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Notes.

Missouri claims the honor of hav-
Ing a larger number Of judges of pro-
nounced temperance views than any
other State.
Great Darlington, Mass. voted no.
license, the first time in fourteen
years. The vote was the largest ID
the history of the town.
We find drunkenness chiefly in the
hopeless classes, the class hopelessly
DOOR and overworked at the bottom,
and the class hopelessly rich and idle
at the top.
Bristol, Tenn, during the first
three months of 1907, when its sa-
looms were in operation, had AL
arrests for drunkenness. During the
same three months of the year 1908,
without saloons and with all the ter
rors Of the Jug" trade, there were
but eighty-fiye arrests for drunken
ness.
The substitution of a deaths head
and cross-bones for the imperial eagle
on bottles Of vodka would not be in
appropriate. Much 81 the stuff comes
pretty close to being liquid death,
and it speaks wonders for the Rus
sian people that they can consume
so much of it and yet live and pos
less their nses
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Bible must be reckoned with.

| Bible must be reckOned with. Nj,
has a right to it's constant perusal
and self-interpretation which some
churches deny to him. Millions OF
our fellow men 60 through life I'M
conscious of this priceless posses
sion, which, if they once realized its
existence and value, they would give
all else to be able to enjoy and pos
sess. Millions in Protestant
Christendom come to years Of ma
turity utterly ignorant Of the real
value and moral vitality Of this great
book of God, and though nominally
accepting its contents at their pre-
sumed face value, place no actual
reliance upon 1t as q source OF life.
This is partly due to an unreal meth
Cd of Interpretation, partly to an
unreal theological authority, and
partly due to it's exclusion from our
public system of education as a
literature for literary analysis and
examination, and as a great treasure
house of moral information capable
Of being memorized without re-
course to sectarian explanation or
ecclesiastical influence of sinister de-
sign. No Congregationalist believes
in State aid to religious communi-
ties or ecclesiastical objects. Let
every religious organization stand or
fall, live or die, according as it ex-
fall, live or die, according as 1t
gives it a right to live in a free at
mosphere which Is guaranteed as a
necessity Of life. How then is Bible
study to be pursued? By 'quipping
AhY-1H nr n fhNrnTnh Pih1n
school with every modern facility
known to pedagogy, philosophy,
psychology and religious admins
tration.
The churches of the future cen
turtles will only live as they are
worthy to live with the advancing
sciences Of government, industry
and education.
We are to do the work of build
ing up men in Christian character.
Not merely moral men, OF educated
men, or civilized men, but men re-
deemed and reconstructed in charac-
ter by the power Of a Person whom
we love and worship as the Christ of
God, and apart from whom we do
not believe this spiritual life of re-
generation is possible.
This work demands that each
member of the Christian church
shall do his share. 1t demands that
we shall live and work for the COM
munity all the time. Not for our
selves-the community and the
community Father will care for us.
Some souls need worship, some need
social life, some need good books,
some need physical culture, as the
starting point of a new intellectual
life or spiritual passion. The Chris
tian church can sanctify all these
modes of renewing mems life. 1t
must be a working institution. Open
at all reasonable hours, for all ra-
tional purposes that aid in religious
development. 1t must be the great
spiritual centre from which radiates
the religious strength Of the homes
that stand around 1t and to which
comes the spiritual response that null
tiplies and maintains its power and
resources.
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A PRAYER.

O my God, Thou and Thou alone
art all-wise and all-knowing! ]
believe that Thou knowest just what
is best for me. 1 believe that Thou
lowest me better than l love myself,
that Thou are all-wise in Thy provi-
dence and all-powerful in Thy pro-
lection. I thank Thee, with all my
heart, that Thou hast taken me out
of my own keeping, and hast hidden
me to put myself in Thy hands. ]
can ask nothing better than this, tc
be Thy care, not my own. Q my
Lord. through Thy grace, l will fol.
low Thee whithersoever Thou goest,
and will not lead the way. l will
wait on Thee for Thy guidance, and,
on obtaining it, I will act in sim.
plicity and without fear. And
promise that I will not be impa'
tient, if at any time I am kept by
Thee in darkness and perpleXlty;
nor will I complain or fret If 1 come
into any misfortune or anxiety.
Amen.-John Henry Newman.
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WILL TEACH THEM TO FISH.
Denmark's Latest Plan to Help the
Esuuimaux of Greenland.

A Danish expedition has gone to
Greenland to put the 10000 Esqui-
maux who live on the southwest coas
In the way of earning a better living
1t Is hoped to open new OF
industry for them.
For some years they have been
depending more upon hunting the
hair seal than anything else to pay
for the supplies that Denmark sends
to them. But the quantity of sea oil
the natives have to sell is declining
every year.
The herds of reindeer in Alaska
are thriving so we'll that the Danes
hoped to make the Introduction OF
these animals into Danish Greenland
a source Of profit to the Esquimaux
The experiment, however, has feiled
The animals did not thrive, and nc
further effort will be made to intro
duce them.
The Esquimaux catch many fish
but their methods are primitive. They
depend, for example, upon their har
poems to capture behring's. If the!
were skilled in the use of nets they
would increase the amount of theil
catch a h~undredfold.
The Danish visitors intend to col
lect practical facts about the coas'
fisheries and to study the problem o.
making them more valuable to thu
natives. Experienced fishermen are
in the expedition and the ship Il
equipped with every appliance TO
study of the fishing grounds.
When all the facts have been col
lected the Danish Government pro
poses to train the natives in the bes
modern methods and to provide then
with the latest appliances used II
European fisheries, including motol
boats to replace the native skin boats
The expedition will also inquire
into the question whether it is worth
while to establish a whaling station
on the Greenland coast. The Danes
are inclined to think it will pay to re
establish a whalery in South Green
land, especially as the Scotch arr
finding it very profitable to hunt fol
whales on that coast a little NORTH
of the Danish colony.-New Yorl
Sun.
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ECZEMA FOR FIFTY-FIVE YEARS.
Suffered Torments from Birth-In
Frightful Condition-Got No Help
Until C%uticura Cured Him.

II had an itching, tormenting eczema
ever since | came into the world, and / am
now a man "ifty-five years old. | tried all
kinds of medicines I heard of, but found no
relief. / was truly in a frightful condition.
At last 7 broke out all over with red and
white boils, which kept growing until they
were as big as walnuts, causing great pain
and misery, but I kept from scratching as
we'll as l could. 1 was SO run down that
l could hardly do my work. / used Cuti-
cura Soap, Ointment, Resolvent, and Pills
for about eight months, and l can truth
fully say 1 am cured. Hale Bordwell, TIP
ton, Ia, Aug. II, 1907"
81 cheerfully endorse the above testi-
monial. 1t is the truth. l know Mr.. Bord-
we'll and know the condition he was n.
Nelson r. Burnett, Upton, Ia"
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Handsome Evening Coat.

Ornate braiding is a feature OF a
handsome imported evening coat. Inc
entire garment consists o. paneis'
which are scalloped at the bottom
and braided deeply on all edges; with
in each panel is a trailing, leaf-llKe
design, and the wide cuff and yokes
| are covered solidly. The fastening IS
! made by means Of one handsome
braid ornament with long tassels.
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Use of Fringe.

A Princess frock in mole-colored
satin charmeuse is draped simply
across the figure to n side and
caught with a heavy, knotted, seven
inch fringe forming a trimming on
the right side. On the other is a love-
~ silken embroidery made of various
neutral shades from faintest Wedg-
wood blue to the palest note of Der,
gundy and yellow. These all seem
to harmonic with the shade Of the
frock, and compose a most glorious
combination.
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season and also challis, cashmere and

cas- and also challis, cashmere and
similar light weight woods. In the
illustration, however, dotted batiste
is trimmed with embroidery.
The dress is made with the waist
and the skirt. The waist a be lined
or unlined as material renders desir-
able and can be made with the yoke
as illustrated or with the neck cut
out on the square outline as liked.
The skirt is straight and simply gath
cred at it's upper edge.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size (ten years. is
four and five-eighth yards, three and
three-quarter yards thirty-two OF
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Unsupported Idea.

The belief of the drunkard that he
has an hereditary devil whom he can
not resist is, we believe, invariably
unsupported by the facts. A man
may inherit an unstable nervous or
g%anization, but whether he shall take
to drink, or opium, or stealing, or
some other form of vicious indul-
gence will depend more upon him.
self than upon his ancestors
Christian Register.
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Venice Too Wet For Her.

An Anthony woman who recently
returned from a trip to Europe says
wet weather hasn't bothered this
country at all in comparison with
what she saw abroad. She says that
they ran into a town named Venice
where the water covered every street
and you couldn't get anywhere except
in boats. She added: you bet we
only stayed one day in that slosh."
kansas City Star.
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OUR TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
REPORTS OF PROGRESS OF THE
BATTLE AGAINST RUM.

The Wine Cup Mightier Than the
Sword-A Warrior Whom No
Victory Can Satisfy, No Ruin
Satiate.
1t Is a warrior whom no victory
can satisfy; no ruin satiate. 1t pauses
at no Rubicon to consider, 1t pitches
no tents at night, goes into no quar-
tiers for winter. 1t conquers amid
the burning plains Of the South where
the phalanx of Alexander halted in
mutiny. 1t conquers amid the SHOW
drifts of the North where the Grand
Army of Napoleon found its winding
sheet. Its monuments are in every
burial ground. It's badges Of tri-
umph are the weeds which mourn
ers wear. Its song Of victory is the
wall that was heard in Ramah: "Ra-
chel crying for her children and weep
ing because they are not"
The. sword Is mighty, and its
bloody traces reach across time, from
Nineveh to Gravelotte, from Mara
thon 70 Gettysburg. Yet mightier
Is its brother, the wine cup. l say
"brother," and history says broth
err" Castor and Pollux never fought
together in more fraternal harmony.
David and Jonathan never Joined in
more generous rivalry. Hand in hand,
they have come down the centuries,
like vulture and shadow, they have
met and Toasted.
Yea; , pair Of giants, but thu
greater IS the wine cup. The sword
has a scabbard, and Is sheathed: has
a conscience, and becomes glutted
with havoc; has pity, and gives quar-
ter to the vanquished. The wine cup
has no scabbaid and no conscience;
it's appetite is q cancer which grows
as you feed it; to pity it Is deaf; to
suffering it Is blind.
The sword is the lieutenant Of
death, but the wine cup his captain;
and If ever they come home to him
the vars bringing their trophies,
boasting of their achievements, I can
imagine that death, their master,
will meet them with garlands and
song, as the maidens Of Judea met
Saul and David. But as he numbers
the victories of each, his paean~ will
be: 1.-The sword is my Saul, who has
slain his thousands; but the wine cup
is my David, who has slain his tens
of thousands."-Tom Watson, in the
Weekly Jefersonian.
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LYDIA E. PINKHAM.

Nature and a woman's work COM
bined have produced the grandest
remedy. for woman's ills that the
world has ever known.
In the good old fashioned days OF
our grandmothers they relied upon
the roots and herbs of the field to
cure disease and mitigate suffering.
The Indians on our Western
Plains to-day can produce roots and
herbs for every ailment, and cure
diseases that battle the most skilled
physicians who have spent years In
the study of drugs.
From the roots and herbs of the
field Lydia E. Pinkham more than
thirty years ago gave to the women
of the world a remedy fol. their Pc
culiar ills, more potent and eftica-
cious than any combination ofdrugs.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is now recognized as the
standard remedy for woman's ills.
Mrs. Bertha Muff, of 515 NC. St.,
Louisiana, Mo-, writes:
"Complete restoration to health
means so much to me that for the sake
of other suffering women I am willing
! to make my troubles public. q
"For twelve years I had been suffer.
ing with the worst forms of female ills.
During that time I had eleven different
physicians without help. No tongue
can tell what I suffered, and at times l
could hardly walk. About two years
ago 1 wrote Mrs. Pinkham for advice.
I followed it, and can truly say that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Corn
pound and Mrs. Pinkham's advice re-
Stored health and strength. 1t is
worth mountains of gold to suffering
women,
What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound did for Mrs. Muf,
it will do for other suffering women.
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Girls Dress.

Simple little frocks made with
straight full skirts are among the
most practical and the most desirable
of the warm weather season. This
one is pretty and attractive and can
he made from almost any really child
ish material, the linens, batistes,
dimities and the like Of the present
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Sartorial Heresy.

In past years who on earth woula
have dreamed of combining tulle ana
cloth for day dresses or of assembling
lace and fur together for outdoor
yestments? Heavy trimmings on ma
terials of d%iaphanous texture; gooo
gracious, what sartorial hcresy!
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Shoulder Trimming.

Some of the new afternoon dresses
are finished with bands of embroidery
that meet in the back in a point at the
line of the neck and extend over the
shoulders, where they are loosely
caught in the front and allowed to
hang almost to the knees.
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Elaborate Underskirts.

Underskirts are growing more ana
more elaborate, and broad RIBBON
plays an important part in them
Many are of peau de suede, Whiie
white batiste petticoats are mucn
trimmed with insertions of lace ana
infinitely pleated mousseline de sole'
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Life's Lessons.

Christ never asked men to leave
this world. We are to find salvation
in the midst of life's common tasks
and duties, just as we are to find the
best lessons under the sublime tutor.
ship of living.--Rev. A. B. Belesford,
Universalist, Baltimore.
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Silk Coats Again.

At the races in Paris many oat
Of taffeta silk have been seen tna'
may be worn with any kind OF skirt.
These are both long and short and
generally very loose and soft, out not
necessarily Of somber black, SO UNI
yersal q few years ago.
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Japan is making an attempt at To-
connective construction. AS an expert
ment, five engines are being built at
the Hyogo railway works. One Is
completed and in use, giving satisfac-
ton. N.Y.-So
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The Precedent.

When Adam was fired out OF para
disc he simply went, but when Satan
got his walking papers he at once set
up a claim that the expulsion act was
unconstitutional Barrels and Bot
Ties.
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Not q Wrinkle Permitted.

1t is imperative that the drop skirt
be fitted carefully to the figure, as
small hips are in style, and there
must be no extra fulness at the waist
line or a sign of a wrinkle over the
hips.
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Cotton TOilcS.

The cotton voiles strike one very
forcibly this season, not because
they are new, but because they are so
nlentiful and in such lovely colors.
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The Farmers and Laborer's Portion.

A farmer sold twenty-five bushels
of corr to a distillery for ten dollars.
Out Of that corn was made 100 gal
Ions of whisky, worth SIS; that ten
gallons of whisky is taxed until its
value is raised to s135; at that price
it is sold to a liquor dealer. 1t Is
then shown in advertisements in the
daily papers, displaying a mar
mounted on a bob-tailed horse, wav-
ing the devils colors, and proclaim
ing the devils message, that it is
Hunters Old Baltimore Rye" "Old
Lexington Club" "Old Dearborn"
"Old Crow" and many other popular
brands. All bottled in bond" will
cure any disease, secure good health
and prolong life. Selling at one dol
lar a quart. This 100 gallons Of whis-
ky sold to whisky drinkers for $500.
The farmers portion was $40, the
laborers', who manufacture the whis-
ky, received as their portion So. Who
got the other 1882? 1t must have
been the devil himself, for n mar
who bought of 1t, got drunk and
whipped his wife, was fined $25 and
thirty days in the workhouse. The
care of his family, while he served
time, cost the public $50. And yet
we see a defence set up for it in
some newspapers, that wish to enter
family circles as teachers, saying
that to suppress it would be the ruin
of the family and laboring interests
of the country. The papers that will
show it up in its true light are the
sort for the family table.
The farmer that would say that
he was benefited by such a traffic
would sell his ~veracity for a small
fee.-M. B. K, in the Indiana Far.
mer.
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jaunty while it includes seams to the
shoulders, which mean simple ana
easy fit. 1t a be made with the
sleeves as illustrated or sleeveless as
liked: and the sleeveless coat will be
much worn throughout the warm
weather. It is pretty, it is greatly IN
vogue, while for the three-piece cos
tune it makes an exceedingly grace
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Stunning Pa.

Ethel Papa, if a lion should
swallow me should I die?"
Papa-"Of course, dear"
Ethel-'And I should go to heav-
en-"
Papa-"Being such a good little
girl you certainly would"
Ethel-''And would the lion have
TO 90, oo?"-New York Press.
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ga ~
bV~ III

New York City.-Fancy coats are
greatly in vogue at this time and are
to be noted made from a generous
variety of materials. All over lace
IS a favorite, pongee IS much in
vogue, linen will be extensively worn
throughout the summer, and black
silk and black satin are both smart
and useful. This model is chic and
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three yards forty-four inches wide,
one-half yard eighteen inches wide
for the yoke, two and three-quarter
yards of banding two inches wide for
the skirt, one and three-quarter yards
one and one-quarter inches wide for
the belt and cuffs.
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Inner Mourning Veil.

The French are wearing an lnna-
mourning veil of white chiffon.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-22
Ferry Service to Alexandra

steamer LacksWanna every HOUR and A HALF.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-22

A number Of Alexandria ministers and
lay delegates are attending the 18th an
nual council of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the diocese OF Virginia, which
is in session at Fredericksburg, Va.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-22
SYRACUSE AT ANNAPOLIS.
New York Crew VIII Row MILDLY
Eight on the Severn.
groaxsI % TIA Wasbingfo, uarsld


Annapolis. Nd. Nay a.-The Syracuse
University eight-oared she'll crew arrived
in Annapolis to-day for the race against
the Mldshipmen's first eight on Saturday
afternoon. Il viii be the first time the
New Workers ever rowed here.
The Syracusians are quartered at the
Naval Academy. as guests of the Mid
shlpmen. This afternoon the visitors had
their first experience with conditions of
water on the Severn, but. fortunately
the water was favorable for d good
pull There was but a scant breeze
blowing. and the river was almost calm
in consequence. The crew. therefore, got
In some satisfactory work The race is
exciting unusual interest because the
Syracuse oaTsmen have been under the
tutelage OF James A. Ten Eyck, who for
several years prior to the coming of
Richard Glendon coached the Naval
Academy crews. The Syracusians are a
husky and likely looking lot Of oarsmen.
James A. Ten Eyck, jr.. son OF the crew
coach, we'll known in aquatic circles be-
cause OF his past performances with the
single SOULS. is stroking the Syracuse
eight, and a better man could not have
been selected 10 fill this seat IN the boat
The average weight Of the crew is a
fraction above 172 pounds, several pounds
greater than Navy.
The stroke which Ten Eyck has taught
his charges is much the same as that
Of the Navy oarsmen, except thas the re-
eovery is slower. Five of the visiting
oarsmen rowed in last years crew. The
new men are Champlin. Sinner, and
Roberts. They were taken from the
freshman boat
The crews and weights follow:
Nayy-Rockwells, stroke lT2; Richardson. Z. $50;
Cutler, 8, lS5; Leighton g. rs Bsgg, 4, lsS; SenoF
g. Isl; Ainsworth, 2 1872 Davis. bow. l65; Roberts.
coxswaiH. lls Average weight excluding coxswain.
i67& pounds.
syracuse-Ten Eyck. stroke, l74; Fisher, Z, Us;
Champlin, 6. 10: Henneway, 5. III; Duvai 4, III;
Roberts, 8. 10; Sinner, 2. iSs; Dodge bow. l67
Eldredge. coxswain rs. Average weight, excluding
eoxsHain I72M pounds