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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
Conducted by
Rev. r. II. Pitt, ID. ID,

Of tho country. pr. and Mra Clark
soon leave Off a Journey abroad 10
be gone q number Of months
The twenty-ffth anniversary 1T tns
Student Volunteer Movement for For
elgn Missions. which was fnaugurated
by Mr. Moody at the first student ceu-
ference at Northheid "a quarter of
century ago. was observed there on
Sunday with three meetings, which
were largely attended by students In
the Nerthfsld schools and others. Dr.
John R. Mott, secretary Of the Worlds
Student Federation, gave the hisferf-
cal address The FIRST conferences In
1885 was attended hy 26t delegates.
representing so institutions, and be-
fore II was over 100 OF the delegates
had volunteered for work in foreign
helds. The volunteers since that
time have increased In number 90
over 5000
Rev. Andrew Culver. the senior
member OF the Philad eiphta Presley
tery, died recently. In hts ninety see
ond year. He was ordained to the
Presbyterian ministry In tssf and
ms entire ministry Of sixty-sour years
was spent In Philadelphia.
The annual report OF the China In
land Mission has Just been publish
ed. II shows that there are now in
the mission ess missionary workers.
besides 2,s3S Chinese preachers and
evangelists Of various kinds. The In
crease last Year vas s3T5 GOO. which
was slight advance over the previous
year
Catholics have TWO events on hand
for the immediate future. one IL
the Eucharistic Congress at Cincin-
natl September rs to October /. and
the other the Cardinal Gibbons Juhi-
lee, October 10 10 ~ in connection
with which latter ts the LAYING az
hons Memorial Hall at the Catholic
University ar Washington. To both
VIII go many leading prelates and
laymen Of the church
Rev. A. 4. Berle, n. n, pastor 81
Congrega tional church in Boston.
has been elected to the Woodbridge
professorship in Applied Christianity
IN the Crane Theological School Of
Tufts College ftTnipersalist) and will
assume the courses IN theology given
by the late Professor knight
An exchange says The latest CEN
sus figures ohtainabie show that the
people OF the United States spend
s7s GOO GOO year for candy. and
pay preachers. priests and rahbis
ses. sT7.b wear. The national
chewing gum bin ix ses. ooo. geo a
year. and the Baptist. Presbyterian
and Congregational Churches pay
their preachers s22,sas 900 ger year.
The soda water bill for the United
States amounts 10 100000 o9 a
year more than Ia spent by the entirs
Christian Church for all purposes
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
Ice and Boiling springs.

Iceland is remarkable for the great
contrast between it's Arctic climate
and the boiling caldron OF molten
earth stun in which it seems to be
floating. The island Ia buried in snow
for the greater part of the year. but
boiling springs and hot mud cones
are found over large areas. some
times hundreds of them in groups
They vary in size from the little ket-
tie OF a few quarts TO the Great Gey-
ser. which throws great quantities OF
mud. stones and boiling water high
into the air.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
The One Chance.

Math emaucians often present an
overwhelmin garray Of figures TO show
the chances against certain combina-
ton OF incidents, but sometimes that
combination occurs, In spite of the
billions and trillions of chances
against 1t, A few weeks ago boy
on a Pennsylvania farm was playing
with pitchfork. He stuck it into the
ground. and when he drew 1t out a
handsome gold ring. which had beec
lost for thirty-seven years. was on
one of prongs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
Faith and Works.

A big policeman OF Denver. who was
firm believer in prayer, was called
to arrest some quarrelsome women.
After listening to their stories, the
policeman lifted his helmet, laid his
club on the floor, and knelt in prayer,
briefly. but TO the point. When he
arose tho women were silent. Cut
out this squabbling." he said. land
pray more Then he went out on
hts beat. and his next service, "all In
the days work" was TO stop and
throw a runaway horse.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
A Speech Museum.

The University OF Paris is the first
in the world TO start a museum Of
the spoken word 4 short time ago
the first gramophone disks we're
placed In this new Kind OF library.
The Minister OF Public Instruction.
on arriving at the Sorbonne, was re-
ceived by tho "Marseillaise,' appro-
priately sounded upon the gramo-
phone. He then read speech, which
WAS duly registered on disks that will
be preserved in the museum. 1T will
now be the business Of the curators
to collect for posterity samples OF the
most representative voices of to-day
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
A He'll For the Rich and Bell For
fne Poor

A custom In vogue for centuries has
tust been given up al Northleach.
Gloueeatershire. England. Two bells
have been rung, one 20 call the rteh'
and the other to call the poor 60 tho
church Vestrv meeting Quaint old
English customs die hard. but this one
was given up because II was "out of
keeping with modern feeling
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

Mrs. Elizabeth Cham bers, OF Bay
ard, OEio. now ninety-thres years of
age. has been q eugr cmfwyp mfwy
age, has been regular attendant
at sunday school there for over sixty
yeara, and still continues 10 taxa
charge of her infant class. The
local paper adds that she Is great
lover Of horseback riding. and IL per
fectiy at homo In tho saddle.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
A Little Nonsense
One Way of Doing II.

She had written on the blackboard
tho sentence. The toast was drank
in silence" and turned TO her class
for them TO discover the mistake Lit
tie Bonnie Sheridan waved his hand
franticaly, and. going TO the board
scrawled the correction, The toast
was eaten in silence"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
nl, s-s,asarf

IL has been inquired out that each
srersan In she United States eats
about eighty pounds of sugar an
nuaIiy, costing about ave cents
pound. That ~ four dollars per-
son Multiply that hy tho last cen
sus figures. and IL gives three nun
dred aud eighty million dollars Tor
the nations yearly sugar bill. That
would take care OF the army ana
navy. wipe cut the postal deficit, pay
various other expenses IL VIC were
only willing &C. usa our sugar fnonvy
zoe those purpesea
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

The Young Wuman's Christian Asse-
citation of Breeklyn has just been EN-
gagged In a successful whirlwind cain
paiwn 60 raise four hundred thous-
and dollars so erect "A building which
will snabis tns association to protect
the eleven Thousand working girls
from the evils OF city life and ~ the
the same TINS to afrord them all ros-
aihis liberty and comfort,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
Railroad Girls.

Miss 7, NJ. Carpenter has been APP
pointed soliciting agent OF the freight
department Of a Western railroad.
and Miss Daisy Odin has been made
division agent on the Burlington and
Rock Island, Both women are said
to be experts IN their kind of work.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
rnsurfng Against Rain.

In England the excessive ranafal
fnterferes with all sorts of outdoor
life. Shows, pageants, excursions,
bali games. parties OF all kinds arc
at the mercy of the skies So the
English have invented scheme OF
insurance against rain, to provide for
I'M etnnity for loss or disappointment
caused by rain, You may insure
against rain on any single day, or
on certain consecutive days
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

The adm of the pure black fox to
one OF the highest priced tura In the
market even efmine and sable are not
more valuable. The average prices OF
the black Fox pelts run from three
hundred dollars 60 fNe hundred dol
lars. and or IL nawiess skin Of exccp-
tionAl beauty and iuster the suta uf
two thousand three hundred dollars
has been paid.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

Morning News. enc cent" That's
what we have Is pay for II, but
think what Il costs to gather the
news from all over the world. Thou
sanas ef reporters cover" the globe.
from the North Pole 10 the ice-cey~
cred continent Of the South Arctic
regions. ana during 1909 the Asso~
ctated Press spent nearly three miss
lion dollars Ia collecting and dtstrih.
uging its worldwide news. Thta WAS
a record breaker, and was due in part
10 such great happenings aa thu ltal-
Ian earthquake and thu discovery or
the North PolA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
Prefers the Simple Life.

A man ninety seven years old. Hv-
ing in Cornvile. Maine. has never
been persuaded to ride on n ualn.
and has never been out of Somerset
county.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
A Sound Old Church.

The Old swedes' church, of VIII
mfngton, Del. was the scene OF an
impressive service recently. when Its
TWO hundred and twelfth anniversary
was celebrated This wonderful atrae~
ture Ia just AS stable as II was more
than two hundred years ago, when
the sw edish women carried the NOR
tar 10 the men engaged In It's cree
tfOn
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
Proves Their Great Ability.

Some searcher for odd facts has
lately discovered that Napoleon was
once a book agent, Jay Gould was
a canvasser and that young George
Washington sold more than two hum
dred copies Of a subscription book.
General Grant, Bismarck and Daniel
Webster are lso on the list OF book
agents.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
A Tine Family 10 Fced.

An immense restaurant has lately
been opened in Berlin. 1t VIII &C
eommodate ten thousand people.
while the open-air terraces, for use
In summer, will accommodate ten
thousand more, There are a thou
sand walters and Kitchen stav OF
Ave hundred And as for tho food
required daily
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

Augustus Lukeman, the sculptor.
SAYS that the ancients were small
compared with American men and
women OF to-day. a regirn emit OF
sturdy American soldiers would feel
like stepping over the Greek and
Roman triumphal arches, rather than
passing under them. The armor Of
some OF the famous heroes OF the Mid
die Ages has been preserved. and q
modern man of average size would
have hard work TO squeeze into 1t.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

Mamma. queried little Bessie.
what Is a widower?" Before the
mother could reply. her brother aged
six, who was present, answered. x
know, he's the husband OF widow
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

II So easy to say, Let Gods grace
trtp YOUR life" but II IL not so easy
to do Gods grace viii not live In
the came house with aloth or pride or
seiaHhness or disobedience II yeu
really want 70 be gracious workef
YOU must yield yourself In glad corn
pllance 10 what you know to- be Goo
will for yo1; that is all there Is to II,
but that IL much. And then, how you
will sing at your tasks HOW race
win light up at the sight Of you, And
how your power will grow. and your
Joy Will grow. from grace to grace
even to the perfect day'-Amos H.
walls.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
THINGS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW

prise. II was organized by Dr. r. Z.
Hale for the maintenance OF the
training school for girls at Mount COT
fee. Liberia. This school has for its
purpose the training of native Afri-
can girls, to set them free from tho
superstitious customs and teachings,
which are the greatest barrier to the
enlightenment of the African tribes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
A Central CONFUSION. -

Putin on yo oboercoat. sab, amt
so hahd. Fust o puts in one ahrn.
an den yo puts in de oddah ahm.
an den 20 gihes a gen'rai conwulsion.
an der yo ah. sab. w oman's Home
Com nanlnn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

sTAke Eden. the Garden of the Lord"
Immense operations are now be-
ing carried on in Mesopotamia to
store UP the water OF the Tigrls and
Euphrates and make that region as
fertile as it was in ancient times,
when Il was. as many suppose, the
place where God planted garden
eastward in Eden"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
A Page Devoted to Religious Matters

Tell her that the l@sson taught her
Far outwei9hs the pain.
BID her not Seek other pleasures,
Turn 10 other things
Rather nurse her Gagged sorrow
TIL the captive stnws
-Adrlside A. Proctor
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

Professor Pictot, of Paris. has been
able to keep the life principle in fish
that were frozen solid for three
months. His method was very sim
pie. He kept some tench and other
fresh water fish in water at the tenn
perature of thirty-two degrees for one
night. Then he gradually diminished
the temperature till II was four de-
grees The fish were thus frozen
into a solid block of Ice. When some
Of them were taken out on the block
they broke into bits like pieces of
Ice At the end OF three months
Professor Pictot allowed the ice to
melt, and the fish that remained
then SWAN about, as much alive as
ever. The vital principle had sim
ply been suspended.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

make uR any lower In the sight ~
God In spite If all such things,
we may have attained by mis- grace
tho highest and best that life has 20
oTer.--Canon Farrar
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
A Veteran Missionary Prophecy.

Or orifith John. speaking 10 CHI
neHe Christians on the occasion Of his
jubilee. concluded with these words;
u now want 20 assume the role Of
a prophet. Another hfty years and
there viii be no tdols In China. Fifty
years and there viii he no Buddhist
or Taolst priests In ffty--or shall
We say a hundred years ] do not
think there will he any foreign pas
tors tn China. Why Because the
Chinese church will have Its own
pastors In great numbers and all
China will be changed We older
brethren will not gee this sight in life
bat ws shall look down on II from
heaven, and the little ones here to-
night win see It and Will play their
rart in t."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

Saturday 1t is better. Il the will
OF God should 90 viii, that ye suffer
for weil-doing than for evii-dolng.--
/ Peter 3: II.
II at any time we he inclined 70
despair amid the waves Of misfort
tune and the malice Of our fellow
men; II. weary Of injustice and dig
oouragement, we sometimes feel al
most driven to say with Elijah And
now. o Lord. take away my life. for
! am not better than my fathers"
is there no comfort In the thought
that God Is not unjust and eontemp-
tuous Ike man. Our earthly misery
or lowlness the poverty of our in
tellectual gifts our falling efforts; our
waning powers; our many feeble
nesses and imperfections, 40 they he
not stained with wiIful sin. do not
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

A remarkable feature OF the great
missionary exposition held in Boston
last April and May was the number
Of boys and girls who visited II. In
one day mora than ak thousand were
admitted, and something like this
average was kept up for many days,
he boys, Of course, were excited over
the American Indian section. while
the girls were delighted with the
scenes from Japan,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

Mrs, Starr was preserving peaches
in her biue-and- white kitchen, amid
an array OF glass jars, covers. parafiin,
rubber bands, and so forth.
Margaret, aged four, watched the
mysterious process quietly. until the
fruit was in the jars. and the covers
ready. then she exclaimed ecstaticaiiy,
% mermee, please let me- put this
Earters Womans Home Conn
panion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

The Student Volunteer Movement.
whose report is Just out. furnished to
missionary societies last year for SER
vice on foreign fields 36s men ana wo-
men. who went out under ffty-thres
different societies Up TO the begin
ming OF the calendar year the volun-
teerw had furnished 4.Ts4 mission
aries 10 all fields,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

Jacob Bernheim. who Ia in charge
of the Polish work OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church In Chicago, says
that there are In Europe SIX hundred
Jews or sons of Jews who are ocou-
pying the pulptts OF Protestant
churches. -Four hundred and nifty OF
these are In Great Britain.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

Friday .---T'hs righteous IL delivered
out 81 trouble Prov II. 3.
Undue stress IL sometimes laid on
what Is called the conviction Of Gin.
The conviction Of sin comes
surely enough and fast enough when
you have the perfect ideal before Won.
and are striving tn realize IT. But
would rather have you aim at the
conviction Of Righteousness. that is.
~ rtshtneas-~os heart right before
God. ANDREW r. Pea body.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

Sixty students of Marking Univer~
sity, China, have lately announced
their purpose to give their lives 10 the
work OF the Christian ministry. This
institution Is supported by the pres-
byterian Disciples, and Methodist
churches,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

One OF the daily newspapers taken
In little Marys family. says Harpers
Magazine. offers three dollar prize
for the best sayings Of little children.
Mary, who had Just learned to read,
loved TO spell her way through these
funny stories, and watched for them
every week One day she appeared
at the door Of her mother's room,
much excited and dragging along her
protesting baby brother. Sweetheart
what Ia the matter ?" asked her
mother. coming to the rescue
"Oh, nothing. mother. was only
trying 70 make him say something
funny to send to the Newspaper I
want some money SO badly for some
roller skates"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

The entrance TO the Panama Canal
is more than six hundred miles east
OF New Orleans. A visitor to the
isthmus gets some Of his fixed ideas
about geography upset He finds that
the eastern end Of the canal is far
Their west than the western end; he
finds the canal running from north
westerly to a southeasterly direction.
he sits on a porch at Colon and
watches the sun set IN the Atlantic,
and II he rises when most of tho peo-
pie do when at Ancon. near Panama,
he will see tho sun come up out or
the Pacific These apparent contra
dictions will easily be understood by
looking at the map on large globe.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

The Second international Confer
euce of state and College Secretaries
OF the " M c. A. was held recently
at Lake Forest, Ill, One hundred ana
twenty seven Y. NJ. c. A. workers
were In attendance.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

Fur the Owls at fAhcxta.
The American Mount Coffee Assoc
station Ii unique benevolent enter
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

The State Y. NJ. c. A. has just
completed building at Greeneilie
which Will be devoted to the inter
ests of lumbermen. II Is the nrst 10
be- erected for that purpose in Maine
and is an exact copy OF the railroad
Y NJ C. A. building at Waterville.
The fromal opening OF the building
Will take place October /.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

The graduating exercises OF the
Moody Bible Institute, Chieaso. we're
held lately The graduating class for
this term numbers nety~ six~~~tntFty~
six men aud twenty women4
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

All during the summer the Ma
tional Bible Institute. OF New YORK.
has carried on It's daily out OF doors
evangelistic meetings. While they Will
he continued for another month, al
ready nearly 800 such meetings have
been held. with an aggregate attend
ancA OF nearly 10000. In which some
g. 900 have publicly responded to the
invitation TO lead a Christian life or
have asked for special prayer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

Jehovah blessed the lat
ter end of job more than the begin
ming Job AZ: IL.
Thou. q Lord, canst transform my
thorn into a flower. And | want nay
thorn transformed into a flower. job
has got the sunshine after the rain.
but has tn. rain bean all waste =? Job
wants to know. want to know, II
the shower had nothing 10 do with
the shining. And thou canst tell me
thy cross can tell me, Thou hast
crowned thy sorrow, be this my
crown. @ Lord, 1 only triumph in
thee when l have learned the radi-
ance Of the rain .~-Cieorse Matheson.
Monday --Regard not lightly the
Christening of the Lord, nor faint when
thdu art reproved of him. for whom
tina Lord ioveth he chasteneth.~-H Heb.
IL 6, g.
The difficulties OF life teach las wis
dom. IT'S vanities humilities, It's caIam-
tiles pity. it's hopes resignation. It's
sufrerings charity. ITS Affections forti-
tude, It's necessities prudence ITS
brevity the value OF time. and Its
dangers ANA uncertainties constant
dependence upon "a higher and all
protecting Power
"Wednesday In God have / put ms
trust. l viii not he afraid. -~Ps. So
ii.
Just SIS a~a leads me I would go.
would not ash to choose my way
Content win what no wih hastew.
Assured he viii not let nae stray.
So as he leads, SAY path 1 make.
And step by step l gladly take.
chtd ia him eonNdlng.
--t.amperttus.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
Y outhful Issxtf>.

The teacher in elementary maths-
MATES looked hopefully about the
room. Now. children. siss said. II
wish you TO think very carefully be-
Tore YOU answer my next question"
The small pupils sat eagerly await
ing It, wtde~eyed, and IN some in
stances. open mouthsd
w hich would you rather haNA
three bags with two apples In each
bag. or two bags with three apples
In each, bag" asked the teacher.
Three bags with two arples In
each bag, said n boy In one ~ the
lass seats while the class still debated
as 10 the hsst answer.
Why, PAUL." asked the teacher.
Because thore'd be one more bar
to bust, announced the practical
young mathematician.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

Thursday know. O Jehovah
thar thy judgments aru righteous. and
that tn faithfalnes@ thou hast AFFLICTED
me PS llsl 70.
IN rot cheat thy heart ana tell her
Grief viii pass away
Hope for falrer times la future
Ana forget to-day
Tell her, ~ you will. that sorrow
Need net come ia valni
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

Colonel ] II, Flowers. Of Jakin. Ga,
has an unhroken record or l,7es sun
days behind him as a. sunday school
scholar lie claims 20 be the cham
pion SUNDAY school scholar OF aeor-
gia.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30
Modern Was


A Delta In a Greek lettar found In
some rivers
Three kinds OF plains ar. marina
plains. lake plains, and tina kind We
use In manual training.
Trads~Winds are when tina wina
changes from north TO west or CASA
ana We have nice day for a CHANGE
Ocean currents are currents wrow-
ina ia tho ocean, They are usually
Kreea and quito large. even larger
than sooseherry.
desert consists ar ics~ersxrA
fruit, or pie.
Environment u anything that sur-
r"unaa you. such as your shirt or
pants
Tides are caused by the sun. whtuh
- 50 hot that II forces the water cut
nG the center of the ocean and plies
u upon the shore unless there v
large hola for II 10 run into.
watershed In shNd where you
store water, They are uslamiiy higher
imam the hous@. because water has 10
run down instead 81 up
waterspout II any spout that taxes
water from the roof
mountain pnsn 4. d pass that the
railroad gives you, 10 that you Co
spsnd your vacation In the meuntaanA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-30

The present Legislature OF Connec-
ticut has twice Defeated efforts to re-
peal the law when forhtds Sunday
baseball and other sports