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THE VACATION SEASON.
THEJflME OP YEAR has ar
- rived ; when one. may C read
numerous article! in news
papers and magazines about vacation
. -the benefits of a, vacation, the dis
appointments of a vacation, the joys
" .of a vacation, the miseries of a vaca
tion, how to make a vacation enjoy1
- able and profitable, where to go for a
vacation, and everythingthat"the
'many writers know or imagine about
vacation.
' ' A vacation ia t good thing for peo
ple who can afford it and like it, or
' imagine that they do, which comes to
the same thing., .Probably most peo
ple who take an annual vacation'wish
wheiirit isverthey h ad stayed -at
: home, while nearly all those who can
X not take a vacation think their lines
t of life have fallen in very unpleasant
places.
There is no use giving anybody
any advice about where to go or what
to do during vacation. If such advice
is given and followed, the advise
will be an enemy of the adviser for a
. year and a day,-at least Nor will
people who have the vacation habit be
dissuaded from another trip,'! even
- though disappointed and disgusted for
20 successive summers, r On the other
. hand, the pcrion who doesn't believe
in vacations couldn't be argued into
taking one, and there is no -reason
why he should be. " . "K
'..-A -, few.,, general truths may be
stated, however. As a rule, an oc
casional break in the -monotony of a
business or professions' life is bene-
ficial, even if tiresome. , The normal
human requires some recreation.
amusement, change. A change of
work, even, may be restful. A change
, of scenery and air and companionship
for a little while is recreat,ive,,restful
,When I man becomes jr mere ma
.chine, he cannot enjoy life, though he
thinks he does which from one point
of view is a contradictory statement
A polyp may enjoyife, but not, we
. imagine, as a bird doea. '
Nor is an occasional spell of idle.-
' nets necessarily a waste of time. Per
haps on account of it better work
. may be "done. Perhaps ij affords op
portunities for better, higher
thoughts. ,
" Robert ' Louis Stevenson wrote:
. "Perpetual devotion to what a man
calls his business is only to be sus-
lained by perpetual neglect of many
. other things. And it is not by any
- J means certain that a man's business is
the most important thing to do. Many
of the wisest, most virtuous and
. beneficial parts that are to be played
" upon the theatre of life are filled by
gratuitous performers, and-"pass
among the world as phases of idle
ness." : '.;; But' Stevenson wss only a ro
, .msneer,-poet, and philosopher, not a
business man. .We are urging no
' body, arguing with nobody. Enjoy
yourself the best you can, at home or
away, and be good.
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RUSSIA AND REVOLUTION.
ZAR NICHOLAS is off
a-yachting, having left behind,
it is said, a decree proroguing
1. the" douma,lif lit should become toe
troublesome. And the dhuma is cer
tainly becoming troublesome, with a
- prospect of being more so shortly.
Perhaps if the rumored decree be a
- ' reality and shall be declared and its
enforcement attempted, the douma
"'' will, refuse to obey, v What then?
This time the Mar "went away un-
' hindered, to outward wrminir cm
rftyi
, if h( i
-"'but he may. go" differently, if
permitted to. go at.Il, later r
What aort of if miiri anf monarch
is he? , Reports vaVy; but apparently
. weak, unstable, "letting ; I-dare-not
wait upon I WuhJ, like the cat i' the
adage"? nroch the same aort of ruler
. as the Bourbon Louis, who made so
I- -unheroic 'are attempt to. ouitFne
by night, and later more 'heroically
lost his head after losing his crown.'
V Nicholas "appear q mean" well," js
neither coarsely tyrannical nor- eun
- eingl Machiavellian; attempting to
maintain a position in a great crisis
for whichjheiatotaHyunfiU He
holJs his throne thus long not so
much-because of his own strength as
because of the inability of the reform
era and revolutionists, the democrata
and socialists, the antis of all sorts,
to coalesce and push and pull to
gether. '.' If they could do this, the
throne would soon topple to its fall,
for the army will stand by the gov
ernment only so long as the govern
ment maintains a fair semblance of
stability; and once the revolutionists
have won or divided the array they
will get at the treasury. ' Possession
of the aword and the purse, have
saved the yachting crtr'a trembling
throne thus far, but if the reformatory
and revolutionary forces could unite,
under a great leader, they would soon
capture the -sword, and thereby- the
purse; and then, it were welt if. Cxar
Nicholas were cruising far away
The resemblance between the
Russian aituation and ' the- early
stages of the French revolution have
often-been commented on, -And,' while
there are differences, are sufficient,
it would seem, to be startling to the
czar and the Russian nobilityr; Pov
erty among tht people, a weak mon
irchj ministers and advisers selfish
and false, . general . public-disorder,
fierce revolutionary tendency on the
part of th. post advanced and best
educated people, revolutionary spirit
high and hot among students, the
army " unreliable - and -mutinous, the
crown yielding . to the demand for a
douma and threatening to dissolve Jt
the very asms - things that -hap-
pened in France in the latter part 7
the eighteenth century. '
Yet there ia one. great and sig
nificant dissimilarity, and. that res in
the masses of the-Russian peoprkas
cbmparedwithT'those of- France 'n
1789. France then, though the com
mon people were poor and aflicted,
was an intelligent, refined, skillful,
progressive and cohesive nation. In
great cause the people not only
understood dne another but clung-together,
for better or worse, for 4ife
or death. All bourgeois or extreme
revolutionists, ignorant or intelligent,
Parisiana or provincials, professors or
peasants were first of all -French
men, and not one of them would have,
exchanged La" Belle France for
Heaven! They were descended from
Romans, -from Celts,' from Germanic
tribes, from various roots, but they
had .coalesced into France and
Frenchmen, with one Ungdage, one
history, one sentiment of patriotism
But what ia Russia, and what are
Russians? In the Baltic provinces a
nominal Russian is a German, hated
by his neighbor the Lithuanian.
Former Poland hates Russia, as do
the Finns, now again freed from the
RussioyokeTheGcrgianiJa
Georgian, the Cossack a Cossack, the
ew a Jew, before he ia a. Russian.
There are many diverse and antagon
istic, elements, which is largely Rus-
sia'a trouble as an empire, and will be
her trouble u i revolutionary nation.
LARGE AND SMALL COLLEGES.
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HARLES FRANCIS ADAMS,
who at a ripe old age still
takes a lively interest in affairs
generally, expressed the opinion, in an
address recently delivered before the
alumni of Columbia college, that the
large college, Harvard for instance,
of which he is an alumntis andof
whose board of overseers he is a
member, does not serve young men-)
so well as smaller colleges do. He
thinks it would be well to break up
Harvard and other large universities
into groups of small colleges, each
under a master or head, who could
come intopeTsonalTontaet with every
student Under the present system,
he argues, there is little opportunity
for the action of the superior upon
the inferior mind.
Mr. Adams perhaps had Oxford in
mind in making this suggestion of re
organization, but he would go farther,
snd establish as segregated, parts of
one university a large number of
small schools, so small that individ
uality 'would be not only a possible
but a necessary part and result of the
system. The master, he thinks,
should know with considerable in-timacy-each
atudent under -htrnr-and
instructors and atudents should con
stitute a large, household under sev
eral roofs but with common grounds.
Independence and individuality should
bethe desideratum. Under the su
pervisionand advice of the master,
and with exceptions hereinafter men
tioned, students cduld. select their
ewo, wfsT,WtThout1,irefernce to
those pursued in other sub-college,
though -the final degree would issue in
the name of the university of which
each sub-college formed axarr.
.'While Mr. Adams had in mind only
the reform of the large colleges, in
the manner indicated, he inferentially
paid a tribute to the advantages'
smaller- detached colleges, AVhile
these cannot supply all the advantages
of the large institutions in the way of
libraries," laboratories; musenme, and
diversified expert, educational talent,
they, do supply ia a far greater degree
Life.
" ' The following l th key to the remarkable poem printed In Tho
Journal laat Sunday. The publication of the Ilnaa aiua4 unusual
Intcraat, and many letters were received from readers wbo had die-
coverad tha authorahlp of aooie. . .
" " ' Why all this toll for triumphs of an hour? Town.
I.lfa'a a, short aummer, man te but a flower, -Dr. Johnson. .
Hy turns w catch the fatal breath and die, Pops.
v Ths cradle and the tomb,- alas! how nigh. Priori . '
To be ia batter far than not to be, Bewail.
Though all man'a life may eera a tragedy; Spencer. -:
i . But light carta apeak when mtgtity griefa are dumb, Daniel. ' .
Tiie bottom ia but ahallow whence they come. Raleigh,
.' Thy fate ia but tha common fats of all, Longfellow. '. '
- I'nmingled Joya here to no man befall. SouthwelL '
'Nature to each allots his proper sphere, Congreve.'
rortune makes folly her peeullar care: ChurchllL--- - -t
Cuatom doth often reason overrule, Rochester.
,. 4nd turns a cruel sunshine on a fool. Armstrong. . ,.L
Live well, how long or short permits to heaven, Milton.
They who forgive most shall be most forgiven, Bailey.
Soar not too-high to fall, but stoop to rise; Massinger.
We masters. growof,sjithatwe desplae. Crowley,
Oh, then, renounce that impious aolf-esteem, Bee-ttle,
'Rlohea have wings, and grandeur is a dream; Co wper.
Think not ambition wise because 'tis brave, Davenant .7,.,
The paths of glory lead but to the gravel Gray.
What's all the gaudy glitter of a erownT Dryden. t ' .
The way to bliss lies not on path of down. Quarlee.
How long we live not years but action tell; Watklns. ;
The man lives twlcs who lives the first life well. Herrickv
-"The trust that's given, guard, and to yourself be lust, Dana.
For live now how we may, yet die we most Shakespeare.;
the individual influence, the close con
tact with the superior minds, which is
the chief point at which he aims.-
Our small colleges of the Pacific
northwest, therefore, while not offer
jnrjjthe advantages in every respect
offered. bythe"1arge universities-!
the east, have advantages of Their
own, and for most practical purposes
will serve the purpose of the average
student quite a., well Dr. Pearsons
of Chicago, whose benefactions have
greatly aided several of. our northwest
colleges,,'' gives his money to them,
and -to other smalPxollcgcs -in "the
country, and not to large ones, be
cause he. believes that the small col
leges, all things considered, do the
better work, or at least are so worthy
that they are better entitled to finan
cial aid,
In the matter of elective courses of
study Mr. , Adams thinks that the
average student pf 18 has no distinctly
defined aptitudes or clear apprehen
sion of how his "faculties can best be
brought into play, therefore is not
qualified to- choose his. own studies.
The student is inclined to follow the'
lines-of-least-resistance and take up
those studies that call for least ef
fort, whereas be should be so trained
that deficiencies may be made good
and an "all-round" mental develop
ment secured. So while Mr. Adams
would allow students some "say" in
the Selection of studies, they should
only be decided on as the result of the
matcr,A-inyc8tiation into each., pu
pffg'case. This is very likely a good
general proposition, but many youths
have a decided bent in a certain direc-
tion, and should be allowed and en
couraged to follow'Jt, even if some
other studies are neglected. It is be
coming more and more an era of
specialism and specialists, and it is
better for a young man to know one
thing well, that he likes and can use
profitably; rather than to know aev
eral things but 'superficially and no
better than the average.
Mr. Adams' "would prescribe one
of the, classic tongues, Latin or Greek,
as a compulsory study to the day of
graduation, aa the one royal road to a
knowledge of all that is finest in lit
erature and art I. would force every
student to reasoitvlosely all through
his college days, while no man not
trained to observejnd equal to tests
in observation should- receive . a de
grees Beyond -that3 1 would let the
student elect. He might follow his
aptitudes." -'v ;
While m some respectg MrAdams
may be classed as an old fogy, these
remarks show-that he is not so in
the matter of higher education, in
which domain, as well as in others, it
is a period of unrest and progress.
In education, as in physics and poli
tics and even religion, the things that
were are not the things that are, and
the things that are will yield to things
to.be. Treditione-hsve-xeased to be
sacred, snd remodeling and knprov
ing changes are taking place which
ever way we turn.
:HE WAS A"HEATHENJ
GREAT amount of money is
raised in this country every
year to aend over to China to
convert the "heathen." The motive
is good, the purpose' noble, the labors
undertaken are arduous, generally
self-sacrificing often perilous. Yet
the . question ; is sometimes raised
whether the money could not be .put
to better use,? whether the effort are
not misdirected. ,, - "
There 1 died recentlyaV Chinaman
who had been a laundry man- in a Pa
cific coast city for 32 years. '.Though
saving to thfr last degree, he died in
oovertv. because all this time he had
(been seiitCi1 urplus.taraings
back to China to pay off a large debt
left by his father, who had been above
a laitndryman there. A citizen of the
town where this "heathen" , lived
wrote of him) "Gee had been doing
1
our washing 29 years, and in all that
time he never made a mistake in our
bill, never made a miscount of pieces
or lost one. He. was as honest as the
sun, as true as the stars; but I never
saw a smile on his face, nor even
taw him out of humor". ' ,
. Not a very high type of humanity.
sufely,' this patient, plodding, even
tempered, smileless man; totally mis
taken, very likely, theologically; yet
if he had an immortal soul to save we
somehow cannot believe that jhii
"heathen" will fare worse than some
tprcdessed"ChTtiTiSneof whom we
have read.
PORTLAND CEMENT.
HE. DESTRUCTION of San
. Francisco, and its proposed
and prosecuted rebuilding.
hive caused an abnormal "demand for
Portland cement, and other causes,
among them an unprecedented amount
of building in Portland, have accen
tuated the discrepancy- betweeit the
demand and supply in Pacific coast
cities during the past few weeks.
Which"1eads to the inquiry: Could
this metenaTr"o' omethingJust7Is
good, be manufactured at or near
home?. ;;--,xi
7 he American consul-general at
Berlin reports that there are 320 ce
ment mills in Germany, 117 of which
manufacture Portland cement, the
output in 1904 being about 28,000,000
barrels. The price varies greatly, it
being at present per barrel of I
375 pounds in Berlin. At times Ger
"many has imported a good deal of
Portland , cement from Belgium,
Austria-Hungary and . Switzerland;
but in 1905 Germany exported 617,891
tons of three different kinds of ce
ment' . .' .
To Hull, England, 4,000 tons of
limestone perweek areJrought,' the
product oh cement being 5,000 tons.
The demand for! British cement on
the Pacific coast has been light for
five -year-past," but has increased
prodigiously this spring, for the rea
sons stated. The San Francisco trade
ha mostly gone in recent year to
Germany and Switzerland.
Of course American cement largely
supplies the home demand, and has
even been exported, but the recent
and present situation on the 'Pacific
coastTwouldnieemlo call for T greater
home output of that product -
- TRAINED NURSES.
rHETRAINED-,NURS
modern development Nurses
there always were" of course,
but outside the Catholic sisterhoods
not' the trained nurse of today. She
has come into modern life and haa
filled a long-felt want so quietly and
modestly that while known and recog
nized as a necessary institution,
scarcely, anybody bestows upon her
as inch a thmie-ht. until rierrhanrit ill
or injured, one is placed in her charge.
Then ahe becomes an-interesting and
important creature.
Of all the- vocstions whichlyouag
women who .from choice or necessity
have chosen in order to live inde
pendently, this, except the profession
of reaching, ia the,most admirable and
laudable. . . "' . V '
There are nurses, we may suppose,
who have made a mistake in choos
ing, this vocation, who are not tem
peramentally adapted to it, who are
riot" in sympathy with-it; there are
nurses, we presume, who become cal
lous and careless, or impatient and
tyrannical; yet these, we have reason
to believe, are the Exceptions Us
ually a nurse has taken up the calling
not only as an honorable and useful
way of earning' an independent live
lihood but because, she waa.jiaturally
adapted to the work and it waa coS-
(yniat fi Aimnnulitrin 4
And a yery .responsible and worthy
work it is. It is exacting in many
ways. A. nurse must be prompt, neat,
quiet, cool-beaded, cheeriul-sym
pathetic', patient, firm, observant, pos
sessed of much technical as well as
general knowledge, and a good judge
of human nature. Such a liurse has in
unnumbered case eased the pain of a
sick bed, and even baffled and finally.
defeated for the time the lurking mes
seftger of death. ' , .
The world in general give little
heed to thia'army of women workers
who, individually and in hbspitals, all
ve.f the country, are quietly and pa
tiently helping sick; and broken of
bruised humanity to preserve life and
regaiu health, but many a recovered
victim of accident or disease -remem
bers ' their ministrations with'
thought of hlessingjiai
SHOULD STUDY UP.
TTTS"THETDTJTYoferymern
I ber-elect of the next legislature
to prepare himself as thoroughly
at possible beforehand for the duties
of his position. The session is brief,
and a great number of propositions
come before the legislature for action
some good, some bad, most of them
rather indifferent, but a considerable
number of real importance. On these
the legislator fit for his position will
obtain- as much - information before
hand he can, and study them from
all points of view, not for the purpose
of forming an unalterable opinion, but
so that he -can vote 'on them intel
ligently and- perhaps be: prepared, to
suggest improvements on bills intro
duced. As to the tax-code prepared
by the tax-commission; as to carrying
out in the best way the people s in
structions to pass new laws; as to
franchise taxation; , as to normal
schools; and as to many other propo
sitions and sugg?stiojistht will be
made,the legislator-elect ought to
"study up,".' so that he will have
knowledge if not positive opinions
when he goes to Salem.'
Rev. Mr. Matthews, a noted Pre
byterian preacher of Seattle, in an ad
dress to a. female graduating class,
severely and . almost sensationally
scored young women who despised or
thought lightly of marriage, or who
aimed to lead independently single
lives in order to escape the duties and
burdens of domestic life and ma
ternity. More auch 'sensible and
straightforward talk, by men and
womeh"of eldquence and influence71s
needed. An occasional old maid is
well enough; indeed, .all old maids
are not voluntarily so; but marriage
and motherhood are woman's proper
destiny. ' r : :': '-. ' "
Senator ' Bailey, the sweet-tuned
Aeolian harp, of the Lone Star state,
has been accused of grafting, and in
a magazine owned by a Democrat. ' If
people3o hot cease makTngthes"e
charge we expect some day to see
Mr, Bailey arise from his seat in the
United -States senate and denounce
some one.
,The direct pt-imary nominations
law haa made more friends than the
successful candidates. Becattse'of the
great amount of political matter sent
through the mails, many postmasters
have had their pay increased. This is
a free pointer to postmasters in other
states.
In reiterating our expressions of
high regard for the executive hoard,
webeg to assure its members that
they will continue to endear them
selves to the people -by declining to
do business wittrinsurancec6mpanies
that refuse to pay their, losses.
The president of the Pennsylvania
railroad says, on his honor," that he
fltdworfcnow- his-cmployes were talc
ing bribe. We believe him, without
any oaths or affirmations. 'Any
bribe that got past" the head office
had to walk on tip-toe. .
It is notable that Mr. Rockefeller
took his first trip to Europe at the
very moment when-the courts were
getting a half-Nelson'hold on Stand
ard Oil..
A cablegram from Melitopol, Rus
sia; tells of a storm of three-pound
hailstories. We wonder if the rest of
the Russian news isn't exaggerated,
too. " . .
The packers have answered mjnp
uncertain terms the ' charges made
against them. They have raised the
price of meats.
John D.. Rockefeller Jr.. is the new
rubber king, says a 'dispatch. Isn't
that a typographical error? Should
it not be robber?. .
Bryant'g Prodigioua Memory.:,
Bryant had a wonderful memory. Hla
familiarity with the English poet waa
uch that when at ses, where he was
always too III to read much, he would
begull th time by reciting par after
page from favortte -poems. He assured
me that, however long the voyag. be
hail never hustd hi resource, Ha
ws scaresly Jess familiar with tire lan
guage and literatures of rierntany,
Franc nd Hpln, Grewe and Ro te
spoke several living language with fa
cliltygad eorrctasa,
My Soul or
BY HENRY
Whosoever will be chief among yon
let htm he you rervant, even as the
Son of Man came not to be mlnlaterrd
unto, but to ralnlater. Matt ast tl-S.
SURPRie-H awaits him who
carefully will compare the im
' phasls laid upon the individ
ual soul and Its salvation by
the modern church with the place given
this is tha teaching of the Bible. Per
haps he will nnd in modem preaching,
with its insistent appeal to men to
save their own souls, an explanation of
prevalent selflshneaa. The moral ef
fect of urging a man to save his soul
not much better than thai - wnicn
come from advfetng him to save hi
sktn at any:eost-p " . v 1 .. '-
The most Serious objection ever made
to religion , is that It produces a nar
row, self-centered type of mind. That
ty p- f -rellgiea-eaanet be -right-regards
less of its doctrinal orthodoxy, which
produces a wrong type of men and wom
en. . But may not failure her be ac
counted for by- the -aelnah . basis - on
which men build the plea for what they
call personal salvatlonf
What could be more selfish than this
continual appeal to fear, this urging of
men to escape from punishment, to
make sure of a house in the heavenly
city, this offering of crowns and per
petual rest, plenty and peace; this em
phasls on the great object of " saving
your own soul? It Is opposite directly
to what the great teacher tola men.
Did he not any that the man who
would save hls'own life should lose it?
Th concentration of mind, on the
self, whether, In Uie name of religion
or In ' any other Viamer la but moral
suicide. - People, who have no other ob
ject In life, than that of saving thier
own souls are but little better than
those whose object Is to fatten, protect
and keep safe their bodies. -
But Christianity must be perverted
greatly to make it teach men to set
their own interests first. - It is the re
ligion of th other man. Its appeal is
not to the love of self, but to the love
of society. It offers a way of salva
tion, not aa a thing dsstrable for your
exclusive use. but as the pathway tor
all-11 ves, f or all the people-Us tree oJ
life is not for a -single pair,. but for the
healing of th nations.
True religion Is not in seir-centerea
culture, but in th culture of all through
Sentence Sermons.
- ' By Henry F. Cope.
Th love that lift lighten It own
load. ' . . . .
. f-i, - . -, i e .. e -New
path are the best penance for
old wandering.
- - i 5.
Ton do not hav to empty your head
to fill your heart. , "
Th highest service "1 that which
raise others.
.... . , . e . e
They "who .do their own work well do
nor need tor speak 111 of another's. -- V
It-takes more than a vindication to
restr virtu. . ; "'
e e
The only way 4-,keep kindness I to
keep it In circulation. , ,
He never says anything who nevtfr
haa anything to unsay. ..
People who are self -satisfied r not
e e - - "
IekiiessJ the secret of th main-
tenance, jof mastery.
. e e ; -
Some men'aeem to think that repent
ing of borrowing paya th debt.
- . f - i ... e .
Th power of th preacher 1 In ln
vers ratio to hi professionalism. ,
Ton cannot reach th divine by ellrab
Ing up on your dignity,- , -
; er -
The people who walk with their heads
in heaven always hav tbelr heels on
somebody s corns down here.
e e
Men who r too tired to think are
always ready to believe that Intelligence
i in.-, :
e e "'.'."'
Bom people think that they are phll
osophers because they cn laugh at an
other man misery.
ir all th rest of the world seems
crooked. It la .a sure sign that you need
to set yourseir straignt.
In many a burden is hidden th bless
ing of strength.
No man ever succeeded in preaching
iruui oy acting a lie.
Oak faith .In. the depraved a well
. . .
a in to aivine to fashion this old
world to the heavenly ideal. -
. . e e .
A little help I worth a lot of talk
doui nappiness.
A Silent Calliope.
" From the Nw Tork Time,
An explanation about, the, oallloe
wnicn went through town with Fawn
BUI' pared cam out yesterday. Th
calliope was great. It brought back
boyhood memories ef th time when
'.th show cams to town," and played
good music besides. That is, It 'did for
wniis. -
Th trouble wa that tha -parade was'
too long, or tha calliope's capacity too
short. Calliope are built for th coun
try, where there are no trolley car.
theatre crowd and trafflo policemen to
break up the line.- Th calliope can do
two-hour turn all right, but -not one
of thr hour. . .-
Thus it cams about that when ' the
calliope reached Fourteenth street and
Third avenue there wa no more musle
left In It. Th crowd complained.-
'Play-th' planner." shouted a news
boy, who had followed from Tony Pas
tor'.,. .'.
Th! calliope", player shook, his head
sadly" as he pressed th key in vain.
. . "No steam left In 'er, BUI," h said to
hi assistant) who i explained te th
crowd. w ,
Th- water had run out of 'th ma
chin, and a water cart not having been
brought along, there was no way to fill
up unless the calliope halted, for a
while. And that would hav ruined th
parade, '. ' v ., ''
Spain's StateCoach,
The at coach used byth king of
gpain -is drawn . by . eight pur whit
hnrsr with' phimes and whit harnena.
Plumes wv from each corner -nfvth
roach, whll a crown ornament tb
tenter,
My Service?
F. COPE.
th service of th single, one and th
culture of th on through hi service
tor all. Only in th atmosphere -o
aervlre does tbs soul grow, expand and
And Itself.- To live in a circle is to diet
It I th centrifugal life that finds aal.
vatton. They court death who seek only
their own lives; they find lit who, dla. .
regarding death and loss, seek only to "
mak others llv. . ;. - .
Religion Is not simply a cure for my
Ills. True, it does cur many of them,
but only that I may be better .able to
do It work. It Is a great cause, a, -mighty
project commanding th nobleae -'
nthuslasms and ih highest efflelency
of effort th project of bringing this
whol world te salvation. And that not
th salvation of a mental condition, but . '
of th perfection of It whol being,
the realisation of It highest posslbliw
ties, the full noontide of th day pf
God. . T ' . 7.7"-;. :" ;'....;
I not this enough te satisfy any man
and to call forth th best In him. thai
be should in some way serve this glo- '
rloua Ideal T I not thlg man'a purpos
in this world even a it was th purpose
of th one who called himself ths Son
of Manf What nobler summary could
any life have than his, that hs went
about doing good? How quickly would
that kingdom of heaven com if thl
were th program of every life!
- Let but a man do his duty toward .
tht shining Ideal, let hint but be lifted
up, carried along In the mighty en- -thuslasm
It ought to engender, and hi
own soul, his own development, hi .
character perfection will take car of -Itself.
No man ever did any great worlc t'r
without becoming greater himself, and
th greatness never was found In any
other -way; Thta is air unvarying law.
Servlc Is the secret of culture.
In the right life th hour of prayer, . H
th quiet thought, th search for ah- ,
street truth, may all have. their place: - f
but tt 't'only-the-placer that th wis
workman gives to his meals. 'He doe ' I
not llv for the things; they are but ,
ministrant to hi ' work. He use
everything that will mak him, a better
workman;, but not because he sees th
workman as hi end. He forget him- '
self Jnlhft perfeetlonjof that he seek
to mak. Th saving ofths sduTTth
culture of th self, as an end is sham
and suicide; as a means to servle it 1
life and peace and perfection, '
Hymns to Knoy.
J . Seeking to Serve. " '
... Byrranos Bldley Havergat.
. IMIas Havergal wrote more hymn
which hav - attained wide popularity
and -give promts of permanency thati
any other woman writer. Yrom tha
year of her childhood sh had th gift,
Of poetlo expression. Her longer poems,
all of , which are of a religious char
acter. t are popular ..with, the' Englleh
people. 'This hymn was written In 1172,""
and- first published In a leaflet, whence .
tt found It way rapidly into all' th -'
hymnals. 1.
Lord, speak to me, that I may speak
In living echoes of thy tone; ' "
As thou hast sought, so Jet me seels .
. Thy erring children, lost and Ions.
O, atrengthen me, .that while t stand
Firm on th rock, and strong In the,
I may stretch out a loving hand , - .
To wrestlers with th troubled sea. '
teach ma, Tirri, that. I may teach '
Th precious things thou dost Impart:
And wing my words that they may resclt
Tho-hidden -depth of many m heart-
That I may apeak with soothing do wee
A word In season, as from the.
To weary one in needful hour.
O, fill me with thy fullness. Lord, v
Until my very heart o'erflow
In kindling thought and glowing word.
;.,Thy love to tll. thy praise to how,
O, use me. Lord, use even me.
Just as thou wilt, and when, and
where. ,
Until thy blessed fsc I see.
Thy rest, thy Joy, thy glory har.'
Maypops New Fruit , "
A new fruit that seems likely to prov
of considerable value has bsen developed
by ths cultivation of th common "may
pop," a plant which is very familiar in
th Southern states, quit ornamental,
easily grown from seeds and afford
a harjdsom cover for arbor and veran
da. It I known to botanist aa pasal
flora incarnate. The fro tt In it lm
provad form I somewhat bigger than
hen' egg and decidedly palatable. It
look Ilk a May apple. : ,-
Mom Important, however. I th recog-'
nltion which the plant has recently ob
tained th souroe of a harmless drug
which is utilised by physicians as
sleep producer and nerve soother. tTw
fortunately, most nerve-soothing and
sleep-producing drugs create habit
which are difficult to throw off and in
their after affect they are liable to b
Injurious. But th fluid extract of th
maypop which is obtslned from the
leaves and flowers, whll wonderfully
effective a soporific, haa no Nemesis. "
Th Improved fruit of th .maypop t
available for us both fresh and pre
served. In all likelihood it will mak
Ha appearance before long In our mark,
ta. ,,-' .
Earth Growing Warmer. ' ,
That the earth I growing tempora
rily warmer i shown by th mountain
glacUr. Theee sre mad by varying .
temperature and moisture to Increase
and diminish in Bis during period of
year' that may b found to be mor or
less regular cycles, and a period of quit
general decrease began about 46 year
ago.... This hss contlnusd, with many
KkbI Interruptions, ss In the esse of
Glacier Blanc, which advanced from
118 to 18. Th latest report Include'
to glaciers In th Swiss Alps and many
other In th French and Italian Alps,
in in or way, ureeniano, th Caucisua. th
Pamir, the northwestern United States.
western Canada and Africa, and prsc-' '
tlcally all are growing smaller. ' In th
Savoy Alp and th Pyrenee smalt
glacier hav quit disappeared. " .
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Alpine Patalhiet.
- The Swiss Alpine club have Just la-
ued the-ststlstlcs of sccldents whlcTT
took plsc In th Alps last sr. One '
hundred and seventy-two -climbers per-
lshed, but considering that th tourist
numbered 160,00 th death roll Is re- .
gardd s )ow. Most of thos killed in V,
th Alp wr Swiss. ' Tb' German
com next, and after them th French,
Aueymns and ZUIlana. It I worthy of
not that fatal accident 'dn notitnka
place on th, highest summit, hut on
mountains which are not regarded aa
difficult to cUmb, . ..-
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