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New Idea In Church Decoration.

The Grace Baptist church, or the
BAPTIST temple, as 1t is better known
Of Philadelphia, has a system OF sig
nature Inscriptions about the pulpit
and walls.
A dado Of encaustic tiles is run
around the walls Of the main auol-
forum within easy reading limits, and
members can have inscribed in THIS
imperishable medium their names py
making a slight contribution to the
debt of the church. The simple sigma
ture on a small brick costs put 81
Larger spaces cost $5. Still larger
squares, corresponding more to the con
ventional tablet, cost from $40 upward
double row of colored marble squares
In front of the pulpit platform with a
suitable carved inscription costs SoVO
each.
As people show their desire to have
their names imbedded In the very
structure of their church the woodworS
along the walls is removed and anotn
or section of inscribed tiles put in place
Thus the work goes on continually. a
catalogue, with locations indicated tells
in q moment where to fnd any name
AS a plan for realizing a large sun
Of money by appealing to the loyalty
and interest Of church constituency i
has worked admirably and might p'
duplicated with equal success ei'e
where.-Church Economist
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MY own observation of women law
yers, based upon thirty years expert
encs at the bar Of Illinois and OF the
supreme court Of the United States, Is
that they do not succeed, indeed hard
ly appear as advocates, however useful
they may become as ofice practition-
ers. It must be remembered shat In
America we have no distinction De-
tween the barristsr and the solicitor
and that consequently woman called
to the bar may practice her profession
without ever appearing in court. The
few women I have ever seen IN the
courts did not appear to me to be con-
spicuous examples Of success. and one
of them, who had, 1 believe, gained
some notoristy, had done 30 In the po-
lice courts by the sacrifice Of qualities
usually considered as "Reminiscences
ican Lawyer in London Telegraph.
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Lady Durand.

Lady Durand, wife Of the new Brit
ish ambassador at Washington, belongs
TO one Of England's oldest and most
aristocratic families.
She is the daughter Of Teigmouth
Sandys of Cornwall, whose family have
lived on the same estate at St Kerern
since early in the fifteenth century.
She was married to Sir Henry In 1910
and was with him In India for almost
fifteen years, during the time he was
connected with the Bengal service. She
is not only a most charming hostess So
clally, but, like her distinguished hus-
band, she is very clever with her pen.
They have two children, a son who is
q cavalry officer In the British army,
and a daughter.
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Snrdfnes.

Genuine sardines are the young or
the pilchard. Their name comes from
the fact that they are most numerous
off the coast Of Sardinia. They swim
In the spring in shoals containing mil
lions-fsh shaped shoals ten miles long
and a half mile wide. The sardines are
netted and taken at once to the shore.
There they are washed, scraped and
sprinkled with salt. The salt Is soon
removed, the heads and gills cut of
and there is another washing. Then,
on beds of green brush, the fish are
dried In the sun. Next they are boiled
In olive oil till cooked thoroughly.
The packers-women always-take
them now and pack them in the tin
boxes we all know, filling up each box
with boiling OIL fitting on the lid and
making the box air tight by soldering
the joints together with a jet Of hot
steam. Sardines are more or less per-
feet according as they are prepared
more or less Immediately after their
capture and according as the oil they
are packed in is more or less pure.
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The Dukes Treasure.

In illustrad ton OF the lavishness with
which Chatsworth House Is endowed
with art treasures and Of the distrait
element which is supposed to be d
feature of the Duke of Devonshlres s
mind an amusing story went the round
of the French press at the time of the
last Paris exhibition. The duke, 1t was
said. was strolling through the loan
section Of the English exhibits with a
friend and stopped to look with admira-
ton at a porphyry table of matchless
beauty. He examined 1t long with the
eye of a connoisseur and at last e1'
claimed: Il wonder who is the owner
of such a beautiful specimen of work
manship! 1 almost feel inclined to envy
him." His companion, who had con-
suited the catalogue, handed 1t to him
with smile. 1t contained the In
formation that the table came from
Chatsworth House and was lent by the
Duke Of Devonshire.-London Chronl-
n1a
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Food of the Natives In India.


The woman who goes as mission
ary to India must expect to put up
with strange fare. Miss Matte Bur-
CESS, O missionary just returned from
that country, says: During the last
year OF our stay in India we had beef
only once, mutton twice and fish about
eight times. Chickens are so common
we got tired Of them. In fact, chicken
is about the only kind Of meat to be
had. The natives are vegetarians ana
seldom eat meat of any kind. A butch
er came to our city once a week and
brought goat meat, the only kind to be
had. The natives eat either rice or
bread made from wheat or a grain
peculiar to the country. In the grain
districts they have bread. II is two
meal a day country. The rich people
live well and have dainties, but the
poor live on rice and vegetables. Mel
ther knives nor forks are used."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
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A whistler Incident.

Once while lunching with a friend
who knew something about the habits
and eccenticities of good wine James
MacNeill whistler was telling about the
peculiarities of Henry James, no"
James would drag slender incident
through several pages until 1t was ex-
hausted, whereupon his friend casual
ly remarked, "The best OF wine Is
spoiled by too small spigot." whats
that? What's that you saidl Did you
get that out of Shakespeare" Not at
all; it is simply physical fact that II
you let good wine dribble through a
small spigot you lose it's fragrance and
character" God bless me, but be-
lieve you are rightp cried Whistler in
delight. "And it's good saying-its
James to a-drop."
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NO COUNTERFEIT PERFECT.
Even the Man That Drew the Good
Bill Couldn't Reproduce II.

Even the Man That Drew the Gooa
Bill Couldn't Reproduce 1t.
"Why is it that counterfeiters have
never been able to turn out a perfect
reproduction of paper money issued by
the government was asked John e.
Wilkie, chief of the secret service d.
vision of the treasury department, the
other day.
1.-THE answer is simple enough" re-
piled the man who has the reputation
OF being one Of the greatest criminal
catchers In the world. IF the man
who engraved the original bills which
counterfeiters try to initiate tried to
reproduce his own work he would
make a miserable failure Of It. Write
your own name on a piece OF paper
fifty times and trace one over the other
and you will find that no two agree
exactly.
THAT Is the difficulty experienced
by counterfeiters which makes their
work easy to detect. Machines cannot
be made which can do the work OF
lithographing by hand. They lack
that quaver and gentle touch which
the hand gives in making a curve, nor
can a hand reproduce exactly curve
once made"
This, then, is the simple solution
which aids the government experts and
oftentimes the bank officials to detect
a counterfeit bill almost the minute
they see one. There are, however, va
rious arts of the counterfeiter with
which the experts have to contend
and the secret service bureau and Its
assistants are kept busy through the
year passing upon queer" money which
is sent for inspection. All money thus
sent In is kept for year at least and
then destroyed. Frequently the track
of a counterfeiter is determined by the
temperance Of a certain peculiar bill
in different parts Of the country, anc
oftentimes a large packet Of one kinc
Of bills will accumulate before the
criminal Is run 10 edElu.
There are not only the Autographs
but even crude printing Is tried, anc
oftentimes, as in one Of the lates
cases, expert photography is employed
in making counterfeit bills. The photo
graphs, however, do not remain long II
circulation without detection, because
they fade rapidly. In the latest case
Il is estimated that within month oi
exposure to the air the bills would fade
until they became mere pieces Of white
paper.
1--WE get many grades Of counterfeit
work here" said Chief Wilkie. "Somt
of it is done by expert photographers
and Is every bit as good as the origina
save only that it is not like the origina
for the reason stated above. The meth
DDS of counterfeiters are multitudinous
but it is a traffic that cannot. be carried
on long. That is why counterfeitel
moves from place to place"
Chief willde takes as much pleasur'
in his work as is possible for any man
/ possesses the true thief cate
fstinct, which rarely leads hirkKHR1
and when his efforts are crowneu y.
success he displays the elation Of boy
Not many years ago John Wilkie wa
city editor of big Chicago daily news
paper. His previous experience in de
tective work was limited to the usua
activities of q night police reporter
Chicago News.
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Eootwork on the Piano.

Clifton Bingham, the author of I'm
Old Madrid" is not himself a musician,
but his ear is delicate and sensitive,
and nothing annoys him more than to
hear bad singing or bad playing.
He was visiting last month a cousin
Of his In London, and this cousin has a
son, boy Of twelve or thirteen, VINO
practices on the piano every morning.
The muscular lad, banging false notes
from the instrument with tremendous
yigor, tried Mr.. Bingham not little.
what on earth are you playing
there, Jimmy?" the song writer called
from the next room one morning.
"An exercise from First Steps In
Music,'" the boy answered.
81 knew you were playing with your
feet" said Mr.. Bingham, but would
you mind stepping a little lighter on
the keysT
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EUGENIE'S JEWELS.
How They Were Carried Into indis
and Sold to a Native Prince.

How They were OhTFheo s~~
and Sold to a Native Prince.
The story of the Servian jewels must
recall to the ex-Empress Eugene ner
own experiences when the waves nrst
began to dash about her throne. She
determined to sell the greater part OF
her Jewels in hope to do something to
save the dynasty. Publicity had to be
avoided, and q market was not to be
found in Europe, newly thrilled by the
horrors Of Sedan. The empress looked
to the east for a market An English
man was on his way home for a hoii-
day. A telegram at Bombay awaited
him from one of the greatest European
financial houses and informed him OF
the determination Of the empress. Inc
difficulty had been to find man with
suffice influence to be able TO ap-
proach the princes Of India In secret
with view to selling them the jewels.
Not less hard was it to lay hands on
man who had moral strength sufficient
to carry with him surreptitiously hum
dreds Of thousands Of pounds worth
Of Jewels in lands where the queens
writ did not run and where the protec-
ton of the constable Is not immediate
ly available.
Every care had been taken to insure
secrecy. The jewels had been taken
to pieces, the gems removed from their
settings, the latter "jointsd" to admit
of their holding and being worn around
the waist of their bearer In belt or
soft leather The Englishman put on
the belt, armed himself with d trusty
revolver engaged trusty servant and
set forth on his mission. For three
months he wandered over road, rail-
and river. The responsibility OF his
trust, the constant danger Of discovery,
the difficulty Of disposing Of his bur-
den were worries that combined al
most to kill him. At last he was suc-
cessful. The jewels we're sold to
prince who esteemed them the more
| for that they were the property or
distressed empress. There would have
been trouble no doubt had the matter
been known at the India Office, but the
! man who discharged the undertaking
afforded an example Of courage and
solid worth In trying conditions which
merit o place in the story. OF CONNER
cial integrity and disregard Of personal
danger. Far less exciting enterprises
have served to make popular novels
before now.-St. James Gazette.
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Significant Indifference.

It has been announced In a Peterbor-
ough diocesan magazine that the Bish-
op Jeune memorial prize Of ESQ for the
best essay on 1.-The Maintenance of the
Protestant Simplicity Of the Public
Worship of the Church Of England" "
treated with special reference to the
use Of incense In divine service" has
been awarded to the Rev. G. W. Jen-
kins, curate of Market Marlboro. 1t
is added that Mr.. jenkins essay was
the only one sent In.
1t need not be worse essay for that.
though the fact somewhat detracts
from the kudos Of the achievement.
But what an edifying spectacle 1t is to
see the sum of ESQ offered In the pres
ent day as a prize for an essay on a
subject which attracts so little interest
that only one cleric competes.-London
Truth.
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am inclined to think that Stevenson
was a better man than you, Henley, as
he was assuredly a greater artist.
Taken even at your own estimate, he
overtops you in character as well as
in literature. He gave to more than
you will ever give greater pleasure,
and the world delighteth to honor him
who gives to it delights. He lacked
that bile which caused you at the end
to defeat your own prayer that
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ChamberIain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. Unequalled for Con-
stlpatlon.

Mr. A R. Kane, a prominent drug
grist of Baxter Springs, Kansas, says:
aChamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets are, in my judgment, the most
superior preparation Of anything IN
use today for constipation. They are
sure in action and with no tendency
to nauseate or gripe." For sale by all
medicine dealers.
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In chime so long. may keep
(God bless the thoughtO

Beside that stubborn, stolid pride OF
yours, that fixity of adherence TO the
Larger convention" you thought you
had established, his mind was open and
progressive. The thing you could not
forgive him was that he outgrew your
turbulent philosophy. His contribution
to the worlds advance must be ac-
counted greater than your own.-G. w.
Harris In The Reader Magazine.
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Accept Christ.

I preach this sermon also for an In
sriration. There is In our gospel
enough of the plain and practical to
lead us to Christ. Beyond that there
are mysteries, and we do not deny 1t,
but In those very mysteries there are
truths to which some sense deep with
in our nature responds with certain
ty al strong and as impregnable as the
certainty that we derive from our
sense of sight and touch. The exist
ence and presence Of Jesus are no mere
phantasy 10 his people. It is living,
actual presence as real to them and as
recognizable as the presence of wife
whose footsteps you hear and recog-
nize In the darkness, though you can
not see her form. They are conscious
that he Is near them, as you would be
conscious Of the nearness Of beloved
son in your pew this morning, even If
you did not see him enter.
Brother, sister, for many years rou-
bled with mysteries, wash your eyes
today in the water Of life" and look
and live. Accept Christ as your Saw
iour and then leave all the inexplica-
BILE mysteries to be explained to you
in a better world. I'VE now see as
through a glass darkly;" yes, but,
thank God, we can see enough to per-
ceive the pardoning love Of God In the
face Of Jesus Christ.
[Copyright, 1904, by Louis Klopsch.l
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Harmonizing Creeds.
, tun conflicting fnctK M

These two conflicting facts are true,
hut who can reconcile them? There
fore. after we have once accepted this
mystery we can harmonic all Chris
tian creeds at the foot Of the cross.
With it we can take down the bars OF
sectarianism and call all members OF
the different Protestant churches our
brothers and our sisters. How can
YOU do thatT says some one to me.
Simply enough. After this mystery
this great fundamental mystery-is
once granted the question of the man.
ner of your service and the church In
which you will worship Is determined
bv the aspect from which you view
your relation to God. II l begin TO
argue from God down to man, l be-
come a Calvinist. If I say to myself,
81 know God is omnipotent; know he
can foresee all things; he can save
me IL he will, l know" then l natu-
rally 20 into the Presbyterian church.
But il l say to myself, 81 know am
free agent; know / can accept or re-
ject my Heavenly Father" l go INTO
the Methodist church. Then, instead OF
arguing from God down to man, l
argue from man up to God. 1t is sim
ply the difference of putting the en-
phasis of my creed upon Gods ON
impotence or mans free agency. Yet,
though was born a Calvinist and
have been baptized in a Calvinisdc
church and have received my theo-
logical education in a Calvinlstic semi
nary, yet today I feel just as much at
home in the Methodist church as DO
in the Presbyterian. l could just as
logically be member of Methodist
conference as am now a member OF q
Calvinistic presbytery.
A Difficult Task.
The harmonizing Of the two doctrines
Hod,c ororipo+apno and mans free
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A Dim cult Task.

The harmonizing Of the two doctrines
Gods omnipotence and mans free
agency-is task that many have at
tempted In vain. But it is glorious
mystery that should make Of believers
of the different Protestant churches
brothers and sisters at the foot OF the
cross. Therefore, my Christian broth
er, If you are living In small country
town do not make the mistake of try
ing to run In that village FIVE or SIX
different churches when there are only
enough inhabitants to support one. DO
not try to run a Congregational church
and a Methodist church and a Lu-
theran church and Baptist church
and an Eniscopalian church and Unit
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up in a cocoon. The cocoon looked ex-
actly like a shroud. After awhile the
caterpillar will emerge from that CO.
coon transformed into beautiful but
terfy. You cannot explain that trans
formation. Neither can l. Shall we
witness the wonderful process of the
caterpillar's metamorphosis from worm
to butterfly and yet refuse to believe
that God can, If he will, transform the
physical body into heavenly body?
Marvellous Transformations.
We see marvellous transformations In
the natural world taking place all
round us. We cannot explain them.
Shall we therefore refuse to believe
themf Pick up In your hand, II you
will, common chestnut. 1t has with
In Its simple shell soft substance,
which looks for all the world like a
lump of hard -four pressed together.
Yet in that simple substance In minia-
ture is every known part Of the chest
nut tree. Within that shell is the root,
the bark, the branch, the leaf. II that
simple nut can change Into the
branches of the wide spreading tree,
may not We believe that our physical
bodies, under the divine chemistry,
may undergo an equally wondrous
change which we cannot comprehend
any more than we can tell how or when
A.. g. ttNt Ia 10 FOL m a
mystery. mystery! How do we go
down mortal and come up immortal; go
down corrupt and come up incorrupti
1t is a mystery we cannot explain.
Yet it is a mystery which has Its anal
ogies In the natural world. 1t is q
mystery which promises each one OF
us personality and an individuality
in the eternal mansions. Grand, glo-
rious, hopeful and blessed is the mys-
terry Of the resurrection.
have preached this sermon on mys
teries because l want young people
and especially young men, to fully
realize that there are some statements
found in the Bible that they should
accept in faith, though they may never
fully understand them In this life. oh
man. If you are not ready to accept
some facts about Christ and salvation
you cannot understand then you are
like foolish man trying to encompass
the Atlantic ocean with a sewing girlt
thimble or like a little child peeyishly
sulking because you cannot understand
the laws of gravity. God is too biz
for your finite mind to compass. Heay
en- is too large place for you in you
study to take apart and put together
again as a little girl might play will
| har doll h01ao
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

man very much, and that is him
self" He has helped himself with a
liberal hand to the good things Of
this life, and from the time he ran
away from school 70 become an er-
rand boy at the age of twelve he has
been the architect of his own fortunes.
Even at that early age he had a
clear idea of what he meant to be-
come. He did not seek employment
with butcher, baker, or candlestick-
maker; he pot a job in a bank. He
had not long passed his majority
when he was sitting on directors
boards with multi-fnillionaires.
But Lawson does not take much
stock in his own ability as money
maker He prides himself, not with
out cause, on being great money
spender. "Any fool can make money
if he gets the right tip and is sufi-
cient1v fool to take it, he once re-
"but to spend money so that
it does the most good to oneself and
ones fel1ows-that is geniusp -
Yachts, race horses, magnificent
dwellings, art treasures, private edi-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

with me i'll reference to the Yacht Club
matter. If | were able, I'd rather
lose a million dollars than to make
compromise with those people,
In reference to the same matter,
Lawson subsequently gave under oath
some interesting glimpses into the
methods of high finance" He said
that he had put through business
deals with H. H. Rogers to the total
of over $Ioo, 100000 without word
of writing on either side. A single
deal involving $46,ooo,ooo was carried
through on the bare word of the
parties.
As an explanation, Lawson declared
that this was not because modern
multi-millionaires trusted one another,
but because the rapid operations
which involved profits of many mil
lions were in their very essence such
as could not be made matter of
record. He has frequently reiterated
this opinion since then.
When asked to explain his success
in life, Lawson once said, 81 have
found that only one person can help
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09

TN 1872 there was a boy of fifteen
who went into business for him
J. self in Boston. Previously he
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-18

Attesting the frequency Of golden
weddings in these times are the arti-
Giles displayed in certain shops Of d
special suitability for gifts on such oc-
casions. In making them the best
quality of silver is used. and then there
is an overlay of fourteen carat gold.
SO in all that meets the eye the gift
will be of pure gold. Probably it will
wear, too outwcar, indeed. the recip-
tents of it by good many years aud
descend to other generations as heir
looms to be treasured carefully-th the
more carefully, it is very probable, be-
cause in days to come golden weddings
may be more uncommon than now
The business Of cutting off in their
prime marriages that if oil went WELL
should reach the half century mark is
in such a tiourishing condition in the
divorce courts that golden weddings
must be rarer in another fifty years.
Boston Transcript