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HIM ! GOOD Short Q lories! Iiniiniiinminiimi According to one account of tae Par- 1 '.er telegram, it made Senator Till- ; nan "so agila'.ed tkat he almost Tied." When hi Virginia colleague ; aeeougbt him to be calm, be replied: : 'I alwari think the best. Senator Ian J, when I arn greatly excited." The old gentleman had just stepped alto the crowded car, aad bad aeei- lentally trodden on Algy 'iut raid's t loot "Confound you, you careless old j mJTawl" cried Algy; "you've erushrsi ay foot to a Jeliy. "Ah" said the rid man. calmly, 'Yalfs-foot Jelly, I ruppoae" The late MUs Julia Moore (Sir John tfoore's niece), like many very old peo ple, wai extremely proud of her age. ind lost no opportunity of showing t When she wn asked by a friend t ahe was going to see the king's cor onation, she answered: "No. I hare eeu out of London for the last tare toronation.i, and I don't care to alter ny record," What an exaltation one Dust feel at being able to say a thing Ike that! ''Economy, said Governor Chatter ion, of Wyoming, "is always admlra ie. A Cheyenne hatter, though, was llsgusted the other day with the eeo tomlca! spirit of a visitor to his shop. This visitor, a tall man with gray tutir, entered with a soft felt hat, wrapped In paper. In his baud. 'How ccuch will it cost,' be sId, 'to dye this lat gray, to match ray hair? 'About a lollar,' the hatter answered. The tall nan wrapped the hat up cigala. 'I won't pay it, he said; 'I can get my lair dyed to match the hat for a luarter.' " As an illustration of carrying mlli saxy discipline too far, this story Is ld by General Nelson A. Miles: There was a colonel who, In the tuid iie of a campaign, was seized with i sudden ardor about hygiene. He or lered that all his men change their shirt at once. This order was duly sarried out, except in the caw of one fompany where the private' ward robes had been pitiably depleted. The raptain of this company wa Informed that none of the men could change their shirts, since they had only one apiece. The colonel hesitated a mo ment, and said, firmly: 'Orders must be obeyed. Let the men change shirt with each other.'" Dr. Edward Waldo Emerson, of Con tord. Is fond of telling of an oid serv ant whose heart was exceedingly kind, and in whom the qualities of pity and compassion were developed nearly to perfection. He was once driving hi master and Emerson through the coun try. A they approached a new bouse that the master was building, they saw an old woman sneaking away with bundle of wood. "Jabez, Jabez," cried the master; "do you see that old wom an taking my wood 7" Jabez looked with pity at the old woman, then with corn at his master. "No, sir," he aid, stoutly, "I don't see her; ami, Mrttaf mnM f itiltn't think tilflt VAI1 would aee her, either." Judge Jonathan Dixon, of the Su preme Court of New Jersey, has a habit, well known to old practitioner before him, of asking three questions of counsel arguing at the bar. The first one Is usually simple, and the lawyer answers It carelessly; the sec ond one is a little more drastic, and the respondent replies with trembling uncertainty; the third Ls bound to be a poser fraught with humiliation. On one occasion Richard V. Ltndabury, of Newark, was presenting a case to the court of errors, and when the first question was Innocently propounded he aid: "1 don't know." "Don't know!" cried the Judge; "why - don't you know?" "Because I haven't heard the ther two questions," said the wily ad vocate. TO INSURE LONG LIFE. Ubcrian Now Visiting; in London Has a Mysterious 1'la.nt. In one of the smaller hotels In the jelgliborliocd of Charing Cross there 1 residing a young Llberiao, who has ;om to London for the purpose of ex hibf'ing (and selling) to the curious the mysteries of a plant which, he claims. Insures long life to those who possesss one of its leaved, says the Loudoii Chronicle. Hi name is Gomita, and on Satur day be told one of our representative that be was of royal blood, lu proof of which he showed his passport. "I have come to London direct from my home In Liberia, as I have beard that the British in all parts of the world want to live long. Out on the treat coast of Africa there Is a plant tM mysterious virtue of which are known only to those who bare royal Mood In their reina." The secrets of tOm plant he said, were remarkable, at1 ho explained some of them at a Ulnf hold at the Cavendish rooms, Earti&ior street "Tour mil," be continued, "denotes tjBt yea disbelieve my statement but aa aesare you that the plant pov ' zM thorn qualities which I state. ; T 9 hav been proved. Moreover. -J are regaraea as ma anomsuing J Ot greatert anxiety ha be-n ZT r foreign travelers to possess 4 f TM Hm went " been well M professional hot 1 tmfj discover the riant. In .CZZ2 tcy reyal Meed, bad to i r r fcsSan 1 eras leM what It-ltapay heavily far it Jt) tl stw f?wO. and leaves Swal'uw ofj of these leave aad ou may be certain of adding from tea to twenty years to your life. If you rub one on a wound you are Imme diately healed And when one is placed in a coffiu t2e d-ad body d-)e ijt decay, but Is preserved. Indeed, in I-il-erin the ctftrts of the great tifn ail contain these leave, as we find thi is twtter tkin tie oid EgjpUaa Uie!hd of eiLrialmlng" The Llberiaa talked on he speak English very we;; for several min ute, until I askel him the cost of one of tiie pl.aiu. "I could not sell a plant, but a leaf would t aRyhre from to IX), and it would be cheap at that price. I supjost I shall hare w:iif dittii-u'ty in convincing Londoners, but prolb!y a few will l:stt-n to me at my Ui'-ttiiig, aud will not be unwilling to test my statements. It does not follow because you In Ixiu.lon hv- I reached high a standard of civili sation and knowledge tiiat ail nature's secrets hare been dl -losiJ to you." Gomita rose from tje table at which we had ben sitiing and put forward his hand for nie to shake as a inu! that he did not wish to proceed fur ther with the conversation. "Jut one word more," I said. "Will you tell me the name of the plant?" "Xo." said Guujlta. "It ls a secret known in Liberia only to the few." 13 IT RUDIMENTARY INSTINCT? Why Home People cek Chairs Net to the Wall. 'Why is It," asked the elderly man with tbe contemplative air, "that we lntinctlveiy choose the tables and chairs next to a wall In a restaurant? Why are the tables In the center of the room always the last taken?" "Don't know; never thought of it," responded his companion. "But I'M bet you have a theory to account foi' It" The elderly man smiled knowingly, and continued: "You will notice that the comet seats are always taken first. It's the same In street cars or railroad coaches. Every uiau or woman instinctively takes to a corner and screws his or her neck back Into It. Have you no ticed, too, that when passing people along a wall you always edge Inward If you possibly can? "Why ls it? Simply Instinct an In stinct the origin of which dates back to prehistoric times, when meu had not yet learned the use of metal weapons. It Is the Instinct we Inherit from our cave-dwelling ancestors, who had only clubs with which to defend them selves. Instinct N only an unconscious disposition to make use of previous experiences. "When the prehistoric man wanted to eat his meal in peace he huddled Into some cranny in a cliff or against the side of a big rock. In that position be felt secure, for nothing could at tack him from the rear and he could observe everytu'ng- that approached his way. It must have taken ages of experience to have bred that instinct so deeply within us, for even now, when cave bears and mastodons do not frequent our eating resorts, we prefer walls, and especially corners, every time. "I suppose, too, that' why men nat urally walk on the outward side of women along sidewalks. In case a winged Ichthyosaurus should swoop down upon them he could bang her over against the shop window and stand off the beast. "It Is another rudimentary Instinct which has survived the need of it. Man Instinctively protected woman by hav ing a cliff on one side of her and him self on the other, and to this day sh expects It" The Assyrian Dead. It Is a curious fact that In Assyri the ruins speak to us only of the liv lug, and that of the dead there are nt traces whatever, says Ragosnl' "Stofj of Chaldea." One might think peopU never died there at alL Yet It Is well known that all nations have bestowed as much care on the interment of theli dead and the adornment of their lasl resting place as on the construction of their dwellings nay, some even more,! for instance, the Egyptians. To thsi loving veneration for the dead historj owes half Us discoveries; indeed, we should have slraost no reliable infor mation at all on the very oldest races, who lived before the Invention of writ in, were it not for their tombs and the things we find In them. It Is very strange, therefore, that nothing of the kind should be found In Assyria, a country which stood high in culture. For the sepulchres which are found In such numbers In miim mounds, down to a certain depth, be long to later raees, mostly even to the modem Turks and Arabs. This pe culiarity is so puzzling that scholar! almost Incline to suppose that the As syrlan either made away with thelt dead In some manner unknown to nt or else took them somewhere to bury The latter conjecture, though not en tirely devoid of foundation. Is unsup ported by any positive fact, and there fore was never seriously discussed The question Is simply left open tintl something happens to shed light on It Beainnln and Knd. Singleton So you wera married by a justice of the pece. eh? Wedderly (sadly) Te; but thai lnt the worst of It Singleton We 1. come on with the i rest of your sad story. I Wcddery Tb Justice forest Id ' Ik. I' rmt a ml 1 t ru eft vkn n fit svl ' with my matrimonial experience. Vo'ooity at m Wind. At tbe height of one mile tbe art-1 warn velocity of the triad la few tfajag aa watt aft C GroU Focr uf Women. This international ewniliiat'e T womeu brings a itew power Into world politics. Though as yet not fully rec ognized as a political force, even In their respective countries, they are that force none the les, and make It felt in ixore wajs than one. The 'iu Caetice" of women is lot denied: In deed It is urged by those who would deny them rjy more direct expres sion; but th! liiflueiH-e i by no means wholly gd. Wbile altogether per sonal In her activities, limited in smb! tion snd responsibility to the domes tic circle exclusively, the woman could bring to imlilic s3air only a narrow and rwtctiocary i-li,-y; but these worn - en of to-day lesrning by personal ex perience the conditions of the outside world, learning by travel and contact the great lesson of our age. tbe unity of social life bring to the considera tion of our common affairs a new spir it and a new power. So long at the mothers of the world give to tUeir chil dren only the Intensely personal senti ments of the primitive home, no social advance of the father can wholly coun teract their heavy influence. He, grow ing and broadening In an ever wider contact with humanity, may transmit to the child the racial advance; but she, In ber immovable position, stead ily restocks the Infant mind with our oldest prejudices and strengthens anew that ancleut egoism which Is the strongest barrier to social progress. In this new life, this broad human itarian work, we sre bui!ti:iig a new motherhood of immense advantage to the world. It is not only in direct physical heredity that this is felt for our young girls are naturally not the ones who form Interna Uoual c-ouueils but In the broader social heredity, which works far more rapidly. Char lotte Perkins Gilman lu Itooklovers Magazine. I'raiM of Homely Women. I'rste n t of pretty girls t trie Of rnVy lips snd dresray eyes, rb:it besuty e!int cease to b An ever fresh ami sweet surprise; ( car not too' ber face lie fair And framed iu a wreath of curls For pmty maids I do not care; I sing tU praise f homely girli. I sins of her whose ne is pug. Though even to the si-ie 'tis tipped. Whose figure, like old Omar's jug Which mourued the putter's hand bad slipped; And y you that she squints a hit? What (si.li? And in ber speaking halts? Nay. girls who squint possess the w-lt To squint a man's most glaring faults. A dainty, slender foist, no doubt. Is pleasing, when all's aaid snd dous. But husbands later find it out That larger feet sre best to run Their little errands, fetch their sIkmm When home they come at day's demise, For dainty feet possess no wings Big-footed girls are for the wise. The pearly, peach blow cheek has fears Les cooking spoils its lovely tint. Cerulean eyes dare shed no tears, Or hiiw of sympathy hint; The hand of Venus smooths no brow. Unless It be a duke's or earl's And so when you would choose a frsu LV not neglect the homely girls. William Wallace Whitelock in Phila delphia Press. England's First Woman Preacher. Miss Gertrude von Petzold enjoys the distinction of being the first wom an In England to be called to a pulpit in ttiat country. Hecently she ac cepted the charge of the Unitarian Church In Leices ter, situated on the Marlborough roud the first Unitarian church In point cf time In England and one whose nietnlwrs are conservative and wealthy. Miss UleM VOX I'lLlilLU Petzold Is a gifted speaker and has re ceived sn advanced education. She has been devoted to church work since she was a small girl and possesses a cha ruing personality. Great opposi tion developed to her when her name was first coupled with the pastorate of the church. The contemplated chnnge was wholly without precedent and although the fact that women were no longer an experiment in the United States was brought home to the congregation the conservative ele ment was hard to rout Different War of Reatlnar. I bold. In theory, that every woman hould lie down every afternoon and relax, taking an hour's Interval of en tire repose, not even thinking of any thing that taxes ber, and thus repair ing tbe waste place of her life after a busy morning. This la my theory, firmly held and warmly recommended to you. Let me whisper, In strict con fidence, that Oil I not a thing I ever do myself. To take nap In the day time would be for me one of the Im possibilities, and tbe mere suggestion I enough to keep me wide awake. My preference I a rocking-chair and footstool and a blight abort story In tbe half-hour after tbe midday meat A neighbor of mine baa always a white shawl on hand, and knits when be wants to relax. I could not tell jom bow many white shawls tbl lady baa made and given away, bat ibe I M proficient la their maaafacttirt that golf bae as atrtoasatea. Thi p-'l-i" is i-T (-JaliVr. slid she would j i't forego it on any account. Certain tuen smoug my friend say that a Usy's fihii1g rests them to an e.eLt tUt nothing ee d--es, snd they atf.nii tint the ret is la the fisliitig. not In the catch. I tbUik, as I am ure you do, that evt rjbody who 1 buy and most of us women are must have an occasional rest. Ktue of u get it, if we are no-iat-le so'l'. in the borres of our frletids ,r la little ex cursions al.n.ad; some of u J.ever really ret neej-t In our own leds. and we hate to leave home even for a niiflit Which of u can di tats to tbe oilier? Your road to A ready ) and mine may lead acr: dlJTerent rivers, aiid through d. verse valleys. It dx'S uot n . -i'ter much. If w e reach our goal, by what route we make the Jour ney. Margaret K. Kangster In the Wo man's Home Companion. Too much fixsi and too little nour ishment is d!i;g a great deal of harm to many little ones. For Infants who must be "bottled," milk diluted with barley water, a grain of salt and a pinch of sugar added, given lukewarm from an absolutely clean bottle aud nipple every two hours (never oftenert, is. I consliier. perfect food, and a fat. Jolly baby will result But com mon sense must be used. A mother can soon tell whether her baby cries frmn hunger or from overfeeding. I'oti't ask any one; Judge for yourself. For children the simpler the meals, the fewer sw eets, candies and unneces sarles. the better. For breakfast In the summer give them bread and butter, milk, sliced tomatoes or any fresh fruit but oranges, which would not agree with milk. Pineapple ls Indigestible, though the Juice la good. In winter give porridge, and be sure It ls well boiled and that too much su gar Is not added. The porridge may be made from oat meal, rolled wheat cracked wheat hominy, corn Tieal, bread and milk or sliced bat anas (no purgative medicine Is ever needed If fruit be given In mornings when nec essary). On Sunday an egg, jwached or boiled. For dinner give any meat but pork, soup or fish, all vegetable (except corn), a plain pudding, no pie or boiled paste. For tea give bread and butter, milk or cocoa, occasionally preserve, maple syrup, rhubarb or honey. The more moderation ls exercised in eating, the better. The food should be plain.good and appetizing, and the chil dren should be given all they want If children's appetites are not spoiled by sweets they will enjoy everything put before them. Woman's Home Companion. Health and Beauty Hints. If you would stay young associate a great deal with young people; take a lively Interest In their hopes and am bitions, and enter into their sports with enthusiasm. German medical Journals are recom mending as a remedy for appendicitis walking on all-fours twenty minute four time a day. The exercise strengthens the abdominal niUHcles. Nose corsets In three sizes have been Introduced In France. By means of this Ingenious contrivance women, It Is claimed, may gradually change the shape of their noses, the most deter mined snub being converted into a graceful aquiline. For a double chin massage up and down along the cheeks and sides of the face, down along tbe Jaw, horizontally on the side of the neck and back and forth under the chin. Ten minutes' vigorous massage twro or three time a day will often produce In a fort night a remarkable result Once a week the teeth should be cleaned with the finest pumice stone. Take a little of the very finely pow. dered pumice and place It on the tooth brush. Brash the teeth lightly and remember that while pumice Is good in its way It will take off the enamel if used too vigorously. Woman Who Often Wonders Why. She will alt In a draught In a low necked gown with her arms and shoul der bare. But he will go out on the hottest afternoon with her head and neck tied up In a thick chiffon veil. Khe will forget to pay a bill of 5 for month. But she will make herself conspicuous In a street car squabbling to pay for her friend a 5-cent piece which she doesn't owe. She will wear a skirt about six Inches longer than It ought to be for walking. But she will bold It up about six inches higher than any walking skirt that ever was made. 8be la up In arms when she aero a hre whipped. But the will drag a poor little dog on a shopping bout that would enfeeble a good -sized man. Kbe hi a will that bo power on earth ihki.i; i oiim of I jiim: Cr Her. Ohm St off . ,il res:ste:h t-'ie proud and giveth trail- to the hUiiible . I. P'-ter, V. 5. There ure three distinct furms under which "I't.-le" ciiiiuii'cily displays It- I self pride of birth, pride of intellect, 1 j-tide of rl In s. j We naturally would suppose that 'j riile of birth'- would lie confined to sii. li countries a:id pi ices lis are under tlie dniiiiiiioti of klngi and emperors, w here nubility of birth carries with it the added dignity uf place and power. But such is nut tli" , f'T e may find It as clearly deiiin-1 and as strong ly developed in de:mrjtic America as In the effete monarchies of the old w orld. We frequently meet with people of meager attainments, brusque manners and vulgar bearings, !" et lire lUiod with liHUgtity assiinnice. pn.fcssiiM to lie descended from lllu-lrloiis ances tors. And bow sad. oMeii. Is the con trast bctni-eu the profession and Hie hisignilicalit Individual who makes It. Unless such claims have the support of unusual grace, g,Hlness and virtue, they are more foolish and absurd than those of the forlorn old woinun of whom Hawthorne writes, whose sole title to g'-iitlllty consisted in a few rusty silk dresses and her recollection of having formerly thrummed a harpsi chord, danced a minuet and worked an antique lapestry Mitch on her sampler. If the knowledge of gentle birth lm pels men to Imitate noble deeds of hon orable ancestors to uphold virtue nnd triumph over vice then, assuredly. Its power need not be Ignored. Hut unless this Is the case it ls far better to be honi-st, upright and Christian, with out any certain knowledge of one's parentage, tlinn, while having the blu est of blood, to lie boastful. Indolent and can-less of the rights of our fellow iiicn. Next tin-re ls "pride of Intellect." An active and vigorous brain Is a splendid endowment. Whoever adds to the world's treasury of wisdom Is worthy of honor, but to look down upon our Associates because of such mental en dowment ls a proof of weakness and uuist be obnoxious to the Almighty. Ict the wisest man compare the knowledge he has attained wtth that which still lies lieyond his grasp or even his comprehension and he will be forced to confess himself Icuorant and 111 Informed. Complete kuoniclgu Is unattainable by any human being. Why. then, should anyone be proud? Tbe temple of the great goddess Nelth, at Hals, In lower Egypt, was once the center of wisdom for Greece, whose foremost men In the early days went thither for their training, and upon her veiled Image was this slg nlticaiit Inscription: "I am nil that was, that Is and that ls to be, and my veil hag been lifted by no man." Another form of pride arises from the possession of riches. This Is one of the most glaring, offensive and con temptible of all the exhibitions which pride makes of Itself. It shows Itself most frequently in the desire to assume great state and dignity. It ls even happy If It can arouse Jealousy. To have many houses, to ride out In gran deur, to wear fine clothe, to fare sumptuously, to own a yacht, a private tar, to command an army of servants, to outdo one's ncighlHirs surely t.ns doe not seem like a very high ambi tion, yet It Invariably fosters pride. There undoubtedly are rich persons who are an honor and an ornament to society, who are liberal, conscientious, thoughtful nnd beneficent; but there dtp others who care only for their own pleasures and prominence avaricious to the last degree, utterly inconsider ate of their fellow men. their Joys, sor rows or sufferings. You recti!! the Ittchlcnt narrated, to illustrate tbe condition of society h. France before the awful revolution, and which produced that catastrophe. An aristocrat, whose carriage Un crushed the life out of a child, stopped his hor.se for a moment, tossed a gold coin to the father of the dead -liilU and drove on. But the coin was flung nftpr his carriage, and rang upon u, floor. "Hold the horses," er,.( the firistocnit "Who threw that?' There being no answer, he shouted: "You dogs, I would rido over any of you very willingly and exterminate you from the earth." Possibly this Incident will recnll some of the accidents that occur In our city. Certain it is that some among our rich are lx-enmlng scornful and overbearing. They should take hwd. "Bride goefh before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.' A PROPHET OP VfCXGKtSCK. Br er. Crrlm . Senas. Of late year the majority of critics have denied to the book of Jonah a pluce among the historical lxoks of the Bible. But It must be rciiiembere 1 that Jettus, the highest critic, explicit ly asserted the personal existence, ml rucnlous fate and prophetical oitlee of Jonah. And with n great body of Christian tbl I sufficient to settle the matter. But tbe vital question la dealing with this fragment of early literature la te discover what was the purpose i.f Its author In writing such a book. It should I noted that Jonah lived ut a time w lien his union was taking i,-teiifc-e usB one f her great ene mies. Joriiib Is. therefore, a prophet of vengeance. To an abet) nation Jonah was sent He pre.-i'"hed vengeance snd destnjiv tion. Tbe people listened, repented iind were pardoned and spared. The I lain pnrpos Is this: G'sl was teach ing Jonah and his people that to the. gentile alwii was granted repentance unto life. The hk teaches the lu finite love of God In cwntrast to Ui narrow selfishness of man. MKIM.VU IF f.M KltHAMBM. Br Hn. jQtpt a. To say that God ls our father snd jet to affirm thst be will even ceas to love bis children or that h" will doom them to hopeless evil or sweep them out of existence Is to use wori in hii uuwrranla)la sense. A hu man parentage stands for sympathy, forgiveness, loving, if sometimes se iitp, discipline, aud a care that never, changes, mi divine fatherhood means the saii.e thing. Ibis Is confirmed by the chiiriK ler of ( hi-vd. 'He that hath si-en me hath m-cii the father,' said Je siis. and what do we see In him? A sympathy that btougbt hliu to the hap py and festive scenes of human llfs : 1 1 , 1 1 a love so disinterested and death less, even for the unworthy, that It led him to pray lu his dying womenta, Father, forgive them" This Is our standard and lnterpro tatioii of divine fatherhood, Moro over, this relation i universal and im partial. Now. what are the Influences of thi great afllruiutlon of the divine father IiismI? One only I ran mention here, and that Is that we are all brethren, the w hite, the black, the bond and th free, the capitalist and the laborer, all brethren, and should live with each other Hud treat each other as brother. Think of the Influence of this faith, if earnestly cherished by all uieu! Ths Indian question, the race prejudice of the Hon the lulmr war, the persecu tions of the Jews In Christian" Hus sla these and a thousand other rela tions of the human family would all be happily solved If we only really be lieved that Gsl Is the universal, tin changing father of humanity, and had the courage of our convictions. I'KAUIi OF UltKAT I'KK K r Her. bur Woolen "The Kingdom of heaven Is like untl n merchantman seeking goodly erls w ho. when he bad found one carl ol great price went and sold all that b hud aud bought it." It ought to come with force to thlj practical age that the kingdom ol heaven Is, by Christ's own testimony, like unto a merchantman. It Is not like the dreamer or the poet ouly, bul like the man of business tbe prudent, sagacious, practical man. tbe man ol energy and of action, the man wbt keeps his book and carefully lays bli plan. This parable Is as true to the life ol our time ns to that of 1W) years ago Our age bus been variously character led as the ago of silver, gold, stmiis and electricity. There la one word li Ibis parable which, I believe, describe the present ago more clearly than an) other word In the KngtUh language It Is the word "seeking." There nevei was a time when men were seeking Intently, so widely and variedly at now. And like the merchantman ol the parable It Is "goislly pearls" fol which they seek. We are all seeker) In preaching, lu business. In thinking In literature, music aud art every where we ore seeking for pearls c-l the greatest worth. I From the Christian's viewpoint ther Is but one star, the "star of Ifethlet Beth lot gulJc j gdom of hem." and Jesus would have us ; by that. He declared the klngd God to be the pearl of great price ",eek first the kingdom of God." Thi kingdom of God for you and me u Cbrlsthness here, now, yonder ant forever. -eotHt oo I SEMtOSCTTES I """ee ef t itvlf tf fsf I'ublic Opinion. -i'ublie opinion It the. main Is not intellectually nor cthl c-.ily unsound. It Is enforced by thi honesty common t Christian communi ties, and Its record show It to lie I slo-w but a sure remedy for these evlli of grasping monopoly and the selfish lies hidden behind legaj quibbles. Ilev. 8. P. Gadiuan, Congregationalism Brooklyn, N. Y. The Gospel of Joy. Tbe gospel ol Christ Is one of Joy. There ore Mm straight-laced, pious people who malil one uncomfortable. We don't want ts put Into your life anything Ilka that I,!fe 1 full of sacrifice. There is ds trolley car to eminence. Cut your selves off from anything that would hamper your growth In tbe Chrlstlsl life. Bev. William Bom, Congrega tionnllst, Boston, alas. Consecration. A man la a Chrlstlat In nothing unless be I a Christian 11 everything. Consecration I our nam! for some bowing oT the head or rno tuent of slleut prayer. Consecrallom Cease to pray for Itl '''here I no uct thing! It la a mere word; and a wore I a breath. Make It concrete, Con secrete hand; a voice; a pocket; I day that ts the Christian program. Iter. N. li. Waters, CouaregaUoaauat Hroetlva. m. T.