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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-24
WORLD TO HAVE NEW
BIBLE, SAYS PREACHER

A communication from Mortified. Mimi,
says:
At an open session of the Ministerial
Association. President William H. Sail
mon Of Carleton College expressed the
opinion that the world will some day have
a new Bible. DR.. Salmon delivered
lecture on 1.-The Bible and Ancient Manu-
scripts" illustrated by stereopticon views
He traced the growth CT the books from
the beginning to the present time, show
ing how many ages and how many hands
combined to produce it.
Shall we yet have another Bible?"
said the lecturer. "Assuredly. Conditions
similar to those in the past. which called
for revision after revision. are likely
to be repeated. Scholarship is not ex-
hausted. On the contrary, some of the
most virile textual work ever accom-
plished is going forward today. Some
of the most ancient and most valuable
manuscripts which we possess were not
accessible to the scholars who produced
the authorized version in King James
day. New discoveries are bringing new
evidence to light. and active research in
Bible lands Is being pressed. forward
with abundant success"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-24
Trolley Cars Of Damascus.
From Harper's Magazine.

Every time we went into the city
whether from our tents on the terrace
above an ancient and dilapidated pleas
ure garden, or from our red-tIled rooms
in the good Hotel d'Orient, to which we
had been driven by a plague of sand
flies in the camp we stepped at once into
chapter Of the Arabian Nights Enter
tainments. 1t is true, there were electric
lights, and there was a trolley car crawl
ing around the city, but they no more
made it western and modern than a bead
necklace would change the character of
the Venus of Milo. The driver of the
trolley car looked like one of The Three
Calendars" and a gayly dressed little boy
beside him blew Loudly on an instrument
of d.scord as the machine TRANQUILITY ad-
vanced through the crowd. "a man
was run over few months ago; his
friends waited for the car to come around
the next day, pulled the driver from his
perch and stuck a number of long knives
through him in a truly oriental rnanner.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-24
WANT THANK-OFFERING
OF MEN AND MONEY
Special Cabiegram to The Star.

Speclal taolegram TO Inc star.
LONDON, December pa feature of
the great Pan-Anglican congress, which
is to be held next June, is to be the pres
entation in st. Pauls Cathedral, on St.
John the Baptists day, of an ecumeni-
cal thank Offering Preparations are
being actively made for collecting large
sums for this purpose in many dioceses.
Some months ago the Bishop Suffragan
of Dorking CDR Boutfower) addressed a
letter to the members of the junior clergy
missionary associations and to other
clergy in his part of the diocese of VIM
chester, saying that what is also needed
is thank-offering which should consist
of men ready to go out to the mission
field. He suggests that ten clergy of that
diocese should, on the great day of the
Pan-Anglican congress. offer themselves
for this purpose. LAS a bishop he said.
sit belongs to my office to offer my name
first" under the assurance that in no
other way could 7 at this time serve the
church better than by breaking through
obstacles and helping to lead the way"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-24
Three Bears Killed in One Cave.
from the PHILADELPHIA Record.

r. P. Marsh of Dubois thought that he
had tracked one bear into a cave near
Benezette Saturday. He followed the
bear into the cave, shot it and dragged
the carcass out with a hook. While dress
ing the bear he heard growls coming
from the cave, and again crawled part
way in and let drive. Taking 1t for
granted that he had killed Brun No .,
Marsh again brought the hook into play
But this time when it came out there was
live bear on the end of it. Marsh
dropped the pole and started for his gun,
but before he reached 1t bruin had over
taken him and a lively fight ensued.
Marsh finally managed to break away
and, securing his rife. killed the brute.
Satisfied that the second bear shot at in
the cave had been killed, he again used
the hook and was rewarded by hauling a
good-sized bear from the hole. This made
total of three bears in less than three
quarters of an hour. Mr.. Marsh Is
scratched and bruised as a result of his
tussle with bruin. but not seriously in
jured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-24
Heroes of the Life-Saving Service.
From HarDer's Inpazine

'oih AAoi tVt
All through the night the surfmen are
patrolling the beach at Monomoy, as they
do from Quoddy Head to Cape Florida.
meeting in the little shanty on a sand
dune called Halfway House to tell one
another the news of the hour and TO ex-
change the numbered brass tags by which
the captains may know that the watch
has gone faithfully to the end of his post.
For ten months in the year the vigilance
is not relaxed. During June and July
the crews are rewarded for their years
labor by the gift of generous vacation
without pay. They may fish or farm or
Go what they will for living. The cap
tains then sit. each one alone. in the life
saving stations. and If any ship is foolish
enough to get wrecked at this time, when,
to the rules of Uncle Sam,
there should be neither storm nor wreck
the nearest captain picks up a scratch
crew of fishermen and other longshore
folk and does the best he can to save
lives. Storms and wrecks do occur now
and then in these periods, but they really
should not: and. therefore. Congress in it's
wisdom refuses, to keep the life savers on
duty. From the wisdom of Congress
there is no appeal.
Truly. there must be all the fascinatio
of game in this serene and skillful con-
test with raging death. 1t cannot be the
bait of wages that attracts these heroes to
the service. The captains receive $500 a
year. and the surfmen $50 month. Dur
ing the two months of unpaid vacation
they get 81 apiece for each occasion of
service. No: there is no money lure in
this game. The service requires men of
perfect health and strength. Whenever
the surgeon discovers surfman or captain
to have fallen below perfect condition. he
is incontinently put out. no matter how
many years he may have spent in life
saving. And there is no pension. Mr.
Kimball. the Superintendent of the de-
partment. has tried agaip and again to
persuade Congress to grant pensions to
these men. but Congress in it's wisdom
has always said no. And from the wis
dom of Congress there is no appeal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-24
Could We Live on Marsp
From Harper's Magazine.

The physical conditions on Mars are in
many ways intermediate between those
found upon the earth and the moon, and
it seems plausible that the life existing
upon it should similarly be of a higher
type than that found on the moon and
of lower type than that found at pres
ent on the surface of the earth. Even if
the physical conditions. as we under
stand them, were equally favorable with
those on the earth, civilization would by
no means be a necessary consequence.
Had 1t not been settled by Europeans,
the United States would still be a wilder
ness. How much less should we hasten
to accord civilization to planet of which
we know little, except that if We were
transported there ourselves, We should
instantly die.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-24
Mere Caution.

From Haroer's Weekly.
A dentist in Rochester was visited by a
native of Duchess county to be treated
for an liberated tooth.
That's bad TOOTH said the man of
the forceps. land should advise you to
spare yourself pain by taking gas. 1t will
be only 80 cents more" And the dentist
showed his machine to the doubtful per-
son from Duchess county. explaining its
workings-how he would fall asleep for a
minute or two, and then awake with the
tooth and the pain gone. At last the pa
tient consented and took out his wallet.
Never mind paying now" said the dem
fist. patronizingly.
II wasn't thinking of paying" respond
ed the Dutchess county person. But 1
thought that il 1 was going to sleep I'd
like to count my money first
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-24

water contains certain number of these.
Acid impurities multiply the hydrogen ions
and strengthen them in their corrosive eff
feet upon iron. The action Is purely cleo
trio relations between the hydrogen and
the iron. DR.. Cushman discovered that &C
tive oxidizing agents. such as chromate
and bichromate of potash. prevent rusting
by safeguarding 1t against attack by the
hydrogen ion. BY immersing the iron in a
concentrated solution of bichromate acid,
and then washing and wiping 1t, the metal
is rendered passive. so that it becomes
capable of resisting electro-chemical at
tack.
The discovery OF the real cause OF rust
ing and of its prevention has great indus
trial significance. 1t means that a method
has at last been found for protecting
structural ironwork and machinery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-24

for shaving. The stropping becomes an
easy proposition with the assistance of
this guide attachment as the razor Is
presented accurately and uniformly to the
strop during each stroke, retaining the
same angle, and thereby giving equal
strokes and a proper edge. The razor
is connected to loop. which travels on
rod or bar. maintained at a given dis
lance from the strop. The action Is the
same as in the ordinary stropping Of a
razor. The tendency to lift the back Of
the blade from the strop. which causes
round edge, is prevented. The strop
can be reversed, to gain access to either
side, without removing the guide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-24
Switzerland and Luxury.
From the London Daily Graphic.

Holiday makers will be interested
whether they are pleased or not, to learn
that even Switzerland is being affected
by the modern craving for luxury. Ev-
erywhere-on the heights as in the val
leys-the simple inn is giving place to
the grand hotel, in which the men dress
for dinner and the ladies change their
toilets several times day. 1t is discon-
certing to those who repair to the noun
tains in the hope Of living the simple life
there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-24
By using Fels-Naptha any woman can

By using Fels-Naptha any woman can
save hours on her days washing.
She can be through with it in half the
time required by the old-fashioned, wash
boiler, hard-rubbing, back-breaking way.
And instead of being worn out sheis
fresh and ready for other work, or play.
Any woman can end washday drudg-
cry for all time by using Fels-Naptha in
the Fels-Naptha way, in cool or luke
warm water.
Never use hot water or boil the clothes.
You can tell the genuine Fels-Naptha
by the red and green wrapper. Follow
directions on the back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-24
Royal Smokers.

From Cassers Saturday Journal
Almost every European sovereign is a
great smoker. King Edward, as is we'll
known, smokes the very best cigars, but
when he is with his intimate friends he
sometimes smokes pipe. Two confirmed
cigar smokers are the King of the Bel
gians and the King of Portugal, both of
whom smoke about a dozen day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-24
Girls Independence.
From the American Israelite.

From the American Israelite.
Not SO long ago the girl was OF shy,
modest and wholly dependent type
shrinking from observation, learning dill
gently and thoroughly the art of mother
help, acquiring the science of homebuild-
ing. In this age. however. she Is for the
most part independent, and boasts of her
independence, which Is carried to extreme
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-24
The Duty of France.
rom the Empire Review

rom tHP rstNIeW.
The best service any French patriot
could render France would be to urge his
fellow -countrymen to accept the cession
of Alsace and Lorraine as an accomplish
ed fact. and to make up their mind to
abandon all idea of their recovery. Till
this is done France must remain an OBJ
stacle to the permanence of European
peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-24
GUIDE FOR RAZOR sTRoPs.
Prevents Lifting Back Of the Blade
and Causing a Round Edge.

An attachment to aid the man who
shaves himself to strop his razor properly
and accurately has been patented by an
Ohio man. The "knack' of stropping a
razor properly is seldom possessed by
other than BARRIERS. and a perfect edge on
many razor is ruined by improper strop-
ping. A slight turn OF the blade at
too great an angle while stropping breaks
the edge and renders the razor useless
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-24
Anty Drudge Advises a Bride.

Mrs Bde-"m going have all the latest in
my kitchen: Rotary washing machine, copper wash
boiler"
Anty Drudge-"Stop. my dear Leave that washboer
The first thing get box of Fels Naptha soap It's
the greatest of modern conveniences It'll you
labor and trouble than anything else. Makes boiling
water.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-05-17
DURING the past week a strike Of

! DURING the past week a strike of
street car employees has been on at
San Francisco. We do not know the
demands and refusals made, but take
it for granted that there is some JUS
tice on both sides. Such a difficulty
as that at San francisco should be
terminated by much the same means
as were used in averting what at one
time threatened to be the greatest
railroad strike in the history of our
country. Arbitration does the work,
and the fact is that both parties to
the controversy are better off for a
peaceable settlement, even though
both have to give and take. Compul-
sorry arbitration is the key to the sit
uation. While it was not actual com
pulsory arbitration that settled the
railroad trouble at Chicago, it amount
ed to the same thing neither side
could afford to disregard the influence
of the government represented through
a member of the interstate commerce
commission. The street car strike is
OF minor Importance, of no import
ance outside of San Francisco except
for its moral effect, but of consider
able Importance to that public imme-
diately concerned. Every man who
accepts position with a public SER
vice corporation does il. .,for the .pur-
pose of bettering the condition Id
which he was in just prior to accept
ing the place, he wants the Job or he
would not take it. When he enters
a service upon which the public is so
dependent and which owes it's exis-
tence to the public to great degree,
he owes some responsibility to the
public other than just the hours of
service. He owes it to the public
not to disturb its interests. The ut
ter disregard of some branches of or
ganized labor for this duty toward
the people will some day wake the
people to full realization of condi-
tions and cause the enactment and
enforcement of laws that will put
stop to such things as strikes and ac-
companying violence. A few will suf-
fer severe penalties, but in the end
there will be no more strikes, the kill
ing of officers and so-called ''scab"
labor, and manning of innocent peo-
pie whose affairs call them into the
zone of strike activities. The only
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-05-17

son and will then turn with glad
hearts TO make the nomination OF
Theodore Roosevelt unanimous, and
a call born of republican unity and
honor cannot be refused by any 10y
al American citizen, and Theodore
Roosevelt, a soldier as we'll as states
man, fully appreciates obedience to
the will of the people.
South Dakota claims honor in the
onetime citizenship of our great pres
ident, and believes no other man can
so well serve the best interests of the
nation in solving the momentous
issue that must be solved between
1909 and 1913. Gen. Taft is an able
statesman and there are others, but
who would think of removing great
and successful general after he had
planned his battle and had victory
half won? Had England removed
Wellington on the second day of Wa
terloo, the map of Europe might be
different to-day. Had President Lin
coin removed Gen. Grant in the Wild
erness what might have been the is.
sues of that tremendous campaign?
Possibly defeat and another year of
bloody war.
A change in commanders during
the greatest reform battle in the his
tory of the world when the victory is
half won would be monumental fol-
ly, and that would be the verdict of
those who love our glorious country
should Theodore Roosevelt be reliey-
ed from duty before he contemplates
a task that Providence hath given
him to do.
Theodore Roosevelt has been nomi-
mated and elected President but once
Notwithstanding the trusts howl of a
third term and God giving the people
wisdom he will be nominated and
elected for a second term during
which he can complete his great work
and retire beloved of the millions he
will have saved from industrial slav-
cry.
In making this declaration the
Leader voices the sentiment and the
desire of every republican in South
Dakota not owned by the corporations
and we fear our good brother of the
Argus Leader belongs to the corpora
tion class. May that be true or other
wise, he knows full well the truth of
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-05-17
MUST 1T BE ROOSEVELT.

We like to read after Col. Linn OF
the Canton Leader, says the Redfeld
Press, especially when someone has
prodded him up to active brain work
The Argus Leader, which is as fussy
as an old hen when her ducklings
have taken to the water, and which
as a leader would lead the republican
party back to the dictations of the
trust interests, from whose dominion
they are migrating as a body, stirred
up by the Colonel by an insinuation
that he did not know where he was
as well as the AL. knew it for him
The following is Linns way of skin
ming wise guy:
Ease thy soul, good brother Day
Let not doubts bias thy judgment nol
grapevine wires tangle thy feet, lest
thou fall between the substance of
things hoped for the evidence of
things not seen. Many a good man
before thy day or mine has been thrill
led to the marrow over dissapoint-
ment in politics and felt the arrow
pierce tender spot forced home by
cruel fingures that spelled defeat.
Thy judgment against mine, broth
er, is of right entitled to debate in
the form, but without learned JUDGES
on the bench who shall decide? That
thy contention is better than mine
there is room for doubt, and through
the doubt let's bring the issue to
proof.
You are fully aware, admitting it
never, however, good brother of fame
and nerve, "that the Gamble Craw-
ford crowd" quoting thy elegance in
diction are welded to Roosevelt and
Rooseveltian policies as firmly as the
Rock of Ages with nine tenths of the
republicans of the state as sponsors
to the compact.
Senator La Toilette is not in the
heat so far as South Dakota is con-
cerned, but Wisconsin may place him
in the race and of their right none
can gainsay. There will be many able
republicans placed in nomination
when the national convention meets,
including Taft, Fairbanks, Hughes,
Foraker, Shaw and Others. South Da-
kota will stand for Roosevelt from the
first ballot until the warning elements
tired in failure to nominate favorite
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-05-17

The political situation in Ohio, SO
far as republicans are concerned,
seems to bear the ear marks of a com
promise. A few weeks ago it was
given out that the fight would be
along the line of Taft for the presi-
dency or senatorship against Foraker
for the presidency or senatorship
which meant that whichever won
in Ohio was to have the support of
that state for the presidency, and, in
the event of failure to land White
House, he was to be rewarded by
having the senatorship. Foraker was
the one to issue the challenges along
this line, and it was accepsed by
Editor Taft on behalf of his brother.
But the indications are that neither
of the men had the nerve to live UP
to the line of battle mapped out, and
now, if we are to believe the report
from Ohio, it is Taft as a. candidate
for the presidency and Foraker a
candidateIfor the senate.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-05-17

DURING the past few months we have
heard much from some quarters as to
the intended retrenchment of rail
roads made necessary by "hostile leg
ishtion," and proposed reduction
in present service. To those who have
been handing out such valuable in
formation it may be of interest to
know that already the railroads of this
country have placed orders for mater
ial, new equipment, etc, the cost of
which is estimated at one billion of
dollars.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-05-17


The millers of South Dakota in
convention assembled have resolved
in favor of the abolition of the tariff
on wheat. The tariff on wheat has
been the greatest farce ever put up to
draw the wool over the eyes of the
American farmer. Not once in ten
years is the tariff of one cents benefit
to the whole farming population of
the nation. And when conditions
arise that might make it a possible
benefit the wheat crop has, for the
most part, left the farmers hands.
About all it ever did is to raise the
price at the time the farmer only had
enough on hand for seed and bread.
So long as we have wheat for export,
the price of our crop is governed by
the price at Liverpool. If the farmers
could trade the tariff on wheat for
the tariff on any manufactured
article they use, they would be mil
lions ahead every year.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-05-17

this statement and he knows that
1.-THE Gamble Crawford crowd" as he
calls them, are for Theodore Roose.
velt, first. last and all the time, and
as proof of our contention we chal.
lenge the Argus. Leader to name one
of "the Gamble Crawford crowd" who
has even modestly suggested the
name of LaFollette for the presidency
and we believe Col Linn, is better
posted than the editor of the Argus
Leader and is a heap more willing to
tell the truth.
An editor who wants to misrepre-
sent the truth is in no shape to ques-
ton information known of every man
and woman in the state, but cor
poration editor will question every
thing that means the success of Pres
ident Roosevelt.
But, to conclude the argument, let
us quote Senator LaFollette's public
statement made in San Francisco
last Saturday:
81 have found the sentiment of the
people so strong in his favor" he said
''that President Roosevelt will almost
certainly be forced to recede from his
present determination of not being a
candidate for a second term. If he al
lows his name to go before the con-
vention he will be nominated by ac-
clamation, and if he refuses, I think
he will be nominated anyway"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-05-17

THE royal family of Spain has been
increased by the arrival of boy. The
whole fool population of Spain got
out and celebrated the event as if they
thought there would be no one to gov
ern them when it should come time
for the present king to cash in his
checks. Anything with title seems
to satisfy the populace of that and
some other countries. Americans
with true sense of patriotism wonder
at such displays. The kid just born
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-05-17

in Spain is not of Spanish blood; he
is only ''grade," and hardly enough
of that to take him out of the "scrub"
class. Probably a thousand were
born the same week in Spain who,
under equal advantages of education
and training, could govern that coun-
try as well as the heir to the throne
who innocently caused such great
demonstration throughout that king
dom.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-05-17
The New Pure Food and Drug Law.

We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles is not affect
ed by the National Pure Food and
Drug law as it contains no opiates or
other harmful drugs, and we recon-
mend it as safe remedy for children
and adults. Sasse's Pharmacy.