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ARMY AS RESULT Of RIOT
Comparatively Trivial incident Leo
TO the Formation Of Present
British Force.

The movement, to preserve Ken
Wood, the beautiful Hampstead estate.
from the clutches Of the builders. re-
minds the student Of military history
that the bloody little fight which 90.
CURED there In 1861 led to the recon.
stitution Of the British regular army.
Thomas Venner, q wine cooper, was
the leader of set Of fanatics known
as nth monarchy men," who an.
nounced their determination not to
sheathe their swords "till Babylon
should be kissing and curse. and
the kings Of the earth should be bound
in chains and the mobiles in fetters Of
iron" Fifty of these zealots on
Twelfth Night emerged from their
meeting-place in Coleman street and
overpowered the city trained bands.
The assault was repulsed by the
lord mayor in person. who. suddenly
aroused and scantily clad, at the head
of = band of followers, drove the in.
surgents to Highgate, where. in Caen
Wood. q sharp encounter with the life
guards took place tho following day,
with several casualties to the house
hold cavalry.
The rising was put down without
further difiiculty. but the result was
the arrest of the process Of the dis
bandment Of troops and the reorgani.
ration Of the army, of which the exist.
ing life guards. blues. grenadier and
Coldstream guards were the nucleus.
Montreal Herald.
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At Of the too credulous tourist, who
cheerfully pays his dollar to SEQ .
Chinatown that doesn't ever exist.
Then he pays another dollar and
joins another sightseeing party to
visit the deadly precincts CT the Bow
cry.
1t would be too cruel to tell them
there is no Bowery, just as there is no
Chinatown, except in ancient history.
A Revised sowery.
For the Bowery has been revised
and expurgated and fumigated. and
partially civilized, until now 1t Is no
worse to the outward eye than some
portions OF Fourteenth street or Sixth
avenue. And the little shops and
vocations OF its denizens. II not strictly
clean, come safely within legal bounds.
You might easily get on the Bowery
and not know It at all.
Where you expect to find the abode
OF thugs and thieves. you find moth
ing more reprehensible than second
hand clothes shops.
Likewise in Chinatown. where you
think they are smoking opium. 1t isn't
opium at all-but more probably
something like the rabbit tobacco or
cross vine you used to smoke when
you were a kid at school. and thought
you were doing something very
wicked.
The opium den" you pay your dol
lar to see is very likely a laundry
when there are no tourists due.
II you happen to be in touch with
such people as newspaper editors and
other fortunate beings who are on the
inside of things. you will quickly learn
to shun the tourists car.
The best way to see the biggest city
in America is simply to live In 1t. and
go about to such places as may take
your fancy. II you want to be
thrilled with the Bowery and China.
town, Just read stories about them.
for there's nothing to see.
You don't need sightseeing car.
Any New York friend can show you
the wonders OF the museums. libraries
and interior points OF interest; while
there are scores OF cars and elevated
trains covering every point OF Man
haitian. from which you may learn
every inch Of your New York-from
the grandeur OF the skyscrapers and
the stupendous wealth of Fifth ave-
nue., and the cosmopolItanism OF
Broadway, to the wretched poverty OF
crowded tenements and slums.
That is to say. you learn 1t from
the viewpoint Of merely seeing things.
To really know any phase OF life or
class of people, you must go up or
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Art Of 9alllno.

Shifting canvas so as to utilize the
blow of the wind for driving ships
upon the water IL one of the very
earliest of the arts through which
man has continued to utilize the
forces of nature. When steam power
came into use the sailing craft was
at ethe very highest stage Of its de
velopment. The stately four-master
spreading a score Of sheets to the
wind, was queen Of the waters q cen,
tury ago. With the multiplication OF
steam-driven ships and. within the
last decade or so. the amazing substi
tuition of the internal combustion
gasoline engines for sails upon yes
sells of the small-tonnage class raises
the query as to whether the sailors
craftsmanship is not soon to be mum
bered among the lost arts. 1t begins
to look as though the sailing ship and
the horse might 60 out together.
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down amongst them and be one Of
them.
One Place Not Mythical.
There Is one place. however, which
hasn't been rslegated to the mythical.
There most certainly Ii still .
Coney island. And whether you 60
quietly with a friend or whether you
60 with a crowd in q labeled and
megaphoned sightseeing car. II IL the
same Coney island, with it's blaze OF
lights and its blare of orchestras and
It's bewildering whirl OF things to ride
and things to see. and things to do,
and things to eat and drink. the latter
consisting chiefly OF hot dogs" and
beer.
But, however genuine Coney may
be, there's no denying the spirit Of
graft that pervades the atmosphere Of
skyscraper land.
On every hand some person or some
organization is trying to get some,
thing for nothing. and II you are weak
enough to be- caught, It's like buying
25-cent silk stockings. and serves you
Just right. s
Perhaps some evening after the
theater you stop In high-class cab
aret to enjoy dance or two and =
sandwich. At the entrance you arc
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The New Agriculture.

The term new agriculture" applies
to the farming methods that have beer
made possible within the past twenty
years or so by the advance OF science
"Dry farming" the "inoculation" o.,
soils. the amazing results OF irriga
t,on and Of experimentation at the state
and government agricultural stations;
intensive" farming. deep plowing. seek
selection, crop rotation and the appli
cation of nitrogenous elements have
completely revolutionised the farmers
art, giving them returns that were mol
dreamed Of few decades ago.
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met by an attentive footman, who very
politely but most insistantly relieves
you of your hat and cane, and most
gracefully takes charge OF your lady's
coat. Wa s-e IS
Inside the cabaret smiling waiter
attaches himself to you and shadows
you devotedly for the remainder of
your stay. He nnds Just the right
table for you. brings your Tom Col
Inns and your lady's orangeade and
two small sandwiches--a modest or
der which should cost about so cents.
But does II?
Just walt until he brings your
check!
While you are dancing he hovers
near your table. watching to see that
no fashionable pirate carries of your
lady's gloves and vanity bag, and
guarding your half-eaten sandwiches
from being devoured by someone else
in your absence.
All Of which jealous service IL duly
charged in your check. which II
brought to you marked $190! (You
had paid for your table In advance, By
the way)
You haven't the nerve to put .
mere two.dollar bill on the tray.
Give that walter a ten-cent tip.
never.
So you sigh inwardly. while outward
ly smiling. you place $2.15 on the tray
and carelessly wave aside the walters
deferential thanks.
On leaving, you find the devoted
footman again awaiting you with your
hat and cane and your lady's coat
and an air OF expectancy.
The air Of expectancy means anoth-
er 25.cent tip.
You pay It like little man. an / the
footman drops It in his pocket.
The dances were very nice indeed.
The music was divine. but the little
whisper OF a sandwich left you tust
as hungry as ever. and you go away
wondering If you had your moneys
worth. hr
Then you console yourself witt the
thought that you don't grudge the tips
to the poor walters and hall-boys who
are on their tired feet working SO hard
at all hours of the day and night.
but the point Is: Did you tip the
walters?
No, indeed. The tired walters do
not get a penny Of those tips. II All
goes to the boss. You simply paid an
extortionate price for a few cents
worth Of refreshments. and then add
ed an extra so cents in tips. al to be-
turned in to the manager OF tho
cabaret.
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young mans eyes. (Gervangeline was
a lady nut" and at the moment was
doing her best to appear like Flossy
Floyd Of the Tivolity. Some girls get
this complaint sometimes). Cuthbert
took her hand.
"Do you play cards for money!" she
asked impressively.
NO." said Cuthbert, lying like .
hero. "But i'll did could win . lot Of
money at this moment"
"How 60, dear Cuthbert?"
"Just look what ripping hand I
hold"
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sword, but by the cross. They con-
luered not by force but by persuasion:
not by shedding the blood of others
out by shedding their own blood; not
by enslaving the bodies OF men. but by
rescuing their souls from the yoke Of
ignorance and sin. And the fruit Of
their victories remains unto this day.
The apostles were few in number.
They were without wealth or position.
without high mental endowments or
acquired learning. without the prestige
Of fame. of obscure origin. and Of
neither social por political conse-
luence. They belonged to race hated
and despised by both Greeks and Ro-
mans. They were, in fine, men quite
without those qualifications which are
commonly thought to be essential to
success in any great enterprise.
Well indeed could st. Paul exclaim:
THE foolish things OF the world hath
God chosen to co.found the wise; and
the weak things Of the world hath God
chosen to confound the strong; and
the base things Of the world. and the
things which are despised hath God
chosen. and the thipxs that are not.
that He might bring 70 nauxht those
things which are: that NO flesh may
glory in his sight"
II the gospel had been propagated by
the power Of Tiberius Caesar and the
governors Of the Roman provinces. the
world could reasonably say: There
Is NO miracle here. for Christianity
was established not by the finger Of
God. but by the might and majesty Of
kings" As .s--
Or II armies had been sent to force
the new religion upon the, world men
could say with truth: There is no
marvel here; the Christian faith was
propagated. not by the sword OF the
Spirit. but by the arm Of the flesh"
Or II the orators. statesmen and
philosophers, the historians and poets
had united with voice and pen to cham.
pion the cause of the infant church.
the world could say that there was
nothing supernatural in all that: that
the gospel was recommended not by
the folly OF the cross. but by the per
suasive words of human wisdom"
But when to the personal insignifl-
canoe of the apostles and the austerity
of their doctrine is added the violent
opposition which they met at every
step from the Jewish and the Gentle
world, we are lost in wonder and ad-
miration at the success OF their mis-
sion.
Upwards Of fourteen hundred years
ago st. Augustine proposed to the cavil-
lers Of his time an argument which
has greater cosency now than 1t had
even then. Either. he says. the Chris
tian religion was propagated by
miracles or without them. II the for
mer IL true. the church II manifestly
divine. II, however. the world was
converted without miracles, this of It.
self would be miracle 10 stupendous
that NO other could be compared with
IL -tu
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subdued Kingdoms
by wading through
the blood of his
fellow men. By the
sword he con-
Quered and by the
sword he kept his
subjects in bond
age. But scarcely
was he laid In his
tomb when his
empire was dis
solved. and his
subjects shook OF
the yoke that had
been forced upon
them.
The a pos { l eB
gained nations to
Christ not by the
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sen as the connecting link between the
head of Buzzard's bay and Cape Cod
bay. The deepest cut is only 29 feet
above sea level. On the south bank OF
the canal the tracks Of the New Haven
railroad give access for the transfer
Of freight between water and land.
The possibilities are, therefore, great
for manufactures and general indus
tries. Daily observations for hveNyears
show. that the fog is less than one-half
that existing in Vineyard sound. The
course Of the canal Ia through wide.
currentless waters, free from the west
erly storms Of the outside route. The
great hook Of the cape protects yes
sells from all southerly gales. The
new route saves 70 miles in distance
between eastern and southern points
and day and . half for tows and sail
ing ships. Quick. certain transit upon
positive schedules 10 required today.
The canal gives mobility by an inte-
rior smooth channel through which
New England can receive her crude
material at low figure. Congested
land lines cannot supply II, and manu-
facturers must have It promptly and
cheaply II they are to replace vanish
ing home markets with new trade from
South America and the Pacific. The
raw products from the West will also
reach New England directly by water
from the Great Lakes.
? A secondary source of revenue to
the canal company and of great impor-
tance to the state 10 the development
Of district which today is of the
main arteries Of travel. Southeastern
Massachusetts. from Plymouth to
Proyincetown, is sparsely Inhabited.
and is well fitted for the summer
homes Of people from the interior
looking for resorts in desirable cli-
mate. Lines OF steamers from the
west will give ready access to the in
creasing number of families seeking
the New England coast
The Cape Cod canal proving remu-
nerative. private capital will be at
tracted toward the building OF minor
channels. With this forecast and for
this reason, 1t is safe to say. Mr.. Bel
mont after solYing. In q narrow field.
the local transportation question Of
the city Of New York. turned his at
tention to the broader one OF lessening
distance and time and Of saving lives
by a sea route through southeastern
Massachusetts-the land Of his fore
bears, The United States and the
state Of Massachusetts, having failed
to solve the problem. he found that
the time had arrived to build the canal
Large corporations had replaced tho
individual owners of sailing craft; the
control Of the trafiic was in a few
hands; consequently there were less
units with which to deal.
Keeping this point in mind. and
that the undertaking was completed
at a time when the need of closer
between the corporations
and the people was more than ever
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tPrssident Wheaton College. Wheaton.
IiL> BIZ g-..
When I was q boy think perhaps
the common definition for miracle
was that 1t was suspension or =
violation of the laws Of nature. In
our time more careful thinking has
resulted in a mobilization Of definition
which think has been q help to
faith. Law In the physical universe
is simply a description Of uniform
action. The law of gravitation tells
how bodies affect one another as re-
CARDS pull. The law Of falling bodies
tells how far falling bodies travel un-
der certain circumstances in given
periods of time. The law Of cohesion
tells how firmly the particles Of any
given substance adhere to one anoth-
er, etc.
So far as we have knowledge. these
laws cannot be violated or suspended.
They are permanent factors in the
universe Of God. They arc the mani
testations Of forces which are abso-
lutely hidden. We SEE results, We do
NOT SEQ causes. and the law simply
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especially Cooch
tial to seek this
aid for the rea-
son that no deep
sea canal exists
in this country
upon which tolls
are charged, con-
sequently there is
no pre- C g d e n t
upon which to
base a revenue.
The men who
built the c q pe
Cod canal asked
no h lip fr m
Washington. On
the contrary. they
constructed and
paid for a chan
mel o ver o u T
miles long in the
. United States wa
ters of Buzzard 8
bay. They buhe
a b r 9 a k W a t 9 {
three-quarters OF
a mile long. also
of their own ex-
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WOW THE DAY BY FLATTERY
cuthbert Evidently Knew Just How
10 Say the Right Thing at the
Right Time.

cuthbert Pipwhistle waited in palpi-
tatins silence for Gervangeline to an
sver the great question he had Just
nut to her. Would she say: Yes,
Cuthbert," or would she prefer to re-
main Miss Smith?
Slowly Gervanseline turned her per-
oxide head round and gazed into the
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actuated by altruistic ideas,
similar example exists nearer
nome. New York is building a water
way from which no income will fol-
low. The deepened Erie canal will
help the commerce Of the lake states.
while only incidentally developing To-
cal commerce and industries.
Both the isthmian and Erie canals
have rightfully been in the public eye
for years. A. third, Of much more Inn
mediate and direct value to our coast
wise trade. has received. little aiten-
tion. Advocated by Washington as .
military necessity, urged by successive
presidents. attempted by various cor
porations, needed by humanity, the
Cape Cod canal has remained uncut
since the day when Miles Standish
met the Dutch in 1927 and on the up
per waters of Buzzard,s bay began the
first transportation through Long
Island sound between New Amster-
dam and the Old Colony. At that spot
there 10 now finished and in operation,
at cost OF only $12.000.000. a channel
30 feet deep which has the largest
tonnage tributary to any ocean canal:
q trafnc as great as that at Suez. being
$4,000, 900 tons. carried almost exclu-
sively in American bottoms.
Government and state having failed
to recognise the importance Of this in
terror smooth-water line. less than
fifty men have been bold enough to
finance IT. They also have their ides,s.
feeling that the times are ripe to-
gain our lost ocean supremacy. and
that individuals. as well as the gen.
eral public, should do their share for
the improvement Of waterways. Con-
servatism, however, demanded that all
private corporations must be based
upon financial returns. It is proper.
therefore, to give in brief the figures
upon which Mr.. Belmont and his asso-
ciates are working. They are as fol-
lows:
OF the 25.oo0.00O tons. 100000 is
coal alone. That commodity is losing
ten cents per ton from storm, fog de-
lays and extra insurance for each
round trip. With capital of only
s12. 900 900 and such . maximum traf-
fic. IL il readily seen that even II only
one-haif the tonnage goes through the
canal during the frst year good divi.
dend, may be expected-provided the
nov channel in all respects meets mod
ern requirements. The is the aim and
ambition Of its chief engineer. William
barclay Parsons. whose experience
with the Panama canal commission
and general knowledge Of waterways
are we'll known. The canal is wider
and deeper than the original Suez:
protection against the wash of passing
steamers is secured by the paving OF
its banks; electric lights at short In
tervals assure safe traffic at night: its
great breakwater amply protects the
eastern end from northeast gales.
The route Is through the eight-mile
tsthmus which for years has been cho-
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ProprIety.

1.-THE name Of q person Is always
classified as proper noun." said the
teacher.
That's goin' too fur, teacher" ex
claimed the biggest boy In the school.
There is some men around here 30
lowdown that their names ain't proper
to be spoke In any polite COMPANY"
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Her beautiful head dropped onto his
shoulder-and part Of the Flossy Floyd
makeup came OF on his sleeve.-Lon.
don Tit-Bits.
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pense, in Barnstable bay. Both these
works will be Of great benefit to com
merce and to the adjacent localities.
They make deep-water harbors long
needed for the benefit of the public.
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cHAuceR,s "pooR pARson."

(By ALBERT s. COOK, PHI. D., LII, d.,
Professor OF English Language and Lit
erature. Yale University
81 often read the Bible. like to
read 1t every night. A Bible lies on n
table at my bedside. find the most
beautiful thoughts expressed in 1t.
cannot understand how It is that so
many persons pay so little attention to
the Holy ptures."-Emperor Will
liam OF Germany. lh &
For seven hundred years after the
composition Of Caedmon's hymn with
which English literature began). much
the largest part OF English literature.
both prose and poetry. was founded
on or strongly Influenced by the Bible.
Al length Chaucer came (died 400
A. d., an author much gayer and
merrier than any OF his predecessors.
But notwithstanding all his mirth and
gaiety. he had serious strain, and
in it produced some of his finest work.
including such poems as the Par
doner's tale. the Prioress' tale Of
the little schoolboy. and the
Clerks tale Of Griselda. Perhaps
his greatest achievement, considering
hL0 hLiAt1bAoAo Vi op@Scp A0 hA0 ~
logue to the Canterbury Tales" and
In the Prologue nothing is better than
his account Of the country clergyman,
q character which embodies some OF
the best teaching of the Bible. This
poor parson" is delineated In nifty
two lines. few Of which follow In .
slightly modernized form:
Full rich no was in holy thought and
work;
Also he was learned man. . clerk.
But Christ's own gospel would he truly
preach.
And all his flock devoutly would he teach
Benign he was. and wondrous diligent.
And in adversity full patient. -.
This noble example to his sheep no gave,
That first he worked. and afterward he
taught
Out of the gospel he those phrases
caught:
And this the figure he supplied thereto
That II gold rust. then what shall iron
dot
For II priest BE- foul. in whom We
trust.
What wonder though = common man
should rust7
The lore of Christ and his apostles
twelve
He taught. but nrst he followed 1t him
self,
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IS how these secret. hidden forces

tells how these secret. hidden forces
act
While. however. laws are meyer sus-
pended or violated. It is one OF the
commonplaces OF human experience
that one force overbalances another
force. SO that what would take place
because of one force does not take
place because another force Is In
action.
For example: The law OF inertia
Is that all material being naturally
remains In that state of rest or mo-
tion In which 1t is. The waters OF
the sea. under the operation OF this
force. which tends to keep bodies as
they are. would remain in the sea.
When. however. the force that we call
heat Is applied to the sea, vast vol
umes Of water are lifted high in the
air. Every day millions upon millions
Of tons OF water are thus raised to
the skies.
The book which lies before you on
the table will naturally continue to
lie there, but II you take the book In
your hand the force which we call
muscular energy. directed by another
force. unseen. intangible. that we call
the human will. may lift the book.
open the book. The law OF gravitation
is not contradicted. It is not suspend.
ed; 1t is overcome for the time by
the law OF muscular energy. Just as
the waters of the sea are lifted into
the air by the power which we call
heat,
There is nothing new in these state
ments. They are obvious to any think
Ing person, but II persons do not think
they will not have these facts In mind.
Let US then reflect that q miracle Is
not suspension of natural law nor
above all a violation of natural law;
1t is the overcoming Of one force or
set OF forces by another force which
is greater.
Take. for example. the resurrection
of the dead. II such an event has
ever taken place or shall ever take
place. it will not be the suspension
Of force or the violation OF force. but
the overcoming Of the forces which
tend to disintegratiorf>, by another
force which. equally hidden. is more
powerful and gives US life instead Of
decay.
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apparent, Information is being sought
from its prospective patrons leading
toward perfected transportation and
rates fair to the investor as well as
to the ships and the consumer 1t 10
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Ap,iicatisa Il he Scriptures 10
the Wsrld Ts1ay % Seen by Emil
asnt Men Ia varisss Walks Of Lie
tCopyrieht. 1914. by Joseph B. Bowlea,
HOW CHRISTIANITY CONQUERED

(By His Emincnce JAMES. CARDINAL
GIBBONS)
''The Bible and a knowledge of tho
Bible are both easential to the saliva
ton of this country."-Mark A. Mat
thews, d. D., Past Moderator General
Assembly of tho Prssbyterian Church.
Alexander the Great, the most sue
cessful perhaps OF ancient captains,