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•'t ",i: •H fe 1 r~~r 1® W- 10 C0MKSP0NDENT& tor thfc* paper •honld b« I bp ftte bum tha Mtfww^not ainmntiy fa P^HmUob, htM aa «tU«bm mt A London paper publishes »n article entitled "Why Clever -"Girls Don't Marry." They frequently do v. A Michigan man has been sent to Jail for stealing a 2-eent stamp.' How that man most be despised In Pitts burg! The girls who get married this year will be able to hold their heads up proudly, knowing that they are free from snsplcion. Ohamp Clark says the average price of a woman's hat Is $9. And yet It would never do to refer to any wom bat as an average one. Now that Mark Twain Is a trust he should have himself Investigated and show Henry Rogers what a real hu morist can do on the witness stand. Count Bonl de Castellane declares that he doesn't want any more Gould money. Qffi It be possible that he had the foresight to save up some of It for the rainy day? It's all right for Bonl to withdraw his demand for $60,000, but If he gets the custody of his sons without an al lowance we're afraid there will be a new child-labor scandal In France. Another county has gone dry and Emperor William announces he will never drink again during the remain der of his life. The temperance move ment is making some mighty-strides. Some, of the prophets are predicting le Atlantic will be crossed by during the present year. If ohn W. Gates can be Induced to bet a million on It the matter will be set tied. An organization has been formed to teach farmers' wives how to cook.. What farmers' wives would really like to know is how they can get rid of about half of the cooking they have to do now. i1 A married couple In Montclolr,*'N* J., separated because of Incompatibility. He was an inveterate tobacco^chewer and she had a habit of kissing the cat Cautious persons will be careful In bestowing their sympathy in this case. The girl who has neglected to pro pose during leap year and finds her self still alone and unsought may be expected to begin agreeing with the poet that "of all sad words of tongue or pen the saddest are these, 'It might have been.'" Can the proposition that the mini mum salary for an unmarried Episco palian clergyman In the diocese of New York should be $1,200 and for a mar ried clergyman $1,200, with a suitable place to live in, or $1,500 In money, be taken as an official statement of the ex act cost of a wife? Mme. Curie, co-discoverer with her husband of radium, has been promoted to full professorship in the-University of Paris. A woman who can discover new truth is certainly qualified to teach it, and the young men In the ubl verslty can afford to sit with respect at the feet of this remarkable woman of science. The general express business of the country 1b controlled by six companies, although the Bureau of the Census re ports thlrty-{our such companies In op eration. This is largely owing to the fact that the six big companies are all that do business in more than ten States. Nineteen companies do busi ness In one State only. The companies operate on friendly terms with the rail roads, and agree to charge at least 50 per cent more than the freight rate on all articles. Indeed, the railways are part owners of some of the Independ ent express companies. This partner ship arrangement may ultimately re sult in the absorption of the express companies by the railroads themselves There Is more and more recognition among enterprising church denomina tions of the fact that mere doctrinal abstractions or dogmatic dlscuBslons do cot deeply Interest young folks. The Imaginative and luminous mind of youth needs the poetry of things, some what of Its own flavor and kindred. The kernal none the less still continues to be the truth though enveloped In attractive guise. What should be the exact limit of such attractiveness will always be a matter of discussion. That It may—and very readily—be carried to excess is obvious. Among preach ers, as among laymen, there will al ways be those Inclined to the spectac ular and the eccentric. Latitude, with these, means occasional wide flights of fancy, excessive Intermixture of senti ment, display and moral principle, and Insufficient devotional exercise. In view of the excessive severity of the arraignment of the modern home to which the American Sociological So ciety was treated by Mrs. Charlotte Berk Ins Oilman, one almost expects some Judge to ask the poor home whether It has anything to say before sentence Is pronounced against It As a matter of fact, the modern home need not hang Its head In shame and sorrow, and is in no danger of con demnation. It has done very well con sidering its prehistoric and even hls torto past and It goes on Improving. Wltb all Its imperfections—and these It shares with other human Institu tions and with human nature itself— it manages to put to the front millions of tolerably healthy, tolerably moral and tolerably Intelligent men and wom en to do the work and carry on the civilization of the known world. It is true that extreme poverty, like Idle ness In luxury and parasitism, is bad for maternity, and It Is true that In too many homes tbe provisions for child culture are still sadly Inadequate. But It Is not true that we have reached the parlous state where "the woman re fuses to go back, the home refuses to go forward, and marriage waits." Few of us would send woman back to slav ery and abject dependence If we could, And most of us understand that we couldn't If wptjyould. Revolutions do feot go backwOtf, -kind tbe progress of ftroman Is assured. As to the home, never 3as been so unreasonable as to refuse! to advance. It advances tfowly, to h»*ure, but this shows wise do* realization of "pur :•':-Imfc? food faith oath* put tf Ik* Write mlyoaepaatda of tha paper. Bt P—WwU*rty aanfal, la (lTing bubm xa& dates, to han Be letterfasi Igeiee plal» and dlstine^ The'Gomezes seem to bs the Smiths of tropical America. .. Its solemn responsibilities. The home knows that not everything is advance which Is so described in formidable volumes and at sociological meetings, and It wishes to be certain of the next step before taking It. Industrial, edu cational and social conditions are re acting on the liome as on other basic Institutions. Our various problems are Interdependent, and no sovereign rem edy for all our ills Is In sight. Society Is struggling, developing, making ex periments, accumulating knowledge.~It cannot give its entire time and atten tion to the future, for the simple rea son that man docs not live by high thinking alone. We must use such light as we have to make the modern home a fit place for all who "dwell In it To improve education, to eliminate unnec esary poverty, to remove unjust in equalities, to disseminate Intellectual, moral and aesthetic culture is directly and Indirectly to raise the morale anil ennoble the atmosphere of the home. PHOSPHATE IN SOUTH SEAS. Larsreat Known Depoatta of High Grade Phosphate. The islands of the Pacific ocean con tain the largest known deposits of high grade phosphates. A London company controls the deposits In Ocean and Pleasant Islands, In the Gilbert group. The deposits on these Islands are es timated at 50,000,000 tons, of which" scarcely 1,000,000 tons have been mar keted. By the employment of a large number of Chinese, Japanese and na tives the company !b now marketing 230000 to 800,000 tons a year, of which 100,000 tons go to Japan, 80,000 to Aus tralia and the remainder to Europe. Europe also receives yearly 100,000 tons of high grade phosphates from Christ mas Island and more than 100,000 tons of lower grade phosphates from Tunis and Algeria. Notwithstanding the very large de posits owned by the London company, the mining of phosphates pays so well that not only that company, but va rious other Investors, have been, anil are, making constant efforts to discover other phosphate deposits, and in many Islands deposits, small In quantity and poor In quality, have been discovered, as in the FIJis. Recently, however, phosphate of good quality has been dis covered on three islands in the French colony of Tahiti and dependencies. These islands—Makaten, Matahlva and Nlau—lie- In the northwestern part of tbe Tuamotu nrchlpelhgo of eighty atoll Islands. It is also probable that deposits exist on other Islands of this group. The deposits in Matahlva and Nlau are small, but the high grade de posits in Makatea are estimated at 10,000,00 tona, with many million more tons of an inferior quality. The qual ity of this deposit ranges from TS to to per cent. The island has an eleva tion of 230 feet—the highest of the group—and an area of six to eight square miles. Although many. others are Interested in these deposits, they will be worked by a French company, just formed in Paris for that purpose. As Makatea is surrounded by coral reefs and has no harbor, tbe phosphate will have to be loaded at deep sea moorings outside the reefs. On ac count of tbe expense incident thereto it will be some time befqre tbe com pany can make any considerable ship ments, but In the course of a few years it Is considered that the capacity of the works will be 200,000 tons per an num. As Makatea Is so near Papete, the commercial center of this colony, the working of the phosphate deposits on that island will add largely to the busi ness and prosperity of the colony.— Philadelphia Record. WOMEN WAS ON DRUDGERY. Endleaa Scrubbing and Houaedean* Ins Declared Bad for the Sonl. The State Federation of Pennsylva nia Women has placed Itself on record as against the "drudgery" which its members say Is the mistake of tbe housewife of to-day, according to a Pittsburg dispatch to the New York Times. It was decided that there was entirely too much washing and ironing, cleaning and scrubbing in the life of the average housewife, and, while there, could be no objection to a little mend ing nnd darning, It was certain that something muBt be done to cut down the scrubbing and cleaning. It was decided to raise a fund of $15,000 to endow a scholarship at the State College of Pennsylvania, to be known as the Kate Cassatt McKnlght memorial for "permanent domestla science." Many ringing addresses were made In favor of this move, Intended to teach the glrlB how to mend, etc., make the home happy. It would seem, however, that the mop and the scrub brush are Aot to be Included In the curriculum. Mrs. Anna 0. Tllllnghast of Tltusvllle brought down tbe house by exclaiming tragically: "What effects, think you, will an end less round of cleaning and scrubbing, washing and Ironing have upon a hu man soul? How far toward the Ideal in moral and spiritual development will such a soul be able to advance?" It was thought best not to Include the scrub brush in tbe resolution, and some of the more calm members, after due deliberation, presented the follow ing resolution, which was passed: ''Whereas, Believing that the safety and continual blessing of our country rest upon the sanctity and comfort of our homemaker, and that for the ac complishment of these desired condi tions we must act In sincerity and co operation therefore be it "Resolved, That this Federation of Pennsylvania Women raises $15,000 for a permanent domestic science scholar ship at State College, this fund to be properly Invested In good securities as fast as accumulated, the Interest accru ing thereon each year to be used for the purpose aforesaid, this scholarship to be known as the Kate Cassatt Mc Knlght memorial." No Donbt a Reader of "Punch." A hearty laugh had gone almost around over the story of the fisher man who, to locate the place on the lake where he had had good luck, cut a nick in tbe side of his boat "Al most around," for the Englishman sat solemn and silent. About five minutes later, however, he awoke with a roar of laughter, and when asked the trou ble, replied: "Well, wouldn't It be a corking good joke if that fisherman got a different boat the next time he went out 1" Not Yet. When tailors see three-cornered hats in Plcadilly and Bond .street it will be time enough to lay In a stock of pink dress suitings. But unless we are mistaken, this sort of tlilngwlll not trouble the present generation. The present tag* Is for quiet tones.—Tailor uid Cutter. HE BTJIERS OF A STRICKEN COUNTRY. VSSVijrt '4/ THE (CALAMITY IN ITALY. The great earthquake zoneB of the earth lie generally In long lines of gradual curve, following mountain chains of volcanic rock. In the often harassed Slclllan-Calabrlan region the fanciful might trace upon the map a sickle of death, comparatively narrow, curving slowly from the east to the northeast. Its beginning is In the mountnins of Central Sicily, Its end In the narrow Instep of the boot of lower Italy. In this stricken region Sicily and Calabria are Joined. The mountain rock merely dips under water at the Messina straits. Etna, two miles high, the greatest volcano of Italy, Is in modern phrase the power-house of the un governable force that kills men so pitilessly. The old fable held that Enceladus was here Imprisoned, breathing flame and shaking the earth with Ills Btruggles to be free. Vesuvius'to a slight extent only, Stromboll on Its Island between usually In a somewhat greater degree, sympathize with the giant's throes. Messina is almost at the center of the earthquake zone, but its greater, foe is the sea. Here are Seylla and Cliarybdls of the ancient navigators. The car ferry that connects Sicily with the mainland is often interrupted in winter. Three days of south wind, the dreaded "sirocco," and it-must stop. The narrow funnel-like strait, that piles a winter storm into such dangerous waves, pinched up the tidal wave of the earthquake Into the wall of water that overwhelmed Messina and Regglo. The water killed- Its scores where the earthquake had slain one and flro and pillage followed, as If humane men were merely making war. Along the stricken eastern shore of Sicily, nnd on the western shore of Calabria the railroad follows the sea at low level. At every station villages have huddled on the flat land at the foot of the hills, the flshermen'B huts •dgtng the very beach. In all these luckless places the tidal wave must have repeated upon a smaller scale the horrors of Messina and Catania. As when Vesuvius last broke loose, people will wonder why men choose to dwell In such scenes of danger. But between the great disasters that m.i™ so portentous a printed list aro long periods when the slopes are golden with lemons ripening nnd the rich soil smiles with double harvest*. A volcano Is not such a bad neighbor. It always gives warning, and in Its worst fits en riches the soil. The earthquake in its appalling fury and unescapable sudden ness is a different matter. SMUGGLING IN PHILIPPINES. Swift Boat Bring* Contraband Goods from Oriental Ports to Islands Smuggling in the Philippine Islands Is assuming proportions that make It a menace to Insular revenues, says the Manila Times. It will surprise the or derly and law-abiding to know that only a few dayB ago a cargo of khaki, smuggled into the country by way of the east coast of Luzon, was floated down Laguna de Bay and the Paslg for distribution in Manila, yet such Is the fact. The cloth was dropped on the east coast somewhere near Baker, lugged Across the mountains to a secluded in let on the lake and boldly. brought Into Manila. Sleuths of tbe government got track of It before it was landed, but there was no way to stop it There Is smuggling, too, in the north country, but Its. greatest home Is in the gulu archipelago, with Borneo as Its base. There In that back alleyway of the sea It has gone on for ages without let or hindrance. Hundreds of swift going vlntas are engaged in tbe illicit trade ,and heretofore they have carried on the traffic in the light of day. It has never been anybody's business to watch them. The trade was good for Borneo and Spanish sovereignty sat lightly in the sea of DyakB. A month •go when a legislative committee went from Manila to investigate the question it found a hundred boats loading con traband on the Borneo coast and it Itumbled upon a party of ninety Chl fiese who were coming to the Philip pines by the underground. Suppression of the use of opium in the Philippines has made the drug the great prize of smuggling. It haB gone to a fabulous price in Manila, Hollo, Bebu and other cities, and there are riches for the fellow who can run it Across the Sulu Sea. And there is mon ey in other articles, as witness the in nocent khaki cloth that circled Luzon and came In by way of the Luguna ex cursion route. The government Is plan ning to meet the Sulu situation by building a fast cutter, but two could do more work than one, and there must (ater be another for the north coast, And later anotber for the east coast— Manila Times. A Qoeer Teat. fhe grocer said to the applicant I "Tour references are good. Show op your style of weighing out five iounds of sugar. There's the scales." The applicant wreathed his face In amiable smile all salesmen wear &d weighed out the sugar with dls tgtph and accuracy. He put on too EtBf fu|ar at first he Added patty full half pound before the scale bal anced. "You'll do," said the grocer. "You understand the scale trick. It Is plain that you learned your trade In the thorough old school way." "Yes, sir," the other answered. "I learned In the country, and almost my first lesson was that In weighing. You must add, add, add, till the beam tips, because all that adding pleases the cus tomer—seemi to him almost like a gift But lf/'Sn the contrary, you subtract from the quantity on the scale the cus tomer Is affected In the opposite way —you seem to be robbing him. He goes away convinced that you are a stingy cheat."—New Orleans Times-Democrat INLAND CITIES AS SEAPORTS. A Proper Outlay on Internal Watera Would Bring Marveloua Returna. We are spending hundreds of mil lions of dollars upon Panama, partly as a military measure, partly to enable ships to save two transfers and a rail haul' In carrying between the east and west coasts, partly In a spirit of Ideal- Ism—desiring to give a great free road way to the world, says John L. Mat thews in Success. If we spent an equal sum or even less upon our Internal waters under a systematic plan of con servation we would make virtual sea ports of Sioux City, Omaha, Kansas City, Pittsburg, Minneapolis, St. Louis and Chicago would save all the trans fers and overland rail haul which now burden the grain of the northwest nnd the Iron of-Pittsburg would make it possible for gunboats of considerable size to hasten to points nearly every where in the Interior of the country nnd to defend with equal force the shores of the great lakes and those of the gulf and In the end we would have, not from tolls, but from the by products of our Industry, a net return of more than the original capital every year to nation, state and individual. We know from long and careful ob servations, nt what times water will fall —a vast amount in spring and very lit tle In autumn and winter. Our task Is so to conduct it that there shall be at all times a fairly standard amount in the great rivers that it shall do, In passing to the sea, all the good it Is capable of to agriculture, forestry, com merce and In the development of pow er: and that it shall be prevented from doing any damage by soil wash or by any other means. Amblgaoni, 'The baby has something the mat-, ter with his stomach." "How do you know?" "Because we had It taken oat and ^5BBBP**WPPW»bso «h THE FARMER'S SOT. Xn Many Inatancea lie Haa a ma* taken Idea of City Lie. The great trouble with country boys is that they are not aware of the cir cumstances under which the city boy is compelled to live and work if be has to'cam his living by tbe sweat of his brow. The Ides held vp to the coun try boy Is to go to town and get a nice, easy, soft snap such as So-and-so has. How m£ny of them do It? Not one in a thousand. Far more go there to find work in Borne close, stagnant mill, to sweat amid the fumes of steam or to bacco Bmoke, or perhaps in some Iron mill or foundry, surrounded by the curses of their fellow men, toll out a weqry day of eleven or thirteen hours and after the day Is over go home— and to such a homel Up some little back street In a bandbox built of brick and named a house more than likely our workman has his home, there to pass away the weary hours of the night amid the heat nnd stagnation of probably a filthy street only a few feet wide, hot close and dirty. In any large city on some sultry night one Ses tay see the workmen and their faml in these little narrow city streets stretched about the steps and pave ments In all conditions. These are not slums either, but fairly respectable neighborhoods. To such a condition of life many oft our country boys' have gone and many more are to-day preparing to go. Fat pay and big pay envelopes? Not in these times. If our city laborer aver ages $12 a week he is a. lucky man. Tens of thousands get less rather than more. Country boy, before you make the change, in the name of that coun try you have been taught to hold. In reverence, look and do not leap! If you understand farming there are Just as many chances on the land to be worked out as there are In the city. This Is a great country, and If yon do not like the kind of farming you are working at there are many othera If you belong to a family that follows the grind, grind syBtem -of all work and no play, when you reach your ma jority and start for yourself follow up an easier system. Do not condemn country life Just because you have been unfortunate enough to be brought up In the home of a man who knows noth ing but grind. Do not overlook the fact that If such a man was your boBS In the city he would grind your life away. Long, long before you were 21 years old you would be occupying some six feet of green turf, where at last you would not hear the dreaded call and curse of the boss. Country life may not be and proba bly Is not what many would like to color It but, all things being equal. It Is far preferable to city life. That is Just where it comes in. City life is never compared with country life on an equal plane. Remember that If you must work In the country for a living you will have to work in the city for one, too, and if you possess the ability In yourself to rise above the ordinary workman in the city that same ability will carve out a -home for you In the country. Look before you leap, con sider all tblngs, and If you are sure you can better yoursedf In the city go If not, stay ox the old farm. ANOTHER ROMANTIC TRAGEDY. Parla Kxcited by Senaatlon Equal to Dreyfna and Humbert Affalra. Paris has a real sensation, quite the 'biggest since the Dreyfus case, still so fresh in mind as to need no special mention, and the Humbert affair, which Involved tils— obtaining of millions, loaned to a shrewd adventuress having a trunk full of alleged gilt-edged se curities that were afterward found to be only worthless pnper. The exclto ment produced in those instances pales to insignificance by comparison with the present Incident, which, with Its revelations pointing to the possible ex posure of a national scandal, promises .to attract world-wide attention. It 1b the recent arrest of Mme. Stelnhell, following her confession that for .months since the Blnylng of her artist husband and Mme. Japy, now known to have been her step-mother, who were found strangled in the home of the artist on the mcrnlng. of-May 31, her attempt to find the assassins and the Innumerable fantastic clues fur nished the police and the newspapers were only a desperate farce to conceal, the real author of the crime, herself. The crime In question was peculiar. Stelnhell was a portrait painter and a grand-nephew of the famous Melsso nler. The assassination of the woman, Mme. Japy, is supposed to have been Incidental to the killing of Stelnhell. He was the man it was desired to get out of the way. Stelnhelj, his wife and Mme. Jnpy lived together. The wife was found bound and gagged In bed, and at first she declared that she had been thus treated by three men and a woman, all unknown to her. It Is now learned that Mme. Stelnhell was receiving tho visits of several wealthy men, among them a Maurice Borderel, and that she had promised each of them that she would marry him In event of ber becoming widowed or divorced. Testimony from every quarter seems to upset completely the charges of the royalist press that the late President Felix Faure was the victim of criminal dealing, but even M. Dupuy, his pre mier, does not deny that Mme. Stein liell was wltb him shortly before his mysterious. death In 1899. Durlng ber confession Mme. Stelnhell was In great distress of mind and qpbbed out: "I hope to Justify myself before a man whose love I have now Ititot forever." This man is said to be a French nobleman and In his Identity is believed to He the key to this ro Mntlc tragedy. Tsga/immssag DEATH OP ADMIRAL .DEFEATED BY JAPANESE. ADMIRAL ROTES TVENSKY. Admiral Rojestvensky, who died nt St. Petersburg recently, would have been more fortunate If he hnd gone down with bis flagship on that-'fateful 27th of May when the Russian armada met the doom of the Spanish thfto centuries before. That Is the feeling of men of the seafaring races, with their tradition that seaman nnd ship are one. Probably Rojestvensky did not feel so, for he endeavored to escape. He was not of a race born to the mastery of the sea. And In some measure that explains bis failure and his country's, for It was his country's more than his. Sinovl Petrovltch Rojestvensky was rbout CO years old, and for years bore the reputation of being the most cool-headed and scientific officer in the Russian navy. In the summer of 1004 he started with the second Russian Atlantic squadron from the Baltic for Vladivostok. Arriving In the Far East Admiral Rojestvensky was Joined by other Russian vessels, and then bad flfty-slx ships under his command. May 27-28, 1005, occurred the battle of the Sea of Japan, In which .the" Russian fleet was practically annihilated and its commander taken prisoner. A naval court of Inquiry Indicted Admiral Rojestvensky for surrendering to the Japanese, but he was acquitted on the Plea that at the time the surrender watf made he wn's unconscious from in juries received in the light It is not given to the men of all races to say, with Hawke, when warned of the lee shore and the rising tempest: "Sir, you have done your duty. Now lay me alongside of the French Admiral." It Is-not given to all'to say, with Farragut: "D the torpedoes 1 Full steam ahead 1" Nor is It given to all to say, with Craven: "After you, pilot," and make of his sinking ship a tomb of Immortal gisry. Yet, says the Chicago Inter Ocean, though Rojestvensky lacked that marrow of tradition or that final touch of grace or fortune and so did .not In the manner of bis death give dignity to -bis share of a colossal failure, It must be remembered that to htm was doubt less due the boldness of an enterprise which, had It succeeded, might have changed the" course of history. A strong Russian fleet in the Pacific, with an almost impregnable harbor In which to refit, and energetically operated, would have lifted the weight of the Japanese army in Man'choorla for a time. One branch of the Russian service—the railway—had learned by experience to do Its work well. Given little more time and the Russian armies might have been reorganized for- victory. We know now that Japan consented to peace not merely because all,that was Immediately fougbt for had been won. There was also a. consciousness that'Japan could do but little more, and a possibility thnt Russia, if given breathing space, might do a great deal more. To give Russia time to make a new-military machine to take power from the transportation machine was the mission of Rojestvensky and the armada. It was a bold design, and Ad miral Togo knew what Its success:—what letting the Russian armada even get by—meant for Japan. There was a full realization of Its meaning In Togo's battle signal: "The fate of the Empire depends on this effort Let every man do his utmost!" Rojestvensky failed, and-with him Russia failed as a sea power. And with failure In sea power Is recorded judgment against the Russian system as a producer of real national efficiency. There may be another Russian navy, but not until Russia is irnde over and can breed-men who more than know—men who have the Instinct for sen mastery nnd live and die In co ncordance with It—can Russia really count In the dominion of the seas. FATHER JOHN OF C^ONSTADT. Death Talcea Ruaalan Prleat to Whom 1 Uan^ Miracle* Are Credited. The once famous apoBtle of all tbe Russlns, Father John of Cronstadt, whose death occurred recently in St Petersburg after an illness of over two years' duration, was revered and adored not merely among the lowly but by royalty as well. Born Nov. 30, 1829, he achieved early fame, coming into prominence soon after taking a priesthood at tbe An drew Church of Cronstndt. Although not a factor in the political life of Ills country, nor a lending dignitary of the church, Father John stood out conspic uously whenever Russia attracted the world's attention, whether because of national sorrow or rejoicing. A scoffer nt superstition and a broad minded man, nevertheless be was uni versally known to tho people of Russia as the holy seer nnd miracle workei of the empire. This resulted from the deep Impression his zeal and devotion to the church wrought on the people. At the beginning of Ills ministry in 1855, his zeal, his personality and Ills unique methods appealed to the mediae val spirit which largely prevailed among the people nnd In the Russian church, and he wielded wide influence, FATHEB JOHN OV CnONSTADT. becoming firmly lntrencbcd in Russian hearts. Quickly his fame spread. He was credited with healing powers nnd with the ability to perform miracles the raising from tbe dead of a girl In a St. Petersburg hospital was attrib uted to him by peasants, and soon his louie became the Mecca of many long pilgrimages by the faithful suffering from maladies. The sterling qualities of Father John were admitted also by the late Emperor Alexander III., who constantly honored and befriended him, and who sent for him to administer the last sacraments of the church when he lay dying. He was a conspicuous fig ure at tbe solemnities attending tbe coronation of the present Czar, and the Empresi allowed her faith In him by -f vr making a pilgrimage to the snrlne of St Sernphin to offer her most fervent prayer. In his church Father John was urg ent along the lines of missionary en deavors in foreign fields, and of this Interest the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas In New York City hns received ample share. Known to but few of his followers by his surname of Sergelff, he was Father John to all and as Father.- John Russia mourns him. One Uae for "John." It .was the boast of the "Iucompnr ible Lnundry Company" that It em ployed no Chinamen, thn£ It Jtd better •vork than Chinese lnuiidrles did, and Ud not wear out the clothes so quick ly in washing. One unKieky day, how ever, the company's building -^caught Are and was partially destroyed. By -,'reat exertion nearly all the contents .vere saved, but In a highly mixed and tangled-up condition. Drlvera of the company's wagons were sent round to the various custom ers to assure them that tbey would 'ose nothing that their shirts, collars and cuffs were all safe, and -would be delivered to them, properly laundered, with a delay of only a few days. "Wasn't everything piled In a heap when you got tblngs out of the build ing?" asked one of the customers. "Yes," said the driver to whom the question was addressed. "Well, how are ever going to separ ate them?" "Oh, we've got a—eif—Chinaman sorting them out," answered the driver, with some reluctance. Benutlful Siberian. Trlbea. A party of prospectors Just re turned from Anadalr, Siberia, relates some grewsome tales of the habits of the natives in that section relative to the manner in which they dispose of tbelr aged and infirm. During the stay of the party three men and one woman were done to death by tbelr nearest relatives -and their bodies were laid on tbe tundra for tbe ravens to clean up. Bull of the Irlah Secretary!'' A genuine bull Is credited to Mr. Augustine Blrrell, secretary for Ireland, by a Bristol correspondent of the Lon don Dnlly News. "It Is easier," Mr. Blrrell affirmed In the course of a public speech at Bristol, "to face your foes in front of you than your friends behind ypur back." Alike In One Way. "He's quite wealthy and prominent now,"—said Mrs. Stan-em, "and they say he rose practically from nothing." "Well, well!" remarked Mr. Border. "That's Just what I rose from—at the breakfast table tbls morning."—London Answers. A man said to-day: "If I bad the money I have paid out for cantaloupe! that were worthless, I would to rich." OJUTJtB POPULATION. Ita Hifration Weatirard ReAarkatly^ Uniform in Rate and Dreetlofc, This center of population in 1900'was in the ffta'te of Indiana:- In I7Bff Uif— center was twenty-three miles eastrot Baltlmore, In the Btate of Maryland or virtually on the Atlantic Bhoro lint. Its migration baa been slow' and n. markably uniform, both in rate and 111v direction. It has moved for 110 yeara along the thirty-ninth parallel of lati tude, and Its totnl variation in lati tude has been less than one-third A one degree. The westward movement has aver-' aged less than a degree in a decado, notwithstanding the Incredibly swift oc cupatlon of a vacant continent by a movement of population westward. Tha It should not bo forgotten that tha geographical center of the United States lies some hundreds of miles west of the Mississippi river. The eastern, half of the country, therefore, em braces the Atlantic lowlands, tho pral rles and Great Lake plains, the gulf lowlands and the forests and minerals of the Appalachian mountains and Ap palachian plateaux. Over against thetk are the arid and mountainous areas of the West Certain areas will be reclaimed to In credible productiveness, and the mln. ernl wealth is vast but the center nt population may be expected to remain permanently to the eastward, of tht geographical center of the land.^rleo graphical Journal. lore, Love Is a tree whose branches grow In different directions.—Rev. Dk Young, -Methodist, Montreal. .. Vfoveltlea. The church will fall that lives on novelties.—Rev. William Byron For bush/Congregational 1st, Detroit Bible Promlaea. The Bible contains 30,000 promises,: all tested and found true.—Rev. Henry Hepburn, Presbyterian, Chicago. Civilised Religion. The religion which Is to influence ouv civilization must be a civilized relig ion.—Rev. c. S. S. Dutton, Unitarian, Brooklyn. I.eaaona of the Paat. We should take In everything thnt will Inspire us to better living. We must not disregard the lessons of the past.—Rev. C. C. Buekner, Disciple, Aurora. The Fountain Head. The soul of man needs God, and can not get along scientifically without God, as all science points to that fountain head.—Rev. Dr. Duval, Presbyterian, Winnipeg. Conacloaa Rectitude. There is no superiority like the su periority of conscious rectitude. It is the strength of righteousness. It Is the strength of God.—Rev. E. P. Farnham, Baptist, Brooklyn. The Common Man. This is nn era of the eommon man.' Slowly but surely he is coming to his -own. He' is fighting for Industrial democracy and there Is nothing that can stop blm from getting It.—Rev. Charles Stelzle, Apostle of Labor, Bos ton. Ideale. Every man should have his ideal and-^'^T' should fight for It, as the color bearer is entrusted with the emblem of the army's success, and refuses to surren der It even at the cost of his life.—Rev. Charles F. Carter, Baptist, Lexington, Mass. Men Wanted by God. God wants men who aro single-heart ed and not double-minded. He wants /i men' who have the courage of convhS"**!^ tlon and who -will do his work accord-'* lng to the laws' as laid down by theti I Bible.—Rev. J. II. Llttell, Presbyterian, Wheeling, W. Va. .. Heaven and lleU, Our heaven and hell are not the ple-„, 'T. tured ones of the Mediaeval Agea, but^V the conditions that arc within us/ Wis"® may reach down and get into tounetHv or we may rise up to the \erenity -of heaven's peace.—Rev. Algernon Crapsey, Rationalist, Rochester. Useful Manhood* Many men center all their energids^,. in an effort to make their names hous4-&'-^„ hold words in the hoines of the nation, but fame frequently becomes infamy. The man with a clear, conscience and""**^ the desire and ability, to live the right life may possess both fame and wealth s*. .to advantage to himself and thos#?\, about him. Such an individual: 'pos sesses power, character,'"serenity and poise, all of wliWh go to. make up a perfect and useful mauliood.—Rev. W, S. Bovard, Presbyterian, Indianapolis, A WIdf R*ng«, When the surgeon who happened be spending a night at Bushby Inn had '*5^ set the brokeijjeg of the weather beat en stranger who was the chief victim of an automobile accident the patient looked up at him anxiously. "See here, doc," he said in a husky voice, "I haven't got much of any money. Would you take out your fee In trade "Yes, I guess so," said the surgeon" "'*5'* cheerfully. "What 1b your tra^g?" ""Well, I've got a number of. things I can do soon as I'm on my feet again," said the patient. "I can bang window blinds, or I can Put on light ning rods, or I can play the corned and I can do 'em all first rate, If I'm the one to say it, doc."—Youth's Com panlon. Expanding the Simile. "I, sir," said Mr. Dustin Stax, "ani like the busy bee. I have industrious-' ly stored the good things of life." "Yes. And anybody who' tried t? stop you was very likely to get stung." —Washington Star. Nature is always stronger than oal* t\u» -, $w» fitftj To u- in of NOT -Jen Apr Oet NOT 1 easterly position of the center of popu lation is In part due to the fact' that the eastern part of the continent' waa first settled and was settled from tb« east The easterly position of the cen ter of population is also due to the more evenly distributed and more abun dant resources of the eastern hati of tbe United States. Nov NOT hcv Not Not ^-nov fcov Not Nov Not "Nov Noy Nov •Nov K«p Nov Nov Oct Feb PAU Defy Muh Ain :H Btflt I WS •To To Apr OcU 3® roll .funi 1M6 Jan Maj 0:t( Nov Nov liaj Mikfl Maj MAJ Jnn Jun Jnn Jnn Juo Juti Juo Jan Jul Jul Jot J«! Atlg Axtt A xti A»f At{ Aim Aiu Au{ AU( Noi Noi No^ No) Nei Noi Noi ••Noi Noi No No! *•0 N01 Am etn cev -of ou llr JL Isi 8. e. ci fit cc ol 01 ifl .--SI (. -J.,'- The Secret of Happlneaa, The secret of happiness in eveiy life is to be doing what you feel you can do best, and to have your own Ingle nook. To do what you can do best In. eludes the entire gamut, from house- ., keeper to society queen, though should like to turn the gamut upslda Si'Sii down by putting the homemaker at the top Instead of the bottom of the scale.' ., Your own Inglenook you most 'hnve§e:m married or single, if you. would takefi® into your life all the happiness it of fers, and give out of your life all ths happiness it owes the community.— Pall Mall Magazine. i!