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Gathered On The Battlefield Of Thought.

Only the Truth, Can anybody be
An Experiment perfectly sure that he
by Munstcrbcrg. is telling the truth
especially on the
wltness-stand7 To Illustrate the fact
that two witnesses. testifylng AS TO
how many people were In n room,
may differ widely, yet honestly, In
their opinion. Professor Munsterberg,
In an interesting article In McClure's
for September relates the following
experiment with some OF his students
of psychology at Harvard: Last win
ter. / made an experiment with tho
students of my regular psychology
young men, mostly between twenty
and twenty-three, took part. II was
n test OF very trivial sort asked
them simply, without any theoretical
Introduction, Mt the beginning OF an
ordinary lecture, TO write down care
full answers 10 a number of questions
referring to that which they would
see or hear. | urged them to do 1t as
conscientiously and carefully as pos
sible, and the hundreds of answers
which / received showed clearly that
every one had done his best. l shah
conilne my report TO the nrst one
hundred papers taken up at random.
At first l showed them q large sheet
of white cardboard ON which fifty lit
tie black squares were pasted in ir-
regular order. ! exposed 1t for FIVE
seconds and asked them how many
black spots were on the sheet. The
answers varied between Twenty-Five
and two hundred. The answer, over
one hundred, was more frequent than
that of below fifty. Oniy three felt
unable to give N definite reply. Then
/ showed u cardboard which con-
tanned only twenty such spots This
time the replies ran up to seventy
and down to ten. We had here highly
trained, careful observers, whose at
tention was concentrated on the ma
terial. and who had full time for quies
scrutiny. Yet, IN both cases, there
were some who believed that they saw
seven or eight times more points than
some others saw; and yet we should
be disinclined to believe In the sim
cerity of two witnesses, of whom one
felt sure that he saw two hundred per-
sons in a hall in which the other found
only twenty-five, "-McClure's
Very Bad Habit a most injurious
To Cross Knees habit, common alike
When Sitting, to men and women.
is that of sitting with
one leg swung over the knee OF the
other. Headaches, cold feet, Varlcose
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NEW YoRK's NEW LAW.

law is about to so into effect in
the State of New York. which, 1t is
hoped, will decrease the number of
divorces in that state. II provides
that married person convicted Of the
statutory offense, may be imprisoned
for term of six months, in addition
to paying fine of not more than $3.50.
The bill was signed by the governor
and goes into effect on the LIST OF
September.
The author of the measure explains
that 1t is not an uncommon practice
for persons dissatisfied with each
other TO arrange the scenery and
vorce. Usually 1t is the man who
sacrifices his manhood TO enable his
disconnected partner In matrimony to
secure such evidence. Tho man or
woman who resorts to such degrading
immortality should be punished equal
ly with a man or woman who. intend
ing surreptitlous violation Of his or her
marriage vows are detected, For the
reasons here cited the new law Is
recognized as likely to have an i'm
mediate and far-reaching influence
upon divorce in the State OF New
tory offense will not be committed go
frequently and that II will not be
falsely made ground for divorce pro-
ccedings, when Imprisonment is likely
to follow
Mrs. Elizabeth Grannis. In speaking
Of the measure. says:
80 long as man could buy free
dom from irksome matrimonial bonds
at the low price Of divorce court costs.
legal fees and allmony, he was quick
| ly off with the old wife and on with
| the new, finding freedom through stat
utory onenses. 1t has been no I'M
usual thing Tor the man OF large or
| even moderate means 10 establish a
mistress I'm greater splondor than hS
! wife. and hnunt the fact In the face
! OF the woman whom ne had promised
| 10 love and cherish and protect. until.
| gCaded 70 despair. she filed the dl-
! vorce papers which he coveted"
The bill has the merit that 1t recog-
! nizes the moral equality and respon-
! slbillty OF both man and wife. The
guilty party is liable 60 punishment
without regard 10 SEX No law aiming
al social purity is perfect which estab-
fishes different moral standards, we
presume, however. that those who
hope II VIII lessen tho number Of di-
vorces viii bo doomed to disappolnt-
mont. As long as people can avoid
the provisions of the laws Of one state
by moving 20 another, there can be
no remedy for the divorce OWL
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veins, ulcers, and many other discom-
forts attendant on an imperfect circu-
latlon of the blood are directly trace
able to this habit, When the right
leg is swung over the left knee the
whole weight Is sustained by this knee
placing all the pressure against the
under part OF the right leg between
the calf and the knee-cap. AT this
very place are great number OF large
veins, arteries and nerves; the press
ure on them crowds all the tissues to-
gether and materially interferes with
the circulation of the blood. and the
disturbance of natures Processes
manifosts itself in many bodily evils
and inconveniences. Many who would
not be guilty OF crossing the legs In
public often surrender to the Temporal
ry comfort of the position in the Sc
cluslon OF their ownyrooms. 1t IL wrong
and injurious because II defies nature,
whose laws are more imperative than
those of society.-T'he Delineator.
Among Thieves / have often been
Honor is FictioDasked as to wheth-
And Not Fact. err honor among
thieves" is fact or
fiction The question Is not easy to
answer In the first place. honor Is
relative term, its Interpretation. so 1t
seems to me, depending on place. per-
son, and circumstances. Those caguists
OF the cynical sort who affirm that all
human motives are based on selfish
ness. will hardly except the attribute
In question from their generalization.
However open too criticism this same
generalization is as far as 1t applies to
the average citizen, / am certainly in
clined TO accept II where the crook Is
concerned. The business of attaching
to yourself things that don't belong to
you, is plainly of very selfish nature.
II has it's inception ms well as It's ex-
ecution In a desire to get as much pos
sible pleasure with as little possible
trouble as may be, and that, too. while
ignoring the Incidental rights OF any
body and everybody This statement,
as I take it. is pretty fair definition
of selfishness of any and every des-
cription. AS most motives take color
from the acts from which they spring
or to which they relate, 1t follows that
the honor which we are pleased to
think Of existing between rogues, Us in
reality a something which is prompted
by a due regard for the persons or the
purses of the selfsame individuals.
This distinguishes the honor that OBJ
tains in the underworld from that
which Is mostly in evidence in the
overworld. In the latter instance, tho
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LABOR SUNDAY.

The suggestion has been made that
labor Sunday" be observed again this
year. Last year a number of labor
sermons were preached in the places
of worship throughout the land, and
It is claimed that, as a result, more
union workmep attended services than
ever before, and that better UNDER
standing was established, Preachers
saw the labor movement from a new
point of view and the workingmen OBJ
tanned a clearer view Of the aims Of
the churches.
BY all means, let us have labor
sunday" Il Sunday devoted to the
problems with which labor is strug-
Cling. Too long the pulpits have been
Indifferent to the social questions. Or
II It has taken any notice. IT has been
TO rebuke, rather than to guide the
pulpit may well be blamed for its IT.
difference to the life and death strus-
gle of the MASSES against some mod
ern forms of oppression.
The Master was not Indifferent to
the lot of the common people. He fed
the hungry When He saw the dis
eased. He healed them; when He
found the blind. He made them see. lie
did this Himself and not through an
other agency The mission OF the
church is to take active steps to cure
the physical and mental, as well as the
religious ills Of the, people. Its neglect
of this vital work cannot be remedied
plralnSG of its
most important function.
That the workingmen take an in
terest in any suggestion that may
come from the pulpit was demon
strated last year. When it was made
known that the Sunday preceding La
Dor day was to be dedicated to the
interests of labor labor unions passed
resolutions to attend church in body.
Preachers were invited to repeat the
addresses to local unions. Invitations
were received to come TO the shops for
noon-hour meetings, Special working
men ushers and special working men
choirs assisted i'll the service. Chris
tian worklngmen came out III thell
shops as church members and invited
their fellows TO the 'labor-meeting' IN
their churches. And many ministers
were invited TO address Labor-day as
sembles That proves that If there
is hostility to the churches in the
camps of the toilers, that hostility car
be removed if the pulpit viii onl!
make an effort to give them "a helpinl
hand. The churches that suffer M
persecution but have their hands FREE
to do good, are without excuse IL the!
neglect to aid In the temporal as wei
as moral upbuilding of the masses.
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FACTOR OF ones good name or ch,,
rs involved; II Us absent In The fse'er
From this Characterization vo,, t.uer.
as indeed | intend that Won sho,, "mter,
the honor OF the Powers thai ,s s.'at
is but o poor sort OF thing after aue
josiah Flynt IN Success Magazlne
small Wages An illustration no 81.
nno ECONOMY practical applieat,ns
worse Policy OF the theory ~ ,Sn
open shop Ia FIN
nished by an incident that recently, VT
CURED IN Battle Creek, Michigan ,yboS-
sir; q W. Post owns and controls "
pody oi several hundred acres OF land
which is to be devoted to manufsn 'a,.'
Ing sites. To Mr.. Post came a renro
sentative of large manufact,,ri,,,,
concern now operating in Chicago -
employing from 500 to 1000 mccbnrt..t
with the purpose of negotiating for
site on this tract Of land upon Witt
TO locate their factory. Somethine. f.,
the mans manner aroused Mr.. Post,e
suspicious and inspired tho blunt onos
ton, why do you wish to COM .,
Battle Creek?" The reply was ~
cause you have good railway feciii,,s,
because you have industrial nenco go,
freedom from strikes and we bo,ia,u
that we can therefore secure 49,
rate OF wages and operate more eco.
iAbiilNoilSs Nv NtllS MT. Post rerllnI
You have made a mistake, NV frinN6,,
we do not want factories here Io:
pay anything less than the highest , 'ra'
vailing rate of wages We do moi nrac
tice industrial peace for the purnose ~
compelling working men to accent ioD,
wages. We insist that the birhos.
wages shall be paid TO our worFins'
men. We will not sell you n site yer
haven't money enough to buy one ,cr
the purpose you indicate, 1t ia cbies,.
because we pay the highest wages ana
give our worlSingmen the best condI'
tons that we have Industrial peac" In
Battle Creek, and that status wc nro
pose to maintain. not only because ,vn
have the best interests OF our emplovos
at heart and desire to give them mo
fair, square American treatment wbics
is their due but also because Il IS tba
wisest business policy to pursue" Tho
Chicago man was very much aston
ished. He belonged to the class NJ
employers who are governed by uurely
selfish and unwisely selfish consldera,
tions in dealing with their men, Ha
admitted that this sort of n policy had
never occurred TO him before and left
still in a maze, saying that he wonld
think it over and perhaps call again.
The Square Deal.
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pEsERET EVENING NEWS SATURDAY AUGUST 81 1907

t. Tho policeman bore witness that
he had timed the machine carefully and
his estimate was that II was running
at twenty miles an hour The others
were then invited to testify. ono OF
them was the builder OF the subway.
II am used to speed he said, and this
machine was not going twenty miles an
hour" Another was former justice
OF the supreme court. we were not
going more than eight miles an hour"
he said. and he went on to explain that
tho machine WAS running behind n
trolley car. The magistrate observed
that trolley cars sometimes went very
fast, but Justice O'Brlen stuck resolute-
ly TO his opinion, adding My impress
sion Is that we We're not going more
than four miles an hour"
The experiments and instances Illus
trsting this subject are very Instructive.
They prove that correct observation
alone is not sufficient for the ascertain
ing of facts. Correct Judgment is equal
ly necessary. Only when the senses con-
vey correct Impressions 70 the mind,
and the mind is trained to form cor
rect Judgment based on the impressions,
Is the judgment of any value. Some
minds, through natural defects or train
ing in the school of falsehood, do not
recognize truth, no matter what the
testimony of their senses may be. 9th
ers perceive 1t as soon as It IA pointed
out to them. But all need the guild
ance of the divine Spirit whose mis-
sion 1t is to lead into all truth. With
out this there is no protection against
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zIoNIsM NOT DIsLoYALTY.


DR.. Jacob II. Schiff of New York is
quoted as having said that Zionists can
not he true Americans. III" he is
alleged to have written in a letter on
zionism they believe and hope and
labor for an ultimate restoration of
Jewish political life and the re-estab-
lishment of Jewish nation they place
n prior lien upon their citizenship
which, If there would be n possibility
for their desire and plans 10 become ef-
fective, would prevent them from
maintaining allegiance to the country of
which they now claim to be good cti-
zens."
II is hard to believe that any man
capable of logical reasoning can have
given utterance to the above quotation.
unless there is In the context some ex-
PLANTATION or qualification that does not
appear. The statement that Zionist
cannot be a true American, is silly nom
sense.
The Zionsts believe that In the due
time of the Lord, the descendants of the
Patriarchs will again be gathered. that
the national independence OF the Jews
will be restored and that the Promised
land will be redeemed. They believe
that the prophetic writings concerning
the future Of the race VIII he as certain
~ and as literally fulfilled as those pre-
dictions that have already passed from
the domain OF prophecy to that Of hls-
tory
The preservation and greatness OF the
Jews were foretold by Moses AT time
when mighty nations had combined to
destroy the people Isaiah forotold the
captivity at a time when everything
seemed prosperous and secure. Jcrc-
miah told of the delvcranco to come.
when utter annihilation seemed to
threaten tho race in the captivity, and
when ten tribes had disappeared from
view. After the overthrow of the jew =
ish pollty by the Romans. the land be-
came "trodden down by the Gentlles,''
and the Jews were scattered an over
the world. For nerrly 1000 years they
have been without prince, without a
temple, without their own government
scattered and yet preserved as
foretold by the prophets. They
have become not only "a rc-
proach and q taunt" but also an
"ins,ructon" to the nations. as predict
ed by E2cohiel. Now the zionists be-
lIevo that the predictions relating 10 a
future restoration VIII be fulfilled just
as literally AS the prophecies here re-
ferred 10. But that does not interfere
with their duties "a American citizens
American citizens believed I'm the
restoration OF Cuban Independence, and
worked strenuously for tho establish
mont of Cuban republic. But that did
not Interfere with their American clti'
zenship. No one accused the soldiers
who fought for Cuban liberty, or the
citizens who furnished money for tn,
cause, Of disloyalty, Why, then, shoulC
Zionist, believing In tho future indie
pendenee OF Palestine, ana agitatnl
for 1t. he suspected Of disloyalty I,
Nay other government. The fact 4
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But the quotation is given by q morn
ing contemporary as an Introduction
to the really astounding proposition
that an American citizen cannot be at
the same time a Citizen OF the king
dom Of God" How does that strike
the Christian sentiment of this COM
munt.?
The Kingdom OF God" aud the king
dom Of heaven" are expressions denot-
ing Gods universal dominion over all
things. including man According To
the views of the Scriptures; Thine, o
Lord. is the greatness, and the power,
and the glory, and the victory, and the
majesty, for all that IS in the heaven
and in the earth is thine thine is the
kingdom, o Lord, and thou art exalted
az head above all q Chron, 20; ~
In a narrower sense tho kingdom of
Cod denotes the visible church on
earth This Is called Gods kingdom,
because It is His organization, His
spiritual form OF government. At the
time when our Lord appeared there
was general expectation among the
Jews Of the coming OF the Messiah, and
they called the order of things which
they expected Him to inaugurate 'the
kingdom of God" or "the kingdom Of
heaven" To enter that Kingdom" was
to become His disciple The Jews had
some erroneous Ideas, just as many
theologians of our time have, but the
terms Just quoted We're adopted by our
Savior as denoting His church on earth.
The Church of Christ. which is His
spiritual kingdom. is, from one point
of view the blessed company of all
faithful people" but 1t is also a visible
society organized according to me d.
vine pattern, for the work of the sail
walton of the world. 1t has. as the
Scriptures testify, ordained officers and
external order. and ordinances connect
ed with entrance on membership anu
maintenance. And the servants of tho
Lord, in the Scriptures, repeatedly APP
peal to the members to remain loyal
to the church. They are warned against
division and all that leads to II. II
has pleased the Lord to establish His
Church among the children of men for
| lneH SplIlludl thuOutioii h'iN Nt'''''A- .
in righteousness. And it is far from
true that loyal citizen cannot be
a member of the Church of Christ, II
| citizen of the kingdom of heaven"
| On the contrary he who is most faith
| full In the service of the Master, is
| always likely TO prove himself the
best citizen of any country. The LORD
has planted His spiritual kingdom upon
| the earth in order that, finally, all au~
| thority. all power, as we'll as all glory
and dominion shall become His, and
| His will be done on earth as it is In
heaven.
Thomas jefferson, in letter tc
Charles Thomson, says: II am a rea
Christian" He must have been dis,
| loyal American. George Washington
was another. For in his Farewell Ad'
dress he claims that; of all the dis
positions and habits which lead to po
lltical prosperity. religion and moralit,
are INDISPENSABLE SUPPORTS
Can anti "MorInonism. we may wei
ask, expose its, folly more completed,
than when 1t proclaims as true the alb
surd heresy that citizenship in tn,
kingdom OF God is destructive of patri
otism?
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DEVILS IN KOREA.

II Is u curious fact that in Korean
the land OF shamanlsm. or tho wor-
ship Of devils, the Christian mission
aries have become impressed with the
belief that cases OF domoniacal pos
session are very common.
Not all Koreans are worshlpers Of
the ao-ealed evil spirits but shaman-
ism is the most powerful Of the pre-
yailing forms Of religion; and 10 this
fact is attributed the widespread boz
lief OF the missionaries TO that land
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In the death OF Richard Mansfield
tho country loses a versatile and ac-
ccmplishod actor He may not be
numbered among the greatest actors
but he was very near TO them. He
win be greatly missed by the theater-
going public and there is none to take
his place
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DECEASED wIFE's SISTER.

According to the doctrine of the
Church of England, wife's sister is
a relative whom a man cannot law
fully marry. For about 90 years the
British parliament has struggled with
the repeal OF the law based on that
doctrine. At last there is chance of
having the matter settled in accord
ance with the demands Of the liberal
view, the House of Lords having or
dered the so-called deceased wife's
bill to its second reading. The meas
ure has been passed by the House or
Commons many times. but, owing TO
the opposition OF the bishops 1t has
consistently been rejected by the
House of Lords At length, however,
the upper chamber has given way.
The agitators for the reform have
commended that there is nothing in
sense or justice to prevent the mar
rage of a man with woman who
would feel the ltindliest interest in
and the strongest obligation of duty
to her dead sisters children. The OPP
position has established itself on the
expressed opposition OF the church
which formulated the law IN early
days on the Interpretation of the Mo-
sale law as to marriages. 1t is also
probable that church men have felt
that their position would not be
strengthened by admitting that the at
titude of the church has been wrong
these many years. Extremists even con-
tend that the legalizing OF marriage
union with a wife's sister. Is putting
the approval of the community on
incest" So strongly are they OPP
| posed to the innovation.
Great Britain has stood almost alone
in this respect. At one time the rela-
tionship was generally recognized as
barrier. But the legal obstacles have
been abolished gradually. or course.
those who believe It sinful to marry a
| deceased wifes sister need not do 50.
But those who look upon the rela-
tionship differently will now have the
freedom formerly denied them. The
repeal of the law has no other effect.
Is the jobbers' trust putting UP a iot
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A new species OF Ash has been discoy-
cred that has four eyes, two In its head
and two IN rs tail, This is a case
where foresight Is bettor than hind
sight.
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The American party may possess
the powor OF self publication but it
steadily and persistently refuses to in
yoke the power.
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A Louisville preacher says there will
be no automobiles In heaven. or
course not, for they usually take tho
broad ROAD 10 destruction
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Tho difference between good and bad
trusts seems to be the difference be-
tween meum and tuum.
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that the restoration OF Israel will prove
tho salvation Of the world, or as Paul
expresses 1t. life from the dead And
an American citizen can certainly labor
with all his might for the salvation OF
mankind, without prejudice to his clti-
zenshin
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the Hague conference has not found
a universal peace panaoea, 1t Is as
hard 10 md az the philosophers stone.
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The other day George Bernard
Shaw thought that he was drowning,
The wish was not father TO the
thought
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There will be plenty Of coal Just as
soon as the price has reached the
proper height. perhaps.
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Secretary Root couldn't train harder
than he ls were he fitting himself for
the presidential race. BY the way.
is he?