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postal service similar In Import arid
power to that the Interstate Com
merce Commission now 1ms In mat
ters of transportation.
Matters for Agreement.
t The question of a contl nuance of
1 the rules established by civil service
, as the same relates to postal service;
the compensation of employes; the
rental of space used for postofflces;
the money order system; a C. O. D.
department; Insurance- of delivery;
the extension of freo delivery; rural
free delivery, and other details not
herein set forth having been taken
into consideration in making this pro
position, Is a matter of agreement and
legislation, and wo are satisfied can all
bo disposed of to the satisfaction of
the government and all parties con
cerned. I respectfully ask that this commis
sion embody this proposition in its
repoU to congress.
W. D. DOYCB,
, Chicago, III.
THE COUNTRY CHURCH MENACED
BY THE AUTOMOBILE.
I Church attendance In rural districts
wo are Informed, Is greatly decreased
by the prevallng "motorphobic fever."
I The ever-Increasing use of the auto
mobile for Sunday touring on country
i roads banishes, says tho Literary
Digest, tho churchgoer who
I drives with his family to church, for
J the horse Is apt to take fright and
life become thereby endangered. No
tice is taken by Tho Motor World
(Now York) of these charges against
tho vehicle, though It receives them
with more or less skepticism, remark
Ing that " the smallest loophole, ric
matter how small It may bo, always
seems to afford a largo enough avenue
of eicflpo by excuse where religion is
concerned." It gives considerable
" space, however, to "the cry of a Mas
sachusetts paper" In regard to the
question. We quote below somo pas
sages: "A cry of alarm comes from the
country church concerning the auto
mobile. For years an uphill propo
sition, the rural parish declares its for
.tunes to bo far worse now than evei
before. Pastors throughout New Eng
land, save In somo parts of New Hamp
shire, Vermont, and Maine, and In al
parts of New York, New Jersey, Ponn
sylvanla, Maryland, and tho District ol
Columbia, and In tho middle west Ir
tho vicinity of tho largo cities, air
reporting to their denominationa'
headquarters the well-nigh ruin of the!'
work. Their troubles are duo to the
automobile entirely, they say, and lr
hundreds of cases they say that ruin
of their llfowork and tho end of their
congregations are practically coitnln
to bo the outcome."
Tho case of an Kpiscopul vector hi
southern Connecticut is particularized.
j He served two rural churches sis
I miles npart. Between tho churches it
j an "Improved" stalo road that at-
I tracts numberless motor-cars. The
5' rector has been tho victim of twe
runaway accidents caused by these
modern pests and is now "In such v
state of mind that, after years of
faithful work, ho is driven from hit
labor and his living. Tho latter Is a
j serious matter, for ho has saved
little." Elsewhere than in New Eng-
j land tho complaint Is raised. Wo
' read:
I "In ono of tho Hudson-Itlvor coun-
I ties, not far from New York city, Is
I a cluster of what were until recently
i prosperous churches. Tho Stato of
J Now York has Improved Its country
roads, and is about to spend several
millions of dollars to improve them
$, more. Thero Is a general cry that
rural roads aro bad. Tho uutdmobilist
Is prosperous and prominent,' and his
voice Is heard. Around Albany It Is
said there aro tho worst roads In
i tho east, and millions aro to bo ex
pended upon tlioni. The cluster of rm
i
al churches referred to fs typical of
many pthers. On the Improved roads
on Sundays aro unnumbered automo
biles. People who havo been accus
tomed to drive to church, and put their
teams under sheds, do not daro to do
so riow. Their horses aro frightened
by automobiles, a condition tho own
ers of which take little care to avoid.
Tho result Is that the country people
do not attend service, unless near
enough to walk. As few aro, tho
churches aro going to ruin. What is
truo of this cluster Is truo of thou
sands, wherever Improved roads havo
come, and In many localities where
they have not come.
"In Bucks County, just north of
Philadelphia, certain roads, long well
known, aro being macadamized. Tho
State of Pennsylvania is spending mil
lions of dollars on tho work, and is
telling the farmers what a boon Im
proved roads will bo. On tho score
of this boon, tho landowners aro
isked to pay part of the cost of Im
Drovement. . . Thero are on a par
ticular highway lately Improved, and
lome miles apart, threo rural church
es. With tho Improved highways, au
tomobiles from Philadelphia como In
vast numbers, not alone on Sundays,
'uit on all days of tho week. Farmers
who paid for the road are hardly able
to use it at all . , . Accidents
'nnumernble havo occurred. On Sun
lays people aro afraid to drive to
jhurch, and two of tho churches havo
losed their doors."
From a certain class of churches
jomes another cry less likely to meet
vith sympathetic response. Churches
lepending largely on the "summer
'lsltors" for support complain that
hose liberal patrons now spend the
'ay In long trips Instead of going
to church. Such a diversion Is' es
leclally attractive to the paterfamilias
vho comes to tho country for the
Sunday only, and of course controls
the purse-strings. "Widespread, woe
'xists In many quarters, In hundreds
f churches, because of these changed
conditions. Even Roman Catholic
jhurches, usually the steadiest In their
financial support, are admitting Injury
from thnt source."
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Burnt Cork Mustaches.
A late offlcor of tho Household cav
alry tells a story about tho days when
tho order to wear mustaches was first
Issued in the early MOs. "My father
.vas a subaltern in tho Ninth Lancers
t tho time, and every offlccr and man
"n the regiment was clean shaven. To
mow his devotion to discipline the
colonel Tlrdeied the regiment to as
sumo artificial mustaches marked out
with burnt cork to a set pattern."
London Chronicle,
ii
One Day Late.
Ernest had been to a children's par
ty and eaten all that he could possibly
put beneath his llttlo blouse, but It
learly broko his heart to think ho
:ould not do greater justice to tho
"east of good things before him. A
bright idea camo to him. Early next
uornlng ho went around to tho scene
it tho festivities, and on being asked
by Mrs. Johnson what ho would like,
eplled: "I'd like all tho things I
wouldn't eat yesterday, please."
.-Iarper's Weekly.
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Fine Carving on Chests.
Old oak chests were carved, often
with marvelous Intricacy and beauty,
often presenting In comparative minia
ture a counterpart to tho carving that
was common in churcjies at" a tlmo
when artisans woro " a'T(sts; . somo
chests display a carving "very similar
to that seen on old bench ends and
pulpit panels.
Laughter a Good Medicine.
"A merry heart doeth good llko a
medicine, hut a broken spirit drlcth
tho bones," said King Solomon ages
ago. Ills wisdom Is prpved by tho
fact that now-a-days great norvo
specialists frequently prescribe laugh
tor as si euro for many of tho Ills
which our overweight, hyporcivlllzcd
twentieth century llesh Is heir to.
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Easy Money.
Peasant (standing near a ruined
arch, to his wife) Work? Not so long
us there aro tourists and ruins, wo
shan't And it necessary. Khikorkl.
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Blue Garden.
A blue garden, every plant bear
ing bluo flowers, has been laid out
nt South Lytchett manor, Dorset
shire, England, tho residence of Sir
Elliott Lees.
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Some Excuse for Them. si
"Somo men can't take a Joke," said am
Uncle Eben; "an' conslderln' do num- jjl
bor of had Jokes dnt's alius goln' . II
aroun', I dunno as I kin blamo any- " il
body fob hi'ln' mo' or less shy." I
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Mr. GEORGE RIDDLE I
OF HARVARD I
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