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_ _£1'!1 N hut1cl l"f'd yottrs t~itlce th'uu wns t. hor11i ~ Ah! thou hnst. f!.eeu thO surging trend of gttOtl nnd ill. ' And Ritle hy aide thruunt thet~urs~1f thy dumnin Ruvo llouri~hetl loft)' Kight.. nncl F!rror'a c linging vim~ .

. -'1!1) UT \'CI thuu h!l~l wrought. 1mac h fur mnn. ~ \\'tt .C:lll not kwm· huw grent lms been thy enrthl;• Rwny Till nil th_,. Ri lcut nguncies htwe sppnt their forcei A~ rills ntul. hrouklots juiniug, mil(hty riwns form Huw \'nSI , heyu11d our .,ken-- so th~· i'ncren.MinJ( • pnwar.

t!'!1! I~C~~ thuu hnst. gtmrded humnu &till,!'. D 'l'huu hnst. beheld vnst om pi rea riso nnd, trembling, !nll. Hepublics, kingdums,-theou hnve perished like the lenf ; And yet snme live: n.mong tho llont ing derelictA Culumhin stems the llnud, thu tempe•t-t.ossed. nne! glitles Mnjeflltic in ller cuul"fle, hy hnnd nf Ji"'nto led uu.

_£I'll ND \ mighty' JlroUioms thou hnat. ~t.nh•otl: ;;;J':I:, The shnckles of n. duwn·trud rnce hnvo been unlnoked; Ac.lvu1)Cf! in Mience. letterA, nrt. hns wruught in mnu A rec:..g nitiun uf their. hrnthers' right! i nu ' more,· Like hermit-crabs, we soek our ~fiah neecltt ·-..... Hut spren~ tfJ O\'ury ll\nd the prieeiPBR ~'Hm uf Truth.

~ HF.N well thou mn.yst rest iu' twtnce. %" Unto the future them hnt t. le(t n heritoge

. · I n precept nftluent •. in prnmise limitleSs: A gem-frnught legacy tfl.nllthe coming •h•r•· 'Til' fiUM' t fl JtRrner iu lht! harve1'f : thou hut !:nwu.

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"L,,~ thO'(ltlor ludi,Lu" is n suntouce ih nn Qld echuol reii.der. r\m~ sumcune· tbuioght "l~•" till) 11111110 uf t he lndinn. lA i~ oint IIA pnur in Oklnhomn nnd tho I ndian )Ol'ri tury "" une might ""PLH>I!e. T he territ't>rinl lncliuns lut\'~ good in-

-comes nnd nwn much louHI, nnd tr~nties with the C heyennes nnd Arnpnhues ns weli . lUI t he Killlm&, Cm11nnches nnd AJ>IIChOl! nll~1w nl l7t monts nf 160 nere• of the bea.t lnnd f•(•r ench Int1inn.

'J'he intont iou uf t he go\'ernmeut s ince Grnnt's time hM been to do nil pnuible for t he c ivi lizntion u( the I nd­ian. SobouJs nre pru\'ided, '·wngona. blankets/ clothing nnd im1oloments nre given tb\tm nnd ngent-8 nre provided tu look af le r the~• nncl repo•~ 1<1 tho gm·: . e rnment. Mnny grumble nt t he puliey oJ the nntion , but i t isn fnc~tbnt t he. J nd in!.' is ion pro~ in!! \'Qr,\' n•t 0 w~

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wore in Dnl'lin)ltou, I h.o •g~>io~))-f•lr 11 ...

Cheyennes nncl Arnpnh;Kl~; ehn·tw ~·enr~ . ngo~ an.d ,hnve hecoy 1 here . t hr_ee t i.m••

s ince. Dnriug the time 'w.e hrH'e seen

some grant chungcB. NenrlJ: nil ll'ore

blnnkots then owd lh•ed in tep~es sur­mundetl hy n winr.l-brtike or brushwuucl, sunflowers noul grn••· T he children. wenriug •lips moly, "'" nlmnt ploiJ:in(( with bow• noid nrruwa. It i• rl ifl'ereul now: n~uy lh·o iu hnuses nud \'ery few wenr 1\ther~th:lll cluthi11g Ai u)ilnr t<> uurs, while"'""·'' nre quite well edn· c!Uted. Tho wnr tlnucc waut cnmnHJil then. W.e snw n n issue uf lleuf in which· they mu th~ cnttle r.luwn, shunt­ing t hem.f rum hur8eltnck like bu iTnlu, nfter which the aqnnws uru\'e . up nntl Mkinnetl thn o:ur.nt:.st~s-. hmviug ,·er_r )it~

t le ulfnl. When u wnguu \filS issued tu thnm Lho.r usunlly burterP,<I the lted. usiu11 poles iuRtend. Ail thi• hn• censed. Very few wuuld C!JII''erse with 11 p~rouu then, hut it i• not clillicult tu co.rry on n couvorsntiun wilh them now. The ulll fn<linn is much I he sumo ns loP· fure, but t he )·uuug l nil inus, g iriA n•

. well ns hoys, nre 1nkin't tu ch·ilizt-cl wnys riiJ>iflly. Tho Chej<ennrA ~uti

Ampuhoes aLi II re i ish dug und t lie !lt•Fh uf uuimnls t hnt die 11 nnt uml tlenth,

.l>•ll· lhe yuung hues nrc lenrniujt better. When uue remem bers tltnt 1 ht!l'e \'ery lndinu• fought in the bnt t lee uf Wyom· iug nud Colorndo, it js nut r'~ounrknhlu t hnt t hey ndhere to sn\•nge wnys. !.ike I.uugfellow's Pn11• l'uk-Ke~wis, tho~ uti· i:111 is nu ioweternlo gnoot.le r. lie likes the fire-wnter of the whi t e. too. Tbesu C\'i I~ n re h i)J worst.

itA\'8 Ill' J.t.UIIT.

Tho Chorokdos nro 1\ very flno pouplo. lnnd nt tho oml I)( IPtt I'P~ar• nud nllllt They liku erluonttonnnd hnvc'mnny ro- thoot~<~ur tweuty, ·

tined, tnlented nnd nccomttlished citi- All tu ld, thoro is o1:erv cundition • zeus. Th;y fnvor stntehod.t. Thn . · nmong' thc t orri.turin l I n.ti~n Hum the Claerennesnnd Arnpnhuesnre fiiJO types o riglnnl snvnge t u tho civilized lndinn. or physical rnnnhoud. 'l'ho' Cnddus liTO So, with uililizntion otd\'11\ICing. the

• amnller but nre n vury ·intelligent poor (•ld snying "Thero i~ 1 .. , g<Hld J111lin11 pie. The Kiowl\8, Cul'nnnchee nod AJIR· bnt.n d end lndinn'' is nut true if it evt'r ~ c~l~s.nruprnbllbly the mo~t hnckwnrd in were. J.if9 i~ n snn·iv111 uf thu lltto·~t, • c1vthznt100. The Ojngos nro. l~~rgOJ, we ll- ttnd_tho 1riuro tho llulioln,s lenru, t hq:, furmed phys!cnlly nut! nro n bright , muro thcj np)•recinto the nclvnl,lnge~ of good·nntured )>eii)Jie. The 'Ch ic~nsnws n higher life. 1 t i1! hurd tu quit IJ1t1 ulll hnvo mnny 001\C<\ted people nmung wnys,. lmt. it is being duue, nnd the Inti· them. It. isn't fnir, h'1t n p11rso n with inn bluud will cnnt inne inetc!ntl llf llt!­vory little lndinn bl?.od i• conside rc ol cumin!! o~tinc~ n1ul will bo the priclp of nn Indinn. lsn1v twi1 ynnng Indies in fnturr genorntiuns. Mincu, one 1\11 '!ighth und the uth~f n Rt:nnt:AT C.U.IIII' P:I.r .. 1ixtcenth. l.lloud, quito guild luuking 111111 quit~ nccomplis hod. 'rhey will hni'Cl 5;,!0 o1cros of lnnd cnch: It is not. renmrknhlo 1 hnt. such pcrsuns lu11·o mnny suitors, su mnny.ns to quite diR· gust the m Alllllflt imJ!!I. 1'ho Chicknsn11' council pnesed nn net mnking n licensu cost. n white m nn one thouennd dollnrs when be wished to ntnrry nn lmliuu. The lndinn girls rem<mstmt~, 9lnim­ing thnt tho net interfMed with their mnrringe rights.

The nil ott ingiof 100 ncros nf lnnd tn Meh lndin., ,nf n f1u11ily 80ittetime& • gil·es n fnthor control elVer n grent clenl of lnnd. An In<linn nenr Kl Reno com­trnls Ol'er 1200 ncres in this wny. H o leMe! snmo of it nnd keeps mnny bend or JM•niee nnd cattle himi!Cllf. Tho Ind­ians seldom fnrm thoir lnnd, hut usn(ll­ly tnko rich fnrming lnndtl which I hey lrnse. Wo hnvo eeen prost>eroms fnrms run hy Indi.Uis, hni\'CI'er . 'fhe guvern­mPut nllnw11 them to fiCII hnlf their

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,,!! pporttm i tieJJ.

In' S. P:SO~ MJI,I.Y.R.

If II'O lnok into tho nccnmpliehnll''nt" uf mnn, seek whuru 11'1\ will. we lind nnthing ,1111 J>erfect. hul thnt tht>Ml i~ rO:.,m fnr imprm·emout:

For every I h'ing II'Cl do ther:~ i~·~~ 'tight nnd n wrung• time. In . urtiP.r thnt II'& mny mnkti tlie uluMt"'f li fe it .. iR t>rupt~r thnt wo Ahould tlo t'l'nrything in itA cnn­I'P.nient timr.

It iR nn Clstnblishetl fnct thnt 1he be"t; t.imc for culti1•nting J>ercop1illlt i~ in· youfh. ll t~lleck sn,I'R if 11'1! dt>hty I hu cultivntion of thiR Cnculty until nfter twontl' wo will nP.I'o•r be ns keen ohRer•·· 01'8 118.1\'C uthurwigfl II'OUJfl bu, III,CI it. tnkes t en times 1 ho effort to prtMIIII'l'

the snme ofTuct. Uy exporimcmtA 1\llt\ olllll'tvntiunA-

RA Yf' OF LIGBT. , _..

along tho line of kinderi(Mten nn<l pri· mary ecbool work, it hns been pruvon t hat th';li,hild who hM nut been tminO<'I )n kindl.rgart.on work in the proper

. atage olchildhood ean nodouhtbecome ' interested in ~his work, but does not ···reeolvo the beuoOt from it n·hich it

othorwiiO would. We nleo know frnru our own cxpori·

onces th~i nt certain times iu nur lifo .-:..e had ·SJI~inl interests ulung llllno oertain l ine nnd were enger to lenrn moi;e along thnt pnrtieulnr lino1 nnd if we etimnlntod thnt interest we found un bard tllsk to mnkc nn impr•wement,

1 but' ifwe re(lellgd 01' deh•yocl thnt in· ter...t, it never returned wi th anch in· ten•ity1 nnd- it. wns hnrcl to do thnt •hiob we could hove dune so ensily nt that o ther time.

T bo fnct is bused on psychologicnl principles that there is n time in tho lif11.<>£ every student when nrithmetic will be Cttmpal'ntively ensy fur him, if•tl)en proper!( presented, nnd I think

1 we ~tre •u!e in("n}•ing. thnt is the cnse. .in everv study. This being true, much 'of ot ehooeJI or fuilure in life will dd·

• pen on how '-..·o use thoeo opportuni-tioe they present themselves to us.

' Io th~ lnte wnrs · the genernls who gained i udh grent renown, whose nnrnes go down o~ t he pngee of history, did not win their · fnme· by chance nlone,

• f bnt by conetnnt drill nnd practice· t-hey forsed to the front. ' T here are constnnt 'Opport,unit ies preiBofed."which u•e do not see or if we lQe them we nro not randy for thom.

Even now there is a grnncl O(l)>Ortuni· ty for otfme nnq to go nnd rectify the

wrongs 'thnt h(IVA heen e3t fiblished lbra the influence of .the canteen sy•toon ia tho PhiliJ?pines, And which hue brought dishonor upon our goyernnient:

We nro nearing the time ·wheo Ill. voice should rebound 'from evory hill nud vnle of the dHmnin of o\orc govern.' mont, " Now is 1ho time for nil good n1en tn cmue to the nid of their eoun..-try."· '

There io n snying "n horse, comes end· dlod nnd bridlqd to every door"; on yoo it will depend whether you ride ~r not.

We thou 8!19 it ie very iniportont that we loso no time in preparing for the oppor;turi-lties of life.

THAT FOOLISH BOY. CHAP!E.R III.

cnooarNo A eonoor •.

Ron ben lost no time ioi' securing the Bnrnes place. The price wn8 t)'O thouo­nnd dollars, two hundred and ~fly to be pnid down and the bnlnnee, in five annonl instrillments, with interest at eevon per cent. pe~ nnnun\. We shall n~ dwell upon th'e 'plane be hnd for workiug tho plnce. for .t.be fortul•ll" of thnt " foolish boy" nr~ in n m ore oriti­

· cal oonditipn according to, nil tb~ mom· bore 11f his fnmily -but·hi' mother. She hnd implicit confld'lncoi io Ben's good judgment, nnd foroeaw a ehining enc· case where ~thors c~uld see only a gloomy fnil uro.

" I nm very pnrticulllt nbont the eohooll nttend; " aiiid he to. bie mother one dny1 ' •becnuse th'O article I ntn now buying mnat lnot me tbru life. It's not like b1~ying n fnrm thnt t cftn t.rnde for

n hHI tC>r u1w t wout.y ycnrs frum now. 'l'he ecluc.Uiun tl111t l get within tho uoxt' twelve mouths: wi11 earn· its inlln· enco thru nly wlwle future life. If I hnd toseluct~·auit of clothes to be worn nil my~ife, I should he vory ctVeful11bnut thu mutorinl. the WJrk no~ the i!tylo of tt\'Or\' gttrmou t: I Mhuuld not consider the cusl, hut t hu service, for it. would bu thu poorest kind of ecnuumy to run tho r~sk e~f wen.ri•yg ~~~~ inferior Jlll rment. t.hru lifo fur tho e .. ke uf onving 11 few

. d t!llnrs.'" - -1 '1 wns readinJ( n cntulc18uo ~~~mo I imu

11go,''said hi'S mother. "iu which itsnid th~t. thu in~t,itntinu lwJ irnnt success in c;oJting aituntions fur its grndmLt'C9·"

·'Well , thnt might hu ,·ury true. Bus­incH m.,n W:Ulting 1\vell~trtdncul he lp would nutumlly go to n schnnl kuown t,; hn hnneAt in its rlenlings nncl thnru in it:1 work, to g~tt.heir \\'tLttt:. supplied. Tlu•rc is no imprupriOt,r iu nn institn­thul of this kind showiug whl\t it, hn.s duno in this clirecti1111 nny more th"o.n there is in n c:l-C()Utltor Hh11wing tho chnrncter of his wurk In· the housos he h:IO I>nilt: Still, whit~ .tl•e<o rofaronce• nru vnlunhlu. 1 filhn.ll nttnch some im- · purtnncc tu the f1teilitie:~ the sr.honl nf· rurctl't fur duiug gnnd wurk in giVil!g it" tthulout~ prope r quu..liHeutious fur bu~i~

noH. F•e.qunnt.ly tho po~nroot selvuols throw out. tho m •st. tomptiug h~lits. so I shrlll undo:t\•ur tu selec t: my sclwol h:,'till~ my o3tinut~uf its merit.un wht't it pr:lt!t iems. nut wlmt it l'ru(cB:-to~."

("l'u Bo c .. ntincu•cl.)

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In;Jfuence. U\' S. R. YAI-I~F.BTOCJ\.

It h~s been snid thn~ .tho ~tronge•t influonce in the world is recolleetiou.

. Huweve! Mrlmn t\ thing nmy be. it p ulls· usn little tu one •i<lenrt.heother, up nr clown. -

The ysmu~ 1111at1 thut clctorminoa to pursue n cuursu stru.ight l\hen.d ustmlly tindi his put.h o~rtt nf hi• well-directed lin~. beet1uoe the incidents nlong his journey hn1•c nH><Iifted th~ c~lllrl<O of the clomin:tting spirit tlll\t mnrkecl it out ..

l+~veryt&i!'S in t,he universe feels the existence nf O\'~r\· nther, nml t.o snn1 extent i• mnnlrlnol hy it. nnd thjl inlln1 cnce will cuntiuu(', tho its sourso ml\j be invisible. Tho rock mny ho fnr uu· dergruund, but the n~ecll~ will qniver whe1\ 'it. pnese~ uvor it. ,

\VP. cnn ~ (eel more Mum we Can MOO.

It is t he nmhit.ion uf 11 bny' ~~IH> IIi eo n kitq tn hnvo it gn Rtt high thnt it is uo longer vioihle. • 'Invisibility thNI bucumes' the im­preish·e f11ct. h CP:1'1'llo\ t() he slnu~y for the bnv t•> exclaim thnt his kilo is "Out nf Hight.'' f;,r it. is n litarnl fnct. Bnt. .. the ho1Ht v iluorest in the ilwiMi­bility oonses if the otring b.renks. The kite come~ down or is ln~t to Right. in the grnRS <or nmnng the trees. This is n dif'henrlening invisibility, h1eking thnt oxhilnmting l"'wer over the lui)'. which he felt whun the invisible kite t.u!(ged liken li1•n thing nt .tho cord in hio hnnd. It is nu sign thnt we nre not nutlflr the influence of ntru or iustitu- "

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' tiuna just becnuso they do not comu within rnnge'"l>f our viaion. So lung ns we nre ~onsciouely or unconsciously ntt.nohod to them by tho thread of n common interest, they have n pulling nnd lifting power on us which we mny fool, albeit we are unable to 80<1 whence thnt power coplel· Nor ia it any eign tha\.~tch inetibltions do not need our

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our e nnd interest in them just be· nuso. ve nre to t hem

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1\8 individuals in· •isible. Tho distnnt individunls nwo o enoh other n mutunl obi igntion. •

Tho '1mny citcle of onr own niTnil'l! ropenta the rule tu which every puwer in crc11tion mt1st nlwnys yield.

To illustrnte the influence nnd power uf mind over the bndy, wo here recite thu following incident: " I om sorry to lonrn thnt you nro ao sick t hnt you Clln• not pnssibly be in your ncoustome<l plnco tomorrow morning, MiM Hysot>." enid the miqisttr'e wife, condoling!~·· according to the Cbicngo Tribune, "nnd I hnve hmried ower to any that you need nut feel I he elightest uneMineso " nbont the solo yon were toeing in tho OllOning nnthom. Mr. Ooodmnn nntl tho choristur l111vo nrrnngud thnt. Miss Oonby shnll tnke the pnrt, · nnd"­" Whut?" The pnpul11r eoprnno of th~ Rev. Or. Onodmnn'e church choir nt once snt upright in bed. " Whntl" ohe screnmed. "the uld maid with !he cracked voi_s:e t ry to &in~ my eolo? Nov~r:" With one hnnd oho tnro the bnndat~:e niT hor bond , with the other she •wept the medicine fmm the oido tllble to the floor . ''Tell Dr. Gnndmlln nnd the choris\er," sho enid, in o voice thlll rang thrn the hou&O like t he oil-

very notes of n llOII, "to notify ~l i·~ Oonby thnt she noodn'~ lhnn~le tbnt solo. I'll be there."

Wbnt nn influence nn oducntion hn. over n young mnn or Indy:

A good edncnti~n is " health tonic. I hno of~en seen " numi.Htr of delicate ltoye Bnd girlo improve in henlth ii1· school nud college, whom friend• thuught too wenkly to bear the strain. Other t hings being equnl, il.lt elligent, cultured oducnted people enjoy the ll~st honlth. We sao the influence clonrly exerted uver yonng men nnd women . For the &Bme ranson " very intimate relation oxiete between henlth nnd mornla; n bonae d ivided ngniuot itaelf cftnnot etnnd. The body is moulded nnd furnished by the thought.

" He who would liven good old nge, who would cnrry youth nnd freshness, 1ymmetry of mind nnd body into ripe yenrs, mnat hnve n cultured henrt, nn edncnted mind nnd n well-kept body.

Literary.

About Boob cuul IVriltrl. Tho Reign of Lnw js enid t~ lHt the

beet sell ing novel i)1 Englnnd nnd Americn nt the pr.,..ent time.

A not her popula r book is Mourice Thompeon'a Alice of Old Vincennea, n atory nf Americnn lif,. It io selling nt, t ho rnto of 8500 per dny.

October 2li wns ihe five hundredth 'nnniversnry of t he'denth of Chnncer.

It iosnid that Charlet Dickens' nov· elo nre increasing in popularity as time

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pnsses.

An Amorio~n Anthology is Mr. Sted­man's latest ~olume. It is B supple­ment to his Poets of America. Stu­dents of our Amt~ricnn poets will .nppr~­cinte this volume- very highly. He gives aelections froon mor~ than four

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of thu onuny nnl<tble ch:Hncters nf our ?ountry who live to a ~uod old tige. It IS a l>lonsure to look mto the lives nn<l. works of these men nnd \vuon~n, nml J

lenrn that. puriJ;y Jllld . cheerfufness nro conclt~~ivo to lnngevity. · .

OharleiJ Dudley Warner. hundred writers, Mrhnged in chrono- ChuYles Dud(uy Wnrner, essayist nnd logi"1'1 order. He devotes considerable jourunli~t, died ,_nt Hnrtford, Con'.'·• spn'ce to biography which ·gives n;nch Oot1!ber 20. H o IS one nf the few wnt-

' . . • ers uf the dny whu hnvo lived tu ·~ g<>IKI I>Orsonnl mformatlon. · The book con- old nge, hJWiU!( been l.ourn iu•ll!21). IIi• lA ins lUI index of poets, nu index of ti-:. liternry cnroor beg11n while he w11s yot ties, D!ld an index,of first li.nes. Mnny t1 ~I ndent !n Humiltun cullcge, ' from of the "old favorites" wi.)l bu found in winch he gJ:Udn~ed. .

. . . • . After grudnntouu he spent ono yenr t~us book, b~stdes ~a.uy poems of hogh ~ 11 surveyor nu the fruutiers uf Mis­hterary merot, whtch nro not known to souri, nfter which he s1>ent some time tho mnsses of the pec:ipiQ. in western trnval. writing nnd junrnnl­

ism. After thiR he otmlied lnw nt Phil­ndeiJihin, nnd prncticcJI in Chicngn un­til t866.

The fnllowing notes nre taken from nn nrticle, 'rhe Old Age of New Eng­land Authors, by Hezekinh Butterworth in the Reviaw of Reviews for December: "Gindstone made hie most notnble At>Oech n fter he was eighty years of age. Colonel Higginson, ·Edwnrd Everett. Hnle, r.lr. Trowbridge, Mrs. Liverm.ore nnd Ednn D. Cheney nre nil pnat seven· ty yenrs old. J ulill Wnrd Howoi i~ in her eighty-seeno1~ yonr. Richnrcl Ifen­ry Dann, '' nQted author, died nt the ngo nf ninety•twn. H olmes wruto ••The Autocmt nf the Brenkfnst Table" when he wns pll~t eighty. C. E. N"rton, .lit­~rnry critic, bnrn in 1~27, iA at ill en­gaged in litemry work. Edwn rtl Ev· ijrett Hnle, who hns written some fifty hooks, is still nctive at the nge nfaeven· ty-eight.Snenu B. Anthony is pnst eigh­ty. Nllthnniel Willitl, first editor of the Yuntl.l's Companion, died nt up­w:orth of ninot.y. 'rhe3A are only n fe,~

He n~xt. uc"·nme '"' n••istant editur under Jnseph R. Htowle.'' in Hurtfnrd, Conn. l:!nnn nftur 1\!.r· Hnwley went tn the wnr nnrl Wnrner hocnonu enitnr-in­ohiof nf thu "Cnnrnnt". Since then he hnA nlwnys I>Oen n•s•>einted with jour­nnliMm. H e ·unjfl_,·e•l I rnvnling nnd spent much timo Ail(ht·st•uing. . · Among his American honh. "Their Pilgrimnge" tulll '·In thn WihlP.mes•" ore pn••ihl~· hiM I wn hP.MI. A• n result. of 11 tri1• in 18ii\ we hn'·~ n hotter t"'r· trn~·nlnf Aight·•e~in.(C nn tho Nile thnn is 1dv~n elsewhPre. One of hie oriti~• snv• thiA: '• In hi• hnonnrouo nnd nu'<l­it.ntivo P"""''" he onu nil the gnrnl t.binqo nne ,~·iohes ha hno onid him>Alf:'· in,hiM nnrrntiveo flf lrtl\'PI he !Plio n• pr~<'i•eh· t he t hing• wP "'lln!Ptl to knnw. ;.-hieh nn nne eiAP h~n told: in hi• criti.:nl •·ein he "" lnJli<ll~· nwrnlo t,hn Afrnr.tn rn 1\110 chnrn~tP.r of thP t.hinttO crit icioorl thnt -wn nr~ rench· lfl orA<lit onr own in•i!!ht rnthor thnn ·hio, · with the ,·er<li•:t.''

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OUST, BY

pitiful stnltl or' tl1.o prdfessional mnn ' who in early or middle lifo finds hin1·

self out-of-date in his prof~ssio1i. There is no sadder picture than that .if a U)nn to whom his school life seemed to prom­ise so much who, still young in. yenr., finds himself out of practicnl re.lntions with the wurltl.

This is " busy nnd exciting world, ..ll fnst nge. Young men nre· npt t o rush· int<l profeesiol1ni life with manger prop­arntion. Thuy must be getting into 'the profession so thnt they · can 'make money and mnke their mark. They hang out n shiiJgle and t a ke a long rest while pntronngo .is getting ready to comet, lieir wny .. Neither mon~y nor

PlfD)II!TIC SPF.LLI•o. T>• 111r, 01 •·•••• """P'• mnrk is soon nutde. This period of ~~~~cb;~.~~:1~!1f~~~:tiJ~~~~~~: ... ~·'f~-~~ri!~~ professiounl rest nud waiting ought to rtir',f.1'::i.h~;~~·" .• ~~~::c. 1~~~.~~~. ~~~~~~;~·. :.~~~~~: hn vo beon spent in fn ller prepnrn lion.

co:";~~~TIO ... S LUe.nuy AttlclH and lurnrm'l~ I nm but n yOung mnn j yet I hove ~t:~.~~111t~'~mt'~~---~ ::~uiT~"::~~~!~:'~~::~ seen young men impatient to dn some· :~:._':,"J1 ,~"~!· 1J~~:r;;Yed~i.',~~·~..,~~~l~·:.~11!'u:.!; ~hi ng: rueh out of school with little ITJ~ri~1!g~~~~:::~~~~t~~~:~~~:::~ t:~~~~[~~~~~~ ':'o :~:: p~o~nrntiou nnd neaume reaponeibili­"''""''1"""''1"'"T '• tles for which they were ill-propnred-

;;;.:;,"'" A'r 'I'll!< 1 • .,,.r ,,..~·oc" ~~~· >J'I'IIKo:- 'nnd I hl\ve seen those young men come Rus. KAN-tA~. ""' "'Kt."CJ'I;U c t.AJ"t~ )IA'rrKn.' ton renlizntion of tbe truo situntiou

' nnd sny their 1\ct ion wns n mistnko.

Editoria l.

Grnwinq Oltt Ymmq. Theso f,w Iii"'" nro noldres•ed to st n­

(leut,_ "h" nro prepnri11g fur profession .. nl lifP, whPiher in th..- mini•ll')', lnw, dnnlislry. JnP<Iicino ur lvnching. 'fhe Rnbjoct will p1·nlonloly A11!!8""' I he o•nrly 1\l•po:~rnnco nf t-trn,\· hnir~ or otherc\'i~ tlOIICP.R uf ph\·~ic.u l cleclin~. But 1111 nl­t,.gelher tlitTerflnt •iclen i• in lhn ntit.cl nf tho \Hiler. \l"e nr<t 1hiuki111( uf I he

Ilion not yet in middle lifo are thus mnde to renlizo thnt they must anon drop behind in tha )'!\Ce.

A few prnct icnl obsormt inns nml hints must closo this pnper. Get ns thoro ll prepnrntion for life ns possible to ynn. Do uot bu impntien t of a fe11· ycnrs time thns spout. Get nn even chnnce in the rnco of life, else some whu ccnne 11fter you nmy yet go nhend uf you. It is n gr0!18 mii!Cnlcnlnt ion to suppos~ thnt there is ecnuomy in cnl·

ting niT 1\ few yenr• of propnrnt.ion· nnd .

rAJthing into reul lifo. Sitch n miscnl· culation nmy give yuu much nnxiety concerning whnt tu do with the lntter hnlf of your lif_e. Tlu Wichit" Convention.

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We had ~he pleuanre ufnttentliug the IUth anuunl Y. M. C. A. conven inn uf

Tn.: time af year h1LS nrrived for U8 the wtnte uf Kan~s-nt \Viohita, No\'·

to wi1h our readentand frienda a " lifer- 22 to :!ii. It was thu grentoat com·en· ry Chriatmu nnd n Hnppy New Yenr." tion e\·er held in the hiatnry uf the as· And we do. But ,.•hel her ynu •hall aucilll inn 1n Knna118• T•w hundred hn~·e 11 happy 1001 dependa lnrgely np- and fi ft y-one delegntea wore present. on yonraelf. Here is n t•lnn you might frorn the various inClll or~tnnizat innR­try: Spend e.tJeaAt an hunr e~ch daY. 811 increase of nne hundred uver l11a~ (llnnninl( for and cnntributi r)g toward y<~ar. Never before hnd we "a pmt>er the ll"od of nt.hers. Tnke tim~ fur rest • cnnce(lliun of tho great acot>e and sue­and recreAtion, also t ime fur wurk. ceas of thilh..Qrgni\izatinn. In enrneRt· Give tithea nnd dnn't grllrilble nbout it. neasof 1mrpoAe. in opiritnl\lity, in Bi: lie regular in your g••od hubita nnd lJle study and in miaaiunnry te~l. it hreak nil your had nnea. Bet,bnul(htful at anda wit hunt, n peer. The con,•en· uf uthera rights. Oi\•o nthera credi~ tinn hnd a(•me of the national oecretnr· fur hunoaty i n their cnnviotiuna. I n ies naapeakera nnd ntherstrung Christ· KOnernl, a(lply tbe gulden rnle in ymrr inn workent. conduct nnd auhaoribt! for nnd rP-lld the In order t~ show wbnt this h11rid uf RAYs Ol' LtoHT (and pay for · it too). determined young men is doing let no Study the Bible dnily, and write ua the glance at the work acl!omplithed in thl! result of your efforll Chriatmnanf 1001. army and nnvy, rem,emllering that thio If yun have not bt~on hlll'l'Y we will io'only one depnr tment uf the work: ~i••o yqu nnot)lor code. tbnt they nre pushing uut in every Held

StNCI': our !nat iaaue, a cnurae of aix lllCturea hu been arranged jointly by thustudenta of the high aohooland col· lege. T he flntt entertainment was giv­en ou the evening of December 6 by Cnrt.l!r, the magician. · Mr. Carter per· formed the mtlftt diftlouh. and perplex· ing featll of legerdemain with perfect ease, diepelling any illutionl one may have bad, aa he claim• no &a~iatance from any but mnterial ag~>noiea.

determined tu win tl>e wurld for Christ. On every lnrge bottleehit> uf the U. S. nav•• and with olmnet every regiment of the army cnn be fuund tho aecretar· . iea of t his aaeooiatiun engaged in min· istering to tbe phytical and religioua needs of the men. conducting Bible olaaeet~, - not, tenching creed - nnd holding re1·ivnls. At the permanent army camps and navy yard1J b11ildinga are being constructed fur the tpecial IIIII of the a<!ldien and marinea. A•

11 consequence already there is a decid-

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ud risu in thu murrll tcutu uf the men ­nud t hil4 tlopurt tntmt. ur 1 hu 't\"urk· is Jes~ tham thn.e ytmr~t ultl. The gm·t:!rument

rr-ctuizue 'tll'e' '\'ulua .,r th~ work ami ¥ !ttl in eve7,. rw•esihle wuy.

A we hnve Atlid, this. is t.iuly une brrnrch. Olh»r8 nre: Thu cit.''• the railnmd, the cullege-~nd nllthon in­tetwtt!<l in ~ f•areigu miRRiunery ·wtli-k. Tl!e orgnniz.ntflm i~ thnroly prnctienl n.nd ntnkes '!" UJ>olugy fur its guide, 1 he New 'l'l!lltnmenr. lt l>elie\·ee in" prne­

'ticol .roliginn tUHnltl( the uufortunn.te.

nsoi~ting nnd lending tho true wny; at rnilrund termiuu l~ uml iu ci ties nnd cnllegeo it ostnhl iohe• hnmeo thut will RIIJl}llnut. tlul !J:tl~ton nncl \'ico clenB, nnd. cuutinunlls utej4 u ~yRtf"ntntie nr•~llle-vot iunnl Mud uf 1 he lliulo. ...J

~ Purpo8( of the Recitation.

Dr. II'. T. Hnrrio give• the J>UrJl080 of tho reoitnt iou in t ho~e t ~,·eh·e st1'te· tnAtltH:

1. Tt, cl ruw out ench pupil's vitnv un the eubjeet.

2. To test thu orudene•• or thoro­neoe of graep of I he aubjoot.

II- To correct hie idea• by·thegreater compreheueivenees. of others of his claas.

4. To arouse and stimulate a new method of study on next Ieason.

6. To cultivnte' (he clooest habito of attention. ~

a·. To bring iuto full play the power of ' numbere engaged upon the l!l'lne thought.

7. To oupl>lement by stronger fore~< what t.ho pupil& Kive. .<

8. -r., hring intu pluy tho toncher> highest )111W.r8.

U . . Tu ·tfruuse solf-nclivity, pu\\'tf _flf

indtt~>e1ulent Sf,! ,..tt:~roh. ucute, critic~l insight, to lie uLtnineU only Uy coHitU!t

w-i th •.mes ftJifmrR strh·iug townrd 1h1J Bt\me gonl. ·-

10. Tu i~tiute t ho •tuclent inll> the greut RecreiR uf uomiJiuutiun with hiA felluwA.

II. Tu hel)l the Rtruggling hoy nr girl tn nRcaud nbo\'ft hiA idius~ttJcrnAy and uchieve tho nniversnl fnrmo.

12. Tu IMru t u aupJ>re•• the m•r• l); atibjecti\'e, and how to squnre hie \'iews to whnt is objacth·e nn~l uuh•e"'nl.

~ -\VtTII thO I 9W yonr will COUIIUPUCO ll

ne \v era in muuy por~nnA livtH~. 'rhnse who aro 011 the threshhulcluf mnnhcHMI nre studying tho prublems . uf life thftl cnnfrunt them. If they hn\"e n het~lthy and worthy ambit icm, they wnnt to ncl well their J>:lrt in tho great dramn of life. But nothing wnrth hnviug i• gninod without nn effort, nml the '""'' reaulta are obtuined ouly by the them> preparation that odncntinn affords.

The •oming yenr will be u bright nno in the history of thnt yunng mnuur woman wbo ueeB ite preoiona momenta in ncquiring an oduciLtion that will tit them for the practical work of lifu. Tho world ie every day QecOming more bneineas·like in its operations. No en­terprise, either commeroial, social or moral, can be mad• a aucce88 unleas it is conducted on. buclinese principleo.· The world \oanto ment&nd women with practical idel\8. · It t·wanta those who know i bnt it wants thooe who ~nn do.

. Exchanges.

' The iuteN:ullegint~ editor,uf th'e Ot· tuwu c;.mpua augg••ted thut the ex• chuuge.editora send euch uther ~ttist!'f their rnrelt gems uf exchange. We heurWy uppruve of tl•i~ 1111<1 gludly ex· cluonga.

We welcome uur ultl friends The Crucible a1ud Wnahburu· Review. We mi~sed them frum our tul>les und iu· deed it aoem• mur~ like hnme with

them ..

"A 1111\11 mny nut bp hoaioeloss, lout he "'"Y IJe hume less his wife. "

Jimmy! •' Ain't it good uf de Bchuul bunrd tu shut "I' de aclwul iu summer su we cnn hn.\'e n reat"/''

Tommy: u Aw, du.t ain't de rt:HL&on.

Dey hufter give de tenchera n chni1ce tu . lenrn eume more.~' ~

"The fir&tfecu.rd of teuni• is fnuaul in the Bible," anya 1111 exch1mge. ' 'When Juo;,ph served in Pharuuh'• cuun, and· Israel returned .out .. r •~gypt." The same exc))nnge is reapou­sible fur the atatement "that Nunh \ru& the first pitcher. He pitched the nrk without a,nd within and the gnme wns CUlled on' O~CQIIllt of the rnin.'' .

"Tile curfew beil doen nut. cause the overage mother n'a much concern oa t.he II o'clock bell, wpn.pef11ieta in oit.­tingon the front' porch with h.er hand

l clnaped in that of a you~g man with a yellow belt and a cackle for n lnugh."

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ol,Yuuug IURH," Ma id thu pru(888Hf, tlM

he gr11hl)ed n frisk~· frl!llhy hy the eh•oultler, "l holieve Sutun hne gut lwlcl c.f you., .

'·I IJRI ie\'o h8t hl\.!1, '' wns tho metik ro­t•ly.-· Pttrple untl Whito.

ll'ti gludly nnlice !ItA fntlnwi;1g n~w e~ehnngas: '!'he OttiiWII Cnmpiia, n twenty-~e nrsgn•ine nf high liternry chnrncler. Tho ll\'lln Clnrit•n nncl High Sol""'' Stin!im~n!. ; thehighach•••l t•••Per• wuultl d•• O(etlit to• higher insti· tut inns. Cogswell Pe! it Cuurier io n newsy, friend frum Siw Frnuciacu. Anuurg nt heo-s nro ( :,;liege l,ife, Scarlet and Cre1UO, · Spectntnr, Knn~ ~tudent nnd Chilncen Rencon.

Tummy: "I'rn"koing to begin _eum­mcm frtt.et ions tumorrow, mn. "

Mother: "Ynu &hall du nothing-of the kind. Tommy. Yom •hnll atudy t hu v~ry beet frnctiuns 1 hey luivo in the aob<H>I."-Ex.

F:ven if we cannot give forth rays ' nf sunahino, it is not neeessnr.y for ;',\!~ "to go out of the way tu cnst ahnduwo.­High Sehoul Sentiment.

1 Tliia' i.a hu•v "4 acb•mk girl recei)J_Iy

J>l'raed the sentence, " He killed me'~:. "He," abe begun, witli n fund lingering over the wurd t.hut lirougbt the oriDlllort . to her cbee~a, "is" pronoun. third par· ann, singular number, mnt~culine gender, a gentlemnn, and pretty well fixed, uni· veronJiy coneidered a -good cMch. ''Killed" i• a. verb, too n1ueh eo, re,('ll· tar every evening, ind,ioative m~. i!l• dicating affection, fint and th1rd per­eons, plnral number, and governed by oircumatanoetl. . .. &fe"-oh, well every- · ~y knowe me," and ehe Ml dnwn.­Ex.

RAn or LtoHT.

College News. Some atudent.e look over thei r ltll8ona

ar~otbere overlook their leuuna. . H. Arnold bll! IBt.ely decoratoo

hi. ormityry room wi~h the Standard dictionary. '- ' '

The number of graduatea from pre•· enC indications, for thiA year will b!! twenty·four.

THII: Alunlni. dapnrtrnent this ioaue io ·revreeented by the article "Poor Lu" from the pen of Mr. Herbert Caldwell, an alumnu~ u£ lllst yenr.

Prof. Guatafaon is onthuoiMt ic about the RYrnnnstic work. H11 intend& In have the n.ew flour in within a few weeke. He r&[>c>rts tho fund for the tame tu be growing.

The i'ouug Men'• Christian aasuoin· tion and the high aohc10l have arranpd a laoture couNe 1\~ fnllnw.: C"rter, the magiciarl, December 6; Pre3. C. E. Arnold, January 111; Juhn P. D. John, February 14; Musiorll rurd Dramatic Recital, home talent, March 8; Supt. Johneon, !March 29; Prof. DeMotte,

· April 27: Tbe course is thus eeen to oonsiet of three home talent and three men of national reputa~iou. Tbe tlret, HOUnd and eixtb of th8f8 will beigiven iu the opera bouse, the otbere ' in tbe hi1Jh 110hool auditorium. Seaeon tioketo, •1.26. That oM hundred tiokete have at reedy been eold to etudente ebows" a very onmmendabi~ 1pirit and determi: nation to bear some of the be•t talent in the United Statetl.

Byron TnlheiDI baa riloeived B a late certificate and io te11ching at Beverly, Kaneas.

Preaident Arnold attended· the con::­vention of KAn1111 college preaideute nt Topeka, November 29.

Reault of Prof. Haugli'e race:- · He carri01 hi• arm in a eling, And he doeen\ be11t time when wooing.

The reception given tho many new student& nt the beginning nf t.he winter term wae well attended 11nd greatly en­joyed. ·

Prof. Harnly and Pree. Arnold nt• tended the Ceotml Teachere' auocia· tion meeting November 80 and Decern· ber 1, and report an excellent meeting.

. t The young ladik gllve n uniqutl pro­

gram in college chapel on the ev.ining of November 27, which waa very well reoeived. A beautiful eolo wae rendered b_v Miee Maude Fieber.

A few 1uggeative mottoee: Fur the balls, "The dormitory walla

have eare": For Kindergarten, "ComA, let ne live

with the cbildre~"; . • For chemical laboratory. "Phew"; . For phy1ical culture, "Value." '

Friday night, Oot.ober 17 a •tereopti· con lecture waa given at the high ~hool auditorium, 1nbject "The Clift' Direll· ere," by Rev. Goo. Cole, an archeblo­giat. He ie an original inY01tiptor1 and made hia picturea ' on plat01 from pereont.l experience. The lecture' proved to be interetting.

RAYS OF LIGHT.

Studeute continue to join our rank~.

Mr. Miller, brother o£ Henn Miller, lately enjoyed severni dny• o£ •lormi-tory life. ·

M~. D. Bowers, whu ' opeut 'the sum· mer a1ld fall in South Dukutn, hnA again enrolled.

lAirs. Auun. Str·ickle~ of Rnmoun is viaiting her parents, Elder nnd Mro. \Vitmore. She wfll remnin nntil close of the Bible term.

Mi88es A nun ~'nkes nnd Flore lin Kin­uiecm are tcuchiug iu tho Pnrklan<l , 0. T .. echools, tl1e former ns prindpnl

•nnd the lntte'r.ne primnr~· teacher.

M. E. White. u£ Red Cloud. Keb., Garfield .Shirk o£ McPhersun, J . E. Springer of Quintet. Knn., B. 0. n~d (:, 0. H oover nf Alfref1, Knns., have lntely enrolled . .

:)'hnnkegiving services wero held in chapel nt 10 n. m., Thnrsd .. y., The ser­mon wns delivered Ly P ru£. S. J. Mil­ler. A col'l~t ion fnr missiuunry .pur­poses wu' tn.keu nncl the nmonnt rnised wne m·er $16.00.

llo!emLenhip in the Irving Memorial Lit.erary society is iucreneiug. " \Vh8t.'a 'in a nnme. '' Some snggesth'e unmes of our new meml.len:

A hi~h church· offioinl. A line apple, Mnket1 parlor carpet, -Eetabliahed n~age, Grind your wheat, . - . -Ve.eel for meaauriug, Make'! our bread, I

Bishol'· Baldwin. \\'eaver.

La\\·. Millen(!)

' · Peek. · Baker.

Eats onr brand, Ctnmpncker.

· · l'ror: Fnhnestnck, u£tor n week 's ill­uosa. is oble tn re~umO"' I\is tlutieft.

Ronding circiOl io now studying Elln . \\'heeler \Vilcox's uMnuriue:"

Mrs. Normun Marumel uf Rnxlmry visited her sister. Miss ~lurgnret Biah· ot), ~m·ombar 27.

Prea. Aru,plil , having uccnsiuu tn paN . thrn ~ingmnn, en lied upon Dr. J. W. Chcnuy 1Utci Assistunt. l:.nstmnster I ... \\'. Onk••· . ~I .... I,plin Fnhnestock, who recent ly e,l,UO here from Ohio, hna moved into hor splendid reaideuee nenr her •on, l'rn£. S. ·n. ~'nhncstock.

T he interest in tho privnte llible study classes lhut meet on Sunday is growing. Now students eeeing.tbe results of this wurk ure joining the c lns"es.

'l'hunksgiving 11 hnppy duy. A peep into the dining hnll of tho dorm would hnvo shown six long opr•ntl with stonming turkey. nrouud tbeso wore smiling enrnestly ongnged. Wi · n'nd Baldwin felt lmd the day.

The Bibl• normnl npened 4 with prospect• for n 'l!ood a t '!'he regnlnr Riule cla88 \fork done during the dl\y. ·reu moat und helpfnl leotnr08 will be during the nurmnl by Prof. Pro£. Arnold on the fullu•wil•g••ub•Jecllt1 By Pro£. F rnntz, 1, I• B wurt.h while? 2, The Bible H nmon La.nguogo; 8, The Principle of•BibleSt udy; 4, The

RA Yl' nY l.wnT.

in Bible Study; li, Spirit· pathy in' Bible Study; 6, Tho

Student a Lover or Truth. By Arnold: l1 Educational V~lu~ ur

Symbolo; 2, Jeeuti aoa T.ach· Bprder Lends or the Phild world.

N. B. Wogner and wife of Red Neb. nro attending tho llihlo

Muir rol)tltt8 the uumber or ltudents to be rnueh grenter thnn

previous yonr. S•unenver fifty n~ enrolled.

mntticnlo )(iven hy Mifll'\ FoNino N•womber flO, wM lnr~oly

An enjoyable number of tho filled by Gladyo Muir, tho

uJ Pruf. Muir. She re­applauee. McPhero"'~

l(lllllntal:lcell warmly welcom•d Miu mit.ltt. again. Thoir

__ ,, • .,,.,., of her singing WM ah01Y1' hearty ononro she receh•ed in

mber.' ~er aeleotions wero in a n1oet pleasing and efl"ec·

. She sang with pure, rioh, and with ouflicient volume

U.o opera building. McPheroon ia prone!> lo remember htr ns n atndent "Of lbt 1n1L•icnl~ depart·

predict• for, her a 1•laee the \\'Otld renowned a•ugers.

!'roC. Miller met the miuiun board at"Lyon~, ~ovomber 1.

~lioo Lydia V. ~Iiller. or Mndiooo, Kanoao, io a otudent in tho Bible nor. mal.

'l'. A. Eiaeubiso of Morrill , Kansas, brother or Chns. Eiocnbioe, io ott ending the uormal.

Wm.Benver or St. Johns, Knn~ .• nr· rived December Sto nllencl the Bible normal.

Home deportment of the mi01ion Sundny eehool ia pushiug their can· vu.s8 nnd nrc meeting with gm.d re. suit•.

MJ"· Dresher, mot her or 0. D. Dreo· her;tLntl ~NJ. Ynnimnu, 111other uf l-Iar· ''OY Vnniman, both of J~yon11, nre ut­t.oudiug tho Bible term.

The c~h>ro uf the vnriuuo gradunting

clns~re making their brilliant "l" J>Onrnn c. :)enior~t nro crunting 1\moug

them nL dignitied ntmoophere.

Th flrot number ur th• lecture cou g·iven nt the opern house. \\'ed­needny evening, December f>. by Car­Ulr, the mngicinn, wns Jt\rgoly nttcnded. Tho audience manifested ita up(>rOCi&· lion by repented npplouiO. In execu­ting his Ients on n hrillinnt.ly 1i~bted stage. he oppar•ntly enchanted the peraoos he en lied upon the Bt,.ge. He demonstrated to persun• present bia ability to perform t hru hio own power the oan1e ~·Qnd•r• that mauy perform by the aid or opirito. Owing tn tbe large number or ticket• •old, nil I be numbers of the lecture eouf'80 will be h; ld in the npern building.

Faculty and .Instructors. iur 1900--1901. C. E. ARNOLD. l'n. n .. A. M ..

l' reNident. l'edagogy and Philo~ophy.

ElliVARD FRAr\TZ. A. ~1 •• Vice President. Oe<tn or Uible ~hool. B1bl_ical Langua~:eg .t fnterpreta tion.

H . J . HARNI..Y. A. ;'1. , l'h. 0 , !+atural ~cicuce~.

S. B. F'AHN~~STOCK. A. B, ~1.1'., ~ccreta.ry ::u)d Trc:.\14urer.

Supt. Com. lJepartmenl. Gen. Hi~ton aml Drawing. ·

~·.G. MUll~

Director of ~1UAical Dcpartm..:nt. 1-'iano. Or~an. Harmcnty :wd V\licc

Culture.

S. J. )1fi,I..ER. A'. )I ., ~nglish and German.

C. ~·. GUSTA~'SO~. A. R, Latin and Chemititn·.

JOHN ~-. IJUERKS~;N, Principal German Department.

LI•:NA M. WIEAND. (Columbia Sd10ol o.f Oratory.) l~locu-

, . tion a._nd rhy~~oical Culture.

B.'S. HAUI:II. Vocal ~usic.

J . ~·. S1'UDI!:RAI\ER. Shorthand a1td Typewriting.

FLORA ' IAGf; . . \!.S.D .. Matron and Director ~todd ~hool.

E. H. EBY. Grammar and OrthOtJ'fOLpily.

D. H . AR:\01..0, Algebra.

MRS J . ~·. Sl'UilEBAREII. English Grammar. l

. SUBSCRIBE FOR

RAYS OF

LIGHT. Filly l 'cnt•pe r Yenr. .

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Job~ il. Millikan, .ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,

~tcPnt;ttaON.

Practice lrl a11 the l'ourts. Reference:-An~· public man in KanNa.

/<;,,,,.,;,,,..~ /8.?0: Cn-ttjlffll lirr.

lite vlacc )'On all\·ay" get. lowest OHY GOODS, GROt:ERIES, TINWAR~:. SIIEI,~' HAROW ~:1,000 pai•l to p&tronM iu 180U.

and iU\' t!14ti,.cate OIJ' ID£>thod uf W (' have pai1l J'l.tgcr •lh•itltndtt •

any othtr <:•.M>pt•r•tivt: , torP: in ft. I... S I..OSSON,

J. E: JOSEPH, ".

\\~at.oheR, Clocb, Jewelry. Specta· oleK. Maire. a ~~~iah.y o( repair­ing all' kindlt of .Je .. elry. •

Jt. ~.· lortb ~liD SL.. lcPbenoo, Klos.

W ALT,ACE GT,EASOl\,

Proprietor of -

Star Livery Barn, Ka~tt KnnKIL" A\•enut',

McPherson: J\a111~:u-.

A. D. Barber, 0. D. S. (01'-.doat.eor Ua.IYe1"8hJ or Pea.Mrlwanta.J

Practice• d entiatry in au forms. indud­iar filHnr and treatin~ of teeth: aup-

plt~i~~~,~~~~~~c~e::edtf:~:~ i~~1d regularitiu and ex)rnction.

0 Y t:Jt LADEHER's ~TORE, ltcPnRHSON. ____ In_..c_anton on Mond:t.Y"·

G. H. Ma'tch~tte, M. 1)., . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.

:-=. R..& "'lr "'DVO:R.liL

0111..- O\'er Soofjeld'o Dru1 Store.

LIIDBLOOII ' i!OSEBERB. · :. Leading : . Grocers. Alao Oigara., Tobacco, Etc.

Jf4l'll:et _Price paid for Produce. -0~840.

~;Jilbf'BaOI<>N, KASSAS.

Are the Leading- Druggists of McPberoon C<l\lnty.

DRUG STORE

· NEW TIN SHOP. 1 S~!e~eft~~~ \~::k~t!1~o~~~! ~i::,::: -·

and Spouting. Gasoline Stove a_nd g~n­=~~o"~~~iring. · Prompt ~ttenuon ~tv-

F. il. Stnet. Opp. Dic k's Store.

VIR I!. I! It/A II P.», PHOTOGRAPHER.

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Not how Cheap. . But how good and Up.to.Date

Special Rates to Studentl!l and Teachers.

A. G. SOHLBEH.G .IIERCAK1'/lil' CO.

Special Line of Carpets, Rugs an.d Lace Curtains.

If you want Good Shoes l'~or the LeASt .Money, call n~

~Lawson's Shoe Store:_p A Complete J~ine of all li: iuds or FOOtwear

. LAWSON'S SHOE STORE, i\lePbenwn, KanAU.

'l'hc Pearl Milling Co., · mttnufacturers of

HIGIT GltADE FLOUR, 1

McPherson, Kam11U1.

EVERY : SACK : W ARRIIN~ED.

First Olass ~hoemaker.

R~pairing Neatly Done. Your 'f rade Solicited.

SHOP AT I.AWSON'S SHOE STORE.

E. R. LARSON, :\lcPhcnon. · Kanus.

TAADING AT THE ~CKET wbjob iD tbe ~pte r.p.-t a wr ...... Do roa. 'u..te>~~oono! Tbo.....a. do. We Mit yOur buineu on \be pb.ln pa~daO£ mo•ey AYiag. · .

· ' 'lltB RACKeT Dar.umunrr &oaa, McPb......, x-

MILLERS .·MEAT M.ARKET, Everything Flnt;.dus.

Phone ~6. a * .Just Olve us a Call.

~o.uth Main Street. . I . .

Watches, .fewdry and Oocks, Kod:Lkfl. C3meraa and l .. loto SuppUea. Hy pricH

:are tloeloweot, QUALITY of r oodo conalderecl. ,

J . E. GUST4'F'SON, Fin t Door South of l 'ootOII<e •

. ~cPher80n Oeat Market, ••. D: }; N1'RU\KN, Pnor,atno•.

Fresh and ::;attcd Meats. · :-: lee in A;•.Y ~un.ntit~·. '

. Wins o~ its Merits. HYGEIAN FOOD L'OFli'Ef.! i1 u l&a na-.te imj,JiH. "' au.L ME~TD

mode of coroala lbat oupply .. uoclo aad nerYO fo,.,.. It bao a ' peea.llult it• owa that mOflt penou, who oonUnue lta ~ ue (ora wHit

dqe, leara \0 rellah Car mQre than common ~ or oul•e. Children a..t peraoua !DAY uoe It f,...ly tb,... tlmcoa day, ao a pert of lholr ....tod food

AAir: yoei JP'O'."er for it, or eeud 3 two-oe.nt etampt. to pay)~ oa • aomple pO.ikage. Try it. · Dm<'T take our word for it. ·

Printed dlrectiono on ..Cit paoh J!O-

ttbe "ll~getan ~uppl~ .~. ~ .

. McPtiBRSON, . KANSAS.

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, ' · A. V.LVTMAN, fowUat.

;, ) CILAUNCBY.. VA.NlJi#{, ~

.P£QPLES.·STATE BANK; , McPHERSON. K II NSAI!,

CAPITA L STOCK, $11J,OOO.OO. Collectlono Recelte Prompt Attention.

Moaey to Loaa oa. Re.a.l Eatate on FaTorab1e 'lena•.

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U.. J . C. Roll. Joba A. Moomaw, H. Parker. D...,id Sduulsried, Cbauacer Van\maa.. Wm. WcC, rtr, F . A . Vanimaa •

. • HEITHEOKER'S BOOK STORE, • · ·1

For ~ko, St~tion<rJ. Allocollanoouo Boob, T~bloto and Fine St:ltjouery, Fanc1 Good .. Alburao. TOJI. \'\'all Paj>er, E tc:. All kinda of M•aicallo•trument:A and muainl mercbandiRe. Areal for lhrwood Galtaro and .V..ndolin•.

McPherson, Kansas.

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ALLISON' & WR[OHT, ( OVFU:& OVER l AW DIC,It'l ITOitE'.)

LAW, REAL ES'f..A'fE, Ai~D LOAN AGENTS. We hoe oome •erJ c~olce FAIJMS for SALE cheap. Aloo MONEY to

LOAN at LO\n:::IT rate of ln te...,ot .

• ¥ cPII RRSO.\',~ - - • - - I\.1/KS.A.S.

'The Farmers Alliance Insurance Co, Mc PHERSON, KANSAS .

AT RISK . 17, 000 MBMSE&S • . PURELY MUTUAL ,

INIIU.~NCE AT ACTUAL COST. .... I ...

.A.1t11u Wit ltd {or 111lD«Ilpu4 territorv. 1 I. P. TAUIO'IT, .........._ " C. f'. MINOI!NBAc:IC, Secntili,-•.