The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-08-15

-. S'oHe years, there have been over
10000 added to the Protestant mis-
sion churches.
In the last year the people Of Can
ada paid over S2s,OoOOOO for life in
surance, while the whole world gave
a little over s22.OOO,OOO for foreign mis-
sion work.
The publishing department Of the
christian Endeayorers at Boston did a
business Of s66.579 during 19O7-Os, OF |
which amount little over $500 was
turned over to the society for Its gen
eral expenses
The immigrant station on the Gulf
Coast, which the woman's Bosrd Of
Home Missions Of the Methodist
Church South will establish and main
tain, will be named in honor Of the
late Rev. Sam P. Jones.
The Baptist Educational Society OF
Kentucky has taken charge Of Bethel
Female College at Hopkinsyllle, KY.
and It will be placed under one general
management with several other institu-
tons Of the same denomination.
During the singing Of a hymn that
starts Happy birds that sing and fly"
thrush few down from the roof Of
St Peters Church at Rickmanworth,
England, and settled on the hymn book
held by one Of the congregation
The roof OF the nave OF Salisbury
cathedral in England, which IS being
repaired, is covered with sheet lead
that contains a large percentage Of sill
yer, and to prevent fraud the workmen
are obliged to melt 1t On the cathedral
premises.
The skulls OF two missionaries, DR..
Chalmers and D. F. Tomkins, Of the
London Missionary Society, who we're
killed by cannibals at Goarabari, New
Guinea, seven years ago, have been re-
covered by Judge Murray, who took his
life in his hands to get them
King Edward VII. is the most heav-
lily Insured man alive. On the same
principle, ]. Pierpont Morgan's life was
not long ago extensively insured at
Lloyd's by a number OF stock compan-
les which were threatened with loss II
the event Of his death. This Insurance
has since been allowed 10 lapse
The Sultan Of Turkey has practically
denied to Christian churches the right
they have enjoyed since 1874 to pur-
chase and hold real estate in their own
names, one case in point being that OF
an American who held land in Cesarea,
which he has forced to deed to the
Sultan on the purchase price being
refunded to him.
Worn out and attenuated cab horses
will soon be an unknown quantity in
the streets OF Paris. A society known
as the Assistance aux Animaux,
= working with the proprietors and driv-
: ers' societies, seeks TO provide Paris
! with cabs drawn only by horses in a
= Derfect state VI fitness, and driven by
= men who have given every proof OF
= their competence and intelligence A
I STAFF OF inspectors will be employed to
watch at the gates Of the cab yards
every morning and demand the imme-
date return TO the stables Of any ami
nal which seems in an unit state
Mascots have had their place in the
world for many generations. Cats, as
n with the ancient Egyptians; grass
a honners. as in Italy, and various othel
n snecimens Of animal life have in theil
Y time been counted as sacred or lucky
: bv different peoples So 1t is only
4 continuance OF old customs that MAJ
: caused baseball teams TO take along al
animal or a small boy when they g
mon the diamond to try their skill
with other players The custom ha
2 snread to such an extent that to-da.
Y there is not a vessel in the navy OF TN
n United States that has not some kin'
i NJ mascot. This assertion Will appl.
p with almost equal force to the othe
5 pavies Of the world
The worthless material Of to-da'
= NAV be the ore Of tomorrow. liner
s i no scientific definition OF an ore
an ore is simply material which o
\ nresent methods can be utilized VII
/, nrofit Methods may change froI
wear TO year, while iron ore supple
are a question Of centuries New dl'
covsries likewise increase the know
; srnnlies. Despite the heavy annu'
- drsin. II is probable that in every yea
\ tha known workable supplies OF iro
N ore in the United States have increase
N while the supply Of iron in actual u
le has increased rapidly as We'll
~ IN onr natural resources, our iron or
le - the one which can be drawn upo
e With greatest impunity because Il
$ iron remains.-The Iron TRADE i'e''e'
IS Every industrial collapse which Il
Is ,,,,+rv has had brought some nee
IL "a financial Improvement Ihe pan
- scr compelled Congress To esIaoli'
the independent treasury, IN whieh u
Government, ever since that ume' %
- control Of its own funds II
~ -. ~ 1887. by destroying many
" ,,,ldcat banks. compelled chang
~ ~ laws in many States whi'
N strengthened the banking system
~ ,hs country one OF the measures
- - c,vi war legislation was the ere
= - ~ the national banking systei
If 1,Sa nanie OF 1878 forced the DONNA
al N mass the greenback REDEEM
nm ~ 1873. which went IN
oneratlon in 1879, which brought I
" conntry's currency up to the 90
-, An tina, year. and which has Se
h IN 70 that line ever since. The pan
Is !, tsaa compelled US to stop ouyh
. ~ - sor the dilution Of our currenC
r. and thus saved US from worse cat'
in .rophe later on.-James W. Van CieA
a Ar,e-iean Industries