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His will" Not at all. How does Mir Mill know that the Creator did not will the conditions? This is what the Bible says He did
 At pages 1923 we have the follow ing remarkable speculation which the author seems to rely upon if it were solid fact: Perhaps a knowledge of the laws of nature on which organic life depends. not much more perfect than the knoweldge which man even now possesses of some other natural laws, would enable man if he had the same power over the materials and the forces concerned which he has over some of those of lnanimate nature to create organized beings not less won derful: nor less adapted to their con dltions of existence than those in na ture.. That Is to say, if man were wise enough. and powerful enough, he could make animals! No doubt.
 One of the most daring sentences in this daringly skeptical book is found on pages 1923, and reads thus: ''If man
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going into detail, I will say that her pop ularity caused jealousy, and upon the charge of being witch she was con- victed condemned and burned at the stake. Now, nearly 800 years later, the Christians see their mistake, and some of the denominations worship her as a saint. Can we, as reasonable human beings, tolerate such a religion? Can we blame our brothers on the mainland (China) for wishing to have naugts to do with the Christian missionaries l their teachings? These missionaries t us that they are deciples of Christ an. that their religion tells them to go out into the highways and byways of the earth and teach the heather and infidel, the Buddhist and Mohammadan, the Idol ator and Confucionist. as well as all peoples who do not believe as they do, what they are pleased to call the true faith It is true that wherever the Christians have gone they have made some converts among the ignorant and superstitious, but 1t is equally true that ever since the Christian religion was founded that wherever their missionaries have gone an army has followed. The Christians are every bit as jealous of their faith as we are of ours They would not tolerate an invasion of their countries by Buddhist missionaries. l may, however, here mention an amusing incident:
 During the congress of religions that met in Chicago in America. during the year 1893, three Christian ministers of different factions were. converted to the faith of Buddha. The Christians are wrong to persist in sending out their missionaries The Boxer war, the echoes of which have hardly ceased. should teach them that fact. The Buddhists re- spect everything that every man holds sacred. and we mingle with many peo- ples who have different religions, yet we always live In harmony. After quite a lengthy study of the character and works of the founder of Christianity, cannot believe that it was his wish that his fol- lowers should stir up so much strife and cause 30 much bloodshed and woe, in or der to carry his teachings to unwilling ears.
 s'If it is true. as the Christians claim. that their Savior is risen from the dead. 1t would be we'll if he would command them to call home their missionaries. In prophesying future events we have only to read the past. If the Christians will persist in sending their missionaries where they arc not wanted trouble is
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~ ATURDAY, July 91, disastrous fire
 nearly destroyed Osaka, Japan, a N city of So0,OO0 inhabitants. This terrible blaze wiped out of existence the worlds famous Buddhist temple, the most colossal place of worship In the world. I am sorry I did not take it's di- mensions, but the reader may gain some ,dea of tts yastness when I tell you that this beautiful colossal temple was capable of seating one-twentieth of Osakas vast population. The acoustics Of this struc- lure were so perfect that the speakers voice would carry to the most remote mart of the immense building. The priest stood on an elevated pedestal about 20 feet high, situated in the center of the temple. and his congregation, seated or rather squatted, on Japanese mats, with their feet doubled under them, would listen to the sermon" It was here, early in September, 1901, that the writer list ened to and took notes on Buddhist sermon delivered by a Hindo Buddhist priest on the subject of Christian mis- sions. The sermon was delivered in the Japanese tongue and interpreted to me by Jap.
 It will no doubt, be of interest to the
  of Christianity, 50 I will give, the sermon that was no doubt inspired by the Box err war In China, which was at that time fresh in the minds of the Japanese people, for they are, as the reader knows, next door neighbors to China. and in fact, a kindred race. The ser mon follows:
 .'The Christians. of course, believe as firmly in their religion as we do in ours. although in age Christianity is but an infant as compared to the great Buddha and in numbers they are but handful. The Bible of the Christians teaches that Christ was born of the Virgin Mary, and that the holy conception Of the woman was immaculate. That Christ was the Son of God and that his mis- sion on earth was to preach doctrine that, lived up to, would save the peo7 ple from a place of eternal punishment that the Christians call hell.
 sThe religion He taught was peau- tiful one and has endured for nearly 200O years. despite the fact that the Christians are now, as in the past al war among themselves. They are spit up in numberless factions called denom- nations. Principle among these factions are the large denominations called Cath alics. Presbyterians. Episcopalians, Meth
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the omnipotence of a God who uses means to accomplish His ends; and in arguing the case he says (page 17D "A mal does not use machinery to move his arms" But, as a matter of fact, this is precisely what he does use every time he moves them; and when the machinery is disordered by paralysis, or by rheuma- tism, he sometimes finds it impossible to move them at all.
 Again on the same page we have this remarkable statement: Wisdom and contrivance are shown by over coming difficulties, and there is no room for them in Being for whom no difficulties exist" In other words a Being who Is so wise as to be backed by no difficulties cannot show any wis dom whatever Is this logic?
 Once more, on the same page: "rhe evidences. therefore. of natural the ology distinctly imply that the Author of the kosmos worked under limita- tions; that He was obliged to adapt Himself to conditions Independent of
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JOHN STUART MILL ON "THEISM"-By J. c. F4iden D. D.

in human history. How Mir Mill learned all this, he does not take the trouble to tell his readers, nor, so far as I can see, does he make the slightest attempt to prove it. But. passing by all this, it may be seriously questioned whether man, under the most splendid forms of civilization known to history, is not as selfish as is the average savage If Julius Caesar was not highly civilized, then it would have been difficult for Mir Mill to make out his own claim to the title of a civilized man; and. If selfish human being ever existed, l should say 1t was Julius Caesar
 On pages 194 and 195 the author says: "suoh is the Deity whom natural religion points to; and any idea of God more captivating than this comes from human wishes, or from the teaching of either real or imaginary revelation"
 Now, if it be admitted that this gen. eral conclusion is difficult to question. what then? Why, simply that natural theology" if 1t be exclusively natural" and borrows nothing from Revelation. is extremely thin diet for hungry soul.
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o not be a "knocker."

N o not be a "knocker"
 In the siege Of Ladysmth dur A ing the Boer war a civilian was tried by courtmartial and imprisoned be- cause he discouraged the soldiers who were defending the city.
 The man would go along the picket line and say disheartening things to the men on duty. He told them the city was doomed. He secuted the suggestion of re- lief.
 The courtmartial did right to put him in prison.
 At such time no one should be all lowed to weaken the hearts of men.
 It Is a pity every community cannot put in prison the man and woman who go about with gloomy faces and forebodngs of failure ever upon their lips
 The knocker is prophet of evil.
 He sees only the dark side of every cloud. Temperamentally he cannot for bear to throw cold water on generous en- thusiasm and to dampen ardor. He throws over all things, like wet blank ct, his doubts and questonings.
 The knoclxer is a pessimist
 Instead of trying to lift some of the
  knocker puts on new burdens. Instead of clearing the way for weary feet he puts other obstacles in the path. Instead of easing the pains of the sufferer he helps to widen the wounds.
 The knocker is a discourager.
 In every community men and women are defending their beleaguered cities of I.adysmith Many of them are hard pressed, and some are on the point of ab- feet surrender.
 He who goes along the picket line ut tering the disheartening prophecies or failure that make heavy the hearts and palsy the hands of the brave defenders is nothing less than a traitor to his race. Be a booster.
 Men and women are brave and only need the boosting word of encourage ment and good cheer.
 There Is a subtle force in suggestion Use 1t to boost. Suggest happiness. Talk happiness. Let happiness beam rom your face. Make men see the blue Of the sky, the beauty of the flower.
 And so shall you leave behind you
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HEART TO HEART TALKS-By E(

side himself, who lives in others, seldom thinks of suicide. He is too much inter- ested in the ongong of things to stop and balance up his personal ledger. He does not cry about spilled milk. He is glad just to live.
 Suicide Is a disease.
 Its symptoms are moral and physical degeneracy. Weakened in mind or body, the would-be suicide shuts himself up in his personal shell and broods. He has become soured sore, disillusioned. Exist ence Is tiresome.
 He concludes that life is not worth while Having no outlet to the wider world of love and sympathy and help fulness, he slowly rots in his own mental dejection.
 Whereas
 He who keeps in touch with the world and loves 1t develops in himself a moral and physical vitality, a courage and an optimism that meet failure with for titude and overcome 1t.
 Some one has answered the query, "Is life worth living?" by the sententious statement:
 "It all depends on the liver"
 Which Is absolutely true in whichever sense you take it.
 If you center everything in yourself and fail, life is indeed an insipid thing, and all you need is the courage to cut your throat.
 Therefore the secret of mental, moral and physical health and satisfaction Is to-
 Keep in love with life.
 Keep out of yourself.
 Get into the swim.
 Get busy.
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advice of this Buddhist priest and recall our missionaries? We have work enough here at home to keep them busy. He spoke with the tongue of prophet when he said that the persistent teaching of the Christian faith to peoples who did not want it, would cause trouble in the future, as 1t has caused trouble In the past.
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No. l..


 NF Mr. Mlns 'Three Essays on Re-
 ligion." the longest. and perhaps O the most important is the one on ''Thelsm." After a careful study of this production I cannot wonder that MT Mill's friend, Thomas Carlyle, found it difficult to discover in him "any trace of religion of almost any sort"
 On page 13 we are told that real belief in one Creator and Governor could only become common after rather long cul- tivation of scientific thought" And yet, as matter of fact, we find that the only ancient people among whom this belief was common were the Hebrews. They had almost nothing in the way of science; and yet they were monotheists, while the Greeks, with all their science, were poly theists.
 On page 132 the author admits that nothing can consciously produce mind but mind;" but he holds that we must not assume that there cannot be unconscious
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Said a woman of my acquaintance:
 "Last year my husband was ill., and now my daughter is threatened with tu- berculoss. Living expenses are high, and my husbands salary is only 5000 year. Why should we be put into this world to suffer so7 Life is really not worth living sometimes"
 This woman lived in her own home and had never lacked for life's necessi- ties.
 I said to her, in substance, but evident lv without effect:
 The problem of suffering, like that Of
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This is neither a religious tract nor n Sunday school story, but a tale of today, Illustrating these two things:
 What liquor will do.
 What religion can do.
 Edwin E. Field eldest son of the late
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FRANKLIN.
J AA& AAAAA

Mrs. Elizabeth, wife Of John Abel
died at her home Thursday night at
8 o'clock from the dreadful disease
APPENDICITIS. The victim took suddenly
III Sunday of last week. medical aid
was promptly procured and everything
done to relieve her of her sufferings.
BY the next day her case had made
such Roadway that the attending ply.
sicians saw no other way than that of
an operation in order to save the life
of the patient, the operation seemed
to be successful as the patient rallied
and began to show strength, but this
proved to be only a sham, for shortly
afterwards she began to show symp.
toms for the worst until she was final
ly relieved by the grim angel of death
as stated. The departed was born in
this township, now in the corporated
town of Donnellson, April 1854, being
the daughter of Jacob Meinhardt and
wife; she was married to her surviv-
ing husband, cohn Abel, January 26.
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Published by Order Of the CITY For
the Benefit and lnforma-
ton Of the citi-
zens.
FOR THE LAST MEETING
The Proceedings of the Last Session
Are Herewith Given in
Full Detail and
Complete.

Keokuk, Iowa, Sept. s, 1909
Council met pursuant to call of May
or on for the purpose of considering
the removal of trees in the sidewalk
q space on the west side of Eleventh
street between Main and Blondeau
streets alongside of the front half OF
\ lot l, block 16S and for any other
business that should come before the
council.
Mayor on presiding and all the al
dermen present on roll call except
Alderman Annable, Alderman De
Yong, Alderman Kiefer, Alderman Nc
Cormick and Alderman Tigue.
1 BY AID. HICKEY:
Whereas, certain shade trees on the
west side of Eleventh street between
Main and Blondeau streets and abut-
! ting the front half of lot /, block 1853
! and
Whereas said trees have been plant
/ ed more than 211a feet inside the out
| er line of the sidewalk space. and
! said trees interfere with the making
Of permanent improvement.
BY AID. ROBERTS:
Be it resolved, That the marshal of
the city of Keokuk, Iowa, is hereby or
! dered to remove said trees under the
supervision Of the city engineer.
Adopted by the following vote:
Yeas-Butler, Christy, Hickey, john
son. Lindstrand. Roberts. Swanson
Total, Z.
Nays-None.
Absent-Annable, DeYong, Kiefer,
Mccormick, Tigue.-Total. 5.
CHARLES OFF,
Attest: Mayor
H. T. MOORE, Clerk OF the Council of
the City of Keokuk
Petitions and Communications.
From the members of the Twelfth
annual free fall celebration asking
for the use of certain streets on Oct.
to 9 inclusive and for portion of
the market ground on Fourth street
and on Twelfth street.
Granted
On motion of Alderman Roberts the
council met without any compensation.
There being no further business be-
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Trains leave from Union Depot.
Berths and tickets, Fifth and John
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II Saved His Leo.

"All thought I'd lose my leg" writes
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Ten years of eczema, that Is doctors
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Health and Beauty Aid.

Cosmetics and lotions will not clear
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for indigestion. stomach and liver
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fore the council on motion of Alder
man Hickey the council adjourned.
H. T. MOORE,
Clerk of Council
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South Bound.
No. s, st. Louis and south
leaVe L.. 40 am
No. ~. st. Louis and Kan
ass City and west, south.
leave ........ ...... S:4Oam
-l,o. 4, Quincy, Hannibal &
st. Louis, arrive lis p. M.
leave ............ y. 1920 pm
mo. 10, Quincy and Hanni-
bal arrive ....... $3.50 pm
No. 10 leave .............. $40 pm
North Bound.
No. Z, Chicago, st. Paul and
points west, leave ........ 2:S5 am
No. Is, Chicago, St Paul
and points west, arrive ~. 1880 pm
No. 10. leave ......... 1920 pm
mo. 8, Burlington, Chicago
and east, leave .......... lob pm
No. /. Burlington, leave y. 1885 am
mo. 81, Donnellson, c., B &
K c., & and North Road
leave ........ ........... $3.50 pm
NO. so, from Donnellson, c.,
b. & K c., & l.ort.l Road
arrive ... .11:30 am
"No. i, X. & WI, west, leave S:55 am
No. 4, from Centerville and
points intermediate, arrive 1:15 pm
sNo. 2. from Centerville and
west. arrive ............. $40 pm
No. 3. Centeryille, leave !. $40 pm
Daily.
sDaily e.a.s-t Sunday.
The Ordway new era., 1909-05-28
Law of land "blossom as the rose" is
little practical management.

lay Of land "blossom as the rose" is
little practical management.
| often wonder why people do not
mulch more in their gardens ana
around lawn shrubs and plants; the
benefits are two-fold First IL man
ure is used IL teaches into the soil and
fertilizes II. Second, ii keep, the
surface roots moist and, hence, vigor'
Gus. In the hot sandy lands OF Flor
ida advantage is taken, in a similar
manner, by piliug leaves weighted
down around the plants, thus conserN-
ny the moisture as well as protecting
the roots from the excessive heat Of
the sun.
An excellent way TO keep your
strawberry plants productive and
thrifty is TO make quite deep burrows
between the rows and I'LL with Strawy
stable manure. well tramped down;
this will keep down the weeds as well
as tertiliZe the plants. Water can be
run through the rows slUwly-Or II by
hose, can be sprayed thoroughly
Clean straw or boards can be put
closely around the plants to keep
berries from sanding.
see few "Prngree" farms in our
town lots but wish to see more Of
them. The little back yard - loo
feet will produce strawberries, rasp-
berries, peas, beans, lettuce, onions.
asparagus, rhubarb, for guud-siZcd
family. and then the fun i thrown In
extra. Who does not enjoy the early
murning inspection to see how much
they have grown during the night.
what new seeds have gcrminatcd and
the prospect OF those dcliciouS meals
all from his own garden. And | must
good unless pulled fresh from the
ground and taken without delay to
the breakfast table.
Judging from the roadside view. one
come into possession OF MIR. Philu'>
book. Doubtless in few weeks the
toOthsome brOiler will appear The
neatness OF this new farm. 50 near our
:own center, is OF no small advantage
to US all. Thanks to this young man,
and | can close these lines with no
more fitting words to Mr.. RoSsou than
the Irishman's toast, MAY you live
TO eat the chicken that scratches over
your grave"
d. c. ROBERTS.
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Lived i52 Years

VIM. Parr-England's Oldest man -
married the third time at l2O, worked
in the fields until 1872 and lived 20
years longer. People should be youth.
ful at 50. James Wright, Of Spur!ocK.
KY, shows how TO remain young. Il
feel just like a l6-year-old boy" he
writes, after taking six bottles Of
Electric Bitters. For thirty year,
Kidney trouble made life u burden,
but the first bottle Of this wonderful
medicine convinced me | had found
the greatest cure on earth" They're
a gOdsend to weak, sickly, run. down
or old people. Try them. soc at
Edgars' drug store.
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0hey Springs Items
D. c. ROBERTS.

Joe Cnnard went to Pueblo Tuesday
Roy Maucher was a Fowler visitor
Friday.
Mrs. Frank Crowley left for Mon
trose Saturday.
The Ladies' Aid met with Mrs. E
f. Curtis last week
Miss Alice Hanen came home from
Rocky Ford Friday.
Miss Lucy Mundell visited at the
Spindle home Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. o. F. ComstocE and son, Fred.
went to Pueblo Wednesday to visit Il
few days.