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to create this memorial fund. The object
| Is TO obtain an average contribution OF %
cents from each Endeavorer- Part of the
fund will probably be used in erecting
suitable headquarters building which will
bring in rentals and the remainder invested
in ncome-bearing securities.
Commissioner Mcfarland of the District
of Columbia is at the head of the inter-
national committee which has this under
taking in charge
The Endeavorers of the District are
planning to observe this twenty-ffth ami
versary in a manner worthy of the occa-
sion. The main feature of the local celebra-
ton, at least from the standpoint of public
interest viii be the international festival
of praise by chorus of 500 voices, under
the direction of Percy S. Foster, at Con-
vention Hall. This will take place next
Friday night, the exact date of the ami
versary. The festival will be reproduc-
ton, with some slight notifications and
additions, of. the musical service which was
first presented at the Baltimore convention
last summer under the direction of Rev.
Carey Bonner of London, England.
Another event will be the presence of
William Shaw of Boston, treasurer of the
Worlds Christian Endeavor Union, who
will take part in several of the rallies to
be held from February to February ). Mr..
Shaw probably stands second only to DIR.
Clark in the affection of Christian Endeav-
orers. He is gifted with a keen humor
and sunny disposition, and never fails
to entertain an audience. He will be the
day afternoon, at the banquet Saturday
night, and at the closing rally Monday
night, and viii probably speak briefly Sun
day afternoon.
The Local Program.
The officers of the District Christian En-
deavor Union have announced the following
program for the convention:
Thursday evening, February Prayer
meetings in various churches, with special
reference to young people and their work
Friday afternoon, AIS to $50 O'Clock, at
ST. Paufs English Lutheran Church-Open-
ing session, with devotional exercises and
brief address.
Friday night, s o'clock, in Convention
Hall-The international festival of praise
by chorus of 500 voices: Percy S. Foster,
conductor.
Saturday afternoon, $50 O'Clock at First
Congregational Church-Junior rally, with
special exercises by the children and
address by Mr.. William Shaw of Boston.
Saturday evening, O'Clock, in the new
Young Mems Christian Association build
ing-A banquet for EndeavorerS and their
friends, Commissioner Henry b. F. Mac
fariand presiding; after dinner address by
MIR. Shaw; informal reception to Mr.. Shaw
in the association parlors from $50 to q
o'clock
Sunday afternoon, 3 o'clock, at First Con-
gregational Church-A fellowship meeting,
with tive-mnute addresses by representa-
tives of kindred organizations and a short
address by Mr.. Shaw.
Monday morning, 1870 o'clock at st.
PauIS English Lutheran Church-Pastors'
conference, conducted by Mr.. Shaw.
Monday evening, 7:45 'clock-Closing
meeting, with address by Mr. Shaw, fol-
lowed by roll call of societies.
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A PRACTICAL CHURCH
Mt. Pleasant Congregational
lists Are Business-Like.
EVIDENCE Is APPARENT
Their Sunday School the Envy of
Many.
HAS A MEMBERSHIP OF 1,0o5
Energy and Push of James E. West,
the superintendent, and His
Corps of Teachers.

The Sunday school of the Mount Pleasant
Congregational Church, on Columbia road
near 18th street northwest, has made a
record of success in the past few years
which is attracting the attention of many
churches throughout this city. In a COM
paratively short time, under the direction
of James e, West. an enthusiastic and tire
less superintendent, and with the hearty
cooperation of the church officers, the
membership of the school has come up from
a little over three hundred pupils until, at
the beginning of this year. the rolls showed
over one thousand. The Mount Pleasant
Church IS a church of young people and for
young people. From the pastor, Rev. NJ.
Ross Fishburn, young in hopes and years,
whose every thought is for the benefit of
his church and Sunday school, through Mr..
West, the superintendent of the Sunday
school, down to the smallest tot IN the in
fant class, the practical spirit is apparent.
For the children of the kindergarten age
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WORLDWIDE SOCIETY
Christian Endeavorers to CeIe-
brate 25th Anniversary
ELABORATE LOCAL PROGRAM
The Various Meetings Will Cover Five
Days.
TREASURER SHAW TO SPEAK
Story of the Remarkable Growth of
This Movement in Quarter
of Century.
SHAW TO SPEAK

The twenty-ffth birthday of the Christian
Endeavor movement will be celebrated by
Endeavorers the world over next Friday
February ., 1881. the first Young People 5
Society of Christian Endeavor was organ
lied by Rev. Francis E. Clark in Wiliston
Church, Portland, Me. He was then a
young pastor. and his object was simply
to set the young people Of his church to
work and to train them for Christian serV-
ice, with no thought of the great organiza-
ton that would grow from such a small be-
ginning. But his earnest leadership and
their ready following brought about such
movement among the young as the world
had never seen before.
The society then founded has passed over
the entire earth. Many millions of young
people have enlisted under its banner,
bearing the motto. For Christ and the
Church." Boards of church officials, the
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LONELY MISSION.
Rev. E. ]. Peck Tells of Life in Far
North.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LONDON, January 27.-From the loneliest
station in the world on an island 700
yards broad in the remote arctic regions
north of Labrador, Rev. E. ]. Peck recently
reached England after perilous voyage
In a fifty-ton schooner. His headquarters
are at Backhead Island, on Cumberland
sound, in Baffin's Land
Mr. Peck tells stirring stories of the
difficulties of his work. No vegetation ex-
lists near his station, nothing is to be seen
but stretches of ice and snow, and the
only food that can be obtained is seal. One
ship visits the settlement once a year. The
first church of the missionary was made
of seal skins, but met with an untimely
fate, being completely devoured by Eskimo
dogs Nomad Eskimos pay occasional
visits, some of them coming all the way
from the Boring sea.
Last winter the usual relief ship was
caught in the ice within sight of the sta
ton She did not arrive until ten months
later Food supplies were low, and there
were terrible hardships owing to the lack
of coal In spite of privations, Mr.. Peck
and his colleague, Mr.. Bilby, gave regular
teaching to the neighboring Eskimos end
translated the New Testament and Genesis
into Baffin's Land dialect.
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BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW.

The local Junior assembly of Brotherhood
chapters met last Monday evening In Trim
ity parish hall. The meeting was well at
tended. Delegations from Alexandria and
Rockville were present. Rev. Edward .
Dunlap, assistant minister of St John
parish. delivered the address OF the even
ing, taking as his subject IAN Ideal
brotherhood Assembly" Mr.. Dunlap spoke
of the necessity for proper officers and bus
mess methods as essential for safely con-
Quoting an organization, and urged the
chapters to support and encourage the pres
ent management. He referred also to the
necessary qualifications for the individual
members of the several chapters composing
the assembly, and 10 their natural influence
with other boys with whom they come in
daily contact. 1t was decided to appoint a
committee for the purpose OF visiting all the
Junior chapters, with view TO increasing
the attendance at the assembly meetings
and the interest generally in the junior de-
partment of the Brotherhood in this diocese
Officers for the Brotherhood Chapter of
ST. Paul's parish for 1905 TO 1906 have
been elected as follows: Director, William
b. Dent: vice director, DIR. W. +. keenlg
secretary, Edward l.. Brown; treasurer,
Theodore r. Higgs.
The brotherhood Chapter of Christ
Church, on G street between 9Th and 9TH
streets southeast, will hold a special song
service tomorrow evening, at which the
address will be delivered by the Rev. Edgar
NJ. Rogers, assistant minister of Trinity
Church.
The Junior Brotherhood Chapter of St.
Stephens Church has elected for the en-
suing year the following officers: Colley
Bell director: Roger Paine vice director;
Lawrence Baker. secretary; Charles b
Fonda, jr., treasurer.
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"sobering-Ur" Room.

A western paper says: A handsomely
fitted "sobering-up ROOM for .jaggists''
was advocated by Rev. j. w. Alton. pastor
of Elm Street Methodist Church. In tenn
perance talk at the union prayer service at
Chillicothe. No., last night.
Those poor men who get drunk are the
only ones who really pay the saloon IL
censes." said Mr.. Alton. They are the
men who reduce our taxes Is cents to 80
cents head and. when we depend on these
saloons for revenue and license them to sell
intoxlcants, It is not fair or just to lock up
What we should do is to provide hand
somely furnished room. with luxurious
couches and. lther comforts. that the fell
lows who ardAoaying the taxes may sleep
on their drunk there"
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NJ. t. Moomaw; librarian, James NJ. Spear;
nnanclal secretary, NJ NJ. Moore.
The teachers of the Sunday school are !.
Mrs. III. G. Dickinson, Mrs. A L. Sturte-
want, Miss Hadley, Miss Hattie b. Fitzger-
AID, Miss Evelyn L. Kemp Miss Wunderly
Miss Rebecca Miller, NJ SIS Emily Peck Miss
Rudasill, Miss Edith Whitaker, Miss Edith
Holt, Miss f. H. Stocking, Miss MCDOWELL
Prof. William Allen Wilbur, Prof William
r. Vance, Mr.. w. II. Written, jr., Mr.. IA.
I. Moomaw. Mr.. E. H. Peck, Mr.. c. T.
Cowling, Mr.. A. R. MCDOWELL. Mr. NJ w
Baldwin, Mr.. A. B. Carly. Mr.. II. C. Dick
inson, Mr.. John B. Dye, Mr. E. B. Hender-
son, Mr. A. l.. Sturtevant, Mr.. w. K. Col
Inns, Dr. Whitney, Miss Helen Winter Miss
Alice Broas, Miss Grace l.. Dagger, Miss
May Davis, Mrs. Combs, Miss Elton Ronsa-
vile, Miss Frances ]. Miller, Miss NJ c.
Vermillion, Mrs. Arthur e. Fisher
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Christian Endeavor Hour
Conducted by Grace Livingston Hm-Lutz.

For sunday January y. 1905,
Topic Home Missions In Our Great Cities"
Luke Xix 4l-4S.
Al. And when He was come near, He be-
held tn, city. and wept over it,
AZ. Saying, II thou hadst known. even
thou, at least in this thy day. the things
which belong unto thy peace! But now
they are hid from thine eyes
Al. For the days shall come upon thee
that thine enemies shall cast trench about
thee, and compass thee round, and keep
thee in on every side,
A. And shall lay thee even with the
ground. and thy children within thee; and
they shall not leave in thee one stone upon
another: because thou knowest not the time
of thy visitation.
10. And He went into the temple and be-
gan to cast out them that sold therein and
them that bought
46. Saying unto them. II is written, My
house Is the house of prayer; but We have
made IL den OF thieves.
"A. And He taught daily in the temple
But the chief priests and the scribes and
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR NOTES.

Hermon c. MetcaIf. president of the Dis
trlct Christian Endeavor Union, is suffering
from an attack of the grip and has been
confined TO his home for several days. The
secretary of the union. Amos NJ. Piper, has
also been i'll, bun IS out again.
A Christian Endeavor institute is to be
held in New York city February 6, and S,
a feature OF which will be mass meeting
in Carnegie Hall TO celebrate the twenty
fifth anniversary. DIR. +. ID. Power of this
city is on the program.
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CoADJUToR ARCHBISHOP.
Pope Appoints Rev. W. n. o'Connell
at Boston

1ope appolutS rev. w. u. " SoLnelI
at Boston.
ROME, January 27-The pope has signed
the papers appointing the Right Rev. w.
H. O'Connell, bishop of Portland, Ne, who
recently visited Japan on a special mis-
sion to be coadjutor archbishop of Boston.
Mass. The congregation of the propaganda
met yesterday and discussed the appoint
ment of Bishop O'Connell, with the result
that the cardinals voted almost unanimous
ly for him. The friends of the bishop are
jubilant. They scarcely expected so quick
and complete victory.
BOSTON, January 27.-The announcement
of the appointment of the Right Rev. Will
liam H. O'Connel bishop of Portland, to
be coadjutor to Archbishop Williams had
been anticipated in this city and Portland,
where the bishop is held in high esteem
church has been unusually rapid. He is
ago was assistant priest in st. Joseph's
parish, this city. He was called from that
position to the rectorship Of the American
college at Rome in 1897, and in 1901 he was
elevated to the bishopric, being made head
of the diocese of Maine. At the close of
the Russo-Japdnese war Bishop O'Connel1
was sent to Japan on a special mission by
Pope Plus.
The question of coadiutor to the arch
bishop of Boston has been agitated for the
last fifteen years, owing to the age of Arch
bishop Williams, which is now eighty-three
wears,
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Ten-story Apartment at Richmond

SpfVIaI Dispdtch 10 Ihe Star.
RICHMOND, Va, January 27--Col. John
Murphy, proprietor of Murphy's Hotel. has
announced that plans were being pre-
pared by his architect for a ten-story
apartment house and addition to his new
hotel building. The structure is to ne
wholly fireproef. and is to cost q quarter
OF million.
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have sown wisdom in providing a modern
gymnasium to bring the young men within
the sound of the gospel when they might
be inclined to wander elsewhere. Located
under the church building and extending
from one end of the church to the other,
are arranged a gymnasium. bowling alleys,
a swimming pool and shower baths. 1t is
declared to be no wonder, in view of the en-
tertainment furnished to the young men
by the church, that the church has prom
inent place In their minds. The gymnasium
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special provisions have been made by the
establishment of a separate class, and many
are the plans formed by Miss Claribel Wei
gel the superintendent of the department,
and her assistants. OF the primary depart
,ment for children ust a little older Miss
Marion o. Speaks is the superintendent,
and much of the credit for the upbuilding
of this department is given to her. In the
intermediate departments the work is being
carried forward with d will by an able
corps of teachers
In it's senior department the Mount
Pleasant Congregational Sunday school
reaches farther than many churches in its
influence over the young men of the city.
1t is here that the leaders of the church
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Sunday schools the prayer meetings, char
ity work, missions, evangelist:c work, Chris
tian work of all kinds. are now feeling the
results of this training of the young by
definite Christian principles and practice
Soon after the formation of the first so
ciety the excellence of the plan became
known to other churches, and other socie-
ties began to be formed BY 1885 the move
ment had spread in the United States and
had reached out to Europe, China and the
Hawaiian Islands, with a total of 253 So
cieties and a membership of 1892. In this
year the United Society of Christian En-
deaVor was formed as a central oTganiZa-
ton, and the movement began to take On
its interna tional and interdenominational
aspect, which has since become such a dis
tinctive feature. The following year a
Christian Endeavor paper, then known as
deavor World, was established as the organ
of the movement, and this journal has
aided largely in the growth and usefulness
of the societies
The demand on DR.. Clark became so great
that he gave up his pastoral work, and has
since devoted his whole time to the general
interests of the movement. In 1892 he
made q trip around the world at the INV
tation of many persons from other countries
whom he had met at conventions in TINS
country. Meetings We're held under the
auspices of missionaries and Others and
many societies were formed. Altogether
this important journey covered $4,000 miles,
fifty addresses before audiences aggre-
eating more than 100000 people. Addresses
We're made through interpreters In more
than twenty languages. DR.. Clark has
since made other foreign tours which have
been q great stimulus to young peoples re-
ligious work in nearly all parts of the
world, and have been powerful aid to the
of mis-
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VIM. Allan Wilbur, NJ. A.,
is open each evening In the week. with the
exception OF Thursday evening. Here the
young men of the Sunday school may con-
gregate and engage in battles on the bowl
ing alleys, in basket ball or work upon the
various apparatus for the advancement of
their physical condition.
The Teachers.
The teachers training class inaugurated
at the beginning of the year and taught by
Prof. William Allen Wilbur, dean of the
collegiate department of George Washing
ton University, In response to the earnest
solicitation of Mr.. West, has been great
help TO the school In its work. Teachers
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for SUNDAY Scboob.
STAR LESSON FOR JANUARY 20.
.rHn BAPTISM OF JESUS Marx i:1-1,.
By Rev. ]. E. Gilbert, DID,,

SECRETARY OF AMERICAN SOCIETY RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

Any person may mail to DR.. Gilbert, 1903
R street northwest. this city. any biblical
question, and receive an answer through
The Star
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4S. BY what mode was Jesus baptized?
Answer Ask one Presbyterian, one Meth
odist and one Baptist minister of ability
and spirituality, and read prayerfully one
nook on the subject which each will give.
Weigh all the arguments hold your opIn-
ions charitably, and remember that good
and great men have honestly disagreed ON
this much-discussed question
The Springfield herald., 1906-05-11
REPAIRING BRAIN
A Certain Way by Food,

Every minister, lawyer Journalist,
physician, author or business man is
forced under pressure of modern n
ditlons to the active and sometime
overactive use of the brain
Analysis of the excreta thrown out
by the pores shows that brain worh
breaks down the phosphate of potash
separating it from its heavier compan-
ion, albumen, and plain common sense
teaches that this elemental principle
must be introduced into the body anew
each day, if we would replace the los
and rebuild the brain tissue.
We know tnat the phosphate ol
potash, as presented in certain feiI
grains, has an affinity for albumen and
that is the only way gray matter in tn
brain can be built. 1t will not answe
to take the crude phosphate of potash
of the drug shop, for nature rejects IT,
The elemental mineral must be pre-
sented through food directly from M
lures laboratory.
These facts have been made use OF
in the manufacture Of Grape-Nuts. ana
any brain worker can prove the Nai"e
of the proper selection of food by max
ing free use of Grape-Nuts for ten days
or two weeks. Sold by gr9cers every
where (and in immense Guantitles) j.
Manufactured by the Postum Co., 6at-
tie Creek, Mich.
The Springfield herald., 1906-05-11
INDICTED FOR REBATING.
New York Central Railroad Favorec
Sugar Trust.

New York.-The April federal grand
jury in concluding its labors handed
down seven sealed indictments in the
sugar Relating cases. The indictments
are against the following:
The New York Central railroad, the
American Sugar Refining Company
the New York Central e Hudson River
Railroad Company and Nathan Gull
ford, vice president of the company.
The American Sugar Refining Com
pany of New York and c. Goodlee, Ed
win and Edgar Earle. the latter two be-
ing wholesale sugar dealers of Detroit,
Michigan.
The New York Central & Hudson
River Railroad Company and Nathan
Guilford. vice president, and +. l..
Pomeroy, general traffic manager.
The American Sugar Refining Com
pany and the American Sugar Refining
Company of New York and c. Goodlee.
Edwin and Edgar Earle.
Nathan Guilford +. l.. Pomeroy, c.
Goodlee, Edwin and Edgar Earle
The first six indictments We're found
under the ''Elkins antitrust law.
which provides penalties of fine not
exceeding $4,000. or Imprisonment not
exceeding two years. for giving, grant
ing. applying for or accepting any re
bate or concession from the regular
freight rates as published by railway
company as common carrier.
The Springfield herald., 1906-05-11
THE AMERICAN SHEEP.
Animal Which Is Coming More and
More to Be lIatter of Inter
est to Farmer

The american sheep is coming to
be more and more a matter of interest
to the American farmer. 1t Is doubt
full if in this generation we shall
again see the small interest in sheep
that has been shown curing the past
Is years This lack of interest was
due TO the fact that the sheep with
which the farmer found himself l5
years ago was largely wool-pro-
ducing sheep. and wool was then de-
cining at a rapid rate. The demand
for mutton was much less then than
now. In the Is years there has been a
great change in the character OF Amer
lean sheep. They are more largely
suited for the production of mutton
than they were then. and, moreover,
the price of wool is again high enough
to encourage the sheep owner TO pro-
| duce it
The city people are demanding n
sheep OF higher quality than formerly,
declares the Farmers Review, AMI can
hardly be satisfied with a sheep that
has been brought up on weeds and
brush. The sheep that is well fed
from birth to the block is the only
Jne that produces meat tnat brings Il
good price in the city markets. The
sheep that have been grown on poor
Iecd and then fattened quickly sell for
4 smaller price on the city marke:, as
their meat is known to be not OF the
best quality. The American sheep
may be a pasture cleaner. but it must
nave good grass a.so If it is TO be
profitable.
The Springfield herald., 1906-05-11
Intellect in Sex.

The common impression that the av-
erage man is superior to the average
woman intellectually at least in orig
fnality, inventiveness. reasoning pow
er and the like is beyond doubt due
to the common habit Of judging each
sex by its most superior representa-
tives. This seems fair enough, and
would be fair enough, says writer
in the Bookman, but for the difference
between the sexes in variability. that
is. the range of spreading down from
and up the average, in intellectual
traits at least the male sex is the more
variable group; the very highest and
very lowest marks in a mixed college
.lass will commonly be given to men;
The variability found among boys in
the numerous mental tests which have
been given by psychological investi-
gators is from five to ten per cent.
greater than that found among girls.
or the thousand most eminent intel
lects of history 81 per cent. are men
the variability which causes the mo.
nopoly of genius causing also the ex-
istence of twice as many male as fe-
male idiots!