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"WilI There Be Room ?"

An interesting calculation can be
made as to the dimensions of heaven,
as given in the Dist OF Revelation,
10Th verse. which reads:
He measured the city with the
reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The
length and the breadth and the
heighth are equal"
Twelve thousand furlongs is 1920.
900 feet cubed, or 497, 1913, 0SS, 100000
100000 feet, If one-half of this space
was reserved for the throne and court
of heaven and one-half of the balance
for streets, there would still remain
no less than 124,19S, 272, 000, 900, 100000
feet cubic. Divide this into rooms 16
feet square with 4,096 cubic feet tc
a room, and there will be, in round
numbers, 30,321 ,S43, $50 ,000,000 rooms
We will now suppose. that the world
contains, always did contain, 100000
600 people, and that generation lasts
for one-third of a century, making in
all 2,970000,000 every century. If
then, the world was to endure for 10,
600 centuries, or one million years,
the aggregate census would be 1870,
100000, 100000. Plainly, then, there
would be afforded more than 100
rooms, each 16 feet square for each
person.
All this is something formidable in
figures, but if one will take pencil
and paper, and figure it out" he will
never question but what there will
be rooms in heaven" even if Uni.
versalism is true.-DT. w. H. Morse
in Hartford Times.
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The Life of n BattIeship.
The new navy" is very rapidly be-
ing retired to other uses, or to the
scrap heap. The cruiser Bancroft has
just been transferred TO the revenue
service, and this is the third ship Of
the new navy to go off the active
list, the Philadelphia, built in 1880,
being the first, and the battleship
Texas built in 1892, being the second.
The Philadelphia cost about $1,500,000
and the Texas over 100000. The
life of our war vessels therefore IS
about an average of fifteen years, and
the expenditure for repairs during that
period very nearly equals the original
cost. AS the large cruisers and battle
ships are worthless for other uses and
cannot be sold for use in the merchant
marine, we may expect to see in a few
years all the fine ships of to-day
broken up as worthless. In case of war
the slow old battleships are an incum-
brance, and the new and faster ones,
which by the way cost two or three
times more than the old ones did,
would be compelled to limit their move.
ments to the speed that their consorts
could develop.
This shows the vast cost of constant.
ly building and repairing fleet of bat.
tleships, and the people who pay the
taxes should urge reasonable restric.
ton on these expensive playthings
which are so costly and utterly worth
less in a few years
To show the extent to which other
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The Drummer in Africa.

If all American exporters showed
the same energy in selling their wares
abroad that is shown by the agricul-
tural machinery men, the United
States would become the leading ma
ton in foreign commerce. A South
African journal says that the ener-
getic American drummer selling agri-
cultural machinery is not satisfied
with keeping his stock in a central
storeroom, or of being regular ex-
hibitor at the shows, but in addition
he endeavors to bring his machine or
implement to the very gate of the
farm. Wherever he can sufficiently
engage the attention of the farmer, he
gives an experimental demonstration
of his machines qualities, the inevi-
table result of tour of this charac-
ter being a large crop of orders, which
more than repays for the heavy out
lay incurred on transport, etc. In
1904. 81 per cent of the agricultural
machinery imported into South Africa
came from the United States. 1T 1t.
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An old-.nshioncd Idea.

Bishop G. H. Brent of the Episcopal
Church In the Philippines has old-fash-
Toned notions about tainted money. He
does not believe, as the Republican
leaders do that 'all is fish that comes
to net" and has therefore refused to
accept $1,000 offered for charity by
agents Of the Manila Jockey Club. 1T
Is claimed by the churches that gam
bling is carried on to such an extent
as to be seriously impeding the develop
ment ana progress Of the islands. The
citizen churchmen of Manila have or
ganIzed a Moral Progressive League.
and 1t was a donation to this body
that was refused
Now If Bishop Brent was laboring in
the United states he might think that
subscr 4ptions from the life insurance
corporations to the Republican Nation
al Committee In 1904 we're taken from
funds that should have been sacred to
the widows and orphans Of policy hold
ers. and were therefore tainted money.
His old-fashloned ideas would doubt
less demand restitution, and If con
fronted with President Roosevelt. for
whose campaign and on whose behalf
the tainted money was subscribed,
would, like Nathan OF old. say thou
art the man - return this tainted
money. or order restitution TO be made
By Chairman Cortely0u Of the Republi-
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The Prime of Life.

The larger part Of the great fortunes
of this country have been accumulat-
ed after their amassers have passed
40 In fact, the first 40 years of a
mans life are the preparatory years
the years of training and discipline.
A large part of this time he is laying
the foundation-just getting ready to
rear the superstructure. Many OF Us
stumble around many year before we
get into the right place and then, for
additional years, we make many mis-
takes. Most men do not get wise I'M
til they have passed 40. They may
get knowledge before this, but not
much wisdom. Wisdom is a ripenine
process. It takes time.
AT the age when Dr. Osler thinks
men are becoming useless, Lincoln
was trying to get an appointment as
a land commissioner. and failed. At
the same age nobody outside of his
own little community knew Ulysses 5.
Grant. He had not then accomplish.
ed anything of note, and yet he be-
came the greatest military figure OF
his day.
Every man makes his own dead line.
Some reach it at 35, some at 40, some
at so; some do not reach it at so;
some never reach it, because they
never cease to grow.-Success.
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travelling From the Cape. to Cairo.


Miss Mary Hall, the first lady to
accomplish the feat of crossing the
whole length of the African continent
from the Cape to Cairo, is now max
ing a stay in Cairo to rest from the
fatigue of her wonderful journey. The
most remarkable feature of the ex-
plot is perhaps that Miss Hall, who,
of course, is no novice at travelling,
or even exploration, journeyed with
no companion of her own sex. No less
wonderful is the fact that throughout
the thousands of miles of forest,
plains, rivers and lakes traversed by
the intrepid lady, she was never for
long away from the haunts of civiliza-
ton. Livingstone would bless, and
Stanley would exclaim in wonder; for
Miss Halls travels emphasize the
amazing change that has come over
the face of Africa within the short
space of fifteen or even ten years. II
was marvellous enough when Condo
koro and the Upper Nile were brought
within the sphere of tourist travel,
but that sphere is now spreading to
Uganda and the equatorial lakes, and
eventually it will embrace all that
lies between the seat of antiquity on
the Mediterranean and the land OF
Good Hope-Cairo Correspondence OF
the London Globe.
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countries, as we'll as the United
States, are going in this race for SUI
premacy on the seas, news comes from
Italy that she is building a battleshil
that will far exceed the Dreadnought
the latest English battleship, both IL
size, armament and speed. How muct
this war engine is to cost is not stated
but it must approach the fifteen-millior
mark. Thus the poor overtaxed and i'm
poYerished people of Italy are to be
further stripped of their earnings for
a war vessel that it is safe to say will
never fire shot in real battle or pro.
tect the people of Italy from aggres.
sion. The building of this sea monster
will, no doubt, excite President Roose
welt to again recommend an appropria
ton for rival war vessel that will
outstrip this latest creation.
1t is hardly possible to suppose that
this country and Italy can become so
involved that powder would be burned
unless strenuous administration of
the future should want to try out" the
battle monsters instead Of settling a
dispute by arbitration or mutual for
bearance.
In consequence of the protection pol
icy Of the Republican party, we have
but little merchant marine to protect.
so a great navy is a useless and expen-
sive luxury, and we have now more
than enough ships to police our seas
on our own hemisphere.
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BADGER FOUND GOLD MINE.
Strange Story of an Old Miners Dis
covery in Nevada.

n. H. George, Santa Fe yardmaster,
has taken layoff of three weeks
and gone to Nevarda to develop a gold
mining claim which he has there.
There is quite story back of his
going.
Mr.. George grub staked an old min
er who had struck a streak of bad
luck. This miner finally found some
excellent surface indications in the
Nevada Mountains and staked his
claim. The prospects were so good
that Mr.. George, his brother and his
brother-in-law took three adjoining
claims. The old grizzled miner work
ed away all winter on the funds sup
piled him by Mr.. George. His de-
velopments were encouraging. but did
not pan out large quantities of the
yellow metal
A short time since another old
miner, in hard luck, came past this
first miners claim. carrying his kit
of tools with him. Mr. Georges
friend was naturally lonesome and in
vited the stranger to take claim.
and after looking over the situation
this stranger decided to do so. An
evening or two later the two miners
sat on a ledge of rock talking when
a badger came into sight. The miners
gave chase, and the badger ran into
a hole on the strangers claim.
They went to work with their picks
and soon dug the badger out, and in
doing so they made a remarkable dis
covery. His bed, in the bottom of the
hole, was made on big chunck of the
very richest of gold ore The gold
in the stone on which he lay was
worth $4,000. In this way they dis
covered rich vein of gold bearing
quartz which rms through both their
mines as we'll as those belonging to
Mr.. George, his brother and his broth.
er-in-law. Mr. Georges trip to Ne
vada is for the purpose of fully in
vestigating his new gold mine.-WeH-
ington Mail.
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and occupied 1t herself for a time.
When she died her crazy son and sue
ceSSor. Paul. who hated Potemkin. had
the place stripped of Its decorations,
dlsmantled and remodeled as a stable
for the horse guards. lie had Potem-
kin'S remains taken from his tomb and
dumped upon dung hi;L Alexander
/. restored the palace and for seventy
five years il was used for the entertain
ment OF royal guests and persons Of
distinction and finally became an asy-
Ium for decayed and INDECENT members
OF the imperial family and pensioners
OF the crown. like KenSihgton palace
and Hampton Court at London. 1t was
restored and repaired throughout in
the 90's. so that when the government
was looking for suitable place for the
sessions Of the new parliament the
Tauride was practically prepared for
that purpose.
and grove. beautified with fountains
and statuary, which has been open TO
the public for half a century and Is
now used as a playground for the chill
dreu OF the better classes who live In
the surrounding residences. one OF the
most aristocratic quarters Of the city.
The American ambassador has rented
nalace only two or three blocks dis
tant. and at least two members OF the
.mperial family reside In the nelshbor-
hood
The legislative hall. although erected
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walls Of glass. This is used as a lobby
exclusively for members. Floods of
light come through these windows and
through a series of wide square win
dows under the cornlce on two sides
Of the room. During the evening ses-
sions the chamber is lighted by five Inn
mense gllded chandeliers. fitted both
for gas and candles, and rows of side
brackets around the wall.
On either side OF the chamber are
Immense withdrawing rooms. with long
tables, desks and comfortable chairs
for use OF the members and such
friends as they chose 10 admit to this
privacy. They were audience chambers
in GATHERINGS time. These beautiful
rooms and the legislative chamber open
into an enormous hall elliptical In
form. 400 feet long and so feet wide
which is used as lobby. The ceiling
IS the same height as that OF the lerls-
latiye chamber. and from 1t hang
twenty or thirty massive gilded chan
deliers. The semI-circular ends are en-
tirely inclosed with glass which admits
light and plenty OF ventilation. No leg
iSlative body In the world has such
splendid Recommendations, no parlia-
mentary chamber has such an ante
room.
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more pronounced ideas on reciprocity
with Canada; but the same obstacle
of the stand-pat program stares them
In the face, with similar necessity for
electing Democrats, or pledging the Re
publican candidates to keep out of the
caucus, which once entered binds them
to the protectionists hand and foot.
In Massachusetts many Republicans
think free hides and free coal are nee
essary to preserve. some of the great
Industries of that State, but a similar
condition confronts them as their breth-
rem in the Northwestern States. Unless,
therefore, Congressman like George P.
Lawrence, Samuel w. Mccall, William
c. Lowering and John w. Weeks. who
had the courage in the last Congress
to stand up and be counted for reel
procity, shall show still further indie
pendence of the Republican machine
by keeping out of the caucus of the
Republican members of the House of
Representatives and are prepared to
vote for a Speaker who will not sup
press all efforts for tariff revision.
In Iowa the Republican convention
escaped a bolt by compromising with
the stand-patters, so the Republican
Congressman from that State, even
those that believe in tariff reform, will
be compelled to join in the procession
that considers it a sacred duty to allow
the protectionist juggernaut to crush
them. Those Republican and independ-
ent voters Of that State can only aid
tariff revision by voting for Democratic
candidates for Congress.
There are signs of alarm in Republi-
can machine centers that show that
tariff reform sentiment is so strong
even with Republican voters that they
fear the result of the election in all
the close districts, but promises by Re
publican candidates for Congress that
they will vote for tariff revision are
felt to be worthless. as far as the ac-
ton of the next Congress is concerned.
as they have been futile in the past.
The Republican voters who believe
their interests require tariff revision
have the result in their own hands.
They can accomplish 1t in two ways,
either by pledging Republican candi-
dates for Congress TO keep out of the
Republican caucus and vote only for a
Speaker who is pledged to tariff provi-
sion. or by voting directly for Demo
cratic candidates for Congress and for
members of the Legislature who will
elect United States Senators who are
pledged to tariff revision. TO vote for
a Democrat is the holder step and
more certain to produce the result
aimed at.
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The Republican slogan.

Now Speaker Cannon has induced
President Roosevelt to join him in
making the paramount issue for the
campaign for the election Of Congress,
which the Speaker so euphoniously ex-
presses as ''standpat and pass the hat"
wha ere those Republicans, who be-
lieye the tariff should be revised, go
ing to do about it? For instance, the
South Dakota Republican convention
put itself on record in favor of the
abolition of the tariff tax on lumber,
for the benefit of the American home
builders and the projection of our for
ests." But if the voters of that State
elect the Republican candidates for
Congress and there is Republican ma
Jority, Speaker Cannon and President
Roosevelt unless the latter again
changes his mind, will refuse to allow
a bill to abolish the duty on lumber to
even be considered. 1t would be dan
gerous to disturb the lumber schedule.
or to relieve the people Of the tax on
homes, because you know, or you
should know, that the tariff schedules
are so scientifically adjusted that to
disturb one paragraph of the sacred
edifice endangerS the whole structure.
So the Republicans of South Dakota
can expect no relief from the tax on
homes, unless they determine to vote
for Democrats to represent them in
Congress, or pledge the Republican
candidates to keep out of the Republi-
can caucus for Speaker and vote for
the Democratic candidate for Speaker.
In Minnesota and Michigan similar
tariff ideas are prevalent, with even
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TRUTH AND ACCURACY,
Western World Claims Most Credit
for Veracifv

western World Claims Most Credit
for Veracity.
when Sir Walter Scott was asked
what was the proper education for
young man he answered: To learn to
fish and to tell the truth. Ii Is posi-
bic that the complete art Of angling
may conduce 70 the grace Of patience
and to the development Of the reflective
faculties, but it is quite certain that
trutn-telling is one of the corner stones
Of society and the basis Of all real
character, according to the Philadel-
phia Ledger. An ancient Swiss writer
says of truth, without hyperbole:
THE study Of truth is perpetually
Joined with the love of virtue; for
there's 10 virtue which derives not its
origin from truth; as, on the contrary,
there is no vice which has not its be-
ginning from a lie. Truth is the foun-
dalton Of all knowledge and the cement
Of society,"" eth. Il 81
We of the western world are wont
to ar C gate to ourselves the virtue Of
IuSllSA anu EuTODeaQ
writer's constantly speak OF highly de-
veloped talents In mendacity and de-
ception as oriental" Some Of our
merchants and our missionaries who
have had intimate dealings with the
Chinese whose business men make alb
solutely no use of written bonds or en-
gagements Of any sort to bind them to
the performance of their obligations,
but rely on the word given, which Is
as sacredly kept as any bond could be-
may be inclined to smile when the An
glo-Saxon's merits as a truth-teller are
extolled; but in a general way there IS
something to be said for the western
er's boast. Due need may be given,
but the fact remains that "a the west
ern world, as contradistinSuished from
the east, mere reverence Is habitually
paid to the truth than among back
ward peoples, because more depends on
the practice OF truth with us.
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for an entirely different purpose. is
altogether the finest, most convenient
and appropriate ever seen. It sur
passes in every way our own hall of
representatives, or the House Of Com
mons. or the German Reichstag and
every other parliamentary chamber in
Europe. 1t is twice as large as the
hall of representatives in Washington,
and has perfect light, ventilation and
acoustics.
1t is a splendid square room of per-
feet proportions, the ceiling between
thirty-five and forty feet high and the
corner rounded so as to furnish sound
ing boards. The roof is supported by
arehed iron girders, resting upon
massive pillars of succeed brick, with
simple Doric capitals, ard the walls
and ceiling are perfectly white. At the
end toward the garden is a large bay
extending the entire width of the
chamber and about fifty feet deep with
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NURSING Bottle Barred.

Regensburg, following the example
of several French communities, viii
offer premiums to mothers who agree
to suckle their own children. This
will be done to reduce the awful nor
tally among infants. which may he
traced, in part. to artificial nourish
ment. The chief of the munieipalitJ
passing upon the bill, said. Non
nursing mothers may be divided in
three categoTies: Those that do not
want TO nurse their babies. those that
are physically unable TO, and those
whom their duties prevent from suck
ling their children The premiums
are for the latter class of women;
mothers shall be enabled 70 give =
their employment for a time in order
to devote themselves entirely 10 their
babies"
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To Remove snIInters

Splinters of wood or glass which
can not be removed with a fine needle
can be very easily taken out by filling
a wide-mOuthed bottle with not water
and holding it firmly against the flesh
where the splinter has entered. The
steam viii draw the flesh down and a
little additional pressure viii take out
the splinter. This is an easy and very
satisfactory method, and comparative
IL painles<
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FINEST IN THE WORLD.
Great Legislative Hall Where the
Russian Douma Sat.

BY one of those strange freaks of
history the Tauride palace, St Peters
burg, in which the Douma sat, happens
to be one of the most characteristic
whims and eXtravagances of that eX
uaOrdinary woman, Catherine the
Great, empress of autocrats, the Cleo
patra of modern times. She built it in
1888 to bestow upon her most enduring
favOrite and lover, Prince Potemkin.
He was an able general. He subdued
the Tartar Klan Of Crimea and added
that beautiful peninsula to the Rus
sian empire. The territory was then
called TauriGe, and Catherine christen-
ed the palace in honor IF 1.-The hero Of
the Tauride" when she gave it to him
as his reward with fortune as we'll
as her own robust but f2kle affections.
With Potemkin as her escort she
made the journey from ST. Petersburg
to the Black Sea to inspect her new
possessions, and in order that she
might be properly impressed with the
value of the conquest the prince hur-
riedly built model villages along the
route which she stopped to admire.
Some of. them have since become places
of Importance, and several, like Kater-
inoslav and Katerinodar. were named
In her honor.
After taking possession of the palace
Potemkin gave his Empress one of the
most sumptuous enterta nments ever
contrived by human extravaganza. He
rivaled BelshaZZar, Nero, Caligula and
other ancients in prodigailty and sDlen-
dor. He invited 600 guests and received
them standing at the side of the EN-
press in q uniform that was almost
covered with diamonds ard other lew
els. 1t weighed as much as a coat of
mail; and his golden helmet studded
with gems was so heavy that it could
not be worn, and an aid de camp car
ried it upon cushion at his masters
side The banquet was served on dishes
OF gold. and in the middle of the feast
a ballet was danced by the Grand
Duke Alexander and Constantine and
200 of the daughters Of the nobility
and the most beautiful Young women
OF the court The banquet occurred and
the ballet was danced In :he very room
occupied by the Douma cor its sittings.
Potemkin lived in Tauride palace for
six years until his death in 1901, when
Catherine bought back the property
from his heirs at an extravaganza price
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In hunters camp different men
began TO unfold their yarns Among
others a Kentuckian said he once shot
a buck in such way that the bullet,
after hitting the right ear, passed
through the heel OF the right hind foot
Jeering and laughter greeted the story.
Brown" called the Kentuckian TO
his companion, tell these fellows Il
what | say is not as true as gospel I"
why, yes" replied the other, Il saw
Il myself You see. gentlemen. when
he pulled the trigger Of his rife. the
buck was just scratching his head with
his hoof."
Then ne whispered TO his friend:
"Thatwas a narrow esc1pe. Another
time don't lie so far apart-"-New
York Times