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COUMBUS JOURNAL A nocKwau MMAtKA EPITOME OF EVENTS PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO MANY 8UBJECTS. JIBE BRIEF BUT INTERESTING Record of What is Going en In Con gress, In Washington and la the Political Field. Washington. A press dispatch from Washington announced that John D. Rockefeller toad abandoned the idea of securing a national charter for his proposed foundation. Starr J. Murphy, per sonal counsel for Mr. Rockefeller, and speaking for the Standard Oil president, said the statement was en tirely without foundation. Mr. Mur phy also said that Mr. Rockefeller had nothing to do with the "Economic and General Foundation," for which a charter Is being sought from the New York legislature for "an aged man of wealth," said to have $2,500, 000 to spend on charity. A daughter was born to Senator and Mrs. Beveridge. This is the sec ond birth in the senator's family Eince his second marriage. The first child is a son, 20 months old. The rural delivery service and the star route service of the postofllce de partment are to be consolidated and the combined service is to be known as the division of rural mails. The order will take effect on July first The new division will have immedi ate supervision over annual appro priations aggregating close to $50, 000.000. Three young "West Point cadets will have a fair chance to break Pe destrian Weston's record, as the pen alty for hazing fourth-class men. un der the terms of an order issued by the superintendent of the military academy. Had it not been for the special act of congress, authorizing the secretary of war to dispose of their cases fh accordance with the new regulations, they would have been expelled from the academy. Rear Admiral Philip Hichborn. U. S. N., retired, died at his home here at the age of seventy-one. Tbe ad miraj had been sick for the past two months, suffering from artorlal soler osis. The Interests of forty-seven rail roads west of Chicago and of their engineers and firemen now hinge up on the selection of a third arbitrator by Chairman Knapp of the interstate commerce commission and Commis sioner Neill of the bureau of labor, the mediators under the Erdman act In labor controversies involving inter state commerce. Through the medi ation of Messrs. Knapp and Neill. the railroads and their employes were brought together on a number of points and have decided to arbitrate the question on which they were dead locked. Genera. President Taft ended a two days Btay In Pittsburg with a speech at the Grant day dinner of the Amer leus club in which he dealt almost wholly with the foreign affairs of the nation. Government experts on the hog cholera cure will probably be detailed to the school at Lincoln. Charles Katz. who was found guilty of larceny by a jury in the supreme court of New York, was sentenced to serve an indeterminate term in the penitentiary. Weston, the pedestrian, arrived in New York ahead of time in bis ocean to ocean walk. Within three hours after the sub scription books had been opened in San Francisco at the local stock ex change. $4.0S9.000 of the stock of the Panama-Pacific International exposi tion to be held in San Francisco in 2915 was subscribed. In a protest to congress the Iowa railroad commission asks that the provision of the Taft railroad bill, which exempts from operation of the bill state rates applying between points wholly within the state, be re tained. The supreme court of Missouri de nied a motion for a rehearing of R. J. House of the Kansas City Board of Trade, who was arrested on a charge of violating the law requiring grain to be sold by actual weight. John W. Kern was endorsed for the senate by the Indiana state demo cratic convention. Much of the $100,000 left by the late Thomas F. Walsh to be distributed by his wife will go to the relatives and old-time friends in Colorado. A Japanese spy, who was caught sketching a fort at the entrance to Hongkong harbor, was sentenced to imprisonment. Harry K. Thaw, who killed Stan ford White, must remain in the Mat teawan insane asylum. The appellate division of the supreme court in Brooklyn handed down a decision to the effect that Matteawan is the proper place for Thaw. Thomas Bailey, said by the police to be one of the three safe blowers who robbed the National Bank of Chatworth. 111., of $9,000 on February 15, was arrested in Chicago. No amendments of any character were placed on the postofflce appro priation bill by the senate committee which ordered the bills reported. ' Andre Cushing & Co.. one of largest manufacturing concerns Canada, has failed. Liabilities the in are said to be $250,000. Mr. Byran. it is stated, will help In the Missouri prohibition campaign when it Is fully on. Dr. Elibu B. Thomas. S3 years old. father of Augustus Thomas, the play wright, died at his home at St Louis. Monday. The late cold weather wrought great damaee to fruit prospects. Though having lost one large for tune. Mark Twain dleS worth a mil At a meeting of the trustees of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, it was decided to hold the next convention in Louis ville. Ky. The session closed with a banquet Ten millions of dollars is the amount Postmaster General Hitch cock expects to save during this fis cal year in the operating expenses of the Postofflce department. The funeral of the late BJornstjeren Bjornson, the Norwegian writer, who died recently in Paris was held at Christinia with imposing ceremonies. It was attended by the. king and queen. Steel. Miller ft Co.. a spot cotton firm with headquarters at Corinth, Miss., and branches at Columbus and other towns throughout East Missis sippi, went into bankruptcy. So badly slashed is the senate rail road bill that its final passage by both houses Is a matter of doubt San Antonio secret service asrents have in their possession a number oi counterfeit United States $5 gold pieces believed to have been made in Mexico. Six indictments were handed down by the special grand Jury of which John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Is the fore man, which has been investigating the "white slave" traffic In New York. Freight tariffs showing considerable increases over the present rates from western territory to the Atlantic sea board will be filed with the Interstate commerce commission to become ef fective on June 1. John Quincy Adams Ward, one of America's greatest sculptors, died at his home In New York. A Nicaraugua citizen has written the American consul that cruelties are being practiced in Nicaragua. The directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad company declared the regu lar quarterly dividend of 1 per cent The Chicago Freight Handlers' un ion, with a membership of 2.000, has sent an ultimatum to eighteen rail roads entering the city. B. P. Waggener has been made gen eral solicitor of the Missouri Pacific Railroad company for Kansas, Ne braska and Colorado, with headquar ters at Atchison. Kan. William H. Burret one of the big gest and heaviest men in the world, died at Locust Valley, N. Y. He weighed 5C8 pounds. Six indictments were handed down by the special grand jury of which John D. Rockefeller. Jr., is the fore- man; which has been investigating the "white slave" traffic. Non-residents can maintain suits for divorce in the state of Kansas if the person against whom the action is brought can be served in the state. Mr. Bryan says his poll of legisla tors shows the initiative and referen dum would pass the Nebraska house without difficulty. The national party prohibition con vention may be held in Des Moines in 1912. The election contests involving the seats of Representatives Joseph F. O'Connell of Massachusetts and Al bert Estopinal of Louisiana, both democrats, were concluded by house committees. Diamonds, jewelry and money to the value of $6,000 were stolen in Reno. New. from the apartments of Miss Fa Packer, formerly a New York actress. In the death of Bjornstjerne Bjorn son Norway has lost her greatest distinctive Norwegian writer. Mr. Roosevelt was praised in the superlative by heads of the munici pality of Paris. Senator Hale denied that fear of defeat prompted his announcement of coming retirement from the senate. A question before the Nebraska supreme court Is, has a city or town the right to hay cut by a citizen from its streets. Indiana democrats, in state conven tion, endorsed John W. Kern for United States senator. The prohibition county convention In Nashville endorsed William J. Bryan of Nebraska for president, despite the fact that some of the dele gates were skeptical as to whether he would consent to run under their banner. The stockholders of the Chesapeake & Ohio, in a special session at Rich mond, Va., authorized an increase of capital stock to $100,000,000. Rev. Henry H. Jessup. a widely known missionary and author, died at Beirut, Syria. The Erie railway wage difficulties with its firemen has been adjusted. The men get an advance of 8 per cent. Personal. Secretary Ballinger says he has no intention of resigning. Secretary Wilson, in a talk tc farmers gave his theories on causes of the high cost of living. A suggestion has been made to Congressman Hinshaw that he make the race for governor of Nebraska. Representative Harrison demanded light on New York customs house frauds. Senator Brown has asked the su preme court for a rehearing In the Nebraska elevator case. House democrats will not assist the insurgents in ousting Cannon. Samuel Gompers pleads for a union of farmers and organized labor. The senate confirmed the nomina tion of Governor Hughes as a justice of the supreme court. Senator Burkett is trying to ar range a visit of West Point cadets to Omaha the coming fall. Colonel Roosevelt is said to have written a letter endorsing the ad ministration of President Taft. In an address at New York. Attor ney General Wlckersham criticised the insurgent members of congress. Edward Payson Weston finished his ocean-to-ocean walk at the city hall of New York eleven days ahead of time. Secretary Ballinger testified in his own defense before the congressional committee. Commander Robert E. Peary has accepted an invitation to appear be fore the Royal Geographical soclet) of Antwerp. Richard L. Metcalfe argues for a srecial session of the Nebraska legis lature to pass the initiative and refer endum. ROOSEVELT SPEAKS BEFORE NOBEL PRIZE COMMITTEE Lecture on 'International Peace" Is Delivered - in Christiania Ways in Which the Cause May Be Advanced Are Set Christiania. "International Peace" was the fitting topic selected by CoL Theodore Roosevelt for his lecture be fore the Nobel prize committee, which was delivered here Thursday. A large and distinguished audience listened to the man to whom was awarded the Nobel peace prize for bringing about peace between Japan and Russia. Mr. Roosevelt said: It Is with peculiar pleasure that I stand here today to express the deep appreciation I feel of the high honor conferred uroii me by the presenta tion of the Nrbel peace prize. The gold medal which formed part of the prize I shall always kep, and I shall hand it on to my children as a precious heirloom. The sum of money provided as part of the prize by the wise gen erosity of the illustrious founder of this world-famous prize system, I did not, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, feel a liberty to keep. I think it eminently just and proper that In most cases the recipient of the prize should keep for his own use the prize in its entirety. But in this case, while I did not act officially as president of the United States, it was nevertheless only because I was pres ident that I was enabled to act at all; and I felt that the money must be considered as having been given me In trust for the United States. I there fore used It as a Nucleus for a founda tion to forward the cause of indus trial peace, as being well within the general purpose of your committee; for in our complex Industrial civiliza tion of today the peace of righteous ness and justice, the only kind of peace wortn navmg, is at least as necessary in the industrial world as it is among nations. There is at least as much need to curb the cruel greed and arrogance of part of the world of capital, to curb the cruel greed and violence of part of the world of labor, as to check a cruel and unhealthy militarism in interna tional relationships. When Peace May Be Evil. We must ever bear in mind that the great end in view is righteousness, justice as between man and man, na tion and nation, the chance to lead our lives on a somewhat higher level, with a broader spirit of brotherly good will one for another. Peace is gen erally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy. We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life; but we despise no less the coward and the voluptu ary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight rather than submit to Infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong. No nation de serves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heart less and all-absorbing commercialism, to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft effortless ease, or to the deifica tion of a warped and twisted senti mentality. Moreover, and above all, let us re member that words count only when they give expression to deeds or are to be translated into them. Now, having freely admitted the limitations to our work, and the qual ifications to be borne in mind, I feel that I have the right to have my words taken seriously when I point out where, in my judgment, great ad vance can be made in the cause of in ternational peace. I speak as a prac tical man, and whatever I now advo cate I actually tried to do when I was for the time being the bead of a great nation, and keenly jealous of its hon or and interest. I ask other nations to do only what I should be glad to see my own nation do. Treaties of Arbitration. The advance can be made along several lines. First of all there can be treaties of 'arbitration. There are, of course, states so backward that a civilized community ought not to en ter Into an arbitration treaty with them, at least until we have gone much farther than at present In se curing some kind of international po lice action. But all really civilized communities should have effective ar bitration treaties among themselves. I believe that these treaties can cover almost all questions liable to arise be tween such nations, if they are drawn with the explicit agreement that each contracting party will respect the oth er's territory and absolute sovereignty IMMWWMMWWWMMWMMWWNMMMMMNMMMAMMM More Trouble for Bystanders. That helpless shuttlecock of whim sical fortune, the innocent bystander, is threatened with a new peril. At an aviation meet the other day. while he was sheltered by his tonneau roof tree, surrounded by his loved ones and several favored guests, a runaway flying machine, with every appearance of -vicious forethought, hastily dropped Itself on the bystander's automobile, smashing the machine and tumbling its occupants Into the highway. And now what's the bystander going to do? Is he to be crushed to earth, like truth, by every tumbling air bug who thinks himself an aviator? Is he to be rudely mussed up by planes and motors and steering gears? Can't he take a little atmosphere In his garden without finding himself driven Into the ground by the beak of a diving air craft? No self-respecting citizen win be willing to keep under cover just to avoid being told to look out below there! Life can't be transformed Into a series of shelter sheds in order to keep falling biplanes from being mussed up Not much. Forth. within that territory, and the equally explicit agreement that (aside from the very rare cases where the nation's honor is vitally concerned) all other possible subjects of controversy will be submitted to arbitration. Such a treaty should Insure peace until one party deliberately violated it. Of course, as yet there Is no adequate safeguard against such deliberate vio lation, but the establishment of a sufficient number of these treaties would go a long way towards creating a world opinion which would finally find expression in the provision of methods to forbid or punish any such violation. Work of Hague Tribunal. Secondly, there is the further de velopment of The Hague tribunal, of the work of the conferences and courts at The Hague. It has been well said that the first Hague conference framed a Magna Cbarta for the na tions; It set before us an ideal which has already to some extent been real ized, and towards the full realization of which we can all steadily strive. The second conference made further progress: the third should do yet more. Meanwhile the American gov ernment has more than once tenta tively suggested methods for com pleting the court of arbitral justice, constituted at the second Hague con ference, and for rendering It effective. It is earnestly to be hoped that the various governments of Europe, work ing with those of America and of Asia, shall set themselves seriously to tne task of devising some method which shall accomplish this result. If I may venture the suggestion, it would be well for the statesmen of the world, in planning for the erection of this world court, to study what has been done in the United States by the Supreme court. I cannot help think ing that the Constitution of the Uni ted States, notably in the establish ment of the Supreme court and in the methods adopted for securing peace and good relations among and be tween the different states, offers cer tain valuable analogies to what should be striven for In order to secure, through The Hague courts and confer ences, a species of world federation for international peace and justice. Undue Growth of Armaments. In the third place, something should be done as soon as possible to check the growth of armaments, especially naval armaments, by international agreement. No one power could or should act by itself; for its Is eminent ly undesirable, from the standpoint of the peace of righteousness, that a power which really does beffeve In peace should place itself at the mercy of some rival which may at bottom have no Buch belief and no intention of acting on it. But, granted sin cerity of purpose, the great powers of the world should find no insurmount able difficulty in reaching an agree ment which would put an end to the present costly and growing extrava gance of expenditure on naval arma ments. An agreement merely to limit the size of the ships would have been very useful a few years ago, and would still be of use; but the agreement should go much further. Finally, it would be a master stroke If those great powers honestly bent on peace would form a league of peace, not only to keep the peace among themselves, but to prevent, by force If necessary, its being broken by others. The supreme difficulty In connection with developing the peace work of The Hague arises from the lack of any executive power, of any police power to enforce the decree of the court. In any community of any size the au thority of the courts rests upon actual or potential force; on the existence of a police, or on the knowledge that the able-bodied men of the country are both ready and willing to see that the decrees of judicial and legislative bodies are put into effect. In new and wild communities where there is vio lence, an honest man must protect himself; and until other means of se curing his safety are devised, it Is both foolish and wicked to persuade him to surrender his arras while the men who are dangerous to the com munity retain theirs. He should not renounce the right to protect himself by his own efforts until the commu nity is so organized that it can effec tively relieve the Individual of the duty of putting .-'own violence. So It is with nations. Each nation must keep well prepared to defend Itself un til the establishment of some form of international police power, compe tent and willing to prevent violence as between nations. Purity. Purity Is a desirable quality, espe cially in human beings. Half the world doesn't know how the other hall wants it to possess purity. There are two kinds: Bodily purity and mental purity. Statistics upon the lack of the former are more volu minous than upon the lack of the lat ter. Tuberculosis and appendix talk seems to Indicate that bodily impurity is, to say the least, prevalent or would It be better to say that bodily purity is imprevalent! But, in dealing with Impurities of the mind, we cannot be so sure, be cause people will not 'fess up. We simply have to guess, and that's where Mme. Grundy comes in. We never know whether Mme. Grundy is right or wrong, bat. siting up the rest of the world In the light of our own impurities, we continue to listen to her and cannot dowa the conclusion that she Is about half right, and that's what makes us so aud. Nor Is It likely that a pure thought law would do much good. It belongs crest defects. to great ata ta aav ADVISES FOR PEACE THE ADDRESS OF COL. ROOSt VELT AT CHRISTINIA, ROYALTY APPLAUDS SPEECH Suggests Fore to Prevent Warfare and Proposes a Pact That Will Keep Nations Prom Fighting. Christinia. Notwithstanding an oc casional giving way of the voice. The odore Roosevelt made a deep impres sion on the audience which gathered Thursday in the National theater to hear his address on "International Peace" before the Nobel prize com mittee. It was described by the mem bers of the committee as the most no table assembly since the Nobel prize was founded. King Haakon and Queen Maude were present, as we!! as all the mem bers of the government, who occupied seats on the stage and the entire par liamentary body, among whom was Miss Rogstad, the first woman to be elected to the Norwegian Storthing. The overture by the orchestra at the opening of the session was spe cially composed by the royal band master. Johann Halverson, who dedi cated It to Mr. Roosevelt. The theme embodied the "Star Spangled Ban ner," Norse folk songs and melodies. The stage was bordered with flowers and no Norwegian flag was visible, only the stars and stripes as a spe cial compliment The audience stood up when the king and queen and Mrs. Roosevelt took seats in the royal box. They arose again when Mr. Roosevelt en tered from the back of the stage, es corted by J. G. Leevland, former pre mier and chairman of the Nobel prize committee. Mr. Leevland introduced Mr. Roosevelt, who read his speech. From time to time, however, he de parted from the text to repeat In the same words or in somewhat different words the ideas he had just ex pressed. Before taking up the subject of his official address Mr. Roosevelt spoke of the late Bjornstjerne Bjorn son. "I wish to pronounce a tribute." he said, "to the great Norwegian who has just died (the whole bouse arose and stood with bowed heads for a moment) whose death leaves a gap in the literature of the whole world." He alluded to Bjornson as a man who bad always stood for the right as he conceived the right to be. As Mr. Roosevelt proceeded with bis address the Norwegians comment ed one to another on the resemblance between the former president to Bjornson to the same style of public speaking, to the same favorite ges ture with the clinched hand. The address was broken by abun dant applause, in which tho king joined. At its conclusion the queen stood and joined the audience in giv ing nine short cheers for Roosevelt. Quake Kills Five Hundred. San Juan Sur. Nicaragua. A large part of Carthage, Ccsta Rica, was de stroyed by a powerful seismic move ment. Details are meager, as the tele graph wires have been levelled be tween San Jose and Cartago. The operators at the latter place were killed. It Is known that at least 500 persons are dead and many hundreds injured. Scores of buildings were thrown down, among the the Palace of Justice, erected by Andrew Carne gie. Panic reigns as the earthquake continues. McKinley Expedition Sails. Seattle, Wash. The Mount McKin ley expedition headed by Professor Herschel Parker of Columbia univer sity, sailed for Setdovia. Kenal penin sula. The party includes Belmore Brown of Tacoma. an expert moun taineer; Prof. J. H. Cuntz of Ste phens institute. Waldemar Crassi, European mountain climber; Her man T. Tucker of Newtown, Mass., former employe of the forestry serv ice. MANY MINERS IN TRAP. Explosion Holds Two Hundred Men in Diggings. Palos, Ala. AH hope that any of the forty-five white and 150 negro miners entombed in Mine No. 3 of the Palos Coal and Coke company, as the result of an explosion in the mine Thursday, may be rescued alive has been abandoned. It is thought if any of the men escaped death from the explosion they were later suffocated by black damp. Officials of the mine say that ac cording to their records only 110 men are in the mine, but as a number were employed under the contract system the list of names on their pay roll does not include all in the mine. Consternation Among Diplomats. Washington. Central American diplomats were thrown into conserna tion on Thursday night over the news of the destruction of Cartage. At the Costa Rican legation Minister Calvo received word that the city practically had been destroyed, 500 persons were dead and many hun dreds injured as a result of the dis turbance. Further, the minister was informed by the Department of For eign Affairs, the shocks have now ceased and the damage and loss of life confined to Cartago. Senators Prepare to Fight. Washington. Forty-five senators, all from the conservative or "reg ular" wing of the membership, are said to have joined in the movement to formulate a new administration legislative program. Two more are claimed positively, but the regular republican leaders say they don't care to subject these men to embar rassment by disclosing their names at this time. The new organization was made by the conservative re publicans in the effort to maintain control of the senate majority. INUKE THE ENTIRE WORLD CHRISTIAN Rallying Cry of Great Laymen's Mission Congress. BIG MEN MEET IN CHICAGO Culmination ef Most Remarkable Re ligious Campaign In Which All Protestant Churches ef Amer lea Are United. Chicago. Leaving their business af fairs to consider the evangelization of the world la this generation. 4.500 men gathered at Chicago May 3. to at tend the Laymen's National Mission ary congress. They represented ev ery Protes'aat church la America. Among them were men of national and International prominence. For mer Vice-President Fairbanks attend ed as a representative of the Metho dist Episcopal church. Several gov ernors were present United States Senators Dolllver of Iowa and Bev eridge of Indiana and former Senator Teller of Colorado were present at the first session. A number of former governor of states were registered. Among them were former Governor Hadley of Missouri, former Governor Yates of Illinois, and former Governor Hanley of Indiana. 8oIdIers. sailors, business men. professional men and ministers were In attendance. The congress closed on Friday. Close of Remarkable Campaign. This convention marked the close of a remarkable religious campaign. During the winter and spring, mis sionary conventions were held under the auspices of the Laymen's Mis sionary Movement In 75 of the lead ing cities of the country- The cam paign began at Buffalo on October 16. The gathering at Chicago was the cli max of the series of conventions. The appeal for foreign missions was presented to the business men of these cities. All told, 83.000 business men registered as delegates for 75 conventions, paying a dollar for the privilege. In addition, thousands of other men attended the various ses sions. Each convention opened with a ban quet. In most every case these ban quets were the largest In the history of the cities. All of these cities and hundreds of the surrounding 'towns were represented at the Chicago con gress. A national missionary policy was adopted. This policy will be sent to the World's Missionary conference at Edinburgh. Scotland, on June 14. where It is expected to exert a pro found conference. The delegates were apportioned amongst the vari ous Protestant churches of America in accordance with their membership and gifts to missions. The Methodist Episcopal church led with 600 dele gates. The Presbyterian church was second with 450 men. The The North ern Baptist church bad a quota of 330 men. while the Southern Baptist con vention sent 200 men. The Southern Methodist church was represented by by 255 men. The Protestant Episco pal church appointed 210 delegates. Most of the other churches bad pro portionate representation. The various sessions were held In the auditorium. The congress opened with the singing of "Crown Him Lord of All." Right Reverend Charles P. Anderson. Episcopal bishop of Chi cago, made the opening address. He spoke on the "Will or Christ for the World. dwelling upon the need of church unity Bishop W. L. Mc Dowell, of the Methodist Episcopal church, made the second address. The first evening was devoted to talks by J. Campbell White, general secretary of the Laymen's Missionary Move ment, and J. A. MacDonald. editor or The Toronto Globe. Notable List of Speakers. Among the speakers on the program were Prince T H Yun of Korea; J. A. MacDonald. editor of the Toronto Globe; Robert E. Speer. secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions: William J. Schlefeiln. pres ident of the Ctlzens union of New York: Alfred E. Marling of New York; Mornay Williams, chairman or the New York 6tate board of char ities: Clement Chase of Omaha: How ard A Kelly or Baltimore; Samuel B. Capen or Boston; John U. Pepper or Memphis. Tcnn.; H. M. Beardsley. formerly mayor of Kansas City; George Sherwood Eddy or India. Rob ert H. Gardiner or Boston; CoL Elijah W Halford. private secretary to the late President Harrison during bis ad ministration; Thomas Tlppey and Willium II Lewis or Seattle. R. A. Long or Kansas City. John B. Sleman or Washington, founder or the move ment: William E. Sweet or Denver. Charles A Rowland or Athens. Ga.; y.irred E. Marling or New York. Judge Selden P Spencer or St. Louis. N. W. Rnwell or Montreal. John R. Pepper or Memphis, and missionaries from all over the world. Defies Efforts of Miners. "Anyone with the price can do aa Saylord Wilshlre did go to Inyo coun ty. California, and stand on a moun tain of gold and silver ore. said a mining man "Every one of my age In the business." he continued, "knows about that mountain of gold and silver 3re The late Senator Stewart and ex Senator Jones, both of Nevada, spent millions trying to get gold and silver ant of that ore at a profit. That was the tamous Panamlnt mine operation. Jones and Stewart and others lost every cent tbey put Into that deal. The gold and silver are there, sure enough, but the rock Is 'rebellious' to a degree that the science of mill mea, and furnace mea has never been able to overcome." True Education. The entire object of true education la to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy tho right things not merely Industrious, but to love Industry not merely learned, bat to love knowledge not merely pure, but to love purity not merely just, but to hunger and thirst after Jualice. John Ruskla. Hoods Sarsaparilla Leads all other medicines in the cure of all spring ailments, humors, loss of appetite, that tired feeling, paleness and nervousness. Take it Get it today. Xa wsal MauM fbrst e tablets called arsataha MO Doom L WHERE ROBE WOULD COUNT Under Friendly Cover Preacher Might Safely Proceed ta Split Hla Infinitives. 1 tries' to get a chance to speak to yon at church Sanday," said Mrs. Old castle, "hut the crash waa so great that I couldn't push through to where yon were.- Teo. wasn't ltawtmir re plied her hostess, aa she flecked a bit of dust from the Gobelin tapestry. "All the common folks la town aeem to want to crowd Into our church lately. It's too bad they ain't satisfied to stay where they belong. How did you like the sermon?" "Well, as a sermon it waa fairly good, but I do wish Doctor Goodman would quit spitting his In finitives. I try not to let It make me nervous, but I can't keep from being hocked every time be does It." "I never let them kind of things bother me, but that's where the Episcopal have the advantage of us. If our preacher would wear a long robe he could split them and we would never notice 1L" Kansas City Star. Our Hebrew Fellow Citizens. It is said that the total number of Jews in the United States is now not less than 1,600,000, and may reach a total of 2.000.000. There are about 1.000.000 Jews In New York city. 180. 000 In Chicago, and 100.000 in Philadel phia. Several other American cities contain from 30,000 to 80,000 Jews. Throughout the south in the largest towns the Jews are coming to exercise no mean Influence as factors In tho business world, and the positions of influence occupied by many of the peo ple gives the race a power far be yond what might be indicated by its numbers. It is said that there are about 3,000 Jewish lawyers and 1.000 Jewish physicians in New York city. Jews own some of the greatest dally papers In the country, such as the Philadelphia Public Ledger, the New York Times. World and Press, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and the Chat tanooga Times. Gentlemen Two. Two street cleaning department men were having an altercation as they were driving their carts side by side along upper Broadway the other afternoon. One was red-faced and bulbous-nosed, the typical "rummy." The other was an adder-headed negro. Both looked utterly disreputable. "Get out o my way!" yelled the red faced man. "Don't cher know enough to get outer der way when you see a gentleman?" "I'm more of a gem'men than you, yon big rum," retorted the negro. "Yonall drives a garbage cart, an' I only picks up ashes." New York Press. The Doctor's Data. A Howard girl who was uncertain as to her exact age, as her father and mother were not agreed on the year of her birth, decided to go to the phy sician who "attended the case." He said: "Why, certainly, my dear girl, I'll go and examine my old books." When he came back to report, ha said: "I find your father charged with a girl baby born on the 'steenth day of April, 189 , and I also observe he still owes me for you." Howard (Kan.) Courier. Explaining the Soul. The following dialogue took place between two very small boys on their way home from Sunday school: Willie Where is my soul? Bobby It Isn't any place; It's just air. Willie How can It go to heaven when It's just air? Bobby Why, your body goes. too. Willie Bones and all? Bobby Yes. everything but your clothes. A Witty Bishop. "The late Bishop Foss." said a Phil adelphia physician, "once visited me for some trifling ailment. " 'Do you. sir,' I said to him. In the course of my examination, 'talk in your sleep? "'No, sir.' he answered. 'I talk in other people's. Aren't you aware that I am a divine?' " A girl blushes the first time a young mad kisses her because it embar rasses her to think that he might not have done it, Where good thoughts germinate there is the growth of true greatness and goodness. Lee. Comfort and New Strength Await the person who discovers that a long: train of coffee ails can be thrown off hy using P0STUM in place of Coffee The comfort and strength coma from a rebuilding of new nerva cells by the food elements in the roasted wheat used in making Postunu And the relief from coffee ails come from the absence of caffeuu the natural drug in coffee. Ten days trial will show any oae There's a teaton" for i riiiiim