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tect with the temple Of nature iu-
minously standing before VI. just ~
the human voice sounding in our
ears IN associated In our mind with =
speaker hidden from our view. How
can our soul listen in silent wonder to
the heavenly music Of the spheres
without admiring the Divine Com
poser? We cannot separate the Build
er from His work. We cannot admire
the masterpiece without bestowing q
thought on the great Artist. The con-
nection is inseparable. The invisible
Author il clearly seen. being under
stood by the things that are made"
BY the same light Of reason we see
also within US moral law written on
our hearts. We perceive an essential
difference between right and wrong.
good and evil. virtue and vice. From
the recognition Of this universal law
we inevitably infer universal Law
giver. We hear voice within Us jadg-
ing u.s. commencing or condemninS
us, and from the imperious judgment
pronounced upon US we conclude that
there exists Sovereign Judge.
And thus God reveals himself to M
as our Creator, AZ our Lawgiver, a.
our Judge. AS our Creator. He man
ifests himself to US by His works. As
our Lawgiver. He speaks to US by His
law, written on our hearts. As our
Judge, He speaks to US by the voice
of conscience. We apprehend Him by
our reason, our moral sense. and our
conscience. And. therefore. as long
as man continues to exercise his in.
tellectual and moral faculties, SO long
will he profess his faith in the exist
ence OF living God.
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pI.relno the Deserts Secrets.

The first section Of the French Sa-
hara railway was recently opened for
traffic. The line is narrow gauge. and
extends directly south from Biskra
into the desert. to the oasis and vii
lage of Tugurt. a distance of 125
miles.
This is, Of course. but small be-
ginning of the immense project to con-
struct a railroad from Biskra to Lake
Tchad. The completion of the work
may not be seen by the present gem
Grafton. But it Is an achievement
upon which the French have set their
hearts, and they will probably not
turn back from 1t.
Already they are preparing to ex-
tend the line 100 miles. from Tugurt to
Wargla. And when Wargla is reached
the work will gradually be pushed
further and further.
When the traveller can cross the
vast Sahara in a comfortable parlor
car the worlds greatest mystery will
have ceased to be mysterious.
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thin bread-and.butter sandwich sprin-
killed. with cayenne pepper and eaten
after midnight will sometimes induce
sleep when other means fail.
London street sayings.


London street sayings. like music
hall songs. have generally but . short
life, the Chronicle of that city says.
Has your mother sold her manslef"
who shot the dog7" How are you
OF for soap?" survive only in old nov:
els. Some. however. are revived with
slight alterations. The expression Of
dissent emphasized II months ago by
Not in these trousers" used 80 years
ago to be conveyed by the tag. Mot
In these boots" One street saying
still occasionally heard dates back
more than so years. Mrs. c. w. Earle
states that at the time Of the 1851 ex.
hibition "the excessive fatigue and
WEAKNESS 30 stamped on the face Of
everybody who wanders about huge ex.
hi5itions became in that year . source
Of amusement for the London street
boy. and took the form of calling ~
they passed. 'How's your poor footr T"
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care burdened. is quite apt
to form the "lolling" habit. The air
il soothing to tired nerves, and have
little respect for an Imagination that
would not fall under the spell OF those
perfect moonlit nights. For my
self. en- route from Trinidad to Colon.
I Just wanted to "loll" and dream of
the days when pirates held sway in
these waters. of the days of adven-
ture and romance. 1t didn't seem quite
right that should be enjoying all
the luxuries Of travel while possibly
some OF my forbears had to wrest
their living from the sea. There were
several distinguished passengers be-
sides myself on board, including Lady
Hope and the duchess Of Kalamazoo.
The passenger list presented cos
mopolitan assortment OF Britishers.
Americans. Spaniards and West In
dams. Unjust not neglect the young
Irish patriot. an ardent champion of
home rule, who had had several YER
bal set-tos with antagonistic English
men before our troupe boarded the
steamer. writes c. Nick Stark IN the
Detroit Free Press. 49, ~
A ripple OF melodramatie climax
was reached on the second day out
from Port-of-spain. when. during
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age American city Of its size. They
make lot of noise about It, too. II
one happens to be domiciled In the
business section he will find the din
of street trafnc as annoying during
hours Of repose CO in the larger metro
politan cities. {
The natives Of Jamaica speak an
almost unintelligible language that IL
alleged to be English. 1t is a sort Of
Afro-Cockney dialect which has con-
ciseness for its keynote 1t lis not
musical tongue. The black people
are constantly jabbering and they
have habit Of conversing earnestly
and In low tones with themselves as
they shamble along the thoroughfares.
Though the obeoh man who once prac-
tised voodooism amongst them. has
been suppressed by law. some relig-
iouB impostor periodically appears to
work on their superstitious and SIM
pie natures. Only the other day the
newest Messiah was ordered to be
banished to Barbados, which the
Jamaican regards as the extreme pen.
atty. This fellow came In town astride
a donkey, wearing a nondescript uni
form and equipped with a sword. His
solemn mien and weird incantations
soon won host of followers, whom
he led to the harbor, where he BAN
tized the crowd at two shill,nes a
head. He was draining the impov.
erished negroes of every penny thew
could get. and when he made a blur
at crucifying himself on Good Friday
the law stepped in and grabbed him.
Where Color Regulates Caste,
Social caste in Jamaica is repu,atad
by the grade OF color. There ara
black people. colored people and yery
light Though not quite white) peo.
ple.) As to the whites, the Eneli.b
Jew predominates, though he does not
control. The mayor and nearly iii
the members of the Kingston citv
council are colored men. Among tha
dark shades Of humanity the women
do most of the work. There are ss,y
legal marriages in this class. Tho
woman realizes that If she is bound nv
the marriage tie she will probab,v
be obliged to work SO much harder
to support her lord and master IN
idleness. while If there is no legal
bond she can leave her man II ha
doesn't treat her right.
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fnW = H,DrownO He,
inrr There 4. hut
one rational solu-
f,on tn he given.
which NAV be
thua br,eav ex-
,re.aed. cod on,
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boy is learning the business OF stock
broking. The father insisted that his
son should learn the whole routine
of the ONCE, and SO although he was
born with a silver spoon In his mouth
that mouth is today used for licking
stamps.
According to a city merchant.
wealthy ofiice boys are by no means
uncommon. Business men who have
made money by their own exertions.
he said. know the advantage of start
ing from the bottom. and they often
place their sons in the ofices Of
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can be covered to q position from
which its beams may be directed over
the sea at the lowest possible level
The forward part of this lantern con
tains catoptric apparatus OF three re-
Electors. which. being placed on re-
volvfng plane having reciprocal mo-
ton through the arc to be Illuminated.
gives the characteristic Of the main
light. The motion ID produced by
means Of a powerful spring.
6teels Ledge lighthouse. located in
Penobscot bay, Maine. contains . pow
erful acetylene light having 500
candlepower intensity and an optical
range in clear weather OF I'm nauti.
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heated argument between British
or ana the Duke Of Cork, the latter
started to MARBLE 1.-THE Sun Is Now
Rising on Ireland" The incensed
Enslishman called the Irishman q
"bally rotter." or something like that.
when bling! 1.-THE home rule advocates
right shot into his adversary's eye
with such force as to break bone
In the smiter's right hand and tenn
porarily impair the Englishman's eye
for sightseeing purposes. The Incl
dent almost caused International COM
plications, and general melee was
only averted by prompt action on the
part of the skipper, who ordered the
staterooms, where the only visitors
were the surgeon and the stewards.
/. Bargain In Boa. Constructors.
The distance from Port-ofSpain to
Colon, 1sthmus Of Panama. is only q
rifle over 1000 miles, Just an ordi-
nary jump for an ocean-going the
.trical company. The jump ID broken
~ stops at savanilla and Cartagena,
IN the Colombian coast. Panama has
declared a strict quarantine against
hose towns. and passengers are not
permitted to stray from the wharves.
It is said that the sanitary grounds
Upon which the quarantine is based
are merely a subterfuge. The Pan
amanian authorities are anxious to
keep out undesirable, revolution
breeding pests from South America,
and the. quarantine serves the pub
pose. 1t is commended that the very
best bargains In Panama hats can
be obtained at Savanilla and Carta-
gena. The vendors that offered them
for sale at the wharves had slid
ing scale OF prices. One needed only
to be patient and wait until nearly
sailing. time. when prices rapidly de-
scended. This was also true Of the
fluctuations In parrots. monkeys and
boa constrictors. By not showing
unseemly haste one could secure a
nice sleek young boa constructor for
$3.50.
1t IL worth q long journey to see
the wonderful Panama canal, but
won't advertise the City of Panama
or Colon as ideal lingering points for
honeymoon couples. Except for the
canal zone, the general aspect Of Co
lon Is unattractive. American residents
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MUST GET TO ROOT OF EVIL.
Only Real Cure for Insomnia 10 to
Remove tbs Causes That Have
AZ Brought It On.

.The chief cause Of sleeplessness."
eaid Dr. Robert Jones, London spe-
cialist ON mental diseases. in an ad-
dress before the international con-
gress Of medicine, ''is mental or physi-
cal pain or suffering In some form or
another.
pain u sensation experienced BY
ali reflective living things. 1t has
many definitions. but Is best described
a. an uneasiness. varying from . feel
ing Of slight discomfort to extrsme
distress: and II may arise from the de-
rangement Of any function. also from
violence. pressure or undue tension in
any part OF the body. It has many
synonyms. anxiety. grief. solicitude.
mental distress, uneasiness. and. &C
cording to its quality or intensity. 1t
may amount to agony. torture or tor
ment.
1.-THE treatment of sieeplessness Is
to break the habit, which should be
done by removing the causes, and
these may be classified al either phys
ical. mental or moral" further as
serted DR.. Roberts. and he then urged
the necessity of sleep. declaring 1t to
be more essential than food. and that
where drugs were resorted to they
should be taken only when prescribed
by responsible physician. as all sleep
inducing drugs act as heart depres-
SAINTS. The scientist attributed the In
crease in insanity among boys under
fifteen and girls between fifteen and
twenty that has been recorded In the
last decade to insufficient sleep.
A change Of scene often benefits the
victim of insomnia place not far
distant from the home will sometimes
suffice. Fresh air In abundance is an
absolute necessity II one would sleep
well. A single window open few
inches, at the top and bottom IL not
enough. Open every window. and Sc
cure the effect Of open-air sleep. A
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. number OF lighthouses. Most I'M
portant and powerful Of all lights was
and still 10. in this country at any rate.
the Navesink, which In 1898 was pro-
vided with five-second white nash
electric light, the Hash having . dura-
ton Of .08 seconds. Its bivalve lens
has focal distance Of 700-like the
new light installed at South Foreland
in 1904.
Electricity is now being used in the
so-called unattended lights.' Lights
Of this description will. upon the COM
pletion Of the Panama canal. guide
ships on their way through Gatun
lake. In passing through the latter
the canal makes eight turns. some OF
these being at sharp angle. The
range lights are of reinforced concrete.
$50 placed in pairs that one towers
above the other at distance back OF
the lower one of several hundred
feet" The pilot will direct his course
by keeping these two lights in line.
turning when the pair on the opposite
shore appear in view. These range
towers. rising to height OF about ~
feet, are sometimes placed In the
midst of the dense tropical Jungle
that fringes the shores. In . few Of
these compressed acetylenes which
will burn six months without atten-
ton, 10 the illuminant. but the greater
number Of the lighthouses are on .
general electric light circuit A. Alb
bott states in his recent work on "Pan-
anna" the whole canal will be lighted
with buoys. beacons. lighthouses and
light posts. -
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combinations Of this fact. 1t Is now
established beyond all reasonable
doubt that man was In existence be-
fore the close of the glacial period. his
remains being found In many undis-
turbed glacial deposits. 1t is equally
well established that there was a great
depression of land over large part
of the Northern Hemisphere at the
close of the glacial period. causing
ocean foods to cover large part Of
Northern United States and Canada.
Northern Europe and Northern and
Central Asia. Here are some of the
facts:
The skeleton Of . whale was found in
the post-glacial clays Of western Yer
mont 900 feet above sea level. Another
skeleton was found at Arnprior in
Canada, at still higher level. Rec emit
shells are found In post-glacial de-
posits. on the top OF Mount Royal in
Montreal. 600 feet above the present
sea level. while still farther north In
British America the evidence indicates
a depression Of the land level of more
than 1000 feet In Sweden q recently
abandoned shore line can be clearly
traced at various levels from Southern
Sweden up to 1000 feet in the northern
part Of the Scandinavian peninsula. At
kiev, in Russia, the remains of man
have been found buried so feet in
postglacial deposits. indicating a
depression Of several hundred feet. At
Trebezond. on the south side Of the
Black sea. An extensive, recently aban.
doned shore line. is 100 feet above the
present level Of the sea. indicating .
post-glacial depression to that extent
Similar recent shore lines are found
on the Crimea, of about thu same ele-
vationt and upon both sides Of the Cas-
plan sea
In Central Asia the indications are
Of q still greater recent depression Of
tho land level. In Lake Baikal. 1000
miles from the Arctic ocean and 1900
feet above sea level there are great
numbers Of arctic seal which could
have reached there only during de-
preston OF land sufficient to allow
arctic waters to cover the Intervening
area.
While these facts do not positively
prove the truth Of the Bible story.
they go Ear to remove objections to
the story. when rightly interpreted. In
this case. as In many others. 1t is not
knowledge. but ignorance. which pro
duces unbelief.
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as the principal
cause of the flood.
For the water con-
tinued to rise ITO
days after the rain
ceased. But as the
rising of the wa
ter upon the shore
corresponds to the
sinking of the
land beneath the
water level. we
have in this &C
count testimony to
great changes Of
land level since
the human race
came into exis-
tence.
Geology furnish
ca ua striking
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Such lighthouse may be seen ut
Sandy Hook. for although the first OF
these structures to be erected in
America was placed ut the entrances
OF Boston harbor as early as 1716. the
New Jersey lighthouse IL the Oldest
now In existence upon our coasts. At
one time the Illuminating material
consisted Of SO lard-oil candles. At .
later period oil burners were installed.
while during successive periods ksro-
sene was used In an old type noat
lamp. and electricity. then in the *
perimental stage, was adopted. After
this there was a recurrence to the oil
lamp, and at the present time mean
descent vapor is employed. Here 1t
must be admitted that lighthouses.
when serving q double purpose. have
not always figured as temples to the
gods, for by the British. who built this
lighthouse and put 1t in commission In
the year 1864. 1t was intended to serve
also as military prison. 1t was con-
structed with dungeon underneath.
and Just 100 years later. in. supplying
a foundation for an iron stairway. evt-
dence OF its former use was made ap-
parent through the discovery Of .
vault containing human skeleton.
This old lighthouse also had its secret
underground passage. the entrance to
which was barred by an iron door To-
Gated in nearby hillside. Then. too.
in this year of reconstruction. the
holes that were made In the sides OF
the tower by cannon shots from Brit
fish men-of-war were cemented; 30 II
the tradition must connect lighthouses
and temples. the one at Sandy Hook
was certainly reared to Moloch. the
god OF war. though In the past 100
years It has lighted many British
ship on pacific errands into New York
harbor.
With the growing complexity and
advance toward perfection Of light
house system. lighthouse zones are e.
tablished at varying distances from
the land. the character OF the light.
whether double or single. colored or
white, fixed. flashing or intermittent,
being determined by the requirements
of its position and the use to which
It is put as signal.
While great elevation would seem a
leading requirement II coast light
Ia to perform effective service. II Is a
positive disadvantage In certain local
tiles and at certain seasons of the
year, when, as in St. Georges channel,
foggy weather is the rule, for the fog
clouds envelop the light and render
a. fpr ha ~
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BEGINNING Ar THE BOTTOM
Sons Of Wealthy London Merchants
start a. Offiee Boys, to Learn
#. the Business.

In the city of London there is an
office boy in the service of Arm of
stock brokers who drives to tho Of
fee in an automobile But he does
not keep it up out of his salary. which
is 81 a week. @
The boys father is one OF the wealth
lest merchants in the city. and the
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sm.,l Power From sunshine,

According to paper read before
the British Society Of Engineers. the
sun power plant erected by Frank Shu-
man, in Egypt, covers seven-eighths Of
an acre Of ground and produces only
1911 horsepower. The Engineering
News remarks that this is scientifical-
ly worth while, but commercially is
about on q plane with extracting sun.
shine from cucumbers.
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the long -ltv g d
class. For one OF
these q hundred
years 10 no great
matter. and thus
It happens that
many a modern
lighthouse b as
seen revolutioniz-
ing illuminants
come and go. and
has itself profit
ed by the latest
lamp 8 U r 8 g r y
performed with
ever increasing
delicacy within
Its Ian I ern,
whereby Its an.
Client body has
taken on new dig.
nifty and capabil-
ity for It's beneH.
cent task.
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AN IRRESISTIBLE SUCCESS Dy
MANIC.
tBy r. FULTON CUTTING. LII. D.. Fl.
nancier. Philanthropist and Civic Lead.
or, New York City.)

'.If we abide by the principles taught
in the Bible. our country will go on
prospecting and to prosper; but II we
and our posterity neglect Its instruc-
tons and authority, no man can tell
how sudden catastrophe may over
whelm us and bury all our glory In
profound obscurity. "-Dauiel Webster.
The practical value. of the Bible In
the pursuit Of happiness IN its abound
Ing optimism. Its readers meet with
reverses, Disappointment and suffer
ing like everybody else. but they can.
not be deprived of the expectation OF
ultimate success. They can endure
the passing Of the unpropitious sea
son. plodd.ng along the road that
may be weary. because the book as.
sures them that God worketh for
them that trust in him." The value OF
this hopefulness In stimulating effort
is priceless. A mountain blocks the
path, but the faith 20 move 1t discov-
ers foothold to the summit We scale
1t and reach again the level on the
other side.
Everything is possible to him that
believeth." and in every age the Bible
reader has attempted and accom-
plished achievements of incredible diff
ficulty. The services which this book
has rendered to civilization are incom.
parable. 1t Is charged with psychic
dynamite that is capable Of producing
a mighty cataclysm. OF Erasmus re-
view of the Greek text OF the New Tes.
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The BELIEF in COP.
tBy His Eminence JAMES. CARDINAL
GIBBONs.l

''Never yet did there exist d fun
faith in the divine word which did not
expand the Intellect. while 1t purified
the heart."-Samuel Taylor CoIeridge,
English poet and philosopher.
How are we to account for the moral
of mankind In acknowledge
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Apsllestisa Il he Scriptures 70
The World Teddy ~ Seen BY Eni.
asAA Men b Various Walks ri Lie :
acopyashs. 1914 b. Joseph B. Bovisa
GEOLOGY AND THE FLOOD.

(By @. FREDERICK WRIGHT. LII. D..
f. @. 9. A.. Geoiogist: Author of THE
Ice Age In North America" Man and
the Glacial Period" Etc)
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RUIsING along the Spanish
Main, upon the glistening bos-
ON Of the Caribbean. the
ocean tourist, no matter, how
care hurdened. In quite ant
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cal miles. The installation
comprises six AGO accumula-
tors, with . flasher arranged TO
show single flashes, and . one
foot burner with . fourth-or-
der lens.
The following years. saw the
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'iERE is an odd thing
about lighthouses. When
ever science comes along
with an improved light
u new lighthouse 10 not
built for 1t. 1t II simply
Installed in the old one.
The axiom about new
wine In old bottles does
not apply to new lights