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RELIGIONS AMERICA

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So many creeds M many ways thatwind and wind In America wherevery man can worship God hi his ownfashion there are ISO different denomina-

tion of the Christian religtoa The di-

versity of thought the entire ganjstfrom the Mormons who believe in pluralmarriages to the Shaker who do notbelieve in marriage at all from the Epto-

copaUan with their splendid vestedchoirs to the Primitive Whowill not use an organ or other instru-ment in their servim from the

magseg of the Catholics to the silentmeetings of the Quakers from the highsalaried mmlsters of the Unitarians tothe workers in the Salvation Army whoserve for a plttaAce Despite the fact thatthe division are many all are advancingalong altruistic lift and all are help-

ing the country to a greater realisationUL its high ideal of good citizenship andright living

The Presbyterian have had long antiuiioraWe association with America Thehistorian Bancroft says lint voicepublicly raised in America to dissolve alt

Bisection with England came not fromU Puritans of New England nor from

liu Dutch of New York nor the planterst a Virginia but from the ScotchIrishPr Mbyterian The only clergyman in

Continental Congress was Rev JohnYitherapoon a Presbyterian minister and

Mgnr of the Declaration of Independence

Ill battle of Kings Mountain the turn-

ing point of the Revolution was won byPresbyterians led by Col Campbell

This denomination holds and practicesthe theory of church government by eW-

e a or presbyters which method of wor-

ship and church government Is tracedback to the day of Aposftes JohnCalvin is recognised a the restorer ofPrabyteriaaism rather than the founderof it While he was making a journey In

Switzerland he was persuaded to stop-

over for a few days rest with a minis-

terial friend and white there drew up

the Confession of Faith which in a fewyears had adherents in France GermanyHolland Swltsertand England ScotlandIreland and Wales Later a Confession-of Faith was drawn up for the Presby-terians of Scotland by John Knox

At the present time there are overPresbyterian churches in the UnitedStates with nearly 1300 commun-

icants The denomination IX mis-

sion stations and mtastotiaire in thefield It ft operating over 1W8 missionschools with hospitals dispensaries andtraining schools In foreign lands Therehave been more Presidents of this faiththan of any other Andrew Jackson wasreceived into the church when quite anold man William Henry HarrisonFranklin Pierce James Buchanan Abra-ham Lincoln Andrew Johnson GroverCleveland and Benjamin Harrisonall Presbyterians while President Roose-velt ia a member of its branch the DutchReformed Church

Christian Science Church is re-

markable in more ways UtM one Iufounder Mary Baker Eddy was alreadyJMI old woman when she gathered around

CAPITOL GOSSIPAK to AVImly States

The House was entertained yesterday1 a discussiOn of the Interesting questionas to whether Kansas or Illinois hi thewindier State The Hon Philip CampiKll of the Sunflower State precipitatedthe argument by attacking the bill appro-priating money for the support of theWeather Bureau The Kansas statesmanwanted to abolish the bureau by with-holding front it the usual appropriationiKcause Chief Weather Prophet Willis LMOre had been permitted by SecretaryWilson who looks after the farmers

and harvest to solemnly assert thattlif re had been no change for seventeen

art in the weather given to Kansasmd tills in spite of the fact that within

t t period the country has had one Demratic administration

Th Hon James R Mann Uncle Joesihief watchman in the body of the Housetam gallantly to the defense of ProphetMoore and Secretary Wilson and thehftce logomachy that ensued between himund the Kansas statesman was thrilling

behold The Kawsan resented withhunting indignation the insinuation of theIllinoisan that the wind blew harder inKansas than In Illinois whereupon MrMann allowed that he didnt mean thatthe wind was high or clamorous in Kan-sas at those periods when Mr Campbellwas in Washington They kept it up at alively cHp until Mr Campbell finally wasinduced to withdraw his bill abolishingthe Weather Bureau

Mr Pettus lllniued HimselfSenator Fettus was recently called upon

by a dapper young man who proved him-self to be the grandson of one of thevenerable Alabamians old friends deadthese many years statesman wasglad to meet him and would also be gladto be of any service desired That assur-ance suited the young mans purpose to anicety and he forthwith touched thecourtly and kindhearted Senator for 3Mwhich of course he would return as soonas he heard from home In about a weekthe Senator was distressed to learn thatthe grandson of his old friend had de-ert d his wife in Washington and tied to

parts unknown The old gentlemanlost no time in hunting up the desertedwife and giving her enough money tomeet her pressing necessities and also topay her way back to hetf girlhood home inAlabama-

If I hadnt loaned the young scampmoney said Senator Pettus when asfcedabout the incident he would not havebeen able to get out of Washington antidesert his poor little wife Ihold my self reeopnafbte for her unhappyplight and of course there was nothingfor me to do but send her back home toher people

Soon alter Senator Dolliver returns toWashington this week with new com-

mission the Iowa delegation wilt hold acaucus to agree upon parceling out theFederal patronage in their State Thiscustom was established years ago by theastute and harmonylOVIng Uncle WilliamAllison and its observance has avertedmany a threatening party row at homeSenator DolMver will make a report onthe condition of attains in the HawkeyeState which will show that Gov Cum-mins must be reckoned with in the distri-bution of the Federal patronage Thismay or may not mean that the Senatorand the governor have formed a compactagainst the common enemy the same be-

ing all the statesmen in Iowa who haveambitions to succeed the veteran Allimmin the Senate and the some also bolngall of these Iowans who may look uponthe Hon Leslie Mortimer Shaw as Iowas

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her a few earnest follower In a littleroom in New England At Arst thezealous adherents of the now faithpledged JW a week for the support oftheir frail leader Without giving heedto the arguments raised by those whobelieve in Christian Science or are op-

posed to it it must be said that thehas had a most phenomenal growth SomeIdea the vast number who are Inter-ested in the subject can be had from thefact that over 408960 copies of Mrs Eddys textbook are in circulation Accord-ing to the last estimate there are aboutLOOt different organisations in the coun-try with a total membership of aboutieo800

The Scientists have no ministers m thegeneral sense of that term Instead of Uteusual clerical address they have a leasonsermon which is simply a compilation ofreadings from the Bible and the ChristianScience textbook This service Is con-

ducted by what are called a lint and sec-

ond reader usually a man and a womanChristian Science literature Is sentinto seventyfive countries and to beingtaught in missions in the slums of thelarge cities Mrs Eddy has become therichest religionist in America from theroyalties on the sale of her books andthe sect she has founded controls largesums of money It has over 4009800worth of property in Boston NewYork alone Chicago contains the great-est number of Scientists New York nextand Boston third The new ChristianScience in Boston cost VtJMjm

The Congregational Church was born inEngland in M63 when a handful of peoplemet at the home of one William Brewster-to discuss freedom of thought Theyagreed to leave England and came toAmerica in 128 These people were thefamous Pilgrims of American history Theitrst compact of selfgovernment thiscountry was drawn up by them on theMayflower before they landed Theyearly devoted themselves to missionarywork and education The lint foreignmissionary society in this country wafounded by a Congregational ministerand by 14 they had a school In everytownship in Massachusetts that lied asmany as fifty families And they havekept the lead in educational matters

United States from that time to thisThere are now at least fortylax collegesand universities under the patronage andcontrol of this church They claim tdhave been instrumental or directly re-sponsible for the founding of HarvardYale Dartmouth Williams Bowdoin

Amherst Oberlin HowardFiske Hampton Mount Holyoke Smithand Wellecley Harriet Beecher Stowsand her famous brother Henry WardBeecher were members of this church

Unltarianism was brought to Americaby the Pilgrims and tIM Puritans Thegreat leader of this faith in America wasChannmg and Edward Everett IWochaplain of the Senate Is doubtless themost prominent presentday adherent Itsfollowers claim that it to not a sect andha no sectarian ambitions or boundariesIt is described as a fellowship of freechurches sad individuals Unitarians are

ftuvorite son for IMC Although he aban-doned the Iridescent Iowa idea m theinterest of peace in the last gubernatorialcampaign not to say in the interest alsoof reelection it is well understood thatthe governor may desire the distinction ofbeing Iowas favorite son next year pro-vided the Iowa idea to still alive andhas stirred tariff revision sentiment all-over the country

Many of the most important Federalomces in the State soon are to be madevacant by that process of resignationwhich to practiced by every loyal publicservant who to looking to his party organisation for future preferment Amongthese offices are the district attorneysbipsof the Northern and Southern districtsthe two marshalships the internal revenuecollectorshipe numerous Presidential postoinces Ac Some of the Incumbents mayof course be reappointed but if they areIt will be with the view of Iowa beingprepared to offer to the country availablePresidential material in tt

Parson Brovrnlow WidowA Tennenoceau who met Representative

W P Brownlow of that State yesterdaywas reminded of the fact that the widowof the Representatives famous uncle

Parson Browntow the intrepid Unionleader during the parlous days of thecivil war to stilt living at the old familyhome at Knoxville and that she stillreads every day as she has done sinceits flrst issue the New York TribuneMrs Brownlow is now nearly ninety yearsold but her physical and intellectualvigor show no ravages of age It isstated that she has not missed an issueof her favorite newspaper her politicalBible for more than sixty years andthat she to as well informed on currentpolitical events as she was when her dis-tinguished husband was one of the countrys leading men President Rooseveltcalled on her when he visited Knoxville-a few years ago and he was quite asmuch surprised by her robust strength-as he was by the keen interest and in-

sight she has in national affairs

Senator Bnrkctt SignalOne of the conductors of a Senate

rushed his car at full speed fromthe subbasement to the top floor yester-day without stopping to take on passen-gers that were waiting at interveningfloors When he reached his destinationhe found a group of newspaper men waitin to be carried below

Wheres Senator Burkett inquiredthe conductor adding that was ceatahilyhis ring

He hasnt been around here repliedone of the newspaper men

He surely has insisted the elevatorman or else some of you used his signalto eaU me That signal is two short ringsand two long ones Senator Burkettlearned it when he was working on theC B Q railroad and it became such-a habit of his to obey the train signal oftwo short and two long whistles that heunconsciously fell Into the custom of giv-ing it for this elevator

Mr AlliMons ExerciseSenator Allison the Nestor of the Sen-

ate whose health broke down toward theclout of the last session and who waskept at home in Iowa by his physicianuntil a few weeks ago to getting beck inhis old physical condition by observing acareful regimen in Washington

unless the weather if too bad bewalks from his apartments at the Portland to the Capitol and beck again inthe afternoon a distance of about twomiles The veteran Iowa statesman hasnot heretofore been given to this sort ofhealthful exercise and he to now advo

its adoption by numerous of hiscolleagues who like himself suffer

from that stealthy and incurablemalady advancing age It to contribut-ing much to Ills upbuilding and he to nowable to perform about as much hard workas chairman of Comattttae on Appro-priations as h has best performing fora generation

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somewhat indifferent to numericalstrength god have never taken a censusof their followers However It may basaid In that there are about MO

churches in afllltatton with the NationalUnitarian Conference and about 100000paeple more or less actively connectedwith the faith in this country The ma-jority of their churches are in the largecities and they are said to pay higher salarise for ministerial talent than any otnerreligionist In America unless It be theReformed Jews A prominent member ofthis faith told me that he believed theUnitarians were gathering adherents morerapidly than any other sect In the UnitedStates unless it was the ChristianScientists

The Moravian Church was founded Inthis country by David NItschmann whoat sixtyfour years of ata crossed the At-

lantic to Bethlehem Pa and felled withhis own hands the first tree that was used

the building of the colony A somewhat Spartan custom introduced by thaChurch of Jbe United Brethren as theMoravians are called was that of takingall babies from their mothers when theywere eighteen months old and placing

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them in care of the church wherethe widows and unmarried women lookedafter them A beautiful custom amongthe Moravians at Bethlehem Is the sunriseeorvice on Easter morning A processof musicians march through the streetsawaken the Inhabitants just before d jbreak and as the sun cornel up a blareof trombones leads in a grand chorus ofgladness On March 1 the Moravians wiltcelebrate the 160th anniversary of theirchurch

The Quakers dress In plainthe heed to no and addra r ll

Impartially with familiar antithou Those strange folks form rest-

ful note in the busy worldTheir real title to Society of FriendsThey in the plainest housoa ofworship because they say thatdwells in the heart and not in wood andstone They are silent in their meetings-In order to encourage the frost of themouth and thaw of the mind They havefounded many good school and collegesamong them being Bryn Mawr Theremore Quakers in Indiana than In

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The first Christian service of any kindever performed on the North Pacificcoast was celebrated by an Episcopalianchaplain who accompanied Admiral SirFrancis Drake in his cruise along theCalifornia and Oregon coasts In theGolden Hind Wlien a permanent Eng-lish settlement was eftectsc at James-town In 1697 the Church of rfngland

flrmly established on tha con-

tinent Some ides of the economies of theearly religionists may be had from thechronicles of Capt John Smith who said

When I first went to Virginia I well remember we did hang an awning which

old sail to three or four trees toshadow us from the sun Our wererails of wood our seats unhewed treesand our pulpit a bar of wood nailed totwo neighborIng William and MaryCollege was established by EpiscopaliansHenry Hudson discoverer of the HudsonRiver and Elihu Yale for whomCollege was named were both membersof the Church of England George Wash-ington was also an Episcopalian

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4SOCIALTwenty ago the French breakfast-

at 12 or 1 oclock was a notable featureof social life in Washington but whilethis popular midday function still exists-it has taken unto itself a new name andis now known as luncheon aftor the Eng-

lish vocabulary since this te the day ofthings British In social matters Nowa-days one is rarely if ever Invited tobreakfast which was always an absurdaffectation as most good Americans break-

fast at S in the morning a rather impos-

sible hour to invite guests But underwhatever name it masquerades the midday meal to which we summon our friendsis an agreeable function lacking theformality of a dinner yet retaining all ofIts pleasant qualities Luncheon is essen-

tially a feminine feast and one rarelymeets with men at this meal on weekdays but on Sunday such K festivity isnever complete withon the husbands thebrothers and sweethearts whose pres-

ence adds to Its success and prolongs itfar Into the afternoon for men love theleisure the day brings and chat for hoursover their liqueurs and coffee A Sundayluncheon Is truly the most sociable af-

fair in societys calendar There re-

cites the latest bit of gossip hears thenewest story and tears the absent tom

is a growing tendency to makeof luncheon a formal affair This is agreat mistake Formality should be re-

served for dinners The mfddiy meal ofrights should be comtortaMe and eecywith nothing left undone to inspire goodcheer and confidence The menu mustbe simple and carefully chosen Thesmartest entertainer serve only live orsix courses fruit bouillon an entreepate salad and dessert with a lightwhite or red wine and seltzer That isthe ideal luncheon To otter champagne-at noon in the worst poeeibte tasteunless the custom which obtains in someparts of Europe is followed f servinga glass of champagne before the soupwhich takes the place of our deadly cock-tail and enlivens the meal Liqueursand dears are as at dinner passed afterthe dessert when men are present Ifonly women make up the party cigar-ettes are offered for unhappily pernspait has become an accepted thing for so-ciety women to smoke In their ownhomes and in the houses of their friendsWe are not writing a homily or else aregret might be expressed that this un-

pleasant unfeminine and surely unAmerican custom is growing and thatthe number of women who habituallysmoke Is increasinf rather than rtJmmtoh

It is most regrettable that the customof having aiemoon tea so general mEngland has not taken deeper root mAmerica In a few families It is an es-tablished habit to serve tea at 5 oclockbut only a few Americans lack therepose and calm to sit quietly for anhour or so sipping tea while they gossipwith whoever happens to b about as doour cousins English who count afternoontea the most important function of theday their devotion to this beverage giv-ing rise to the expression delirium tea

Every one who ha traveled la theOrient will remember the little poem onthe teapots one meets with at the cosmopotttaa hotels written originally In

bat translated Into every languageunder the sun which reeds about as fol-lows On a slow lire set a tripod illl Itwith dear rain water Cook It as longRS it would take to turn fish white andlobsters red Pour this on the delicateleaves of tea and let It remain as longas the vapor rises in a cloud At yourleisure drink the pure liquor which willchase away the lye causes of troubleThis classic recipe could not be improvedupon and is recommended to all thosewho seek to make afternoon tea popularThe things that can be served with teaare innumerable but the moet appetising dish to go with it is buttered toastor buttered toasted muffins There isnothing more delicious than the latterwhich made the international reputationof the quaint little tea shop in Paris 19

rue Cambon but it is practically Impos-sible to led them as they really ought tobe in America as Impossible as it Is toget a decent piece of toast in Paris orBerlin All sorts of cake are offeredThe piece de resistance on the ten tableof the British Embassy in tho Pawncefqteregime was plum cake and such plumcake

It te ROt in good taste to load a teatable with heavy things such as saladsmeat sandwiches ash the like One doesriot expect to make a meal at 6 oclockbut merely to take a little refreshmentthe real object of the whole affair beingto bring family and friends together andto invoke conversation and geniality bythat cosy cup which is is recordedInspired Johnson who was a victim ofthe tea habit to write Raaaelas

The Arbiter has been asked to writesomething regarding the etiquette ofcards A simple subject but one to whichVat attention should be paid because inthis as la all social matters it is fatal toerr When calling on mere acquaintancesvisiting cards should invariably be leftwhether the person or persons on whomone is calling are home or not In lateyears it has become the fashion to leavea card for each member of the familyFor instance if Mr and Mrs Smith arecalling upon Mr and Mrs Jones MissNathalie Jones Miss Harriet Jons andMr John Jones Mrs Smith should leave-a cafd upon Mrs Jones and one uponeach of the young ladles of the family ifthey are recognized as being In societyand three of her husbiinds cards one forMr Jones one for Mrs Jones and one

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Is stupid unnecessary complicated andexpensive Formerly It was the customto leave only one card with the rightside turned down as an Indication thatthe visit Included all the members of thefamily It there wore no sons or daugh-ters of the house only the upper righthand corner was bent over to show thatthe visitor had called in person and theleaving of cards after this fashion Is stiltperfectly good form

Cards should be loft on making a firstvisit and on returning all visits after allinvitations whether accepted or not Theonly exception to this rule is a tea Whenone attend it is not necessary to make areturn visit when one does not attendone must send a card either on the dayof the tea or subsequently Cards shouldbe left after a birth or death in the fam-ily after the formal announcement of anengagement after a wedding on the

of ones friends from a long absencefrom town after the recovery of a friendfrom a long illness and for other innumerable occasions The person callingIt he has the time and desire should askto see the person or persons on whom heis calling but whether he is admitted ornot the cards must be loft aa an evi-dence of the bearers presence and atesympathy congratulations or whateverthe occasion may require

It to in extremely bad tate to attemptanything eccentric in the way of a dolttaff card If one is not quits sure of thecorrect style slid form It Is b t to con-sult a stationer the most fttghtonable

town who to preserve his own reputa-tion will look to it that bis patron shallfollow the mode But thereis small possibility of any one making amistake the matter since tile style ofcards has changed very little In thepast twentylive years A card shouldbear the saint address and the day athome of the owner atftfrecs shouldbe omitted on the caYd of young unmarrind women

It Is the custom In Europe and it isgradually becoming the custom ben uponthe death of a member of the familyto send out cards announcing that factThey are heavily bordered with blankand read according to the taste of theperson dictating the text which is gen-erally very elaborate It is also usualamoac unman CathaHcs to home cardsannouncing that a mass will be said forthe repose of the soul of this or that de-ceased relative giving the date and end-ing with the plea Pray for him Thehabit Is growing here for an invalid onconvalescence to send out card of thanksto all those who Inquired during tire

These bear the engraved wordslany thanksfor kind Inquiries above

the persons name andr are sent by postor footman This fad for it seems littleelse does not appeal to one as particu-larly refined or elegant and is net advocated by theArbiter

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Answer Your principal guest hasdoubtless spent some time In Englandwhere it is the almost universal customfor professional men to wear frock coatson Sunday even for dinner indeed it isconsidered very proper for that class Ihave never met one of what might beterml the smart set In London whoallowed himself the privilege of so ap-pearing I think many of the professionalmen in America are taking the cue fromthose on the other side and the only ex-planation I can make of your well bredfriends nonobservance of the acceptedcustom here is that he is a professionalman with English sympathies

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Answer This depends entirely uponyour degree of Intimacy with the hostessThe papers have recently been tilled withcomments upon Mr William Waldorf Ac-

tors rudeness to a gentleman an inti-mate of King Edward it proved to bewhom one of his titled guests took theprivilege of introducing This lack oftaste cost him the loss of alt the prestigehe had gained In English society andrightly so An intimate of the householdaccording to an old fashioned law of hoepitality dating buck to medieval timeshas the liberty of introducing a friend tothe house of a friend and it Is the generalcustom here at a large reception to pre-sent a stranger from out of town withoutthe formality of asking This of coursetics not include the White House For-merly It was allowed that public officialsand those intimate with the President andhis family should occasionally Introducetheir friends without the formality ofasking but the privilege was so muchabused that it Is now considered in ex-tremely bad taste to bring any one to thereceptions at the White House withoutpreviously receiving permission

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Answer Most certainly not The meresuggestion of such a thing is caddishEven the wives of public officials have a-

right to some privacy and considerationthough from the demonstrations thathave been made on Mrs Longworths tripthrough America It would seem that thisright Is not recognised

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Answer No matter what th custom hasbecome in Washington or elsewhere U toextremely bad form and a display of nnpardonable ignorance of social ethics fora young woman to give any sort of anentertainment without the cooperation ofher mother facts you mention havecome under the Arbiters observation andhe has been quite as astonished as

It to of course perfectly permissi-ble for a spinster to entertain her friendswithout a chaperon but in America orelsewhere I know of no spinster of goodfamily and breeding who o It tenot the policy of this department to menthin names but it would b possible topoint out a number of maiden ladles mWashington past half century

of life whose Mothers are liv-ing and who never give an invitation saveIn her name You an perfectly right fromevery point of view this matterIt Is height if UI breeding for a girlto ignore her mother or for a mother

herself to b ignored Most fortu-nately the custom you allude to to nevermet with except among people who arecomparatively new to social wages ortho who affect Bohemiantem

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your card to a member of the Madlybut should place It on the card tray tothe hall or a convenient an-swer to your second question toabove

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WHAT CAUSES EARTHQUAKES

Scientists Declare That Our nip Syntern of Does It

Mr Charles Hallock who Is a member-of several of the Washington scientific

had an article in last Sundaysissue qf The Washington Herald whichhe was moved to entitle tbe Polarity ofthe Seismic Impulse Unfortunately thiswas printed under the name of CharlesHallow

Accepting the theory of Sir Oliver Lodgeand other advanced scientists of eminencethat the earth to a magnet anti its crustsimply the armature of an immense dy-

namo whose source is the sun he at-tributes the unusual prevalence of earthquakes and the manifest sympathy

so many of theta to the earthsurcharged with electricity This re-

dundant voltage sets in motion the looseheterogeneous masses of which the ter-rene envelope is so largely composedand these in turn generate electricalenergy This is in line with Clark Maxwells showing the rock and earth move-ments being facilitated by excessive rainswhich saturate and lubricate the dislo-cated masses Jarring is often maintainedfor weeks and months at intervals afterthe initial shocks in obedience to the lawof adjustment which causes disintegratedparticles to settle and become compact

But Mr now goes further andavers that all our troubles and calamities-are not due to natural causes alone butthat mens dabbling with electricity tothe extent of gridironing nearly the entireglobe with wire conductors and keepingthem constantly charged by powerfuldynamos overhead and underground inthe atmosphere and through the oceansand in practically every house and halfthe vehicles in town and country is thestimulating cause of the current per-turbations landslips and volcanic erup-tions which are far in excess of anyknown period since the Tertiary All ofwhich he takes occasion to remind us to

predicted in the book of Isaiah whichthat men shall be plagued by

their own Inventions

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SO WAGS THE WORLD

SOME PHASES OF ITC

The Importance that Is attached toprecedence and convention hers In Wash-ington was amuslngty illustrated the otherday when two richly drewwd women wereabout to take a cab They camo out ofa handsome house together walkedamicably enough down the path chattingabout eards and oats till they reachedthe street Then the smaller of the twowomen was about to bolt into the herdlcNot so The big woman stood stockstill and laid a detaining hand on hercompanion frowned darkly and said indeep baswprofundo tones What do youmean by getting in before me My hus-band to a soandso The small personwttted on the spot and meekly followedthe great soandsos spouse Into the

rdte where she sat and arranged hergtovtg In embarrassed silence while thebassoon in a severe fashion still ruffledstill amazed by such audacity called

to Senator Blanks and banged thebirdie door This feature of Washingtonofficial lift gets on the democratic nervesof people from other parts of the countrywho dont bow the knee m the houseof Rhnmoa and are not used theantics of those servants of the Americanpeople clothed in a brief authority They are very amusing to the stahlsettled old whose peoplehave been well and honorably known hereever since it has been the capital of tbeqpuntry They have seen administrationscorn and administrations go but thoykeep Uw even tenor of their way with

dignity have kept it for mere thana century and will continue to do e

I Marie AntoinetteWm detested the rigorous ceremoniallaws of the French court once anenemy for life of her vicious spitefulmistress of the robes a lady who resentedher youth beauty and high spirits alady who was a tremendous stickler forprecedence like tbe bassoon who in theatmosphere of a court would intoJust such another person but has notmuch ehtinee white what Lowell calls

the roller of democracy comes alongevery now and then and obliterates alltrace of thom littlegreat people fromour republic Well the court was atFontainebteu and in the course of athe queens donkey stumbled and tell withher She refused to move Go and askthe duchess what the etiquette of thissituation te at the court of Francewhether it to proper for me to get up ftrstor the donkey she said with a merrylaugh

A Ruling PassionWith some woman nothing is s im-

portant a what they call their posi-

tion They dont take Montaguesbroad view of it which Is very rationaland very BtbHealt stay at house andmind their own business and take careof their husbands and children Thatposition to impregnable But what somewomen agonize over to their position insociety and everything that affects iuSociety doesnt care A pin whether they

or die It criticises dismembersdissimulates and costs in time moneyand devotion like mischief hut all

it to far more desired ad soughtaLter than the Kingdom of Heaven

In n Tight Placeauthor of Fifty Years of Failureof an expedition he made from

early one morning withmoles He acting as taU

guide ant one of the ladles was just infront of him As they were crossingthe glacier this lady trod on a place ofprojecting ice on the very edge of acrevasse This was a matter of life ordeath Hauling hurriedly at the ropebe called out Dont do that Miss Har-dy To which the lady replied ag shedarted severe stance Mm MIenRigfey Hyphen Hardy if you please

Dinners are very much in order nowlid It is welt for everybody to remem-ber what must not be talked about atthesis Marital complications come firstIn our modern society nothing is moreperilous At a dinner given here someyears ago a very young man sprangmines and exploded bombs at the tablemetaphorically by his innocent and admirable remarks on the subject Amongthe guests there was one woman who hadrun away from her husband A secondwas in an even more woeful plight Herhusband had run away from her In athird case both husband and wife had runaway with the people who were presentwhom they had afterward after theusual divorce married It certainly wasembarrassing to pilot that conversation-out of the storm belt but the hostess didit to perfection aided by some of theother guests

ReligionIs certainly not a safe topic to discusson such occasions yet people seem tohave a perfect mania for getting on dan-gerous ground It often seems ti ifsome malignant sprite sat up above anddirected the conversation into the wrongchannels with the utmost cleverness andmalicious glee It is certainly alarming-in an assembly of persons composedchiefly of diplomats and Maryland Catho-lics to hear an Englishman say I hateintolerance in religious matters but Idlike to put a barrel of gunpowder underevery Catholic and blow him up skyhigh Net ever the humor of the situa-tion saves it and the way people rushte the rescue Is something funny

Politics is oven worse In convents itmay do to discuss politics in Washington and in cemeteries in the dead lan-guages But in society in business athotels it means simply firebrands ikimbergen au vent as the French put Itcleverly torches In the wind Even retrospective politics are not always safeto bring up Did not a certain

and his wife lose a last suburbancar recently and have to walk about twomiles after midnight because they gotInto a hot discussion about Mary Queenof Scots On one of these freezing nightsit warmed thorn up Into a perfect tem-per He quoted Froude and admiredQueen Elisabeth and defended her treatment of the poor Queen who soughtsanctuary in England She declared herto be a redheaded flirtatious treacher-ous hideous old frump and murderessand vowed that Froudes account ofMarys execution showed that ho washeartless and no gentleman It was a-

very pretty quarrel But they lost thatcar and they have been as cool as theweather to each other ever since

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tions of Republicans and tbe North andeverything Northern violent attacks uponthe Democrats and the South and everything Southern had better kept forCongressional use and abuse The partiesto it are paid for it and proAt byIt languid visitors In the gallery enjoyIt and enliven their hotels afterward byvivacious accounts of the row in theHouse The papers teem with It andgo off like hot cakes But dinner partiesare killed by disturbance over ducks andchampagne that affect the digestion andappetite

Not n PlanIn a higher stage of etvilfcsatioa guests

will be furnished In thewith a menu for both cwvetmttoo andwlttlethat they may know before-

hand what to take sad what to avoidEven then there would be no protectionagainst ignorance or HI brooding Whatof tw mea who were leaving a certainhouse rich in superb examples of Italianart which lad much discussed dur-ing the evening Said one to the other asthey walked home after dinner Ntcfool you made of yourself talking as you1W at When Blank a you ifyou liked Botticelli you saM you pre-ferred Cbiaati

Well what was wrung with thatinquired his friend quite tartly

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city sad there never wa welsh anOld Man of the Sea since Sbitfbads dayTo endure it to dreadful and to cure Italmost Impossible And it every sortof bad effect upon its victims A party ofpeople wyr discussing it the other even-ing very amusingly 1 almost lost myhearing said one lady And I lout mysight almost I couldnt read writesew or paint said another I lost myspirits remarked a gentleman I was sodesperately blue that I felt booked forthe poorhouse and was sure that therewes not a creature on earth who reallyloved me I sat and wept like a baby Iam a bank cashier and bank cashiersdot often howl even when tocks godown to zero Well I lost my mindI wee simply imbecile I couldnt remem-ber a thing I couldnt repeat the

and if I had been asked my nameI would have felt cruelly embarrassed toreply said an army officer I lost myheart said the prettiest girt in Washing-ton I didnt care a pin about anybody

even my beaus were a perfect bore and-I saw nothing but faults in everybody Iwas miserable and ugly and wickedmyself and I hated all the world Well-I had the worst luck of all said theyoung Methodist minister for I lost myreligion I couldnt say Now I lay medown to sleep I couldnt recall a singlehymn I quarreled with the two leadingmembers of my church and dischargedthe sexton I wapted to dtvorce my wifeand to spank my baby who isdelicate and only three months old Donttalk to me about a person having onlygrip Grip Is the worst of all

KKANCKS COUKTBNAT BAYLOR

MONOPOLY AND THE LAW-

o Remedy for Fundamental WrongsIn rending I egr l Proceedings

Fain the New Tout Jonas af COMMTCX

How COM S it that It has been foundso easily peaeiifle to establish within thedemocratic United States a system ofessentially naonopoHeti industry whosepowers are threatening toe rights of everyhitherto free industry in this foremostof commercial nations Is there anythingfactional or merely pretendonal in therevolution On the contrary the swayof the trusts Is most real and defies coun-

teraction front legal authority In severalof our largest trades competition to alruady virtually Extinguished The aggre-gation is also rapidly extending towardour financial institutions and some of thelargest banking concerns in the countryare passing under the influence or actualcontrol of the stupendous millionairedomination The largest fortunes of thecountry are being absorbed in the move-ment sad the management of the truststo so conducted as to attract to them theconfldence of less initiated private in-

vestorsThe marvel Is that a movement so es-

sentially threatening to the foremost in-

terests of the nation should have beenable to carry its invasions so far with solittle fundamental counteraction There-to no lack of citizens whose personal in-

terest oi oftlcial duty it to to devote theirutmost Influence to the exclusion of such-a malign power In some of the Statesand by the President earnest legal pro-ceedings have been instituted against theaggressors but the proceedings takenhave been rather side directarraignments of the fundamental wrongsof monopoly If we have any effectiveremedy against these wrongs It lies inthe principle of common law that actsin restraint of trade are illegalquestion that demands immediate deter-mination is Whether a combinationformed for the purpose of defeating freecompetition is in contravention of thissacred principle of common law If It isthere should be no difficulty about puttinga speedy end to the wrongs of these ex-clusive claims If there is no real legalprohibition of monopoly the sooner thehopelessness of the case is made knownto the woestricken nation and tIM moreurgent it becomes for lawmakers to makethe law absolutely protective at one andforever

City BillboardsPrim UM KMMM CUt Star

In a city that has neglected appear-ances for a long time a municipal artmovement should be destructive a wellas creative It is not sufficient to establish attractive features but also to remove unattractive ones To this end thebillboards should be restricted in sucha way as not to obtrude their ugliness onthe public at least not in those parts of

city having claims to decent

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The minister had preached to the grad-uating class of a girls college The girlsof the class were on the platform allaround the pulpit and alt dressed inwhite

I confessed the preacher to hiswife when he got home like a crow ona snowdrift

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