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(5) DO you believe that an impressionable
young woman-full of enthusiasms, generous
impulses, altrulstic dreams, and lunar halluci-
natlons-can be cunnlngly magnetized by
unctious priests until, in a moment of
spiritual exaltation, she bissfully vows to be-
come the rife Of Christ, without the slightest
realization of the fact that Christ doesn't need
a Spouse" but that the unmarried priests
must have accessible women?
If the priests were to say that Christ
needed rife, even FOOLISH virgin might be
disguised; but, somehow, the words '8pouse,"
and stride" never seem to convey the same
idea as that which is borne in upon the mind
by their exact synonym, "wte."
Co., After the foolish virgin, moving in
religious trance, has been draped with the
diabolical black veil; and has been shut in,
behind the locked door of the Convent, sup
pose that she is suddenly and rudeIy shocked
into consciousness, qrhen the j05zcrs come to
share her head: WHAT CAN SIZE DO, to-
save her glory Of womanhood,' and regain
her freedom?
''Nun's hair is an article of merchandise,
regularly advertised.
Rome sells everything, from the red hat of
the cardinal to Il piece of ''cOnsecrated'
Irvine, pewter medal of Mary, and the long
locks of the imprisoned nun.
No rational man can believe that any
woman ever consented to live bare -headed.
To shave her head is humiliation. 1t is
done to c0ao her into submission, and it has
the desired effect
There never was a normal man who was
not influenced, IN his feeling for woman,
By Ter hair; and every normal woman knows
it. Consequently she who has been blessed by
nature with a magnificent "head Of hair is
of1 4IC -
she who has been denied by nature, resorts to
art, and does some marvellous things by way
of imitation.
Many woman, deficient in locks, IS acear-
ing the tre8ses sho27o from the head Of the
helpless MN!
Think what must be the shame, the grief,
the abasement of the nun, after her head is
shaved
Verify, in all of Gods CREATION there are
few human beings so much to be pitied as
the disilusoned girl, a0ho 0ao0Aes too late to
the knowledge Of what it means to be nun,
the p0re9TcsS victin2 Of q most deU5IiSh
n1022nStic system.
a. When the disillusioned girl wishes to
retrace her false steps, ought she not be at
llberty-tO do so!
No sane man can believe that girl Of
sixteen, or even of twenty, can know what
C"t01l9eS OF "221l0 she Will undergo.
1t IS an everyday occurrence for gr02cn
men to change their minds.
We see an aged priest, Daniel McDermott,
resigning from the priesthood, in Pennsylva-
MIA, because his Bishop-the notorious Prem
dergast of Philadelph ia-countenance the
Popes criminal secret, society, known as ''The
Ancient Order of IIibernians"
This aged priest sees Romanism in a new
light, is mortified, and qnits the priesthood.
He is man, and has liberty of action; and
although he has been faithful Roman priest
for 30 years, he changes his mind.
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questions PrOpOunded TO the
Z POpe's Latest ST. ss Protestant -
Champion, the Rev. MI.
AShby Jones.


fed" in the First Baptist Church, at Gov
ington.
This detail gives you some idea of the
difference between these two Baptist minister's
Whether 1T was best to be preaching the
Gospel, in the one church, or furiously
denounclng Convent-inspection bill in
another, is question which can safely be left
to your decision.
Inasmuch as Brother Jones has taken
sides with the italian Pope, and has pas
sionately condemned Brother Veazey and his
bill, | feel inclined to interrogate Brother
Jones, In manner and form following, to-wit:
G) From your knowledge of the Bible
do you believe it was intended for men and
women, hr<ng en- q natural state Of society,"
dependent upon one another for companion
ship, labor, love, and happiness; or do you
believe that it was intended for men and
women, living uunotmuzzy, apart from their
fellow creatures, and shut off, to themselves
either by walled enclosures, or by unsociaI
unnatural and permanent vows?
L am layman, not too old or pig
headed to learn: you are clergy
man, old enough to know your Bible
from cover to cover. Show me, of YOU
can one single verse, or line, or word, that
sanctions the locked-in nun, the life term
monk, and the full-sexed priest who is not
allowed to take a wife
(2) Do YOU know Of anv other church,
than the Popes, which claims the right to
keep boys and girls, men and women, behind
barred windows and locked doors, denying
the rest Of mankind the privilege Of seeing
the prisoners t0lF|hg TO them, and ac55t1ng
to thc9@?
Ii that system is necessary to the Christian
religion, and II the Pope's IS the only church
which practlses the needful system, then the
oCner cnurches are much TO Olame Tor not
paying Nf Jails Ior nuns, JAMS f9r MONKS ana
JAMS Tor "ay"aro boys ana girls, whose
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WAYS Some Plants Have.

A study of botany reveals that there
are expert bomb droppers" as we'll as
trained artillerists In the plant world.
In the flying fruits" of the Califor-
mia pine is presented a curious antici-
patton of bomb dropping from aero
planes.
The ecballium or "squirting cucum-
Der" is one of the best known of plant
artillerists. When its seed pod ripcns
this bends over. breaks away from
the stem and fires" it's Juice and seeds
to distance of from three to six feet.
The common garden baIsam is an
other plant having warlike methods.
1t scatters its seeds by a vcritable ex-
plosion Of its pod, which bursts much
like a shrapnel shell. and hurls it's con-
tents in all directions.
In the fruits Of many thistles sim
liar plan is to he observed. The fluffy
parachutes float about in the air for
| a considerable time and may travel a
| considerable distance. The moment
| one OF these strikes against an Obsta-
Gle or is hung up in any position the
! fruit at once is severed from its sup
| porting parachute and naturally falls
| to the earth.
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sAsriH's Office ,-.z , -.
~~Ai4.4~ y, k5H
NUMBER 49.
Dents In Wood Furniture.

When wood Is badly dented or
scratched 1t is often a problem to
know how to get rid of the marks
This is quite easy II the following
plan. suggested by the Scientific Amer
lean. is adopted. First Of all fold a
piece of blotting paper at least four
times. then saturate with water. final
ly@allowing the superfluous moisture to
drip away Now heat flatiron until
it Is about the warmth required for
laundry work. Place the damp blot
ting paper over the dent and press
firmly with the iron. AS soon as the
paper dries examine the mark. II
will then be found that the cavity has
filled up to a surprising extent Where
the dent is very deep second or even
a third application on the lines indi-
Gated might be tried. Sooner or later
even serious depressions can be drawn
up, and most people who have not
tried this plan will be surprised at the
result of the treatment. Repolishing
will clear away even the slight. marks
that might finally remain.
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A Chinese Hero.

At Looping Hsien Is statue draped
In full dress Of a mandarin the pu
ting or police mastery named Chin.
who gave his life for the people. An
exile who was in the camp at Jao-
chow and who owed the hsien tdistrict
magistrate) grudge. rode q black
horse to Looping and. having killed the
hsien. got back for the Jaochow roll
call next morning. AS the murderer
could not be found orders came from
the capital that large number Of the
people should be killed. To prevent
this slaughter of innocent folk the pu
ting. good old man, said he stabbed
the hsien after few words over the
wine cups. and he was consequently
beheaded. No resident Of the district
would deal the fatal blow. but an itin-
Grant cobbler or bamboo worker did It
for q reward Of 40 taels. Tradition
adds that he was struck dead by light.
ming after leaving the execution ground
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face was grim and its healthy color
had drained away. showing him hol-
low eyed and worn.
"Wellr' demanded Charming harshly.
Dacre shrugged and resumed, "As l
was saying. the foreigner escaped, aud
suppose he has the haunting memory
Of
"Dacrew Channing's countenance
was tense and suffering.
They all stared as Dacre placed a
small ivory image on the table.
With long, shuddering sigh Chan
ming hid his face In his hands. ''There
is blood On itr' he. muttered. 49,.
4 light broke over Dacre's face.
''This," he explained. ''is replica of
the god of averted calamity. He
to protect the temple treasures. He
tells of the priests gratitude to another
American who happened along to dress
his wounds, and he speaks in q voice
Of thunder to the man who believes
himself n murderer. but whose hands
are clean.
Claiming lifted hopeful eyes to meet
friendly glances.
"Dacre. how did you find out?" he
groaned.
T-why I-didn't dream it until a
moment ago." was Dacre's daZed reply
Suddenly his glance cleared. He push
ed the image across the table. Per
haps you'd like to wear it. Claiming
he said gently.
With shaking fingers Claiming fas
tened the trinket to his watch chair
and not one man saw humor in the
situation.
The spell Of the east was upon them
Had not the ivory Buddha spoken?
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Tho Farmers Wifa,

In the Woman's Home Companion Is
an article by a farmers wife. who
says:
"Given a good husband and good
health. there's no one in the world
who needs pity less than the farmer s
wife. She has a rich and resourceful
life if she will make 1t so. and she
usually does. She's the most inde-
pendent woman on earth of panics and
money stringencies and things Of that
sort Her family simply can't 60
hungry. There'n always be potatoes
and turnips down In the cellar and
meat in the smokehouse, to say the
least. She always has eggs and
chickens and milk. She can take q
bushel Of wheat to the mill and get II
ground for 10 cents. She can draw
on her storeroom for fruit and sweets
and her table is supplied. When the
mechanic is out of work his family
must stop eating or live on charity
but it isn't so In the farmers family
Capital and labor have got to do some
mighty hard grinding before they
grind the farmer"
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Sunken Craft Around New York.

The shores of Greater New York are
almost surrounded with hulks. For In
stance. an old navy schooner, the
Sarah. is embedded in the land ut Nine
teenth street. East river. At Ninety
sixth street and East river. underneath
the large power house. lie the bones Of
three or more old coasting schooners
and sloops. Alongside the rubber
works in College Point are the remains
of the schooner William Morrell, bulk
headed in and covered up with refuse
at Rockaway Point the bones OF the
schooner Ella Deeves and other small
schooners can be found two blocks in
land, sanded up. Just below Midland
Beach can be found the remains of the
old sloop Jane. Over near Whale creek.
Greenpoint. can be found the skeleton
of the schooner Michael c. Collins.
Riker's island Is surrounded with the
remains Of scows and sailing craft OF
years ago.-New York World
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Tennyson's Tactlessness,

Several stories are told Of Tennyson's
thoughtless speeches. What fish is
this 2" he once asked his hostess where
be was dining whiting" she re-
piled. "The meanest fish there Is. :"
he remarked. quite unconscious that
be could have wounded any ones feel
ings.
Yet his kindness of heart was such
that when his partridge was after.
ward given him almost raw he ate
steadily through it for fear his hostess
might be vexed.
On one occasion Tennyson was very
rude to Mrs. Brotherton, n neighbor at
Freshwater. The next day he came to
!. her. house WITH d great cabbage under
each arm.
II heard you like these. So brought
them." he said genially. 1t was his
idea OF peace offering.
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Elephant Threnodies.

The natives of certain portions OF
south central Africa look on the death
of an elephant as an event They at
tach an almost religious aspect to It
"As soon as the animal stalked Is
stretched on the ground the hunters
climb upon the huge. warm body and
there perform dance. gesticulatins
and shaking <their guns. accompanied
by sort of litany. in which they extol
the animal and his qualities. his
strength, his size, his cunning: then
they praise the skill Of the hunter. bis
prompt eye, his accurate shot And
this song is just murmured. as II they
were afraid that II they raised their
voices they would attract the curse OF
the spirit which has just left the AMI
NAL and is still floating around him..
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Study the Poets.

The great poets have not become
part of the race experience as they
should. Ignored, forgotten, save by
tie chosen few. they do not, to our inn
measurable loss. enter into the daily
life Of common folk. We are SO proud
of our wheels that go fast: of our un-
paralleled housekeeping arrangements:
so unabashed. amid the splendors Of
asphalt, electricity and aluminium. by
our intellectual and spiritual poverty.
Would it not be well for us to pause,
IL pause is possible for us. to consider
our inner lack? Can we not spare
some minutes from our alteration of
our national materialistic god to teach
the young that it is good to, be in the
company of those who interpret life In
terms of spirit. not in terms of ma
teriai prosperity: IN terms of spirit
not of flesh: in terms Of beauty, whose
potent appeal may quicken the will to
rise and create iii the image of the
higher dream?-Margaret Sherwood in
! Atlantic
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Quick HITTING.

DR.. White was once champion box
er in Philadelphia. One day he asked
a big teamster to move his wagon for
ward about two yards, but the team
ster. instead of doing that. called the
physician q wicked name.
Like fash White knocked him flat
In the gutter. and Of course the team.
ster had him arrested. Magistrate
Devlin heard the case, and the in
jured man complained bitterly that
DR.. White had struck him SO quickly
be had no time to defend himself.
well" said the hardheaded magis-
trate. what did you expect him to do
send you postal card to tell you
he intended to knock you DOWN."
The doctor was discharged without
a Philadelphia Ledger.
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Wrong Quarry.

With wild sweep the wind tore
round a sudden corner and removed
the hat from the head Of a respectable
and nearsighted citizen who CHANGED
to be passing.
Peering wildly round, the man
thought he saw his hat in a yard be-
hind high fence. Hastily climbing
over. he started to chase it. but each
time he thought he had caught it. il
got yet another move on
Then a woman's angry voice broke
on his ears.
What are you doing there?" she de-
manded shrilly.
He explained mildly that he was
only trying to retrieve his hat, where
upon the woman said. In wonder:
"Your hat? Well. don't know
where it is. but that's our little black
hen you're chasingr'-London Mail.
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Movinq Pictures and Silver.

The moving picture industry Is using
q large amount of silver. There are
about 10000 picture houses in the
United States, using approximately
10000, 900 feet of film regularly. The
average life of a film Is three weeks.
Silver salts, used for sensitizing. are
lost forever on being exposed to the
light. 1t Is estimated that 100000
ounces of silver year-a figure equal
to Utah's total production-are used for
this purpose.-MetaI Mining Journal
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old time ways, but remained In seclu
sion. To the few friends whom he
met he seemed low spirited and east
down. as though something weighed
..eavily on his mind.
Soon he left the city for sojourn
IN country hamlet on Long Island,
ind here he remained until he seemed
10 hare regained semblance of his
own self. Finally he returned to the
city and began life again where be
had left of when he made his trip to
China In quest of the curios, the pos
session Of which seemed to be the
main thought of his existence.
So he went on In q listless sort OF
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Ambiguous.

When Bilkins was away from home
on long business trip he got letter
from his wife that still puzzled him.
1t ended thus:
Baby IS well and lots brighter than
she used to be. Hoping that you are
the same, remain. your loving wife,"
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Ailiqators' Eggs.

Alligators often lay from thirty to
sixty eggs In single nest The eggs
are similar in shape to those Of duck
and about three inches In length.
When they first appear the young al
ligators are about the same size as
lizards. and almost as lively.
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When Dumb
Gods Speak
Story of a Curlo Hunt
er Who Coveted an
Ivory Buddha.
By CLARISSA MACKIE

Claiming skunk into the city of
Shanghai like a criminal. He had
come down the Yangtze river on ono
Of the big rolling passenger steamers,
and he had hardly. closed his wearied
eyes during that period.
A great fear and dread pursued him
like a grim enemy. Every bland ASH
attic face on the steamer from the cab
in boy to arwealthy mandarin travel
ing with his suit bore hidden menace
to the American.
Now that he had disembarked from
the landing tug at Shanghai Claiming
breathed little easier. If any one
was trailing him-if an assassin lurked
behind him-the task would be more
difficult In the brightly lighted city
and in the crowded hotel.
Once in his locked room at the hotel
he drew q deep sigh Of relief and flung
his bag aside.
my God!' he muttered. "Will it be
like this-always"
He stared at his haggard face In
the mirror and laughed mirthlessly.
Who would recognize Henry Chan
ming, the we'll known clubman-rich
successful, and especially noted for his
collection Of oriental carvings? Chan
ming shuddered and sank weakly into
chair.
The weakness for collecting had be-
come madncss-a madness that
might end In his death. Yet who
would know-who would guess1
dumb gods cannot speak" he NUT.
tered harshly.
Later he went down to dinner. and
he bore himself as Of old, erect, smil
Ing, with a hearty greeting for one OIL
two cid friends who had met in this
far corner of the world.
They dined together and Charming
| announced his intention of going OF
| the first steamer.
'Then you will sail tomorrow" they
told him. 'The Korea is due at
| O'clock"
| Charming excused himself and has
tened out to telephone for a reserva
ton. He was fortunate in finding th'
office open. and when he returned tt
the dining room he felt lighter hearted
than he had for days-before he hat
made that Ill omened visit to the rocl
temple.
whats the matter, Claiming? Ar
you seeing ghosts?" one Of his com
panions laughed.
He shook himself out of the br1e
abstraction that had set him to star
ing vaguely into space.
"Something like that" he muttere'
apologetically. Then he resumed hi
old charming manner and the inciden
was forgotten for the time. After
ward they recalled 1t and wondered.
The next morning he sailed for hom
and the voyage was hideoUs repe
titfon of that trip down the YangtZ
river-when every strange face was al
enemy face to his distorted vision. Il
thanked heaven that he could mingl
| with white men once more and he re
solved that this should be his last tri
to the orient. But he was destined t
make another one.
He was restless again when the
reached San Francisco. The long jour
ney across the continent was a bore
and when he reached New York, ami
old surroundings, he felt childish IL
clination to cry.
Days passed and he lost the sense Q
fear. Who knew his secret beside
himself?
| "Dumb gods cannot speak" he al
gued stubbornly.
For some time after arrival In Ne,
J York Charming did not take up hi
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insurance a luxury

To an old darky hailed before blm q
southern judge put this question:
"Why did you burn your house down
Just after getting it insured?"
Whereupon the darky replied:
"Yo' honah. pore man like me can't
afford to have a house and insurance
too" Case and Comment
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Both Departed,

you don't often see an old fash
ioned whittier nowadays"
"No. The type is dying out: also
the diminutive bad man who used to
pull out a bowie knife and threaten to
whittle his foe down to his size
mingham Age-Herald.
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"'You will sell this to me-? he said
confidently. holding out the price he
had offered that other day.
"The priest shook his head. The
American pleaded. bribed, threatened.
In vain. At last the priest replaced
the carvings in the sandalwood chest.
all but the carving of the god Of
averted calamity, which Smith still
held. He refused to give it up.
1.-THE priest protested. and they strug-
gled. Presently the old priest lay mo-
tionless ON the stone floor The Amer
ican fed.
"Somcwhere there lives man
haunted by fearful memory of that
temple"
Dacre surveyed his interested audi
ence, but on Channing's face his gaze
fingered The man leaned forward.
giving Dacre glance for glance. His
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ParaIyzed Him.

Don't tell me you can't find work"
said the hard faced housekeeper.
"Well. num-" replied the tramp at
the door. ITS true man offered me
job only las week. but couldn't take
It,"
"And why notT'
Il WIZ paralyZed."
"You seem all right now"
"Yessum. Yer see, | wuz paralyZed
wild fright" t"-Birmingham Age Herald
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He Succeeded,

SIS that Eddie Jones, the artist, with
an automobile? never thought he
would succeed"
"He succeeded to q million dollars
from his grandmother."-Pu
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Walking a Crack.

The man who tries to walk a crack
always fails. for who that was In
condition to walk crack would ever
think of doing fool thing like walk
ing crack?- Don Marquis.
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Summed Uo,

Knicker-Of what does a shad con-
sist? Bocker-A backbone. a WISH
bone. funny bone and then SOME
Chicago Herald.
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Free Verse.

Willie-What's vers iibre. dad? Crab
shaw-Something you wouldn't know
was poetry unless you were told
New York Times.
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Nothing is more simple than great.
cess Indeed. to be simple Is to bo
great - Emerson.
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The true shape of the earth stIli
awaits accurate determination.
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Zeal without knowledge Is like expe
titi0n to a man in the dark.-Newton
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way until an event secured that
changed the whole course Of his exist
encc and restored him to, that peace Of
mind that had so long been unknown
to him.
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Four men gathered in the club lounge
looked up and nodded greeting when
Dacre joined them. Lighting a ciga-
rette, he glanced quizzically around the