“ULTIMATE AMERICA” il EJoqoail Sanriiv Sersn I; tct. J.

'tXOOKI.T.x S V -In Trmp> I*r«rl tne B«». J. AWv«ndcr JrnliiD*. potor ol Iro Buuiarl ('on<rre»(ion«; Church, delivered «n id dm* to • l»rge tudience on '•Ulti■utc Amenc-4. the S|nntu«l Teacher of the Nationt." lie uul am ing other thingi: U-u * cvnamonpUcr of the newer think ing ’.hat the evolutiorjirr procea* culminate ii> the aoul of m»a. the who!* mighty movement being utitfaclonly explained, according to the thinking of the tbeiatic arolutionut, when matter endowed with life and perfected through rountieaa gener1 — it laat given to the mind of the

The student of htatory ia perplexed aa hi Wan the groaning! and witDe»aaa the trayailinga of the natiotu through the centurioa, and hit natural'and legitimate query, a» he behold* (he me and fall of nations. Is. Where liea the goal of the people* and what justices the toil# and agonies of the race? The aruwm to this inevithble question ia thia: Almighty ISod w leading the nations toward tue goal of the highest life, and-the struggles of the ages find juatifacntioc in the birth of the world-acul. And if the fact that (Sod breathed into man'* ro>trita the breath of life, so that be becau - -a living soul is aufiicieu; recompense for the bloody brute battle* of the world's e jT dawn, the thought that He will athe a soul into the nations should likejrtse be deemed ample compensation for the grupitig* end grappling* of the a*pirants for n»i.ou-l permancacy and suprem-

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motive* that produced Independence made their tight epoch ■aarking at no other fight had ever been. Other nations had given up alaveiy. but no nation was war before called upon to furnish *o awful a proof of sincerity of K tire in (triking the shs.-klrs from the bs of the enslaved- Other nationa’have had to deal with the problem of undeairahle aliens, but no nation ever fell as feels Amencs the imprra’ivenesa of a course of action based upon righteousness and juaOther nations hav “ 1 ' he weak and uch deep, xmaclfiah a dependent plfcple as has coarai our eonniry in her dealing* with a tire people rommiUed to ^er care -cctcon.c of her ictenentiog in thi -eats of humanity. Other nations hi to -effect adjustment* between ei -and emidoye. but no nation has ev< " ' h a groat principle of is inrolsVd. The setdravrnt of the ''labor problem" in democratie America means the se tie men l for the world, for here the employer of the high eat type meets the worker of the highest type, and the final result will be in keepsag with the character of the contestants -So see arc learning the lesson of deliberSteaeas; and one of the moat promising signs of the time* ia the tendency to deal with great questions cautiously and calmly. Ifbe result of this course will be that what the new America settle* will star settled. Che will settle, and that for all time, the maeotion of the rights of inferior peoples, the question as to the character of the education most to be desired, the question of the relation of employer to employed, ^■eiiia ia to-day aoiving the accumulated, problems of the ages And God is willing that the should hare time to complete her

task.

la view of what has been said, it will -strike us aa a fact of solemn import that oar country ia preparing for her yet larger eerrice through the alow, constant development of her religions consciousness. The *«satencc and growth of thia consciousness the superficial observer of our life and inwfitjjtirans might feel inclined, to deny. Wevcrtbeles*. we are convinced that thia moat oervs-arv condition for present and

Jatare leadership exists.

Where shall we seek for thia religious enaeriousneas? Shall we look for it in the institutions set apart aa avowedly religaoos? No man has the right to scoff at organized religion. Our schools, our churches, oar syr.sgoguci are. on the whole, true to their mission. But the truly effective religious conscious new must be found in a&er pi*re* as well—in the editorial aanetaaa, to the political gathering, in the mart and the busy street. Let ua find this con- - arionanesa in these places, no matter what its form, and we shall have as good a guarantee of the divine favor as though we had ffited upon overflowing houses of worship 1 and listenrd to the eloquence of the elect. The religious spirit which makes for Amer- ; teen preeminence may be discerned in . many phases of the national life, but it it -Striking)v evident in the new press, the *ew polities and the new social ideal. T^wtt arc manv, doubtless, who would not Ceaeade tha: the pres* of the country furI '■Urn an evidence of growing national '-righteousness, but the fact remains, that in the newspaper* of our land there is a dis tiaat trend toward righteousness and god-

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Thr truthfulness and force of onr pres-

ent contention will seem to many hard to ■ laconeilr with the well known fact that hi ng‘United Ktatcs the avowedly religious Jeamili are steadily losing ground. But aveu this i.-.-t. rightly interpreted, is not, an evidence of national decay. The relig-

papers of to-day nave a choice between ilua and evolution. The signs of won an- stubborn adherence to dc...lonal shiL-holetba. tierce ebampioa•f exhausted dogmas and gruning imwith progressive interpretation of

of svulgtloa

sowing overooaro of oaelcus ia. .. S adoption of the leading feature* of the

"aeeuhrr" papers. The great relig-

aooa papers of the country to-day are aarb name oaiy. Were the content# of one

e paper* rearranavd and printed in yr form it would pass as a nrwa——us the hewanaper'* up-to-date In the aecuiar press, on “*

there is steady progress talsty. .The morel tone of

poogde ia mffeeted In the ’ and the fart that the nturns ' *’* dasirs righteousness is patrho neck the ooderiying motive*

, faraway nations lying ia

darkness and dtslresa.

When w* coma to speak of the new American politic* wt invite tha ridicule of those who mc in American politic* at iu boat only a eruds "ahirt-oloev* diplomacy." and at Ha wont a contemptible sratem o{ loot and graft. And the self-satisfied entic* of our political life ignore their own inroaswtenry In that they expect a government which they take pains to tel) ns is "only ao experiment" to run with the smoothness of an old governmental machine. The man who te roBteat' to live in a primitive cabin, subject to the limitations of a »emi-barbanc life, may have tranquility and peace of k certain kind, but be should he the last person to »coff at the man who i* battling against heavy odd* for better and more adequate accommodation*. A* a nation we are building the better house. We have found that It costs labor and blood to aecurv the aiU for our edifice, that our material, cut from the forests of lhe Old World, t* rough and unseasoned; thsi sometimes our worker* fad to enter unselfishly into the spirit of the enterprise. We at time* discover, too. that we have not followed correctly the plan of the great architect, and then it become* necessary for us to humble ourselves by tearing down part of the structure. But, after all, the building grow*, and iti proportions already begin to challenge the admiration of the world. The critic, a* he sits at the cabin door ot monarchy or aristocracy. begin* with vague alarm to contast the cracked and crumbling walls and the leaking thatch of his abode with the

rising mansion in the distance.

The nation's social ideal make* inexorable demands upon every ritixen of the republic The world of to-day marvel* at the mitchless benefactions of our men of wcslth. and Jhe nation, are asking why it it that this unprecedented philanthrope it »o peculiarly American. It is flue to the

imperative claims of our social ideal.

lie sentiment demands, and men of wealth recognize the demand as just, that private wealth should be spent for the good of the nation and for the good of the race. The educator feels the same pressure. He hears the voice of the people summoning him to a free search for truth. The true labor leader rtcognizes the tame stern call to ser-

be becomes s mediator, an »rt»itwren two crest forces The o-d .. the good Book tells us that a

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build the greater tower of truth, and : confusion of thk Babel tongue* give* place little by little to a new language, the Nnguage of love, spoken by the toiling lilliont. »o that in a sweeter, grander _rnsr than ever before it is to be true that the whole earth .hall be "of one language

and of one speech."

Thales of old. with so shadowy a conception of God that we know not whether

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■sify him *• atheist ..

strangely conceived of deity the great world temple and I . to reveal in its every part the presof the Creator. TV world of our may teem strangely indifferent to

that presence of God which the seers of the race feel to he the most tremendous fact of life. But tV world will not remain

content with mere things. The

_ o come when tV nation* must feel the D.vine Presence When that time come* the erv of the peoples will be. "Wherewith shall we e. -- ' **“

laid’" God grant that

day of the world'

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unreme need it may be granted unto ua as tV teacher of tbe^ nation* to shorn the great replv: He hath •bowed you. O nations, what i* good; and what doth the Lord require of you but *"

do justly, and ' • -

o lore mere}-, and to walk

When a phyaician is called to a case ef severe illncei. the tint thing tbst he

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hope ot,overcoming the di——- ——- - listing power of person* in full health inch that in an epidemic they throw on the disease germs that prostrate others. One rannot alwava tell from appearances just how much ability one Vs to withstand **-- •*- of a malady. Borne who t robust almost imoedial bile others who look frail cover from rio>nt attack*. Of course, dissipation. unhygienic living. unheaiUiful surrounding* sao one's restating power, ao that when a virulent ailmen'. makes an attack obc has strength insufficient to fight ' "

... of the man that determine* the result. .lust ao it it also in the moral world. There are some pereon* bring lire* so opright. to spiritually healthy, that they are practically immune from temptation. And when they are overcome, they soon rover themselves, for thee power of i.— tanee it great. On the other hand, there arc those who after succumbing to one temptation are completely swept away by the power of evil. How can that be **- counted for? Obviously in the same i that tV ability to resist physical di*< ia to be explained. There has been wholesome moral living; the mind V* permitted to Vcome familiar wi* 1 - thoughts; the soul ha* bresthed ma and corruption until one has ability to put away temptation. All this suggest* the need of_resitting —:—* disease and against

Always at Oar hide. Mr*. Lucy Rider Meyer, tne well-kn deaconess and writer, aaya: -■ “A busy woman entered her own r . _ i twilight shades were filling—went directly to her desk, turned on the gaa. and began to write. Hage after page she wrote. TV solitude bees me oppressive. Sha w healed her chair around and with a ahoek of joyful surprise looked wjuare.y into the face of her dearest fnend. lr.ng on **-- ge at her side. "Why, I didn t were here!” she cried. "Why didst K speak to me?" "Because yon were.** . You didn't speak to me. bo. with 4 etna—here all the time. TV room u »f Him. always ready to greet os w) smile—but we are so boay. But whei in Him and he speaks to inland tV sour*

•abject: Prayer and I-saaslse. Lake si., 1IS—Golden Test, |.ak* si.. »—Memory Yoraoo, II-1S — Commoatary aa Uu

Day's Letooo.

I. Christ teaching His disciples to nrav (vs. 1-4). 1. "Was prayine.” It hahit of Christ to pray. Many i

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There ia nothing w> are ao much tipnoad of in onr city and country as Vly man; When ire think of tV "epidemic of enroe" that alarms ns. tha social depravity that disgusts aa. th* commereial dishoaesty that startles us. ar wonder if with c wet in mat

• illow or unreflecting; it is retender, tympatVtic, confident, it when we ser i! in tV face of n w* lore;, it Vlpe us—R. J.

o pray. Manv instani_ n the gospels betides the

general stetemenl in Heb. b: 7. "When He ceased" Perhaps He was praying suck i powerful prayer as to arouee the feeling that they knew not bow to pray, and needed to be taught. 'Teach ua to pray.'' They knew that prayer was important, and they had a desire for ability to pray aright. "As John also taught." Kacu new diaK xtion may not only have its new unug of truth*, but its new revel*tion* may open new modes of access, and new topics of prayer and modes of worship. A ilfferent prayer was offered in the Mosaic •itnal from the patriarchal form. John ■pened up a new senpe of prayer; and this irw dispensation require* of Jean* to ant tV range of prayer in accordance with the ew range *f truth, and the new position

I man with God.

2. "Say.” TV beauty and value of the Boons m tV Lord's prayer arise from; 1. TV tone of holy confidence; it teaeVa ua to approach God as our Father (Rom. S. 16), in love as well as holy fear. 2. Its absolute unscltishneas; it is offered for all the brotherhood of man. 3. Iu entire spirituality; of its seven petitions, one cniy is (or any earthly boon, and that only tV simplest. 4. Its brevity and able ol all vain repetition* (lixl. 3: 2). t* simplicity, which require* not learn*' hut only holiness and sincerity for its .eraal comprehension. For three reason, the KatVra called it the “epitome of the gospel" and "the pearl of prayers." 'Onr Father." An expre*«ion of love and condescension. Here are two grand ideas: I. That tender and respectful love which re should feel for God, such as that which rhildren fuel for tVir fathers 2. That itrong confidence in God's love to us. such is fatlirrs have for their children. This relation dictates to Us reverence for Hi* perjpei. real for Hi* honor, obedience to tfls will, submission to His dispensation* tnd rhaaUsrmenl*. and resemblance to His nature “Which art m heaven." In tV us. in this His distance from u*. In this art contrast Him with tV fathers we have here View, and ao raise onr *oa.s to that 'heaven'' where He dwells, and that tnxicsty and glory' whi.h ate mere, as in their

jroper home.

3. •'Give us.” The good thine* of thi* life arc the gifts of eiod. ’iha teaches u oar dependence open Him. and is a •esaon of contentment, I'ugahiy and patient labor, moderation, fiaocvolapce and faith "Day by day.” In the order in which cue need- zie fr.ti "Onr daily oread." Life's mo#' <,■*-.man necessity. Strength to gain it. ahill to earn it. power to eat it—all are from God. Front H4.1 the roil, the seed, tV sun. the hareret. Thia includes a prayer for tne instruction of God’s word, which it often compared to 'ood (Jpo 21: 12; 1 Tim. 4; 6). and for the tasistance and support of Hit grace, for itrength to do His will, for that bread a'hicb endoreth unto everlasting life. 4. "Forgive us our sins" pin is here represented at a debt. Man has nothing to pay; if hi* debts are not forgiven they -nust stand charged against him forever, sin is an old debt, a jail debt, a great and K wmg debt. "(Yc also forgive" Klae r could we entreat Thee lor pardon? 'Not into temptation." As the prayer for daily bread raises ua above rare lor to-day, md the prayer for the forgiveness of sins 11 meant to quiet us concerning the past, to is the prayer against temptation a weapon for the uncertain future, that we may not fall Again under the might of tvil. "Deliver ua from evil.” From all tV worked (aacination and miserable re-

sult* of sin.

II. TV parable of the importunate borrower (va. M). S. "He aaid.” Although idle repetition* in prayer are forbidden, •et persistency and importunity in prtver. ares th ng with God and not letting Him R uatil He has blessed us, ore Vre dlaid! jr taught. See Lake IS: 1-8. "Midnight. In those hot.countries it ia common, whore it can be done safely, to .travel in the night. "Lend me." It waa usual with the Jews to borrow bread from-one mother; and certain rules are laid down when and upon what condition this is to be done. n. "Friend; is come." Benighted, belated, and who has lost his way. A strong reason why be should have

prompt relief.

7. Trouble me not." The trouble nude him msensible both of th* urgency of the earn and the claims of friendship. "Iu bed.” We learn from travelers that it is usual in the East for a whole tamOy to 1 leap in the same room, each laying his nuttrem on the floor, "i eanoot.Without exertion, which waa equal to “I will not." 8. "Hi* importunity." Literally, Ua shamelessness; that is. hit unblushing persistence. Hu perseverance in asking md stating bis own inability to supply a friend. "A* many." Hu reluctance once overcome, all tV claims of friendship and

necessity are felt to the full, a

III. The disciple* used to persistency in prayer (vs. g-13). 8. "I say unto you." We hare it from Christ's own mouth, who knows Hit Father’s mind, and in whom aD promises are ye* and amen. "Ask. seek, knock." Thi* verae contains very important directions. In everything, by prayer and supplication, we are to nuke our request* known unto God; then we are to Seek,” continue to ask and knock at tha door of His mercy. Our approaches to God should be with earnestneaa^ and in aioarritr. These three words bictud* the idee* of want and lots. He ore destitute of all spiritual good, and have lost God.

— in danger'of loeing eternal life; be -*• — dt with con-

tli care ami .1 long. ». Christ binds

iijjj—. No soul can iiu that prays aa God has direeteu. dui our asking mast he ir ’ with the will of God, and in la

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11. 12. “If a sou shall oak. e _i.uk ,1.. .a —<k

oinu expect 01 a lamer; *uu irom which an imperfect earthly father even to that which the perfect o*r in hearen bestows. TV atone rep-

mts to us ntelest gifts, the serpent and

scorpion things which are really hannIf human father* would not giv*

icr on* or the other to their children, dren who call upon Him. 13. "Being evil.

‘ pie are ready and aoxioua to gifts to their children. From Fertioa they are ready to pro-

uueuce ana uuumny application; knock I "Every one receivetl Himself to hear and

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R. C Dun Be Company'* "Weekly Review of Trade" »»ys: Tardv Spring weather following an t-nusi'aily severe Winter makes it difficult to restore satisfactoryArade conditions. bet it ia encouraging to find *1 tranv points this unseasonable weather tne only cause of complaint, and the'e is always hope that the early losses may be made up. at least in Urge measure, when thermal condi lions become normal. Iu the meantime sales of dry goods are restricted and stocks in all positions from proJurer to consumer are larger than is de«irable Aside from the cotton States, where business is brisk, the despatches indicate that early u'ere maintained, but little further progress occurred. Labor controyersies are still an adverse factor. Railway earnings in the first week of April were 70 per cent, smallc tha» last year.' Wo definite check to progre»s ir ic iron and steel industry ia discern L although it lacks uniformity and ir >mr departments it ia difficult tc find enrou.-aging xig-ns. Insofar a; pressure for immediate delivery ii neerned. bar iron and steel are mos' . ominent. makers of agricultural im elements being notably importunate Not 'only is it difficult to secure earl; delivery of bars, but shipments fouweeks hence are considered promp and some orders, run up to the enr of the year. "Bradstreet’s" says; Wheat, including flour, exports fo ic week ending April 14 aggregati 1.31.5.855 bushels, against tB54-37‘ •eek. 2.977 777 this week las 118.108 in 1902. and 5.306.217 ti 1901. From July t. 1903. to date the) aggregate tlQ.ojo.859 bushels, aguins 179.782.553 last season. 202.280,652 ii 1902. and 163,360.377 in 1901. Con exports for the week aggregate 583. 339 bushels, against 1,028,907 las week, 1,677.621 a year ago. 400.733 it July 1. 1903. to date they aggregati *8.135.585 bushels, against 51.604.80. last season. 23,529.787 in 1902, an. 149^08.595 in 190!WMLESALE MAMETS. Baltimore. — FLOUR — Quiet ant unchanged; receipts, 2,933 barrels: ex ports. 3,873 barrels. WHEAT—Dull; spot contract, id; ft 1.02 5J; spot No. a red Western toj^iDjt^; April, i.02@to2ji; May t.oopi; July, 91 asked; steamer No. ; 'ed, 97S97W; recetpu. 2^57 bushels Southern, by sample, [email protected]; South m. on grade, 95@i-03-, CORN—Steady; spot, 5oH@5oK »»; .May, 5°«$5i

Southern yellow corn, 42^52! _ OATS—Easier; No. 2 white, 4; vales; No. a mixed, 44 tales; receipts >2,260 bushels. RYE—Dull; No. 2, uptown, 8o@8i: Nor »Western, 82; receipts, 736 bushels. HAY—Firm and unchanged. BUTTER—-Steady; fancy units.ion, i9@ao; f — fancy ladle. ,a &iOS—Steady and unchanged, at *7New York. — FLOUR—Reoeipt*

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last night's

Pr RYE FLOUR—Weak; fair to 4-ao<^4-4o: choice to fancy, 4-SO< CORN MEAL—Quiet. RYE—Firm; No. 2 Western, 82 to

arrive prompt. BARLEY—Quiet HAY—Steady.

BUTTER — Firm; extra fredh creamery, 22; creamery, common to choice, I4®2ij4; State dairy, I5@20; held creamery, I3@19: renovated. 10 @17; factory, I2@i4; imitation

creamery. 14@>7-

CHEESE—Quiet; State, full cream, small colored, fancy, September, ii<3 1156; good to prime, 9VS®to; amall white fancy, September, itiguHi good to prime, 956® to; large colored fancy, September. ii@iiH; { ood to prime, 916@io; large white 4 J

September, good to •teady; State and Penn-

r . :arby average finest. i8v4:

tate and Pennsylvania first*.

;ancy.

r Jp; _ land, 3-75@4-351 new Florida*, 4-00® 750; State and Western, sacks, 3.25 @3.50; Jersey sweets, a-SOiga-OO. ‘ • PEANUTS—Steady: fancy hand picked, 5fii other domestic, 354® m. CABBAGES—Steady; Florida, per barrel crate, 3-25@3-50. Lire Stock. Chicago.—C A T T L E — Receipts, IDOO; market strong to IOC. higher. Good to prime steers, S-totSs-fic: poor ^—>; atockers and

to medium, 3-75<£5-Oo; stocl icgders, a.75@4-25; cows. 1. heifers, 2tx>®4-75; canners, r.„_„—^. bulla, 2.00®4-10; calves, 2DX84-SO; Texas-fed steers, 4-0O®4-60-HOGS—Receipt* today, i6doo; to-

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@5^; light, 4^@5 «5: hoik of aalea, - 5 Sh£e^—Receipts. 5J»o; market steady. Good to choice wethen, 4-75 ®S4S; fair to choice mixed, j.50® 4JS0; W'catern sheep, 4-40(5)5-30; na-ISiTviSSSiSns-aidM, 2^)67; market firm to 10c. higher; all sold. Steers, 4-a5ffi5-4o; fat stags. 5do; bulls. 3B5®4^so; «>wa, iA>@ i-.00 Shipments today, 2.500 quarters of beef; tomorrow, 768 cattle and

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Edward Atkinson, of Boston, the noted economist, was talking about tricksters. “They who descend to trickery.” he said, “have small minds always. That la why they don't succeed. They dupe others now and then, but they dupe themselves Just as often. “That man was, perhaps, a typical trickster who once bought, here In Brookllnn twenty-seven loads of flour from tha railroad. He had a heavy

plenk on hlc wagon, and he kept the plank there during the weighing oC each load. Then, when the flour waa all weighed and he was setting off for home, he said In great excitement to the friend who wits with him: 0 “‘Say nothin', BUI; I shaved that feller. I never deducted the plank but once. Keep steady. Say nothin'.' “And BUI Indeed had a hard time to convince the foolish old fallow that - be bad bought from the railroad thirty pounds of plank twauUr-*lx «<■*•*.''

The Speed of Storks

No living thing not even a Beared Jack-rabbit, can travel with the speed displayed by such birds as the stork and the northern bluethroat Not only do these birds fly with s speed which can hardly be conceived, but they keep up their rapid flight for one or two thousand miles at a stretch without apparently tiring. Evidence has beep collected recently which shows that the bluethroat flies from Central Africa to the shore* af the North Sea. a distance of 1.600 tulles. !n leas than a day and a night, and making It. moreover. In one uninterrupted fllghL The storks, which spend their summers Iq Austria-Hungary and their winters In India and Central Africa, are also marvelous travelers, and make their Journeys twice a year In one unbroken flight each time. From Budapest In Hungary, to Lahore In India, is about 1,400 mile* in an air line, afld the storks make the Journey In twenty-four hours, thus traveling at the rate of 100 miles an hour for the whole* distance. The storks which spend the summer in

Central Europe and the winter In Contra! Africa travel with the same rapidity. Statin Pasha, an Austrian in the service of the Khedive, and now governor of the Cretral African province of Darfur, was for many year* a captive in the hands of the Mabel! and the Khalifa when the dervishes killed Gordon and established their empire, non overthrown. In the Soudan. One day at Omdurman. tc saw a stork with a metal band attached to one ot its Wed legk. Jle caught the bird and found engraved upon the band the name of an old friend in Austria. He wrote a note to his friend and tied It to the metal band. When tha stork returned to Austria for the sum mer the friend saw the letter, caught the stork and road the message, which was the first certain assurance that tbe outside world received that Statin was still alive. This stork, as proved by the dates, made the Journey from Omdurman to the Austrian country place, a distance ot nearly 8.000 miles, at a speed ol more than 100 mile* an hour.

TOLD OF THE STATESMEN. Proof That Lawmakers Can at Tlmae Reprcsentath e William Sulser of New York was standing In tbe mom bar's lobby In rapt contemplation of tbs oil portraits of former speakers. Speaker Cannon came along. “Hallo, William" ha said. “How are you. Unde Joe?" Sulser effervesced. "Unde Joe. you are tha

the house and watch you, why It to that' angel Gabriel does not float dows through the glass roof some mornlnj and carry you away to the Acids o4 everlasting bliss." '•Well. William." said Cannon. ”1 have wondered about that myself a* buL under the rules ot th* ot representatives, such actios would require unanimous consent and, William, somebody would be sura to object." Senator Scott of Weet Virginia wnt making an • (or n man who loa> He said that