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preacher caught the attention OF .
crowd Of poor Whitechapslers and be-
fore that first meeting was over he had
made several conversions, a perform
ancc that he has been repeating
throughout the world for ~ years.
How He Started the Army.
This first meeting resulted in the
formation Of the Christian mission.
from which II was the evangelist's
custom 10 send his converts to the ex-
isting churches OF the locality. but
finding that they were not welcomed
and we're In danger Of slipping back
from sheer want OF comradeship and
oversight, he set about forming so
cieties OF the converted These he
found to be potent agency for bring
ing In more. az the needless East
ender could be impressed by the
words OF former pal" when he
would not listen to a minister. So was
created the central idea Of the Saliva
ton Army.
The need OF organization became
apparent, but several methods were
tried with little success before Gen.
Booth hit upon the military idea and
named his organization the Salvation
Army. From that time on the move
ment grew amazingly and Il has con-
tinued to grow without ceasing to
this day.
Spread Over the World.
The movement began spreading TO
other countries OF the world in 1891
when Il first reached the United
States through the influence OF a silk
weaver who had emigrated from Cow
entry, England, bringing with him the
Salvation Army idea and a strong de-
sire TO continue in the work. IL
reached Australia in the same year
through a milk dealer from Stepney.
and soon afterwards the first Canadian
corps was organized in a similar
fashion.
Five years later. in 1886. the gen.
eral made the first OF many visits to
the American branches of the army
and he has seen them grow from a
few small corps into a yeritable army
OF tremendous influence aud unsur-
passed efficiency. His first great
world-tour was made in 1891. when he
visited South Africa. Australia and
India. Since then he has visited the
United States. Canada. Australia. New
Zealand and India four times. South
Africa twice and Japan and the Holy
Land each once.
During all these travels the actual
executive responsibility for the gov
eminent Of the army has never been
lifted from his shoulders. Even on
shipboard be is an indefatigable work
er. planning and writing through the
days.
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want TO train men and women 10 deal
with misfortune. | want them in
structed TO combat with the weak
nesses and sins of the drunkard, the
criminal, the pauper and the would'be
suicide"
Al so years OF age the head of the
Salvation Army, after more than half a
century OF almost unceasing activity,
Is as vigorous and untiring as at any
time IN his career. The inexhaustible
vitality and intellectual and physical
activity OF this social reformer, philan-
throplst. preacher, author and traveller
are marvellous. At fourscore he is
travelling many thousands Of miles
over the world every year. controlling
the destinies Of his more than 1000
corps OF Salvation soldiery with their
5000 commissioned officers. distri5u'
ted among every civilized country,
preaching constantly TO vast audiences
and doing an amount Of literary work
that would be factor 10 many pro
fessional author with no other occupa'
ton.
William Booth was born on April 10,
1929. Ia Nottingham. England, aud was
trained for the Methodist ministry,
which he entered and became one OF
the strongest evangelistic forces In
that church. He grew dissatisfied
however. at reaching only those with
some religious training and convlc-
tion. He felt that there were thou
sands whose need was far greater and
he gravitated 10 the East end OF Lon
don where wretchedness OF all kinds
was the rule.
In a dlsused burial ground on Mile
End road he pitched an old tent and
the first Salyationist meeting was
held In that tent in 1861. The fiery
eloQuence OF the earnest young
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-15
GENERAL BOOTH
IS 80 YEARS OLD
SALVATION ARMY CELEBRATES
THE ANNlvGRsARY.
ALL LANDS DO HIM HONOR
Day 10 Marked In America by Launch
Ing Of His Plan for a University
Of Humanity.

New York.-with great mass meet.
ings In every city and rejoicing wher-
ever its soldiers are found. the Saliva.
ton Army on Saturday celebrated the
eIghtleth birthday Of It's founder and
commanderin-chief. Gen. William
Booth. All the Christian world par.
ticipatcd In the occasion, for every.
where the venerable phllanthroplst Is
honored for his deeds for unfortunate
humanity.
Gen. Booth himself presided over
several monster mass meetings in
London. His advanced age and the
fact that he was operated on recently
for cataract did not deter him from
taking part In the celebrations held by
his devoted soldiers
University Of Humanity Launched.
In America the day was marked
especially by the launching Of another
Of Gen. Booths original schemes for
social reform In the United States.
Az every post OF the army was an.
nounoed the beginning OF work TO
found n University OF Humanity. a
great institute for the training OF
workers In social service. The uni.
versity will be divided between New
York and Chicago. and Il IL expected
TO begin with fund OF 81 .0OO. 900. The
gathering Of this fund n the work
that the army now enters upon In com
memoratlon OF It's famous leaders
completion OF HIS eightieth year
As n much.ncedcd stone In the great
organizationai structure that William
Booth has been building during the
past a. years. this idea OF n school
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|E-RU-NA

-, tbe stomach OF III ''''
knmp' sanding =.
,,oubled with cramps IN 'he
W. ", ,or sis years. tried many
~ !, m,dielnc. also was treated
F.. aid tina, I had nervous dy''
[.,' Itook the medicine for two
/ y 80, / got sick again and gave
n hopes OF getting cured -
/, testimonial Of a ma" whose
similar to mine, being cured
l''a,,. 50 thought would give "
n procured a bottle at once
|..umsneed taking u.
wv. taken nineteen bottles and
I.a,.l, cured. I believe peruns
r,s., |, claimed for u. Mrs. y.
va, = o I Marehsnt st.. Watson
|fal
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for the systematic training OF his
workers has been In his mind for sew
eral years. on his last visit To the
United States the general made his
first tentative announcement OF the
plan. Since then he has worked out
many OF the details and he has just
consented TO the beginning OF pre-
iimlnary work In this country where
the need for trained workers has been
especially great.
Growth Of Great System.
Il Is perhaps not generally realized
that the whole intricate modern ma
chinery OF civilization for the upiift'
ing OF the submerged tenth. the vast
system OF charities now SO essential
a part OF modern life. is TO a very
large extent an outgrowth or the
Booth idea. He was the first to see
that the unfortunate could be be
reached by those who had suffered as
they had, and that they must be
reached by practical worldly help be-
fore they could be prepared TO begin
the cleaner life. II was the Salvation
Army which first made a practical
working success OF this now familiar
principle OF so-called missionary work,
This whole plan OF campaign for
raising the fallen began on a very
simple scale IN the poyertystricken
and crime-infested East end OF Lon
don and under the impetus OF William
Booths singular force OF mind and
personality and the momentum that II
has gathered with almost miraculous
rapidity 4 has developed into truly
astonishing organization.
Some Of the departments OF It's
work are; Prison-gate ana Rescue,
Inobrlates' homes, Boys and Girls
homes. Farm colonies, Emigration,
Naval and Military homes, Maternity
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M, sir.nuou, nlanehe.

y o. blanche Bates most intimate
O. Is telling a rather funny story
j his clever actress.
ls cane into my house enc even
| very much excited. and I said TO
Blanche. Tor heavens sake. wat
b uatcr' You seem TO be all
70 pieces
Batter enough. she answered. as
voice shook with anger. I have
acoosied by man In the
|s
|Whai dld you do asked.
y halled OF and hit him in the
sAe answered. and said 10
You dirty dog. would you speak
te'ensolcss woman
And where was he when you said
y ! again inquired.
Rolling In the gutter where he
vhen hlt him. she said, In a
|Tisei tone al my question. To
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homes. nursing. Samaritan brigades,
hospital and benevolent visitation. DO
lice court work and Indian school
training.
No other religious organization IN
the worlds history has branched out
into SO many departments OF phllan.
thropic effort and absorbed them as
part Of is religious duties.
Need Of Trained Workers.
The scheme for n University Of HUI
manlty grew naturally out OF the de-
vclopment Of the 20 other depart
mcnts. With n field as wide as the
world itself the work Of the Salvation
Army Is only limited by the number
OF workers that can be secured and
It's effectiveness by the understanding
and earnestness OF these workers. As
uplift work has grown from local ef-
forts TO help n few into a great In
elusive movement which must miss
none. the problems Of organization
have grown greater. Charity has be-
come a science and its application an
art requiring the highest development
OF personal qualities OF insight and
altruism. There Is thus pressing need
for workers OF quite exceptional quail
ifcation These qualifications must
FIRST OF all be inherent and must then
be developed by experience and spe-
cial training.
This IL the new work planned by
Gen. Booth. Those women. for in
stance. who are TO 20 among the
slums Of the big cities must not only
have the desire TO help but must know
how real helpfulness can best be Sc
cured. They must understand by a
study OF practical sociology some
thing OF the social forces that create
this poverty and crime and wretched-
ness. They must understand the dan
ger OF the unwise charity that merely
increases dependence and understand
the value OF better living conditions
in raising the moral courage OF those
TO whom fate has been unkind. They
must be able not only 20 correct home
conditions themselves but to impart
their knowledge and 10 inspire with
a desire for betterment
Value Of the Organization.
This will be but a small part OF the
universIty's training In social service
as planned by the patriarchal evangel-
list. but II serves TO show OF what value
such an organization will be.
OF the generals plan for the uni
vers!ty he himself said recently: j
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Gen. Booth Honored.


One Of the most remarkable OF the
many tributes paid to the general by
the great of the world was that OF the
mikado of Japan during the visit to
that country. The mikado personally
received the general with great
warmth and he was accorded remark
able ovations in Yokohama. Tokyo.
Sendai and Kyoto. a circumstance Of
strange import when II is realized that
japan is not a Christian country.
Another interesting distinction given
Gen. Booth was the comforting on him
Of the degree Of doctor Of civil law by
oxford university. The significance
Of this. honor will be better under
stood when IL is stated those who re-
celved university honors with him at
the time were Prince Arthur OF Con-
naught. the prime minister OF Eng
land. the lord chancellor. the speaker
Sir +. Grey. the archbishop OF
Armagh, Sir Evelyn Wood, the Ameri-
can ambassador. Mark Twain and
Rudyard Kipling.
AS writer Gen. Booth is remark
able. both as a stylist. as a thinker
and as a producer. He has written in
all 81 volumes. besides innumerable
articles for the army publications.
His best-known book is In Darkest
England and the Way Out" in which
he outlined his scheme for social re-
form by means OF colonization. The
Training OF Children" Love. Mar
riage. and the Home" and his books
on reform are among the others OF
the generals bestknown literary pro
auctions.
His Greatness In Time OF Trial.
The greatness OF this bora leader
OF men shone with especial bril-.
liancy during that most trying period
in the history OF the movement. when
disagreements caused a split in the
Army's American forces and they dl.
yided. one part becoming the Vohm-
teers OF America with the generals
own son. darlington Booth. at its head.
Through this serious break, which
threatened the progress of the work
for a time. the patriarch maintained
such a simple and dignihed attitude OF
acceptance as 10 strengthen greatly
his position before the world.
OF those who have left him" the
general wrote: ut was to be expected
that In such work as ours, demanding
as IL does arduous toll and constant
seli-denial and often real hardships
of one kind or another. some should
prove unworthy, some should grow
weary and others should faint by the
way. II could not be otherwise for we
are engaged in real warfare and who
ever heard of war without wounds or
losses? But even OF those who do thus
step aside from the position OF officers
a large proportion remain with us en-
gagged In some voluntary effort In our
ranks"
Writes Of His Greed.
OF his creed the general has written
very beautifully. He says:
The simplicity OF our creed has
been. as l believe il will remain, one
OF the principal helps TO our unity.
We stand for the old truths. The
faith which can DO interpreted in
terms of duty. OF unselfishness. OF
purity, Of love TO God and man, is the
only faith we really. care about. What
ever may be the case with the select
minority, the consciousness Of sin,
the force of evil habit and The influence
4
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,.,,cess Cannot Be Cured

.--..,,,.s a they cannot reach tho 90
go ~ Ihere r unly one Nai 70
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=. J, ssf.ld bY Cataffh. shich n nothes
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l.g.l,gs-1y ri.is i,f oonsfipation.
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SISTERS TRICK
But 1t All Came on, Right.

[os a sister played a trick that
.sa' rosy health TO a coffee fiend is
Interesting tale:
1a' a coffee hend-a trembling.
Sa physical wreck, yet clinging
.a". poison that stole away my
ss'a l Knocked at Postum and
~ nave none OF H.
os' Jay my sister substituted n
s,,. 'Os'um piping hot for my morn
4, ~ VI coffee but did not tell me
IA /" was ! noticed the richness of
remarked that the coffee tasted
q. wy my sister did not tell me
,.s s''nAlng Postum for fear l might
y axe any more.
Que Kept the secret and kent civ.
',a ~o ros'um instead of coffee until
H., y. stronger more tlreless. cot a
tle,,o e.'o' IN my sallow checks and
y, s''. TO my eyes, then she told
IeD,'s..S'ne health-glying. nerve.
m nm llie.sayer she had given
Dm ,t E'a'e OF my morning coffee
|stUn I s,S 9ne became a disciple of
iellnS ,u ~, no words can do Justice
ne 1D MN, good .e. this cereal drink
N al. VIII not try TO tell n for
n,Saol ' having used Il can ona Ina
|r ,,p, s,i. Of its merits" -" '"' ~
to re5o,, 1'al shows Postum's pow.
|oyea D cp' what coffee has de
|lcos q. There's a Reason"
|r,,, , .a Road to WellyiIleS 1' "''''
y ss, rad the abov. ,.....
h gsauias from time 90 ,i,,. sw
|''''I rue And fuIi OF hunss
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A slioht Boost.

-. mo. sir" began the faithful
' !. he paused In front Of the '.. rail
80 ahich the boss was seated.
D .ogld -er-llke an increase In
-, would. eh3" rejoined the
" well I'm willing TO do the
,,,sr so III pay you the same
,,r ges days work this year as
4 Won for 500 days In zoos. Good
.l,rs
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NOT A WEIGHT LITTER.

the baby strongl"
|rel raiher' You know what .
|rdous voice be has"
D."
|gen be hts tina, Eve or six times
hour"
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SAVING THE NEXT GENERATION.

Defective eyesight. writes William
Allen Johnston in the April Circle maya
zine. calling attention to the necessity
of guarding the health of the little
people. is even more common than de-
fective hearing and usually more dis
astrous in results. '
A Chicago physician states that the
number of "short-sighted" children In
this country today runs away up into
the millions. And this great army of
little weaklings may be made healthy,
robust children by the timely and
proper fitting of glasses!
Besides defective eyes and ears
there are many other nervous irri-
tants which either escape the parents
eyes ltogether-which is almost al
ways the case-or else they are voted
too trivial to need correction. The
skilled physician can find them; he
knows, to, that while there are quick
er ways deliberately to wreck a child's
health there is no surer and more
deadly course than the neglect Of
these trivial abnormalities.
A crooked tooth sounds unimportant
enough, but in a young child it may
completely disarrange it's bodily, men
tai and moral development. Proper
mastication is prevented and impair
ed digestion with all its resultant ills
and its promise of permanent weak
ness naturally follows.
The case is cited of little girl who
had grown to be a hopeless ''liar." She
was anemic, very delicate, and fire.
quently i'll. A careful examination
revealed constant fermentation in her
| stomach and this was caused, it was
found, by a single crooked tooth which
prevented the grinding motion so
necessary to proper mastication.
The fermentation of food in the
| stomach caused unnatural nervous re-
| flexes which in turn overstimulated
the brain and resulted in a disordered
| imagination. The child "day dream
ed and exaggerated. The straighten-
ing of the tooth made her normal in
every way.
In the medical inspection of the
New York city schools, it was found
that thirty per cent were backward.
Putting the matter in the light of
economy, the city was wasting three
million dollars a year in teaching
children who were physically unfit to
receive an education. Examination
revealed the fact that of the small
army of backward children over nine
ty-five per cent were "dull' because
of physical defects. And of this con-
| siderable, almost total, number more
than ninety-five per cent were changed
from billiards into normally bright
| scholars by simple operation or phvs-
| ical treatment
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DEATH TO THE FLIES.

Attention has been called from
time to time by federal and state
authorities, who are charged with the
onerous duties of looking after the
public health, to the great part that
flies play in the spread of diseases and
to the necessity that confronts all per-
sons to wage a vigorous warfare upon
them. And it would be we'll for the
people generally to pay attention to
these warnings and prepare now for
their battle with the flies, which will
soon be busy in the promiscuous
spreading of contamination of all
sorts.
Screens and other similar arrange
ments are most efficient at windows
and doors, which will soon be opened
in the quest of cooling and comfort
able breezes, to keep houses free from
flies, and there are other excellent
agencies for making their life miser-
able after they get in the houses.
These things play quite a part in the
war on flies, but the salient thing to
do is to destroy the breeding places of
these pests. Experts on this subject
declare that SO per cent of the flies
are bred in stable manure and that the
other 9 per cent have their breeding
places in garbage and other filth.
These figures provide suggestions
that should be apparent to everyone.
Piles of manure should not be permit
ted to accumulate in alleys. Nor
should the cieanings of a stable be left
in a corner of a yard or barn until
quantity of it has collected which will
make it worth the while to cart it
away. All manure should be thrown
in boxes with tight fitting covers until
the time comes for its removal. Some
individuals may look upon such a
practice as this as something of a
hardship, but they should be willing
to perform the little extra work 1t will
require for the good results that will
be achieved from it for the general
good.
The same is true of garbage and
other filth, the refuse of housekeep-
ing. Garbage should be kept in COW
cred cans and the other filth should
be destroyed by burning. There are
undoubtedly sufficient sanitary ordi-
nances on the city statute books to
cover these points, but it is particu-
larIy difficult to enforce them. This
should not be necessary. The people
themselves should recognize the neces-
stiles in these instances and gladly use
all possible care in their handling of
manure and garbage. If proper care
is taken by everyone in this regard,
and 1t is to every persons interests to
use such caution, the war on the flies
will be a speedy success and great
things will have been accomplished
by it.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
GFrom the Chicago News. ]

GFrom the Chicago News.1
Some surgeons manage to carve out
large fortunes.
People who live high are not always
above suspicion
1t is usually the blunt man who says
the sharpest things.
A dumb man is like a minority; he
has no voice in the matter.
The man who can't stand prosperity
will find it harder to stand adversely.
All men are born free and equal,
but most of them spoil it by getting
married.
The schoolboy thinks that a switch
in the hand is worse than a dozen in
the bush.
If the face of small boy has a set
look it's a sign that mischief is about
to be Matched.
A traveller says that the natives of
Madagascar perspire only on one side.
We suppose this is the outside.
Lots of men work harder to avoid
paying an honest debt than they
would have to in order to earn the
money to pay it.
Partial payments are difficult for
the average schoolboy, but when he
grows up he'll find payments on the
'installment plan even more difficult.
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KEEP FIsHIN,.


Hi Somers was the durndest cuss
Fer catchfn' fiSh-he sure was greati
He never used to make no fuss
About the kind of pole -er bait,
Ell weather. neither; he'd just say,
Il got to ketch a mess today.
An toward the creek you'd see him
A-whistiin' soft an walkin' wide.
says one day to Hi, says /,
How do you always ketch 'em. Hi -
He gave his bait another switch in,
An chucklin', says, II jest keep fishin'. ;"
Hi took to readin' law at night
AND pretty soon, the first we knowed,
He had lawsuit, won his fight,
An was a lawyer! I'll be bowed!
he knowed more law than Squire Nc
Knabi
An. though he had no ..gift of CAB"
TO brag about, somehow he made
A sober sort of talk that played
The mischief with the other side
one day, when some one asked if HID
explain how he got in condishion,
He laughed an said, Il jest kept fishin' :"
Wen. Hi is Gov'ner Somers now;
~, Dig man round the State, you bet
10 e1,, me the same old HI. somehow;
Inc same old champeen fisher yet
It want SO much the bait er pole
1t want so much the fishin' hole
That won fer Hi his big success:
Twas jest his fishin' on, guess:
a cheerful, Study. hopeful kind
OF keepfn' at it-don't you mind?
And that is why 1 can't help wishin'
Ihat more OF us would jest keep fishin'
-C1icaQO News