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The Mena star., 1899-03-16

at their lodge room on Saturday evening on or before the full moon of every, month at : o'clock. Thad NJ. Carder, w. M.; V. Pertel, secretary.
 MENA LODGE, K. of P. No. 10o-Meets in Castle Hall in. Blocksom's block on Mondey evening of each week. F. NJ. Caldwell, c. C. J. II, Hamilton. K. of s. R.
 100. F. MENA LODGE NO. 152.-Meets every Friday night in Savage hall. Trancient brothers cordially invited to attend. S- b. Lindsay N. G.; J. w. Phillips, V. G.; k. Ls Gore, Sect.
 HOLLY REBEkAH LODGE NO. 7tIO.oF. meets first and third "Wednesday nights of each month in K. r. hall Visiting Rebekahs always welcome. Mrs. Winnie Talbert, N G.: Mrs Laura Gilchrist, V. G. 1; Mrs. Ida J. Carson, See. MT. MENA LODGE B. of R. T. No. 427-Meets lst and 3rd Sunday at p. m.. and 2nd and 4th "wednesday < @ st 7 :ao p. m., at ofP hall. woODMEN of the WORLD, Camp No. s1-- Meets in regular session on Thursday evenings of each week. J. C. Byers, c. O.. w. Ivan Matheny, Clerk.
 CITY COUNCIL--Regular meetings at Coun- ell Chamber on the first Tuesday evening of each month. Mark Whayne, mayor; ]. C.. Banks recorder.
 HOOK and LADDER Go. No. 1-Regular meetings on first Tuesday evening of each month as o'clock. F. c. Savage, fire chief. KNIGHTS OF EQUITY-Meetse every Thurs day night at Masonic hall.
 JIG. ByERs, s. K.C. THE IRON HALL Meets every Friday night at the K. P. hall. J. c. BYERs, Pres. MRS. ETHEL BLooKsoM. Sec.
 
 THE KNIGHTS of the ROYAL ARCH of MENA-Meets every T lesday night at the Ma sonic hall. J. c. Byers, B. C.: Fred Stein- mitz, clerk.
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The Inspiration of tn. Bible.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS.-Sir: II the
Bible as whole. from Genesis to Revelation.
is regarded as diyiuely inspired. We must be
prepared to accept all Of its staten ents as In
falliby true. and to reject every scientific con-
cusion which initiates against any one Of
those statements. For It IL utterly i'm possible
TO conceive that God. either knowingly or un-
knowingly. would inhict lie upon His human
creatures.
III tho Bible is regarded as divinely inspired
only in part. we have perfect right to employ
every proper means in distinguishing between
those parts which came from God. and those
which eau only be attributable to human
ignorance and fallibility In this case the line
between divine ana human authorship can
discovery OF scientific or historical fact must
modify our views. and keep on modifying them
until perfect knowledge has been reached. and
that ia beyond mortal attainment.
Thus the m after resolves itself into the sim pie
question OF what Is true and what is false. Ac-
cording to the old school OF Interpretation,
everything in the Bible must be infallibly true
since 1t all came direct from God. According
to what is known rs the higher criticism the
perfect revelations OF God were transmitted to
the world through the imperfect comprehen-
sion OF man. and therefore we have in the Bible
not what God actually impaired but what man
presumably understood Which method will
give us the truest Interpretation?
New YORK. Oct. 81. C. T. WED,
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osophy from them. and that only In the pagan
lanGuaRss-tho sanscrlt or derivative tongues.
the Greek. Latin. &c.-can he even think ortalk
philosophy about the soul or other abstract
themes. or find any literature on those subjects.
Compared with those languages. the Hebrew IL
merely nursery language and has practically
no terms for metaphysical. philosophical or
abstract ideas. Hence. the Hebrew could hard
ly have talked immortality II he had the idea.
and here Is really good argument for "scho-
lasticus." viz: the Hebrew may have believed
In Immortality all the time. but as he had no
terms In his language to express IL clearly. he
did not get any clear expression In his Scrip
lures. CHAs. N. HIooISs.
BpooEIYN Oct %
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n seahorse: The Roycroft

was the hippocampus or seahorse. The Roycroft
andirons are usually big sprawling seehorses
spent his life until lately. tinkerng. The Roy
croftcrs went to him and ordered liable made after
che William Morris fashion, circular eight feet In
polished oak The carpenter rrbclled but he took
The order and filicd IT, Whom he heard that Wis.
VITO! to e Gop had RsdI S more 1T when he
can be spared from tho buildings, he makes tables,
chairs and plain oak pcdesials ior statuary These
not come there with any idea Of buying Them.
no Ths RetepS qe e,9 " bc o Ge
n To hem pS Sf%T Is Rs only % joke IN
which Ali Baba really shares. There Is most
gracious young woman whose TASK ~ 10 tlse lfonl
with each visitor that comes She points out the
greater celebrities. and II they are not busy intro
duccs them. ltisots on fun TO see St Gerome Roy
enthusiast who thinka hat bee use The Roycroftrrs
choose 10 live seventeen miles rom buhal3 thrr
register and 10 accept as parting gift catalogue
Of The Royc,oft books. The ca!aloEus ~ Just a.
Is inminq!ed ard printed IN cnlorE, liHt YOU
must go to East Aurora togctit In going through
the shop ihc visitor finds. tucked under S,airways,
and in odd corners, cots neatly covered with old
fashioned patchwork .countcrpancs He - in
formed that many Of the young men sleep in tho
croflcrs are afraid Is Are. Their books can never
be reprinted 1'hers IS no replacing anything
that is lost The surest way to guard against
room at every hour Of the day and night.
The big fireplace in the first building is tue
gath ing place at night fox al the men Roy
crofteTs. Sometimes the girls come u is the
counsel FIRE. Hawthorne, the red headed riursar,
whose work hours in the shop are from six i'll tho
morning until midnight and who eats At Hub
bard's house next door and sleeps in the shop
when he is not working: and st Gerome tat thcsa
councils called ST Geronimol; and Sammy the
Artist and Kinder, the binder who came from
Germany because there was none capable OF his
work in this country: and BERTHE the oldest Hub.
bard boy, who is sixteen and Is the only engineer
and electrician that has ever strung n wire or
bolted shaft in the establishment; and Beres
pal, who was bound for the reform school when
Hubbard took him-all these sit and talk before
the fire with the master for hours together Some.
times they ore quiet and sometimes the roar of
their laughter can b" heard ont on the main street
above the reu" Of the stray wagons TINT bump
down the corduroy road 10 the railroad station.
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From ts EfNsbIr1 Ds'pdLr1
When a youngSter | was homeward bound
from Santa Anna with a cargo OF MAHOGANY
and when off Cape Campeche. was one calm A.
ternoon leaning over the taffrail looking down
into the blue profound on the watch for FISH
gloomy shade came over the bright water
and up rose fearsome monster some eighteen
feet across and in ageneral outline more liks
skate than anything else. all except the heal.
There. what appeared to he two curious
horns. about three feet apart rose on each side
OF the most horrible pair Of eyes imaginabls
sharks ewes "a he turns sideways unIa-
your vessels counter nad looks up To se, :
anyone is coming. are ghastly. green and crua
but this things eyes were all this and much
more. tet thai the Book Of R"ve atiOr, WA
me vet.
Although quite sick and eidly at the sight -
Such DOGGY. J. could not move until the avn.
thing suddenly waving what seemed lLa
mighty wings, scared IN out ~ the Ua'a~
soundleSs'y to height Of about six feAt "a
ing again with thuuderOus 81 ash that m :h.
have been heard for miles. must have famed
with fright. Tor the next thing wa cor -clDu,
Of was awakening under tho rough doctorIng
my Shpmates.
Since then have never saen one lear rr.
n no wind. The sonorouB splash il cOnstantIy'b
ns heard. although why they make thar hat.
ike leap out OF their proper element "a no,
easy 70 understand. IL does not seem positive
10 believe such awe inspiring horrors cApabls
oil playful gambling.
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HAMILTON'S,
23d St. & 9th Ave.

the mind cure sometimes effects results.
But when we know that God is everywhere"
not only does It seem difficult to understand
the direction which our applications take. but
II we have Him in our very presence among
fifteen hundred mi lion people We cannot think
OF Him as being in Heaven there to min istsr 10
our wishes and desires.
Write from tho point OF view Of one who
has offered many earnest prayers. but. 40 far
us know and feel. without avail. A. Il. O.
ROCHESTER, y. Y, Oct %.
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Mr.. Higgins Replies to "seholast,eu.."

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: I have
carefully read the letter OF 'Scholasticus" in
The Sun Of oct - on the historical aspects OF
the doctrine Of Immortality. In which he at
tempts further TO controvert my historical
facts and arguments. In my present letter 1
need not concern myself with tho nationality
or demonstrahity OF tho doctrine ITSELF as the
discussion on this point Is practically closed by
the preponderance OF rational argument on tho
negative side The debate is now continued
however. on the purely historical side OF tho
doctrine which is certa nly a n loss intersst-
ing field OF inquiry 1t would seem that In this
direction "SchOastous' is not yet satisfied
with tho evidence already presented on my
side OF the discussion, and here are some OF my
assertions which he fatty says are not true
have not been proved by me. and on which he
asks for still! more proof. viz:
Flrst-The Jews originally had no definite
belief in the doctrine OF conscious personal
Immortality and future rewards and punish
mcnt
Second -Both Jews and Christians ultt-
mntely absorbed these doctrines in their den-
mite fuIness from the pagan world.
Third-Nsither jewish nor Christian Scrip
ture contains anywhere 80 clear a statement
OF the Christians own doctrine as can be found
in pagan literature existing long before tho
time OF Christ.
Now. tho proof OF my FIRST point 10 that tho
whole ancient literature OF the "oriSina al Jews"
viz. the entire Old Testament. does not con-
tain, from one end to the other. single para
graph which can be shown to set forth Clearly
the doctrine OF conscious person al i'm m ortaity.
with a place OF future rewards and punish
ments such as the Christian believes. whereas
the contemporary literature OF the pagan races
IA literally tseming or saturated with this
doctrine In tho most detailed and elaborate
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How lie Got Out.
From the Chicago Tribun,.

F'"Ht EH' IHTrdp0 ITlDUn1.
tive;
Well" replied the turnkey with the dam.
ageI eye he sort O. nieEnamed himself
WHAT"
-, !. He prIsd his cell door open with a jimmy
ThSn ne Knocked me down with a billy"
And then he sailed out"
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SuiCide by Jury,


Prom u, P0cidr Conmcrctpl Adr,ri,r
Mr.. 7. l.. Weaver OF this city published an
article in the Oreridnd NODthlV several years
ago, in which WAS discussed the right OF one
who. in its broAdest sense. could no longer he
useful in the world TO call a Jury OF pro-
iessional men. present his case to them and
upon their verdict OF assent cause himself to In
removed" in acme quiet manner. The re-
sponses to the article Indicated that m any edrI =
Gated people had seriously considered the
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Figures Beside Which tho Business Of
American Lines seems Small.


American Lines Seems Small.
New Workers, and especially those who travel
TO and from suburban homes in the rush hours, arc
apt 10 think that the railroads which lead into this
city very busy: but the Rdirodd Gazette Of
Oct 20, in describing the Lancashire and Yorl,
shire Railway OF England, gives some traffic d."
tails beside which the passenger traffic OF the
busiest American road seems small The Ian
cashire and Yorkshire Railway is 500 miles long
and runs through the best manufacturing distric'l
OF England as well through the most densciy
populated district Of Great Britain. The cities ~
Manchester. Bolton. Hudderstield Bradford. AMI
Leeds along its lines and il reaches tide-va'cr
at Liverpool on the west coast and Goole and HUI
on the east. 1t has 800 miles of double track 81 =
mites Of fourtrack road, and three-track road
and there 40 miles of sidings The Rorrond
Gazette says:
The great density Of the traffic will appear hv
comparing the gross receipts per mile with that o,
other important railroads. The annual gross 10
ceipts per mile for the year 1898 on sevcrn sys-
tens were approximately rs follows:
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hard heads delivered on his empty lots near tho
shop. The farmers tapped their heads signih-
canuy, grnned a. one anothef and put IN their
fields to Hubbard. Twelve hundred loads came
in, and then the farmers notified Hubbard that il
more for them. The only hard heads within 1--WE
miles Of East Aurora were those piled UP In front
81 he HoyS[1 shop he iSFm n.S had SeS'sd
Hubbard had stone enough TO build three build
ngs, One Of them is half finished now: 1t
build as the painter paints or the poet writes.
They rub out and do over that which does not
please them The plans q the building change
ordinary builder 70 distrne,ion The RoycIoitte,,s
copy they go out and lug stone and mortar TO
those who lay tho stones In place. The stone
10 do that particular work. But Fra Elbertus
himself and St Gerome loycroft degally jerome
Common are not unskilled handlers Of stone
though some may think that the sbOrate ilIum
nation Of one initial letter after another through
work wR S 6e sd1 d Is
Though the architecture must be described as sim
pie. there are queer little windows and cubby holes
one room TO another, one finds himself ON land
ing from which there are glimpses OF picturesque
rel TStE xeS
with harum -scarnm caricatufcs that have
been reproduced in The PhitAine. or with richly
size bust OF Fra Elbettus modelled by ST. Gcrome
RoyCroft. On table between two workers lies
a bronze cast Of the clasped hands Of the brown.
ings' Play and work and art are Unfortunately
thrown together
Hanging inside the glass Of the front door Of
the shOp-the wrought iron hinges Of the door
and the step raj ings were hammered out by st.
Gerome-is sign illuminated glorously on
ask All Bahia TO check their wheels" Here Is
another sign in illuminated Gothic letters, all
Roycroft signs are over The heads Of the young
women who wrap the Philisines for mailing:
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EAST ORANGE. Oct. 81.
The Efncacy OF Prayer.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The gem
erous opening Of your columns to discussion OF
theological and religious subjects has been and
Is still nati0"al blessing. In no other way
imam through great newspaper can the
masses be reached in a FREQ discussion which
Is SO we'll calculated to equalze and balance
thought in reference to these important
subjects.
1t would seem TO be germane to the main
question to have the question OF the efficacy OF
prayer discussed by men-and women. too
without bias or prejudice. On this theme there
are two sets OF thinkers. To some OF us It
seems strange that applications in violation
OF natural law should be made with the eXpec-
tation OF the visitation OF special Provi-
dence.' for il all prayers wore favorably an
swered. 1t is manifest that natural law would
soon be imperative. We all admit that these
natural laws are unerrng in their accuracy A
person who is Ill is made so by voat on OF
such law, and his death or recovery must also
be under ii. II. In answer to prayer. there
should be Provdential Interference in the case
to change the character Of the disease. there
certainly would have to be a suspension OF the
action OF the natural law, which no thinking
person can believe can be.
is 1t not true that there is but one suggestion
in the New Testament touching prayer? II so.
that gives the Lords Prayer ns an examine
now TAR from such example the pulpit has
wandered in these days. when pastors do not
hesitate to ask for thousand things which
they know would not bs granted even IL there
was any response to their surplications! Prayer
Is often made ridiculous by its scope
Gods purposes are defined in HIS laws which
are the very essence OF perfection. They are
Tor the Physical and oral government of man
Kind. and the Bible makes no stronger asser-
ton than that they are interchangeable" This
being true. we must submit to them and be
governed by them under all circumstances,
not even hoping-no matter how des operate tho
case-that there will he any modification Of
them IN answer to our most earnest desires
Being "frcc agents" We are left to work out
our own salvation; that Ia. these natural
laws are SUFFICIENT for the accomplishment OF
all worthy purposes. II We do not offend
them. we must Of necessity DO good and happy.
When We ain against them. the reverse follows.
Sin very promptly meets with it's punishment
both morally and physically.
How then. can prayer accom- plish desired
end? 1t may help to put the mind in a different
condition. especially when tho utterer OF a
prayer has strong faith In its efficacy: lust as
the treatment OF the mind In some diseases,
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sir: There
are three reasons why people do not attend
church in this age: No one is compelled to 60
many do not want to 10: some cam OF afford tc
go. FREDERIC W. PANaBoRS
HACKESsACK Oct 81
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The intensity Of the traffic is seen when We
HG conn Ky r numefT OF PER mewort
Lancashire and Yorkshire in rhe year eudir;.
June 80, 1895, the number per mile worked W. :
2l6; no other road in Greet Britain. e,ceI. it
may be some Of the Metropolitan lines in Lennon.
,alpp,oach 1nX,wh , near 4 That of The GIe.s
land 50, the lN!ndOn and North Western IT,
Psnnsyivani9 Railroad o.. New Haven Road %,
Naturally 1t is one Of tho best built roads IN
the world and its cost would surprise = v cs'crr
railroad builder According to The figures given
's soeE H SCI $50 1% so5 5ia IN
S550, 900 mile.
There ore features in the equipment Of tho road
also interesting us COMPARED with these Of greet
american railroads. The ordinary American
freight or passenger cars could not pass over ths
rofd for there is neither width nor height to per.
mi. them; An impGrtan, reason why Ire freight
given rs follows:
and not a long haul freight business. Merchants
purchasing goods in Manchester or liverpool
expect them and must have them at their stores
the lot purchased by them is placed upon one 4
these small cars OF an average capacity oi9i, tons
disc more than %, tons The maximum, ton
capacity Of the freight cars is tons ther average
weight ahort5's, tons and the average length o'rr
buffers 10 feet"
y, The ord mary freight car in use now upon roads
that come into New Yorl; has capacity Of 20 tons
American roads which Till carry 40 tons whls
many others have 30 tons csnacity While the
business Of the road is largely made up II freight
handling, the passenger ire fhc is also Of imTor-
tancc. as the road carried GO COO. 600 passengers
In 1903 exclusive Of commute ton business. and
the total number Of trains that enter and leave tho
Mnnchestcr station every day is given ns about
700. In the wear ending June l. 1898 tho road
CARED 6,Old. OH tons Of merChands" II ,iOi Si6
tons Of coke and coal and 03S - tons Of Minerals
and the average receipts for each ton CARED was
Tor merchandise ST. -, coal 20 cents, minerals 81
cents and II received average Of only ~
cents for each passenger carried. The freight
trains average length Of 922 feet and 5l7 tons IN
weight and their average speed was 70 niles nm
hnur. The cost Of operating all trans freight
aud passenger averaged ~ cents for each nllc
nan was moved, its engines all take water froD,
the track and can pick il mp when running ethcr
forward or backward. There are 6o3 block str.
tionS on the road. employing go sigma linen ard
Tor many years every signal tower on the ne has
been connected with the others md with tie Si0.
tons by telephones. Their" are 26O stations on
the road.
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Who Shall Decide when HiEher-Critical
Doctors Disagree?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In tn
sermon By DR., Briggs In the Church OF tn
Holy Communion. Oct. 90. on /. Peter. l.. %
he refers to the author OF the Fpistle as st
Peter writing from Rome. in tho early days o
the persecution OF Christians" Harnack. tn
highest "higher-critical" authority. say
this Epistle was originally ''anonymous"-tha
is. written nobody knows by whom-and eth
name OF Peter was added in the second cen
tlry at the time OF tho canonization OF tn
Epistle In order to give it the requisite Apos
toiic authority" DR.. McGinsrt agrees will
Harnack That 1t was originally anonym GUS Blu
that lit became attached to the name OF Pete
only in the second century. his name. perhaps
being written on the margin Of a manuscript
by some scribe and adopted thence into tn
text Apostolic Age. p. 500
Further. as priest Of The Church." DR.
Briggs no doubt devoutly reads the lesso,
at evening prayer on the oath OF Angus
ftom the Second Episte OF Peter. com.
mcncing: Simon Peter. a servant and ar
Apostle OF Jesus Christ. to them that have oh
tanned like precious faith with u.s." DR.
McGifIert maintains that the author took par
ticular pains to have his Epistle pass a,
Peters" yet that 1t Is not a writing from tn
pen OF the Apostle Peter. there can be. 1t see m
to me. no doubt"-in other words. this Epistl
was deliberately and deslRnedly a 'piou
fraud"
Now. when two higher-critical professors II
the same theological seminary hold and teaci
conflicting views on such points as the above
how Is an ordinary V. Il. NJ minister OF tn,
Word OF Cod 10 know what tho Word Of God is
And how can the ordinary reader OF the Scrip
lures know what portion is Scripture eiver
by inspiration OF God?
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How to Believe.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Hero Is
an honest suggestion to =" One Who Wishes
to Believe" and who asks in this mornings
Sun how II is possible to acquire absolute faith
in Jesus Christ:
The Holy Spirit has said that faith oometh
by hearing and hearing by the Word Of Goo"
tRomans. L. u. That is the reply to your cor
respondent direct from tho Lord. What more
reliable advice can be hoped for? Let your
enquirer act upon 1t at once to rid his m ind OF
prejudice and the reasonings OF wise In tidels,
thsosophsts. Bible critics and others and be
given soemnly and honestly" to read his
Bible. especially the Gospels and trust the
Holy Spirit to reveal Christ to him. He will not
be disappointed.
Who is He. Lord. that might believe on
Him? And Jesus said unto him. Thou hast
both seen Him. and It is He that talksth with
thee" John, tx. 80. 81.
ONE WHO DOES BELIEVE
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Little Louis Hopkins of this city
caused bigger laugh in st. Joseph
theater last Saturday" the Hopkins
Journal says, than was ever called
forth by any of the popular comedians
who appear In that city. His mother
took him to a matinee and Louis was
deeply interested in the performance.
One scene happened to be on the SOL
emn order. the actor tip-toeing and
speaking only In stage whispers. The
stiffness was so intense that a min
could have been heard to drop, but
Louis missed the tragic lines of the
star actor and yelled at the top OF his
voice: What did you say?' This. OF
course. brought down the house, and
the pathetic scene was cut short"