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Queer Things at CrOwnings

A royal coronation is an event Of such
solemn Importance, at least 10 the partici-
pants in It, and the preparations for 1t are
made so long In advance. that one would
think It impossible for anything about it
to be allowed to 60 amiss. But there has
seldom been a coronation which has not
been disturbed by some incident, either
tragic or ludicrous, not down on the pro-
gram.
William the Conqueror was invested on
Christmas day, 1866, with a brand new
crown richly decorated with gems. The
Saxon and Norman mobiles were gathered
In Westminster Abbey. and the spectators
Of each nation were called upon in their
own language to say whether they ac-
cepted William as king. The Saxons,
anxious to prove how thoroughly they were
reconstructed. shouted. YEA, yea, King
William" so loudly that the Norman
guards outside thought, or pretended to
think, that they we're raising a riot, or
perhaps numbering the king. Instead OF
going to the rescue, it seemed more ap-
propriate and agreeable to them to set FIRE
TO the neighboring buildings and loot the
property Of the English. The glare Of
names lighted up the abbey and panic
broke out inside. The spectators poured
out, the Norman and Saxon mobiles prepar-
ing for battle, and the king and clergy
were left to finish the ceremony alone. The
%prelates were trembling and 1t is intimated
that William himself, for the first and last
time in his life. may have shlvered a little,
too. Nevertheless, the coronation went on.
to the accompaniment Of the flames and
uproar without, and all the ancient cere-
monies were performed. Unfortunately
there were no red extras TO take ad-
We ufau 90 ~ ths, tnoa,a,o~nhIz .o-zo44z-
When Henry l married his second wife.
Adelicia or Adeliza of Louvain, ne had a
second double coronation, and on this oc-
casion the performance was we'll worth the
price of admission. There are different
versions Of the actual happenings, but one
Of the stories is this.
Roger, bishop OF Salisbury, claimed the
right to perform the marriage ceremony
because Windsor was in his diocese. Ralph
Of Escures, archbishop OF Canterbury,
vehemently denied this preteneion, and an
ecclesiastical council decided that the king
and queen were parishioners Of the arch
bishop in whatever part OF England they
might be. So Ralph, tottering with age
and palsy, tied the knot. But Henry tried
to give Bishop Roger a consolation prize in
the shape of the management Of the cor
onation ceremonies the next day. Accord
ingly he secretly arranged for an unusually
early coronation and Roger ratified the cere-
monies along with such celebrity that when
the paralytic archbishop arrived the crown
was already on the kings head. The king
wilted like a whipped schoolboy before
Rslph's indignant questionings, and when
he apologetically said that II the ceremony
had not been properly performed IT could
be done again, the archbishop, according to
some accounts, knocked the crown from
the royal head with his crozler. It any
rate, he got it of in some fashion and then
put 1t on again himself.
Queen Elizabeth had some trouble in be-
ing properly crowned for lack Of p~relates
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the price paid. 1t all depends, however,
upon previous field experience, and this is
why so many Kansas farm girls can do
more work with a binder than a strong.
healthy man from the city.
Every class of men imaginable goes to
Kansas during the harvesting season to
work In the wheat fields. College men
anxious to earn a little extra money in va
cation time; men from big city Offices, who
"isn 10 improve upon their nnancIaI con-
dition and at the same time take on tan;
tramps, day laborers and others, mix in
the motley gang that crowd the passenger
and freight trains running into the wheat
bort the first few weeks in June. The
harvest hand can save from SIS to SIPS
during the harvest season.
Before Mr.. Blaine improved upon the
labor system in the wheat belt of Kansas
and the southwest, there was much trouble
every harvest from strikes and inability
to secure a sufficient number Of workmen.
Even last year an attempt was made to
form a union, but Mr.. Blaine headed IT of
by his importation Of 5000 laboyers from
eastern cities. He has an unremuneratiye
task, except that 1t is gaining him desired
political prestige. He has saved thousands
Of dollars annually to the wheat growers
in supplying plenty Of labor.
w. r. DRAPER.
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farmers can meet and employ their help.
Wages ranging from $3.50 to 1850 per day
are paid for eight hours work, double pay
for extra time. On moonlight nights,
should there be any prospect of rainy
weather in the near future, the whole force
OF harvest hands may be found toiling
away until nearly midnight. Sunday Is no
exception to the rule.
The immediate cutting OF a wheat field
after 1t once begins to ripen is necessary
II II is TO be saved. This is why so many
thousand extra men are needed. A farmer
with four good horses, his gang pillow and
a drill will plant from 200 to 800 acres OF
grain in the fall, but TO handle this grain
when ripened requires ten horses and seven
men, or six more men than are usually
found with the average farmer. Naturally
these men and teams have to be imported.
as we'll as women to prepare the food for
the workers.
Half a Million for Harvest Hands.
Last year over $500. 900 dollars was paid
out to these extra helpers, but Kansas
reaped a crop OF 5000 bushels from which
was derived a handsome profit.
The work to be done in a harvest field
is extremely tiresome and soon tells upon
the tenderfoot. There is no protection from
the suns rays, which often reach the u.s.
mark. moving down the haryesters as their
machines cut the yellow grain. The men
who come to the wheat belt direct from the
cities and who have been used to inside
work are first set to driving binders. This
pays $3.50 per day and as they become
more hardened to the rays OF the sun, they
are promoted to the carrying Of bundles and
shocking Of wheat or oats. and later given
the Job OF hauling, feeding a thresher and
such. Those who are unused to the har-
vest field generally break down the second
or third day. Even II not sunstruck run
ming about through the rough stubble car
rying heavy bundle tells on them seriously.
The work OF the harvest hand is well worth
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to perform the OF all the
bishops Of her realm only one would con-
sent to take part in the coronation, al
though most Of them we're present as spec
tators. The queen was duly anointed, but
she remarked afterward to her maids that
the oil was grease and smelt ILL.,
We begin to feel in a modern atmosphere
when we note that the coronation Of George
III was delayed by a strike Of workmen.
The men employed at Westminster hall had
counted on tips from visitors, which the
authorities were not disposed to allow. The
trouble was settled by an increase in wages.
The earl marshal forgot the sword Of
state, the royal banquet chairs and the
canopy. The lord mayor Of London lent his
sword and a jury canopy was rugged. But
the bitches and delays provoked the king
to remonstrance. The deputy earl marshal
t~actfully replied: ut is true, sire, that
there has been some delay, but l have taken
care that the next coronation shall be reg
ulated in the exactest manner possible
The king accepted the excuse with good
humor, but took his revenge by living for
sixty years longer, by which time the re-
yised arrangements for the next coronation
were out OF date. After the crown had
been put on Georges head the largest dia-
mond fell to the ground. Later the poets
found in this an omen OF the loss OF the
American colonies-the brightest Jewel in
the crown. 1t was said that the young pre-
tender, Charles Edward. was present on
this occasion out Of curiosity and that
later he Vt one OF his adherents threw a
glove from a gallery Of Westminster hall
in answer to the challenge Of the champion.
To George ", 'the first gentleman Of
Eurono - ubo Opra arhiavad tho feat nf in
venting a shoebuckle, a coronation would
obviously be just the sort of thing to call
ont the full powers of his mind. His coro-
nation was the most expensive in English
history. 1t cost nearly 81. 200, 000-to be ex-
act. G23S, 23S. The nation generally thought
George dear at the price, and his successor,
william ~, cut down his own coronation
bill to $50, 900.
James II spared no expense or trouble in
his coronation. He had a feast Of LAS
dishes. a gorgeous procession and superb
trappings. Nevertheless, he could not pre-
vent a series of mishaps that took on a
deadly significance when he was chased
from his throne three years later. The
crown was shaky on his head, and some
body had to stand by him all the time to
keep 1t from falling off. That service was
performed by Henry Sidney, brother of AL
gernon Sidney, who had been beheaded two
years before. This is not the first time,
your majesty" he observed. that my fam
lily have supported the crown" When the
signal was given that James was crowned
the nag on the tower was torn by the wind.
The canopy Of cloth of gold which was held
over the kings head was rent on the way
home from the Abbey. On the same day the
royal arms in stained glass fell from a
church window, and when the champion,
after challenging all Corners to dispute the
right of James to the throne, dismounted to
kiss the kings hand, he fell full length,
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write; from the earliest days they were
kept. Without exception the increases are
steady; they run precisely as do the Pres
byterian figures just given.
"As a concrete example Of progress take
the building conditions in New York this
spring. About 81, 800, 900 is planned for the
immediate future. This is. in addition to
buildings already u2der construction,
which are absorbing, this spring alone,
another 81, 500, 900.
These sums are for churches and parish
houses alone. II allied constructions be
included, such, for instance, as the new St.
Bartholomew clinic, costing 5000, 600; the
Naval Branch Young Mems Christian asso-
citation, costing $500, 900, and the Roman
Catholic Orphan asylum, costing $3.50, 900,
the total is immensely swelled.
Then debts are being paid as never be-
fore. Methodists Of the country have raised
5000, 900 within the last two years-a
performance never before set down to the
record of any religious body. The income
OF Episcopal, United Brethren, Presby-
terrain, Baptist, Methodist, Congregational,
Reformed and Roman Catholic mission
funds steadily increase, year by year.
Peters pence from America this year
will equal that from all the world together
~ PACNAOu gOdlos new 1OTk province
alone sends $475 900. The voluntary contri-
buttons for church purposes in the Church
OF England for the year ending last Easter
were $39. $50, 900.
Taking New York again in the good
old times when people were said to be
giving as they are not now, churches aban-
doned the lower part Of Manhattan island,
all save the Roman Catholic, and II aoan-
doned the well-to-do residence section. The
lower part Of the island was abandoned by
Protestant churches because their sup
porteTs moved away, and, lacking an in
come, the churches had to do the same.
I'm these later times. when it is claimed
people do not give, Protestant churches
have raised $4,000, 900 as anchor funds-en-
dowments. The Episcopal retreat stoned
long ago. One parish, endangered in the
minds Of some. has received $136, 900 within
a few weeks to end any possible alarm.
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Queen Anne was not able to stand alone
to be crowned. She was the only English
sovereign that ever had to be held up by
others on such an occasion. Her excessive
weight was too much for her equity feet.
On this occasion thieves, as they were
rudely called at that Unexpectedly they
would be called souvenir iends now
cleaned off all the plate, pewter and linen
used at the banquet.
At the coronation Of Victoria the queen
attracted general admiration, but hardly
anybody else missed a chance to blunder.
Greville, in his Memoirs, remarks:
THE different actors in the ceremonial
were very imperfect in their parts and
had neglected to rehearse them. Lord John
Thyme, who ofhciated for the dean Of
Westminster, told me that nobody knew
what was to be done except the archbishop
and himself (who had rehearsed), Lord
Willoughby (who is experienced in these
matters), and the duke Of Wellington, and
consequently there was a continual
dif1culty and embarrassment and the
queen never knew what she was to do
next. They made her leave her chair and
enter St. Edwards chapel before the
prayer was concluded. much to the dis
comfture Of the archbishop. She said to
John Thyme, Pray, tell me what I an to
do, for they don't know and at the end,
when the orb was put into her hand, she
said to him:
What am l to do with itT'
Your majesty is to carry 1t, IL you
please. in your hand
Am II she said: 1t is very heavy"
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No Religious Decline

Some interesting statistics have been
gathered by E. NJ. Camp to controvert the
statement that growth in church member
ships is not keeping pace with the increase
of population; that less money proportion
ately Is given to religious causes and that
spiritual conditions show declining interest.
The statistics are published in the last
number Of the Church Economist.
The population OF the United States has
increased since 1860 nearly two and a half
fold. In 1860 the Congregational church
membership was 253, 765 and In 1900 1t was
$50, $40. Here is a ratio of growth slightly
greater than that OF population.
In 1850 the Presbyterians North num-
bered 276, 3O6 and in 1900, 1925, 1888. To-
gether these two religious bodies have In
creased a little more than three-fold.
In 1860 there were 146, 900 Episcopalians
and in 1900 there were 714,575. The Luth-
Grams have increased from 232, $50 in 1860
to 1865, 1913 in 1900.
Adding to these figures those for the
Baptists, Methodist Episcopal, the Discl-
Piles OF Christ and the Roman Catholic
churches. 1t will be found that the growth
In church membership in the last forty
years stands to the increase In population
in the ratio of 16 to 5.
Mr.. Camp makes out an equally strong
argument to prove that people give more
to the churches proportionately than they
did forty years ago. Here are some Of
his figures: Presbyterians gave to mis-
sions in 1925 S12.517. in 1850 $4O6, 672, in
1875 50, 723. O6S, and In 1900 s4,1S6,2Ss. In
1850 the total gifts Of Presbyerians North
for all purposes were 81. 1852. 023. In 1873
9 1925. 594, and in 1900 SIC. 1888, S76. In 1892
Lutherans gave to missions and benevo-
lences 1929. 900. and in 1902 81, 2S5. IT'S.
Young Mems Christian association work
Of this country cost last year $40, 000, 900,
which was 49, 900 900 in advance Of any
previous year, and people gave enough
to enable the year to be closed without
debt.
Take Congregational, Baptist. Metho-
dist, Disciple, Episcopal. RefoTmed-any-
thing you please-and compare total gifts
by years. All OF them are before me as l
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demonstrated Jner aDlilty forever 10 pre-
vent further retreat, and l could easily
name a line of what may be called from
tier, or picket, parishes, that are going to
stand for all time.
'"This list could be increased to weari-
ness. But two points must be made. One
Is that while people may be carried off
their feet by clever religious beggars-
these beggars are, by the way, being sup
pressed In all churches as never before
people do not give year after year, in
increased amounts, to objects in which they
are not interested. II you think they do,
try running some charity.
THE other point is that, while the FASH
ion of the moment-there Is fashion in Civ
ing, as in bonnets-is to give outside the
churches, after the pattern set by Mr..
Andrew Carnegie, yet the income of church
causes is not declining. Look at the great
gifts to education just now, to hospitals
and the rest.
This year is going to be a record
breaker. Mr.. Pierpont Morgan gives 81, OOO,-
900 to a Boston hospital, Mr.. Rockefeller
$1,000, 900 to southern education, Miss Helen
Gould 81, 900, 900 this year through the
Young Mems Christian association. Be
good enough to note that these and almost
everybody known as liberal givers are
church people.
yet l happen to know that the three
persons named are given more to strictly
church causes than they ever gave before.
Mr.. Rockefeller has given this year 500, 900
to the American Baptist Missionary union,
$50, 900 to the Baptist Home Mission society,
SIS, 900 to the Baptist Educational society,
$780, 900 to Brown university and 500, 900
to Newton Theological seminary. Speak
ing generally, he is slowly increasing his
gifts to Baptist objects.
Speaking Of the whole country, about
$3s, 000, 900 will go. as l figure 1t, into new
churches, parish homes and manses this
year"
The alleged spiritual decline is dis
proved, Mr.. Camp thinks, by the statistics
published above. People will not Join
churches and contribute to them unless they
are interested, he says.
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The ruby coronation ring, according to
the rubric, should go on the fourth finger.
In this case the ring had been made for
the little finger, which the queen accord
ingly held out when the proper time came.
The archbishop refused to put it on that
finger and said it must go on the fourth.
The queen demonstrated, declaring that
she could not get it on, but the archbishop
insisted that it had to go. Accordingly the
other rings were taken off and the new
one was forced on with such pain that
as soon as the CEREMONY was over the
queen had to battle her finger in ice water
to get it off. When the coronation medals
were thrown about. dignity was forgotten
and the whole crowd, including the maids
Of honor. scrambled to get them.
The venerable Lord Role fell down as
he was getting up the steps Of the throne
and when afterward he started to mount
again to do homage, the queen said: May
l not get up and meet him?" Rising from
the throne, she went down one or two of
the steps TO prevent him from coming up,
an act of kindness which made a great
sensation"
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that important pc
rod of change
when the woman
ly function Is es-
tablished. Time
ly care and proper
treatment al this
period may save
much after suf-
fenng.
The best medi-
cine for young
girls who are
nervous, melan-
choly, and irreg-
ular of appetite,
Is DIR. Pierce's Pa
vorite Prescrip-
ton. 1t
nervousness dir
ziness, and melan-
choly, promotes
The appetite, and
gives the body
robust health.
There is no alco-
hol in uFavorite
Prescription " and
It is entirely free
from opium, Coz
Caine, and all
ANh.- ---as-
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upon which the queen remarked: See you,
love, what a weak champion you have
When william and Mary we're crowned
somebody stole the kings purse, and when
it became his duty to put a contribution in
the ofertory he had to borrow the money
from Lord Dandy. The champions glove
was said to have been stolen on the same
occasion.
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WMy daughter was troubled with dizriness and
constipation and was very nervous for ave
years" writes MG NJ. Carter, Of IS5 1th street,
N W, Washingtou, ID c. ~ tried several doc
tprs but they gave her no relief At times she
would eat nothing, had green and purple circles
endeE her eyea, and was melancholy. A woman
mend OF mine told me to try your Pavorite
Prescription and Pleasant Pellets which I ala
amer taking enc bottle Of each she began to inn
prove and Is still improving. People said she
she Is twelve years old. There are no eirclel
GROUND her eyes now and she Is healthy and
r"tast eats as much as any child, and y grow
~ latter every day"
pE. heree's Pellets regulate the bowels.
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ing qualities OF their hens. One laid so
many eggs, and another more. Another
little girl, the daughter of a bishop, said
"Pshaw, that's nothing. My papa laid two
corner-stones yesterday"
why do we say, Give us this day our
daily bread?" asked a Sunday school
teacher after the lesson. !
Because we want 1t fresh" answered a
little girl.
How is it. my dear" inquired a school
teacher of a little girl. that you do not
understand this simple thing?"
Il do not know, indeed" she answered,
with a perplexed look; but / sometimes
think l have so many things to learn that
/ have not time to understand"
It was a preachers small boy that got
into a fight with another youngster. As
the latter was going home with one black
eye, the minister met him.
M lad" said the preacher. you have
been fighting"
Yes, sir" was the reply.
Don't you know it is wicked to fight,
l will go home and pray for you"
You had better go home and pray for
your own boy" was the indignant reply.
He has two black eyes"
Whom do you love best?" asked a Wis
itor OF my sister Lillian, Sh years Did.
Mamma" said the little one. God next
and then my sister and brothers,"
Noticing that she said nothing about her
father, the visitor said.
Why. Lillian, l an surprised at you,
Where does your papa come in?"
Lillian raised her large eyes and inuo-
Gently answered:
"Papa-why. papa comes in through the
door"
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In GhsEhOOd

There is a great need of motherly watch
fulness and care. A growing girl needs
all her strength, and if she IS nervous
and melancholy, and loses appetite there
Is surely something wrong. This Is espe-
cislly true as the young girl approaches
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PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS.

visitor-so you're 5 years old today.
Willie. Yes. sir.
Visitor-And just think. I'm nearly so.
Wili@My! I wtsht / was. Then I'd gel
30 cents stead o. 5 fur my birthday.
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In illustrating the vanity OF boastfulness
our preacher told a good story. which is
worth retelling. Two or three little girls
who had chickens were Boosting Of the lay
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Samuel {. MOffett
In Saturday Even
ing Post.
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Study of Church Statistics
in 1860 and Now.

"~Presbyterlans have, within two years.
demonstrated their ability forever to pre-
vent further retreat, and l could easily
name a line of what may be called from
tier, or picket, parishes, that are going to
stand for all time.