Bohemia Nugget IIOWAUI) 1U1MHY, l'ubllslicri. COTTAGE GROVE. ...OREGON. Ilcrnlinrdt, la getting fat. casts a shadow. She now Ilowaro of t lie bcd-rldden gentleman who li willing io soil Ills mining stock nt n sacrifice. King Christian of Denmark Is SI years old, and has reasonable hopes of being ablo to dlo a natural death. Prof. Starr makes n serious chargn ngalust our barbarian ancestors when lie. says they Introduced the swnllow ts.ll coat. A shocking case of cruelty Is report ed from New Jersey. .V resident of the State deserted his wife, leaving her au original poem. The city of Toklo has 800 public baths. Japanese cities compare favor ably with the more enlightened ones on this Ride of the ocean. A woman's head Is to adorn one of the new Issues of postage stamps. It Is to be presumed that this will exert u good Influence on the malls. The Louisville health officer who an nounced a few weeks ago that Urn burger cheese was dangerous Is now endeavoring to prove that the Wiener wurst Is a deadly thing. He must be a Frenchman. The publishers of the Gentlemen's Home Journal take especial pride In announcing that Miss Stone has not been engaged to write for It, aud that under no circumstances will anything from the pen of that lady be admitted to Its columns. Trofessor Loeb states that "Enzymes (which seem to be the controlling germs or forces of life), which do not nomin ally exist In the human frame, can actually be created." And then he adds: "Enzyme Is a term we use to cover up our temporary Ignorance." Thus Is the mind acaln allowed to drop oIT an clgbt-story building. A number of cases of relics, toys. musical Instruments, models of bouses and facial masks were recently deliv ered to the American Museum of Nat ural History In Washington. They were collected by the Jessup expedi tion In northeastern Siberia. Among the boxes was one which contained several dozen phonograph cylinders on which the natives bad been induced to record their speech and songs. That is certainly exploration up to date. The appropriateness of Indian corn as a national emblem Is urged by mem bers of various women's clubs who tblnk that the country should have a botanical symbol, so that Uncle Sam may wear a posy In his bonnet and at tract attention In the tournaments of the world, as the first Plantagmet did with his sprig of broom. Hut If corn should be selected It would be neces sary to decide what kind. We certain ly should not want It to be popcorn. which goes off with a bang when heat ed. Some quieter and more dignified grade would be more suitable. Working one's way through college Is to be commended; yet It Is possible that some persons desiring to appear as "self-made" do an Injustice to the parental aid which was actually theirs. The new Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Moody, whose parents were known to be New England farmers of slender means, was recently asked If he bad "worked his way through college." "No," was the prompt reply. "My pa- rents sent me to school and through college, decently and In order." How gratifying to the father, who at the age of 81, watches his son's career with Interest, must be such an acknowledg ment! Instead of buying outright the acres over which famous battles have been fought, the government is adopting the policy of arranging with the landowners. on payment of a small rental, to keep things exactly as they were on the day which made the spot famous. The woods are to cover the same area, the plowed lands, orchards and fields to cor respond, and as far as possible build ings to retain their relative positions. This preserves the naturalness of the scene much more than would Its con version Into a great park, and the cost to the government Is much less. Many an aged man grieves that the scenes of his youth, with their days of abounding pleasure, cannot be preserved against the changes of time and the so-called march of Improvements. No broad-minded observer will over look the significance of the Interest with which the people of German birth or descent regarded the recent visit of l'rlnce Henry. They have made their homo here, yet they still look back with fondness to the fatherland. The sentiment Is altogether admirable and praiseworthy. It assumes an objec tionable form only when tho foreign- born citizens become clannish, when they set themselves In eroutis anart from the general body of the people among whom they live, and transfer tho politics of tho old country to tho new. The love for the laud of their nativity which persists In the breasts of tho foreign-born does not differ from the sentiment that has made success ful tho reunions In various parts of the country in Old Homo Week. Migration from Massachusetts to Montana dif fers only In degree from migration from Italy to Illinois, and the emigrant from Ittissla to the United States has done on a large scale what appealed In a small way to tho man who moved from New Hampshire to North Da kota. We should despise the New Englander who should put behind him the tender memories of his boyhood home when ho removed to the West. Therefore wo cannot blame, but wu ought to applaud, the European who has a warm place. In his heart for tho country of his birth, the customs of his youth, and the people who speak his native language. He Is all the bet ter for cherishing such sentiments, and as those sentiments do not exclude, true loyalty to (lie country of Ms niloptlon, lio may lie, mid It Ills lore for thu old homo Is of Ilia right quality, bo Is, ntnong tlic best of our citizens. It Is stilted by Dr. Alfred ttllllcr In nn article In The fortnightly ltcvlew that the deaths from consumption throughout Europe nre estimated nt moro than n million annually. In Kng- laud and Wales alone more than 00.000 people die of the disease every year, and this annual mortality exceeds by 10.000 nil the ravages of the "Klack Death" during the time of the Ureal I'lague which Is so terribly celebrated lu English history. Tuberculosis is m fnct the I'lague of to-day, and the doc tor speaks of It as a "classic" disease along with the leprosy of the middle ages and the smallpox of the time be fore Jenner. It Is thus ranked as one of three great scourges of the race, but the very classltleatlou Is a source of encouragement. Leprosy has praeil cally disappeared from Europe owtng to Improved conditions of living aud the Incidental assistance rendered by the Isolated leper houses. Smallpox most contagious of diseases, has be come but the shadow of Us former self owing to vaccination. "Wore vaccina lion and rcvaccluatlon practiced with the persistence anil regularity which nearly a century's experience has shown to be desirable. It Is probable that It would be practically extinguish ed." So. too. tuberculosis may yield to sanitation and other branches of inedl cal science, aud the method of preven tion Is exceedingly simple. Taking the tlgure of seed, soil aud plant to repre sent the disease germ, mauklud and the disease, the writer differentiates as follows: "In leprosy, the mere sowing of the seed, the exposure to contagion, has rarely any result except under most favorable conditions of soli. In tuberculosis the exposure to Infection Is usually but by no means so certain ly as lu the ease of leprosy, without result except where predisposing con ditions exist, that Is In favorable con ditions of soil. In smallpox almost any unprotected, unvacclnated person ex posed to Infection runs the greatest risk of contracting the disease." Llko leprosy tuberculosis has been affected by the Improved conditions of life, the ltrltlsh death rate having declined from 3.S0O In the million In 1S3S to l.:i03 In 1800. but though the soil Is more resistant the seed is found every where, and prevention can be secured only through Its control. That means the control of the expectoration of In fected persons which contain the tu bercle bacilli, and though the task seems a large one the co-operation of the patients and the public would make it easy. The patients themselves might solve the difficulty by regulating ex pectorations, and their Ignorance and carelessness might be corrected by no tification of the disease to the health authorities, which Is made compulsory In Norway. With a public educated to the necessities of the case and proper treatment of patients In Sanatoria Dr. Illlllor thinks that not only the pre entIon but the absolute suppression of tuberculosis would be possible. MANY SPIES OF THE SULTAN. Turkey Grotrlne Demoralized Under the Present iclouw System. In no country and at no time of the world's history has the spy system been developed to the point It has attained In Turkey to-day. It Is a most elaborate organization and costs an Immense amount of money. There are spies and counter-spies, and counter-counter- spies to the fourth or fifth degree. Their number Is legion, and they are to be found In all classes of society, from the highest to the lowest Be sides the minister of police, almost ev ery high dignitary has his own service of spies, says the London Chronicle. These are all rival organizations, and spend most of their time In spying and denouncing each other. AU prominent persons are closely watched, and fol lowed even while shopping, and should they meet another person of note and exchange a few words, the fact Is care fully noted. Turks no longer dare as semble In parties of five or six for the purpose of spending their evenings to gether. It Is Impossible for three or four of them to sit down at a table In a coffee house without having a spy at the next. On such occasions they al ways speak very loud, m that every body may bear them. Should a Euro pean converse with a Turk In the street, a spy will follow them and try to find out what they nre saying. , The result of nil this Is that the Turks avoid one another's company as much as possible, und whenever they do come together the conversation Is on the most futile subjects, and quite childish. The Turkish nation Is grow ing more and more demoralized under the present system. Superstitions of Iloyalty. A few years ago, says London Au swers, King Carlos of Portugal paid a lengthy visit to England, and one day he bad to speak to a gathering of emi nent people at a reception In tho West End. The day happened to be a Fri day, and his majesty was upset to the point of annoyance. In this nervous condition be chanced to kick over a flower not. which fell on the head of a peer who was sitting below the plat form. King Carlos apologized profuse ly, and remarked that, had the day been Saturday, ho was sure the acc! dent would not have happened. See ing, however, that he had not hurt the peer, be humorously remarked: "I have been a sportsman an my lire and bagged much big game; but this Is tho first time I ever potted the bead of a Ilrltisb peer." It Is said that on one occasion the rrlncess of Wales broke a valuable looking glass. Next day she seemed terribly upset, and came with a tear ful story to her royal uusuand. "Oh. I in so miserable! yesterday I broke a looking glass, and to-day ono of my poor cats Is dead!" Tho prince Is not particularly rona of cats, and on the following day sent for her highness. "Any more cats dead this morning?" No, replied tho princess, horrllled. Why do you ask?" "Uecauso I wcut and broke four look ing glasses yesterday," replied bis roy al highness, laughing. A girl's Idea of genuine misery Is to get u now bennct on Saturday and then have It rain all day Sunday. WORLD'S Sanitary aud Ship I'unal of II Chlen i-ago Is probably the most re markable artltleuil waterway oor built lu the history of the world. Its total length. Including Hie Improved iwrtlon of the Chicago Uiver. Is thirty four tulles. It bus the greatest width of any canal on earth, having a cross section of lirj feet at the bottom and IHHi feet at the top. The ultimate object Is to afford a water way for the largest ocean going vessels from Lake Michi gan to the Gulf of Mexico. The work Is yet being carried on un ceasingly, the widening of the Chicago Hivcr being trbw lu progress. Uesldents of Chicago hae already spent $37.;i7S,-S-IO lu the construction of the canal. They must spend nearly $10,000,000 more before their part of the work Is done. Then It will cost SiMMMOOO ad ditional to complete the work necessary to the propoMtl shlpuay. This latter expense, however. It Is e.Kcted, will be borne by the Federal liovemment. and the entire cnnal will become Govern uient proiHTty. Thus the total cost when the work nt present contemplated Is finished will have amounted to more than j!t;,()i0.- 000. The I'n mi ma Canal Is offered to the United States for f 10.000.000. or less than half the total cost of the Sani tary and Ship Canal. Had this canal been built under conditions that prevail In Central America Its cost would prob- THE HEAIt THAI' I Pill i lii i iii I hinl II III I ii i itl DAM PALESTINE WAKING UP. Many Sigma of Progress Due to Ger man UnterprWe. According to United States Consular Agent Harris at Elbeustock, Palestine has shown unmistakable signs of pro gress during the last decade, much of which Is to be attributed to Gorman enterprise. "German colonists, merchants and horticulturists," says Mr. Harris, "are awakening that part of the Lcvaut from a lethargy of a thousand years. Three years ago a German bank was esiauusnea in Jerusalem, with a branch In Yafa, which exchanged $15, 000,000 In 1001. The waters of the Dead Sea, where no rudder had been Been for centuries, are now being piled by (.ierman motor boats. A direct lino of communication has thus been opened up between Jerusalem and Kerak, the ancient capital of the land of Moab, which still commands the caravan routes leading across the Arabian desert. There Is no doubt that Germun en terprise will also exploit the phosphate liclds situated on both sides of the Jor dan, when transportation facilities shall have been sufficiently developed to insure success to the undertaking. "ror many years Germany has been looking to Asia Minor and other coun tries" adjacent to Palestine as suitable! territories In which to develop German market. The Ilagdad railroad, which will lead through Anatolia, Intersecting the headwaters of the Tigris ami Eu phrates, to the shores of the Persian Gulf, Is an enterprise of vast Import ance, not only to Germany, ns the pro moter, and the Turkish empire, but to the world at large. It Is tho greatest commercial and civilizing factor that could bo Introduced Into this region, and will tap tho rich territories which composed ancient Mesopotamia. Apart from new uvenucs of commerce u land will be opened up to students und tour ists which, owing lo expense and un safe methods of travel, has thus fur been practically Inaccessible. "The great plnln of tho Hnnran the granary of Syria forms tho 'hinter land,' or baek country, of Palestine. The railroad from Beirut to Damascus Is said to bo lu financial difficulties, Twelve months ago tho (Ierman consul at Damascus, In a report to his govern ment, advised his countrymen to buy not only this railroad but tho unflnlshcd Hnlfa-Damitbcus railroad as well. Were Germany to acquire these lines and connect them with a railroad run ning from Damascus to some point on GREATEST ARTIFICIAL CANAL. l-'ANAL AS SEEN AT WILLOW SPH1NG3 ably hate been doubled. The expense Is said to have been the minimum for the amount of work accomplished. Former Senator Warner Miller of New York said: "The use of the lm- LOOKING DOWN TnE DESI'LAINES VALLEY FItOM THE ItEAll OF THE CONTIIOLINU WOHKS. proved excavating machlenry on th lstlitmau canal would reduce the cost of construction from 30 to 40 per cent." The machinery, remarkable for hand! ncs.s and speed, constructed especially I.OCKPOHT. the projected Ilagdad route she would be lu a ixisltlon lo practically monopo lize the trade of Palestine and Asia Minor. "The commerce of Palestine to day Is not unimportant," said Mr. Harris, ac cording to tho Washington Star. "The products of the country are wheat, bar ley, oranges, oil, wine, nuts, tigs, apples, peaches, pears, pomei;ranntes. apricots, citrons, almonds, cucumbers, lettuce, onions, wild nrtlchokes and asparagus, trutlles, tobacco, sesame ami silk, while potatoes and other European and American vciretnhles nre being Intro iluced by German and French colon ists." HAVE A TREE DOCTOR. Several Cities Add n DcmlroloKlHt to Their Ofllclul Corpi. Doctor of trees Is the latest official addition to tho municipal corps of largo cities. Huston has engaged a tteo doctor to feel the pulses of the elms on Hoston common; Chicago has n consultant to help Juckson Park re cover from Its attack of World's Fair; New Y'ork added one to Its official ros ter when the rapid transit subwny was likely to Interfere with tho boulevard trees, aud llrooklyu Is considering the advisability of offering a permanent position to a "tree doctor" competent to look after tho health of the trees In Prospect Park. Most of the Interest In city trees Is directly duo to tho growing fnshlon for country houses and estates. City men hovo learned to rccognlzo good trees when they see them und to ob serve them closely enough to detect promptly nny sign of approaching de cay. Landscape architects, who used to bo scurce, aro now plentiful and able, and they havo succeeded In edu cating such n considerable proportion of the general public that complaint Is soon maiio if tho trees of a city shows symptoms of municipal neglect or 111 treatment. Indeed, slnco tho days of Secretary of Agriculture Morton, who established "Arbor day," thcro has been n regular campaign of education lu fuvor of city trees. The direct ef fect of this work has been tho crea tion of tho "treo doctor." Tho "treo doctor" Is not necessarily a practical landscape architect, or gar dener, says tho llrooklyu Eagle, though ho very often Btnnds high In that pro fession, Moro than ono of tho really successful men In this now occupation actually knew very little nbout trees until n few yenrs ago. Many of them wero amateurs who became Interested AT LOOKING WEST. for this work, was a source of wonder ment to the mechanical world. Nearly every piece of liiiHirtaut machinery used In the entlro work was Invented for tho especial purpose, as nothing in 3 AkXNCtefcejHMMEKfflfi i the market could be found answering the requirements for convenience and speed. The building of the canal resulted In reversing the flow of the Chicago Hir er, a feat long regarded ns an Impossi bility. The river which formerly emp tied Into the lake Is now an outlet of the lake and empties at Its other cud Into tho cnnal proper. Even yet Chicago Is debating ns to which Is up and which Is down tho river, which Is Its head and which Its mouth. Tho waters flowing through the cnnal nrccmpttedlntothe Desplalnes lllverat Ixckort, through thu controlling works, which comprise several sluice gates of metal with masonry bulkheads mid n bear-trap dam. This dam Is r garded by the canal trustees as "the greatest triumph of engineering genius that has ever been achieved In this or or any other country." The sluice-gates have a vertical piny of twenty feet and openings of thirty feet each. The bear-trap dam h& an opening of 1(10 feet and an oscillation of seventeen feet vertically. Tho con trolling works aro operated by admit ting wnter through conduits controlled by a valve. In the subject and took It up as nn amusement. At that time there were few facilities for the acquisition of tree knowledge, but lu recent years It has not been hard for Intending doc tors of trees to gather knowledge of the best methods of arboriculture. Ham's Choice or Unites. Former Lieutenant Governor John C, Underwood, of Kentucky, told a story at the Canadian Society dinner nt the Arkwrlght Club Tuesday night about a negro In his employ who was tnurrled four or live times, every time receiving ns n gift ?o from his employer. The sixth time the servant nppeared Mr. Underwood suld: "This thing has gone too fur, Sam; this time you have got to get married In the regular form. I will get you a license from tho County Clerk which will cost $1.50, which sum I will deduct from the $5 I am going to give you." Sam demurred, but finally consented to havo the license procured. Ho enmo to Mr. Underwood's house hi the even lud nnd when tho certificate was read to him It contained tho nanio "Mary Ann Jones," the name of a woman to whom Sam had been paying attention. "Land's bakes, Marser, Mary Ann Jones nlii't do woman. It's Sarah Jen kins I wants to marry"." Colonel Underwood replied that he would nrrango It all right, says the Now York 'limes, nnd would tnko out another license, costing $1.50, which sum ho would deduct nlso from the $5. "This Is getting too expensive," cried Sam. "I think you better leave do pa per like It am. I did wantcr marry Sarah Jenkins, but dere ain't $1.60 dif ference 'tween dem, so I reckon I'll take Mary Ann Jones dls time." Great Halt Lake According to the report of the United States Geological Survey, Great Salt Lake has been steadily sinking for a number of years. If that clear, briny drop of ocean, left behind when tho Pu. clflc rolled westward, should sometime dry up Into a salt basin, there would be grief and Iobs In Utah, slnco It has bo- como u prominent point for business and pleasure. As to the causo of tho decline opinions vary. It Is thought by some that tho lako Is subject to cycles of change, and this Is Its low water per iod, Others attribute tho sinking to the clearing of tho forests from tho neigh boring mountains, thus destroying tho protection of tho head waters of many streams flowing Into the lake. Politeness Is the zero mark of love's thermometer. LIVING IN THE COUNTRY. Olio (liilna Advniiliiuex mid Kaciipca n Miiltitudn of Olilluiitlona. If you get over so ilch, what do you do? lluy a fiiriu somewhere. If you have the iiiot of u good iiintler lu you, you will want to poultice a worn spirit from tlmo to time wllh healing ulrs anil tho restful scenes of the country. If you get over so poor, what do ynu dot Work harder, probably, If you nre lit to do anything and can llud any thing to do. Hut If you have a spirit of the iciUIhIic liber, and have come to Just the requisite degree of linpecunl unity, and clreiimstauces and your ex perience of life favor It, you go and live lu I lie country. You eiin live very cheaply lu the country If you choose, Mill possess your soul lu complete In dependence, and near your old chillies with n cheerful spirit. You will be quit of a host of obliga tions to fashion, to noddy, which may vex iiml oppress you In town, for tho price of superfluities Is by far the big gest Item lu the cost of ordinary living. ! You will miss opportunities, loo, but nut all opportunity. You will live fuco i to face with nature. You will be able j to say your prayers lu peace, and de velop nie spiritual side or you. It you have any, with only the smallest con cern about landlords, grocers, or rai ment. There are no taxes of any con sequence III the country; think of that) The greatest luxury you get there Is time, and the next greatest are sights aiiih sounds and smells. If yon have thoughts lo think, the country gives you a great cliauco to think theiii. If you have books lo rend, you can rend n lot of (hem lu tho country, even with kerosene at It cents a gallon. On the other hand. If you have money u spruu. mini u c co io spend It -t tut country offers loul (tar ileus, cows, horses, houses, studies, roads, milk at n dollar n gnltou If you like, sheep, and dogs, illiil, most of all, children. It Is nn trouble nt all to spend KiO.oon a jenr on roads alone, If , only you start with a fairly sharp land- hunger and push out your borders with due energy. You call get more for your money In roads than In dia monds or pictures, and roads are a permanent Investment. They don't burn down: you don't have to keep them Insured: you don't have even to keep them clean, for If you build them well, let the weeds grow never so thick on theiii, the mads will be there still. Aud once you put your money Into them. It stays. You rait never get It out. nor can any one else. You van not even be taxed adequately on the in. for no assessor presumes to see much value In a road. Indeed, a very large sum of money can be hid In a country place where the assesxnrs won't II ml It-In water pipe, drains, and such things. Harper's Magazine 1BIL STOIL Sill LP'S IIOHVS. I'lruil) Imbedded In a tree, n section of whli-li has been sent lo the Smith sonlnii Institution, ore both bonis of a inoiilllon or Koeky .Mountain sheep The boms must liute (,-oiten there so Ivng ago that the tree has grown around them. The section was taken at some distance from the ground, and the conjecture that someone placed the horns In tho crotch of the tree does not seem nt all likely. It seems more prob able that tho animal was caught by the horns lu this position In one of Its prodigious leaps from tho cliff above. Mcmnukcm to u llriiffglst- A Philadelphia druggist has made the following collection of amusing mis sives that havo been sent to him from time to time: "I hare a cuto pain In my baby's stuuimlck. Plenso give bearer some thing to euro It." "My little girl has cat up a lot of but tons. Please send a nemutlu by the enclosed boy." "Deer doctor a dog bit my child on the leg please send sumo cork plaster and cutter eyes." "Plenso send by bearer ono postal card. Also kindly glvo bearer, my son, sotiio llcorlco root." "Deer doctor wot Is good for tlrefoy fever send some quick 1 got It." "Let my Johnny havo a glass of sody water. I wul como myself but I am washlug. P. S. the flvu cents Is for tho Body water." "If you can fill the enclosed prescrip tion for twenty-live cents, do so. If not, return by bearer." Now Way to Mukn Writers. j Dls boy," explained tho old colored farmer, "wants to bo n writer-Ink dem wluit writes du 'Pontic's Prog-, ress,' en do Hoblnson Crowso." " Thu black pickaninny stood In tho corner, rumbling Willi Ills rrayed brim 'Well, what ovldciico has ho given of It? Huh ho ever written anything?" 'No, sub; ho can't wrlto hu name. Dat's what I fotch 'lm up hear fer ler make u writer er 'lm! Ho 'lows mebbo you could sorter beat It Inter liu-des frail 'lm out, Ink, 'twell ho title tcr It iiachiill Ho already been lilt sldo do head wld n dictionary, mi do blgges' sort er words Is been ruiinln' lu bis head over since! 1 think dat cf you'd luintii 'lm rotm' wld some er dem books you got dar ho'd fetch up all right. Hit's my hones' beliefs dat nil dat boy needs Is a fair showlu', eu he'll sprlso do worn" Atlanta Constitution, An All-Hound MiioIiiiohs, "They Buy thcro nru too many adjec tives In tho latest historical novel." "I'll bet It's tho Bitiuo way with all tho other parla of speech.' Cleveland Plain Dealer. Disaster.- Thu liiiiuo and Ihn mil Ion will sink to disaster If religion Is nut In Ilium. Ilov. Dr. lleattle, Louisville, Mo. A Working Force. -Tho resurrection of Jesus Christ Is a working force. Ilov. Dr. (Irogg, Presbyterian, llrnol lyn, N. Y. Easter.-Easier becomes lo Us tho symbol of that life which knows no death, llev. William Wlllnsoil, Episco pal, .Minneapolis, Minn. Iteally a Success.-No man's life Is really a success If Its usefulness ends when ho dles.-ltev. William Itader, Cougregallonallst, Han Francisco, Cal, Knowledge of Christ.- Never did In dividual souls need the knowledge of Christ more than In tiny. Itev. Dr. Caduian, Coiigregntloiiiitlst, llrooklyu, N. Y. Chrlstlnnlly.-Tlie cause of Christian ity Is going on from i-oniiierliig to con quer, tlod lives aud men believe It mid love him.-llev. 0. J. Hall. Denver, Colo. I'ro Christian Era. There Is n tend- rncy In tho present day to return to thn darkness of the pre-Christian era. - Itev. Dr. Dlx, Episcopalian, New , York City, Misunderstood.--Truest love mid highest Insight Into truth tiro always . tlciltif; things beyond tho understanding of ellls i and son d sou s.- llev. J. Btandlleld, Methodist, Indianapolis, lud. A Fatal Mistake.--We make a fatal mistake If, under the sense of being wise, wo cultivate doubt. The rever ent soul never limits God's power by what has been.- llev. Dr. Meeser, Hap list, Worcester. Massachusetts. Personal Influence. - Desplle the talk of money and methods, there Is really but one way of propagating the gospel, and that Is by the personal Influence of souls saved, (lev. E. ('. Moore, Cull gregatloiiallHt, Pruvldeiiee, II. I. A Satisfying HaslH.-Oiily where tho light of revelation shines and thu teachings of that revelation are ac cepted, does faith llud a satisfying ba sis, or hope rise Into assurance, llev. Dr. Chlvers, Itnptlst, llrooklyu, N. Y, Christian Spirituality. - The church must stand, not only for Intellectual honesty, but for it Christian spiritual ity. I say Christian. In-cntlse wo havo spiritualities ami spiritualities. Itev. (I. E. Cunningham, I'lihersallst, Kan sas City, Mo. Christianity Christianity was mndu as much for the poor iniiti who can tint make research ns for the wealthy nnd cultured. The church Is not narrow; she Is only loyal to God and the teach ings of Christ. - llev. Win. Pitrdow, It. C , Now York City. Hellglou Practicable. Fur all the vo cations to-day In our Industrial world religion Is practicable, and the Lord Jesus Christ can be served acceptably by all the people, all the week and at all times. llev. W. (1 Partridge, llap list. Cincinnati. Ohio Jesus. -Jesus dared to bo himself, original, spontaneous, Independent. His face was set against the proud, tho false, the arrogant. Ho loved com mon men and women and believed In tin-Hi. Itev. W. II. Thorp, Congrcga tlouallst, Chicago, III. The Holy Ghost. The Influence nnd presence of the Holy Ghost In the gos pel to-day Is thu mainspring of ser vice. It Is thu secret of success. It IIovvh out lu deeds of service and In labors o' love. -Iter. J. E. Honeywell, Methodist, Ashton, III. Hesurrectloii of Christ. Thu resur rection of Christ, which wo cclehrnlo at Easter, Is the only true and satis factory answer about our Immortality. To deny this one must overcome In surmountable) difficulties.- Itev. P. P. O'Hnre, New York City. Competitive System. The competi tive system Is ngalust good govern ment, against Christianity, ngalust morality and well-being, ngalust tho church of Jesus Christ. Tho church ought to lend the crusade against It. -Her. A. 0. Untie. Methodist, San Fran cisco, Cal. Tho Drawing Power. Christ Is not only the drawing tiower to draw souls up Into heaven, but ir held up lu thn pulpit will draw men Into tho church hero on earth. The church that Is lilted because of tho preached word will bo still filled when others nre empty. ilov. li. M. .iminenniin, Lutheran, Hal tltnore, Md. Highest Wisdom. To recognize nnd frankly to accept tho limitations of llfo Is part of thu highest wisdom. There nro soino things wo may know, nnd others wo have no moitim of discover ing. There aro Homo things wo may experience, and for others there Is no nntcrlal to build tho experience. Itev. Dr. Sllccr, Unitarian, Now Y'ork City. Christian Science. Christian science comes to maintain tho rights of man, nml tlmt 1,0 M m,t " lnliUlly, nnu tnero ""nine on mo sea of tics- '"J"- Likewise It comes to dispel tho belief that the science of medlclno Is a '"" ror ,110 "lH or Humanity. Man has inl-i,ro'llBI""ulraiv. it wiiiku nun contrary to God; It Is not necessary that you should bo sick anil suiter to go to heaven. Did medicine originate In a Christian nge? No. lis history shows that It began lu pagan times, ami ciiiiiu from pagan priests. Prof. Kimball, Christian Scientist, Iloslon, Miihh. Yellow Glasses. Hitherto workmen and others: who hnd lo bear very Btrong while light lu their work or profession havo been lu tho habit of wearing bluo glasseH to relievo their eyes from tho possibility of being blinded. This Is thu case with snllors who operate tho powerful searchlights that nro now ho necessary an adjunct to tho war vessels ami com mercial craft, especially If their ejes happen to bo blue or gray. Hut re cently It has been demonstrated Hint yellow-colored glasses will servo their purposo better, and It Is expected that they will be used hereafter,