The Syracuse Journal, Volume 6, Number 8, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 19 June 1913 — Page 2

TheSyracuseJournal QEO. SNYDER, Publisher, •yracuse. * - Indiana. DENIES LONDON IS PAGAN Publisher Secs No Warning in the Reading of Scriptures in Brit- , ish Metropolis. The question whether London is ®agan is exciting considerable discussion. Insofar as the sale of Bibles Is any test of the progress or setback of Christianity in an age which is so frequently stigmatized as commercial and materialistic, there is no greater authority than Henry Frowde, the ■well known publisher to the University of Oxford. The two universities of Oxford and Cambridge, together with the king'B printers, alone have the privilege of printing the Bible in English, and, since Mr. Frowde's Incumbency of the publishership, the Oxford university press has publish»ed some 25,000,000,000 copies of the Scriptures. Mr. Frowde’s information goes to combat the view that Christianity—or, more strictly speaking, the reading of the Bible —is declining, says an exchange. The Oxford university press now sells an average of 1,000,000 copies of the Bible a year. It is unfortunately, impossible to give statistics of any real value as to what percentage of this total would represent the sales in London, but Mr. Frowde expresses the opinion that, population for population, more people read the Bible in Edinburgh, and, after the Scottish capital, Qlasgow. London, in his view, would come third. For general high class literature, too, Edinburgh would hold the lead. Still, a very large and increasing number of Biblea was sold every year, and there could be no doubt that in London, aa everywhere else where the English language was spoken, the Bible “held its own.” Inquiries at the British and Foreign Bible society shows that that organization has, since 1804 issued more than 237,000,000 copies of the Scriptures, of which 36,000,000 were in English, and the rest in practically all the languages of the world. Swat the Top Hat. It Is proposed to celebrate the centenary of the top or high hat. It was Just a hundred years ago that a tubist style of art devised this uncomfortable headgear for men. It seems to one who shares In the general tendency toward simpler and more comfortable dress that thq best w'ay of celebrating would be to cast these black silk cylinders into the ashpile and permit them to pass their closing days upon the head of the indigent who wanders the alleys and dresses himself with sartorial castaways. No more uncomfortable style was ever wished upon man in modern times. One explanation of the origin of the top hat is that it was a direct descendant of the helmet of the feudal warriors of the old England. The tendency of the stiff-necked English aristocracy had become accustomed to the weighty beaver, and when armorplate millinery went out of style the “stovepipe” was contrived by the arbiter of fashions to accommodate hereditary myscles that had lugged about casque and murrlon. Unique Privilege. Viscount Haldene, lord chancellor of Great Britain, has accepted the Invitation to deliver the annual address before the American Bar association, to be held at Montreal, September 1. His acceptance is unique, because be Is not only the highest judicial officer of the empire but also keeper of the great seal, and It has hitherto been the unbreakable rule of the English constitution that the holder of that office should not leave the ■kingdom. Troubles of Lady Actors. There are a great many things that cause laughter when men Impersonate women on the stage. For instance, a line such as u May I hold your band? It’s a beautiful hand! So white and soft!" —when the hand in question is a callous paw, or when a hoarse guffaw comes from off stage and the hero exclaims, “What delight|ful, childish laughter.” A sagging petticoat is a detail provocative of - mirth or the tottering gait accompanying the first experience In high heels. One thing is fatal, and I have seen it happen twice; the heroine sinks into ia chair, perhaps a trifle stiffly, but still he sinks, and as he does so naively pulls up the legs of his trousers, which, unfortunately, are not there. !The audience will laugh through a whole act just on the memory of a mistake like that. —“With Cap and Bells," by Charles William Brackett,, la National Magazine. No Bar. She—Do you think a woman could really make a success as an aviator? He—Why not? Most women are Inclined to be flighty. The Bright Bide. Attoray General Mcßeynolds, at a tea In Washington, said to a financier who was complaining bitterly about a lawsuit he had lost: "My dear fellow, look on the bright aide of things. Try to be like the old woman whose nephew was hanged. This old woman, on the way home from the exeention, said with a curl of the lip: '“Thank goodness for one thing—they had to pay eight dollars for the rope!'" f Soap Bark for Oily Hair. If soap bark is used* to wash the hair inclose the bark in a six-inch bag snd sew it up. Steep the contents in a quart of hot water, but do not boil IL The bag can be used the same as a sponge to assist in the work. Rinse, the hair carefully with warm water and rub perfectly dry. The Reaeen. "Why oouldn't year lawyer pump the witneeeT” ; "I guess it was because hs couldn't handle him.”

CAR TELESCOPED nr WILD EXPRESS Four Are Killed, 31 Injured in j Railroad Wreck. PULLMAN IS CUT IN TWO Every Passenger in Car Either Loses Life or Is Maimed as Result of Collision at Stamford, Conn. Stamford. Conn., June 14.—As a result of a rear-end collision at the station here Thursday on the main j line of the New York, New Haven & j Hartford railroad five persons ar- j dead and two score injured, some per haps fatally. .The second section of the SpringHeld express, west bound, crashed into ■ the first section, which was just leav- ! Ing the station. The dead: Alt's. Edward J. Kelly, Winthrop, j Mass., wife of land agent of Canadian Pacific railway. Frank Canfield, Springfield* Mass. Mrs. Barges, Springfield, Mass. Everett Hasley Woodruff, Flushing, j N. Y. H. G. Howe, Hartford, Conn. The engine plowed halfway through the Pullman car Skylark, the last car on the first section. In this car there i were 31 passengers and practically all of them were killed or injured. According to an official statement given out by the railroad, the indications are that the engineer of the second section ran by both the distant and home signals. The first section of the train, which made up at Boston, resfehed here on time, but was halted momentarily to change the powers from steam to electricity. While awaiting orders to proceed the second section rounded a curve at high speed and crashed into the last Pullman car, which was well filled. That more persons were not killed outright is considered miraculous. Simultaneous with the crash the wreckage took fire and the city department was called out. The blaze was easily extinguished and the work of rescue began at once.* Early arrivals on the scene found Rev. Anthony Berhler, a Catholic priest of New York, coolly directing the work of rescue. Although Injured himself, he refused to go to a hospital until others, more seriously hurt, had been taken care of. He is at the Stamford hospital with slight injuries. Telling of his experiences, he said: “I was seated about midivay in the Pullman. There was no warning, just a smash, and the next instant the whole car was topsy-turvy. Men and women seemed to be almost suspended in the air and there was a mass of everything conceivable flying about at random. Then all seemed to settle except the escaping steam and the hot coals from the firebox that soon burst into flames. “Women’s screams of helplessness and terror, and the deeper cries of men, some in mortal agony, filled the air. The women were brave as they were lifted out of the windows with bloody faces and torn and cut bodies. They deserve the highest praise." The Springfield express was the train that was in the wreck at Westport, Conn., last October, in which eight persons were killed and scores Injured. This wreck was caused when the engineer ran by signals. FRISCO RAIL PROBE BEGUN. Commerce Board Promises Rigid Quiz Under Senate’s Order. Washington, June 14. —Searching investigation into financial operations of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad system, in response to a resolution of the senate, will be undertaken by the' Interstate commerce commission. Accountants are already at work in New York. The inquiry will deal with all operations of the Frisco system since its reorganization in 1896, including its relations with the Rock island, its purchase of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois and what are regarded as “peculiar” phases of the last deal. If operations in violation of the interstate commerce act are disclosed the commission may issue an order itself or submit evidence to the department of Justice. PREMIER OF TURKEY SLAIN. Mahmoud- Shefket and Aide Victims of Assassins In Constantinople. Constantinople, June 13. —Mahmoud Shefket Pasha, the Turkish grand vizier and minister of war, W’as shot and killed by assassins on the streets of this city. His aide-de-camp, Lieut. Ibraham Bey, also was killed. Prince Said Halim, foreign minister and ex-president of the council of state, has been apolnted grand vizier ad Interim. All the other ministers retain their portfolios. Unwritten Law Is Defense. Huntington, W. Va., June 14. —It was declared Thursday the unwritten law would be the defense of LQjha Mitchell, seventeen-year-old girl, who shot and killed James Hendrick, the hueband of her dead sister. Freight Wreck on Wabash. Goshen, Ind., June 14.—West-hound freight on the Wabash railroad was wrecked one mile west of Benton Thursday. A car of gasoline exploded and 15 cars of coal burned. None of the crew was injured. Wants to Be a Senator. Frankfort, Ky., June 12.—Gov. James Bennett McCreary has announced hiß candidacy for United States senator to succeed Senator Bradley. He will contest in the primary with former Gov. J. C. W. Beckham. Man Murdered in Home. Galesburg, 111., June 12. — Charles A. Lindoft, a violin teacher, was murdered in his home here Monday night by a man who has baffled both sheriff and police force by leaving ne* clews 1 as to bis identity.

ROY ORCHARD WOODRUFF Mr. Woodruff, the new congressman from the Tenth Michigan district, is a j Progressive, a veteran of the Spanish war and a dentist by profession. CHARLETON MUST FACE THE COURT OF ITALY Supreme Court Decides Extradition Case Against American —Newspaper Publicity Law Upheld. Washington, June 12. — The United States Supreme court decided Tuesday that Porter Charlton must be returned to Italy to stand trial for the alleged slaying of his wife in June, 1910. Justice Lurton, who read the opinion, gave most of his time to the main point in the case —whether, under the treaty of 1868, an American citizen could be extradited to Italy for a crime committed there, particularly since Italy will not extradite its subjects for crimes here. The justice held that, according to international law, the treaty by reason of Italy’s course had not become void, but merely voidable at the opinion of the American government. The executive department having waived its right to annul the treaty, nothing remained for the court to do but to enforce its decision. The Supreme court upheld the constitutionality of the newspaper publicity law enacted as a part of the postal appropriation act of 1812. SAVES MOTHER OF SEVEN. Would-Be Suicide Gives Two Quarts 6f Blood to Woman. Baltimore, Md., June 14.—After an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide, Cammilio Zanti, twenty-two years old, gave two quarts of his blood to a mother qf seven children who was in a dying condition at a hospital. It Is said the woman will live. In a fit of despondency Monday night Zanti attempted to end his life by firing a bullet into his brain. The ball was deflected and he suffered only a slight flesh wound. He was taken to a hospital. For more than a month, lying in the same hospital, Airs. Maria Maggiohad been wasting away from loss of blood. Hopes for her recovery had been abandoned by the hospital physicians, for they could find no one who would consent to undergo a blood transfusion operation. FOUR KILLED IN AUTO CRASH "Dead” Car Is Hit By Passenger Train —Marooned on Track. Springfield, 111., June 12—Four men were killed at Riverton, miles east of this city, when a Wabash passenger train from the east struck an automobile whose engine had gone “dead” on the tracks of the railroad. Three of the men, all from Chicago, were killed instantly; the fourth, from this city, died after the had been hurried to St. John’s hospital. The dead are: P. J. Carroll, Chicago. E. Ivorson, Chicago. J. H. Gauer, Chicago. George Bartel, Springfield. • SUBMARINE RECORDS BROKEN. Los Angeles Vessel Stays Under Water Thirty-Six Hour*. « Long Beach, Cal., June 13.—The submergence records for submarine boats was broken here by a locally constructed vessel, which came the surface after having been resting on the bottom of the ocean off the city for 36 hours. The six men who made the endurance test alighted from the submarine when it was towed in, apparently none the worse for the long stay under the surface of the ocean. The previous record was 24 hours, made by the United States submarine Octopus in 1907 . Man’s Body Tom to Shreds. Rockford, 111., June 14. —George Laurs, twenty-five years, of Chicago, met a terrible death Thursday when he was caught on a shafting in the basement of a furniture company and hie body tom into shreds. Three Fatally Hurt in Auto. Crash. Hammond, Ind., June 14—While driving at a reckless rate of speed William Foster of Milroy hit a pebble in the road Thursday. His car blew a tire and turned over in a ditch. Three men were fatally injured. Imperator on Malden Trip. Hamburg, June 13.—The giant new liner Imperator sailed Wednesday for Guxhaven on her maiden voyage to New York with 3,200 passengers. Owing to the recoct stormy weather the North sea wa® very rough. Honor William Crawford’s Memory. Upper Sandusky, 0,, June 13.—Five thousand pioneers are commemorating the burning at the stake of Colonel William Crawford, George Washington’s friend, by the Indians 141 years ago.

HATFIELD DEFIES SENATORS’ ODDER Governor Refuses to Show Records of Military Commission. GIVES REASONS FOR ACTION West Virginia Executive Asserts lndict : merits Are to Be Sought—Sees Menace to Public Peace —Martial Law Raised. Charleston, W. Va.. June- 14. —Reo ords of the trials before the military committee which had charge of the strike section of the state during the trouble last spring which the senate investigating committee demand were refused by Governor Hatfield Thursday, he declining to submit the data to the inquisitors. In a letter to the committee the governor said that the findings of the committee in these cases had never been approved, the men had been released, and he desired to keep the records for use in seeking indictments in the civil courts. To make them public at this time he said would be “prejudicial to the public peace ” Among the little miners’ cabins in the nooks of the West Virginia mountains, the United States senate subcommittee sought the truth about the strike which has disrupted the state for more than a year. A special train carrying the senators visited the mining camps in Paint Creek and Cabin Creek. Governor Hatfield’s letter was presented to the committee by the clerk of the committee. “My attention has been called by the adjutant general,’’ said the letter, to a subpoena demanding military records and commission reports. “With reference to the strike, I was inducted into office March 4. and as to conditions prior to that time I have knowledge only through the newspapers. Under my predecessor military law- was established in the strike district three times. A commission was in existence when I came into office, and about eighty prisoners were in the jail. I wanted peace and harmony, as the situation seemed threatening.” The governor then referred to his intention to bring the cases in the civil courts. The coAmittee will probably coincide with the views of the governor and make no further efforts to get the records of these trials. Governor Hatfield last night issued a proclamation raising martial law in the strike district. “We had the right to sentence an offender to death,” said Judge Advocate Gen. G. S. Wallace before the senate committee, “under whatever law the commander-in-chief of the forces of the state prescribed. My contention is that in the theater of war the com-mander-in-chief of the forces makes the law. The governor, when he declared martial law, recognized that the consittution had been suspended on Paint and Cabin creeks, and he sent us there to restore it. We exercised war powers, that is all.” SIX U. S. TROOPERS SLAIN. American Forces Capture Intrenchments of Sultan of Jolo. Manila, P. 1., June 14.—The intrenchments of the rebellious Moros under the sultan of Jolo at Bagsag were taken by the American forces after a fierce blattle, in which the American casualities were six killed and 12 wounded. The killed w ere two privates of company M, Eighth United States infantry, three members of the Fiftyfirst company of scouts and one member of the Twenty-ninth company of scouts. Lieut. Edwin H. Raikley was wounded hi the leg. Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the department of Mindanao, who led the forces, declares he will continue operations in Jolo until all the tribesmen’s guns have been taken and the whole island is peaceful. PICKS NEW PUBLIC PRINTER Cornelius J. Ford of New Jersey Selected by President. Washington, June 12.—Cornelius J. Ford of New Jersey was nominated by President Wilson to be public printer. He has been president of the New Jersey Federation of Labor for ten years. As a member of the lower house of the New Jersey legislature he supported the reform measures passed during Governor Wilson’s administration. He has been a printer for 21 years tod is forty-six years old. Dies in “Joy Ride.” Limp, 0., June 14.— With his biplane a mass of flames, Andrew Drew, a millionaire adventurer of St. Louis and a pupil of Orville Wright, volplaned to his death here at dusk last evening. Would-Be Suicide Dying. Memphis, Tenn., June * 13.—After begging a policeman to kill him and attacking the officer with a knife Richard Heron of Eads swallowed poison In a drug store Wednesday and was rushed to a hospital dying. Wife Sues Ex-Congressman. New York, June 13.—Former Congressman Lafayette Pence of Colorado is defendant In a suit for separation begun here Wednesday by Mrs. Catharine Soper Pence, daughter of Robert Soper of Georgetown, Ky. Census Director Quits. Minneapolis, Minn., June 12. —E. Dana Durand, dlrectgr of the United States census, has accepted the position of director of the bureau of research in agricultural economics at the Minnesota Agricultural college. Building Owners Meet. Cincinnati, 0., June 12.—Five hundred delegates from the United Stated and Canada were present at the opening of the sixth annual convention of the National Association of Building Owners and Managers Tuesday.

CHARLES B. HOWRY Justice Charles B. Howry, of the United States court of claims, refused the offer of the chief justiceship of that court because one of President Wilson’s policies is to have the justices apointed by him retire at the age of seventy years. Mr. Howry is a southerner and served in the Confederate army through the Civil war. SUGAR MEN TELL OF CAPITAL'S HAWAII LOBBY Ex-Governor Corter Admits Using SIOO,OOO in Fight—Says Money is Well Spent. Washington, June 12. —Considerable light was thrown on the activities of methods used by Hawaiian producers to retain a duty on sugar before the senate lobby investigating comnjittee Tunesday. Former Governor Carter of Hawaii testified that the domestic sugar producers working in Washington took in “everybody raising sugar under the American flag” and had spent “something less than $100,000” in their fight. A “Mr. Mead” handled the money. ’’lf we had paid out SBOO,OOO we would cnosider it well spent if we could save the $82,000,000 invested,” said he. “We propose to keep some one here to continue the fight as long as the right of free speech exists.” Carter testified that Sidney C. Ballou, who had been frequently mentioned by senators as one of the “antifree sugar men” who had called on them, was paid a salary of SIO,OOO a year to stay in Washington and look after Hawaiian commercial interests. Carter said he came to Washington “to give information about sugar;” that he had been sent by the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce, and was serving without remuneration. He said he maintained offices, with a stenographer and a clerk, from which newspaper advertisements and “bulletins” were prepared and submitted to a committee in New York representing Hawaiian sugar factories. As for himself, Carter said he had done little more in Washington than prepare a brief. MINNESOTA WINS BIG FIGHT. U. S. Supreme Court Gives Right to Limit Rail Charges. Washington, June 11.—The power of the states to fix reasonable intrastate rates on interstate railroads, until such time as congress shall choose to regulate these rates, was upheld by the Supreme court of the United States in the Minnesota freight and passenger rate cases Monday. At the same time the court laid down far-reaching principles governing the valuation of railroad property for rate making purposes and, according to these, held that the state of Minnesota w’ould confiscate the property of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad company by its maximum freight and two-cent passenger far* law. It enjoined the state from enforcing these laws as to this road for the present. TAKE TWO IN "QUEER” RAID. Big Poolroom Swindle Unearthed In Michigan Arrests. Detroit, Mich., June 14.—1 n the arrest in Mount Clemens of H. R. Stanley of Golden, Colo., and J. J. Borgas of St. Louis, Mo., county authorities believe they have uncovered an attempt to put over one of the biggest poolroom swindles ever operated in the state of Michigan. When sheriff’s officers raided ths room occupied by the two men they found nearly SIOO,OOO In counterfeit money and $3,000 In good coin. All was confiscated. Two other men believed to have been working in connection with Stanley and Borgas were arrested In New Baltimore, Mich. Man’s Front Yard Stolen. Gary, Ind., June 14— Some one stole the front yard at the home of Claude V. Ridgely, an attorney, Thursday. Thieves came with wagons and hauled away a carload of rich black soil that Ridgely had paid S6O for. Millionaire and Wife Die. Zurich, Switzerland, June 14.—Eugene Maggi and wife, believed to be the wealthiest persons in Switzerland, committed suicide Thursday, their act being actuated by sheer lack of interest in life. British Aristocracy Weds. London, June 13. — The Hon. Mulhoh land, eldest Bon of Lord and Lady Dunleath, was married Wednesday to Lady John Ryng, youngest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Strafford, in the Guards chapel. Wedded After 46 Years. Columbia, Tenn., June 13.—L. T. Pipkin of Stegler, Oklahoma, was Wednesday married to Miss Ella Hughes, a sweetheart of 46 years ago. They remet at the Confederate reunion at Chattanooga.

DflnronoNAL swrscnooL Lesson (By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Evening Department. The Moody Blbte Institute, Chicago. 1 v LESSON FOR JUNE 22 BLINDING EFFECT OF SIN. T.ESSOX TEXT—Amos 5:1-8. GOLDEN TEXT —“Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live.” Amos 5:14. Amos was the third ot the minor prophets and prophesied concerning Israel days otAUzziah, king of Judah, about 790 IT C. His came means “burden” and his prophecy reveals a sore one. Though outwardly prosperous, and victorious upon the battlefield, indeed Israel’s “golden age,” yet this prophet reveals that it was an age of lead as well, for he shows that associated with political and material prosperity was a gross moral corruption; even as was the case in the declining days of the Roman Empire and as was the state of France just preceding the days of the French Revolution. This is certainly a lesson for our day. Blessed as we have been so abundantly, we need to pause and examine the framework of our political and moral life. God’s Proclamation. “Woe to them that are at ease in Zion” (verse 1). What an indictment, and of how many can this be said in this present day. The state of Israel spoken of by Amos has come down through the ages. We must not: of course, suppose that all were fti that state, but rather the majority. Anyone at all interested or familiar with present-day church life knows how few are concerned with the fundamental’ work of the church, viz., seeking to save the lost. Not only bur indifference to those of heathenism but of our neighbors and companions. How much are we concerned with the groans and the cry of intemperance except perhaps to shed a few crocodile tears and straightway forget? But God by the mouth of the prophet proclaims “Woe.” We are not called to “ease” but to work, not alone to enjoy but to suffer, 2 Tim. 2:12. If we are to escape the woe we must bestir ourselves and not be at ease. This of course refers to the war being waged against evil and not to any matter of our personal salvation, Phil. 46, 7R. V. I Pet. 5:7. This is the ease of indifference to God’s honor and the peril of men Out of Christ. The prophet then points to the nations that bordered about (verse 2) and warns them that like as they had come and gone, risen to eminence and power and sunken to obscurity and decay, so also will Israel unless it bestir itself. America is strong and proud but is just as weak as those that have gone before. We could not stand half-slave and half-free,” no more can we stand half-intoxicated and halfsober. We may seek to put off the evil day (verse 3) but whatsoever we sow that shall we*also reap, Gal. 6:7. Israel relied upon the fortified mountains round about, only to find later such support to be a broken reed, for the day of reckoning came (9:10). Sinners scoff at warning, hell, is a myth, judgment and death a long way off, 2 Pet. 3:4. Governments put off the proper course of action for political reasons and the people perish. Witness intemperance in America, opium (due to England’s perfidity) in China, and slavery in Africa. Can God be a righteous God and overlook these things? “Where there is no vision (knowledge of the heed and the resources at our command) the people perish,” e. g., throw off restraint R. V., Prov. 29:18. Lacking a vision, nations, families and individuals alike perish. Rather than to face the issue (verse 4) ‘we give ourselves to ease and to the enjoyments of the sensual nature. “Because sentence against the evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil” Ecel. 8:11; and so to the chant of music (verse 5) they drink bowls of wine (verse 6) and anoint themselves with choice ointments but are not concerned about the affliction of Joseph, e. g., the ehosen ones of God. Display of Wealth. Here we have a terrific indictment. These people abounded in “superfluities” Imarg.) suggesting something of the lavish display of wealth we are constantly beholding, each seeking to outvie the other, whereas God is calling the Christian to a life of simplicity as the price of power. The intemperate way some professed Christians load up with diamonds, the strainftig to attract attention by means of dress, as well as other forms of display, demands that we pause and ask what will be the outcome, let alone ths effect upon the Kingdom. See I Peter 3:3, 4; I Tim. 2:9, 10; Luke 6:24. 25; Matt. 16:24. “They sing idle songs” (R. V. marg.) the songs suggesting impurity and the debasement of that noblest of arts is a sad commentary upon the wantonness of Israel. Music finds its highest expression and wields its greatest influence when ascribed to the worship of God. Eph. 5:18, 19; Jas. 5:13. “Therefore” (verse 7). “Back of every effect is an adequate cause.” Back of the fall of Babylon was a corrupt court, back of the fall of Rome an enervated, morally emancipated people; back of the fall of Jerusalem a disobedient race who trespassed once too often. The prophet has stated his case and now speaking for Jehovah he pronounces sentence. Though the judgment was not executed at once, we know that it was carried out and Israel is a byword among the nations of antiquity. It is easy to look back and believe such a prophecy as this which has been fulfilled. Under what greater condemnation we must be resting when we spurn, neglect or seek to evade those other prophecies not yet executed. God is merciful, but doom comes at last. Note the words, “hath sworn by Himself” (v. 8). What more solemn oath could be uttered? What is more sure than, what he hae promised that will he perform, whether it be for, good or for evil.

MR. DOLBY IMPOSED ON WHY HE BROKE A SELFISH RESOLUTION. Had Resolved to Play Part of on a Crowded Street Car, Until Woman With Borrowed Baby Appeared. Dolby likes babies. That is why he gave his seat to the good-looking young woman in the triangular brown hat. She carried a baby. If she had not been so Incumbered she would have been condemned to strap hang ing, so far as Dolby was concerned, for he vowed at the beginning of the trip that he was going to play tb» hog. “I’m dead tired,” he said to Mr Bowler. “Thank heaven. I’ve found a seat. 1 am going to stick to it. too. Nothing short of an accident or a woman with a baby can rout me out till 1 get home.’ Bowler said “Humph,” as did several other passengers who overheard Dolby’s selfish resolution. The young woman in the brown hat stood within hearing distance as Dolby thus declared himself, but she did not say “Humph.” She merely thought it Presently she edged down the car until she stood directly in front of Dolby. About that time the baby began to show off. He kicked at Dolby s hat, first with the left foot and then ■ with the right, and then with both feet simultaneously, and said, “00-oo oo,” very plaintively. Dolby looked up and met the baby ’s eye. The youngster's gaze embarrassed his somewhat, so be allowed his eyes to travel a litle higher. That time he encountered an appealing glance from the young woman. Dolby became still more embarrassed; he sat still a few seconds longer. “Madam,” he said, “will you have this seat?” “Thank you,” sighed the young woman. “You are very kind.” It really was not worth while to jell Dolby that. He already had an exaggerated notion ot' his own magnoni mity, so, to even things up, he retired to the back platform and picked a quarrel with the conductor. When he got tired of that he stepped Inside the car again. Directly in front of him, but under different guardianship, sat: the baby that had s.o ruthlessly assaulted the rim of his hat a few minutes before. “00-00-oo,” coed the baby. “Hello,” said Dolhy. “Aren't you the kid that took liberties with my headgear a little while ago? How did you get down to this end of the car?” The baby’s reply was not exactly intelligible, so his mother supplemented it with«a more lucid explanation. “He belongs here,” she said “The lady sent him back. She just borrowed him for a few’ minutes.” With one quick glance Dolby re treated to the platform, and there he fctayed. World’s Largest Index. On Beacon Hill, in Boston, under the golden dome of the statehouse, is one of the largest Indexes in the world In fact, the Russian public index is the only one known to be larger. More than 9,000,000 names, births, marriages and deaths in Massachu setts from 1943 make a complete record, showing not only where people were born and where they died,, but • also statistics which are vital In making up calculations. Before this time, says the National Magazine, the records were kept in the different towns, but now they are all conceit trated in the statehouse in Boston In a relatively small space all these records are preserved, and as births, marriages and deaths come in. differ ent forms of. cards are used, and a great variety of names, Grecian Assyrian, Italian and others now mingle with good old New England names that have been on the records since the landing of the Mayflower. Freezing an Easy Death. Freezing to death, writes a medical authority, is preceded by a drowsiness which makes the end painless —the body actually feels warm and goers comfortably to sleep. Experiments have been made with animals to show Just how freezing to death proceeds In one of these experiments, in which the animal was placed in a tern perature of 125 to 150 degrees below zero, the breathing and heart beats at first were quickened, the organic heat of the body actually rising above normal. This rising showed a sudden and an intense effort on the part of function* to preserve the body’s temperature. Then the violent heart action gave out suddenly and death came when the temperature ot the body dropped to 71 degrees. High Price for Straightness. i One of the most difficult problems in practical mechanics Is to make a straight edge. How difficult It is may be judged from an incident that occurred in the shop of a celebrated astronomical instrument maker. A patron asked what would be the price of “a perfect straight edge of glass 36 inches long." “It cannot be made perfect,” said the instrument maker; “but it. could probably be made with a limit of error amounting to only a fraction of a wave length of light.” “How much would that cost?” "About forty thousand dollars.” It turned out that the , customer wanted the straight edge for a scraper and that an error of one sixty-fourth of an Inch would not bother him. * ~ ■ ■ Treatment for Bees. A young man on a local newspaper was recently given charge of the “Helps for Suburbanites” column in the absence of the regular editor. The young gentlemtn managed to wade through the majority of the perplex ing questions in his day’s mail until at last he came to a stickler. Rush ing into the news room he stopped beside the city editor’s desk and asked: "Mr. ——, can you tell me how to treat sick bees?” "With respect,” retorted the city editor as he resumed his perusal cf the rival sheet.—Boston Traveler.