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and of other municipalities is ir truth enormous. In these days when one of the most exciting national elections of recent years is at hand, it is of inter est to note that there are 3.o43,117 white men born ip other countries, who, If not disqualified because of offenc- es against this government, or because of unsou11d mind, are all qualified to east their votes for presidential electors in November. These are the foreign-born males who have been naturalized, a total of 456.6 per cent. of the foreign born males of voting age in continental United States.
Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05
ls The Standard
 Oil Losing Control?

The Attorney Generals of flee i'll an effort to show what d fine job was done iii desolv- iug' the Standard Oil, has is- sued d statement which Is of interest only Ill that it differs from the prevailing belief that the trust Is as strongly ill., trenched as ever. However d phase of the report that is of interest says that in 1906 the Standard Oil combination con trolled about 84 percent of the entire oil business of the Unit ed States, and that the remain ing I6 percent was controlled by independents. At the pres ent time, according to the statement. the indepedents control 34 percent of the busi ness exclusive of California where they have. nearly 60 percent.
Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05
The Melting Pot of Peoples

A statement has been issued covering. the UnitedI States white foreign born population, which clearly shows that this country is the melting pot of the races of the earth. These white foreign-born men num- Der 6.646,S17, and fin the United States there are but 79Io,6oS white native born males of twenty-one years of age or over. The proportion of white men of legal age in this country who were boru abroad
Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05
How Ridiculous

There must have been a stringency in the copy mar ket when the Pennsylvania report erput out that inspired story" to the effect that Secretary of State Knox would retire on March fourth. even though President Taft should be re. elected. Mir. Knox denied the yarn in the earliest editions. and why now? For two years he has been having about the best old time of any living Yankee, travelling over South America. receiving the hon. age of a purple poteptate," /" and carrying along on his war ships his family and most of their friends. Besides he has just returned from Japan with an eutourage comfortably tucked away on a warship that would make poor mon archs like those of Europe flush with envy. Of course MT. Knox does not always travel, but when he is here in Washington he has things so much easier thap even the President and his family, that the suggestion that he might chuck it all, sounds like a joke. NOW supposing most anybody was would n. qu':7
Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05
Was a Distinct Type

Much has been written con- corning Senator Heyburn, who died a few daysago. His qualities have been discussed, and the eulogists have spent their volumes of phtitudes. That's the usual way dead statesmen pass on. The Senat- or was distinctin his type, and his great qualities were his honesty, fearless, and positive
 ness. This latter trait was generally regarded here as
 b.h!Sn., :-,.d II was horouehlv k.CcIsioo,. cidu wnt Il the Senator had arrived at: a con- cluSion, that. "all the kings oxen" were weak as compared to. his resolve. It made no diff erence to Senator Hepburn If all the world was against him, <: ;:, would stand up and de clare that they were all wrong. He was strong in his likes and dislikes, and during the past year aroused the antago- nisn of the south by his at tacks upon.t that section of the country. With Senator Hey burn passes a real character of Congress-one of the old fashioned kind that one pic lures as belonging to Ameri- ca's revolutionary period.
Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05
Niex,co's Latest Revolution

The State Department has sighed many signs of relief at the late tu1n of affairs in Mexi- co. l. seems to be leeos uized that M' xicn must have-a revo- ii.tiOn uL Il, UIOeI IO lliakc liic people feel natural, but offici-
 als here are comforted that a man with a pronouncable name and brains enough to carry on a war instead of a bushwhack- ing expedition, is the new lead CT. Diaz, the new head of the revolutionists, appears to be a responsible sort of a chap, and is showing such diplomacy as to excite sympathy for his cause. Tue United States gov ernment does not expect to find 1t necessary to keep Uncle Sam sitting up nights along the border to prevent Diaz from committing grand lar
  ceny. murder, or other forms of high crimes against our people. 1n this respect Diaz differs from the man whose name represented mouth full !: of letters who recently was the chiefrevolutionistin in the south west.
Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05
IAN ACT PROVIDING FOR A SEMI MONTHLY PAY DAY"

ton Official Ballot and 35-senate Bill No. 19)
 will put burden the the temptation oohy
 
 It would don't ton Commission by would the the working he of doing railroads without benefing either Nor will benefit the working
 FNALYThe people of this State established Corporation Commission to take these (see Chap s Laws of the First Session of the the State of i zona Here the railroads and the might be heard equal justice done Why let this these enact laws that needed? s~
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the end of the week I called on my doctor and asked him to examine me. He said I was better than he ever expected to see me and asked if l was taking his medicine Wlsen T told him I was not, but was taking Dr. Miles Heart Remedy. he said. Thank the Lord for Dr. Miles Heart Remedy I continued to take 1t, and while [ realized my heart was damaged so could mot expect a permanent cure. for fifteen years I worked every day. not withst landing I had been told I would never work again. In July. 1911. was taken with rheunns tism again, and 1t went to my heart as before. I got go had that one of the Albany papers wrote up my life and said I could not live but few hours. again took Dr. Miles Heart Remedy with very satisfactory results, and have not missed day at business or in the legislature since January. I feel that Dr. Miles Heart Remedy has saved my life and cannot recommend it too highly
 Dr. Miles Heart Remedy Is sold and guaranteed by all druggists.
 MILES MEDICAL CO.,, Elkhart, Ind.
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Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05

After reading the dispatch es from Nicaragua, those Mexican bandits must wonder what on earth they will be re- quired to do before Uncle Sam will intervene in Mexico.
Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05

Senator LaFollette's atti- tude is that of a man who hopes the November election will clear the track and give the real Republican progress. siyes a chance to progress"
Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05

There's trust behind Will son, says a Republican organ. Bet your life. One of the big gest kind. The ''confding trust" of the common people of bis statesmanship sincerity aud integrity.
Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05

The Mexican deputies have voted to double their pay; and yet some people say that Mexico hasn't learned any thing from the example of the United States.
Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05

The old fashioned farmer who used to spend his time suing the railroad for his COW is now collecting insurance on his smashed up automobile.
Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05

Chicago Methodists have come out against Sunday funerals; but can't they do a little something" to prevent folks from dyeiug oh that day7
Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05

Bull-Mooserss ssVice-presiden- tial candidate Hiram Johnson, says that he has feeling of impending revolution. Yes, the countrys' going Democrat ic, Hiram.
Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05

The scientist who says that excessive reading has the same effect as opium eating explains at last why exchange editors are so dopey.
Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05

,"About fifteen we ars ago I was talen with rheu- matssm, W h 1 c h affe,Ned my heart producing what was called val vuIt. trouble. Three doctors told me ! would never do another q a V Ts wp T K. While T had many remedies recom- mended to Ne l got a bottle or Dr. Miles HesNt Remedy and it helped me inside of 4s hours At
Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05

Special Sale on Rugs at the Winslow Furniture O., for the next two weeks "
Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05
A Prominent New York Politician Near Death

Hon. R.. N. Lansing. Of Rensselaer, Assembly, Tells of N arrow Escape.
Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05
IAN ACT PROVIDING THAT RAILROADS SHALL NOT CHARGE MORE THAN THREE CENTS A MILE"

Nos md S1S-senate Bill No. 24a The population of Arizona less than Passenger traffic by just that much will force them cuta will nhihit n last from the State s50 47 S s31S6335 Does that much? The threecent sion and that
  lower than the
 
 sandstionly Of 1912, s82oooooo will will able
Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05

That s2,ooo, ,ooo expended for T. R.'s Chicago trip makes Bill Lorimer look like a piker.
Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05

Take Dr. Miles Laxative Tablets for constipation. They will help you.
Holbrook argus., 1912-11-05
Which is Better for Arizona Prosperity or Experiment?
What Every Arizona Voter Should Know and Why
IAN ACT LIMITING THE NUMBER OF CARS IN A TRAIN"

(on Official Ballot, Nos. 4S)
 The development of the State will to to inducemen there railroad lines eliminating reducing
 not going to be allowed the benefits It claimed that is dangerous handle Where lie with modern abrak has than result of handling long Cattleman that when reaches the where might capable What ong is safe.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18
INDIANA COUNTIES NEED
RELIGIOUS AWAKENING

A recent survey made by the Depart
ment Of Church and Country Life. of
the Presbyterian Board Of Home Mis-
sions In Indiana. brings out some start
ling facts. In one prosperous township
with LIZ Inhabitants, eighty-eight per
cent, have no religious connection of any
kind. There Is just one man under
twenty-one who Is a member Of any
Christian body. In a neighboring town
ship. not even a single man under
twenty-one could be found enrolled In q
religious organization In the ninety
one churches Of single county, twenty
five had not q man under twenty-one on
their membership rolls Central Indiana
contains a county with eighty-two
churches, only seventeen Of which have
resident pastors Fifty churches having
nonresident pastors are served by
twenty men. most of whom engage in
various occupations for a living. Some
Of these are '.just preaching on the side. :"
are farmers, others music dealers, others
preachers whose health failed" Each
of these are "just preaching on the side"
They pick up quite q Bit in addi-
ton to their regular work. Southern
Indiana township has population OF
1.sss. OF whom 800 are Romanists. with
one prosperous church. There are 1883
nom -Romataists, OF whom but 4s1 are
church members. and they are divided
among nine denominations
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18
NO BIBLE FOR ILLINOIS SCHOOLS.

Under ruling OF the Supreme Court
Of Illinois the Bible must not be read
In the public schools of that State. The
court opinion is stated in the language:
The petition AYERS that selected por-
tions OF the Bible have been read by the
without averring what portions.
so that il does not appear whether or
not the portions so read involved any
doctrinal or sectarian question. No test
suggests itself to us, and perhaps II
would be impossible to lay down one,
whereby TO determine whether any part
OF the Bible forms the basis of. or sup
PORTS. a sectarisn doctrine. Such a test
seems Impracticable. The only
means of preventing sectarian instruc-
ton In the schools is TO exclude alto
gether religious instruction by means OF
the reading of the Bible or otherwise
Commenting uron this editorially the
Homiletic Review for August says:
The court went further. and strained
the Constitution in these words: The
Constitution has definitely and complete
ly excluded religion from the laws con-
temptation in considering mems rights"
Does not the Constitution prohibit rather
simply ''an establishment of religion" ."
like that of the Anglican Church in
England. the Lutheran in Prussia, the
Roman Catholic in Spain-state
churchesp
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18

the disappearance OF pulpit oratory is In
the material. Too many different SER
mons are expected. II were better to
follow the custom of the old-time Mas
sachusetts preacher who kept on giving
the same sermon week after week be-
cause he saw no signs of its taking
effect The Victorian era produced many
great English orators of the pulpit and
Just before and during the civil war
period there were many in this country.
To-day there is no name to link with
that Of Bishop Brooks. 1t is true that
the old eloquent orator has disappeared
In other professions as well. The lawyer
and the statesman no longer place so
much reliance upon mere oratory. but
Of neither of these professions can 1t
be said that the spoken word is so i'm
portant a part as 1t is Of the ministry.
The average teaching and preaching
capacity among the French clergy is
higher than It is In any other country.
Allowing for temperamental dNergencies
of race, II would be worth while for the
seminaries of the Church to find out by
what methods such results are produced
in a large body OF men who car hardly
have had the cultural advantages that
are placed in the way of the average
American college student.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18
CITIES DEv0URING
WORLDS POPULATION.

A great city, like an army, constantly
needs recruits Some Of them are lured
from the smaller cities but the majority
of them come from the country regions.
In an article on Degeneration" in the
HILBERT Journal for July. DR.. Max
Nordau discusses this question of the
infusion OF fresh blood from the ccun-
try. He writes: in London and Paris
the young cities OF America cannot here
come into question-there are probably
not a hundred persons who can show a
pedigree of a hundred and fifty years.
consisting on both sides of ancestors
born only in London or Paris. The
large town Is an abyss, in which the
population that pours In from the whole
country and from foreign lands oozes
and trickles away. But for the inflow
from without It would be extinct In
about a century and a half. since Its
population is not renewed out of Its
own resources. For the present, the
country population is still capable of
feeding the large towns. But the day
will come wnen the depopulated country
will have no more re-enforcements to
bestow on the great city. and then the
danger of national degeneration will
come very near TO US. This danger will
be European in its scope, since one
people after another Is adopting the
large town civilization. and the white
race has no more barbarians in reserve
to step into the weakened ranks and fill
up their gaps"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18
NATIONAL INSURANCE AS SEEN
BY ENGLISH CHURCHMEN.

The British national insurance act
one of the most important and COM
prehensive measures of social legislation
ever passed by Parliament, has. as is
well known. been exposed to a good
deal of criticism by the Conservative
press. The medical profession has been
from the first active in opposition TO the
measure Probably Lloyd-George's asso-
citation with the Welsh disesta blishment
bill has led a number of the English
clergy TO be openly hostile to his bill.
In the last number of the Common
wealth. its editor. Canon Scott Holland.
euIogizes the two Archbishops Of the
English Church for their wisdom in
calling their clergy into line in support
of national insurance because IL expresses
and embodies the ideals of Christian
corporate responsibility. THE clergy are
the first people" he SAYS, who ought
TO be ready to set II in action and to
explain its obligations and methods Is
IL difficult and complicated? How could
it be anything else? All the more rea-
son for taking pains TO understand and
explain it." Although the act Is not a
perfect one, IL represents a true princl-
pie and the canon thinks II may be
improved and corrected. and he warns
the Church not TO side with silly society
people in exposing to riducule certain
small details of a great legislative pro-
duct. 1t is an obsolete question now. he
says. TO discuss whether everything in
the act HAS been done in the best posi-
BILE way What is certain Is. that a
new opportunity has come to the whole
nation; a new hope has dawned: new
power for good is astir; new step for
ward has been taken in fulfilling the
obligation under which the strong lie
to the weak, and all to one another. Let
the church play her proper part and
drop paltry nagging."
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18
CHURCH UNION THAT
DOES NOT UNITE

Presbyterian figures for 1912. issued
in July. show that more than Loo
churches that were reported by the Pres
byterian Northern body, Immediately fol-
lowing the union Of the Cumberland
body have disappeared.
been lost. or at least are not now claim
ed. The number Of churches In 1SV,
when the Cumberland union first entered
the official lists. was I1.es2. the decline
being even more than 100.- Membership
since the union, as compared with the
few years preceding II shows about the
same state Of things. In 1901. as 'one
result of the union. membership fisures re.
reported were 1.34l,00o. a gain Of 1s2.oeo.
The very next year 1900 of these were
lost. and 1t has been only the normal
gain per year that has carried the mem
bership figures up to those Of 1872. which
are 1.3So. 900. The gain Is. by the way,
no larger for the united body than 1t
formerly was for the single larger one
Last year 1t was 25.&s5, or not quite 2
per cent.
their previous normal figures or from
S5s following the Cumberland union down
to q: last year. The number Of Pres
byterian ministers is now 9.274. whereas
following the consolidation the number
was 9.0Sl. Sunday school scholars In
creased in numbers following the union
of about 10000 and only an average
increase preceding the union has now
carried the total to 1,2s2.S7. Baptisms
were not as many last year as In 1907.
the date of the union. by 1000. those on
confession having fallen of an even
larger number. or ZOO.
Financially. the total gifts OF Preshy-
terians. succeeding the union. is some
what more favorable. The total gifts
last year were SIS. 79S.615 or only a small
fraction below $50 per member. OF this
sum SIS per minister was given to
others, the balance having been given to
support churches themselves. Presby-
terians contribute to eleven different
general funds or causes, each cause hav-
ing an annual income exceeding slOg go
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18
ACCOUNTING FOR DECLINE
IN PULPIT ORAT0RY
From the CnrrcAmau.

From the ChcrchmAn.
From the very beginning the spoken
word has been the means Of spreading
religion. Christ and the apostles EN-
pioyed the spoken word In the Middle
Ages the great Franciscan movement re-
ceived its momentum by popular preach
ing. Savonaroia, Knox, and Latimer did
what they did largely through the spoken
word, and even to-day the sermon has
a central position in pastoral work.
It is a surprising fact that, though the
sermon is still OF the greatest impor-
tance, pulpit oratory Is almost a lost
art. This phenomenon is often comment
ed upon. but II Is not easy to explain.
There is. of course. an initial difficulty
with all types of oratory. Cicero point
ed 1t out. I'VE keep in our mind" he
wrote, AN idea OF perfect eloquence and
seek for its resemblance with our ears. I"
Everyone has that idea of perfect elo-
quence which is better than what he
hears just as few ever contemplate any
object than which they could imagine
nothing more beautiful.
But the only explanation vouchsafed
for the disappearance OF pulpit oratory
is that the minister has too much to do.
He prepares sometimes three or four
sermons or addresses each week. 1t is
impossible for one man to keep on year
in and year out producing great thought
and arguments under the pressure Of
parish activities. 1t follows that none
can give well what is bad in itself any
more than a man can think and have
no philosophy. In order to be given well
a sermon must have a unified plan. The
sermon, however. has come to be just
a talk or a lecture on a diversity of
things. If they were intended to be read
as well as heard-as they were formerly.
there is no doubt that they would have
a better plan and greater unity.
The crux then of the whole question of
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18
JOHN MCDOWELL, PREACHER,
ANOTHER BY-PRODUCT
OF ANTHRACITE COAL"

The opening address OF the Northheld
General Conference was delivered by
product OF the Mortified work, a grad
uate Of Mount Harmon, for several years
president of its alumni association. one
of the speakers at the July conferences
this year, DR.. John Mcdowell. pastor of
a leading Presbyterian church In New
ark, N. ]. His career shows what the
Moody schools have done for some boys.
DR.. Mcdowell has been called "a by
product OF anthracite coal" His friends
like to add that he is a product of
Mount Hermon and d. L. Moody's edu-
cational ideas. He was born forty-one
years ago in one OF the mining districts
of Scotland. Soon>the family sought this
country, and settled in the mining re-
gions OF Pennsylvania A large family
and a small salary made the family's
struggle a rigorous one. and the boy
soon did his share by shaving in the coal
breakers. For three years this was his
only playground: then he was advanced
to the position OF door boy. In the per-
petual darkness Of the mine. day in and
day out, for two years, he opened and
shut the doors in the coal pockets after
the mule cars had gone by with their
loaded trains. Another advancement
came to the thirteen-year-old toiler, and
he became mule driver. running the cars
up the incline, seeing that they were
uncoupled and returned.
Times became better with the Scotch
family, and at last the boy was to be
given chance to get an education. He
had set his heart upon engineering. and
as the boy drove his weary train up
and down. his mind was on his books
and his future. In a few days he would
be free: pay day came; his train boss
got drunk and did not come to do his
part Of the work: the boy tried to do
il alone. One of the cars got started
down the track away from him; he tried
to stop II, and was caught and dragged
under the car to what seemed to be
certain death. His only salvation lay
in stopping the car. which he did by
thrusting his foot before the wheels
When the boy had been taken from the
mine unconscious. and his foot had slow
ly healed, he found his left sleeve
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18
July Conferences.

Reports from the summer conferences
in July show that. with a few notable
exceptions. attendance has been poor
and interest slack. Strictly educa-
tional classes, attended by enthusiasts,
are said to have held their own with
last year fairly we'll. but the July regis
trations from a popular point of view
are % per cent below last year officers
of these enterprises are hoping for bet
ter things in August. but are admitting
that unless these better things come the
season will be among the poorest in
many years.
Reasons given for these adverse con-
ditions are the weather, politics, and
heated June, attendance at educational
ings during July broke all records. and
far exceeded August's average. This
year. on the whole. the weather has not
been warm beyond the ordinary, and
the general public has not taken to the
conferences. The political conventions.
with unusual excitement, kept public at
tention. Summer conference promoters
now hope that during August, all con-
ventions being over. their religious am
bitions may get more hearing. Finally.
hotels, stores. churches. AMI all else find
changes growing out OF the automobile.
Art, religion. and education are suf-
fering. so promoters of these things say.
Heads of families. putting money into
autos. their purchase and maintenance.
are putting. less money into home decora-
ton. Church and mission funds are suf-
fering. and the colleges, especially in
support OF students Of the middle
classes. report greater difficulties than
formerly growing out of lack OF funds.
The summer conferences of the East re-
port less favorably than those of the
West All of them admit having hopes
that August will do better by them than
July has done.