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continental island of the group. Upon his arrival 1t is reasonable to suppose that he became a king among the other monkeys, because he was smarter than they. He knew enough to take up a stick and swinging it as a club, knock down all the monkeys who opposed him.
 Conscious of his power and the fear that his "big stick inspired among the monkeys he had no difficulty in making them serve him. Since the American oc- cupation of the Philippine islands a fossil specimen, found in Java, and now on ex- hibition in the national museum at Wash ington, tells plainly enough the story of the missing link. This specimen contains only a few bones but enough to show not only the physical, but the mental characteristics of that ancient individual. There Is thu left femur (thigh bone), d molar tooth and the upper part of the skull, all found in a volcanic deposit of known age. The earth surrounding these fossil bones had turned to rock and 1t is surmised that the convulsion of nature that wiped out this prehistoric man may have destroyed a whole nation of his kind. The creature in question certainly was not human, but in size, brain power and erect posture he approached much nearer to man than any other creature heretofore known. His skull capacity Is about two-thirds of the average human being.
 It will not require a very great stretch of the imagination to suppose that tho first man-like monkey and his wife resided somewhere in the island of Luzon. They were very smart, shrewd people as gauged by the monkey standard of intelli- gence and the intellectual superiors of all other animals. To be sure they lived in tree but under primitive conditions this was an ideal residence, as 1t afforded a magnificent view of the immediate neighborhood and afforded protection against enemies All of the great man. like monkeys of today, such as the Orang and Chimpanzee, seek safety in trees. But this affectionate, well mated simian couple had less trouble in getting along In tho world than their monkey acquaintances because they were smarter. The old gen. tleman knew how to swing club and did not hesitate to use it when occasion de- manded He could not help but notice that every monk he smashed with 1t stood in fear and trembling as he ambled through the forest with the awful club tucked under his arm. Of course the Idea occurred to him to make the monk he had hit and who were in constant fear of another jolt perform for him what man. ual labor he required to support his loved ones His family increased rapidly and
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of Adam am I to find it? Your ladyship must direct me. But women of wit, beauty and quality cannot bear too many humiliating truths-they shock our pride. Yet we must die; We must converse with earth and worms. I have no comfort in my own family. and when alone my re- factions almost kill me; so that I am forced to fly to the society of those whom I detest and abhor Now, there is Lady Frances Sanderson's great rout tomor- row night: all the world will be there, and I must go I do hate that woman much as l hate a physician; but must go If for no other purpose but to mortify and spite her. This is very wick ed know; but I confess my little picca- dillos 10 you: your goodness will lead you to be mild and forgiving."
 Burns wrote his Holy Willie's Prayer as satire upon a corrupt canting hypo- critical ehuch-member of the Hyper Call whistle stripe. It is condemned by Sir Walter Scott as "daringly profane" and yet even this world-renowned compost ton depicts scarcely an inconsistency more glaring than that of Lady Marl- borough. as set forth in the quotation which we just now made. See pages IS and 19 of Lady Huntington and Her Friends
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FRACTIONAL CURRENCY-By J C. Hden D. D.

constructed. and put where it belongs; that is, among the noblest words of Christians vocabulary? Loyalty to Christ and to his truth, Is certainly one of the grandest things that we are per mitted to see in this sin-cursed and self seeking world. It was a glorious hero who said: T am now ready to be of fered, and the time of my departure Is at hand. I have fought good fight; I have finished my course; have kept the faith" There was loyalty
 We often have occasion to notice the Inconsistencies of goddess people, who are continually harping upon the moon slstencies of church members. Here is very remarkable example, taken from a letter of the famous Cor rather the infa- mous) Lady Marlborough, written to lady of high rank:
 Your concern for my religious inn provement Is very obligng. God knows we all need mending. and none moro than myself. I have lived to see great changes in the world-have acted con spieuous part myself-and now hope in my old age to obtain mercy from God, as I never expect any at the hands of my fellow-creatures. Good, alasl I do want; but where among the corrupt sons
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has a small brain. and is notably stu pid
 When we come to man we find the evil dence decidedly mixed.
 Dr. A. T. Bedsoe had the most mag nifcently massive head I ever saw. not excepting John c. Calhouns: and Bled- soc was certainly one of the greatest intellects I have ever known. On the other hand. there was nothing striking nor impressive about either the head or the face of that great linguistic genius, Gessner Harrison, except a fine pair of eyes.
 A. M. Poindexter, who, for something like a generation, was the ablest debater on the floor of the Southern Baptist con vention, and withal a magnificent preach CT, was quite an ordinary looking man. So was R. M. T. Hunter, who was capa-- ble of the very highest order of oratory. Henry A. Wise and A. B. Brown were both men of extraordinary genius; but you would never have guessed it from their faces, nor from their heads. Henry Clay had an ugly face, but an impressive and beautiful forehead. He has never figured upon my list of geniuses; but he had striking talents as party leader
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be would probably be convinced that the thing requires some little courage.
 Soon after the Greedy campaign, "Bii Arp" the famous southern humorist, dis coursed somewhat as follows:
 q had hard time last campaign. cause Mizziz Arp, she weren't reconeiled. an1 when she ain't reconciled-well. we don't quarrel at our house, but then things is peculiar. You see, when I writ a editorial a praisin up MT. Greeley, by the time got home, Mizziz Arp she had done read it. She'd meet me at the door and say: MT. Arp, what made you tell all them lies about old Greeley? Then l sez Why, Mzziz Arp. you know he is the candidate of my party Yes says she; I know that but l don't see how that ex- cuses you for tellin' all them lies. But, sez l., you know mine is a democratic paper Yes, sez she; but I don't see how that excuses you for lyin. But you know my Twin is the paper. Yes; but why don't you make a Twin by tellin' the truth? By then I had done got dazed; so I sez: 'Mizziz Arp, I thought you was woman of sense; and you stand thar and talk about editin' a political paper and tellin' the truth, and makin a Twin :? What is you thinkin' about?' And then
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does-possesses this accomplishment. This is also true of natives who live wherever the cocoanut grows In the Philippines the natives climb the tallest cocoa palms by grasping the trunk of the tree by tho palms of their hands and the soles of their feet They will climb the tallest trees with neatness and dispatch that would make an ordinary monkey turn green with envy. It does not particularly matter where the early anthropoid developed, but according to Dr. Becker and Professor Marsh. 1t was somewhere in the vicinity of the Philippines. He was undoubtedly human, a monkey with well developed brain. His weapons were stones and limbs torn from trees. Inhabfting trop- ical climate and his body being covered with hair he did not need clothes. Ho lived on small insects, fruits and such small animals as he was able to capture, and did not know the of fire. His de- scendents learning by slow degrees the use of tools were able to improve their con- dition and gradually developed into crea- lures of reason. Superstition enters largely into the makeup of the human being. He does not understand his origin and he does not know his future destiny, consequently he must set up some deity to Worsnip. lne oiIereht reiBious creeus as practiced by the inhabitants of the earth number something over 10000 Talk ing for granted that one of them is right. 1t necessarially follows that the remainder are wrong. The Christian, the Moname- dan and the Pagan are at all times ready to die for their religious beliefs. During the recent Turkish revolution the religious fanatics among the Christians and Mo hamedans slew each other until the pile of dead exceeded 6o,000. Nations grow weaker, but wiser. Long before the in- tense heat of the slowly approaching Arc turian summer obliterates all animal and vegetable life from this planet the people of the earth will have solved the prob lem of birth, life and death and the va rious superstitious religious beliefs now practiced by humanity will be known only in history.
 Birmingham, Ala.
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vancing years except by dyeing the hair
 Pathetic, is it not?
 Some of these "old fellows" who are really just in their prime, are as anxious about their youthful appearance as any woman, but for different reasons. The endeavor to appear to be spry and alert Is almost pitiful.
 Poor fellows!
 To be out of job at 45 means more, much more, than at 25 To lose one's job at the latter age is merely a personal incident; to lose at the former age is a tragedy
 Because
 At 25 hope springs eternal and one may adapt himself to a new job or a new calling or wait for an opening. At 45 hopes are not so strong and ways and habits are not so easily changed
 Besides
 At 45 ones expenses are heavy If one is family man, there are children to be educated And if there are girls it costs lot of money to properly dress them.
 Do you wonder the old man consults his druggist concerning hair dye?
 The big corporation does not care who draws the wages so long as the work is properly done. The young fell lows In the office do not care. Thsy may be a little sorry for the old fellow, but they must get on, don't you know.
 Who cares, except the old man and his family?
 Heartless?
 Well, doesn't the price of hair dye despite the demand. continue about the same?
 Since Homers Nme the poets have sung about 'the thread of life," and the phrase has gone into our common speech.
 Did you know there Is real thread of life?"
 Science has recently discovered this real thread which, if it is snapped, means instant death.
 This thread is only an inch long and one-twelfth of an inch thick It is In the heart and transmits energy from the auricles to the ventricles of that organ.
 In studying the heart beats scientists have used a ''spymograph' attached to
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HEART TO HEART TALKS-By Edwin A. Nye

for others is not appreciated. I get no thanks for being an industrial slave I cannot do more than Is expected of me-sometimes not so much. When do the expected I get no thanks. When l do less I am blamed. When I do more 1t Is taken for granted. It is hard to work without appreciation"
 So 1t Is. But
 How much thanks did you ever give your father and mother for what they did for you? And appreciation came late to them, possibly after they were dead. They were paying their debt to society as you are paying yours.
 Whats the use? Everything. You are a worker and not a shirker. You are a doer ana not a qutter.
 Is 1t worth nothing to you that you have your own self respect?
 Put it down deep into your soul that if your work is honest work and you just as much in your sphere as the president of the United States is doing in his sphere.
 And you should not say, whats the user"
 You are not a clam. You are man. Do you know that more men every year, especially in the cities are dyeing their hair--the vain men!
 But wait.
 Many of these men are using hair dye not because they are proud, but be- cause they want to retain their jobs.
 It is a fact.
 Many of the big corporations through out the country are drawing the line of usefulness of employees at the age of 45 years-or If not precisely at that age, whereabouts.
 Therefore grayhaired employees are viewed with more or less of suspicion. And when 1t becomes necessary to re- trench on expenses and lay off some of the office force the older men are let out Young fellows are coming on and must have their promotion.
 So when the first streaks of gray ap- pear in the mustaches of the older men they begin to shave clean and thus save appearances for a time. ldt when the gray hairs creep into their temples there is no way to hide the evidence of ad-
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she sez: The experiment might be a great success, for all anybody knows; for mo- body ain't never tried it.''
 No comment is needed here.
 In Sheridan's play, "The Rivals" we find Mrs. Maaprop extremely anxious as to what she is pleased to call her parts of speech" and she is greatly scandalized at any aspersions upon them. But is it not a part of our fallen human nature to asperse, and even to degrade our words? That splendid preacher Jeremy Taylor, could exhort his flock to the duty of showing ian affectionate re- sentiment" to Gods goodness toward them. Resentment" then meant simply "a return;" but men were so much more disposed to return evil than they were to return good, that the good mean ing of "resentment" Is now utterly lost, and only the bad sense of the word sur wives.
 Some of those southern people who passed through the days of "reconstruc- tion,' and endured the miseries of 'car- petbag'' rule were so unfortunate as to find that noble word '1oyalty'' almost ruined by degrading associations. It be- came the last refuge of scoundrel. Is 1t not time that the word itself be re-
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sons characters one-sided view. It may be you see the weaknesses and overlook the good points. You judge the person unjustly.
 In "seeing the elephant" do not de- eide until you have seen more than his ears, his trunk or his tail.
 Young man
 You have no right to make love to a girl unless you intend to marry her. And especially you have no moral right to continue your attentions for a long period or time without declaring your self
 Because
 Such a course of action is dishonorable and because you harm yourself by pre- tending love when you do not enter tain such sentiments
 But particularly
 By your continued counting and un- warranted delay you are guilty of per sonal wrong to the young woman, and you are standing in the way of her fu- ture happiness.
 Youth Is womans opportunity for marriage It is her attractive age. If she misses that chance Sne may go through life disappointed and bereft.
 You are seen at her side and visit regularly at her house. You are sup posed to be her suitor, and the com munity after a time takes 1t for granted you are engaged to her. And because of this general belief other marriageable young men stay away.
 Meantime the girl awaits your pro- posal.
 It ought to be forthcoming, and by withholding the formal offer you treat the girl most cruelty. Hope deferred maketh the heart sick"
 Besides
 You may subject her to illumination.
 Her friends, in view of your actions, are apt to ask her what day the we'd ding is set for And thus Arsides her personal misery because of your neg lect she is made to suffer mortifica- tion because of your selnshness.
 What has the poor girl done that you should punish her?
 Particularly dishonorable is such conduct if the young lady is unprotect-
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No you remember the story of the
 E three blind men who went to A> "see' the elephant?
 One of the blind men took the ele- phant by the ears and, passing his hand over them, said, ''the elephant Is wide and flat like a pancake"
 Another put his hand on the creature's trunk and said: You are mistaken, brother. The elephant is large and round and tapers to point"
 The third blind man seized the elephant as to his tail and said: You are both mistaken. The elephant Is round, in- deed, but he is small and long like hoe hande.'
 And they went away, each convinced he had seen the elephant and disputng with the others as to what the elephant might be like.
 We are all more or less blind.
 Each of us sees only part of the truth. And, seeing in part we dispute with our fellows concering the shape of the ele- phant.
 It is because we have different an gles of vision.
 And thus we are warped in our be- liefs and prejudices.
 few years ago the writer made a visit to relative who lived on his farm of "A acres a few miles north of New York city. While there he told of wheatfields in the northwest thousands of acres in extent.
 It was evident the New York relative, who had never been outside his state, believed his cousin to be stretching the truth out of all proportion.
 And on the other hand, a western farmer, being told this New York man had become fairly wealthly on his "A acres, laughed heartily at the joke In New York city Buffalo is west" In the far west Des Moines is least" It depends on how you see the ele- phant.
 And the moral?
 Cultivate the broad vision, the wide horizon, else you may become not only narrow minded, but opinionated and un- charitable.
 For instance
 You see single phase of some per
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ed-if she has no big brother to put the integrity of your intentions squarely up to you, no mother wise enough and keen enough because of her love to wrest your secret motive from you and com pei formal declaration.
 Certainly you are not base enough to win the heart of a good girl merely to prove your mastery or merely for your sport.
 In love matters, as in all others, the only right way is the open and honest way Let the young woman know pre- cisely what you propose. Let nothing be taken for granted.
 If you do not intend to marry her you should not monopolize her.
 Give the girl her chance.
 I overheard man of 50 years say to his friend:
 'I tell you am tired of the everlast- ing grind jut I can't quit. have too many stomachs to fill besides my own. I cannot save much because of my fam ilv expenses. I want a rest but can [ afford it. I tell you I'm tired of life. What's the user?
 Ever feel that way?
 Ou nave WOTheu IdIu lol o iohS tiiii' perhaps, and years ago your castles in Spain toppled over and you are saying;
 What's the use?''
 We'll you haven't given up the fight. That's something. And you are battling along the best you can. That's all Caesar did, or Charlemangne, or U 5. Grant That Is all any man can do.
 And-ever think of it!-you are spec ial providence to those who depend on you. The Lord puts you in his place.
 Moreover, what you do counts as much in your world as does the bigger mans work in his world.
 do not care what your work Is, whether it is practicing law or selling goods or heavlng white clay out of a ditch, you are doing your share of the worlds work. .,
 Particularly does your work count if if be good work. It is not the kind or work. mind you, but how well you do 1t. If the job is well done, if the product is well finished, 1t is worth to the world all 1t cost you in effort and more
 Therefore, keep on!
 Perhaps you say: But the work I do
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TT Is an encouraging sign to see the
 interest manifested lately in provid- J ing recreation grounds for the cities people. The theory that play Is perhaps as necessary to the adults as to the little chaps has been quite generally accepted; and what just a few years ago was no more than a theory, is today being prac- ticed on a mighty plan in thousands of towns and cities. The stress of living had been so great, and the ambition to "aet on in the world' had been so wide spread, that we had forgotten how to play, True there were dim memories of our salad days-all of the witchery and glamor of picnic years, of running water and green things, and all the spirit stuff of remembered tunes. But dreams are only half truths--and to bring back the playing years required not only brave hearts and young souls. but ones who had a bit of the iconoclast and outlaw in their cosmos.
 It was no pioneering venture, this, for there were all tho memories of the salad years to instruct us. and all the over tasked nerves in the world to urge and hasten the dreams fulfllment-
 do not know who invented parks; or whose idea first evolved a place where city folk might get free breath after worktime, but he or she, we may be sure, was a broad-sauged, sweet soul. of the timbre of whitman or Burroughs, or Au- dubon. However, the venture has been made quite possible and practicable, and l think came to pass not SO much through the initiative of few world lovers, but rather as the slow evolution of the masses creating for themselves rest-places and places for play-or for frivolity or worldliness. as you please. No matter. Whatever be the expression of a crowd, boisterous or what-not, If relaxation Is afforded from world-weari- ness the attraction that assembled that crowd can be nothing less than tonic. More particularly is this true Of thoso things that make outdoors attracuve. Along with the theory that we play too little was evolved one that we live too much in houses Whether our playing be no more than a woodsy ramble or an afternoon fishing on lake or river any day in the week-the uplift Is un- falling. The dividends are Vnfaning. whether they be realized in deep draughts q clean air or h glimpses of meadowland
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spread out over a large territory. It was
 simply a case of the survival of the
 Attest, as this aristrocratic, clever family
 of monks, Intellectually and physically
 (by means of the club the superiors of all the other monks. they had no difficulty in
 waxing fat and prosperous. From genera tion to generation they improved mentally and physically. Their legs grew longer, their arms shorter and their brains larger, until at length the type represented by the bones now in Washington was pro- duced, the pithecanthropus erectus, or the erect monkey man, as scientists have named the missing link. All this took time. probably thousands of years, for ev- olution is an extremely slow process. but in time the wonderful species of ape called homo sapiens was evolved and our pre- historic ancestor walked the earth. It is true that the earliest man was covered with hair, but so are we for that matter. The constant wearing of clothing for the last 4000 years has caused the vigorous growth of hair on our bodies to become nothing more than down, which Is of itself only another argument in favor of evo- lution. Nature does not supply what we do not need. Men who continually wear their hats soon become bald-headed.
 As for caudal appendage the ancient man had none, at least not more than does the average human being today. Strange as 1t may seen the large apes have less tail than man. Look at the spinal column of the skeleton of human being, you will find that the terminating vertebrae curve inward while those of the ape curve outward. Man has two more vertebrae than either the orang or gorilla, so if we ranked ourselves among the mammals by tail alone, we would have to take second place.
 The human baby of today Is extremely monkey-like, especially in its over-long arms and over-short legs. The first are so formed as to turn inward and the great toe Is almost as independent In Its movement as the big toe of the ape, thus plainly indicating the tree climbing habit. When children of both sexes are old enough to romp and play you may place within their easy reach every device im- aginable that a child could climb, but among all of these devices place a tree and you will find that the little tots will invariably choose it, Attention has often been called to the wonderful strength dis played In the arms, hands and fingers of the youngest infants, who can hang from sticks. supporting the weight of their bodies for a long time-just as monkeys hang from the limbs of trees. The Aus tralian native-one of the most primitive of human beings, who climbs as the ape