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THE REPUBLir: WEDNESDAY. Ma-IRCH 14. 1900. 4 i 1 ! l ! ! E i " I v ii J- ' LAY SERMONS IN PARAGRAPHS. BY E. W. HOWE. Number One In the Series of Six. fCc.-ivT.cbt. -v-"". v - "'- "OT''- l.-e-rouvtlon cr any ra-.t u'cr.nr.U'd March 14. r.. lit Tn? SI Lou.1 Kennl-lir. I "W Howe author, and iYank 1". MacLennau. .nillor j.:. lntrnductory Note-I am the cliror )f tli Anhl-m G'.ikt. -ji. I have been ronn-t't-c1 with n-wpai.ers sine- 1 wai I- f-rv old. I natural, l-.i.-ve In m pn-f. s-luii. end In -cwspapcrs. 1 l-dle-ve newspaper- are the m.I.Tii uv-nii Ion--, und lt.nl Hi. v lire steadily improving; 1 oris:::!) lmosn.mlii.ua ... matf mv own pap-r hett.-r fr'"'hmritU announcr-d the slip H". irrnl " M SL-Mnn wo.-M ..lit H-c T....-l.. Carlt ! a week, a .!"- wuulii " " rerun-1 in lit lx -in iiir.ilr attach on m-w--nair r ioadvertl.se a mitd-irr. ;.- t 1 n-ad- kij ef.-r. n.s-s ;.. th. -nhj.i Among I.t)i..r'l'U!lC I -a.ggV.-l.'d thit .1-. Ulrt.M r nf fatrn.-is. J ik. Hudson, .-..tor of ti c Cardial should tv- Invit.sl lo .-. "I". Ir. S..l.i..i, s pulpit durhi-: lio week Alt. Sh-I 0011 w is .-tilting t li Capua! "l1 'ii'' Mr ilud.-ou .; ::oi ..ue foi the assiatuneiit." 1 jiiniHl' I will undertake to vim- .i d.d.v -ei-uiun f..r Hie Top-ka State Journal .lui- (j(jn we.k. and itU.-mpt l -lion, ili.il Hie rhunii has its faults - well ss the "r.r--s "' r WJ- "ot ei.Hr-l) '" '"-' I" the suggestion, hut Hit .sliioi .! ii.. t-lit. Inumal. a ir---snal friend, took Hit ina-rier up. and I have written mv opiidoti- ri,.. ! 'ir Sermons" m t have wran wjio uTito about ' . . . .4 l.. ..a... .... illMflirrt rt IIK1"I' .' " .' iap -titi ini" opinlnnsi i iislr :i- II I ivr not purpu-rlj nn-i'Jn-'"t""I this siibie-t that 1 i-jnrot anl l-lna t.r... lfi.icl Ixioks. I thinlv a littlr an Th. iile..s I pri-sont aiv inainH tlio-- il.ii t f rni'n ino t' I'unciiuuo- -"' '-"'j - i wr-rk t-vrrv "lay at m u-iinl la-k- I h.,,. n..t !i..,i uiu- in ur.il.i;.- u, thnuir'lis to tll btrJA aUAuntaS'' Tll thnU(;hl.- I .l ttl haw immi.il to in. .Jutlfit. tht- il.t aud I h-ive vrUli'ii ilini linrnllj at nii;lu. Hitl.ont iou.li atifinpi ai a' ians-Oienl- I am li 'jrs oil. ami tit.-n of a fie- oiimrj IlHr I rielit to an opinion on rHicion? And If 1 1m.- an opinion on tin- -iil,j-ct. Un- I a ugh' to . .t. H I hae to s-o'L-. If ilio 'hoiilil .i" m opinion j.-liiui;. -llonM I tell Itn-ui wliat I really iliink. or iliould I direUf tlinm? I have often tannht :1 :n that the Kieatit nl.j.vic:i to l.ly li. no Une eer m.i.li it pay. Tho old command. T' uu 5.halt not." nilKht le stati-d inur klnul " rimn tlouIot not." Sin neier pro-Rei-: th-r Is no devil to pne.er on wn.-k.ilii.... The rhnrrh ha- cc.mproml-ed on tlili piej.tion until the theoloKii-nl hell i a rather .-oni irtable place, but the hell of eon-science Is the -nine dreadful ihini; It al-vats -"..i-lutv is never heroic: a man should duliNdut tei-:iu-e it I- ea-ler than to net;li-t It There li no forgivetieys of Mil. When a man -in.-, he Injure ntni-H-lf. ur.d we I.non ' p of no poncr that will make him -a hole. -.. J that C.b& ha forgiven him. hut Society V. F execution. Men prelord iu frrKe ln. ij f botin-'cd while he liven, and after he i up. For your own H.ikr do .m wronc Tlii- I- the e-ence of pbi'Miihi -it;d expe: -enrp It 1m the one -miver-.il truth. The i.ij;j:i- i.iuulit it tlumand.- of ear- befote Chr st. The Importance of hone-t I-, t.o well knov.ii that the Morldlt mm -a1i. tiu r.o respect for the rhureh dread folly as he drid-i a whip, llone-ty l -o important that wmblo-x practice it. When a thief tli-rlre- to ab;t"e h man. he i-all" him d' honet. From the dawn of hulniiilty men have demanded lumi 1 vf e.n h other Ji.d punihed vlolatlo"s of tlie.r demand. Good oo-.dnci i" a hiunan :iece-ity: the race could not thrive -Aith-nt it. i.oo. conduct was ta.icht and enforeeil l)ioiw.i:id of rari before Hi- hrlt an ii-th-Juti -Hcsnect my rtKht-i." iafd the early man to ht nt-iKhliotis "and I will nui-i your- fThis was the foundation of hone.stv. "Ke-pei-t m family r t.iilon-.." -aid Hie earl man to his neichbora. "and I will respect -.out-"" Thi-. was the foundation of the home. "Da unto others as you would have others do unto ou." S Hie foundation of idl honeny and monilitj'. Thi was written b a Jieathen t.hllo-oplier luns: lie:.,re the 'hnJan Era. There never was a race of aai;et tint did not have a iiini.il iode. civilization hn amplified it. and incre.i-ed the penalties for ioIationi of ln.ne-.tv. Jjstice and trutli. HellRion liad no more t, do with onsln.itinK in- moral law than It had to do with orlsinatlnK the Iii:m.-in n..-e. Ai'il it 1- Soviet-., and nut the Church, that enforces the mora! law. The necessity of speakinc thetru'Ii .rilnatnl with the -.a-.ni; Wlim tli old no mads traveled from place to pla.-e. fal-eliood- made iinneee-.-..ry trouble, and be came unpopular. Even pood principle knotrn in the world. a Invented by man a a matter of ncesIlj. T'.e ehtiicli has -toleii the-e huuiaii pliiic.ple- and addI dogmas and creeds. Punishment and Reward inr".., ZZTXriZ yj-g Certefn Effects of I,,r --'r' ua-' - f jo-ia. ni a trvuni lor every kmh1 act The pioof of ;b- iloi -WrOn? Slid Right ACtS.i'rme dtms not depend upon tia.ltli.HM of the pat. about which theie Is much doubt You need only -study your own Iif-. ou n .1 only -titdy the life of vour in ljlilMir Vor every possible sin there Is u viiiriiim; example in .i-r i-ummui.lt;. Vou hear . Kood deal about the allunm-nts of sin. They are largely iniainnary. IIoii.i l- not only the best policy, but It I mo-e ecmfortable. v man n-e.l beiom- a tbiet to learn that It is wrons to t-!ejl. The wretehedne of Hie thi-i. . -ti.mijli warnlnp:. Good conduct is so important to man-, well l-emi; that T.e should d fend I' viith xspect and dicnity: it sbould never be lightly spoken of. and tho.-e at.- pool Jt fiat will cause the jruung to b-li-v.- that we wouli all be libertine-., thieve- and drunkards did we not fear God s dNpI-asure The world I- tired of hearins of the men who are stat-jgerlr.K under Chri-t - burden A wicked man is -n Isnorant nian -Aho believes that sometime, som-nhere. he vill tlnd evil profitable, but all hfloiv has demonstrated that there never was pu, h a ti-ne. and never such a place Thei ixver was a man who admitted that he h-.d done wroni; mithout se-kirR to d.iln it. ThN means that every" man who has done wrong ha lieen pun's-'ifl. Sin is iitnorance: the mistake of children and fovl- ltatloual rellglun i the Knoweldse that every Kind of wronij brines lis panlehment here and now. and with out eiccpticn. ltnlionJl idery is to do risht. be-ause of Hie Knowledge that you will le punlsl.ed If yen rio wrons. In all tie ages of the past, men have been taught by .-aici-s that the only true tlt-ht Is reason. All the rhIIoophl;al and religious dot nines of n,e ast aimed to regulate human lives, and to en.ighln man with regard to what he nnu-t do to improve hi condition. Every man is his own Itedivmer: hi" Savior l the power within him trat approve Jiis acts when they arc ri--ht. and condemns when ihej .m wrons. 1 deny that orthodoxy helps men to live the simple religion of the linderstandiui;. which unfall JnRly teachis them rlpht from liront. In combatlnB .te-ils. men are apt to forget that there is a moral doclrinc of the Kreatest Imisirtunce. Every man may know the truth, but no amount of faith will cau-e t.y man to know more than the truth Every man mui dtclde for him-lf wheat tlii sim ple i-nd universal truth is, since all up. rience proves tint there is no oth-r method of settllnjj the miction, and I le-Meve It to be this: CONSCIENCE IS THE ""'""i; 1I1AT it is itKTTKK TO DO RIGHT THAN WHOXtt. IN EVEltV ilATEIJIAI. SENSE. IS THE Kfl.FlI.I.MENT. This doctrine I have alwavs tau-tht my son", as well as ever- rarc p.-1-on with whom I have come in -ontaet, but suppose they should inquire still further, and n-k my opinion or the Christian rt-Ii-sinn: should 1 tell them candidly what I licline And havins told them my religious belief, have I a rlsht to tell them ni reasons for my briitf? if It is admitted that I have a richt to a nllclous trt-llef, at the ace of forty-five and that I have a tisht to tf II it to my children, then I will stale it publicly, and de lcr.d it It is the llief by wlili h I will live and by which I will die. I believe that whst 1 known as orthodox rellsion is liaeles from top to bot tom, every particle of it. It ha no foundation In rcai-on; It has no foindatlon In his tory or probability. Men probably smcerel; heheve.1 In it at on., time, but th-v do not now; they only pretend to It was founded in superstition and fear, at a time when men did not know any better. Th-v know better now. Every lntelllK-nt man vho pir-tend to believe in reimioii now is a hypocrite. I do not use "the v.o.-.l "hypo crite" In the u-ual olijeetl.iu.ible sense, but onlj as m-anlns that the man of Intell:-e-rncn anil Itamln-; who pr-t. nd- to belley in rrlljion now. Is not In earnest and o.i.R.- me prei.r.se ncause of n Union- h. J'li"r that nas let-i su-npttsl by a onfld - turies. To all intents and purposes, r. lipions are nil alike. The Chrl-tlan reiicion I- no bet-t-r than the religion of any other country. If jou should v:U Chlm. vou vojld be .hockeil at the t.mples and Idol- Your thurches -..re cxactlv the same thlnq as the temples. In china, not one panicle of dif f.reuce. both are r. lies of ismirance and sujrstition. In every Amerlc.t.i home you will find rclipmus l.oIs-.ictiir.-s or th- vlrdn and child: p. tur-s of Chrl-t with a halo around his head: cross.- ,n various sh3r.K. ,.,r A r..,,sloil. ar,. fon.,, ,,. supernatural, and are. therefore, alike. The supernatural was accepted In the dark ..-. .. .s- a.i.-,.Li now. i-.aiionaii-ni. nat naturalim have disposed of ever;, ve-tit;.. ii.r other lelicion: not psrticularlv. but fi , . . V? , ' ' ' h ' ,,r"":in " - ' - "'P.v "f religions that orl.rfnated l.fre men v.'.re intellUent; Wore ,,hil.,,.hj was Known Wore men rea-on.-d rrom cans.- to eff.st. before leatnln-r lcame a .ci-nc The ftory of th-Immaculate con. eptlon.H,.- ascent of .hrin Into listen the temptation, the onenm-r of his crave bj an .llipt.. etc. was taken bodily from th- ,e licon or the nuddhists. Most waders ,., tHs llat. , fW , . An.llcJ, ,. , - It them turo trt ihn cnn. i.....i ........ J " - " ..uj.io... .i.i.i i . .....1 . i ., ., . 1h,. i. ,. ''.i-.?ioou ixiav iiie .vrnt-n .m Bible, or any leliirlous l.k of sin.il .r - , ... ". -.....-. an- mil.-,- in me .vinerlcm cv- .lepedia and writers in other sets of similar !...!.- ...re learned men who speak the truth so far a8 the truth is known, and it ,s known thi.t the storj- of the immaculate -n-rlf 4.lT-i ttlA m?rnn4 IA 1 a.m..- . , . --"" """ "eaveii. an.i ...nr incidents relat.-l in the hMorv of Chn-t cl,d r.n, orlclna e with the Cl.ri-ti.in relic,..,. ,.,. .... J(, 1PIirohall,r n, anj ..n the Arabian M-hts." And let it 1- und.rs,o,l further .hat the ,hle tbr.-rcbn,..' far ,. it icate.- the pn-tended fact- on m.-u Jhe Chrl-tlan .elicion Is fotmded" 7 not accepted by a single living scholar of note. Th.-ologv I' a e.jurse in Icnoratice. I: "Theology Is a Course In Ignorance" This Is Mr. Howe's Definition. cepts to acquire Information. Children have I een taiicht Irj' thdr parents that knowledge is power; and they are sent to school io ccqiuro an cduenticn; jet every" la t that bos bc-n demonstrate.! sliue there w.r teachers and InvvstUators Is denied in th.o'ocy. Theolo-sy avs to the voting. "Ii not learn that which lb- true; hut learn that which all the le-irm 1 men of centuries .. tiare to b false." In every scboolliouso ; ou will tlnd tctb oks teachltsK" that urlci renders the nrthodoi religion aburd. There i not a sir.rjle theory In theology that Js of henetit to tho humm family: not a "ingle th.-ory that is true, ir toll.?s should 1 founde.1 to teaoh fortune telling, antrologj and splrifial rnpiilngs. sm h ctilleg -. would be on an exact lmell-ctual level with the Hicnlnsical .oll.aes of tn-da . The Christian relljior hue been dcn-ioln-hed Lircly bv Hie Christians tbem-elve. Tliey have torn it to iecf.s from a tfcoa-ar.d .IHTercnt 1 estnnt-.iKr. inn with th- puriwis tif establlshlmir other doctrines as absurd as three ihey attacked. Nearly all the pur.lv infidel writers. w.h!o tttackinir the Christian rellc'on. !.av been It"i-t: that is. they have professed n txlief In God. although ridiculing the storj of Christ, ""ors j'aine. although l:e deaoSshed the Christian religion, dtclarc.l that he lx-liev.-.i W Go.1. and In a future existence, and happln.-ss fter death. Tom r..Ines doctrni' is as baseless and absurd &3 that of the Christians. IX-atli enda nil. acd no sai liv ber.-aft-r. e-vcopt through hi" children, precisely as all living Uilnna jiropijate their kinel through natural procefsei AVhen I say I do riot btueve In God. I iccati I do no: l-lievc In him as tho Jctti do. who accept our rcasi-ja. except that they d.-nv the fiivlnlty of Chris:. 1 da be lieve In natural tl;!n:;s and b nothing el-o. I believe In everything that la right, polite, fulr. resptclable and Just; I believe In the hom: in l.,w an J order; In truth: In affec tion; in charity; In in-Ju-ury, in education: in junpe1." 1 believe in every good, thing tn'gnt In every church, but I believe tn no dsgma taught In cny ihurch c the past r prescni. favorite va' ..f r.ltitting the char -a is : ruin that it :- vi prr. .Iv;!nc what Jt -iii taasbl. Mo;t ptisots who aiun-k ihc chui-ch tn th.s vvay profess to lsdcve in ton .. s. rt ' a rvl'siou- tloi trUe. I wonder it dues not ixc.it to there men that we cu not iinoH what Jesus taught. 'ii s ii".b ! piohlb- pl.il periuissu.n of E-.opti.-.o- '- ill" TttjH-lW Intt - n - t In'tniu aff aiiillil Mot im-ii iii l.nl lli-y -ji'm to fjoi lioili 1ilt- 1 I- po-.-tlilt fur nif to lu. any fail. Imt tlitiv .! so luanv uplnlir.. - u---l oi iiil-.-tai-t.itiit. I lia- -a. t-n minimi fanalli a- I iln of a rliclmi- r.ti.....- lia,. iiiii:n-vl fn:u nu knoitNii: The eriinlna! aniiounoe- trom 'l.e .-eaffuld hj - not f.itivfn him. and pro, ee.1.-. with Uu ljut thev nev-r do. a ui.iii who doe-i wroiiK i- dead hi- follies are Hie -.ubj.ets of Idle j,u-i- - redit.v. lecau-e h is not ready to .'-ny a rabl portion of th p-opl.- for so many icn- i;r:ilini. ar-a.-c....i-.I now iMiin.ii. . of not only Hie Chriil.-.n relim i... .. abr.lut - l. It can be demons! rn.-i'i . Ir,ev win nn.i mat what is tllle . .-- -"f ..... . io.o.' runny OI Iiejlef than i'iTn.ui. i ..-.. .. ....i... . ... ...... -i.. -.. writers Jn tlie 'lrpoe is to trjtii that which is positive known io b- false. Since time hf,an men have be. n of an Investif-atinc and cu r'ous mind. It ha" been one of t:eir p,-. If .Trims brought u messagn of ImportHnce to the world, the. message will never "b known The best authorities admit that no iirt of Christ's alleged teaching were, written until some timo in the Fourth Century, that Is to rav. Christ had te-n d-atl mere than three hundred yentt. Ix-fore any attempt wai made to write his history. Iiurini: tlda long jR-riod. there had been a iK-llef among an ignorant and unlmpotlaiit si;.b- that such a roan as Jesus had exl"tt.l. uud that f-rtaln m.irvviutis tlilinst hapjiened Aft.r more thn t-n genetatlons ..; men liad iiassl avvaj. t'. traditions v.. re coll.s-te.1 and jonie attempt in tde to put th. m in ft urn C..n any Intelligent person Mipim.-e that a single .,utb. .Hi." fa l "i- life of J.-us existed aftir ten eenetatlotL- I do no: lielt-ve that Cl.tli v.-n- lb" i-ti of G.-I. 1 do not Ulbve th- hl.-torv of Christ fou-.i.l In the lill.b. l.ui adiiilttlm: lli.it b- It. m. lit a n.--.-age io Hie world. Ac do not knuvv what ih.it message .!-. and i.evir in Uiium. II. wiut- .ot .. lint. iiiin-ir. tie I. ft nothing autli-.iii. . and no ! put. lid." that be did Aft.r lie r.ao le.i .1. i.t 1 gi-at nia-iv .ars. Hie iii..ll:ioli. .on.erii!iig linn were put into some -oil vf -lull--. ....l of He- I..01IU0I.S .11- v tllll-b did l-ot d. Ide w V h v.a- Hue. and wliidi imlnu. uutil munv .-iiliil.s lain VVIi. 11 this na- d-tidi-d. It wa- .b.l.le.1 b-. Vote ! I- IHC-Itlvell I. II. .Ml! that mm KI..I.- ve 'll- ! Ill- N' T taill" 111 Willi. lilt s-.i .i-sstani. tr.1111 I'bitsi ..I .....ii ;.Mt Th- w:i..i .i Ciiitsi'- -..vti'f.- a..pi.l the uit'tak'sot th. t--o.v of tn- ..-v .. Uiu.. .ii.l 1I111- ...ml. is hlmlf of Is lua a n:uu In I'te New T tn 01. e !!.... Cllltsl .piutisl ... .-f.iil.ir. . lb- IU I. atwl a. vtpttng 11 a- a -a.l Th- writer I. it iiIIiik Chtut .slmpl. a. ..lil the Ignorant sui- l-llli.ili or lit- time as - Iiii.I ui llet.- tp Hi. .11.1 Ye-;tu III a. . plllig H igilotatlt liutlolls no Ini-ttlv.t'. kiionn to m- itnliiie The fl.iud n-t.t .-.nii.il Th- wrliet who leiii-s. nts .1. 11- s, ref-it.sl t.. .I.iuali sp.ii.Hiig Hit-e it. In lb u bale'-. 1 ell) This Is anoilirr Hb-uivlitv. It Is i.notli.'l evlil-tiv- lh.it some ignorant 11:011 tviote what i 1 rtdll.-.! to 'tirlst. Christ Is also i.pr.eir.t'd a uc-pltllg the belief lliat men Hie s.s-.-se.l o; devils Tlii- I- iioililiig uiot. than wltiberifi M.elern men ktiun Istt-r than Mil- t-tl .1.. man bo pret nd-.l to .tik foi Clirl-t. 111. 1 in gvti--latlous aft.r chit!'- .:-alb b.ii-v.d in ll. Ii. i..:i ii-.l iiij.I' '"lillsl l-ll.11- In II oil III..V ,. 1 a talr 110I.011 01 Hie a .fieull.-ilv i.l tl:. N V. T lain. Ill l. this iipi liaiioii Siit-- tbat tb.r. lu.l I.-. 11 1.0 su. b HiIiik known .- prinlum from Hi. tlm of Celiim!.!-. I,, f, ,,MltI o,,.,..4 that lit Hi pl-s-nl lirn. a man b i.l v.rltleli lll llf. .f I'o'llllll.li. ..11.1 ... I..;.-. I 1:1- ev. . ! wol.J. If..v t liabl ttollld tll.il Ill-n.l'V I.- lb. Iu:tb-t and elpM.- thai 1 ' rtuiiibiis bail I- . 11 Inn -1.-.I with a lliessust of meat lilt Mriau.v t. Hi- n-w w..rl.l luiaglm what .ondittou thai nies-age would b- tu at the present day. provide.) it ha., not I-. 11 wiitt.n 01 piint.-J fiuin that time to tills, and bad tll-vl .ml) b) iiadiiloii aii'ou Hs- v-iv hme'i and un1 -iteiiiilltniis p-tiple If Cobiiiibiit had l.rotigln mi ttnuuitui.t in. -sae 1.. th. ..Hd uii-l. 1 mull Ir. iiuistaiic-i'. could we iiav. known, bv anv (-.-sibtlllv. what 1: na-- Would It not bule b.et tl.i!. i.!..ii in a writer of ib- pi. ut nine to I1.1v- .t.i..!..l fi.in oral i-adltlon 011K Hie eia. I u.ri- of c.ihiml. Th-e. al- simple fa. Is thai -Uolild be kuoivn i -v-rv tei.hr III books If Hi.; reader of this still bell.v.- n. n,r old Ibe,irj set up by Hie Christian-, th-11 be wli. iin.Iristand nlit the usual .-barge against -hut.il p. -op!.. Is Ignorance. I lu.v.i r-a.i h gr.at main' ImoU- ..tit. king the el ut. h bet.ni I: dos not i-a.-h what Je-us taught All Hi wrlter-a .11- in-lii.-, 1.-. ibev aiept"I that t "- 10 ab-iti Hit hlll.il. and mak- their annck- lllte.n-if.il "vVbat would Je-us do" lias ben a-ked a thous.iu, Umi- b liiti.1-1- 111 i-pl.ra.llug a ChIhiIjii in. 11. wlm bud no t.iher piiris.se Hian to l.tiiu: r. pio.i. Ii .i.n ib-.iui.!i Tn- ttntn ! the .Inii.li I 110' 10 l.laiu.- foi Hie ttitut- ..r oiihd.. The in. nl. I: has b!u..s been with liu.uv ll..t. Ip. Hl-l'I . Is -.. UIU e.l -oil lllle tll.l' UK II W Hi HOI Mr. Howe Discusses Aoney-asking Habit of Some Ministers, sai.d -mi., .spi-s f Hie Top-ka tapif.i bate b.etl llld-leil 'll.t lllg the Week llev- eietid ' M SI.-,. I. ,11 vvi'i .. 1.111 1 ib- p.i- . Not on. In tlftv of these vv-i- legliliual-'y sub- t.b-.l foi b. 1 tir i-ii.tti 111 t .in.l worn-. 1 TI1.1. ale a M-at nianv .-hurch patwii all.-adt IU -MM-II e. .ll.ll ..llt'si. tb.l. - at t-a-t oil- d.lllv p,le-r 111 evlstell.e . o..- dn.t.d ..a ib- lire- tu. i:.vr-u." Mr SI.. 1 ..n v. Ill .-undii. t th- Top-ka Capital .h'ring Ib- w k le-glmilng Manb It Wli. ie .'I.l the .-tta -ub tlptloii- to the Top-l;.t Capital .'.ine from" I'.oiii the ehur. Ii i.gaiilx.iiion Mlulst. rs .vervuh.ie urgea th.lr tnemle-ts to -ub-. ilbe, at.d . 11. -..ii. .- Hie iii4.v. in-lit. It Is .liur.ti adver.siig. pure and simple. .Ministns ai-alw.tvs na.lv to uige their i-.ple to giv. In the Inter est of some -1 hem-r. thev not only gruinbl- l-s..m-e tbeli ts-uj.le .b not give llb-taMe e:i.oit;Ii to th siiptH.i: or the .'but b. t.utth.) iir- alwuvs willing to iiikc tb.ni '3 h-lp tiavellug s'he:n-is sb. uld like to 111. t a luinisier lsil.1 tiioiigh .ml fair enough to -:iv 10 th-se s. b-111. is "Mv p-opl baall th-v .an do to siipH their ilmi.li -Ktinl7atloii. .ttid pay their p.t-tur I hill nut Is- a patt) to a s heme to r.b thvm "ii n-ve .ml), or giumbl-at tb.rn uun.s e atll) " N-nil .-verv Suiidav the pa-tor o? a tlturib has sviue san'lal -.heme, siixg.st.sl by an outsld. r TbN - h.'ine ..tils for motiev. and th- pa-tor 11104 bis jple to . outrlbu:-. If I w-i- lb- attir of a . l.ur 1:. I would no; ... It A .l-rl.-al "ugent" Is wt-e I In. 11 anv .ith. r kind. Ii- d-man.ls that vou pattonlz- hi- s. heme a- a laall-r of d.itv Th-t- 1- a . I..ss of -ih. ms oixaidrei to defraud .'hutch people, to l.e worked with Hi- a-slstalae of pasn.rH The iKistr.is .1-.. llslured III -onie Insiallt'S to give :. gllalallt'e. and lb. l-sipt- are oin-tIed 1.. ttlak- It Kisd. Th-se s, r.em-rs all have l.tl.i- of r.cui.imen.I.ttlun from p.i-t..is The li-: it f tb-Ir -. b-nt- Is to fle-ve rehgioiin p-opl- In the nam- .if t-llglun In declaring that the altatks against religion bat- . .1111- Tioni His- who bavv pre tended to Islteve that th. fault lias been with the ihunli. and not with oili..duv I confes- that 1 am no b. tier than oHi-M. Stv-n.1 ar- ago I wiute a Ims.1. entitled "Th- Conf slon of John Whttl.M k. I ite I'rc.'b-r of lb- Gu-pe' " 1 vviot- m- hi, ..Id miut-ter iwho laid d..wi his Itibl. and liviuti bKk. at the t '..-e of a ministr) cove;.... forlv vent-. !.-:. use he bad a. tompll-h.sl notb'.ng. atnl had not hliu"-lf rctelved Hi-elgn- promt ! 1 Throughout thi- Iseik 1 pret-nde.1 that John Vbi:!itk laid all tb blame at th- door of th- . biirt-h. he still billev'.-d In s.t.r i ttuth-. aisl piofsl abirm le-:use h- ldi. v.d ther- v.a- a -a r.sl m---age for th- e p!e which th-v wre not leeetving, l-s-au-e of rr.ie in tei.el'fug I was u. ls.l.I et..ui:li then t, ,-.e-fts-s what I it ally le-lleve.1: 1 now . ..af.-'s thai I li-Ilev.sl tl,. n as I W ut n-.w First That th- fault I" with nl-lun It If and nut fltb the . bur- h; -e. .jnd. thai thre Js no Hatred nies-aie for Ih.- J-"J.te I have pl.utlc.illv slvvavs l--iovtJ as I bell.v- !.. I have never known a inn whom 1 r-spe-t-tl fir bis intelligence mi.I ut.rlk.litue-s wn d.t not en.-oiirig- me bi mv b-llef. 1 have nev-r b.s-11 -1 t--..n"er. but I hav. te te.1 religion faim a- I !.. lesl'd other ipiestlon-. Before I b-gaii making Irapilries. I bt.gan li-ning d .-i .'s . x press,. bv the-e who profe"-e.i "h- greatest piety. My father b Ing a .Me:hslist . il rult rider. I was brought up in a t-.iijrn.iis alniusph-i-. We had fan-ill) pitver and a blessing lsfre each m.al B-fore retitln at night w- had family pra)er again. Ji-t-ral times a v.ir I attend-.! rivlvrl- and camp m.-tlngs Whtn I was 110: mo:. than S ears old. I a.ss.mpanled nij fatl-.r In hl nteai blng trip-, and t !....- 1 Wl .1. ubt- u-v--lf. I heard mv cl.i-is . .r. s, ..,il,l. and was ;,-.. m wh-11 Hi. v giv ..ther -.Idem - of lii-lncerlt) In their pr.f .slon". I d. rot r.jol. e bei-un-e of Hie fail ure of orthodox) . Indeed. I rtgrt thii I aiinot believe in religion. I legiet that it Is n-ei trio 1 r. t-- ti.a It-.vond tins uubappv Yfe there . -.it ra rest and haj.plne that my Sai'i-r taught, but I do nut Isdleve li and I will l.-.l pn -tend to I know a well a I kno. . nvthlug Hint men gen-rally do not l.l. v- it. nd 1 believe a- tlrmlv as I U-ll.-t- s.ntblng that Hie) are making a ml-take In rr. -muling to ls-lleve that which th-v Io not lell-ve No glel can come of le..tillg t.utselves. we can accomplish nvoi- -a..i fot tmr-kclves .,n,j ..Hj.rs bt a. .ept'u tl--truth. While I III-ve tint orthodoxy Is nothing more ihui s'iriiaturallui. nhltli his no s-nstbl- foundation I i-dleve th.it m s jsple a.s--pt o-thiNioy for the v.r 1.. 1 rea-vms. People )mve lien taught for teniuries that religion Is ImiKiriant; that It is the e n.e of human endeavor Th- !-ilsf wis tx.ru In tlit-ni that Hi- Cbtlstian t llclon stands for everyihnig that Is pobl-. Mlllioes of vvortbv t--t.pl- earnestly b. Ilev.: that the christian religion Murals for the home, for law and .er.br. for ducal inn and progrcf". for tcmi-rance Thev b-llev- that Clirlsi sulfite.! on th- t'ro's for h't manity. and that without hri-t Hi- task of living nnuld l. . r than It Is now Tbese religious people attack unlit lief with vlitor l ratlins th) l'IItve that It Is nn.' tsarv'. and for the gentral c.hhI. 1 ran un.lcr"tand that nianv p-ople will :hih.., me unralrlv. Iieeaue tli-v- b. lleve It a dutv. and l-.inie tb-v ledl.-v. I haw vv. k.sllv a sail'sl that which s sat red I can uiid-i-tand Hut nianv ir Th- mn who have in Ih-pi-t committed 1 rlrn.-s in the name of Hie . Inl'.ll. did P a a du'v. and K-c.ins- th-v h-ll"vcd that goo.1 wouli re.tilt do no: r.-l toward lell-lous as.pl- as m. .-1 null li vers do. I understand th. jsiwer of l. r-dtl) . the i-,iv.r of .ntlin. m. the power ef religion lone ac-ptej. Most unb.llevery via. writ- on tb- -ill j.- 1 tef r to r-llgl.ms IHS-.pIo as suprstltIou- nnd Ignorant hvpo-rlie.. I !.. imt s., regard th-tn: I knotv them to ts. in the main v. .nnv i-sipte The) nr. nil-lak. 11. l.ui ibere s evinse f. r their mistake, more ni' .ro!.il.l. Una for an.v other mistake iu hlslorv. Wti t.f t. n h-ar of m-11 t-ll of l.s-.m Icarne. from ctir1-!!.!!! mother" li Is a irt t:e -. prtsslon. I fnllv understand that what I -a will 11..1 ..ni..l-li Cbristlanltv . 1 11: it ha- stetn.d worth while to tn- to eandb.ly stui- my tellriou-t le-Ii f I have never In my ll'e read what I thoiigi.i was .- .'a-i.il opinion of r. Ilglu.i Evtrv discussion of Hi- sul.Je. t. -v-rv ref r-ii-e to It. aeK .mii.Io. I". r'l.-ips what I trite may have a value. I. cause It will !.- .-. aii.ll'i -xpr.ssinn on a stib.... dlstlugiils'i-tl for I.l. k of candor. ThtiiMiid of people have r-a-1 Harr In tan.l all modern scientists lit- followers of l..-Vitll .Tld V-O'l.lelel Whpt be th.lll.ht of Ciirlsll.tlllie. .. .'.IT. not say tjirertlv h d.moW".-' i"lrillaiil:' vviiliott in I'liorleg lb. .ii'it. Wha" 1 s.i.v ptalniv r. i--.... rtid ln.ib-.tlv a gre it min.ir-.-i -t t lines. Mt doe trine Is found In v-i I -ail; ..; uiittiorll- Mv d.-lrln- ' i if. r -it. In omiuo-i lan guage, of the d.M-t'i.-e c." h- i-t....,s Vi't sn at .-.bvlat- au.l tlibik-i .:. ui..;-h Chri"tlar.Itt . and n - p If .nk-'l what tb-y lellov-.- a- 1.. Hi- tiiturt- tb. . s it they do not know: Hut no ..a.- . 111 k-iov- Bt.i their doctrine of iit-irali"ni t. aches l.-vord .lu-stloii what th-v is-be.e- That .I..11I1 -nils .-. that Hien b 1,0 Iir- b-vond Hi- grav- That the Bit te Is .in: ue. thev know - the have .1. monsiraled it. w Ii p!te of s-nlim.-ut. in spite of what .vou "In Spite Of Sentiment :.:.rn.i ..I lour moib-r's knee. If .vou ate YOU MUSt KnOW That !.i:er;r-i and ob-.-iv.-iiU. tm tiiut know- -, ,. . , ., . .. 'ia- ...HiimIox) lias fiilletl The M-ih.-iis: urinoaoxy lias Failed. niii..-. i..-,v,. jU.-t -en o-n an a...rm: i.i.t vt. ir their burf'i mt tnht rshlp slion-.! a falling "df Thtv j...- mi ibem-elv-s T'ie truth Is much worse than Hit) admit: it lias btn uoiug on a long ll-n- Ho. tor Ililh.-. a note.1 .I-rg.vmati In New Vork. latelv 1 .0' a signed attlcle in the Ile-ald. tn will -h be cxpte.se.1 the er.ate.st concern about Hie fallen- of religion In a t-rialn town In Ohio, says- Hoetor IIIIIK "lx churches wer-vv-ll allet.ded a gen-ratlon ago. live ot them now art- b. Ing used for commercial pnr pose. In one c..untv it. New Vork. fourteen churches have bcn il-erted v.lthlu a few vc.ir-. The Governor of New Hampshire lat.-lr appointed a we.k of prayer, les-.iuso In traveling from vlll ige to village, he round chim-b-s c!oe.t. tho windows boarde.) up and th- roif falling In. The ico;ilc need not worry becau-' of tlie- failure of orthodox) The communities where t hurches are closed wti. slowly advtnce. as h-relnfon-. the world will take 110 ba.kwnnl step. It Is foolish to supp.. that anarchv will rule because of the failure of the rhtirrhr.-: -vet) gee! memle-r t.f tin- churrh will be equally gco.1 without such niemlicrshlp. The credit for out present rivilixation Is due to men. and not to dogma. That dog'm has t-.ev-r done any good Is evi.len.-id by the fact tint men nre rejecting It and in. n hive never j.-t rejected anv r.-sl and useful thine. In time truth and right ai-'ayp rrevall. Orthodoxy has iM-cn tested a long time and l-.ts had the assistance of the church, and f.ar sn.I sentiment, but ll lies failed, because It Is not true and lie tause It Is not Important. Although I know them to ls wrong. I have a gov! deal of -vmpath; with the rfiurchc.s. and with their followers. For a long lime tlie have t-cen fizhtlng against odds They have been assailed unfrirl? by mt 11 prelei-dlng to h. lleve In some form of --llgion. who were really Infidels at heart but were afraid to ay so. Every man who uttaik" the faults ..f the churc"! Is at heart an enemy of religion, and wishes Its de struction, for th- rhureh Is the accredited npres-nlatlve e rellcinn. and the most ltnitortant part of it What I marvel at. is that th-se men do not honestly d-clare themselves. Instead of hiding behind a pretended ls-li-f. and tiring effective shots al close range ot the very vitals of the church. Why this pretense of believing In re ligion If we lo not? Has not a mm a right In this free country to his opinions? Every so-called "liberal" preacher is n fo of the church. The church doctrine Is either Hue or fale. if t s true, and th- Lord tleclaretl'a certain thing to be true, the liberal expl. nation of a liberal preacher doe-i not change the fact. There are hun dreds nf lilitrul prearhers who have zi- right In the pulpit. They teach nothing; they simply ridicule the church. If these men would deny the church doctrine absolutely and teach A. -ellglon of simple morality, they would accomplish more good for hu manity, and avoid double dealing. Having been thoroughly brought up a Metli.sh't. I have great respect for the .UithodUt Fl-hops. So far as I ever kn-w. Ihey are all good and ahle men. One of theai recently isgu-.! a statcia-nt saying that Methodism was declining, that list e:tr the rhurvh statistics showed a d.-creaso ill mcmlicrsuip. "We are surround ed by jutvtrlul cncnvWi, the attucU Is en every sI-JV U iiilsivnt ccacludcs. Tha .0 . -pt it Th- .hui'h has dun- mprislmiit t It. . on. .:.. ing what It ha- l--ii t olllt -'lei 10 roe. Th- chut, ll olgalllZa'loll I- all 11.. r. is to i..!r-!n A ci-at nianv thou- arreal arouse.1 my sympathy, for I know so wll that tho Bishop docs not exagger ate when h tays the church Is urroundel by powerful enemies. And they ar mainly enemlm Inside tins church. In Kansas City. th-rt is a. preucher who teachei preclsel) the same doctrines that Tom Paine and Bob ItiKentoIl taught. Ilia sermons are. prlntt-l In the lwlr" every Monday mornlnif. Thli man Is intelligent, and It a wwrthy cltiten. but In th- name of retison. whr does he call hlius-lf "If-ver-r.d " ttrd preach from the pulpit" In New Vork Cll there Is a man who. In an art!. In In the North American Uevlew. denies every article of faith of the I'lirl.-Il.ins un.l LH-lsls. He docs. It with force nnd iowtir; h- Is i. rchiiiar. as WII us a wrli-r II Uses tlfictl) Hie same arguments that Tom I'aln- Useu. and handles them aim..-: is effect'ially. Actordtng to hts doctrine, us set forth III th- North Aui-rieaii Ijevi-v. be . aiinot be as religious as. Turn i'alne wits, he .-unuot belluve In a futur- llf.. an J heppln-?s ls-)nnd the Kmvr. Then. In the name of common sen-e. hj do-' l.. man ttalm tu be a tsx-.or of IXvtnlt). and pi-s. Ii i-llgl..n In .1 . bur-ti puloU" 11 -belief Is my belief, t rcspet blm hs a s bular. a writer and a" a man. but I .1- Ills right tu una the title Kever-ud" In 'Hi tirlh-1- Ilk- Hint 111 He Ninth Mn-ieai KevU. E . I low I. MR. SHELDON INAUGURATES HIS CRUSADE TO REfORM KANSAS. ruuMHiicil and beiat.t of optil-iite It 1- at on. e !h f.irtnet's friend and haudmaid-n uf ll.. stockriihH"s pro-j. rilv. I "'Corn provts ll If a -oiir.e of gi-at-r v-ealthand protl: in Ivaiaias than anv oib-r ...Itlvat'd rraln. and in )-ars of ---.lall. favoring conditions Its value has olten lunleil llfcr- t-iimbltied v-alu of all olh-r I.i rm t rops Justly fnnitd ;..- many of Hie tit itt "s wheat crops have la-en. statMIc-t re vta! that lu the past .juarter of a centurj the .it.gngate value of Hie torn crop lias b-eu very e.e.-trly double that of th- toui btne.1 crops uf winter ai.d spring ut.eut Further, that in but nn- jear of tt.e Stat-'s history has the value of tl. wh-at crop ap pro.i. bed In mugulluue that uf the. Bail.e ear's corn. "For thirty-four yftt, for whi.-h we huv record, the av-rae vield for the wholn nr.-a planted, whether In turn terrltorv pioiM-r ur where lion- at all grew, was twenty-sev-11 b'ish-ls per niir. The average pr.-luct per a. re on all th.- plintlngs for t-it of tho--t tears rarted from foriy to fort) Ighl bu-dt-els For a p.rb.1 of tw-nty-tlve jraij., gotl and had. the iiv-rajce rami Value of Kansas -oru pr busli-1 was -T - t-nts and p-r ; ai re IT 31 Th- Bi vert lid Mr. Hh-Id-iti met 111- tiews puper totr-spon.l. ill' st l-i o'clock to-night 10 aiiew-r questions II- said he dl-curded theater advertisement- for the general rea son that th- Knworril l.igue Is opposed to lb- ll.e.tir on moral ptlnclpl-s He said be had rot att-tid-J a theater since he cum lo Ti.tyfka. Ihouiih he had attended these pla.ee of amusement In the Ciat Mr. Mietdoti sal-1 he Hioiigbt the time was rip- far the Id-ul newspaper He bad te-.-Ived many letter t ommrndlua. hi" ven ture, but will nut pilot ail) of thetu He will make no refer-n. e lo Ms next Sunday --rvl.es In th.- Capital. As-k-d If h- would ev-j the wrf. k-dur-s uf Tupeka be said . f I have mv own w'a. .if inHng Ho- I ueioiis and I think I .an a. . omp'.isti te- I suits b-tt-r bv a 1-1 ing In building up here a pilbll. s-titlir.elit that will uf ll"-lf com pel 111.11 who ate violattti-; law to close up their Illegal plar. P." Mr. Sheldon "a'd he il.ive.1 ever) mom-' Ing befote h- vuiimitn. ed -he n-v's work. At II t..Io.k t.-tilKht th- It-vr-nd Mr J Ml-.ili b.-.l "killed" man. tel-gratddc ' n-ws it. m- of th-- dav . Th- stvrr of l.onl ltole-ttss a.lvan.-e ..11 ! (The aopriKi t t.lilllllle.l IVnui I'Mltr Hue wo Id it-ver allow -Hi !r ..- n to te- tou du. ted. Win don't we all set log-ther like -enlbl- men and snv. "Tb- m-i. v- n.-d for tttv uolt.s are m-n who inideiiaii.i the biisitt?i. vho have hon.-st. i-efsona! .'hni iu l-r of a high older, and fitness to do the duties 4.f th p!.i..- 1.1 whb-i thev are el-slf"" What il ff-rence does It tntke whither tbey b-Ioi.g to one partv or an- tflleX? Whit diferel.te does it make wl-ther tbtv I- I v- lii gold t.r sliver monev ' If they are good, honest. ea4tbl. . ltiz-11- w uu w ill adinltd-ter the o.!i e to tb best inter ts ..f alt th- p-t.ple lii the cltv. that Is -uough This Is abuut all that Is ,,,., es...rv to "av at-iut noip.-ir!l.-..lishlp In nmnlripal affairs. It ! v-ry -impl- and we -hall b-ghi to luv- a l-tter city as soon a" we a-1 out what a majority of us alieudv betieve !n our hearts. Is the sensible thing to do We .-an helu to make a bett-r til) bv ceas ing 10 trlH.-s- one another so mil. h. It Is an age of criticism. No mutter what a man propose- to do to belter things, som-nodv Is -nre to it"- up and tit-gin to ak tUetloiis and g-t In the vvav of progress or tlnd fault b?.ai.-e It Is not .lone In some other way. If Gtbriel some other ang-l should be -iii dlrectlv from lit aven to start a mov men' f- helping to make this a le-Her cltv, and If he brought plans right from his own home, and had 110 other object In vlr.vv ex-e-pl to bbss as manv uf us as possll Ie. h:Limv would probably come forward and trv to s-tve an InJ'inetloti oil blm. or sug- (t-t plana that w.-r- drawn by some one mo-e v-rsxl lu practical phllanlhrnpv than an it-!el Wo.tt Is the matter with "s ih-H we don't work more and crlth Ise Je-s? And In addition to this spirit of rrlticl-tn. we al-o judgr u'.v auothtr without ktiuwrlug the facts In tile cs We need to do ntvav with Ibis -ulrlt ..f rltlclsiu and Jitdgtiig b-fute our tlrv will be ti-tttr. 'Ili-r- ! als.i h'rt- and In ever) other cltv h t;'-at opportunlt) f.ir all the for. e" ..f 1 !x,'-oosiies 10 .-alne tsicelb-r Ml.o act to gellttr for I l.e tomnioii g.e-t of all tl.ir iie;-fe.;i ii ft. h denominations are or. ve-) IrietiHv trims The slxiv.rlve s-ptrate i-ln-nh tirnni'lxatl.iit" In Toreka .111 re-.dt. i-i a lar. and I believe a Christian i. rll lo it.-opcial- In making t. ndltiors more tl-thteous. But there Is a great deal llioie we might thi bt s-HI.-ig Into one federatei utxaulzatlou r.-r reel i-ti'l .lenomluatlon In order to make a b-rter munii Iptli'V. Wheie tb- . hurches eontd not iigree In the inctt'r nf treed, or dogma, or ritual, thev t-i.uld easily agree tvra mote than they do on the great reinmon ti-edit of humanity. Blghteou-ness I not sectarian. The tem (srance cause doe not have a denomina tional watchword Burity mid honesty an I fulr dealing between man and man and love ..f one's neighbor ar elemental things that nil men t an unite upon for the common goa-l cf the human famll". W- ran have a better city If we want It It lies wholly In our power to make this city a place that Go-d shall delight to honor with that prosperity which Is worth while became it Is th- result of personal rlghte-oiirn-s. let i: all do tuir "harr to make thi" clt) what It ought to be. Signed! CHARLES M. SHELDON. 1.1 q 1 b n kktimm; iv mahaxixks Fur twenty veirs the Capital has refused whlskv and saloon advertising. This class of paid matter was rejected In this offlce before the crohlldtor amendment tt the Htutc Constitution was presented. Since thst time no: a line of such advertising has ever appeared In the Capital. There are hundreJs of papers In Kansas. Iowa. Main. Georgia. Texas and other States-papers making n.i special preten slrns to superior moralltv as "Journals of civilisation" that gt along without such advertising: matter: the question that there fore suggests Itself Is. "Why In It necejjary to our leading weekly and monthly Ameri can magazines?" No l"s than fifteen whisky advertise ments atone were counted recently In a single American magazine, which makes gnat pretensions as a home and ftnlly publication. It Is not necessary for the great magazines, tjplcal of Americas culture. Kroui l'nr 4lur-. HIeinfont-ln was em to urn buidi.J wur.ls. Mr -.h-ldoll gave a- his r-a-iei f .. eliminating Hi- gr-at-r i.ri of tb. s'o that be h.oi so mm Ii other matt-r ..f a general thuia.-trt ot mole vital lmp.-r 01., -to the s-.ipl- Tbr Keiiti.kv (Hilltbal vtiaiiel- w-s tbiuwn out aisl no explanation was itlveii. The North-rn Illinois Mood story was 11 to ou.t buudr-d word- "On general pr.n tlples." -slid the It-verend Mr. hhetdon "I must do us the average telegraph e.it tor does- eliminate unimportant n-vvs WHIT Mil. MtKI.Il litis. KKI'I IlUr M"t-i"IAI. Omaha. Neb. Man h II Just to te the raetbud "Editor" I'harles M. Shelduti 1 .1 of KHUKiug news, a number of Omaha u-w--paper nieti cuiif-rred on lb- religious sub let 1 uf the Ui in Omaha and -en; two "guerie-.."" signing tho name of th- deht editor of the paper bv xvav of tiitrtelui H r. On- was the plan of an otnaha evaiiglint to ere. t a l.i.pt-'s .-bur. h. with atiartm- n: bouses for rent t. menders of Hi- eongre,-Ki-tiuii. Mini Hie other as the pl.-a of 1b Mrtht.dlst ll.isj.ltal AsMe.-tatlon of Omaha fur a site in this tttv on wbbli to ere t an eiilitrg-.! building to act uiuuivatate Itit: growth of the Institution 'Editor" Sheldon though: tb- I'eopte.'s church evangelist w-us fulhtrlng a rutlier sensational school and "turned down" that story. sel-tttLg tin- Methodist Ho-pral ad vertisement "is 'b- tine for tb- Capll.J. He ordered S'l words, antl. although then- was some dismay In the minds uf the a-to-.indej newspaper men Ifc-y pru.ee.I-d to rill the bill The annual report of the h..-pltal. which was made last we-k. vvaa dug up and the statistics showing the work ilor.o quoted, alot.g with tin Interview- with a r-pr-;enlatlv- Metho-ll-t. The Capital ed itor ordered the stoo ru-hed. and It went over the wlr as "hot stuif." A uuerv was uL- st.t.t toucrrnli'g lilt 1deiitt:l.-.illo-i uf a notorious bandit of the U"st. win. h was refits 1 'I he ..i-thclls Hospi'al A-o. i.ttion peo ple are profuse in their thanks to the paier. vvblili tolil th- strv this morning in Oma ha r.d are -xpettlnc donation- -iioiikIi to build hospitals all over Omaha New-p.tpe- cjrre-pondrnls in munv West ern lile- are erigagetl In the unfamiliar w.-tk ot writing up th- rellgb.us condl'loit t.f Hi.l- r.-sstive .utntnuiiltles. and hav-tb- 1111i.pl. exe-rlen. e of tiding It bv wire 9aihi 0'npit;H. ' representative of the les thought of the I ax-. . ouiited a- atnoi'g th- finest tlowtrs of our Twentb th Cmtury Christian tivillz-i- illoii. to advrtlse the Honor lti-Iness. There '.s nv business so little In pc-d of -xplolta-I tioti. and It ilo' not neitl the advertising the rnarazlnes sell it t will keep pace with the national expaii-luri In all oth-r activities wlthuii: this aid from th- higher ..lass of j-rlodl. ai- Nor do the iiiagazln" ti d any -bare of the liquor rrveiiu-s. Can the) afford to share lu the prutlts of a b.islne-s outlawed I some of tn- Si tt-s III ulibl. th-v- clr'.i !it and -trlngetitlv sn.l s-v--elv regu late.1 as no oth-r Itgttimate busin-s- In all Stitt-s? The magazine -.iltors ma) reply that the lajuor biisln.ss will continue regardless f th! advertising, whliii gives It standing, that the rejection f It is (julxotlc. that while the rei-niie from the-e udvertlse- j merits Is li'slgnillreiit to Hie magazines. )ct nothing is to In- giln-.l bi -hutting It olT But eertulnlv something would b- galu.-d If. bv shutting It off. the magazine would Kiln Ihe r-siect and warm comm-nditlon tf hn:idred of Ihou-aitds of American tlt Izens who ure miitiiizlue reader-. SIue.l) 1. T. C. REVIVAL AT "THE TEMPLE." Kiii'tiiin!",inj; Il.-siilts Au.mkI tin .Mfiiiit;s Siti-i;il Music. I:, civ .1 1 srvltesof more than ordinary I11- ei-s t are tn p'ogres at "The Temple' -forme. Iv the S to.-i.l Baptist Church, at Beaumont un.l las-ust streets-under the 'adrrshli. ..r the K-v-remi L. C. Hall and .Mrs. Hall, whoaltern.it. in the .u).lt. Mitsit 01 the otd-fasl.tutic! sort, under ihe ili-ct1on ot Jam A. Carroll, a glft.il -tt.ger I- .-tie ..r rh- most attraeilve feat uees -or th- meeting- which h-glll eai li , ev.-urg at 1.. Ev-rv s-rvltt- has b n .11 ii-iid-d with r.-ults width ure eiicouraeiri;. to Hi. -va-iell-is. Thev said las: i,i;;i 1 , tl..' a -atlsftlug lnt-tes was l--lug tn im I f.sl.d il. Hi-ir work b) pnuiiiuent Cb-i- tiam of .hrf. -tit denominations i,. s;r J latui". Kenrli-L illittliur sUelet Meets. Th- Keutl.-k Sam tuaiv SK-iety held its -. mimo.ithly meeting ). ttida) afteruo. 11 at Hie Kenri. k Seminar) ..n Nineteenth street and Cass avenue. The session was held In the -otltty's room and was well at tended. Father F. Nugent delivered an addre-s upon the vestment- used in eel in at Ing the mass and thv-lr sltnltlcaute. II was decided to s-nd a leix of article" to li Han Territory, to be used at a fair there. In it parish Institute! and presided over Father Sehaaf. who I- a graduate of the semlna-; SPRINKLING INSPECTORS. Siicct CniiiinisMoiicr Sulmiiis Hi.-. I.isi to tin- Mavni-. Street Commissioner arrclmanu yester dav submitted to the Mayor for approval the names of the twenty-three Inspectors of street sprinkhnc appolntisl by him. Tilt list will pot be mad? public until to-morrow. It Is undTitixxI. however, that Louis CTnb" Beck-r has lieen reappolnteil Su perintendent of Street Sprinkling and tht there are onlv eight rhatiges In the list of Inspectors. Thn street sprinkling contracts will be In effect to-morrow, and on that date the Slavor will announce the appointment-. Each of th- Inspectors wilt Ie- required to give a J-." Ixind. SINGLE TAX ARGUED. .Siilijccr of Dcliato Hcforc fiiitlit Ownership League The Single Tax." with alt the arguments In Us favor and all the objections that can be raised ac-tlnst it. formed the subject of discussion, before the. 1'ublie Ownership Democratic la-ague at Asehnbrocde! Hall last night. William J. Atkinson and Sheri dan Webster supported the theory of Henry George and Samuel S. Merrill and John T. Brier attacked It fter the leaders had complrt-ti thtlr remarks the !l-euaslon be came general. At the next meeting. Mirth 17. the Tleverend Samuel c Eby will speak on KavcrnnieDt of railroad;. Lydfa Pankhmm Vegetable Compound cures the ills peculiar to women. It tones up their general health, eases down overwrought nerves, cures those awful backaches and reg ulates menstruation. It does this because it acts directly on the fe male organism and makes it healthy, relieving and curing all inflammation and displacements. Nothing else is Just as good and many things that may be suggested are dangerous. This great medicine has a constant record of cure. Thou sands of women testify to it. Read their letters con stantly appearing in this paper. BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETS. Two New SfhuoN Authorized I'nris Exhibit. The B-anl rf Education Ii. M Its regtilar ruoiiiblv meeting las: evening Tue report" t.f the various ee utlve otlicers of the; bcatd v-re approved. An approprl.1tl.1n of Stj wa" authorize.! for an exhibit of Hi- S. Iouis school sv tem at the J'arl" Exposition. Superintend ent Suldan and Commissioner Ittr.er. who will visit the -xiswltlon. were empowered to sp-ud th!d sum In such manner as they deemed rao-t advantageous. Supply Com missioner Bryan again submitted ho noma o' Wrn.in B. lieslop for the position of U-putv Supply Commissioner, and hts rc oinnieridalioti was for the second time, dis approved, with instructions to try again. The -pedal committee appointed to lo tulre In the suit of the utlminlslmtor of A. C Furlong against the board for J7.. cljinitd by Furlong us architect of the n-w llljjh School, through its ihalrrnan. Judg-. Harrison, recommendt d a. c"mpromlie br pa) lug J-'.i"i 1 1' full of all demands. The. rejrt was ndopt-d and an appropriation of J2.ri.l made U otisummate the compromla-. The te-.ard 'iulhoriz-d the construction of iwo new tlrat-vlass M.I100I buildings, to cost. ab..ut IH'i.w-H each The iitiw buildings ate to be locateel oni in he Cotnptoii Hill and the other In th t".te Brilliant- distitet. The- funds necrs s.trv fcr their completion not being avail able ai this time, the Building Commlssion--r was lustruct-d to so draw his plans, an to p-rmlt or tl.e construction of a main buildlr.) at this Mm-, to which wings couM be .-.tided when the emergency for addition al -ehi-.l roin arose and tho necessary money was in hand LECTURE BY CHARLES NAGEL I.'iscii.-sinii of "Our City Institu-iimi.-."af V. M. C. A.JJaIl. Charles Nagel dellvert-l an Interesting lec ture a: V. M. C A. Hall at Grand and Fraukltn avenues last night b-fore a largm j-idit r-e. His subject was "Our City In-ttit.itlon-" Mr. Nagel talked about tho t"iv Hospital. Insane Asylum and the Poor-hiui-e. the . try's streets and water. II ..id ou.- Institutions were anything but a c...ii t the city, and that something should I-' done to provide new ones. il 1M not blame those In charge, but was in . lined to blam- the system under which thev are conducted our streets he said, look like roads in little country town. He spoke brieftv abou: lio-slsti: in ptilltl.-s. said the r.-rrcdy was tn t e hands of the tieople. and hope.1 th-v would r.ot neglect to use It at the next mitaicipa' el-ellon. APPROVEDTHE CONTRACTS. I'omifii 'otiiiniUt'r SatisfitMl With William liatit-an. The Committee on Public Improvements of ti.- Coitn-ll met yestenlay afternoon at..i -anir.-d the contracts ard lKinds of William Itatlran, for sprinkling stre-.-ts in thirteen districts. These contracts ha-J been lit I.l s-iutv la-t week to allow thorough in v.stli:at'iu. Katl.-rn satlstle-I the commit tee of I.i- re-tsinsibilit). and the contracts were approved A reprtseiitative for the St. Iaiuts 1 ranslt Comiuuy appeared isrfore the -ommli tee and assured It that the trolley poles 1 Washington avenue, now situated in Hit- ttnter of tlie strict, would b- removed to th sides 1 tin roadway, l'he Supervis or . t t "It v IJghtlii. It I- satd. hi I requested this, a the prelit lotation of i.itse I-d. ". he -aid. Is a m-nace to tralllc. partic ular!) to the Fire Depaetment. STOPPED BY"tHE POLICE. -'iiriain Uiiiij; Iiowu on '5?apho' at Kalamazoo. .Mich. Kalaiuaxoo. Ml. Ii. Maich 1! perform iiae r.i ' Sapb.." was attempted, here to night, tie-pit- the ai Hon of the City Conncil M. 111. luv night 01.1. ring It suppressed. When the performance had been on only fifteen minute- Hie Chief of Fuller appeared an.l order-d Ihe curtain run down. On the ad vice of an attornev the management thrice rcsum-il the performance, and each time the poll. e lowered the i'.;rtaiu. A local attnrno then addrts-.d Hit- audience from the stugo and tlenoun.s.l the City Council, urging the t ItUens to suppress the present Aldermen at Hit next election. The audience linally .llsp.r-e.1 amliNt storm v scenes. The man agers Of the theater threaten to bring dam age sulis against those responsible for the suppression. orderorbrTt1sh"flags. American Firm Will Supply Half a Million. Cin.iiinuti O. Jli-rch IT The Enquirer will sa t..-tnoriov : An order was received by a Clu.ir.natl conc-rn y sterday by cable, from an Engll-h Ilrm r..r 11-arly half a mil lion flairs to be shlpi-ed n soon as thev tan be made and sent forward. It iruty nut lw known, but sm h I" a fact, that a very considerable iiiantlt) or the flags use. I In E.-gl.m.l a'ts made in Cimlnuatl. royal en sign, union jacks and all. The order re ceived yestenlay N for 3) gross uf assort ed kinds nnd WJ-.O statulard union jacks. Th- Cincinnati concern nt.vv employs i hards and will hive to work day and msht to get the order tilled. BRITISH WARJ.OAN. Applicjititms Jo the Xuinlicr of Kijihtccii Thoustunl IJcceivctl. landnn. March 12, T.30 p. m The war loan bill passed Its second reading In tho House of Commons to-day by a vote of M to :i. The Chancellor of the Exchequer. Si Michnct Hlcks-Bcaeh. announced that thn war loan had h-vn 'iversubseribtsl ten times, the applications nunibtTlng' lS.rti. The House at a late hour adopted tnt votes of monry and m'n embraced In t!is army provosals of Jlr. Wyndhan.