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ness. Oh, it offends me to the soul of
hear a robustious periwig ?pated fellow
tear a passion to tatters, to very rags,
to split the ears of the groundlings.
I. -. Ger step not the modesty CT ma
ture; for anything SO overdone is from
the purpose of playing. whose end, both
at the first, and now. was and is, to hold.
as t were, the mirror up to nature; to
show virtue her own frature, scorn her
own image, and the very age and body
OF the time his form and pressure"
This exquisite passage is a powerful
protest against extravaganza in Speech
and 1t lis consummation devoutly to
be wished" that none but the "robustous
perwig-pated fellows needed the Princes
warning. But, unfortunately, such ex-
travagance has invaded the speech of not
few men who hold high places In the
religious world of our day. Take, for in
stance the following words from a pres
ident of a northern university:
Professionalism by It's assertion of the
right of private judgment might at first
glance seem peculiarly open to the charge
of being dangerous form of faith. The
consistent Protestant affirms that there
is no power on earth. ecclesiastical or
civil, that can coerce his Judgment as to
religious truth or force him to act against
his conviction of religious duty. He af-
firms with Francis Liebler, that con-
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with Mr.. Roosevelt's undesirable citi-
zens?" Was not Wellington a hard
swearing, goddess wording? And did he
not confess that he found it hard work
to prevent his army from utterly de-
moraizing itself by pilaging, during his
Spanish campaigns? Did not Cromwell's
"lrcnsides' force him into the greatest
hlunder of his life-the beheading of
Charles 1?
Macaulay, who called Cromwell the
greatest prince that ever ruled England
does not pretend to defend the great cap
tain and statesman in his course on that
memorable occasion. And, again, did the
world ever contain a more united, loyal,
patriotic race than the Romans? And
were they dominated and energizedr by
heathensm?
anybody else, will produce any trust
worthy evidence that Washington was
ever a communicate In any church. or thai
he ever pretended to be an evangelical
Christian of any church. he will do me q
great favor, which no one else has yet
done. And as to the Professionalism of
Washirgton's army: We have on record
Washington's public and very severe 1e-
proof of the profane swearing which he
says was alarmingly prevalent among his
troops. Is hard swearing Protestant
virtue2
Let it be distinctly understood that |
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have no personal quarrel with the uni
versity president. I never saw him, and
know him only by reputation. From that
and from his writings, which have come
under my notice, l am convinced that he
Is an able, thoughtful and even brilliant
nan. He is a brother Baptist, and the
president of what I believe is the oldest
BAPTIST university in America; but he
sadly needs to reform his religious speech
Take another case: From the "Watch-
man. of Boston, | clip the following
selection:
In his latest book. Religion and Mir
aclc," DR.. George A. Gordon, pastor OF
the Old South church. Boston, makes
some very trenshant and severe stric-
lures on the moral condition of the peo-
pie of today even in nominally Christian
countries He asserts that there is a
lamentable lack of profound and Sc
rious spiritual life; that an irresponsible
and superficial spirit is the characteris-
tic of the age; that a daplorable loose
ness and Indifference in regard to i'm
morality and vice prevails. He frankly
stigmatizes the condition of society out
side the church as pagan. and strongly
censures processing Christians for their
indifference to this state of society for
their failure to make more strenuous eff
forts to correct and reform it. and for
their too great conformity to the preva-
lent sin and vice which is destructive to
the advance of the moral teachings of
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Novel Newspaper ONCE

From Tit Bits.
Perhaps the most picturesauely situated
newspaper in America is that of the Meg
aphone, at Quilcene, Wash. The owneiA
is NJ. F. Satterlee. pioneer newspaper
man. He says:
1T is hardly possible there is another
newspaper in the world situated in a SIM
liar way to the Megaphone establishment.
On the one hand, within less than four
rods of the office is virgin forest ex-
tending back to Walker mountain, while
on the other are the waters of the Pa
cfic ocean, which pay daily visits within
100 feet of the huge water wheel driving
the Megaphone press. The wheel is turned
by sparkling mountain stream that
flows in front of the office and then emp
ties into the bay. We can reach out OF
the window of the establishment and pick
from the tree early transparent apples.
while within five feet are apples of eight
other kinds. and pears. prunes. plums and
cherries are but a few steps away.
"Of wild fruit there are blackberriea
and salmon berries within rife range Of
the editorial desk. Then we can go out
on a wharf. 200 feet from the Office door.
and catch solmon. trout, perch and rock
cod. while the beach is one spread Of
clam beds, and fuel, in the shape Of AR
bark. broken in proper length for the
office stove. floats TO us on every side ~
1t loosens from the log booms in tow to
the mills. The Megaphone office nestles
at the foot of Walker mountain, whose
shadow in summer falls upon the spot at
p. m, and where the morning sun.
flashing across the Taraboo Peninsula,
casts its beams at an early hour In vim
ter the place is sheltered from the blasts
of the southeasters which roar over the
sound. From the Megaphone place can
be seen the moonbeams glistening on the
waters of Quilcene Bay and miles out on
Hood CANAL
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wife for divorce because they quarreled
over the kind of meals she served him.
He wanted chicken dinners every day.
He said he was willing to put up with
cereals and coffee for breakfast and take
his lunches down town, but contended for
chicken dinners In the evening.
During the wife's testimony the fact
was brought out that the husband had
allowed his wife $3.50 week to keep the
house and furnish the meals.
Unreasonable?
Certainly. But this sort of thing,
strange as 1t may appear has been the
cause of many a modern divorce.
The average young man knows scarcely
anything concerning the cost of keeping
house. He falls in love with a pretty
face or pair of eyes and proposes mar
riage because he wants the girl.
1t is also true In many cases that the
young woman knows little concerning
household economy and perhaps has had
no experience in buying or in preparing
food.
And so when this sort of twain wake
up after marriage to find that love in a
cottage is not what romance has pic
tured 1t to be there is truoble.
Marriage calls for readjustment. And
readjustment Is irksome. 1t calls for self
sacrifice.
Whe nthe young husband finds that the
$3.50 per week he paid for board is not
sufficient to buy chicken dinners for two
his love grows cold.
And when the young wife discovers that
her husbands income will not support her
as she has been accustomed to live she
repents her marriage.
What is the cure?
The application of common sense to
matters of matrfmony. The candidate for
marriage should take his bride to be into
his confidence as to his income and dis
cuss with her their plans for making
ends meet financially
In almost every country except Amer
lea that is a substantial part of the mat
rimonial programme.
In all too many instances in this coun-
try marriage Is nothing more than a leap
In the dark
Therefore the statistics show that out
OF every II marriages there is one appli-
cation for divorce.
One should not expect chicken dinners
on a bacon and liver income. Bread
and cheese and kisses is a good menu,
band must needs hustle for the bread and
cheese.
Father Louis Lambert Conrardy is dy-
ing of leprosy in Canton. China.
And thereby hangs a story Of devotion
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"oh. reform it er."-Hamlet Act
I'LL Scene II
"HE Shakespearean scholars tells us
that the greatest of all English
l dramatists made no high reputa-
: ton as an actor: but that he knew what
acting should be is abundantly evident
from the memorable passage from which
our quotation is taken. The passage Is
too long for transcription here; but,
taken in its connection, 1t Is so profoundly
Instructive that will venture upon some
extracts.
The Prince is plotting. in his capacious,
subtle, though somewhat disordered in
tellect, that play within the Play"
which so utterly COMPOUNDED king, queen
and countries. Hamlet is giving instruc-
tons to a player as to the manner in
which he should pronounce speech
which he ,(HamleD has introduced into
this play within the Play" and he
says: Speak the speech, pray you, as
I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the
tongue but If your mouth 1t, as many of
your players do. bad as lief tie town
crier spoke my lines. Use all
gently; for in the very torrent, tempest,
and, as l may say the whirlwind of
passion, you must acquire and beget a
temperance that may give 1t smooth
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convince of the wisdom of her step was
| the girls mother.
What
on her desire of making a brilliant match
for her daughter. She had a proper hus-
band picked out and was greatly grieved
because her girl had fallen In love with
another man..
mothers love may be cruel.
Ever think of that? 1t is not that the
mother does not love her daughter If
need were, she would die for the girl In
this particular she loves too well and I'M
wisely
The mother knows what married life
means She knows it's heartbreaking
trials, It's petty economies, its actual
hardships and she wants to save her
daughter from the privations and cares
and worries which cause the mother
quite as much distress as the girl her
self
1t is not sordid love OF money.
But in her mother plans to shield her
child the mother can be as cruel as fate
Not by INJECTING physical pain, you I'M
derstand but by the soul torturing pres
sure of moral obligation.
Suppose the family occupies a good DO
sition In the community, but is hampered
financially. How easy for the mother to
keep before her daughters eyes the little
necessary shifts OF economy, the bent
shoulders and shabby clothes of poor
dear papa!"
These things strike deep into the heart
of an affectionate child.
The daughter knows we'll enough that
her mother expects her to help along the
family fortunes by well to do marriage
And the mother maneuvers night and day
for the doubly beneficent purpose of help
ing along the family and providing for
the girl.
1t takes courage to fly in the face of
fond mothers plans. The trouble with
these plans is the uncertainty of them.
Some brilliant matches turn out any way
but brilliant. The mother has laid a
false emphasis on money, and money
marriages often result badly.
The mother forgets that character is
the one desirable thing In a son-in-law.
Given young man who has good health.
good ability and a clean life. and you can
almost certainly predict success for him.
1t may be slow for the young couple at
first. The young wife may be obliged to
sacrifice and economic and put up with
some privations, but there is happiness In
it for her and a good chance for ultimate
prosperity.
If the mother will remember. she prob
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Copyright 1910, by American Press
Assocation.)
x YR. ROCKEFELLER missed quite
mi an easy shot on the green. His
1VX ball didn't go into the hole. He
wasn't. Why the subjunctive mood?
while he made the same shot over oo
/. times to find ,out just why he had missed
4 and how he could avoid missing 1t next
time
The paragraph is taken from news ac-
count of a game of golf recently played
by John D. Rockefeller.
Do YOU see no more than the bald state
uent that the fnancier tried so times in
succession to find out how to put an abb
surd little white ball into hole in the
ground?
WHY. man, the little incident Is a win
dow through which you may look right
into the inner workings Of the Rookie
Teller mind.
II Is an insight into the mans charac-
ter and reveals the method and manner
of his success in business.
A lot Of people try to do thing once
and IL they fail give it up. Some will
try time and again, but finally despair.
Most of them get discouraged sooner or
later.
The difference between us and Rookie
Teller is that the latter 10 willing to try
50 times
More than that
1t is plainly evident that Mr.. Rockefel-
Ter would be willing and anxious to try
a hundred times, II need we're, to put that
ball into the hole.
The gray matter in his brain pan Is so
organized that he will never quit until
he finds out why he missed the shot
and learns how to avoid missing 1t the
next time.
He does nothing haphazard.
His habit of mind will permit him to
do nothing less than to hit the mark.
How about you?
Have you organized your brain to work
persistently and effectively? Have you
accustomed your mind to persevere in its
task, or do you try a few times and then
throw up your hands? ~ ~ ,ssff
Have you caught the Rockefeller Sc
cret? R ir
1t Is quite certain more persons fail
by reason of lack of persistence rather
than by reason of lack of talent. There
Is a lot of philosophy In the hackneyed
couplet Of the old time schoolbooks:
If at first you don't succeed.
Try, try again.
When you are tempted to be gutter
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Who knows how sharp 1t pierced and
stung?
The word we had not sense to say
Who knows how grandly it had rung?
One of the most appropriate of all pray
ers is that contained in the old confess
sion, I'VE have left undone those things
which we ought to have DONE
The worst sins Of the average life are
the sins of omission rather than of COM
mission.
We have been free-too free-to blurt
out the things that have pierced and
stung," but 1.-The word we had not sense
to say" we have omitted. That has been
our deadliest sin.
Do you remember as child how you
yearned for the sympathetic tone and the
encouraging word of recognition when
you had bravely done your little task +?
A little word of praise goes long way
in appeasing the heart of child. Are
we careful to speak that word?
And men and women are but children
little larger grown.
Think how appreciation colors all the
day! The sun shines brighter and the
song of birds Is sweeter when some one
word. And how the clouds lower when
no one seems to care or, caring, fails to
say!
Why, then, withhold the word?
You cannot err in profusion of kindly
utterance. Never In the whole history
of the world has one kind word been
wasted or spoken in vain. There can
never by any possibility be overproduc-
ton in generous and kindly speech.
Why should we be SO chary of ex-
preston? Why SO stingy?
Mystery Of human nature, why do we
try to keep back the tide of affection and
appreciation that beats up to the very
door of our lips?
Why let human hearts starve to death
for the words we will not say?
But for our own the bitter tone,
Though we love our own the best
Or, II not the bitter tone, the deadly
silence-"the word we had not sense to
say"
Let love fnd its language. Speak the
word that should be said. Speak it ere
the ear of love Is deaf and your laggard
feet shall follow in the mournful wake
of q coffin upon whose lid the flowers
are piled-nowers that must sadly speak
the vain regret for the word that was
left unsaid.
A young man of Chicago has sued his
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and self abnegation that will be notable in
the annals OF herosm.
Father Conrardy, born in Belgium,
spent several years as a missionary in
India and then came to the United States
in the same capacity among the north
western Indians.
For IA years he was engaged in these
abors, went through number of In
dian wars and won the friendship of
President Cleveland because of his efforts
in behalf of his redskn friends.
Then he heard of the Illness of Father
Damien, whose labors as the hero of the
read of all men.
He wrote and asked IL he could be of
assistance and on receiving an affirma-
tive reply sailed at once for Hawaii. He
stayed with Father Damien until the lat
ter died, year afterward, and remained
with the colony for several years.
Then the American government occupied
Hawaii and took charge of the leper col
ony, and his services were no longer
needed. But his work with lepers had
stirred his soul with sympathy, and he
longed to help them. No..
Hearing that these unfortunate people
In China were neglected, he set out for
Canton. He found conditions worse than
he imagined. Hundreds of lepers lived
utterly neglected.
Father Conrardy decided that he would
do two things-first. he must study medi-
cine, and. second, raise money to start
a colony in Canton.
Then this heroic priest went to Port
land. Ore. and studied four years for his
medical degree. And then, at the age OF
&c years, he started to raise money. He
travelled over this country, making adj
dresses, and got together $4,000.
Going back to Canton, Father Con-
rardy bought an island in the river 60
miles from Canton, transported 500 lepers
and built them homes.
And now he is dying.
And the pathos of it all is his despair
ing sense of failure with success just
within his grasp. The tragedy is shown
in his letters:
II am not well, but hope that God will
give me few years more to work among
the lepers. If could only live FIVE years
longer?"
Why retel his story? Because the story
itself suffices In the face OF such a
sacrifcial life moralizing is but num-
merry.
Like the story of Calvary, it incarnates
a creed Of immortal love-a life and death
of ignominy for the sake of men.
This girl married for love.
And the one person most difficult to
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HEART TO HEART TALKS-By Ed,uin A. Nye

think of that tall, bald-headed old gentle
man pursuing his lips and trying over and
over again-trying 50 times-to put lit
tie ball into a round hole.
eff only had" says one.
Nothing In all our human life is more
useless than vain regrets over something
done or undone. He. who frets over mis-
takes to the point of worry is foolish.
'It might have been?' Yes, but 1t
wasn't Why the subjunctive mood
Why spend good soul stuff over something
that cannot be other than it is? One of
the wise offerings of our modern speech
is that sententious and slangy utterance-
Forget it,
There is wisdom in forgetting. The
Apostle Paul understood it, Forgetting
the things that are behind, let us press
forward" 1t is impossible to press for
ward as one ought without forgetting the
things that are behind.
What is done is done. One may be
sorry for the plumbers of the past and
learn good lessons from experience, but
one is supremely silly who tears down his
good gray brain matter in deploring that
which cannot be helped.
Shut the door!
The past Is irrevocable. Useless re-
pinings cannot change It, What you did
in the former days was possibly the best
you could do. or. If not it is now too
late to remedy what you did. Shut the
door on the record
Wipe the slate clean. That Is all you
can do except to be careful of the figures
you put down in the future. 1t is child
ish to hang up the slate where you
must always see 1t and weep over the
marks. You cannot change history.
If you have erred. forget it. There
is much to do and little time. He who
sits down by the roadside to bemoan his
fate for selecting the wrong path is los
ing time and energy.
Let the past go. If you are to do what
you ought to do, 1t will take every unit
of your spiritual power. Do not waste
that force wantonly. Do what you do
as nearly right as you can do 1t, then
put it aside for something else.
To waste your powers In regretting .
mistake that is irrevocable is merely to
repeat the mistake.
He lives the convict's life who forever
drags behind him the ball and chain Of
bitter recollections.
To uselessly grieve over your errors Of
omission or commission. to lament and be-
is to rivet upon you the convict's handi-
cap.
The ill-timed, truth we should have kept
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YES. sir says the salesgirl candy
has gone up quarter on the pound"
Regretfully the young man walks away
and calls at another shop.
Yes. sir" explains the salesgirl there.
flowers have gone up this week. Roses
are dollar more on Dozen"
With a doleful look the young man
leaves the shop. murmuring to himself.
The higher cost Of loving will work
many " rdships"
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ably began her own married life In that
way, and she ought to be very careful
how she opposes the daughter who wants
to marry the man she loves.
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This girl married for love.
And the one person most difficult to
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Father Louis Lambert Conrardy is dy-
ing of leprosy in Canton. China.
And thereby hangs story Of devotion
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION,

department Of the Interior.
L. S. Land Office at Miles City. Nontal ~,
October 10. 1910.
Notice is hereby given that Ida Castle
berry, whose pO,t-office address Is Ekalakn,
Montana. did on the 3th day of March 1910.
file in this office Sworn Statement and An
plication No. G1752 to purchase the MEL
EA Sec. 10 IT, n. range - +. NJ p NJ. and
the timber theron. under the provisions OF
the act OF June J, 1873 and acts amendntorS
known as the "TilnlrI and Stone Law" AT
such value as might be fixed by apprai>n-
ment, n that, pursuant to such application
the land and timber thereon being au-
praised, the timber estimated N.MN board
feet at 81. 90 per NJ. and the land $4,000: that
said applicant will Offer final proof in sup
port Of his application and sworn statement
on the 3lSt day of December 1919. before
NJ. o.. Tracy Z. Commissioner at E,;alaku,
MOntant.
Any person is at liberty t. protest thu
purchase before entry or infinite Il contest
al amy t!;n' D"tor" patent issues. BY Hlinw \
corro'oF!t'i 'ffhnvit IN this office, al!rginL
facts which would defeat the tltr:.
a. E[kC[IEH. R,.m;S+el.
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First DUl liration Dc ..N-lO.
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Department OF the 1nterio
Land Office at Miles City, Montan

Department OF the Interior.
L. S. Land Office at Miles City, Montana.
October 81, 1910
Notice is hereby given that VIM. A. Self
rrs of Midland, Montana who on August l.,
1903 made desert land entry No. l7l9-0lG3 for
til" following tract Of unsurvcy"d land:-
Commencing at a point marked w. S. No. |
which is standing at q point w. IS. 30 $. at u
Of2l rEain"s from a point whtrt,
Red Butte creek puts into Box Elder creek,
thence w. IL 5. Il distance of 40 chains to \
post marked w. $. MOI, hence $. Is r. !,
distance of 40 chains to q post marked ". $.
NO. 3. hence r. lG n, Il distance Of 40 chnin>
to Il post marked w. :. No. 1, thence n. II
W.. a distance Of 40 chains to a post marked
W. ;. No. |: said described tract to pri-,.
100 acres, and is supposed to be situated il
T. n. r. 81 +. M p M. has filed notice of in
tentiOn to mae final proof to establish claim
to the land above described before y. NJ.
Melum, u. 5. Commissioner at CnpitUl,
Montana on the II day of December, 1910.
la!man names as witnesses:
Ulysses G.. Patton
Oscar G. kniphrr
Harry G. Chamberlain
Glare Thomas all of Midland. MOnt.
A. kIItCHER. Register.
First pub. Nov.4