RAM'S HORN BLAST.
Warn Ins Sots Calltnc tha Wfek
fteacataace. v, "'
Indlvldualltyls Im
mortality, j Death
In d e 1 1 q ueseeaes
back Into the
mass.
Men cannot bt
got to follow a
failure, however
well It figures out
on paper.
A missionary is
one sent, who went u - . t "
A tippling Christian Is teacher of
tippling. U'U.
Election day Is the cross-examination
of the prayer meetlDg.
We could weir spend less time per
suading men and more illustrating
Man.
In doubt, stay put and do your stunt
as If It were the flnishlngtouches of
the universe.
Until Christianity shows a stronger
grip on Christians, it only plays tag
rlth the world,'
A wrong In the hands of men who
are true to It will beat a right thing In
hands that are untrue.
Stand by your own opinions. The
world does not need missionaries more
than It needs stationeries.
God can doubtless read the human
heart, but He elects to Judge men by
their effect on the neighborhood.
Government Is the lamp. Public opin
ion Is the oil. Leadership Is the light.
The mystery of the combustion belongs
to God.
Prayer Is worth precisely what the
prayer will reedem it nt, in worth, ac
cording to his light, ability and oppor
tunity, -a
Respect yourself. The first diamond
separated from the carbon majority,
right where It was, and set up In busi
ness as a crystal then and there, and
announced a new code for matter the
crystalline.
Do your own thinking. The great
est failure of the church Is due to
swarms of backward souls that want
their decisions ready-made by parent,
pastor, pope or party. But the separ
ators are on the Increase the hope of
the world.
Lady Dorothy Nevlll, In her recent
reminiscences, tells an auiusiug story
of the Misses Charlotte and Fanny
Walpole, her cousins, and the grand
daughters of Lord Cllvo, who lived to
be nearly a hundred. On ouo occasion,
when both were well over ninety, Miss
Fanny, the younger, who hud that day
been rather 111, only Joined her sister
In the sitting room Just before dinner.
On her arrival downstairs Miss Char
lotte remarked, anxiously:
"Fanny, I am going to be !U, too. 1
feel so hot about the head It must
be apoplexy."
"Nothing of the sort!" exclaimed.
Miss Fanny, making a dash at her sis
ter's head. "Your cap's on fire, and
I'm going to put It out!" And so the
brave old thing did.
Miss Walpole, despite !ier ruined
laces, was doubtless pleased that It
was Are rather than fever which af
flicted her. Sir Humphry Davy, al
though he lost but a plain peaked night
cap, was less satisfied under similar
circumstances.
He had been studying one evening,
In comfortable neglige of dressing
gown and nightcap, at a little table lu
his chamber, when he became aware of
a curious phenomenon. A bright, danc
ing circle of light appeared upon -the
celling. It was unsteady, yet persist
ent, and he was unable to account for
It
He extinguished his lamp, but It only
appeared the brighter. It was accom
panied by an odor a scorching odor
and also by a slight sound of sizzling.
He was greatly excited, ind running
over rapidly In his mind all kinds of
electrical and other Interesting theories
to account for the mystery, when he
became aware of a sensation of uncom
fortable warmth about the scalp. He
hastily put up his hand and down
tumbled his theories and a blazing
nightcap.
The tassel on Its peak had bobbed
Into his candle as he bent above his
book; and the fascinating problem on
the celling was no more thau the re
flection of the evening bonfire on his
anlum.
It Mads a Different.
Tonison I hear your engagement
with Miss Boodle Is off. How did It
happen?
Junson In strict confidence, my
friend, she got mad because I stole a
kiss.
"I don't see why that should pro
Yoke her wheu you were engaged."
"Well, you see, I stole the kiss from
nother girl."
The Nnrae'a Tart.
"Why do so niauy people Insist on
having nurses for their children?" ask
ed the motherly woman.
That Is easily explained," answered
the unpleasant man. "A nurse enables
a woman to send a crylug bby out of
her own hearing and let It stay on
the sidewalk to anuoy the nslghhors."
Washington Star.
Twilight Mnmarlas,
"I love a dun, religious light," aha
murmured.
I waa brought up la Pittsburg, too"
he Eall Judge. . v
a mm m
1492 Columbus discovered the Island
now called San Domingo and ilaytl.
1512 The British admiralty office es
tablished by Henry VIII.
1GSO Penn. colonists met at Chester to
organize the territory.
1754 Prussians defeated the Austrians
end Saxons at battle of Lissa.
1773 American force appeared before
Quebec.
1777 New Jerspy's first newspaper Is
sued at Burlington.
1780 Gen. Nathaniel Greene assumed
command of the Southern army.
1783 Washington took leave of the offi
cers of the army.
1787 Delaware, the first State, ratified
the constitution.
1706 Washington delivered his last ad
dress to Congress.
1S04 Napoleon I. crowned In the Cathe
dral of Notre Dame, Paris.
1810 Mauritius taken by the English.
114 Gen. Jackson took eoninmnd of
American forces at New Orlean.
1E29 Suttee, the Hindu rite of burning
a widow on the funeral pyre of her
husband, abolished in India.
1S38 French evacuated Vera Cruz.
18CO Gen. Louis Kossuth, the Hunga
rian patriot, arrived in New York.
1S55 Railway communication opened be
tween Hamilton and Toronto, On
tario. 1851) John Brown executed. .. .Province
of Queensland, Australia, established.
1SC1 Secretary of the Treasury Chase
recommended a rearrangement of the
national banking system.
1803 Gen. Longstreet raised the siege of
Knoxville.
1805 United States protested against
the French occupation of Mexico.
1800 Great reform demonstration by
London trades unions.
1808 Disraeli ministry resigned and
Gladstone became premier.
1873 Serious riots at Vloksburg, Miss.
1875 President , Grant recommended
non-sectarian and compulsory educa
tion in bis message to Congress.
1870 Daniel II. Chamberlain tworn In
as Governor of South Carolina....
Several hundred lives tost in the
burning of the Brooklyn theater.
1881 Electric street lights Introduced in
Philadelphia.
1882 Royal Courts of Justice opened by
Queen Victoria.
1SS0 Panic on the Stock Exchange In
San Francisco.
188!) Henry M. Stanley arrived at Zan
zibar on his return from an explor
ing expedition to central Africa. . . .
John J. Ingalls introduced tba Chi
cago World's Fair bill In Congress.
1891 Great damage by forest fires in
California.
1893 Senate called upon President Cleve
land for all correspondence In the
Hawaiian matter.
180-1 U. S. Treasury reserve reached Its
highest mark in years, standing at
$111,142,000.
ISOu Defeat of the Cuban Insurgents
and death of the rebel leader, Maceo.
1897 German marines took possession
of K'uvo Chan, China.
1903 Massacre of Jews at Kiev, Russia.
Members of the Railroad Conductors'
Order and of the Brotherhood of Train
men are working together In formulating
demands which they expect to make, and
a vote on the proposition to ask an in
crease hi wages is now In progress. This
movement involves 75,000 employes on
sixty-five different lines east of the Mis
sissippi. Besides Increase In pay, radical
changes in the rules of service are to be
demanded. -
In the Federal District Court at Los
Angeles Judge Welborn imposed a fine
of $330,000 upon the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe railroad upon Its conviction
last July for granting rebates to the
Grand Canyon Line and Cement Com
pany of Arizona. The judge said this
was an "intermediate penalty," as the
maximum fiue would have boon $1,320,
000. The company had asserted that
the alleged rebates were paid on account
of damaged goods.
A reduction In force extending through
all departments of the Burlington rail
road has been ordered, which will amount
to 10,000 before the end of December.
At the same time, working hours have
been cut from nine to eight.
The series of locomotive speed tests
conducted by the Pennsylvania Railroad
af Clayton, N. J, ended Weduesday,
wben electric engine No. 028, owned by
tbt Naw Haven road, attained a speed of
j a little over ninety-two miles an hour.
J This was, however, still short of the rec
I ord of ninety-nine miles made by a steam
kxonutive last week.
11
Low
Dowa Barrow (or Capacity.
The drawing shows a low down bar
row in sufficient detail to enable any
one to make a similar one. We think
that next to the low down cart It Is
the handiest thing around the buildings
and garden that we have, says a writer
In Farm and Fireside. Its capacity Is
more than double that of the ordinary
kind, and the load Is much more easily
put aboard. It has the advantage of
getting into close quarters where the
cart would not go, and for use about
the feeding alleys, the stable, the lawn
and the garden there is hardly anything
that will take Its place.
For the framework get two pieces of
hardwood two by two inches will
project to form handles on one end
and for the wheel frame on the other,
At front end of box in rear of wheel
a piece of the same dimensions is mor
tised into the frame to hold It rigidly
and to make the front end of box
frame. Pieces lxlVi Inches are also
mortised Into the bottom of the legs.
both front and back. These form the
foundation for the floor, whldh should
be of three-quarter-Inch boards. The
legs are mortised Into the shaft or han
dle pieces, the front ones resting about
three inches from the ground and . the
rear ones securely braced, as shown in
the cut
If desired the sides may be built
from the floor solid and straight up,
but we find It better to have a per
manent bed from floor to top of han
dles, with removable side boards to slip
on for use in handling bulky stuff.
Heavy material, such as bags of fer
tilizer, large stones, etc., are easily han
dled with this type of barrow, as they
may be loaded between the handles di
rectly from the ground.
Frnlt Tree and Grass.
Extended experiments recently, con
lucted In England have shown clearly
!hat fruit trees suffer very materially,
md are often killed outright, when
rrass Is allowed to grow under the tree
nd close up to the trunk. Various
probable reasons for this effect, such
ib the removal of plant food and of
(vater by the grass, also the aupposed
lberatlon of carbonic acid, which might
prove injurious to the roots of the
:rees, were respectively demonstrated
to be outside the primary cause of In
ury, and, finally, after seven years'
work, it was concluded that the lnjuri
jus effect could only be due to some
poisonous substance formed la the soil
sy the roots of the grass.
On the other hand, It Is a well-known
Jnct that In many instances conslder
ible difficulty Is expressed In obtaining
i growth of grass under trees. There
:s distinct evidence that plants produce
:oxic conditions In the substance In
s-hlch they grow ; as a rule the ex-
xetlons given off by the roots of a cer
nln plant are more toxic to the same
ir a nearly related plant than to plants
not so closely related. The effect of
tree-seedlings on the growth of wheat
was tested, and after eliminating, as
i cause of Injury, such factors as re
moval of plant of food or water by the
tree roots. It seemed that the roots of
the latter had some direct effect on the
growth of the wheat, which suffered In
ill the experiments. The seedlings were
placed In plant pots, hence the roots of
the tree and those of the wheat plants
were In close contact ; "
Trees of various kinds were used In
the experiments, and the retarding In
fluence, although noted in every ln
rtanee, differed In degree; cherry was
least active In checking growth, pine
moBt so. The conclusion arrived at
was that the effect of trees on Wheat
appears to be due to the excretion of
substance by the trees toxic to wheat
The Teach Crop of 1908.
The fruit crop the past year was
light, but It brought a very good price,
and the prospects now are that Okla-
'homa may have an excellent crop In
1908, says a bulletin Issued by the
State. The drought during the summer
orevented excessive growth, and the
1 sarly fall rains caused the trees to set
j a good crop of fruit buds. The orchards
that were well cultivated have now
passed into winter quarters in good
xmdltlon. There Is a great variation
j In the number of fruit buds set on the
llfforent varieties of peaches, and In
llffercnt orchards, but the plums seem
to be uniformly full of fruit buds.
Trees that have not been pruned well
each season have a relatively poor set
ting of fruit buds. Plum and cherry
trees do not require as much pruning
is do the peach trees. Peach trees may
be pruned any time from the first of
December to the middle of March. The
branches should be cut back to about
ne-half of the length of last season's
growth. This form of trimming will
thin the fruit and keep the tree from
growing tall. This Is a distinct advan
tage In gathering the fruit and In
spraying the tree.
tOW DOWN BABBOW.
, Carina; Hana and Shaslderi.
As soon as possible after the meat la
cold all through, the. hams and shoul
ders should be cured. , They should be
placed on a table In' the cellar, skin
side down.- Then for every 100 .pounds
of meat make a mixture of four pounds
of the best fine aalt, two ounces of pow
dered saltpeter,, and four ounces of
brown sugar. This mixture should be'
well rubbed into the hams all over,' and
some pushed into hock end around the
bone. Keep on rubbing until the meat
will take no more; then let them re
main on the table for a week, when the
remainder of the mixture can be rubbed
ia Allow them to He for about two
weeks altogether, and then hang up by
a string placed through the hock, la a
cool, dark smokehouse. '
For two or three days keep up a good
smoke from hickory chips, smothered
with sawdust, during the day. Keep In
a cool place, and before spring exam
ine to see that no Insects have deposited
eggs. Dust a little cayenne pepper,
then cover with coarse muslin to fit the
ham exactly and stitch tightly. Give
a coat of whitewash or chrome yellow,
and hang in a cool, dark, dry place.
For curing In pickle, to one gallon of
water take one and a half pounds of
salt, half a pound of sugar, half an
ounce each of saltpeter and potash. In
this ratio the pickle can be Increased
to enough to cover any amount of pork.
Boll together until all dirt rises to the
top and la skimmed off. When cold
pour it over the hams or pork, which
may be pickled In this way. The meat
must be well covered by It and should
not be put down for at least two days
after killing, during which time It
should be slightly sprinkled with salt
peter, which removes all the. surface
blood, leaving the meat fresh and clean.
A good way to keep hams is to pack
in dry salt In a dry place, not having
any part exposed or touching each
other.
Bar for Drying Clothea.
If your wife wants a clothes bar so
she can dry her clothes In the house,
then borrow a -lnch auger, a plane
and a saw if you have none. Get some
light pine lumber 2 Inches wide and 1
Inch thick, cut 8 bars; 4 bars 3 feet 11
Inches long( these are for the lower
ones. The 4 bars for the top are 1
foot 11 Inches long. You can make It
an wide as you wish and 8 rods are
needed to go crosswise for holding the
bars together and to hang the clothe
on. Dress the rods to about l inch
square and make them smooth so as to
not tear the clothes. For bars the size
as given above the rods need to be of
the ollowlng lengths: Four rods 4 feet
long; 2 rods 4 feet 2 inches long; 2
reds 3 feet 10 Inches long, 1 rod 4 feet
3 inches long, this is the center rod
and must project 3 Inches at one end;
cut another rod' 4 feet 4 Inches long,
use it for the top and have it to pro
ject 2 inches so as to receive the piece
shown in the engraving to regulate the
height. lou can shut or open It to any(
width you want it Exohange.
Winter Shelter for Stock.
With the approach, of : the. cold
months, as the farmer is making prep
arations for his comfort, he should not
forget to similarly provide for the ani
mals on the farm.
Especially young stock demand good.
warm shelter, and this should be pro
vided for them before the real cold
weather sets in. Warmth to a young
animal Is equal to a moderate amount
Of fOOd. ) ' vn! ; '' f! 1 '"
Animals exoosed to the frosts and
storms of winter are almost sure to
catch cold, if not contract some other
disease that will either enfeeble them
or prove fatal.
Farmers that do not take this matter
Into consideration often have animals
take sick and mope, and, perhaps, die,
without the fact for a moment being
taken Into account that their sickness is
due to the cruel exposure to which they
have been subjected.
Truly it has been- said that the merci
ful man is merciful to his beast and
the man wbo is not Is not only unfit to
have the care of animals, but deserves
to lose them., .
Study f Jlothroomi. -
A singular and very Interesting and
useful Institution has been established
In the little city of Tarare, uear Lyons,
France. It is a mycologlcal bureau
where expert Judgment Is furnished
concerning mushrooms,-many of Which
are poisonous. Since the establishment
of the bureau nobody buys mushrooms
which do not carry Its ticket of Identi
fication and guarantee, and air the
country people from miles around bring
their mushrooms for examination. One
surprising result has been the discovery
of scores of edible mushrooms, which
before nobody dared to touch.
Quarters for Fowla.
When comfortable quarters are pro
vided for fowls, says Prof. Watson,
the nutritive ration of the food should
be about one-fifth; that la, one part
protein or muscle-producing compounds
to four parts of carbohydrates or heat
and fat-producing compounds.
BAB FOB DBYINO CLOTHES.
BRAIU CROPS SHORT,
BUT WORTH FAR MORE
lovernment Final Estimate Shows
Great Decline In Cereal
Production.
PRICES MATTE FABMERS HAPPY.
rhey. Will Get' Half a. Billion- 0f
' Dollars More This ' Year" '
.:,.j.w.thaa Last -----
The government report shows a
shortage of 785,987,000 bushels In total
crops as compared with the crops of
1906, which were the largest ever raised
in this country, and a shortage of 377,
2S7.000 buBhels as compared with the
yields of 1005, which were also very
large. ' : ' : ; ' ' " " u ' "'
The chief shortage is In the corn
crop, with 3C5.000.000. bushels,, oats
with 211,000,000 bushels and wheat
with 101,000,000 bushels.
There is something of an offset to the
big losses in the feeding grains In the
increase of 6,431,000 tons of hay as
compared to that of 1906, and of
3,045,388 tons as compared to the crop
of. 1905. .... .-. .. ..,,.....
Promlnent.features of the final revis
ion of Its crop estimates for the year
by the Department of Agriculture were
the Increases made- ia the reports of
area seeded to spring wheat, corn and
oata In each of these particulars as
! well as In the estimated weight of
spring . wheat arid onts the Tofllcial re-.
t .; CEOPS
Winter wheat
Spring wheat
Total wheat....;..........;....;...
Corn
Dats
Rye ...............
Bcrley .. ......
Buckwheat
Flaxseed ...........
Potatoes
Total
-f f .;
Ilay, tons i ........ ,
i.i
ports ran more or less counter to the
general Impressions of speculators. In
' a few Instances, such as the weight' of
oats, the figures given were at variance
; with all the experiences of the trade
for the year to date. . ( 5 ,
3 Figure of, the Report.'
The report gave final estimates of
acreage, production and value of farm
crops, showing winter wheat acreage
to be 28,132,000, production 409,442,000
bushels and value per bushel SS.2 cents.
Spring wheat acreage was 17,079,000,
production 224,645,000 bushels and val
ue 86 centa. ' . , . ;
' Corn acreage was 99,931,000, produc
tion 2,592,320,000 bushels "and value
51.7 cents. ---- - - -
Oata acreage was 31,837;00O, produc
tion 754,443,000 bushels and value 44.3
cents. ' 1 " " ' ; "
It was announced that the total val
ue of the farm crops for 1907 was $3,
404,000,000, an increase of $428,000,000
for 1906. . !
The farm value on Dec. 1 of the four
crops already mentioned follows : Corn,
$1,340,446,000; winter Wheat $361,217,
000; spring wheat, $193,220,000; oats,
$334,568,000.
The comparative prices for the grain
crops for the past three years follow :
. 1907. 1906. - 1803. 1904.
Wheat ....81.7 , , 66.7 74.8 92.4
Corn ......51.7 89.9 41.2 44.1
oats :. r.44.fr su ' 29.1 - 81.8
Rye 73.1 58.9 60.7 68.8
Barley ..t.44.8 r 41.5 . , 40.8 f . 42.0
Buckwheat (59.8 59.0 58.T T 62.2
Flax .95.6 i 101 & , I 85.a 89.3
Potatoes ...61.7 ' 51.1 61.7 -13.3
Hay . . . . $11.63 $10.37 $8.52 $8.72
V
Aeroplane's Circular Flight.
Henry Farman has continued his mar
veloua flights at Paris with nla famous
aeroplane, built by tba Voiain brothers on
the general plan of the'Chanute soarer.
Before ia great, and wildly enthusiastic
throni of people he repeatedly maneu-
! vered his machine one kilometer in a com
plete circle, returning to the point of de
parture. This was regarded as a demon
stration of practical aerial, flight by ma.
chlnea heavier than air or without the
aid of gas bags. The machine first rolled
slowly along the ground on its two pneu
matic tired wheels ; then, as the speed in
creased from the action of the propellers,
the big winged thing ahot oflfxInto the air
at a gentle angle, all tba time Mr. Far
man steering with apparent ease and con
fidence and keeping an even keel and a
steady course to the turning point and
back. The machine resembles a huge
dragon fly, with upper and lower seta of
wings attached to a light frame carrying
motor, machinery and operator.
UTTER ESTUJG NEWS ITEMS. -President
B.' F. Winchell of the Rock
Island at Guthrie, Okla., 'said his road
would accept the- 2-cent fare provision, of
the Oklahoma constitution. 'i
Gov. Vardaman of Mississippi was pre
vailed upon to take a ride in Baldwin's
airship at Jackson, Miss. Ten teet above
the ground was the limit and the trip
waa very abort
William E. Shlebler, the telegraph op
erator wbo received the first message over
the Atlantic cable sent to President Bu
chanan by Qneen Victoria died in Brook
lyn, H. X. He also received the message
from the front announcing the fall of
I Btdunoad at the close of the Civil War.
TJKCLE SAM A CAPITALIST.
As 'i , Shipbuilder, Outranks All
- Others In the United States.
Tiie UnltedStati goTernnAnt main
tains 'nine navy yards, representing a
capital teatlon of more-than f 00,000,000
and employing nearly 15,000 men,- in
cluding ofllcers. The total wages paid
In the navy yards of the government la
approximately $10,000,000 annually,
the cost of materials used'oeing about
$7,000,000 annually' and the value of
the products, depending upon the num
ber of vessels built, runs well up Into
the millions every year. In 1905 the
output of tbe government yarda was
over $17,000,000., S t i "
. As a shipbuilder the government out
ranks all other ship owners;; In the
United States. In 1904 the government
launched 170,000 tons of battle ships
of more than, 1000 tons burden each,
While only 3.7 per cent of all vesseli
launched that year were tha property
of the nation, these vessels constituted
27.7 per' cent of the total ; tonnage
launched that year. These Same ves
sels represented also more than hall
the value of all vessels over , five tona
launched, the contract value of the
government ships being $39,513,600,
Despite Its own facilities for building
and repairing warships, only one gov
ernment yard has been used in recent
years for turning out a modern up-to-date
battle ship.
All told, the government owns fif
teen dry docks where vessels of the
navy undergo most , of their repairs.
All but two of these are located on the
Atlantic coast. ' Another dock Is being
completed on Puget sound, giving three
on the Pacific coast In addition t
the naval dry docks there are thirty
eight in the United States owned bj
private corporations or Individuals., Is
time of war the navy should find n
.trouble la taking care of tta smallei
vessels, but the big battle ships would
OF UNITED STATES FOE THEEE YEARS."!
1007, bu. 1900, bu. JD05, bu.
;....:; ; ! 409,442,000 402,888,004 428,402,834
224,045,000 242,372,900 201,516,051
634,087,000 735,200,970 6D2.8T9.48f
2,592,320,000 2,927,410,091 2,707,993,54
754,443,000 964,904,522 .-853,210.171
31,500,000 33,874,833 ' 27,816,04
153,317,000 , 178,816,484 3,36,651,024
14,290,000 14,041,937 3 i,5&i,08l
25,851,000 25,576,146 28,477,731
297,942,000 308,038,382 200,741,284
5,137,903,000 5,923,890,235 5,515,189,831
63,577,000 U 5.7,145,95 . 0,531,01J
have long distances to travel on eithei
coast, In event of Injury, before flndlni
adequate docking facilities! I
HALF A MILLION A DAY.
That Is the Amount Which Chicago
1. Puts Into Stimulants.
Chicago's consumption of stimulants li
amazing, according to a correspondent
The money spent in saloons alone totali
up between $120,000,000 and $130,000
000 annually. At least $10,000,000 mort
is spent for stimulating drugs in the 80f
drug stores in the city. ..
If tobacco can be classed as a stimu
lant it may be said that there are betweei
35,000 and ' 40,000 places in the citj
where cigars and tobacco are sold. Proba
bly $100,000 per day is not an exagger
ated estimate for Chicago's smoking bill
At the lowest estimate, taking alcoholit
beverages, tobaccos, and all manner ol
drugs into account, it is impossible to fig
ure that Chicago spends less than $500,
000 per day on Btlmulants of varloui
kind, and the chances are tbe amount ii
considerably higher. ;
Of this enormous sum, how much doei
the worker spend? Fully 75 per cent, it
all business men, officers of corporation,
and all men who work with band or brain,
are included. But for the worker, th
saloonkeepers themselves say, they would
have to close up shop in a few days. Th
remaining. 25 per cent of the $500,00C
must be set aside between women whe
lead domestic Jives and non-workers of ail
lr!nd TVnmoTi narhnn nrA.thA hf-jivlea!
of all users of drugs.
-n -jah ' . a -f
; The Universal'.st general convention ai
Philadelphia listened with' approval ts
the, plea for closer fellowship betweea
their denomination and the Unitarian,
made by Rev. Lewis G. Wilson, secretin
of the American Unitarian Association.
The Evangelical general conference, at
its recent session at Milwaukee, took
decisive step . toward the union of the
Evangelical church and the United Evan
gelical church, adopting the report of tht
committee on revision, which recommend
ed the appointment of a commission from
each church to arrange details of thi
union. It was also decided to open ne
gotiations with other Protestant churches,
including the Methodists, Presbyterians,
Baptists and Congregationalism, with S
view to a federation on all lines of church
work into which denominational differ
ences do not enter. , ... . t
Under the direction of Rev. Hugh Birk
head and his associate of St George'i
Episcopal church. New York, a club hat
been started on lines similar to that main
tained by Emmanuel church, Boston, an1
Christ Presbyterian church of New York,
namely, its membership made up. entirely
of persons having incipient tuberculosis,
Each member promises to care for hit
health, to give up all work, atop worry
ing, lire an outdoor life and obey all the
rules of the club. All are aupplied wita
a tent attachment to be fastened to the
window, sills to that they may sleep with
then: heads in the open air. Weekly
meetings are held, when ail tell of thaii
progress.
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