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ENGLAND'S TEMPLES
Beautiful Tribute to Past Labors
of Catholic Church.
William Winter. the Dramatic Critic,
Says He Is Conscious of Pro-
found Obligation for Church's
Preservation of the Arts.

Utica, N "a beautiful tribute Is
paid by William Winter, the dramatic
critic, to the old Catholic temples Of
England, many of which now lie in
ruin. "To think of the Catholic
Church." he says, lis to think of the
Oldest, the most venerable and the
most powerful religious institution ex-
listing among men. / am not a church
man of any kind; that, possibly, is
my misfortune; but am conscious OF
profound obligation of gratitude to
that wise and august austere, yet ten.
derby human ecclesiastical power,
which, selfcentered amid vicissitudes
of human affairs and provident Of men
Of learning, imagination, and SENSIBLE
ity throughout the world has pre-
served the literature and art of all the
centuries, has made architecture the
living symbol of celestial aspiration,
and in poetry and in music has heard
and has transmitted the authentic
voice of God.
Il say that / am not churchman;
but / would also say that the best
hours of my life have been hours OF
meditation passed In the glorious
cethedrals, and among the sublime
ecclesiastical ruins of England.
Il have worshiped in Canterbury,
and York, in Winchester and Sails
bury in Lincoln and Durham, In Ely
and. in Wells.
II have stood in Tintern, when the
green grass and the white daisiea
were waving in the summer wind, and
have looked upon the gray and rus
set walls and upon those lovely arched
sements-among the most graceful
ever devised by human art-round
which the sheeted ivy drops and
through which the winds Of heaven
sing a perpetual requiem.
81 have seen the shadows of eve
ming slowly gather and softly fall over
the gaunt tower, the roofiess nave, the
giant pillars and the shattered ar
cades of Fountains Abbey, in its Sc
quested and melancholy solitude,
where ANCIENT Ripon dreams in the
spacious and verdant valleys of the
Skell.-
81 have unused upon sNetley and
Kirkstall, and Newstead, and Bolton,
and Melrose, and Dryburgh; and at a
midnight hour have stood in the grim
and gloomy chancel Of st. Columbia's
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she wrote down your name, she saso
she must see you to thank you," a
neighbor told Donald that evening.
do you know who she isl"
mo-
THE rich Miss Caruthers. They
have a magnificent summer home up
at Silver lake."
, Then the. next morning, rather
grudgingly 1t seemed, his Cousin Ru-
pert came to him.
Il saw Miss Caruthers last evening, y.
he announced. 1T seems you cap
tured one of her lost. pets. She in
sists that you must come up to the
lake this evening. Say" continued
Rupert, with a. rather disdainful
glance at the careless attire of his
humble cousin, fix. up bit, Will
your" ..*'
ASHAMED Of me, are you?" chal-
lenged Donald, with a laugh.
"Of course not; but you see, That
is, like. the family to make good
impression--see%
1t seemd to Donald as though some
subtle influence never before expert
enced was urging him to go up to
Silver lake. The memory of the
charming face he had seen in the au'
tomobile fingered wildly. 1t was just
before dusk when he = reached the
Caruthers home.
1t was we'll that Donald had come.
A heavy storm had come UP, darkness
and dense fog were fast enveloplng
the broad lake. He found the anxious
Caruthers family discussing the prob
able whereabouts of, the daughter OF
| the house and Rupert, who. had gone
out in a yacht.
sDonald was too nuch4of a sailor not
to realize the peril Of the yacht II II
had not landed somewhere. He found
a small steam launch at a pier. soon
he was afoat ~ IL:
A tossing light finally directed him.
AS he drove aside of the yacht it was
to find his cousin sick and helpless,
and useful MisssC aruthers braveiy at
the helm; but the yacht nearly a
wreck He had arrived just il time
to save them. W,
Superb climber, expert sailor, for
the first time in his life his4true man
ly nobleness fully appreciated by a
lovely woman, Donald began to think
less of the bounding main and more
OF the joys that true love brings. :.
Fer Donald had met his fate, and
the. blue birds fair owner. superseded
the old longing for the blue. blue
sea! .,'
Copyright, 1918. by w. G. Chapman.l
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New Toplcs 81 lyKe Times.

Stranger (returning to the old home
town after several years absence u
the city)--'Well; well. wen, iff7thefe
isn't old Deacon Trueblood and old s.
Hoskins sitting ont yonder in front OF
Luscomb's grocery and still arguing
Haven't those Old fellows ever yet Set
tied the question Of orthodox Bap
tism?" Native-"Baptism They aint
talkin' baptism Bill; Sis jes' ex
plainin' to ther. deacon that Their. dea
con would ha' done durn sight bet
ter gittin' an automobile like Sis in
std Of gittin' Their kind OF one the
deacon did git."--St. Louis ReJnh
lie. go
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A PURPOSE IN LIFE
BY FLORENCE LILLIAN HENDER-


SON.
You won't amount to much,
Nephew Donald, if you keep on TINS
way!"
Uncle Gregory" retorted the recall
citrant and discredited Donald Bard
with whimsical twinkle in his merry
eye, i found out long ago that was
an odd fish, not much good except TO
knock around the world, work nara
and keep cheerful. Here you insist
on my remaining a land lubber.
don't cit in. Let me go back to the
blue and bounding billow again, ana
throw me off your mind, and make me
happy"
Old Gregory Baird shook his head
dolefully and groaned. He was very
fond of this erratic relative of his.
When Donald returned from running
away to sea after voyage around the
world two years previous, the uncle
had set down his foot hard ?
Here is a comfortable home and
enough to last out several lifetimes,
ne ndu observer. L IL lSdFO IL W ~
and Rupert if you obey. me and be-
have yourselves. If you don't, Ill cut
the rebel off with a penny"
And SO, not that he thought of the
money, but because he loved and re-
spected the old man, Donald hung
around the Baird homestead, half
bored to death and longing constant
ly for the rollicking breezy life on
the ocean wave.
TITS all right, your studying navi-
cation and trigonometry, and all those
sailorlike gimcracks," now spoke
Uncle Gregory, "but all you need to
do is to find some good woman for q
wife, settle down here, run the es'
tate and enjoy life"
I've yet to see the lady%I'd' take
for. a mattel laughed Donald. I'D
rather be free to rove as | please and
busy myself about the village here
even if all | find to do is to spin sea
yarns for the boys and girls and make
toy boats for the little tots"
You're wrong there, Donald" i'm
sisted the old man: Every man owes
It to himself to settle down and raise
family. Now look at your cousin
Rupert-dresses well, goes into the
social swim, and has got in with the
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H0BsONs BRIDEGROOM STORY

Representatives Richmond F. ?. Hob
son claimed. in an intern iea: that the
words .'bitfersaftaek,s : which Wags asedss
TO describe mis- regent debate;la ,ssthes3
house: were an isexa ggstat fcn.l - 4
I'll admit, he fsaid. j'athet shis$dissE.l
cussien was rathar heated rand I'll, Az
nit that nei tfiieT las<opponen noEsTlys;;s
self paid Asadile s. eonpli1.
ments.fs But hdGffesal i ii lessgelss
dom Yield; coMpiiineiats:s 2 ~ za5'e:
The9hh1sss al. thfa> u. ss~ss
TITS in situations like the young
Alabanaa bridegErpnajss 81; he 5cnn tiTFued,
"that.sRe musta fook fcr& the perfect
compliment ansi9ghere it isl
"Ac---SsYoufgs kfabanfa ( brides rpor9
askea,ssth he !Elsrgy nah who had jpss
married. him what the fee would be.
"a, !" oh, wells. -asaid the, other..e pot,
knowing the ) young mans 9iIflRl.
stances, YOU can. pay me whatever
you think it's WORTH ~.
Turning, the young fellow looked
his bride over from head to foot. and
thens rolling his eyes, he replied, mourn
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Cathedral, remote in the storm-swept
Hebrides, and looked upward to the
cold stars, and heard the voices of the
birds of night mingled with the des-
olate moaning of the sea.
with awe, with reverence, with
many Strange and wild thoughts |
have fingered and pondered in those
haunted holy places, but one remem-
brance was always .present-the re-
membrance that it was the Roman
Catholic church that created those
forms of beauty, and breathed into
them the breath of divine life, and
hallowed them forever; and thus think
ing have left the unspeakable pathos
of her long exile from the temples
that her passionate devotion prompted
and her loving labor reared
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A Tossing Light Directed Him.

high-up Miss Myrtle Caruthers set at
Silver lake. Shoultis1St wonder if he'd
marry her. Don't you see he's got
a purpose in life?"
Il don't" answered Donald bluntlys
IF he's just posing to be stylish and
marry for money"
Donald was a general favorite in
the village. He was going home one
lowering, clustering afternoon after
making, some wonderful kites for
some poor school children, when he
noticed people running towards the
public square.
What's up?" he inquired of pass
ing pedestrian.
Don't know, but big crowd down
yonder. I~see~ an automobile: .,sAIay
be it's ,smashup." & -.
AS Donald neared sthe. square he
noticed the machine in question. 1t
contained the driver, the most beauti-
full young. girl he had ever seen, and
her maid. The latter. held an empty
bird cage, and like her young mis-
tress, her. eyes were directed up into
the air. The crowd about them were
gaping and staring in the same d.
rection. -
The town hall was the tallest build
ing in town. Running up from its
roof there was flag pole fully sew
enty-five feet in height. The strong
breeze was whipping the loose ropes
about this, and at the apex: knob,
where they were fastened, a bright blue
object was futtering frantically.
It was blue bird, which the trav-
eled Donald at once recognized as a
product OF Borneo, famous for its
brilliant color. and song note Of
sweetly expressive cadence. Just
now, however, the poor imprisoned
creature was utfefing shfill cries. OF
terror and pain. ~----
1t got out of thercGge, flew away,
and it's foot is caught in the tangled
ropes up yondeTy some enc remarked.
That it was the cherished pet of
the beautiful, young. lady, Donald at
once discerned. No one yentured to
suggest a way to release the bird. A
first glance at the face of the young
lady had enthralled Donald. AS a
second epicted her rare anxiety, Don
aid spoke TO a .bXstander. - -. :,
II will get her. pet. for her. he said
simply. and disappeared within the
building.
A rustic of intense excitement
swayed the watching sthrohg as Don.
aid appeared on the roof Of the build
ing. Then there was preathless
hush as he began climbing the
smooth, yielding pole. 1t was en-
rrancing 10 view his sailor-like skill
and hardihood. As Doaald neared the
top of the pole it bent over danger
ously With accurate nicely of equi
poise, however, he reached the. top
released the blue bird, and holding il
in one hand slid easily to the roof.
a tremendous cheer rent. the ali
as he appeared below. The eager
maid was advancing with the cage
lie slipped the. truant within it ant
modestly stepped away.
The young lady asked about you
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Trouble over Mixed BATHING.

So. Mixed bathing. was question that
caused treubls under the Roman EN-
spiEe-- It came in. With the collapse Of
austere republican manners, and" the
sEmperors Hadrian and Marcus Aure-
Illus found it necessary to issue or.
der. against it. Alexander $Severus
also forbadsattle ..dpsaikg. Of balnea
smixta": in Rome. Later. io1s we. ffiHffd
great diversity ofsagier !. in: Europe On
the; matter. In the fifteenth century
Bohemian and Spanish travellers were
astonished ats~the ~goings~ ON at Bru-
/ gess Malines and Brussels. The Span.
tiard observes that s:the bathing to-
gether Of men and women, skin bare,
is here reckoned as innocent. as is.
with us9a visit.to church:,' I Thes pub
flic baths at the. Swiss Baden where
only a railing separated -the,s;t sexes
.scandalized Poggio BFaeciolini. Z: /,
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This cockatoo Crops Wood.

John Rube, of Kingscliffe, North
ants, has an eighteen-year-old silve
crested Australian cocatoo which no
only talks and 'sings" but has ma
MIA for "chopping' wood. Each da
the housekeeper provides her helpe
with a starch or soap box and the bir
breaks it up with it's beak into shoI
and thin pieces suitable for firewooI
any nails in the way being draw
The amount of labor that bird ha
saved in the way of wood chopin
is enormous" the housekeeper say
The only thing | have to do is to Sc
that there is no paint on the bo1eS
New York Sun.
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Mole Iequop the
called this time with
That night stagge
surrender satisfied with what their visitor had told them and rely
Mole Tequop the Indian ader General Hugh Scott
mandng stationed
that he another outbreak
similar thing October that
time looked much uprising That time
Lieutenant
Mescaero Indian Apache with bad
Indian tribe in the west
Spanish thereafter
Wes Point 1906
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BENJAMIN
ErankTh lis
old
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Betting Rapidly Disappearing.

The rapid displacement of the belt
as a means of transmitting power is
not only resulting in great saving
Of energy in the work shops of the
world, but also is a great saving OF
life. for the use of the belt has always
been attended by injury and loss of
life to a serious degree. The electric
drive is remedying all this. Although
the United States was the pioneer in
the development of motor driven ma
chinery, it appears that Germany is
at present leading in the extent of its
use, for anything but an electrically
driven machine is rarely seen in that
country,
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PACIFIER OF THE NAvAJOES

Here are some interesting facts re:
garding Hugh l.. Scott, who persuad-
ed the Navajoes not to go on the war
path recently. tiff Il, /"
Mole Tequop, the man who talks
with his hands. rode into the armed
encampment Of the warlike Navajoes
on Beautiful mountain, Colorado. He
rode alone except for one old Navajo
scout who had gone out to meet. him
40 miles away from United States sol
diers who had been sent out after the
two-wife men had jumped the Ship
rock agency, two weeks before.
There was considerable concern
about those Indians, not only in the
country where they were, but at Wash
,ington. The Navajoes are good fight
ers. These men were well armed and
their hearts were bitter because some.
body had tried to break up their polyg-
amous habits.
They had said they were ready to
Tight until they were killed, and just
at this time troops along the southern
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LOSES JOB; TAKES HIS LIFE
One Day Of ldleness in Nineteen Years
: '.~+ Was Too Much for East
''i ern Man.

Boston, Mass.--One day of idleness
after 10 years of hard, steady work
was too much for William Ratzel OF
Roxbury. so he committed suicide.
For nearly a score of years Ratzel.
who was carpenter, was employed in
a woodworking factory in East Cam
bridge.
He was discharged. He brooded
over his lot all day, and at night after
the factory closed he opened window
of his old place of employment and
made his way inside. In the morning
when a foreman opened the shop he
found the body Of Ratzel lying on a
workbench with a gas tube In his
mouth.
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POVERTY is NEAR GEM MINE
AImshouse Property Adjoins Arkan'
sas Diamond Diggines-lareest
In United States.

Murphysboro, Ark.-Diamonds and
poverty do not go hand in most parts
of the world, but here in Pike county,
the home. of the only diamond mines
of any size in the United States, the
greatest of chums are the county poor
farm and the diamond bearing prop
erty.
All that separates the county farm
from the diamond property is an I'm
aginary line, on one side of which is
supposed to be wealth, on the other
side poverty. But to Aunt Polly Cox
the only inmate of the county farm
there is no wealth and there is Nc
limo.
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other People
rushed
a
c."
unatc yelled Weaver into what spot ne had landed
politician congress!"
to the
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CLARK REELS OFF A YARN

In the house acloakroom at Wash
ington the. other day some. one heard
Speaker Clark telling good story
about two members. 1t seems that
there flourished here in town a few
years ago literary bureau which
furnished speakers with facts or even
whole sermons and speeches. The
line Of dope was guaranteed to fiji
anything from a Chinese wedding tc
a Masonic funeral:
Some of the congressman availed
themselves Of this chance to drink OF
the waters of learning without the
trouble of even getting dipper, and
the bureau fiourished, turning out
productions Of all kinds and sorts at
will.
The same bureau employee would
write violent attack on the tariff
bill, and then, in few hours, he
would train his guns on his late
friends. Like the Hessians. the writer
worked for pay not glory.
Rut Ona daV he mot oiS MIotarI0~,
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free" he was speahll5 70 u l11l % ' = -. -,
oo VOC full Of handsome women and pretty girls
Ohio wore of course, much interested in the tari1
when It is explained by young bachelor who hved
in official Washington
Slemp got along famously carrying with him the
sympathy of the crowd. But at last reno" III d
hack seat rose to make statement
AZ like Slemp," he roared. 'Slemps nu rlght'
The onlv thing have agin him is that he is not
married. Now, propose to this honorable gath
ering that we refuse to vote for him unless ne
PROMISES to git married.
Slemp was equal to the occasion.
81 acknowledge my desolate state" he excaim-
ed yet it is not my fault but that OF the talr ones
who will not have me. II there is any one among
the MANY lovely ladies in this audience who will
annant nv heart and hand, am only too willing to
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SAYS FEUf0Ns FRIENDS Of UNCLE SAM

l.ry
Prince Won. Bpelew,s references to
the relations OF the United States and
Germany in one of the chapters of the
book on iGermany Under the Reign Of
William H. IL. which he deals with
; German policy, show how much the
@former imperial, chancellor valued the
friendship of the, American govern
@ment and people. He says, in part:
During the Spanish-American war
a portion Of German public opinion
displayed Strong, sympathy for Spain,
and this was, not agreeable to the
:, United states: The manner in which
;incidsnts that occurred between the
German and American fleets at Manila
were made the most of in portion of
/. the English and American press also
. cast a. cloud over the relations OF Ger
many and .he United ,States.iN
!..,l From t5e point Of view of sensible
policy. theirs is no reason why Ger
many and the United States should
not be ON the best@of terms. i do not
seq anyi point where German and
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really his shoes smeared with backing that
wanted scratched
rely
a
variety Anyhow
the
Observation-Disclosures the noe
asphalt And did
something profitable and sheltered rom
had fought
a o be @
The woman had know how the
you goneby box his back
shine know that mes got
a watchm
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hours on his hands, decided to go out in the
suburbs and rehearse his grafton. He selected
secluded spot on the road along which ran long.
high brick WALL with gate at the end. Weaver
did not know it. but this was the state lunatic
asylum.
Up and down the road he paced. talking most
vehemently, gesticulating wildly to an imaginary
determined to be one Of the nations representa-
tves And ever since then he has worked with
this object in view.
Weaver settled in Oklahoma when there were
few white people living there. But In one of his
trips in Texas, to deliver political speech, he
had adventure which seemed at the time much
more serious than it does now He reached the
town To which he WAS billed and as he had few
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American interests clash the any point where tho lines
Of development should inimcal
I'm the United States live about 2OOO0O0 Germans Among these IS a
1901 while remaining their Fatherland keep up their ea
old strengthen politics
expressions of
feelings connection with occasional ficons
relations with the United States
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when you have no OvercOat. You've just naIuTaI'y
got to keep going.
Yesterday he was down by the soldiers monu.
ment-an army button on his coat and shoe
brush in his handwriting and waiting-untli
Providence came by in the shape OF man WIN
one of those loud, CHEEKY voices that COD gives
to many men, but which only Dickens could de-
scribe.
why. bless my soul! Where did you set enSt
old kit? Give shine
He put a foot on the small shoeshine box. RE
member when the kiddies used to shine 'em up
on the streets? Gee, it's long time back! Ana
the other creaked his joints into crouch
and proceeded to put a polish
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Senator Went to Capitol Only Half Dressed

r telling Thornton Louisiana:
himself thought
dining hotel breakfast The head waiter
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Representative SIemp Finds an Agent of Cupid

n REPRESENTATIVE sEMP OF Virginia was until recently bcne
heart whole and fancy
N political gathering Ihe audi
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Congressman Finds His Boyhoods Wish Fulfilled

WEAVER Oklahoma finds in his coming
wish ne
with the statement that ne was
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hand only willing to led 10 the
man his feet again exctedy
exclaimed You'll
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linen
his Gordon who is also nj
him.
SAY father yelled Thornton entered his Office VIVA
do collar?
neither collar
He hustled articles OF
both Mr.
Intentionally DOWNTOWN III
themh half oversight
to the hoteL ne meaneu "h
didn't he tell me / waso nly half dressed?"
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thens rolling his eyes, he replied, mournfully: 70
Why sab, has ruined me=fer life has for sure
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grinned at him a bit, out the SenatOT, WHO was III
hurry, failed to notice it.
He just caught street car bound for the cap-
tol and pumped himself between Postmaster Cen
eraI Burleson and Edward Heating. representative
from Colorado.
See you're dressed for hot weather. COM
mented the postmaster.
Senator Thornton, attired in white linen nodded
his head complacently.
yes" he said; I'VE of the south learn to do
that"
And he wondered why his hearers smiled in an
embarrassed manner
When he reached the senate office building the
elevator said:
Good morning, senator. see you're prepared
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An Old Man Wearing Army Button Shines Shoes

VIZ him? And did have to swalo
Maybe have missed him, far for he doesn't stay
business besides can't stay still in