&z Tfcnss I
Dishonest grocers seldom resort to
legal measures.
It pays to be Rood; If yon get tn
the penttenttary It shortens your term.
A Berlin professor says that ham
mering will curt a red nose. The beat
ur la to quit
The resident says that wealth ta
not a bad thing. Who the deuce said
It was? It'a the fellow that's got tt
King Edward is wearing blue gog
gles. He probably cannot stand the
"fierce tight that boats upon the
throne.
Lawson says he Is educating the peo
ple. He should remember that some
people never learn unless experience la
their teacher.
A picture of Emperor William and
bis five sons going to church could
do duty any time as a anap shot of a
military parade.
Judge Tarker declares that "business
and polities must be divorced." Yea,
and they shouldn't be allowed to mar
ry again within a year.
Channcey M. Depew says he got
120,000 a year from the Equitable for
giving advice freely. Most people are
willing to do that for nothing.
A Nova Seotian paper says Canada
has enough land to give each Inhabit
ant 400 acres.. We may add that she
could throw In enough Ice to last till
the millennium.
Employes in the Panama sohe are to
be supplied with meaus of healthful
recreation. Heretofore they have had
to amuse themselves with hammers
and typewriters.
An early copy of Shakspeare's "Rich
ard III." was sold In London the other
day for $8,750. Some day people may
be paying fancy prices for Cyrus
Townseud Brady's books.
A South Carolina trust magnate com
mitted suicide after stealing $500,000.
Any ordinary man who had annexed
that amount would think that life was
Just beginning to be worth living.
Cbauncey M. Depew Is several times
a millionaire; he has a Job that he can
neglect whenever he wants to without
being docked, and he has a beautiful
young wife. It will be a shameful
waste of time to sit around and pity
Chauncey.
An Interesting new profession has
been devised by a young man in Paris,
who offers his services as "fourteenth"
at dinners and house parties where
the guests unexpectedly prove to num
ber thirteen. He advertises himself as
a brilliant conversationalist, too; but
would not brilliancy be wasted on peo
ple who are so superstitious as to hire
him?
The San Francisco Argonaut snys
we have the funny spectacle of live
members of a fraternity at Berkeley
falling to pass their examinations and
the Japanese cook who waited upon
them graduating with honors." We
fail to see the amusing part of the
Incident In fact It is not even strange.
The Jap meant business. The other
fellows went to college because It Is
fashionable.
According to a student of current
events, It Is an eneousnging sign of im
proved business morality that the
words "thief and "stealing" are being
used these days in place of ' "defaulter"
and "misappropriating." The trouble
Is, however, that the thing for which
these words stand do not become per
ceptlbly rarer. Calling a spade a spade
Is all right but it does not affect the
existence of the spade.
The amount of sleep needed by a
boy during the first two or three years
of his school life was discussed at the
conference of the Parents' National
Educational Union held In London a
few weeks ago. A distinguished phy
eiclan, Dr. T. Dyke Acland, said that
the result of a correspondence with all
the great public schools In England,
forty In number, such as Eton, Rugby
and Westminster, and with four slmt
lar schools in America, led him to the
conclusion that from nine to ten hours'
Bleep was essential to the healthy
growth of young boys. He added that
only two of the English schools came
up to the highest standard in this re
spect whereas all four of the Ameri
can schools reached it
Some time ago, when President Had
ley of Yale suggested the social boy
cott as an effective means of bringing
men to a sense of their duty, serious
questions were raised as to whether
the author of the suggestion knew
what he was talking about But iu
bringing Philadelphia Oouncllmeu to
time In the tight against the gas steal
the social boycott proved the most ef
fectlve of measures. Ouo Councilman
agreed to turn away from the machine
only when his wife took to her bed
from the effects of the averted faces
of her neighbors and former friends.
Another saw the light only when his
ehlldreu came crying from school with
the story that none of the other chil
dren would play with thetu or eveu
speak to them. Another gave In wheu,
upon requesting that he lie allowed ro
lead the Memorial day procession i
his wan!, he was told that an honest
man would be given that honor.
Merchants In Eugland and Wales arc
happy over the fact that the great re
ligious revial Is causing people to pay
their debts. Here Is a substantial good
result of religious enthusiasm which
even the hardest-headed materialist
must acknowledge. Missionary work
In heathen lands makes good customers
for the products of civilisation. It has
long been recognised that In a broad
way, the dollar In the missionary box
is the best Investment the business
man can make. And now the English
and Welsh merchants are learning that
money given In support of revivalists
comes back multiplied many times.
The mystery of some people's financial
irresponsibility has never been fath
omed. They may be the soul of con
science In-every respect but this. Per
haps they uever get a dollar's worth
of any commodity without a firm in
tention to pay for It But somehow
they never do pay for It and all the
while the thought of not paying for it
Is harassing and even shocking to
them. There Is needed an authorita
tive psychological study of the resp-v
table, well-meaning "deadbeat" Prob
ably no one on earth save a bishop of
the English church would have been
found to object to the revival which
began in Wales and Is spreading In
England on the ground that It Is caus
ing people to pay their debts. The
bishop of Carlisle, in a recent address,
expressed his scorn of this sort of con
version and Intimated that the nmn
whose moral sense had not already
made him honest was a doubtful acqui
sition, under an emotional impulse, to
any religious organization. A man, he
said, should be honest up and down
and through and through. A "religion
of emotion and crocodile tears" might
cause the man who was not thus hon
est to pay his debts, but It would hard
ly transform him Into a person of real
conscience. The idea of the man who
Is as religious out of church as In It
and who never required conversion to
prevent his buying things that he had
no serious intention of paying for is at
tractive. . There are many auch men.
Yet it Is easily to be fancied that the
merchants and shopkeepers, of what
ever faith or moral system, are pleased
when they see the revivalists pricking
dulled consciences and causing long
standing accounts to be. settled. In
spite of the adverse opinion of the
bishop of Carlisle, the commonly ac
cepted Tlew among level-headed busi
ness men must be that the conversion
which causes "deadbents" to pay their
debta Is a first-rate kind of conversion.
The convert who takes time from his
praying to hunt up and square his ac
counts may not stand the highest with
the bishop, but he makes a hit with
all the rest and no doubt a harp al
ready tuned awaits him on high.
Rare Collection of Pendant.
Any collection that Mrs. Johu "It.
Drexel undertakes to make Is bound
to be worth looking at and the assort
ment of pendants which she bus re
cently gathered proves to be no ex
ception, snys the Philadelphia ' Press.
So beautiful are many of the speci
mens that there Is often a suspicious
ly greenish glitter In the eyes of nor
friends who are privileged to behold
them, which Is not due to the reflec
tion cast by Jade or emeralds, either.
Some of them are plain gold, valuable
for their various chasings, while oth
ers are fashioned as flowers, with pet
als of tinted enamel and Jeweled cen
ters. On one' little purple velvet
cushion, lying peacefully side by side,
Is a Japanese figure carved In jade
and a little design cut In ivory which
represents a peasant in sabots pushing
a wheelbarrow filled with little blue
stones. This Mrs. Drexel picked up In
Russia. Pendants are perhnps . the
most favored form of Jewelry this sea
son, so this collection, besides being a
delight to look upon, can be put to
practical purposes, providing the wear
ing of such Jewels can come within
the meaning of a practical purpose.
Criminal Law In China.
If a Chinaman dies while being tried
for murder, the fact of his dying lg
taken as evidence of his guilt He has
departed, but somebody must suffer,
and his eldest son, If he has one, Is
therefore sent to prison for a year. If
he has no son, then bis father or
brother gets a flogging. It's all In fhs
family, and somebody has to pay for it
A colored woman weighing three
hundred pounds, was on the streets
to-day with her sleeves rolled pp to
I her elbows: In the latest style.
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TttK OTilEH U mK Ml IPS.
By Iter, poesltl Sags Maciar.
Text "And there were also with
him other little ships." Mark 4: 30.
We don't ofteu think ot these otner
little ships that were boating through
the storm that night on Galilee. We
have, Indeed, thought of the aiscipios
turning at lust in tho panic of despair
to the worn and weary Jesus asleep,
"Master, carest Thou uot that we per-
lhl" Hut how many of us nave ap
preciated this little touch lu Mark's
description. "There were also wun
Him other little ships!" Out yoiuier,
where tho mist mantled tho tumultu
ous waters like a wraith of death,
there were "other little ships," each
lighting Its own way for life. There
was no Clirlst aboard, to whom, In the
supreme moment ot peril they could
turu for help.
Wheu Christ spoke the wom ot
nenco the calm brought safety not only
to Ills Immediate followers: It was
sham! also by "the other little ships."
In other words, what the Master did
directly for one He did indirectly for
a great many others. The blessings or
His neac were not confined to the
men who had Invoked Ills help. These
blessings wee diffused across the sui
l..n w nters. so that when the storm
was over It was riot one, but many
ships that, with thankful hearts
aboard, sailed Into the harbor beneath
the hill, delivered from the perils of
the deep, safe home ot last
These other little ships remind. us
of the unseen comradeships In life.
We are not alone In the storms of life.
With vou thnmrh vou mav not know
It, there are other souls fighting the
same kind of battle through sorrow
and temntatlon: and In their courage
and endurance you ought to find a
certain Inspiration. Wonderful Is this
ministry of the unseen sympathy of
life. It Is good for us. surely, once In
a while, to be reminded of It and to
end acroaa the waters a friendly cry.
and hold up, perhaps, a kmdly light
through the driving mirk.
These other little ships remind ns
also of the unseen fellowship tn death.
No wonder that the soul shrinks from
the loneliness of that Journey. .Yet
again there are the other little ships.
Every moment there are other souls
passing out Into the darkness of that
great sea of eternity. And over them
is the light of God's love; and it need
not be lonely for you and me If In trust
on Christ we take that last voyage of
human life.
When that brave soul, Cnarles
Klngsley, lay dying In one room, and
his wife dangerously 111 In another,
she sent him a message one day. to
ask If he thought It cowardly for a
noor soul to tremble before the mys-
terv of that unknown world. "Not
cowardly." was his response; "but, re
member, It Is not darkness we are go
ing to, for God is light; not loneliness,
for Christ is with us." And what are
we, In that Inst experience of life, but
like those other ships who, will make
port nt last because of One who was
with them, and before whose presence
even the shadows of death melt Into
radiant light?
SCIENCE AND ItELlOION.
ny Sir Ollrer lodge.
Text "The heavens declare the
glory of (od and the firmament show
eth His huudlwork." Psalm xix:l.
There Is a great deal of misappre
hension about the possibility of mind
acting upon matter without upsetting
the law of conservation of energy, if
a living thing produces an effect or
moves a body which would not other
wise have been moved, It Is some
times said that the life must be one
of the forms -of energy, otherwise It
could not interact with the material
world and produce the energetic ef
fects. My contention is that it does
interact with the material world, and
that It does not upset the law of con
servation of energy.
Railway rails always direct the
course of the locomotive, now does
the rail act? It acts by applying force
at right angles to the motion of the
body. The gravitation pqll of the sun
on a planet keeps It moving In its
orbit, but does not accelerate or re
tard it simply curves.lt
Energy blows the bellows of the or
gan, but it is the organist who deter
mines where the energy shall go. By
harmonizing that energy In certain di
rections the organist can produce
music formerly conceived by the com
poser and recorded In manuscript
Life is the director of energy, not en
ergy. So with engineering operations.
The bridge Is built by the navvies.
You might say the energy is In the
tin cans lu which the navvies bring
their breakfast But the direction of
the energy Is In the mind of the engi
neer, or the contractor, or uttmutely
In the mind of the genius who con
ceives the work.
All men realise that truth Is the Im
portant thing, and that to take rcfugo
lu any shelter less substantial than
the truth Is but to deceive themselves,
and become liable to abject exposure
when a storm comes on. ' Most men
are aware that It is a sign' of unbal
anced Judgment to conclude on the
strength of a few momentous discov
eries, that the whole structure of re
ligious belief, built up through the
ages by the developing human race
from fundamental emotions, and In
stincts, and experiences rests on a
sandy foundation or on no foundation
at all.
Everything In the universe may be
come Intelligible If we go the right
way to work. And so we are coming
to recognise on tho one hand that
every system of truth must be inti
mately connected with the other, and
that this connection will constlt,ute a
trustworthy support as soon as It Is
revealed by the extensive foundation
of truth now being lnld by scientific
workers w'll ultimately support a
gorgeous building of aesthetic feeling
and religious faith.
KNOWMCIXiK FROM HTIt.LNF.Mft.
Itf Her. frank CerssfJ.
Text "He still and know that I am
God." Psalm 40:10.
It ts by quiet soul communion that
we know "what manner of men wo
are." "How easy we are deceived."
The world flatters us and we, measur
ing ourselves by ourselves, imagine we
are of groat consequence. We look
upon some achievement, some little
success, and tn tho pride of our heart
we feci like Nebuehadnesxar when ho
beheld the magulflcauce of the royal
city and exclaimed, "Is not this great
Rahyloii, that I have built the house
of the kingdom by the might of my
power, and for the honor of my ma
jesty?" But a few mouths away from
the haunts of man and the activities
of court life so restored the reason
of this success Intoxicated king that
he saw himself In a far different light.
The loneliness of the mountain and
quietness of the field now led him to
say. "And at. the end of tho days I,
Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes
unto heaven, and mine understanding
returned unto me, and I blessed the
Most High, and I praised and honored
Him that llveth forever, whose domin
ion Is an ever lasting dominion, , and
His Kingdom la from generation to
generation."
Oh business man, distracted by fail
ure, or Intoxicated by success, away
to mountain, lake and stream. Go not
to the fashionable summer resort,
where the melodies of nature are mar
red by tho music of men, but go rather
where some primeval, forest murmurs
perpetual praise. Where some quiet
lake, nestled among th mountains re
flects tho linage of the Divine. Find
some spot hemmed In by granite rocks,
that have never echoed a discordant
note, and In the great audience cham
ber of God get knowledge, self knowl
edge that will make thee feel weak
at first until thou dost remember th-it
man was made ruler over all the
earth, and that he Is a child of the
Divine Father. And when thou dost
hear nature's continual hum of praise,
will burst forth In adoration, as did
one of yore, who said, 'Tuto Thee, o
God. do we give thanks, unto Thee do
we give thanks for that Thy name Is
near Thy wondrous works declare."
Ah, lie down upon the grassy bank
If need be, and In this silent temple
stay, till tho stars look down, through
the leafy trees, and from all nature
thou dost catch a language not Intend
ed for the ear, but for the. heart and
In God's very presence "lie still and
know."
Thus often waiting before Him thou
shalt be fitted for a fullex revelation
of His divine power and glory, and
shalt understand the promise of God '.
through the prophet Joel when he said,
"And It shall come to pnss afterward,
that I will pour out My spirit upon all
flesh; and your sons and your daugh
ters shall prophesy, your old men shall
dream dreams, your young men shall
see visions and also upon the servants
and upon the handmaids In those days
will I pour out My spirit."
Beloved, enter Into tho holy stillness
and you shall know.
Short Meter Sermons.
ne knows little who comprehends all
he knows.
A short temper has the other kind
of a tongue.
The best way to clear your title to
an estate In the skies is to pay your
taxes on it now.
The man who learns by his mistakes
soon discovers that there la no gradu-
atlng from that school.
AMERICAN WOtvUN AND HOME.
A Critic Hays Iks Former lias Abot
Uhvit the Latter.
I have not seen a single home In
two great American cities, though I
have visited many, says an oriental
writer lu Public Opinion, The hearth
has boon abolished, the radiator has
taken Its place. The home Is without
Its presiding deity the wise, affec
tionate, self sacrificing mother, the
true wife whose love for her husband
was her best Jewel, whose devotion to
all around her Insured peace and bar
mony,.the very life of a home.
And who has usurped the throne of
this domestic deity? A lady partner
who has agreed, before a church sltaf
or In a registry office, to live together
with the mau of her momentary choice,
as long as it suits her or the man, In
a suite ot rooms or a house for the
purpose of enjoying and hunting ma
terial pleasures. It Is a lady who has
abolished the home ss a rello of a -barbs
rotis age, and turned It Into sitting,
talking and sleeping rooms with com
fortable or luxurious conveniences,
who khaa made over the kitchen and
housekeeping to hired cooks ami maid
servants or housekeepers to escape the
bother of wordly worrits; In many ,
cases abolished it along with the
home, preferlng to cat ready cooked
foods In hotels and restaurants. It la
a lady who tries to expiate the sin of
her share In "race suicide" by caring
more for a baby dog fed to square pro
portions or a cat Indulged out of all
proportions than for a human being
It Is a lady who knows no more of
bringing up children than she knows
of keeping a house or cooking, both
of which she hates. Hence children
generally are either train! by nurses
or governnssea or allowed to grow as
wild as thy can tn character, their
young. Impressionable minds being de
prived of the character building In
fluences of maternal love and Us life
enduring lessons.
This lady, this newest feminine
freak of nature, Is responsible for
much of the disastrous confusion In
human society tn this laud. But who
Is responsible for her being so? The
men her father and husband. The
father wishes her to eat well, look
welt, sing well, be well educated and
healthy, and full of fascinating man
ners, so that she may catch a rich
husband who, the mother hopes, would
be as great a fool and as good a slave
as her own. And when the fool and
slave Is secured, she has a glorious
ride on her mental automobile, whose
wheels are her whims, whose steam Is
supplied by htr vanity and her hus
band's Indulgence, whose track Is self
ishness, whose, destination Is moral
rulo.
RUINS OF 80UTH AFRICA.
Italics Foand of the Vloeat Nalure
Worahlplng Hhrlus Known to Mao,
Richard N. Hall, who has given
eight years to the study of the ancient
monuments In southern Rhodesia, says
that none of the hundreds of ruins baa
been more than partially explored.
Many Important rulna have been seen
only by casual travelers, and the work 1
of unearthing only a part of the Great
Zimbabwe area would be more than
the labor of a lifetime. Still, researches
have made great progress In the past
few years. There are In Rhodesia no
less than 800 distinct ruins and groups
of ruins. Only a few scores of Uiese
are entitled to rank as "ancient" Tho
larger psrt of them probably do not
date back of the thirteenth, four
teenth and fifteenth centuries.
There Is overwhelming evidence nt
the Great Zimbabwe of tho ancient
clvillsatiou and arts possessed by the
builders of the earliest period. The
Zimbabwe temple Is the finest and
most Intact example of a nature wor
shiping shrine known to the world. Its
construction points unmistakably to
some knowledge of geometry and as
tronomy on the part of the builders.
It Is quite certain that even the cruder
methods of Zimbabwe of applying this
knowledge, which was common to the
ancient Semitic peoplea, were lmportod
from the near east and did uot orig
inate In southeast Africa.
The right ascension of the sun, tho
heliacal rbdng and the meridian pas
sages of stars, are believed to have
lcen noted at Zimbabwe. These an
cient builders wero also past masters
in the science of military defense, the
walls showing that the builders wero
military strategists of the highest or
der. Their gold ornaments, finely de
signed and engraved, could not have
boon the work of an uncivilized people,
and the hundreds of ancient gold mines
show that they were skilled In metall
urgy and picked out rich shoots,
patches and pockets with marvelous
cleverness. It Is estimated that from
these widespread mines they extracted
$375,000,000 of gold. Geographical
Journal
Overoome.
Tlmson I never fainted away but
once, and that was Just a few day
ago. Slrason What was the cause?
Tlmson My wife told me that she
bad trained herself so she could walk
through a store full of bargain counter
sales wjtti her purse full of money and
never buy a thing. Detroit Free
Press.