man and will not
1 detonate except under well-defined clr-
' cumstanccs. A detonation is about 1,
000 times quicker than an explosion.
Dynamite detonates. It dot-s not ex-
. plode.
i "Dyntunlto In its marketable form, In
order to fit Into drill holes, is shipped
in sticks varying from half an Inch
or two Inches In diameter and from
three Indies to one foot in length. In
the early days of its manufacture,
bofore its properties were fully under
ntoodi there wero some unaccountablo
explosions that gave dynamite u bad
mime it has never recovered from.
Time lias mado us wiser. There Is no
danger at all In children finding odds
nnd ends of dynamite thrown away by
careless workmen. A child would find
n great deal of difficulty in exploding
it. Every now nnd then we read of
Bomebody receiving a supposed infer
nal machine containing dynamite,
which is promptly Immorscd in water
beforo it is 6pened. If it was really
dynamite It would explode Just a.
readily, under proper conditions, If It
'were in twenty foot of wator.
1 "Dynamite Is nitroglycerin held In
u absorbent wood pulp, coal dust or
other material that will hold tho ex
plosive tightly. It is a powder of a
resinous nature, varying In color with
the absorbent used. The strength is
calculated by tho amount of nitrogly
cerin absorbed by rhe carrier, varying
all the way from 110 to SO per cent.
"For commercial purposes stick
dynamite Is packed In twenty-five-pound
or fifty-pound cases, with a lib
eral allowance of sawdust. It can be
freighted or stored without danger,
provided common lntelllgonco find case
be used. It Is only when Ignorant
persons attempt to experiment with
It that It becomes a powerful destroy
ing agency. In some States Its trans
portation by rail Is governed by strict
law. It should be so In every State.
In Now York and other cities Its trans
portatlon through tho streets Is regu
lated by the fire commissioner. The
police have nothing to do with it."
Buffalo Courier.
A Natural Uiiery.
A Roston citizen, while passing down
Tremont street not long ago, was hit
on tho liqad by a brick which fell from
a building In process of construction.
One of the first things ho did, after
being taken home anil put to bed was
to semi for a lawyer.
A few days later ho received word
to call, as his lawyer had settled tho
case, no called and received five crisp,
new $100 bills.
"How much did you get?" he asked.
"Two thousand dollars," answered
the lawyer.
"Two thousand, nnd you glvo mo
$500? Sav, who got hit by that brick,
j'qu or me?"
Most mon have " tho samo expert
cuco8. The only difference Is that
some men talk and somo don't
(Jrave of a lliimlile
It Is not only the aristocratic dog or
tho pampered pet of luxury which, dy
ing these days, has a tombstono rais
ed to Its memory, says the Philadel
phla Record. On the steep bank over
looking Punnypaok creek, within tho
bounds of the house of correction
grounds, Is the grave of "Joe," a dog
which was known and loved by all the
inmates of that institution.
Joe was no dog of high degree; in
fact, ho was what Is known as
board-yard dog, and he was so long a
resident of the placo whore ho died
that no one remembers how he enme
there. There Is a tradition, however,
that he first appeared thoro many
years ago, uraggien ana Avorn, as
though ho had wandered far In search
of his master, and, finding that mas
tor there, he camped on tho spot. How
ever this may be, Joe was the prison
ers' friend. Whatever had been tho
shortcomings or evil doings of the poo
pie he found thoro, ho novur assumed
any attitude of criticism or dissent
toward them, and his sunny presence
was given Impartially to tho cheerln
of many n lonely hour. Joe diod of
old ago at the house of correction In
1001, and the little grave he was
burled In is still kept green nnd bloom
lug by the Inmates, with llowers which
they got from the walks or green
houses. Tho llttlo wooden headstone
boars tho inscription, also the work
of ono of tho Inmates: "In Memory of
ur Dog, Joe. Pled Jan. 24, 1001."
Huah lo ChlcaifofT.
A big gold stampede, in which are
Included ministers, merchants, women
and Chinese, Is on nt Sitka. All are
rushing to Chicago!? Island, near Capo
luiwarus, wner rich dIscoverleB are
said to have been mado.
tlw family of J. K. Moore, who was
at that time post trader there.
At the homo of Mr. Moore Miss
Wetherbeo met Sherman Coolldgo, a
full-blooded Arapahoe Indian, who
was then and still is conducting a
little Episcopal mission at the Sho
shone reservation, a few miles from
the fort.
It Avas a case of love at first sight
of that sort ot' love that laughs at
locks and keys and defies the whole
world.
Coolldge called frequently nt the
modest homo of tho post trader to see
Miss Wetherbeo and openly and bold
ly paid court to lwr. Nor did she
discourage ills suit, as most daughters
of wealthy New York hotel men doubt
less would have done. Cantrarlwlso
she encouraged It, and wlwn, not long
after the couple first met, ho asked
her to become his wife, she promptly
and unhesitatingly consented.
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1.110 engagement was a Uriel' one
Arrangements wero promptly made
for tho nuptials. The young Indian
missionary and the daughter of the
wealthy New Yorker presented them
selves before Rev. Mr. Roberts, who
was conducting a llttlo mission at the
Shoshono reservation and requested
him to make them husband and wife
lie declined to perform the marriage
ceremony. Nothing daunted, tho Iov
ers thereupon set out by stage for
Casper, nearly 200 miles distant from
the fort, resohved to have the knot
tied there. When Mr. Roberts saw
howover, that they wero determined to
carry out their purpose to becomo
husband nnd wlfo he retented, caller
them back and performed the cere
mony at his home.
Since their marriage Mr. and Mrs
Coolldgo have lived happily together
and a child has boon born of their
union tho papooso which the mother
carries strapped to her back as squaw
carry their Infants.
Despite tho fact that sho Is th
daughter of a wealthy and cultlvat
ed Now York man, despite the fact
that she was reared amid tho refine
ments of civilization and the luxurtes
of won 1th, despite the fuct that sho
was given all tho educational and so
cial advantages that money nnd the
thoughtfulness of fond parents could
supply, Mrs. Coolldg6 hus fallen Into
many of the customs nnd beconre ad
dieted to many of tho habits of tho
red people among whom she has lived
the last six yearsv Chicago Chronicle
A belated commemoration of tho
fiftieth anniversary of the death of
Charlotte Rronte occurred u short tlino
ago, six months after tho right date,
n the rebuilt church at Ilaworth, tho
address being made by Ernest do
Scllncourt.
A Iwinlr wTilrdi T.lftlo Tli'mtm St f.n
publish deserves a paragraph becniwA
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m me great iigv ot us uutnor, mih.
Frances Alexander, who has translat
ed from the Italian the 120 mlrnclo
stories and sacred legends which mako
up "II Llbro d' Oro," is in her ninety-
third year. Mrs. Alexander's homo
s In Florence, Italy.
The Williamsons' first nnd most
famous motor-car novel, "Tho Light
ning Conductor," has gone Into the,
twenty-second edition. Now it Is to
be dramatized for Herbert Kelccy and
Eflle Shannon, who will take tho load
ing parts. Harry B. Smith Is to con
dense the varied scenes of the novel
into three acts. Of course nn auto
mobile is destined to be as essential
a part of stage outfits as a piano to
tho concert stage.
Charles II. Caflln, author of it num
ber of books and essays on art, espe
cially the art pictorial, is of. English
birth and parentage, and a grndnato
of Oxford. The Columbian exposition
drew him to this country, and ho was
associated with the decoration depart
ment of Unit great fair. Since 1807
his home has been in Now York city,
whore he Is known as art critic, lec
turer and writer. He is also the Amer
ican editor of The Studio.
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The heroine of Charles Clark Muun'c
new novel, the title of which has Just
been changed from "Chip" to "Tho
Girl from Tim's Place," and the local
ity whore the events of the story occur
are not Inventions, but are out of real
life. "Tim's Place" Is lit the wilder
ness of northori Maine, where Mr.
Munn, on u hunting trip, found a beau
tiful young" girl employed by the own
er, and very cruelly treated, being
compelled to go barefooted nnd to
wear men's cast-off clothing Instead
of the proper dress of her sex.
Herman Ileaton, of Amherst, Mass.,
Is an ardent admirer of Thackeray, as
may bo inferred from the fact that ho
has a "Thackeray corner" that Is tho
envy of his friends and fellow collec
tors. Besides a number of fine por
traits of the great novelist, ho has
about 125 volumes, some of whichJftftf
bibliographic treasures. Thoro Ivf'n
copy of the famous "Flore et Zephyr,"
picked up some years ago for a dollar,
The "Daly" copy sold for $S50, which
was not considered an exorbitant price.
"The Second Funeral of Napoleon"
wns bought two years ago for $0.50,
The copy Is flawless, with tho original
paper covers. This edition has sold
for $300. Another treasure of tho
corner Is nn autograph letter of Thack
eray's which has never been pub
lished. Mammoth Antn.
The truth-teller wns in form. "Tnlk
Ing of nnts," he said, "we've got 'em
as big as crabs out West. I guess I've
seen 'em fight with long thorns, which
they used as lances, charging each oth
er like savages."
"They do not compare to tlju ants I
saw In the East," said an lnoffenslvo
Individual near by. "Tho -natives have
trained them ns beasts of burden. One
of 'em could trail a ton for miles with
ease. They worked willingly, but oc
casionally they turned on their attend
ants and killed them."
But this was drawing tho long-bow
a little too far.
"I say, old chap," said a shocked
voice from the corner, "what sort of
ants were they?"
"Elephants," said tho quiet man.
Dear to IIIh Heart.
"Will you have another helping?"
asked the neighbor. "You seem very
fond of our chicken."
"And why shouldn't I be," respond
ed Suburbman, who had been Invited
to dinner, "when I can detect tho fla
vor of our flowers in every morsel?"
Detroit Tribune.
What He Wants Most.
"I suppose you are one of the peoplo
who long for old-fashioned home cook
ing?" "No," answered Mr. Cumrox, "I
don't deceive myself. What I long
for Is the kind of stomach I used .to
have when I was young nnd llvciV4j(fa
homo." Washington Star.
Disapproved.
Mamma Why don't you play with
Johnny Jones?
Tommy ne shoots craps for money.
Mamma My dear child! And you
don't think that's nlco, do you?
Tommy Naw; ho always wins ey
cry thing I got. Cleveland Leader.
The Much-Unmarried Woman.
"What a pretty woman? Is sho un
married?" "Oh, yes three times." Oloveland
Leudftc,