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conspiracy. The policy of the illustri.
Gus Grant. whose objective was not the
capture OF towns or the subjugatlon Of
districts. but the destruction of the
armies Of secession, must be ours in
the Intending conflict. The victory to
be won. which alone Is worth winning,
ls the overthrow Of the grand central
governing conspiracy Of protection.
When that browning mercy shall be
vouchsafetl the very publication Of the
nations soul by the fires Of the strife
will easily enable It to subdue the less.
or forms In which Satan In embodied
In our national life.
1.-THE contest cannot be longer post.
poned but with the utmost peril to the
rights Of our cOuntrymen."
No woman wants to 90 to heaven II
she can't be young and beautiful there.
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One Of the lamentable effects Of the
illness Of King Edward was the revival
Of the old prophecies by soothsa yers,
palmisters, astrologers and other pro.
fessi0nal croakers Of mischief. At the
best there Ii too much superstition In
the world, and the evil Ii not likely to
be mitigated by TILES Of the accident Of
prophecy. When one prophecy IL by
chance fulfilled the silly world quickly
forgets the hundreds TINT hive come to
nothing. How strange 1t ID, we hear,
that this mans prediction has come
true. But how much stranger It would
bc. with the world full Of bunko. steer.
ers, II somebody's prediction were not
some time verified.
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One difference between home ana
I'm institutiOn-that In, most institu.
tiOns-was indirectly brought out ut a
recent meeting Of the ministerial league
In New England city. The league was
addressed by the president Of WON.
ans union which has founded home
for working girls. That wise woman
told the assembled ministers that One
room In the new house Ii set apart for
sessions Of cOurting," where the girls
are permitted to receive calls from men
friends. She reported that the "court
Ing room" Is often engaged for weeks
ahead. The ministers laughed, but they
also applauded this triumph Of human
nature over old.fashloned institution
rule and routine. ~.
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One Of the marked tendencies Of the
times In Juvenile literature Ii the de.
crease In books written distinctively
for girls. or books for the young there
Ii a never.increasing number, but the
expansion IL confined solely to boys
books or to volumes meant for both
boys and girls. Stories of the robin.
son Crusoc" type are multiplying from
year to year, while those Of the Little
Women" type are becoming almost ex.
tinct. There are ut least five books
for boys to one for girls In every new
seasons list. Yet girls probably do
more reading than boys. Why this
ungallant discrimination? The pub.
fishers explain It by saying that they
have better success with books meant
for both sexes. that books for boys
come next In demand, and that vol.
umes labeled as girls literature are not
good sellers. The truth Ia that the
American girl spurns the tame and
namby.pamby stories usually written
for her. She would rather read her
brothers books than her own. Stories
Of daring. fighting and adventure are
more interesting to her than tales OF
meek and self.sacrificing misses who
act sedately and die young. The Amer.
lean girl has as much red blood In her
veins rs the American boy. There Ii
no such marked difference In the
tastes Of boys and girls as the makers
Of distinctively feminine stories were
wont to suppose. They both like life
and action In their books, just as their
elders do, and there Ia no reason why
the girls should not have 1t as much al
the boys. For wholesome and inter,
esting books like Miss AlcOtt's there
will always be demand. but girls
books as a separate class seem about
to become extinct. Nor Ia this a mat,
ter for regret. The present demand
Of the publishers for juvenile books
written for both boys and girls AFFORD
ut least one instance In which com.
mercial motives are In accord with
what Is normal and wholesome.
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There Is hopeful movement among
American churches for concerted ac'
ton regarding divorce and remarrlage
The Episcopal Church took the lead
and invited the Presbyterians to act
with 1t. The Presbyterian General As
sembly, ut Its meeting In New York
appointed a committee to confer aud
cooperate with the Episcopal commit
tee, and with such committees az
might be appointed by other churches
The special end In view IL SO to affect
public opinion as to secure more strict
divorce laws, and, II possible, uniform
laws In the various States. Were the
churches Of this country to act tOgeth
er with real earnestness to accomplish
this reform, they would probably sue
coed. The sacredness Of marriage and
the preservation of the family are re-
ligious and moral, as well AS social
questions. Success would probably fol
low a united demand for better laws
from the moral and religious forces OF