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flow 10 Live.
Cornelius Abbott Assistant Rector of
the Church of Shepherd.

How can l sing that song in a strange land?
The Lords song is the hymn of life that
God gives to each one, and because it be-
longs to God, and He gives it to us In trust,
it best be sung where Gods will is rec
ogrized. 1t belongs to the kingdom of Cod
both of the here and the hereafter, and
anywhere else it dies of sheer homesick-
ness. God was in Babylon quite as much
as in Judea; many of the customs there
were similar to those of his boyhood, but
the land was strange to his song because
God was not consciously counted In as
factor in the days work.
He had not thought much about such
matters before, but now the question came
home TO him practically. This song of his
life was worth keeping; 1t frightened his
home; it made him more kindly toward his
neighbor; it comforted him in trouble; it
added to his happiness to feel that God re-
joiced with him in his joy and success; 1t
turned death from a dread into an incident
of endless living. The song was bound up
with something within him that was SO
sacred that he had not shown 1t to any one,
even his nearest friends. his ideal, the pic
ture of what he wished to be. 1t had grown
dim of late and now was slipping from him
His problem was not one of the next world
only, but of this present earth and time.
Three courses were open to him. He
could accommodate himself to the ways and
customs of the little section in which he
found himself, and lose the song. He could
so off by himself and denounce the world
as a place unfit for decent men to live in,
and lose his song. He could put his shout
der to the wheel and so mold his surround
ings that God would be felt. Then the song
would sing itself
The great problem of all the ages is to
learn how to live. to make earthly condi-
tons so akin to those of heaven that life
shall be happy here and hereafter. Educa-
ton helps, good physical conditions do
much. but any song of life that is worth
the singing must come through conscious
effort If we are to sing Gods song and
keep the ideal of life for which 1t stands
and in which it lives, we must bring God
consciously into our world by thinking of
him at stated times, by talking with him as
did our forefathers in the garden. If that
song is to live II can only be by so making
Him the center of our ideas of right and
wrong, that in every fiber we shall be true
and just in all our friendships and dealings
and hate the opposite as something that
Is stealing from US that which makes life
decent and worth while. The one who con-
tinually strives to bring God consciously
into his work and play and through that
into the consciousness of the world will
not merely have begun the solution of the
question of the man from Babylon, hut will
have planted his foot the first rung of
the ladder into the kingdom OF God. The
song cannot live in strange land. 1t
lives and sings wherever the kingdom OF
God Is set up among men.
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Interest in Canals Increasing.
rom the Wall Street Journal.

FROM the Wall Street Journal. =
There are repeated signs Of public I'm.
terest in waterways. Not only do we have
the Panama canal project constantly be-
fore our attention. but the award of con-
tracts for the construction of the New York
barge canal calls 10 MUD the fact that the
state of New York has committed itself to
Observation-Disclosures waterway which is
now in process of construction
Numerous other waterways are discussed
from time TO time, among which are two
leading classes of projects. The first of
tnese Is intended to connect the great lakes
with the Mississippi river system either
by way OF the Ohio at Pittsburg or by way
OF the Illinois river from Chicago south
ward or from the head OF the lakes to the
upper Mississippi river. These three prof.
ects have much local backing and are FREE
quentiy advocated In commercial gather
ings. Another class of projects Is inter-
coastal canals which shall connect leading
ports along the coast or shorten round
about water routes which peninsulas now
necessitate.
The Cape Cod ship canal project was
talked of only few days ago having
been revived by its promoters A deep
water canal between New York and Phila-
delphia a much more comprehensive
ally referred to. Another waterway con-
Meeting the mouth of the Delaware river
with the Chesapeake bay, saving hundreds
OF miles of steaming and sailing between
urged before the rivers and harbors COM
mittee of Congress. The deepening of the
Dismal Swamp canal from Norfolk south
to Newberne, ". c., is frequently advo-
Gated on grounds of naval ACCESSIBILITY.
Along the gulf coast a movement is now
on foot urging an intercoastai canal which
shall connect the mouth OF the MISSISSIPPI
with that of the Rio Grande.
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the clean cities there is no manner of ques
ton that SCOT in the lungs and in the eyes
is an annoyance. II not peril Indeed. the
picked lungs from Chicago shown at the
recent tuberculosis exhibition. and differing
from the normal lung in their blackness,
refute the claim that SCOT Is not unhealthy
Anything is unhealthful that is irritating,
and even If the smudge does not produce
consumption, II causes soreness of the eyes
and throat. and the darkness 1t spreads
across the sky makes 1t difficult to read or
work except by artificial light.
But civic welfare no less than individual
comfort is to be considered in relation to
the SCOT nuisance. New York would cease
to attract as many people. either as resi-
dents or visitors, If II were to lose its sky
and If its air were to be filed with floating
filth. London is beginning to realize how
much 1t has suffered not merely In health
and comfort but In money loss, in conSe-
quence of its vile atmosphere, made doubly
bad by it's mixture of SCOT and fog. 1t Is
estimated that IT is poorer every year by
$50 100000 in consequence Of the use of soft
coal without consumers, because that sum
represents the cost OF remedying the effects
of SCOT. Buildings are defaced by II, laun-
dry work is doubled. there must be more
lighting of hotels, Offices, shops and homes
than in places where the sun shines; trees
and plants are poisoned by the SCOT and
must be replaced often, even the garden
and farming districts of the outskirts suf-
ferng in this respect certain kinds of stone
are found to be inturiously affected by the
SCOT. which contains sulphuric acid as well
as carbon furniture. pictures, books, cur
tains. carpets, linen are defaced or ruined;
food deteriorates when exposed to the
smoky air. and commerce suffers through
the reluctance of visitors to remain in the
city longer than necessary.
In the opinion of a scientist who has re-
Gently been investigating the subject. four
ffths of the smoke. even in soft coal towns,
is avOidable Cities that have never known
the blessing of clear skies will probably
struggle along under the customary clouds
for some years to come; but the clear air
of New York has been one of the best as
sets of that city in the past, and 1t should
be guaranteed TO US forever.
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KINGDOM OF BoRNEo.
Great Britain Adds Another to Her
Long List of Oversee Possessions.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
The ancient kingdom from which the
great island of Borneo derives its name
ceased to exist on January L, 1906, ana
Great Britain made yet another addition
to her oversee possessions, for this, OIL
course. In crude words, is the interpreta-
ton of the diplomatic announcement that
IAN agreement has been concluded with
the sultan which provides for the appoint
ment of a British resident, with powers to
control the general administra ton of the
state"
The conclusion was one long foregone.
There is no combination service In the
law of nations. and the white man mas
been busy removing the eastern poten-
tate's landmarks for many years past
Southwestward the British North Borneo
Company has been pushing till It's boun-
DIARIES rested on Brunei bay, while the ter
ritory of Sarawak has been as steadily
working to the northeast. Nipped between
these two opposing forces. the ultimate
fate OF Brunei was only matter or time
and. after existing finally as mere strip
of territory on either side OF Its solitary
river 1t has at length come 10 FORM part
of Greater Britain.
Very different was Brunei In the Gays
when we first hear of 1t. Varthema touch
ed here In 1905, but only long enough to re-
work that the people were "Ydolators OF
sharp wyt and manner of iyuyng not
greatly to be discomnanded" 1t Is to
Pigafetta, Mage.lans friend and comrade
that we owe the first real account of the
place. Here he was royalty entertained by
the king, who had numbers of trained
elephants and horses forts with heavy
ordnance gold vessels and spoons, silk
embroideries, porcelain dishes and, IN
short, all the adjuncts of a high civiliza-
tion--a good deal of It, no doubt, borrowed
from the Chinese, whose money was in sole
use These people were Mohammedan Ma
lays. who must have established them
selves on the islands centuries before, for
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the south, Malay rule extending, nomi-
nally at least, throughout the island.
Brunei, Ike Labuan which is now to be
administered with 1t, is rarely visited by
travellers, but ii is, nevertheless, one Of the
most remarkable cities of the far east, be-
Ing built entirely on piles in the water in
a lake-like reach of the river, and thus
meriting the title, frequently conferred
upon it, of the Venice of the East. Yes
sells anchor in Its main streets, and the
children can swim almost before they know
how to walk. Its market is not less SIN
gular-a dense pack of canoes, now dis
persng, now swarming like a hive of bees,
the occupants being nearly all women.
wearing hats big umbrellas The
busy scene, the incessant shouts of the
crowd and the marvellous dexterity of the
padding are not likely to be soon forgot
ten by the spectator. But there is little in
the way of trade In Brunei. Coal, indeed,
there is, and In this respect the British ter
rftor1es in Borneo may some day prove
very useful asset. but otherwise they can
not be said to produce much except krisses
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To Sell Wesley Relics.

A recent London dispatch says: Several
Wesley relics will shortly be sold at auc-
ton at Sotheby's, including several cards
ms cribed with texts, exhortations and
greetings which the founder of Methodism
used to leave at the houses of followers.
There will also be sold Wesley's writing
desks and agreements relating to the build
ing of the preachers house In City road.
Probably the most interesting memento is
a mourning ring that was worn by Wesley
in memory of his father. 1t contains a cof-
fin-shaped crystal, under which is tiny
replica of a human skeleton. There is a
diamond at the head and another at the
feet
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guests turns to his host. I'VE have heard
that there are no finer airs than those OF
your native mountains Sing us one of
the songs Of zion" The request is granted
and all applaud but to the singer it is
disappointment The words were the same,
the tune was the same, but the song did
not ring true. It was fiat and lacked life
and meaning After his guests have left
we can imagine the man going down 10
one of the great canals and In the quiet
himself What is the matter with that
song7 As he thinks the question changes.
II is no longer: What is the matter with
the song" but Perhaps I have changed.
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metropolitan G. E. Society.

The Christian Endeavor Society OF Metro
politan Presbyterian Church held It's regu-
lar monthly business meeting Wednesday
night last. The annual election of officers
was held, resulting as follows:
President. John B. Handy; first wee pres
ident. Miss Bertha Paisley; second vice
president. Miss May Van Doren; CORE
spending secretary. James Brearley; re-
cording secretary. Miss Bessie Harper;
treasurer. G. c. Shinn; pianist, Miss Edith
Moore; chorister. Charles Davies.
The following committee chairmen were
also elected Missionary, Miss Edna Nc
Laughlin; social. Mrs. r.. A. W. McKeldn;
good literature. Miss G. F. Boyden; flower,
Miss Roberta Harper; junior, Miss Lille
Zimmerman; usher, DIR. I. NJ Chunn; VS.
iting, Walter Taber.
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mission house, will formally open the con-
ference tomorrow evening at o'clock with
an address of welcome to the delegates on
behalf of the Catholic Missionary Union.
Sessions Tuesday and Wednesday VIII
be held from 10 to II In the morning and
from 3 to in the afternoon. The confer
ence will close Thursday, the feast OF Cor
pus Christi
Through the courtesy of Mgr. O'Connell.
rector of the Catholic University, the SEES
sions will be held at the Aula Maxima OF
Mcmahon Hall. There papers bearing on
missionary activity and progress will be
read and afterward discussed
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Scandalous Impudence.

From La Rire.
At the art exhibition indignant husband
points out to wife study of picturesque
beggar. This is shameful, my dear. What
are we coming TOT Here's man to whom
I'd give a coin IL l saw him in the street,
and yet he can afford to have his portrait
done in oilsr'
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. Ban on Secret Societies.

BELLEFoNTAINE, Ohio, June Be
fore adiourning this week the national
synod of the Reformed Pres yter ans adort-
ed resolutions forbidding membe-s to JOIN
secret societies. The seventy-eighth annual
synod will be held next year at Allegheny.
Pa.
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wisely. keep them carefully, and make them
our servants. and never let them become our
tyrants THE PARSON.
The independent., 1906-12-27
HIS ENEMY FIGHTS FAIR

According TO officials OF the Carnegie
hero fund, the most remarkable case
that has been investigated by the COM
mission was that Of Rufus X. Combs
Of Midway, KY, who was granted
silver medal and $1,000 In cash by the
commission recently. Combs !. saved
the life OF his bitter enemy ana po-
litical rival, Richard Godson, a lawyer
and inventor.
Godson, had entered vault To test
a gas-making apparatus, and was over
come by tho fumes.
Friends and relatives were afraid to
enter the vault. When he declared
his intention Of going In Combs was
pulled back and told that Godson was
dead and that he would surely lose
his own life II he attempted to re-
cover the body.
There may be some life In him."
declared Combs as he pulled away and
entered the vault. He carried his
enemy TO the door Of the vault, and
then fell unconscious. Both men re-
covered, and are now the stanchest
friends.
Asked why he risked his life for his
most bitter enemy, Combs replied:
Because ! love a fighter who fights
fair, and Godson always did that
Cincinnati ommercial-Tribune.
The independent., 1906-12-27

II know YOU are busy man." be-
gan the caller, "and | want 20 oe,
cupy your time only a few minutes.
| am handling an edition of the con-.
plete works OF Bawlxack. which IL ao
cheap that the poorest man ON earsh
can afford to-"
TITS just the thing | am looking
for" interrupted Ardup. 'only want
an edition del uxe. printed ON yellum.
illuminated by hand, bound In Turkey
morocco and gold. and selling for $500
a volume. Have you got thats Nor
The independent., 1906-12-27
A TIP ON BOTANY

William G. Whitney, jr., who hal
spent year In Indian Territory learn
ing practical mining at Quapaw. do
scribed at dinner party In New York
a Quapaw restaurant.
"At this restaurant one evening""
he said at his descriptions end, two
miners near me got into botanical
argument about the pineapple. one
claiming that II was fruit and the
other that II was vegetable.
In the midst of their argument the
waiter entered In his shirtsleeves and
looked about to see what was the
cause of the loud talking.
"The miners decided to let the wait
or settle their argument. and accord
ingly one OF them said:
" Pete, what is a pineappley Is II a
fruit or q vegetable?'
"The waiter. hicking the ash from
his cigar. smiled at the two men with
pity.
IT'S neither. gents he said It's
an extra. New York Tribune.
The independent., 1906-12-27
NOTICE OF EXECUTORS SALE

In the district court of Lancaster
County, Nebraska. In the mat of
the estate of Peter S. Schamp, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that in pur-
suance of license of Hon. Lincoln
Frost, Judge of the Dis ri, t Court Of
Lancaster County, Nebraska, made
and issued on the 2Sth day Of Novem-
ber A. D., 1906. for the sale of the
real estate described as north eighty
two feet of lots one az, two (2) and
three t3). and all of lot four (l In
block four (4) OF the village of Nal.
colin, Lancaster County. Nebraska.
the undersigned. executor Of the will
OF Peter s. Schamp will sell al the east
door OF the court house In Lincoln.
Lancaster County. Nebraska, on the
14th day OF January. 1907 at eleven
o'clock I'm the forenoon of said day
at public vendue the real estate above
described such sale TO be on the fol
lowing terms. the highest bidder for
cash. subject TO all liens and incum
brances.
Said sale viii remain open for one
hour.
Dated December ~. 1906
ASA r. SCHAMp.
Executor Of the viii Of Peter
Schamp. deceased,
The independent., 1906-12-27
The Mother-In-Law Again

Smith never could understand all
these mother-inlaw jokes. I've always
considered Mrs. Smiths mother
heaven-sent blessing.
Jones-You don't mean Il!
Surely She died when my
wife was n baby.--New York Times.
LADY, want some collars for my
husband, but I'm afraid I've forgotten
the size.
Shopman-Thirteen and half,
mum?
Lady-That's 1t. How did you
guess?
Shopman Gentlemen who let their
wives buy their haberdashery for
them are always about that size, mum,
Ally Sloper.
The independent., 1906-12-27

Church Women and young girls In
Java carry heavy loads ON their heads.
balancing them with great skin. From
the time Javaneso girl Ia able 10
walk she IL taught the art OF carrying
things ON her head
Gotham-Same way here. old man.
The millinery store viii eioquentiy
testify % that fact. .~-lonkera Statea-
man,
The independent., 1906-12-27
Broncho Buster Fools Cowboys

Pettus, Tex.-A law was passed by
the Texas Legislature two years ago
prohibiting cattle roping contests.
This was not done because there was
anything Objectionable In the roping
act itsel, but was in response to a
demand from cattlemen all over the
state who said that expert roping had
become such fad with many Of their
cowboys that cattle upon the ranges
were damaged and often seriously in
jured by being chased around by cow
boys who were practicing to get in
try for future public roping contests.
Since the passage of that law public
exhibitions of cattle roping have not
been given in this state.
The champion cayuse rider and
roper Of the world Is George Young
Of Pettus. While there are others who
lay claim to being his equal In hand
ling the rope, there are none who set
up claim to being his equal when 1t
comes to busting bronchos. Mr..
Young has travelled with Buffalo Bills
wild west shows for several years,
but he has now retired from the show
business and Is at home here, locking
around for suitable ranch to settle
down in the cattle-raising business.
He was born on a ranch in western
Texas and was practically raised on a
horse. There is no man living who
can outride him.
Mr.. Young takes much pleasure In
going unanounced into a western com
munity and, posing as tenderfoot,
get the interest of the cowboys and
people Of the locality aroused by boast
ing how he could ride any "darned
horse that every pulled plow back
in Podunk township, Indiana" II
there is any one thing that the aver
age cowpuncher takes delight in, 1t
is to get tenderfoot upon the back
of an outlaw horse. When Mr.
Young makes these unannounced ap-
pearances in the western ranch towns
he is soon the object of much atten-
tion and he has no difficulty in placing
all of his money at good odds in bets
that he can ride some particular
horse that the cowboys are sure to
bring forth to carry on their fun with.
Mr.. Young says that he feels like
The independent., 1906-12-27

He-Well, II you're never going to
speak to me again, what are you wait
Ing here for?
She (tearfully(-II didn't know but
what you might want to speak to me.
The independent., 1906-12-27


main upon the back of the animal
during the various gyrations which II
went through.
The cowboys and other spectators
OF the performance instantly saw that
the supposed tenderfoot was a profes-
sional bronco buster" and that they
had been deceived by him. They took
1t all In good spirit, however, and
when Young dismounted, after sub
DUNG Arrowhead for the first time
that animal had ever been conquered,
he was given an ovation by the ad-
miring throng.
Another notable feat which Young
accomplished in Montana was the rid
ing of "Gray Eagle" a notorious un-
conquered outlaw horse OF eastern
Montana. This animal was taken to
the county fair at Glendive, Mont,
and exhibited as horse which had
never been rode. A number of COW.
boys who had records as riders tried
to ride the animal at the fair, and
were unhorsed. Young came into
Glendive while the fair was in pro-
gress. He was stranger and when
he offered to wager that he could ride
the outlaw he found plenty OF takers
for his bets. He rode the animal
without any apparent difficulty.
Mr.. Young attended the fair which
was held at San Antonio recently and
while there he rode thief amous out
law horse, "Badlands," which has the
record of having killed four men who
had attempted to ride him. A stand
Ing reward Of $500 to any one who
would ride the animal induced Young
to take his life In his hands and do
so. He not only rode the uncon.
quered horse, but he did so with both
Of his spurs upon his shoulders. The
animal made every effort to get rid
Of his rider Whenever he fell back
Young would save himself by catch
Ing the animal by the name, hanging
on until the horse got In position 80
that he would get upon his back again.
A number of outlaw horses were
brought into San Antonio for Young
to ride while he was there on his re-
cent VISIT. He rode them ALL
THE worst outlaw of the lott Mr.,
Young said, was big white animal.
could tell by Its eyes that 1t was
going to be a hard job riding It. The
! got on the horse 1t started
oucking as high as 1t c3eld. 1t buck.
I'd so hight that 1t missed the ground
with Its front feet when 1t came down.
md 1t turned over upon Its side. T.
missed getting caught under It's body
)y narrow chance. The horse then
oiled upon its belly, and got on II
again. 1t again fell back, end this
line itc aught me with the horn OF my
saddle. injuring my shoulder. final
y managed to ride the anilpal, how.
aver, which was something that It's
,wner thought no one could do."-
II, Louis Globe.Democrat.