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Cut>* 1» going In for baseball. She'D
be a great country yet.
Everything uiay be made of cement
by and by. This may be the dawn of
the cement age.
Does anybody remember the name of
the gentleman who became president of
Hayti a few weeks ago?
After all It Is the wedding march
composed by Mendelssohn that keeps
bls memory marching on.
Denver has a three-weeks-old baby
that can talk. I.et ns hope she will
grow up to be a useful woman.
“Marriage Is a woman’s duty,” says
a magazine writer. And the average
woman governs herself accordingly.
In sleeping out of doors during the
winter season It Is permissible for bald-
headed gentlemen to wear stocking
caps.
If Hero Binns, on a salary of $12 a
week, refused an offer of $1,(*K> a week
from a dime museum manager, he Is
Indeed a hero.
"New Jersey has discovered foot
prints of the devil.” And In all proba
blllty about half the men In the State
are following them.
Mr. Fairbanks will take a trip
around the world. Thus the world will
get an opportunity to see what an ex
vice president looks like.
Aristocratic hotels In London now
offer pedigreed oysters to their guests,
many of whom have long been acquaint
ed with pedigreed lobsters.
Headwear made of stra^’ was alread.v
in use among the ancient Greeks, but
straw hats, like those we wear, did not
come Into use In Europe until half a
ceutury ago.
mate dexlce for rolling him to ths
point of saying something which mag
1-e uwd to advani
against b
What 1 > witness to be allowed to t eh
a sliaple tale of what be had seen or
heard, uninterrupted and undismayed?
Never! Justice might be precipitated,
and witnesses might retain their self-
respect. Witnesses may be distressed,
bullied, and cowed, but legal circum
locution must l>e preserved and the
dignity of the advocate safeguarded.
One of the denominational religious
publications which secures statistbs
each year on the growth of the church
population of the United States has
Just published figures which show a
smaller Increase In 1908 than In 1907.
The earlier yt-.ir was, however, phe
nomenal In certain details <*f the re
corded growth, and the Increase of the
last year is not at all disappointing
The figures show a net increase foi
1968 <>f 2.835 ministers. 1,874 churches
and 720,647 communicants. The growth
of the Catholic church is. of course, In
eluded, though the statistics come from
a Protestant source. The most inter
eating feature of the statistics Is u
comparison with similar statistics ot
1890. ' The total number of communi
cants to-day Is put at 34,282,5-43, or al
most 40 per cent of tiie entire estl
mated population <>f the nation, and
this Is a growth of till per cent In the
last eighteen years. The number of
ministers In lie s, 165,725, indicates n
growth of 49 per cent In the period.
Ami the number of churches, 2I3,<G9
shows n growth of 49 per cent. Thai
this growth Is really of great signlfl
oance appears when one compares It
with the total growth of the country
In population In the same period. Of
course, the 1908 population figure must
be an estimate, but If one takes the es
timate used by government authorities
at Washington one Is safe enough. On
this basis the growth of our population
has been only Just about 40 per cent
In the eighteen years. The rate of In
crease In church communicants Is
therefore more than half again as
rapid as that In total population. The
churches are Indeed to be congratulated
on the showing.
DEADLY HORNETS.
The
Ones
That
Iiussed Abont the
Tomia Soldier'« Far«.
a
A great general was taking his regl
be
as inent Into action. He sent forward a
of detail of men to make gaps In a rail
fence to avoid the heavy logs sure to
result if the whole body of men paused
King Alfonso was allowed to sit In to tear It down.
The coolest and finest man In the de
the flying machine and try the levers,
but he had promised his wife that he tail was a young soldier who find never
would not go up, and he didn’t. There's been under fire before. When he began
pulling down the fence he fancied he
a kingly man for you I
had disturbed a nest of hornets, as he
The Ladles' Home Journal Is right— thought he heard them singing fiercely
a lady should precede her escort down about his ears. But the lad was not
the aisle of the theater, hut In church going to run front hornets when there
going. lest he should get away, she was more serious business ahead.
Ignoring the angry insects,
he
should shoo the man on ahead.
opened the fence and rejoined the regi
A Kentucky woman wants a divorce ment without being stung.
In a day or two he was surprised to
because her husband whistled and sang
while she scolded him. The poor fel hear that he was to be promoted.
“But,” he said modestly, “I don’t
low's name should be sent to the Car
think I deserve promotion over the
negie hero commission at once.
others.”
“.My boy,” replied the general, “I
Russia Is going to build 148.179
saw you pull down thnt fence. You
school houses within the next ten years.
were the coolest man under fire I ever
Teaching the children that two and
saw !”
two make four will be much better
The man gasped, stared and turned
than having them studying the art of
pale.
throwing bombs at crowned heads.
“What!” he exclaimed, regardless of
grammar. “Was them wasps bullets?'’
Fog Is the one great obstacle to safe
and speedy navigation, against which
Scotch Thrift.
science has made little progress. Science
"Hey, mon,” exclaimed the brnw,
cannot re enforce eyes or glasses to the
bonnle north countryman, "thrift Is a
point that will penetrate the curtain
wunnerful thing!”
of the fog, but Indirectly science by
“Yes,” replied his English traveling
the wireless telegraphy can throw out
companion. “You'r eright there. Now,
warnings which If not complete are of
I gave my wife a ten-pound note to
mighty assistance to the puzzled man
manage on last time I was away, and
on the bridge who Is enabled to pick
—would you believe It?—Instead of ex
them up.
ceeding It she saved nearly a sover
An American citizen has been releas eign out of It to buy herself a hat!”
"That’s nowt,” replied the Scotsman.
ed after being locked up on a false ar
rest for two weeks In a British Jail In "My wife gives the kids ha'pennies
Guiana. It was after energetic work apiece to go to bed supperless; when
by til’s government thnt he was allowed they're asleep she takes the ha'pen
to prove his identity. If the case were nies off on ’em agecan. and then she
reversed, the British government would makes ’em do wl'out ony breakfasts
Iley, mon, that's
have been In an Indignant state of In- for Iosin’ 'em!
thrift
!
”
—
Txtndon
Scraps.
• stance on Its subject's release, for
there Is no point on which the British
A a Time Iw Heckonril,
government Is so tenacious as the
rights and liberties of Its own subjects
In other lands. But governments, like
individuals, are apt to be a trifle Incon
sistent.
“Should actresses marry?” asks
French paper. Yes; but It might
well If they were to quit marrying
often as they have been In the habit
marrying heretofore.
Amid all our questioning certain facta
remain. We know that mother's love,
the love of wife, of husband, of chil
dren, and of friends, is real. We know
that some men spend their Ilves for a
great cause, that some will die for the
truth. Every day the press tells of
some deed that reveals the capacity for
heroic action that lies In all men. On
•very hand we see evidences of good
"They do say there be sixty minutes
will and kindliness. No bitter experi
ence. no misfortune, should blind our In every hour. Jack."
"That may lie, Tom, but they do be
•yes to these great facts of life. On
thos« w« can build a t'atth that reaches awful short minutes they put In th'
*o God
noon hour."
Ilenvrn'i Flrat l.atv.
A witness should be made to under
The Rev. Dr. Frank Crane tells of I
stand at once upon taking the stand
what la expected of him, and to sub a bride w ho refused to answer the 1
mit graciously and patiently to any question. "Will you love, honor and
kind of examination short of physical obey?" Her friends Interceded, but It
was of no use. Finally the Intended
attack which lawyers may make Sup
pose an attorney snarls, snaps, and bridegroom gathered up his hat and
Instantly she
growls at the witness, or sneerlngly started for the door
•Bill«« a suspicion
What of it? A sprang after him. and. leading him
wltnesa Is only an unprotected, defense- back, looked up meekly and said, “1
lew cltlses doing his duty; to be terri- will.”- From Success Magazine.
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•sd or c*Jol«d Into reveallug his lnnsr-
Our Idea of a good c<«ok 1» on« who
ascwt thoughts according to the way the keeps her temper from boiling or«r.
igwysr Intends film to spealr them To
Don't try to flatter one woman by
taipugn ths seractty of a witness by
gMtuuitieu vf.seUed ttr«»:« ** • leglti- fiumpllmeutlug tuiothef
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ROMANTIC TALE OF A CITY.
Bea an un Hafi» off iree Iruukf ia a
l.ake,
Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
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to be like men we have an era and a community stamp
509,000 THEATER GOERS.
ing themselves as decadent Especially is this the cubs
CAREFUL estimate makes It probable that
when the Imagined performances of ancient degenerates
at least 300.000 persons attend theaters
are
selected for so-called "artistic” Illustration. Such
In New York on week days, and 500.000 on
performances are not "artistic" In any sense of the word.
Sundays. This means that as a factor lu
They neither instruct, edify nor even entertain healthy
the life of the people the theater stands
second only to the public schools. It must j minds. They suggest the need for turning on the hose
at once be added that of these 300.000 or j or burning sulphur and applying disinfectants.—Chicago
Inter Ocean.
600,000 not 20 per cent are found at Broadway theaters,
or, indeed, at any of the standard theaters. Tills fad
THE GROWTH OF THE CHURCHES.
at once throws the theater problem into its right
NE of the denominational religious publica
prospective. Th* plays presented on Broadway are sub
tions which secures statistics each year on
ject to violent criticism just now and have even aroused
the grow th of the church population of the
the reforming Ire of the Board of Aldermen; but what
United States has just published figures
of the 000-odd theaters swarming In the tenement dis
which show a smaller Increase lu 1908
tricts and offering food wholesome or padsoiious to the
than In 1907. The earlier year was, how
Immigrant, the child and the workingman? There are
ever, phenomenal In certain details of the
over 500 moving picture shows In Greater New York,
recorded growth, and the Increase of the last year Is not
seating from 150 to 300 people, situated in the tenement
u . ids. giving a dozen performances a day—veritable at all disappointing.
The figures show a net Increase for 1908 of 2,835 min
institutions in the life of the people. But they are prac
isters, 1,874 churches and 720,647 communicants. The
tically unregulated.
growth of the Catholic church Is, of course, Included,
On tiie constructive side, it must be remembered, that
though the statistics come from a Protestant source.
no agency in New York at this moment draws as the
The most interesting feature of the statistics is a com
moving picture show draws. It reaches a broad stratum
parison w ith similar statistics of 1890. The total num
of people not reached by the recreation centers or the
ber of communicants to-day Is put at 84,282,543, or al
social settlements.
Moving pictures, because of their
most 40 per cent of the entire estimated population of
cheapness and often their real excellence, represent the
the nation, and this Is a growth of 66 per cent in the
theater Itself to lite great majority of tiie wage earners.
last eighteen years. The number of ministers In 1908,
They are a social force of commanding importance,
165,72.5, indicates a growth of 49 per cent in the period.
whether for good or for 111- a force which must be used
Ami the number of churches, 213,049, shows also a
and developed Charities and the Commons.
growth of 49 per cent.
That tills growth is really of great significance ap
LET THE COLLEGE BE KEPT CLEAN.
pears when one compares it with the total growth of
the country in population in the same period. Of course,
HE public was recently entertained but not
the 190S ¡Kipulatlon figure must be an estimate, but if
euitied by newspaper accounts of a young
one takes tiie estimate used by government authorities
mule student at the University of Chicago
who had appeared and danced in the cos at Washington one is safe enough. On this basis the
growth of our population has been only Just alwut 40
tume of a degenerate female of ancient
per cent In the eighteen years. The rate of increase in
history. Such performances, and the queer
church communicants is therefore more than half agalu
trfcte that engages in them, tolerates them,
as rapid as that in total population. The churches are
applauds them and considers them "smart," must in
spire most men with disgust. They suggest the advisa Indeed to be congratulated on the showing.—Chicago
Record Herald.
bility of a quiet but rigid inquiry into the social con
ditions and tendencies in which such Incidents arise.
TO REVOLUTIONIZE BATTLES.
The "female impersonator" on the professional stage
T will be necessary for the jioets of the
Is a repellant spectacle. To be offended by similar spec
future to revise Imagery as they describe
tacles in privatt life is something that all men, espe
the conflict of arms. Furious Frank and
cially a11 young men, should be spared. Furthermore,
fiery Hun no longer struggle under a sul-
and apart from the bad taste of such performances, it
pLurous canopy. The lines of Tennyson In
Is certainly not the business of colleges ami universities j
SfesVsalK
celebration of the exploit of the Light
to encourage, tolerate or even wink at enterprises or
Brigade will become archaic. Soldiers on
amusements of the student body which tend to make
the eve of battle will not continue to dance until the
young men effeminate or young women masculine.
roll of distant guns summons them from their part
Each sex has its place and its work on earth, and
ners. The battlefield during the most tremendous grap
the place and work of one is not the place and work of
the other. Whenever and wherever it becomes fashion ple may be as smiling as a plain of Provence, and the
song of birds may be heard as missiles weighing a tou
able or is regarded as in any sense interesting or lauda-
are hurled through the air.—New York Globe.
able for men to try to be like women or women to try
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widespread. This is true at least of
modern times, for examination of an
Baby of the Family 1» licit- Apparent cient skulls has shown that although
to the IliiMMlan Throne.
the ancients suffered from decaying
Czar Nicholas of Russia and his con teeth they did not sutler to such an ex
sort, Alexandra Feodorovna, wlm was tent as we do to-day. The examination
Princess Alix of llesse. whose grand of the school children of the present
mother was the late Queen Victoria ot' day betrays an appalling state of
England, have five lively children four a flairs In this regard.
girls and a boy. The bo.v, who is In
We know that the tooth itself Is cov
the high position as heir apparent to
the throne of all the Russias, is the ered with a shield of enamel which is
intended to remain intact and preserve
baby of the family.
Ills name Is Alexis Nlcholalevitch, the dentine, or real tooth material,
anti he Is a grand duke. As crown from the assaults of harmful germs
CZAR HAS FIVE CHILDREN.
the nerve of the tooth a terrible tooth
ache announces the fact.
There are three causes behind all
this trouble—Improper food, wrong
ways of eating and lack of cleanliness
The mistake of serving too much over
cooked, soft food Is responsible for
much of the trouble, and this Is Just as
true for little children as It is for
adults. The teeth were given us t<
bile with and to chew w ith, and if they
are defrauded of their natural work
they become unhealthy.
In addition to this, certain articles
of food, such as raw apples and nuts,
which call for mastication before swal
lowing, are absolutely cleansing In their
effect upon the teeth.
Mechanically
they remove masses of soft decompos
Ing material. Besides this, masticating
promotes the flow of saliva, which In
Its turn helps the growth of the good
germs which are needed to fight the
bad ones, for It should be remembered
when it Is said that the mouth Is al
ways full of bacteria that the good
germs are making a brave fight there
as well as everywhere else In the body.
Finally a tooth brush should be the
first birthday present, and its regular
and persistent use should be made a
most Important part of the child's early
training. A simple alkaline toothwash
or cream should be used once a day,
and the dentist should be consulted
at regular Intervals, because there Is
no matter In which prevention Is so
surely better than cure as In the care
of the teeth.—Youth’s Companion.
Hidden
Wealth
of
India,
It is estimated that $1,600,000,000
in gold, and perhaps as much In silver,
Is hidden
away in
the
Hindu
stockings.
Vast quantities of the pre
cious metals are known to be kept In
the form of
personal ornaments.
From time Immemorial India has
been a reservoir Into which the pre
cious metals have • flowed from all
quarters of the globe, only to dlsap-
¡iear from statistics.
Could the Idle
wealth be drawn upon the effect on
the Industrial and commercial life of i
the country would be very great. It
is, therefore, a matter of concern to
try to turn India's dormant capital to
active use. It may be impossible to
do It. The Orient mind views every
CHILDREN OF THE RUSSIAN AUTOCRAT
thing In a way Incomprehensible lo
westerners. But If only a tithe of the
prince he Is known officially as the formed In the mouth, principally by concealed hoards cf India were vital |
Czarevltche. In some European court reason of the lodgment of particles of lzed a new aspect might be given to.
lists he Is referred to as the Cesare- food between the teeth or In small de the conditions st life in England's
vltch. He was born in 1904; Olga In pressions and dents. Certain kinds of great eastern erTjire.
1895. Tatiana in 1897, and Anastasia food, especially sugars and starchy
As It See tn«.
•n 1901.
foods, If allowed to remain in contact
“What makes you say be made hie
with the teeth set tip an acid fer money easily?”
DECAY OF THE TEETH.
mentation, during which the bacteria
“Don't you know? All he did was
n J feed upon write a play.”
The Three I'rlnclpnl • an.e«— P( m >4 will' ll a'tv produced
That Is < Iraall*. tu I lts.it
first y.itli i sw > the enamel
inquiry will develop the act that,
Of ■
11 ailment« ft» whlch thf ( ai t tvlis-n tliat 1» go- e i qr; >wfng do.wn
human race la »ubj.ct decay’d th- Into the' dentine until the pti p of the when a man can be hypmrtlzed to du
teeth Is £ecliai>a ;!*• u «1.«'«.XA.auu, t «U *» ««i* *¡1 .Vi » vw L •• thej reach u thing, he wanted U> do It anyway.
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Metropoll«.
Ths story of the founding of the City
of Mexico Is cue of the uio*t extraor
dinary tales in history, it happened
in 1325, at least it began a long time
before that, but was un. accomplished
fact about 600 years ago.
in the first place, says the Rosary
Magazine, imagine an almost Inacces
sible mountain, crowned with a valley
at the height of 8,000 feet above the
level of the sea. In the center of this
valley was an Immense lake. When ths
Aztecs arrived, led by the priests of
the god i.f war, they found It In th«
possession of hostile tribes.
For that reason and because the
priests declared that in a certain part
of the lake where there stood an ele
vation of stones an eagle had been Been
devouring a serpent, they began the
construction of the city on the spot, Im
mediately over the deepest waters of
the lake. There had long existed a
prophecy among the Aztecs that their
wanderings would end when they
should have reached a place where th«
priests would behold an eagle resting
on a cactus plant devouring a serpent.
Confident that they had found th«
spot ordained to be their abiding home,
they began to eonsituet rafts of th«
trunks of trees, covering them with
thick layers of earth, upon which they
built rude huts of more or less solidity.
Groups of dwellings soon began to form
themselves In regular order, thus de
termining the primitive sireets of th«
new city.
They also constructed boats and oars
of different sizes, useful In peace and
war, and, while certain of their num
ber occupied themselves in defending
their homes and brethren from the on
slaughts of hostile tribes, others con
tinued to improve and enlarge the new
city. Gradually the lake was filled up
and terraces arose, one after another,
in the place once occupied by the deep
waters.
This was In itself a herculean labor,
unsurpassed in Ingenuity and durability
by any similar work of ancient or mod
uli times. Upon the first of these ter
rates was constructed the Teoealll, ol
sacrificial temple. It was begun In 1216
and not completed until 1325, a period
of 109 years, from which time may b«
dated the official foundation of Tenoch-
tltlan, today the modern city of Mex
ico.
Mexico'«
Ae»v
IM«cov eriea.
The Geographical Commission ap
pointed seven years ago to map th«
towns of Mexico has reported the dis
covery of 7,679 towns which were not
officially known to exist and were sub
ject to no Federal control. While Bom«
of these places range from 5,000 to
15,000 population, most of them ar«
presumably small villages.
A Mexican hill village, few of who««
people can read or write, might easily
exist for years happily
unconscious
that It was living under any govern
ment at all. A mule path over a pas«
connects the village sufficiently with
the outside world. The sun shines, the
crops grow, wants are few, the old In
dian tribal customs furnish all th«
needed law, and having no history, the
land is happy.
There are disadvantages In being
named, catalogued ami put on the map.
These 7,679 idyllic towns will now be
Invaded by drummers, phonographs,
fancy waistcoats, automobiles, lawyers,
corn doctors, book agents, Salome
dancers, penny arcades, handbooks on
etiquette and pdltics and there will be
no place left where the simple life
may be led. These geographer« have
much to answer for.
Man
Maney.
The system of atoning for death ot
bodily injuries inflicted on others by
paying damages is as old as the earli
est Teutonic laws, praised by Tacitus.
The trespasser was always required to
make peace with the aggrieved family
of the victim by “Wer-Geld.”
"Wer” Is the ancient German fot
man. “Geld,” now, as In the day« of
Wotan, means money.
Damages were assessed In accord
ance with the rank and wealth of th«
injured party, ami the money wat
paid over in the presence of the whole
community. Its acceptance forestalling
feuds. Indeed, the recognition of Wer-
Geld ("money for the man" killed) by
law precluded further bloodshed ot
other forms of revenge.
If the slayer was not rich enough to
pay the required sum. he turned ov«l
to the Injured parties bls sons at
slaves. If bls sons were not sufficient
guarantee for the payment of th«
debt, the slayer himself had to turn
bondsman, both the letter and th«
spirit of the law requiring that th«
full amount of damage Inflicted b«
recovered by the aggrieved parties.—
New York World.
World*«
Moat f'o«tly
Garment.
The most wonderful, costly and mag-
Blflcent garment In the world 1« th«
Queen of Siam's State mantle, which
she wears only about once a year.
It Is literally covered with diamond«,
emeralds, rubles and sapphire«—In fact,
with almost every known preclou«
stone.
If It were possible for It to come Into
the market It would probably bring
something In the neighborhood of $5<
000,000.
Good Fond for Stock.
“Do you think alfalfa muffin« could
!>• appetizing?”
.“I don't see why they «houldn’t ba
—to horses .and mule«.”—Blrmlnghaa
Age Herald.
Be Johnhy-on the «pot when theta 1«
an opportunity tn' Ve grasped, eth*
w I m you m«y IUd It UlwUnf.