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White and the proud Blue Grass belle together.
 On the day that Justice White was sworn in a pale woman sat in the su- preme court chambers. She wore wid- ows weeds and had known many vicis- situdes A suitor at the bar of the august tribunal. tears filled her eyes tears of memory and regret.
 She knew the new judge. but he did not suspect that behind her veil was the face of his old sweetheart.
 The woman at last report was em- ployed in one of the departments at Washington, but the chief justice knows nothing of her. She Is not of those who attend high functions.
 Girls
 Be careful how you ristreat or dis card that honest, energetic young fell low who comes counting you. who asks you to wait until he can make home for you
 Look to the outcome.
 Has he brains and character? If so you can afford to wait
 When Abraham Lincoln went court ing Miss Todd, the Kentucky belle, he was not handsome or cultured and he had for his rival the fine appearing, prosperous lawyer. Stephen A., Doug
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his rock upstairs, which he did in grand style. The insurgent republicans showeo him how to tote it, and the daughters of the Philistines bewailed.
 Now schedule 'K,' which is wool. was the issue, and the country ordered the democratic party to take the graft out of it. Week after week I saw Jonathan r. Deliver fight the battle for honest tariff in the Senate in 1909 The democratic side was indifferent and I believe unsympathe- tic. Every time that grand man Deliver pressed Aldrich hard a life-boat was launced on the democratic side and the rescue was accomplished. The fact is the nsurgent republicans in the Senate two years ago were the only tariff reform squad. at least they were the only milit- ant force in that behalf.
 Delivers magnificent speech on schedule "K' was the democratic key note of 1910 and 1t carried the cleo ton. Now what are they going to do?
 Except the horizontal" measure, all the Morrison bills provided free wool The Mills bill, the Springer bill and the Wilson bill provided free wool. Here is a policy so well established that 1t is attained to the dignity of a principle. Wool Is the keynote of the protective dogma. As long as there is a
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duty on wool we will have protective tariff The democratic party has been preaching that for more than 40 years. But common report has 1t that tho ways and means committee is haIting over wool and that Champ Clark would condone such deadly sin as duty on wool.
 Is it possible that Speaker Clark thinks he can put Joie Bailey, R. Q. Mills and Bill Bryan in the same bas- ket? It would be the greatest show on earth and would beat octopus chase led by Bailey himself. The democratic party is not going to stand for any tarff that Senator Bailey would ap- prove. On the tariff Bailey Is no more a democrat than Aldrich It is barely possible they differ in degree. certainly not in kind. Now, Champ Clark Is a democrat and anxious for tariff reform. His present object is to bring Bailey and the Baileyites into the fold. It can't be done And If it could be done, the party and the country would not stand it.
 There is no lobby here. If there was the slightest chance for. the Senate to attempt to obey the peoples mandate the representatives of billions would be on hand.
 | And so my old friend Ssyphus may l prepare to resume his doleful labors.
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hidden life in his home. He is known In
 the business world. but the little woman
 under his roof, who has stood by him in all his troubles, urging the claims of in- tegrity, Is not known, and belongs the family of Melodies" A young married man had gone wrong. He was a defaulter to his bank. His wife knew nothing of i,.
 The crisis came. She happened to go into
 his room and found him packing his valise. Her heart-searching inquiries were followed by a full confession of his
 wrong and of his determination to escape from the city. You are guilty, then?''
 "Yes, Pm guilty" Then your valise Is to be unpacked; you are to confess your guilt; you are to go to prison and atone for your sin. I will stand by you. I will faithfully wait till you come back. I will work to keep our little home ready for you. Instead of running away, call the sheriff, and tell him you are guilty and surrender yourself" All that she prom ised she did, and at the expiration of his ter in prison he returned to his home a saved mani The world said, Well, It was noble in him to give himself up as he did," but the world knew nothing until long afterwards. of the breaking heart lthat pleaded with him to confess his wrong and bear his punishment like Irepentant man. She was a Nobody" in the terrible tragedy. Tn her heart were buried her sufferings. her disappointment in the man she loved, and her part In the confession made by the guilty man. An, it is like woman. Next to Gods long suffering there is no patience equal to that of a womans!
 asked one of the deputies of
 state prison, "Who lives in the little
 house in the hollow. just beyond the prison walls?" He did not know her name, but he did know that the house
 was occupied by a woman who had
 given up her pleasant social life to be near her, convicted husband in the prison. She had lost her name. had parted with her friends, and down, down. near the grim old walls that
 lowered above her little home. she lived
 and toiled. She thought that if he should be taken III that she'd be near
 to send him little delicacies and, too, being near, she might be certain of seeing him on days permitted. To what family did she belong? To the NO
 bodies"
 There is in a certain neighborhood
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prehension, the vast area, the variety, the strength. coherence, compactness of that administrative world in which King George the Fifth is hereditary chief I should hardly be surprised if those incon- ceivably crude persons who still cherish a grudge against the English because of the events of 50 and 135 years ago, and who dwell where reciprocity fears to come and where the arbitration proposals will be knfed, should nevertheless have taken ship, or at least have sent sons and daughters to see what they can of the coronation. I would even keep an open ear for their confession when they see the pageant: "Well, we English-speaking people do have lot to answer for, now don't we?" Platoon upon platoon from India, the Straits, Burma, China, Africa, the West Indies, the Egyptian delta and the peaks of the Himalayas, keen-looking business men from Australian cities. with mounted police from the Canadian border and the African veldt Sikh police from Hongl<ong streets and Irish Tommies
 from the garrison above the town-all these will make their impression even on
 critical or hostile minds. How much more the heart of the pageant-the proofs of educational work, industrial development,
 better distribution of welfare, sanitation,
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OF SWEETNESS AND LIGHTLY A. B. Bea11e

Matthew Arnold got infinitely more out of life than, say, John Jacob Astor; that Francis Thompson. with all his dreams and poverty, wrested more real joy from life than Barney Barnato.
 And at my gossip's end l pass on to you a little sermon in Whitmanesque, broken lines:
 Through the blind stress of a crowd, Pitiless, all absorbed in itself, Mercful, too Cat times unrestrained in
 it's mercy).
 find the natural, primal, devilish spirit still:
 find that not the strongest survives
 any more, except among ignorant
 groups.
 I find that ignorant groups grow less and
 less, And that cunning and intelligence begin
 to walk together as brothers, And 1 swear that foresee the time when the cunning intelligence shall survive
 over all--
 That it's era shall be contravened only
 by the indwellng among men of cul-
 ture and light and love; That the price of success must not be
 in beating. outwitting one's fellows That you and I must form larger, lib- eraler definitions of success.
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TNHERE are in the world about 1,500,
 O0o000 of people They are of all
 A conditions, classes and masses of mankind. They compose the great gen. eral bodies of heather, pagans, Turks, unbelievers, Jews and Christians. They divide again into such races as the red, the black, the yellow and the white. What an enormous number of people they constitute! We call ourselves a great nation numerically; yet we lack ten mil lions of reaching up to the 100000, 900 mark. Many other great nations have smaller population than has the United States. Russia, and some others, however, exceed our number The inhabitants of China have never been accurately numbered
 However, though the inhabitants of the earth compose vast a number, how few there are that are known beyond the narrow boundary of their own limited sphere! And in all the past ages how few won a renown that has lasted unto this century. Here and there you will find name that has been inwrought into the lasting texture of history, literature, philanthropy or science But how few there arc. And. indeed many persons who were eminent in ancient times and whose names have been handed down to us would not now be counted as extra ordinary Their deeds were commemor- ated in history or in letters of old, because they were less common then than now. There are many whose names may be found in the calendar of the saints of past ages, whose deeds are far excelled by lowly chara cters today. Yet, no one notet them, because they are so common now.
 To do great deeds. as the world now , considers great deeds, is permitted to a very few. Heroism has become com monplace We now expect it to rise with the occasion for its manifestations; and when 1t comes we are not thrilled at all. We go on and soon forget it. The name of the hero is not remembered beyond a day. His deed is displaced from memory by others quite as heroic. He sinks into oblivion. This fact is complimentary to the race in its growth towards the high est ideals. The hero becomes a nobody.
 To this great family of Melodies" most men belong. It may not be pleasant to our vanity to be reminded of It. but If we were to die today the world would swing on down the grooves of time as in
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plexities, our disappointments, our heart aches and heart breaks, in common. Here we are brought into touch with one an other, and may bless and comfort one another. Here life touches life and tells In all the masses of human beings in the valley of life no one lives unto him. self. We are all alike. We have about the same sorrows, the same longings, the same needs. We are one family-a great family, the family of Melodies" Still, in our limited sphere Is each to help the other. Thus may the atmos- phere where we live become sweet and competed with the fragrance of love. Each life, however lowly, may add to the general sum of sweetness. I do not be- lieve the poet spoke wisely when he said,
 Full many a flower is born to blush
 unseen,
 And waste its sweetness on the
 desert air
 Sweetness generously given to the air is not wasted It adds to the sun of sweetness though we may not rec ognize the perfume of the individual flower. So it is in life. The fragrancc of 1owly life of beauty and self-sac- rifice. though it may never be mon . toned in song or story Is not wasted. The world is all the sweeter for it and all the more livable.
 I keep on my study table a very old book. It is composed of the oldest litera ture of the Hebrews. One section of this book is called First Chronicles. The first few chapters of First Chron- icles gives the names of Hebrew kings, warriors, and other great men. At the close of the account of the descend ents of Judah we read: These were the potters and those that dwelt among the plants and hedges: tn ere they dwelt with the king for his work" As I first read of these obscure folk a sense of sweet calmness fell upon my heart. am familiar with the interpretation that would take from the words their apparent meaning: but I have never seen any reason for believing that any thing was meant than that which a plain man, like myself might under stand by the language as it is given.
 These people led no mighty armies to battle. They were not kings, nor princes nor dukes, nor barons. Some scholars say, "who they were that worked for their king among the flow CTS Is not clear" Very well; claim
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groom of young girl about to be thrown as a. sacrifice to the mountain goddess in her Lake of Fire" i. e., the crater of her volcano. The queen ascends the mountain, though thunder is pealing and. the earth quaking and the priests foretelling vengeance from the goddess, hurls the priests staff into the crater de-
 fies all the power of Pele, and sings: Hear me, my friends; there is no Pele. One true god alone there Is" The people who have followed sing with awe and Joy, From this day Thou Lord Jehovah
 be our one and only God'
 The fifth and final scene presents a pro- cession of all the groups and the gather ing around the Cross, with appropriate music by children, men, sopranos with altos, and a full chorus to represent the respective groups. The audience rises at the last moment to sing with the chorus the One Hundredth Psalm
 Beyond the pageants proper is a series of expositions presenting vividly the life of the nations in its religious aspect The great hall of the Mechanics Building provides space for everything from Asia, America, Africa and the islands of the sea. All sorts of human need unmet by the ethnic religions, but relieved by spir- itual knowledge, are illustrated. Indian tepees and Arab tents, pageant huts, tenn
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them for my brothers in the great family of ''Nobodies." They accom- plished no mighty deeds of which fu- ture singers should sing. I suppose they were never seen at court receptions or royal entertainments. They were not known by the first people" of Jeru- salem whom the king honored with invitations to his palace; and I sup pose they cared for this not at all. They would please their king. So, in quiet contentment. they spent their lives training vines, hedges and plants and in cultivating flowers. Out in Gods beautiful world, close to natures heart. they lived for their king. At times of great fashionable functions in the pal ace the air was fragrant with the | sweetness of flowers and potted plants which these Melodies" had so dili- gently cared for; yet. who thought of them? Nevertheless they made the world more beautiful, and were content as they worked along the hedgerows or cultivated plants and potted flowers. "'Tis better to be lowly born,
 And range with humble livers in content, Than to- be perked up in a glistering grief,
 And wear golden sorrow"
 What I have said of the world at large may be said of the church. Few are the people that rise above their brothers and acquire fame as givers of large sums of
 
 or hospitals are built, and who leave names of eminence for extraordinary deeds behind them. There were 12 apos- ties who companied with the Savior: having named Saints John. Peter, James and Thomas, who, offhand among my readers just now remembers the Yanes of the others? We know the narnes of many holy men who have fignfed in the history of the church; but tie great mass of saintly souls VITO made the church a possibility to us are not recorded on earth. They are written in the Book of Life Here they were ''Nobodes"; but somewhere they shall be kings and priests unto God"
 'They lived and they were useful This we know, and naught beside; No record of their names Is left To show how soon they died:
 They did their work and then
 They passed away, an unknown band, And took their places with the ransomed In the higher land"
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reform was kicked down hill and the democratic Sisyphus was again set to his onerous task of rolling it up hill again.
 No progress was made until 1882, when the people again loudly demanded that the democratic party be democratic. In the Forty eighth congress Morrison and Randall were again face to face, and again Morrison prevailed and John G. Carlisle was elected speaker. Nor rison set to work to make a demo- cratic tariff He brought in the bill. but Randall mustered some two-score protection democrats and defeated it. Thus was the stone again plunged down the hill
 Sisyphus patiently went to work and got the stone uphill again the next year. Carlisle was reelected speaker, Morrison was again chosen chairman of ways and means, and again he brought In a democratic tariff, which Randall again defeated by the aid of some 40 scullions of protection on the demo- cratic side. rhus the stone was whirled down the hill and Sisyphus sent after it.
 That year, 1SS6, with fat friends out of monopoly at Pittsburg, Morrison's seat In Congress was bought for John Baker, whereat howl of triumph went up
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Keeps the Commandments

From IeSlleS
 To modify by omission any part of the canonical Scripture, particularly the Deca- logue. would be precedent fraught with danger. The meaning of the Bible IS cften warped in the effort to make it harmonize with peoples prejudices, but the full text must remain untouched. Tho fear of ancient copyists to alter one "jot or, little" of the sacred writing is what has brought the Scriptures down to us as free from error as they are. The common suppostion of scholars that
 the original form of the Decalogue consisted merely of the bare com- mands, the explanatory comments being added subsequently,. may be true; but that would not justify the Church of England making the change proposed. A quite different proposition is this from the modification of a creedal statement. With new perception of truth. that will be done from age to age; but let the Bible remain as it is through all ages If the Church of England desires brevity in its ritual why not be content to use the summary of the law as given by Jesus In the first and second command ments,, procedure already allowablef
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HEART TO HEART TALKS-By Edu;n A. Nye

las. But Miss Todd, with rare discrlm- ination, saw the superiority of the awkward Lincoln.
 When looking for a husband looklbe- meath exteriors-
 And wait! Let me live in my house by the side of
 the road
 Where the race of men pass by. They are good, they are bad, they are
 weak, they are strong,
 Wise, foolish, and so am l. Then why should I sit in the seorner' s
 seat
 Or hurl the cynics ban? Let me live in my house by the. side of
 the road
 And be friend of man.
 The man who worte these lines, Sam Walter Foss, died recently.
 He was called one of our minor poets. but he wrote one poem, of which the above is the concluding verse, that will keep his memory fragrant many year. The poem is entitled, The House by the Side of the Road'' and was suggest ed by passage in Homer. He was a friend of man and he lived by the side of the road'
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seem in general structure. For all truth seekers, wide apart though their paths may lie. there are converging paths cross-cuts-sudden glimpses of each that assures common striving, a common
 end. The catholic thinker knows that
 all the inquiries, all of the gropings, serve. Knows that the Synthetic Phil
 osophy'' has served, and the Pilgrims
 Progress has served--that mankind can
 not easily dispense with any mental or spiritual gesture of any age. And in our little sphere. every sincere belief cher
 ished or spoken are but parts of the move
 ment toward human perfection-toward
 making reason and the will of God" Cor
 GoodD prevail. For we can only formu- late truths as we live and love and ex-
 anime and discriminate. tallying and test ing; and from the mass of testimony we
 come face to face with day after day. we get our knowledge of the good laws
 And after dong time is born the truth
 that wealth and material achievement ! cannot avail alone. The hungry mind with it's thousand needs Knows that there is somewhat more to be had from life besides food and drink and work and | sleep-knows that these alone cannot
 create n.ind-rlay. soulaplay. Knows that | the genuine thrills of living are apart ] from these. For my part. l think that
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Therefore your roadside settlements -society's most practical approach to good samaritanism.
 The way to be friend of God is to be a friend to man-man, good, bad, indiffer- ent-humanity
 It is the thing worth while.
 Human life is so short that most of the things men grab for seem srotesque in their paltry cheapness. Lofty claims, lapish display, pride, exclusveness and scorn. how they shrink when placed alongside the virtues Of common kind ness, charity and neighborlinessl
 Where the race of men go by
 By the dusty, frequented ways which make mems thoroughfares. where the caravans and the common people go-
 To live down there by the side of the road to live in that friendly frame of mind which sees in every man brother that is to be a friend of man.
 To befriend is to serve.
 And so the friend of man will try to make some pale face brighter, greet the weary pilgrim, give the cup of water, smile the ripples of healing to the faint ing heart and lift up the fallen.
 A friend of mani
 There could be no greater life.
 When twice thousand years have
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The writer is not socialist, save to the extent that he would be willing to con- tribute his quota of woril to common wealth that served mems common need. He is more nearly an individualist. whom experience has taught that communal liv- ing initiates in one certain sense against the individuals freest and fullest reach. And in this one fashion and no other: tnat there would be no whip and spur to urge one to outstrip ones neighbor in pos session of houses anu lands. These prob lems must be worked out very calmly and patiently by economists. in collaboration with strong men of toll in shops and fac tories-those who create with their hands as well as think for themselves. And 1t is here where culture must serva- culture as defined py Arnold-culture tf ecog- nizes no limit to human under -tanding. but by every means forwards Knowledge in the world. And as man grows In sweetness and light, it will be seen that problems which. vex us now shall be easier of solution.
 Perhaps after all 1t has been one-ideaed- ness in chief that has encutured bit terness and hatred in lnens hearts-ig- norance, l may say, of the larger truths of human living that makes me sus- picious. jealous of my neighbours view
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equal opportunity. justice-will prove that the strength of the empire is not in it's repressive but in it's enfranchising power. What is Lord Mayors Show in compar- ison with such a pageant? This will out shine morally and maternaly Roman triumph.
 Two years ago the London Missionary society struck the happy thought that a dramatic pageant of the world of Chris tian service would appeal to the same peo- pie as had loved to gaze at representa- tions of Arthur and Alfred and the Black Prince and Robin Hood. They reckoned that the love of play, so deeply rooted in the English heart, could be made an as- set for missionary education. And so, with infinite pains they evolved the Pa geant of Darkness and Light" which att tracted London and the provinces" it to Islington ?-for several weeks. Charges for admission paid the heavy expenses and the enthusiasm for the mis- sion idea has certainly not suffered by the innovation.
 Boston has now taken hold of the same plan, and is demonstrating that the dram atic instinct and love of play belongs to her as to London. Only she has done more wisely than the London people did, for she has united all the missionary so- cieties in hearty cooperation for the pa-