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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONAL
MEETING IN ROCHESTER, N. Y.

The fourth convention OF the Religious
Education Association will be held In Roch-
ester, N. Y, February 81 Since its organ
ization in Chicago in 1903 this association
has carried on its work of promoting re-
ligious AMI moral education and stimulat-
ing the improvement of their agencies. 1t
has held three conventions. number Of
local conferences. published three large vol
umes and now issues journal.
Its members, together with all that In
creasing number who are interested in re-
Hgious education and who are awake to the
necessity of training the young in right
moral thinking, are looking forward with
great expectations to the Rochester conven-
ton That none will be disappointed seems
probable when the topics announced are
considered, together with the wealth Of
great names at the command Of the associa-
ton.
The plan OF the Rochester convention con-
templates a general session each morning
and evening, while the different depart
ments of the association will hold their
meetings in the afternoons. The theme for
the whole convention will be 1.-THE Mate
rails of Religious Education" On the first
evening 1.-THE Biblical Materials in Re-
ligious Education" will be discussed under
the loilOWIHS HcdoS.
THE Value of the Old Testament in
Training for Citizenship"
1.-THE Application of New Testament Eth
les to Modern Life"
How Shall Biblical Ideals Be. Made
Dominant IN Commercial Era?"
On Wednesday morning there will be q
consideration of non-relgious aids In re-
ligious education, Including:
1.-THE Moral Value of Physical Training"
1.-The Ethical Results of Scientific Study"
THE Christian Element in English Lit
erature.'
1.-The Education OF the Street"
The Religious Value Of Amusements and
Recreations."
The department Of churches and pastors
Through Church Activity" with topics:
1.-THE Place of Individuality In Church
Life"
Materials Discovered in Pastoral
Work"
The Influence Of Philanthropy on Christ
ian Thought"
'1The Erect of Missions on Christian Con-
sciousness."
There will be the usual annual survey, the
presidents annual address and the stated
features Of these conventions. The last
session will be devoted to the consideration
of materials Of religious education in the
life OF the nation, with topics here noted:
Religion in the Founding of the Repub-
lic."
What is Christian Nation?"
"The Quickening OF the Public Con-
science"
"The Responsibility Of a Christian Nation
for the Religious Education OF the World"
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Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WILMINGTON, Del, September D.
Bishop Leighton Coleman of the Episcopal
diocese Of Delaware has just finished
walking tour of two hundred and ten miles
along the Susquehanna river and through
the Cumberland valley. The trip, which
embraced the states Of Pennsylvania and
Maryland, occupied ten days. The bishop,
who is one of the most eminent divines in
this country. travelled incognto. Every
year during his summer vacation 1t is his
custom to take trip Of this nature.
With the exception Of last year, when he
made a tour of the Holy Land and other
parts OF continental Europe, the bishop has
made these Journeys for many years. He
always travels alone and keeps his identity
a secret Neither will he reveal his route,
either before or after the trip.
The bishop. who is in his SEVENTEEN year
and the picture Of health, talked entertain
ingly Of his latest trip today while seated
in his study at Bishopstead, in this city.
He referred frequently to a diary which he
had kept
IT started on Wednesday morning, Sep
TENDER g." said the noted prelate. land
walked every day, with the exception Of
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miles from Manila, and the furnishing of
amusement proves that under such condf-
lions the men have little desire to go OF the
reservation. The secretary writes that lee
lures and concerts are held In the library,
entertainments in the mess hall, as many
as 400 men often crowding in to view the
entertainment, and the reading room is
crowded every afternoon and evening
Unlike most of the other buildings at the
post at night, the association completes with
the saloon by keeping this building as
brilliantly lighted and as active a place as
the most prosperous of them.
The cordial cooperation of the chaplain
is of great assistance. An executive COM
mittee Of five officers, representing different
branches of the service, guide the work OF
the association. Often the soldiers pay for
membership tickets in post exchange checks
and officers are encouraging them to be-
come members.
/. The association relieves the monotony of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
Y M. c. A. CLUBHOUSE in THE PHILIPPINES

Soldiers at Fort Mckinley, p l., the lafg-
est post Of the United States army, have a
great club house which is proving a popular
rendezvous for the 5000 soldiers stationed
there. 1t is situated in the midst of an
observation-disclosures cantonment which
compares favorably with the famous Brit
ish cantonment Of Aldershot. Of1cers and
men alike feel that the Young Mems Chris
tan Association has proven itself to be
the organization best fitted to conduct this
building for the men. The association Is
now raising money and installing bowling
alleys. games, gymnasium equipment, and
a well-selected library. A well-trained
secretary has been placed in charge of the
work, and 1t is proposed to secure college,
trained, athletic. Christian man to take
charge of the gymnasium and cooperate
in post athletics. Over 5000 will be need
ed for this purpose. The post is about five
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
1slano Of Qatmos.
Famous Scene of the Writing Of Revelations by ST. John
the Aposle-Recent Excavations Result in
Interesting Discoveries.

tory to prove that st. John was ever BAN
ished to this island. That he lived here for
some years is beyond question. 1t is Likely
that he took refuge on Patmos, for the ISL
and was not a penal settlement and In his
day the only penalty for Christianity was
death. 1t seems most probable that seeing
the approach OF persecution he did as the
Lord had hidden and fed. So Paul had
often done so Peter did when rescued from
prison. Patmos was an obscure place where
he might well be safe It'll that calamity was
passed. Or he may have gone to that beau
tiful island for the purpose of preaching
the gospel. OF this we are sure: That bit
OF land was densely populated In st. Johns
day.
/ visited the cave which is the traditional
site of st. Johns residence at the time Of
the writing of the Book of Revelation. After
divesting the spot of ALI the accumulated
nonsense which centuries have concentrated
there 1t still appeals to one as being a suit
able place for solitude and serious medta-
ton. The cave is a large opening III the
native rock situated midway between the
ancient harbor and the mountain crowned
by the temple OF Diana The outlook from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
The Biggest Flower on Earth.

From the Country Gentleman
All our native parasitical plants fall into
the shade by the side OF tropical species
which has become famous from the fact
ahat 1t produces the largest known flowers.
This vegetable wonder was discovered nv
DR.. Arnold in Sumatra about eighty years
ago while exploring the island In company
with Sir Stamford Raffies. On this account
1t has been named Rafflesia Arnold The
measurements of this gigantic blossom are
remarkable: in a fine specimen the dimen-
sions from one side to the other, right
across the flower, are sometimes more than
yard; each petal IL at least twelve inches
from Its base to the apex, and the space be-
tween the petals Is nearly a foot The odor
Of the bloom was strongly Suggestive Of
roast beef. The strange parasite has little
else beside the one huge flower except 4
certain amount Of tissuelike myceliuu. The
species Is parasitic on the roots Of q kind OF
vine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

The problem of evil is a most mysterious
subject. whence it comes" what it's ma
ture;'' are topics on which the deepest
philosophers have pondered with apparently
only meager results. Some have thought
that evil was a necessary concomitant OF
good. as a valley Is of a mountain or a
shadow is of the light. and therefore have
thought that it must be, that we cannot
get away from it and that the greater the
good the deeper and blacker the concomi-.
tant evil Others have thought that evil
IS physical thing flaw in human nature
resulting from some mistake in the casting.
They, therefore, seem to see two energies
within us like an ill-matched pair OF
horses. one making for the good and the
other making for the evil and yet both
with their own individuality-a Jekyl and
Hyde sort of partnership. These philoso-
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life at the great prison on the post by week
ly graphophone concerts, and the program
includes such talent as Melba, Sistine Choir
of Rome, ragtime melodies and Mr.. Dooley
sketches. Some good hymns are included.
and one of the most popular Is the famous
Glory song.
The association work in the Philippines is
not confined by any means to Fort McKin-
ley, for one of the ways in which 1T gained
Its great hold among officers and men was
through the travelling secretaries who fol-
lowed the men to the front, shared their
dangers and hardships and relieved the
monotony Of march and camp by graphic
phone, stereopticon and distribution of read
ing matter. The stereopticon lecture on
Ben Hur" was so wildly portrayed that
men jumped to their feet during the chariot
race, and one German soldier so far forgot
himself at the critical point as to jump to
his feet and shout, Mine Colt, he wins, he
vins!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
How to Lengthen Ones Days.

I rom the NHIsas CIty Star
The veteran always got up at Q o'clock In
the morning. II used to get up at ~" he
said. by getting up at I have added
ten years to my life. Consider" he went on
persuasively. the difference between rising
every morning at and 8 in the course o.;
forty years amounts to 1900 hours, or
three years and nearly half. This is equal
to eight hours day for ten years. THIS
you see, by rising at III of 8 you
add ten solid years to your life. Wonder
full" said the veterans listener, smiling.
Il shall assuredIy adopt that plan. Only
instead Of getting UP two hours earlier In
the morning / propose to go to bed two
hours later every night"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
By WILLIAM EDGAR CELL, r. R. q. 8.
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tCOpyr1ght, i6Oo Dy W. H. 1eiiD
Through a maze OF classic sights en-
barked for Panama. Looking on US as We
started down Smyrna harbor were the ruins
Of Mount Pages, parts Of which were built
by Lysimachos, general Of Alexander
On the top OF the same acropolis the great
conqueror himself is said to have rested
one night as he journeyed from Sardis to
Ephesus, the city Of Smyrna being then
in ruins. millennium and half later the
great knight Grant. Richard Occur de
Lion, landed part of his army here, which
is commemorated by the name Cordelio.
and apparently by the tents still standing.
But on closer examination they prove to be
heaps Of salt Out from the bay we glide
into the archipelago.
Again the Egean, heard no more afar,
Iiflls his chafed breast from elemental warI
Again his ways in mIlder tints unfold
Through long array Of sapphire and OF gold.
Mixed with the shades Of many distant isle.
That frown-where gentler ocean seems to SMILE
OF these frowning islands the first of note
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

particular as to whom we shall know. The
desire for the company of the best people
We can get at-our betters it possible-is an
aspiration that in itself is creditable to
our intelligence, but we fall into serious
mistake when we let it go so far as to
prompt US to limit our acquaintance to
just the right people and no others. An
exclusiveness that shuts us off from even
an experimental knowledge of varieties Of
our fellow creatures is neither conducive
to our profit nor to our popularity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

The departmental sessions will be filled
with programs Of special interest, many OF
them being the results of special investiga-
tons which have been carried on during
the year. In some instances special COM
missions appointed at the Boston conven-
ton will contribute the results Of their
work.
Even at this early date there Is every in
dlcation that this Will be the best of all
the great conventions that this association
has held,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-31
AN UNKIND KINDNESS.

cent | wanted to tell my admiration
of the housekeeping horses, but could
not think of the word. Madam
said, what should | call this and
laid my hand on my knee. Trousers,
she replied
"'Ah. now l can say my thought,
said l. The American horses swing
their trousers magniflcently high.
Madam did not move an eyelGsh. 1
will remember | said to myself
trousers, trousers.
Next day the guests of madam
were taken to picnic on the rocks by
the sea; the hostess was carving a
small fowl. What part may cut for
your she said All could remember
of the body was the word had learned
on the drive the day before. The
trousers, if you please, madam | said
with promptness. For a moment
there was silence, then one of the
young ladies burst out to laugh, then
everybody, and there were afterward
many apologies. to my embarrassment.
Row, would it rot have been a
Kindness " madam had corrected my
first mis-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-31
A Valuable Agent.

The glycerine employed in DR.. Pierce,s
medicines greatly enhances the medi-
cinal properties which it extracts and
holds in solution much better than alco-
hol would. 1t also possesses medicinal
properties of its own, being valuable
demulcent, nutritive, antiseptic and anti
ferment. 1t adds greatly to the efficacy
of the Black Cherrybark, Golden Seal
root, Stone root and Queens root. con-
tanned in Golden Medical Discovery" in
subduing chronic, or lingering coughs,
bronchial, throat and lung affections,
for all of which these agents are recon-
mended by standard medical authorities.
In all cases where there is wasting
away OF flesh, loss of appetite, with
weak stomach, as in the early stages of
consumption, there can be no doubt that
glycerine acts as valuable nutritive and
aids the Golden Seal root, Stone root,
Queens root and Black Cherrybark in
promoting digestion and building up the
flesh and strength, controlling the cough
and bringing about healthy condition
OF the whole system. OF course, it must
not be expected to work miracles. 1t will
not cure consumption except in its carrier
stages. 1t will cure very severe, obstin-
ate, chronic coughs, bronchial and laryn-
geal troubles, and chronic sore throat
with hoarseness. In acute coughs it is
not SO enectlve. 1t is in the lingering
coughs, or those of long standing, even
when accompanied by bleeding from
lungs, that 1t has performed its most
marvellous cures. Send for and read the
little book of extracts, treating of the
properties and uses of the several med.
lclnal roots that enter into DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and learn ,Vhg
this medicine has such a wide range OF
application in the cure of diseases. 1t is
sent free. Address DIR. II. v. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y. The "Dscovery'' con.
tains no alcohol or harmful, habit-form.
ing drug. Ingredients all printed on each
bottle wrapper in plain English.
Sick people, especially those suffering
from diseases of long standing, are invited
to consult, DIR. Pierce by letter, free. All
correspondence is held as strictly private
and sacredly confidential. Address DIR.
r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
DR.. Pierce's Medical Adviser is sent free
on receipt of stamps to pay expense OF
mailing only. Send 81 one-cent stamps
for paper-covered, or 81 stamps for cloth
bound copy.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-31

go travelling, and set sail for London
Three years were spent in London,
Scotland, Ireland and France. Wheth-
er or not he was in search of wife
he would not say.
Travelling, to Mr. Barth, means more
OF a sacrifice than 1t does to the or
binary mortal. His seven feet of
height make the question of sleeping
accommodations a serious one. In
travelling at night he always has To
engage a stateroom and have the par
the regular hotel bed, with a chair
added to it. On such occasions he
uses the bed sidewise, If it is not sc
made he can stick his feet through an
opening in the footEoard.
1t is most unpleasant for Mr.. Barth
tC go to a theater for the people who
sit behind him always object that they
cannot see the stage. He has, there
fore, to take a seat in the back row,
and, as he is a trifle near-sighted, this
makes it unpleasant.
During all your travels did you not
find woman who measured up to your
requirements as far as height was con-
Cecned?" he was asked.
Admires Scotch Women.
Not in Scotland, England or France.
| got into a little town in Scotland,
l think they call it PEBBLES, where
met several large women, but when
they stood alongside of me they looked
small. The finest looking women
met on my travels l met in PEBBLES.
Il don't think l am particularly
'fnicky.' I don't want a beautiful
wUman-that is, don't insist on it.
have seen scores of women who were
willing to marry me, but there was an
!ndefnable something lacking in each
case.
Perhaps 1t is my extreme height
that initiates against women wishing
in droves to marry me, but then, again,
there is Col. Anger, taller than l am.
4e got married all right.
Maybe woman would rather marry
a little man. l noticed in the papers,
the other day, the story of dwarf
in New York, only three feet two
inches tall, who was arrested for big
amy! On that basis l ought to have
had four wives by this time, for am
twice as tell as he. and more!
Confident He Will Find Affinity.
Some day am sure | shall find my
Gffinity-a tall woman, who won't look
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-31
Two Husbands Near Pana, ILL.,, Make
Novel Deal-Families Live
Together.

A friend told this story from real
life the other day, writes Rev c. B..
Mitchell, in the New York Observer.
"A wild storm was raging around a
prairie home one night. The windows
were blown in and no lights could be
kept burning. 1t was only with diff
Guilty that the doors could be braced
against the blast. The father was abb
sent from home, and the mother,
grandmother and three children sat in
the darkness in room on the shell
tered side of the house, fearing that
at any moment the house might be
swept from the foundations by the
force OF the wind.
suddenly l1-year-old Walter 7as
missed. He had been holding a whis-
pered conversation with his grand
mather only few moments before
Frantic with fear, the mother called
him at the top Of her voice, and, re-
ceiving no reply, started to grope her
way through the darkness and confu-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-31

over without a thought. There Is a
blank wall opposite the big double
window for the range and it is in
tended to place it between the cellar
way and the pantry because while the
cooking is going on great many
trips are made in both directions.
The large front parlor window of,
fers an excellent opportunity to dis
play good taste in the selection of
curtains. Windows as wide as this
show to advantage or disadvantage
according to the way they are dressed,
but it is easier to dress a big window
than a little one, only you have to
consider the size and proportions,
The old-fashioned way of hanging
curtains that were several yards too
long has passed into history. Cur.
tains now are cut just the right length
to reach the rod at the top to the sill
at the bottom of the window, and il
is intended that the pattern at the
bottom of the scurtain shall show to
the best possible advantage. In for
mer years the elaborate corner work
ON expensive lace curtains either re-
posed in darkness near the floor OF
was looped back in folds to waste
it's beauty in utter oblivion. The
modern housewife discovered that
this was a mistake. She now selects
pretty corner pattern and hangs it
directly in front of the glass, where
it may be observed and admired by
her gentlemen friends and criticised
by her women acquaintance.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-31
YOUNG, WEALTHY AND HANDSOME
GIANT UNABLE TO FIND WIFE

like pigmy beside me- Then shat
forget the discomforts of being c
giant in the happiness of being 2
bridegroom. But where shall fr.
t.e woman"
Don't you thiTK you Will be ans
TO find a wife in this country"
Il don't Know. | have been on lbs
lookout for some time. but my search
has been unrewarded. AS an indica
ton of good faith, | am willing thai
the woman who becomes my wife may
first look into my character; look into
Gly financial responsibility. And while
she is doing so | will give hei all the
assistance | can, | am sincere; no
man was ever more So"
Rarth has three brothers. one If
whom is the same height; another Is
seven feet two inches, and still N.
other is seven feet four inches. His
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-31

heavily interested in western mines.
Earth holds enough shares In these
tiuon taken out between two berths,
50 that he can lap over, as it We're.
from one to the other. No hotel pro-
yides bed big enough for him, SO he
has had one made that IS long enough
to receive all of his elongated statue e..
Sometimes, when he cannot carry the
bed along with him, he has to use
mines TO make him indepenC ent. He
also owns property in the Bronx, in
Jersey and at Plainfeld and River
head, l.. |.
After he had his first affair of the
heart Barth promptly resigned his po-
sition with an electrical concern,
shook the dust of Chicago from his
feet, and went to New York.
Travelled for Three Years.
Then he concluded that lie would
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-31
DEER IN DRY GOODS STORN
In Raid on Connecticut Town Ami
mails Smash Plate Glass
Windows,

Winsted, Conn.-Two deer both
does, of herd of ten seen frolicking
on the Wakefield boulevard, on the
west side of Highland lake, entered
Winsteds business district about six
o'clock the other morning and, becom-
ing frightened at an approaching team,
jumped through the plate glass win
dow of John S. Mycock's dry goods
store on Main street. Both emerged,
one bleeding, a few seconds later and
ran up Main street, distance of 500
feet, where they vaulted a low fence,
crossed Mad river. and disappeared in
the direction of Highland lake, where
the herd of ten was seen about seven
o'clock. Two, one buck, swan across
the first bay, distance of nearly half
a mile, and disappeared in the wood
on the opposite side. The other eight
played around the entrance to High
land lake farm for some little time
before taking their departure down
the lake.
The broken glass was five-sixteenths
of an inch in thickness and cost sos.
The state will probably be asked to
make good the loss, inasmuch as the
deer dashed through the window glass
awakened people in the vicinity, who
thought that burglars were at work.
Mrs. NJ. B. Hall and William Sullivan
were the only persons who witnessed
the unusual performance of the two
deer, they being near the corner OF
Main and Lake streets when the ami
mails appeared.
Valuable Find.
While taking stock of the old ma
chinery at the Calcutta mint the en-
gineers found that a boiler, which
must have been put down in the first
half of the nineteenth century, was OF
the purest copper. Its value was enor-
mously greater than when it was
manufactured, because the great con-
sumption of copper in electrical ma
chimes has raised the price of the
metal. The boiler was melted dowp
and converted into copper coins.