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Rev + H. Brigham, Pastor.
Services at 1890 N Sunday.
Sunday School at II o'clock.
Services at 7: 80 Sunday evening.
Mission Sunday School, 6l6 Lincoln Ave, ION
9Th street, 230 p m .
West Side Mission meets in the church sudi-
torium at three o'clock.
Epworth League. Sunday st 6:i5 .. m
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet with Mrs
C. NJ Boyles, 2l9 Forest street, on Wednesday,
afternoon.
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CHURCH NOTES.
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Church edifce on Mcclellan st. between Third
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Reading rooms. 5l9 Third St.. Rhode block.
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''Unreality."
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The San Francisco call., 1906-07-08

was a wall OF graceful bending papy-
rus and overhead was a snowy Caspian
atern Among the lilies and on the
open water beyond are a myriad coots
and grebes, ducks and cormorants,
and farther still huge pelicans.
Overhead are cfrcling and constantly
crying a pair of fish eagles, sometimes
so high up that we can barely make
out two shouting specks above US,
sometimes SO near that we can clearly
see the brilliant black and white and
red brown of their plumage. On q
shallow, surken mud bank is a long
line of white, which shows a tinge
of black and crimson. as the great
flock Of flamingoes rises and flaps slowly
away. Happily there are no crocodiles
here, but hippos abound. and one may
often catch a glimpse of nose and eyes
as they lie in the shadows basking in
the sun, or at night when they feed.
hear them crashing through the reeds.
II is only here and there that one can
follow the waters edge; mostly the
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Mans Way, Wonans Way.

lady got turned-up nose7"
Want scone," complains the little
girl.
"A pot of tea for one" orders mum
my "and would you mind bringing an
extra cup. so that my little girl can
have some milk?"
one tea and one milk?" asks the
attendant.
No, thank you. / thought / gave
my order quite distinctly / want a
pot Of tea for one and an extra cup.
That's all"
Yes. macam,'' says the meek attend
ant. and drags herself away with the
firm intention Of becoming an actress.
let the stage be what 1t may
Just one moment" says mummy. -
when the tea is brought 'I should like
to make sure that it is not too
strong. Yes. it is much too strong.
VIII you let me have pitcher Of hot
water, please? And l don't think YOU
have brought quite enough milk" Half
an hour later she marches proudly from
the shop. having paid exactly the same
sum for these privileges as the wretch
ed man who could rot swallow a
mouthful and who sat in = draught.
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The Navigable Airship.

In every case these so-called navix.
able afrships have ascended. foated on
In the wind and come down 10 the
ground like any ordinary balloon Not
one has been under controI even in a
very light wind.
What chance. then. will a balloon
have in Arctic regions that has always
been a complete failure in England ana
the United States! Motor-propeIIed
balloons can be managed only IN a
dead calm.
l think that the Invention OF a
navfgable airship may be Accomplished
in the near future, experiments in Eng
land, France. and Amerfca havtnx
demonstrated the practicabflity of sueM
a machine.
This has become possible by the i'm
p-cvement IN recent years OF light and
serful motors for notor-cars
The motcr and the material aro ar
hand, the necessary mechanical skill ia
available. but it requires a great deal
OF money to conduct the experiments
That is the drawback
II that be overcome we shall have n
means Of conveyance to the North Pola
and back again to place or safety.
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such resistance that mechanical motfon
results, with it's consequent shakings
destructive force. In its endeavor 70
complete a circuit this current would
create intense heat in it's passage.
which would, in turn, generate gases
in the earth and at high pressure. Thus
great assures are opened. allowing the
pent-up force to escape
II the strata OF the earth are OF Duf-
heient strength TO resist rupture the
charge of active force will seek the top
Of the mountain and become volcanic
in character. sometimes carrying away
the entire top OF the mountain, leaving
Ii an open crater. Volcanic action may
continue indefinitely, because Of the
chemical action set UP in the substances
Of the earth by the electrical charge
Wherever there have been destructive
earthquakes investigation will show
almost identical relative conditions be-
tween mountain ranges and bodies OF
water. That the earthquake OF San
Francisco was due 20 overaccumulation
OF terrestrial electricity scarcely per-
mits Of doubt.
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courses: this is natures normal action.
Nature, under normal conditions, is
harmonious; it is only when she strikes
extremely discordant notes that we
realize the stupendous magnitude of her
power. The universe is one in princi
pie, but in the action of its forces 1t is
always dual; it is when there is in
harmony between the universal and Spe-
cial activities that discordant phenom-
ena result. Discordant phenomena are
liable to occur in any part of the world,
but earthquakes are especially apt to
center along she sea coast, though they
sometimes occur along interior water
courses. In the interior these same cleo
trical forces would be more apt to take
the form of cyclones. tornadoes or vio-
lent thunder storms. During the long
summer days the influence of the sun
light falls upon the broad plains, Gre
ating great heat and consequent at
mospheric expansion, which in turn
produces differences in electrical po
tentiaI between the atmosphere and
earth.
In the attempt Of nature to equalize
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her forces there sometimes is an over
charge of electricity, which may have
many different forms of discordant phe-
nomena, such as storms of thunder
and lightning, cyclones, etc. 1t is
tremely probable that an earthquake
Is the result of these same forces act
ing under different conditions of en-
vironment; in other words, an earth
quake as a ground electrical storm.
Let us compare the maps of the To-
calities where disastrous earthquakes
have occurred. They will show many
interesting facts of parallel conditions.
For instance, take Lisbon, Portugal,
and San Francisco, Cal. You will find
that these cities have likeness OF sit
uation: each lies between a bottle
necked bay and a vast body of ocean
water; also, each has similar noun
tain ranges in proximity. Undoubt-
edly, mountain ranges act as electrical
accumulators or transformers, equaliz-
ing the distribution OF atmospheric and
terrestrial electrical forces. Every
electrical circuit must be complete be-
fore phenomena can occur. The sun
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light charges the atmosphere with pos
tive electricity which naturally seeks
the water courses of the earth and the
ocean; the latter becoming the great
distributor of negative or terrestrial
electricity.
Atmospheric or positive electricity
naturally accumuIates along the tops
eff mountain ranges, while negative or
terrestrial electricity naturally accu-
mulates at the lowest level or the sea-
shore. Under normal conditions no
unusual phenomena occur. The diff
ference In electrical potential between
these two points or poles of NAM
moth natural battery is the cause of
all Calculations. Either of these op-
posite poles may become overcharged
and present local phenomena. Between
every range of mountains and the
nearest body of water there is a defn-
ite, local, electrical circulation. Under
normal conditions the positive flow of
energy from the tops of the mountains
reaches the ocean by means of the
veins of water throughout the earth.
BY means of the ocean this cleo
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which kept two boys busy bailing with
buckets. and the one and a half
broken paddles threatened every mo-
ment TO be reduced to none at all Half
way across are two small islets: one
a favorite breeding place of herons and
ibises. which nest here in hundreds:
the other apparently a playground OF
the hippos. 20 Judge from the trampIed
rceds and the crashing and gruntings
which issue from IL by night. The tan
gle by the lake shore is the haunt by
day of many water buck. which swim
over from the mainland and find here
sanctuary from their enemies. the
lions and hyenas.
As the shadows grow longer and the
sun goes down behind the Mau a troop
Of balloons in the rocks begin to chat
ter before they go to bed. end there is
a stir among the geese beside the lake.
-Jackals. waking from their long sfeSta.
trot over -he plain and creep eau
tiously toward the camps OF the na-
tives. Something brown appears at the
edge OF the reeds; IL is a water buck.
At first his head and horns alone are
visible. then after wary look about
him. he steps out from his shelter and
stopping here and there to crop q tufe
of grass. strolls off to a favorite salt
lick a mile away.
Like the red deer OF Exmoor. thsy
water buck play havoc in any unfencsd
garden or cultivated ground. They
love TO pull plant up by the roots.
and after a single bite (not always
that) pass on TO another. The twilight
goes quickly, and In half an hour Il
Is black night. There Is q croaking
chorus of frogs by the lake and the
'konk" OF herons overhead flying to
their fishing. As we move toward the
camp our steps are perhaps a little
quickened when we hear the unearthly
howl OF hyenas and the discontented
grunt Of a lion.
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tricity is distributed and returns to
the atmosphere as a negative force.
Thunderstorms. cyclones or tornadoes
are disturbances caused by an over
accumulation of positive or atmos-
pheric electricity. Earthquakes are
disturbances caused by overaccumula-
tion of negative or terrestrial cleo
tricity.
On account Of its proximity to a
great body of salt water, San Francisco
seldom has any overaccumulatfon Of
positive electricity, consequently a
thunderstorm Is almost unknown in its
immediate vicinity. Because OF this
lack of atmospheric disturbance mega
tive or terrestrial electrical charges
are apt to accumulate. When this ac-
cumulation OF negative electricity is
excessive the currents between the sea
level and the tops of the mountain
ranges are naturally reversed and dis
ruptive forces are set in action. mani
Testing themselves in the phenomena
Of earthquakes.
This reversed current passes along
the strata Of the earth. which offer
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reeds are too thick and the ground too
swampy for any but waterbuck 10
pass. Along the outside, where the
reeds meet the grass, are big flocks
of Egyptian geese, which spend most
of the day in sleep, but make noise
enough in the evening and early morn
ing Here, too, are black ibises, wary
as curlews, and sacred ibises in small
parties of two and three, always busily
searching for food. exploring every
inch of ground. Prettier and more con-
fding are the greater white heron and
the smaller buffbacked heron, which
hardly take the trouble to move as one
approaches; they like to feed among
the herds of native cattle. often perch
ing on the backs of the beasts, az I
have seen them do in Egypt. Crowned
cranes. generally in pairs, stride con-
ceitedly about within a dozen yards OF
us. evidently conscious of the law that
protects them.
OF big game, though there is plenty
In the district, one does not see very
much on the eastern side of the lake.
Here on the wide grassy flats and on
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May Be Old but by No Means Useless.

Under instructions from President
Roosevelt. the United States Civil Ser
vice Commission has compiled statistics
relative TO old age in the Federal de-
partmentaI service. The Presidents 8
action was the outcome of the recent
discussion in Congress over tho pro-
posal TO drop from the rolls all clerks
more than 10. and to reduce the pay of
others regarded as superannuated.
In order to get accurate data on the
subject the President directed the COM
mission to obtain from all the depart
ments the fullest information as to
employees 65 years of age and more,
the quantity and the quality of the
work performed by them, the method
of entering the service, salary, and
whether in each case the employe was
war veteran or not.
The whole number of employees in the
departments at Washington is about
25, 900, while those who are at least 65
number 1926. or this number only 127,
or less than 5 per cent, entered the
service through examination, and as
a. of these entered through the sec
tion OF the Revised Statutes giving
preference to veterans injured in the
service, there are left 83, or only 8
per cent, who were appointed through
strictly competitive examination
AS to the character Of work per-
formed by these old fellows IL is shown
that 7s veterans and 81 civilians are
engaged in work OF an executive char
acter; S3 veterans and CO civilians in
professional, technical and scientific
work; 43S veterans and 32s civilians in
clerical duties; 80 veterans and 121
civilians In work of a mechanical ma
ture. 22S veterans and % civilians in
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the lower slopes of the hills immense
flocks of sheep and goats find pasture.
AT the time of our visit there were
driven in every evening to the bona
near our camp close upon 10000 bleat-
ing animals, to the accompaniment Of
much shrill whistling from the boys
who tend them. Ugly savages are these
Nasal boys, clothed in little else than
a long spear. and round their necks a
string of beads or empty cartridge
cases.
1t Is pretty sight to see herd of
the graceful little Thomson's gazelle
locally called Tommies) mingling with
a flock OF sheep and goats. and follow
ing with the others when the boys
whistle, or even needing a prod with
the spear point to make them move
faster Whether they do it for amuse-
ment or for the sake of companionship,
or for better protection against their
enemies. the prowling lion and leopard,
who shall say?
Grants Sazelle, a somewhat larger
animal with beautifully curved horns.
is found here, too; but he is not so
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-08
Ry SIR HIRAM MAXIM.

1t is my opinion that Walter Wellman
has small chances of success in his
attempt to reach the North Pole in an
airship
To my mind. any balloon. or modifica-
tion OF balloon. whether called 8 gasba g
or an airship. would be completely use
less in Arctic exploration.
1 think we shall have to wait until
some very wealthy man puts up the
necessary money to conduct expert
ments. or until the French Government
has developed a machine for military
purposes which we can copy.
Regarding Mr.. Wellman's proposed
attempt to reach the North Pole by
what he calls an airship. but which. in
plain English, is a balloon. 1 would
say that we have in Europe some very
clever aeronauts and mechanicians who
have been trying for years to build a
balloon that would en-
able them to return to the point OF de-
parture.
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like a Promised Land, and it is likely
within a few years, If not to flow with
milk and honey, at all events to be
filed with cattle and sheep. The clim-
ate at this altitude of 5000 feet ana
more above the sea is healthy for Euro
peans OF all the beauties of the Rift
Valley there is none that can be com
pared with the lovely and mysterious
Lake Naivasha It is hard to believe
that this is Africa and but a few miles
from the equator. Naivasha has been
Ukened to many different places one
writer was reminded of a gloomy Irish
lough-perhaps his visit was in wet
season. or possibly 1t was the snipe in
the swamps: another was reminded OF
the Bay of Naples and the view from
Posilipo To my mind there is some
thing of New Zealand in the air and
in the scene as well.
To the wandering naturalist. whether
his bent be toward birds. beasts, butter
flies or plants. Naivasha is one of those
happy hunting grounds that he has
dreamed Of but has never expected TO
see. The margin of the lake is fringed
with sedges. tall reeds and papyrus.
Beyond the papyrus is marvel OF
water lilies, red and white and blue,
but mostly blue. Where the shadows
extend far out into the lake there must
be near a mile of water lilies. IN the
morning, when the breeze rufies the
water and breaks up the reflections Of
the hills, the green of the transparent
upturned leaves, the blue of the flow
ers, the orange Of the submerged stems
and the almost amethyst of the water
together make a very opal of color.
One of the prettiest bird sights 1
have ever had the good luck to see
was here; in a little bay of water lilies,
standing on the leaves and preening g
their pluma ge, was a party Of long
legged. black winged stills. winter
migrants from the north; behind them
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BY a. F. r. woLLAsTON


The modern traveller who goes by
the Uganda Railway from Mombasa to
the Victoria NyanZa has many wonders
IN store for him. For several hours at
FIRST. as the line winds quickly upward
from the coast, he may see glorious
views Of the Indian ocean Cthe last for
q long time 10 Gomez and its beautiful
BAYS and harbors. The belt Of lnhab-
ited and cultivated country is narrow
and soon passed; palm trees and man
goes and bananas disappear and give
place to queer looking euphorbias and
yellow Towering scacias; it is a dreary
and waterleEs land, where little but
thorns will flourish.
For many hours he travels through a
country that reminds him Of a we'll
stocked farm, or rather of the geological
gardens. Huge herds of hartbeests.
zebras and gazelleS. parties Of wilde
beests and ostriches. bustsrds and
cranes are scattered far and wide over
the plain, and il he be lucky he may
see a herd Of giraffes or a family Of
lions. II he seems to be a stranger
in the land half a dozen different fell
low passengers will tell him the story
OF the unhappy lion hunter who slept
at his post in the railway carriage and
was carried out Of the window and
eaten by the very lion he went out to
Kill. More notable still is sight of
Kilimsnjaro. a huge truncated pyramid
OF snow rising out Of the morning
mists sixty miles TO the southwark.
Kenia, too. may be seen, or, more ike
iy. great cloud banks, where the noun
tain lies hidden.
After many hours of toilsome climb
ing through scrub and swamp and jun
gle. always upward. the engine whis-
tles-it sounds like a sigh Of relief
and Of a sudden We are plunging down
from the KikuyU Escarpment into the
Great Rift Valley. It looks indeed
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tame as the former, and goes bounding
away-bouncing Is almost the word
as though his body were built OF
springs. A few numbering hartbeests,
hideous red brutes with all the ugly
features of the COW and of the donkey
combiHed. are seen here and there; they
trot of until they are just out of range,
then turn around and treat US to an
inane stare.
One morning we came suddenly over
a low hill and walked into the midst of
a herd of zebras. on they went, fifty
or more Of them, as fast as they could
gallop. straight toward a newly strung
wire fence. Either they did not see it
or they were too much frightened to
turn aside; not one Of them swerved.
but all dashed through the fence. as
though the wires were cobwebs. and
so far as we could see not one was
damaged in the least. zebras may be
seen from the railway literally in thou
sands on the Athi Plains. near Nairobi.
and again on the rolling grass lands
between Naivasha and Nakuru.
At the Government farm. a few miles
from Naivasha, experiments have been
made in crossing zebras. but hitherto
no very satisfactory hybrid has been
produced The pure bred animal is diff
f1cult to tame and OF very little use as
a beast of burden: but a strong hybrid.
capable of resisting the many diseases
of the country. would solve the horse
problem OF East Africa and would go
far toward insuring the prosperity
OF the colony.
Near the southeastern corner OF the
lake Is an island, the largest in the
lake, where we camped for a time. The
voyage of a mile or more from the
mainland is made in the relies OF a
boat. which. from its appearance. must
have been brought here by the first
explorers thirty years ago. 1t was
never less than half full OF water.
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work of a sub-clerical character. and
l6 veterans and 40 civilians are en-
ployed as unskilled laborers.
The showing on efficiency is the
feature of the report. 1t tends to miti-
gate the Impression that the Govern
nent's work is suffering severely at
the hands Of aged incompetents.
Efficiency was determined by guam
tity marked in tenths. with ten-tenths
to represent the amount performed by
thoroughly competent clerk. and by
quality. graded as poor fair, average.
good and excellent. The work OF 90 old
employees is rated as poor of ISL as
fair. of 229 as average, of $50 as good
and OF 374 as excellent.
AS to the amount of work performed,
10 are rated as accomplishing nothing.
2 as doing one-tenth Of the amount re-
quired; 5, two-t -tenths; 6, three-tenths;
29. four-tenths; 124, fve-tenths; 161
six-tenths; 236, seven -tenths; 357, eight
tenths; 275, nine-tenths, while 421 are
given as performing ten-tenths, or all
OF the work to be expected Of the most
efficient employe
When combinations are made OF
quantity and quality OF work per-
formed it is found that 27o employees
accomplish all the work assigned them
In an excellent manner. 2f2 do work of
a good grade and eiEht-tenths Of the
amount required. and so on through all
the different combinations of quantity
and quality. 1t will be seen that the old
clerks are by no means all useless.
The commission has drawn other in
teresting deductions. Thus II is found
that here are s4s employees between the
ages of 65 and TO; that they perform
S1.7 per cent of the proper amount of
work; that they draw an average sal
airy of s1253, and that the salary ad-
justed to the work performed would be
$1024