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Az acCREssIyE CHuRCH.

The meeting of the General Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church is al
ways an event of interest, whether any
questions of unusual importance are TO
come before its sessions or not The church
is so great an organization, it is such an
integral part of the community. its infu-
ence is so far reaching, that the general
public feels q friendly concern in all its
proceedings. The gathering at Los An
geles seems 10 have no subjects for eonsid-
Grafton likely to arouse much discussion.
The questions OF lay representation and
the admission of women TO the conference,
both of which stirred the brethren nightly.
have been settled, and the chief work Of
the meeting will be the election of new
bishops There is talk. it is true. of Sc
curing such modification. Of that part of
the Book of Discipline relating to amuse-
ments as will permit dancing and theater-
going under certain conditions. Whether
this change will be seriously considered or
not. nothing is likely to be done at this
time beyond referring the matter to a
committee, to be reported on at future
meeting
The election OF bishops. however, is a
proceeding in which the public takes an in
terest. These heads of the great church
exercise vast power and influence and it is
important that the right men be chosen.
A great deal of church politics is involved
In the selecting process. Many things are
to be considered beyond mere pulpit prom
inence. Indeed. the ability to deliver i'm
pressive sermons is a minor matter COM
pared with other gifts desirable in. if not
absolutely essential TO. Methodist bishop.
He should have executive ability and some
thing of the judicial quality: he should be
a good judge of men and he should have
tact Net all bishops have possessed all
these qualifications. but many of them
have, and to this fact the church owes
much OF it's standing and strength. These
dignitaries have wrought we'll for their
organization and IN doing so have served
the entire community WELL since the good
of the one Is inextricably mingled with the
good Of all. 1t is an aggressive and prog
lines CT work and adapting itself to new
conditions. For nearly century it has
been a great force in the world. and its use
fulness promises to continue in increased
of consequence because all official acts of
so powerful religious body are important
and significant.
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st. Petersburg's OdOr.

Some sensitive essayst should take the smell
of place as subject. Paris. for example is light
ly pervaded with the odor of burning charcoal,
and. coming from Paris to London one is newly
assailed by the appeal of SCOT. Cologne has
reputation, long undeserved for smells other
than that of its famous water and it has
been said that in years of old a blind man
could find his way about Cologne by following
his nose. Moscow has an odd perfume of its own.
1t suggests cranberries of peculiar pungency And
1t never leaves the nose. Garlic. of course is the
basic smell that greets the stranger who lands
at Calais. But the most curious of the smells
of place is that of ST. Petersburg. The present
writer had often wondered what it was, having
detected it even between the sheets of his bed
at the most exorbitant hotel On his third visit
he was driven in a drosky from the station with
a fresh young English girl, who had never been
away from Kent before. Now, do you smell
anything he asked Eyes" said the girl. '.Old
boots" That is the smell OF St. Petersburg
Centenarian shoe leather.-London Chronicle.
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the House was highly discreditable to that body
Tawney. of Minnesota. the best saengerfest di-
rector in the House. had resigned his place, and
Lands. of Indiana. took 1t. After Mr. Lands had
finished leading in MY Country. It's of Thee
perspiration rolling down his face and he
resigned in favor Of Mr.. Beidler Of Ohio. Mr.
Beidler started up God Be with You TIL We
Meet Again." innovation introduced by Mr.
Tawney last year. Mr.. Beidler has a good voice
but he pitched IL so low that nobody could sing
but himself. The result was disastrous. To re-
deem his reputation, Beidler started 1.-The STAR
Spangled Banner" but lands. who had recov-
cred ruined it by singing off the key AS his
voice is high and strong. his discordant caco-
phonies put everybody else out OF business. The
only song that got through without a horrible
finish was For He's jolly Good Felow"-New
York Times
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In a letter to an Atchson friend, H. j. Allen
tells of the first speech he ever made before a
public audience saying:
IT found 1T impossible to recognize my own
voice. 1t seemed to be the voice of some
drunken stranger, and it cracked and squeaked,
and then became grun after which 1t took on
the falsetto. 1t seemed to me that my mouth
lined with infexibe material, and
that one corner of it was seeking. by nervous
jerks, to hang itself my left ear The peo-
pie in the audience looked queer. Some had four
or five pairs of eyes. The focus of some were
square, and others oblong. and others
round, like the full moon. 1 had a desperate
fear that If 1 stopped talking for minute, in
order to do thinking, these people would
all run away; my legs wobbled. and felt that
if I tried to change the position my hands
in / would fall off the stage. 1 would
have given $1,000 to have been out of the
trouble. and after it all over and the be-
wildered audience had gone away, would have
given a like sum to have been able to call them
hack. and get up and say some things which
had occurred to my mind after they had left
The man who has not sense enough to
know that audience is "a dangerous thing
has not sense enough to make public speaker
/ don't believe there is good public speaker
living who is not afraid of his audience, and
this fear is necessary. '-Atchison Globe.
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END OF A WORTHY CHARITY.

The permanent closing of the Katharine
Home for Aged Women is an event TO be
deplorcd and one that reflects discredit
the indianapolis public. Excepting the
care of young and helpless children, no
greater duty rests upon a community than
the proper care of old and helpless men and
women. The duty cannot be dismissed by
the careless assertion that it is the bust
ness of every individual to provide for old
age. Through no fault of their owr- it
often becomes impossible for men and
women to do this. Sickness. losses. acct
dents. innumerable things other than idle
ness or crime may bring unavoidable pow
erty. Few men, indeed are so sure of the
future that they have no dread of coming
to want. Nor is it sufficient to say that
for the poverty-stricken the poorhouse is
open and sufficient for their needs. Such
an attitude is neither Christian nor HUI
NAME 1t is worth while for the good of
of all who still possess that admirable
sentiment; it is also worth while to treat
gently those who have been gently reared.
Institutions like that of the Katharine
Home. by charging a nominal sum for adj
mittance, respect the wholesome pride of
those who seek entrance, and by surround
ing them with some of the comforts towhich
they have all their lives been accustomed,
remove the worst horrors of poverty and
make their declining years happy. The
Katharine Home has been conducted in this
way for eleven years and has been beau
tiful charity. The ladies who have had 1t
in charge have labored necessarily in it's
behalf but the difficulty of maintaining 1t
has increased from year to year. The pub
lie generally showed singular Indifference
to it, and at last, further exertions seeming
useless, the undertaking has been aban-
doned. Smaller and less wealthy cities than
Indianapolis support such homes success
fully; here it seems impossible. It 10 q
great pity.
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How to Acquire Wealth.

''How to Acquire Wealth. was the subject Of
address by Prof. William Windsor. LII. B..
Phi. D., before the Ladies' Physiological Insti-
tute yesterday afternoon in Potter Hall. New
Century building. There are two reasons why
a man cannot acquire wealth, and these are
either that he is afflicted with the poverty dis
ease or he is in the wrong occupation" said
Professor Windsor. when a man finds that he
cannot succeed in his work. then he should
change his occupation. and he will find that in
a short time he will become prosperous. By the
exercise of the brain you develop it, and there
is no reason why you should continue to be af-
ficted with poverty or the disease Of poverty"
The speaker classified various occupations
which, in accordance with the science of wi
tosophy," are essential to success in life and
demonstrated the fact that according to the de-
velopment of the virtues in ones character
..vitosophy'' assigns one to the right occupation
Boston Transcript.
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WAR OPERATIONS.

If II Is true, as reported that the Jap
anese have captured Nieu-Chwang, they
have achieved q victory whose effects are
likely to be far-reaching. The Liao-Tung
peninsula is of triangular shape. the neigh
borhood of Antung. on the Yalu. where
the repulse of the Russians took place last
week. being the eastern angle. Port Arthur
the southern and Nieu-Chwang the west
ern points. Nieu-Chwang is of great
strategic importance. having been head
quarters for the Russian forces assigned
TO protect the railroad which connects
Port Arthur with Hardin at the junction
OF the main Siberian line. This road is the
only means by, which the Russians can OBJ
tain supplies. Their forces have. by neces-
sity. been scattered thinly along the road.
and the next move of the Japanese will
undoubtedly be to obtain control of the
line If, in fact. they have not already done
so. With the accomplishment of this feat
they will have the Russians most effectual-
ly bottled in the peninsula. Admiral Togo
being on guard at Port Arthur, General
Kuroki in the Antung district. and the Sec
end army. under what seems to be entire
ly competent command, in the northwest
angle. How this army reached that point
so successfully and without preliminary
flourish OF trumpets is interesting mat
ter yet TO be explained. No mention has
been made of land force in that quarter
Whether the troops landed Immediately be-
fore the attack or whether they came up
side territory for some time Is not made
clear at the time OF this writing. but in
either case the movement seems to have
been unexpected by the Russians and
found them unprepared-
The entire campaign SO far developed by
the Janansss indicates great generalshin
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hear from many little throat
A MARBLE interrupted long;
hear the robins fiutelike note,
The bluebird's slenderer song
Brown meadows and the russet hill,
Not yet the haunt of grazing herds,
And thickets by the glimmering rill
Are all alive with birds.
o choir of spring. why come so soon?
On leafiess grove and herbless lawn
Warm lie the yellow beams of noon;
Yet winter is not gone
Say, then, beneath our ruder sky:
Heed not the storm-clouds rising black,
Nor yelling winds that with them fly.
Nor let them fright you back
Back to the sitting batt1e-cloud,
To burning towns that blot the day,
And trains of mounting dust that shroud
The armies on their way.
Stay for tint of green shall creep
Soon DER the orchards grassy floor.
And from its bed the crocus peep
Beside the housewives door.
Here build and dread no harsher sound
To scare you from the sheltering tree
Than winds that stir the branches round
And murmur of the bee.
William Cullen Bryant.
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AGRICULTURE IN RURAL SCHOOLS.

The Madison county Board of Education
termning to teach agriculture as one of
the courses in the rural schools. The no.
ton that the best farming comes without
any special education or training on the
subject is one of the old fogy ideas that
was exploded long ago. Experience has
almost everything TO learn about the chem
istry of the SOIL it's fitness for certain
crops, the best treatment of the land. and
even the best methods of cultivation of the
crops most commonly planted. Scientific
farming has proved a success
The movement away from the farms to-
ward the cities has been very marked
since 1850 whereabouts, but the trolley
line and rural mail delivery, bringing the
farm into closer touch with the daily ac-
tivity of the world. are proving powerful
factors in checking this tendency. and it
seems not unlikely that the next census
will show that the tide has turned back
toward country life not merely among
those who can afford a country residence
as a luxury. but also among those that
must earn a livelihood and have their be-
ing wherever their daily work may lie.
1t is not good that a people should get
too far from the soil that nourshes them.
There is about the farm freedom that
breeds independence and chain of neces-
sites that breed resourcefulness and self
reliance. qualities that have been and still
are strongly marked characteristics of the
American people, but at the same time
qualities that urban life has a tendency
to undermine. Twenty years ago the con-
ditions on the farm were such as to make
the city attractive by contrast. Ignorance
of the best methods of farming was in
large measure responsible for the poor
returns from the soil, though there were,
of course, many other contributing factors
to the agricultural depression. But that
situation is now changed very materially.
there are few vocations more profitable
just now than farming. and now is an ex-
cellent time to, add to the attractiveness
of the farm by teaching the farmers son
the intelligent methods of scientific farm
ing
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Observation-Disclosures.

From boyhood friends twin victims of Wars
Altar,
They died. and each was stanch. and true, and
sane:
The Admiral without stain,
A fighter who before no one would falter;
The Artist. whose grim truth no ruth could
alter,
Devoted TO the task of Painting Pain
And Blood, and Death, and painting naught In
vain:
Each a hymn for Peace from out her
Psalter-
Yet. in their end. DER which the world is
signing.
A chorus surges with like refrain:
Woe woe to those who, common sense defy
ing,
Send myriads to their doom: the brand of
Cain
Is on their brows. the widows helpless crying
Shall fill their ears when they themselves are
dying."
Brooklyn Eagle.
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W. Y. Morgan. of Kansas City. tells Of a
Swede who came from Dakota Kansas and
wanted to buy farm. The land agent took him
around. and he finally found what he wanted
and said:
LAY TAX des one" Then ne went back to
town. and the agent making out the pa
pers.
How do you want to pay for it?' he asked.
LAY pay all: Ay hav da money"
"All right I'll make out the deed,'' said the
agent.
NO" said Ole Oleson. LAY want deed
"Yes. you do argued the agent; you pay
the money and you get the deed
NO no. said the Swede. earnestly. LAY no
want deed. Ay had deed oop in Dakoty Ay pay
man de money Ha gf deed. Ay gif heem
mortgage. Ay TAX land. BY en- by he get land.
he get deed. he hat da money. Dees time Ay no
want deed. Ay want mortgage. Ay pay da
money. You gif ma mortgage. "-Louisville Her
aid.
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THE JUVENILE COURT.

The recent report made to the Governor
by Judge Stubs. of the Juvenile Court.
makes very interesting and pleasing read
ing, not merely for sociologists. but for any
man that is interested in the uplifting of
humanity and the battle against vice and
crime. If only one in ten of the youthful
offenders brought before this court could
be saved to become decent and useful men
and women the work would be worth more
than all the effort that has been put into
it, But, as matter of fact, so far as the
peculiar work of the court and its volun-
tary helpers has gone. there is the best of
reason to believe that not merely a per-
centage. but majority of these boys and
girls will be set right, without ever having
the stigma of Imprisonment put upon their
names.
The theory of Judge Stubs and James A.
Collins, who was his chief helper in getting
the law enacted, was that work and the
satisfaction and independence it carries
with it would prove the best cure for the
disease of vice that attacks SO many chill
dren unfortunately situated in their home
environment. If these boys and girls could,
without any disgrace to themselves, be put
to work among other workers on an equali-
ty with them, removed from the associa-
tions and temptations that had caused their
first misstep, the innate good in human ma
ture could be depended upon to bring them
out right, with little encouragement from
somebody willing to take friendly interest
in their welfare.
The theory is working we'll. The court
is rather a temple of mercy than court of
stern justice. It's DEGREES are more like
the Gliding of a loving father than the
sentences of a court imposed for crime.
Instead of going to a reformatory institu-
ton to don uniform the child is turned
over to some friend of the court, who sees
that employment is obtained for him and
tries to lead him into the paths of peace
and honorable ambition. In majority of
cessful, and there can be little room for
doubt that this court, with its voluntary
corps of helpers, will, as the years go on,
succeed in not only greatly reducing the
percentage of criminals in the population of
the State. but in bringing many life out
of its dark prospect of vice and misery into
the warm light of honest work and sweet
content.
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effectively. There has been a general feel
ing among American readers of war news
that the Japanese. though successful in
the preliminary movements, could hardly
sustain themselves in the long run against
Russia. but the drift of events is giving
ground for a change of opinion. 1t may
be that General Kuropatkin can rally a
force sufficiently strong to rout this new
Japanese army Mt once, but uNtil this is
done the Mikados representatives remain
in a position of vantage that in a mill
tary sense is truly beautiful and must ex-
cite the admiration OF the world.
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For years Russia has been endeavoring
TO impress the world With the belief that
1t il tremendous military power. and that
only by holding the warlike propensites of
its people in stern restraint Is the peace
OF nations preserved To considerable
degree its assertions and limitations have
been accepted, and whispers have gone
about In European government circles and
elsewhere advising conciliatory policy
toward this dangerous neighbor and en-
1arGing upon the awful possibilities that
might follow the rousing OF the sleeping
lion. or. TO be more exact. the sleeping bear
Now . suspicion Is gaining ground that the
ely Russian authorities have all this time
been playing = great game Of bluff. The
Brooklyn Eagle covers the idea In a car
tOon representing . giant OF brass with feet
- elns-ao immense feeocious soldier na-
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That. seems to have been a fairly big
fight waged by the Russians and the Japs
near the Yalu. but the children who are
writing Associated, Press dispatches about
1T are hardly correct in chasing ii as the
war in point of fatalities. They forget the
Franco German war with its Metz and Sc
dan and Gravelotte. AT Gravelotte the Ger
mans suffered loss of 10000 in killed and
wounded, and the French lost 1900. the
Russian-Japanese affair was a mere skir-
mish compared with these bloody battles.
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Ready to Reciprocate.

a friend of Edward Everett Hale tells a story
TO illustrate the spirit of perennial youthfuness
so familiar TO the acquaintance of the aged
clergyman.
DIR. Hale honored me by spending his
eightieth birthday a: my home" he said. Il &C
companied him TO the house. and it happened
that the car we took was already filled. Near
us sat young man who arose at once and Of
fered his seat TO DR.. Hale. AS he took the
proffered seat, the dear old man said. with one
OF those smiles that seem to knock off good
many years from his age, Thank you. young
man. I'll do as much for you when you are
eighty years old New York Tribune.
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Judge Henderson NJ. Somerville. of the Board
of United States General Appraisers once de-
Tended an Arkansas negro charged with robbery.
The defense was an alibi. When the defendant
took the stand he declared that he could not
have been at the scene of the crime at the time
1t committed. because it berry time
and he in the woods.
But how do you know you in the woods
on that particular day." he asked.
Because. boss" the reply ION dat day
met bar. He wuz de bigges bar ever did
see. and run an / run. till 1 come out on de
lake. an de ice broke, an / fell in an wuz
nearly drowned"
II thought you said it berry timer" the
prosecuting attorney exclaimed
$50 1t wuz. boss, when met dat bar, but he
chased me from June clear into January New
York Times
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horse is bitten. IL is impossible 10 save him.
and he invariably dies in a few hours In APP
parently the greatest agony Horses are almost
always bitten on the nose. as the snake springs
on them while they grazing The snakebite
makes dogs very i'll. but If they are left alone
and allowed to work their they
sure TO recover. Cattle are very rarely bitten by
snakes, they seem to have keener scent for
their enemies than have either horses dogs
New York sun.
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Bryan continues talk and the entire East
ern Democracy continues to be afraid of his
tongue. Which of the crosses does the tireless
krotalon mean when he refers TO the cross OF
gold-the Tau cross. the Latin cross. the Greek
cross the st. Andrews cross. the Maltese cross
the Papal cross. the Jerusalem cross. the cross
OF Calvary. the cross OF Lorraine. the cross
counter the crossroads. the Southern crcss
the cross purpose New York Press.
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STORIES THAT ARE TOLD.


shoemaker came TO the minister asking his
advice because that sweep. his landlord. had
given him notice TO quit and he would have
nowhere to lay his head" The minister could
only advise him to lay his case before the Lord.
week later the minister returned and found
the shoemaker busy and merry. THAT was gran
advice ye gied me. minister said the man. Il
laid my case before the Lord. as ye tellt me.
an moo he sweeps deid. "-GeIkie's Scottish
T2enafuiSoa. COS
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Ten Year. of Bad weather.

Theodosia Garrison is responsible for this: II
was In cable when two women entered
through opposite doors. After time they recog-
nized each other, and one of them said: so de-
lighted see YOU again. Why, you scarcely
altered
. so glad. And how little changed are.
cooed the other. How long is it since we met"
About ten years. think
" And why have you never been TO see me-?
My dear. just look at the weather we have
had. New York Times
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A Coming Test.

The Mosey commission theory that women
school teachers refining the manhood out of
American boys will be put to the test in Chi
eago on the Fourth of July. when effort will
be made to have young America submit to
safety fireworks administered under the guild
ance of expert committee of adults. II the
rising generation then foregoes its right to burn
its fingers and blow out its eyes, the charge of
Termination may be regarded proved.-New