ly it ne > is 2en op- nd rly tor. SES, nilk, me— pints essed nfuls ning make Fr fen e for min- fteen t rise y one! in a n to ne to table . | SSE ‘A SERMON FOR SUNDAY AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED “THE UNIVERSAL IN RELIGION.” The Tlev. C. L. Palmer Directs Attention to Certain Forms or Doctrines Com- mon to All—Every System of Religion Has Some Conception ot God. ” KinesToN, N. Y.—1In the Reformed - Church of the Comforter on Sunday morn- ing the Rev.-C. L. Palmer preached a scholarly discourse entitled “The Univer- sal in Religion.” Tylor, in Primitive Culture, says: ‘He who only knows one religion can no more understand that religion, than he who only understands one language can master that language.” By which he means, that one cannot adequately appreciate any system of faith and practice without some knowl- edge of the history, doctrines and customs of systems other than his own, any more’ than one can master his native tongue without any knowledge of its cognates. It is undeniable that a study of the various systems discloses a religious substratum and phenomena, of which no intelligent student is willing to be deprived. The population of the world is estimated at 1,392,000,000. Of this number 100,000,000 are pagan or heathen, which represents ‘the very lowest grade of ‘humanity. There are supposed to be 175,000,000 Brahmans. The nominal and professed foliowers of Buddah and Confucius are estimated at 420,000,000. Mohammedans number more than 200, 000, 000. Christians, including Roman Cath- olic, Greek Church and Protestant, are computed at 400,000,000. The whole of Eastern Asia is occupied by the Buddhists, India by the Brahmans, Africa, Australia and the South Sea Islands by the pagan tribes. Parts of Europe, Asia and Africa by the Mohammedans, the largest part of Europe and America by Christians. The conservative classifications of the re- ligions of the world were such as these— true and false religions, natural and super- natural, pagan and revealed, spiritual and superstitious. Such a classification is not only coz nfusing to the student of compara- tive religions, but is unjust, for every system contains some truth. A better classification is: 1. Tribal. 2. Ethnie. 3. Catholic. The tribal includes all sys- tems which have no ritual, priesthood, creed, sacred writings, architecture or music. The ethnic religions are confined to one nation; such, for example, was the religion of Egypt, which for a thousand years was limited to its national border The system of Assyria was confined to Assyria; the religion of Greece was con- ih to the Hellenic race; that of Rome to the Romans; of Confucius to China; Brahmanism is confined to India, and the faith of the Iddas was limited to the Scandinavian or Teutonic races. The Catholic systems, in spirit and method, know no limit in either time or ter. ritory. They aspire to conquer the world. Such were Moses; Zoroaster, Bud- dah, Mohammed and Jesus. Ethnic relig- ions were evolved out of their own life. Catholic systems were formulated, intro- duced and promulgated by an inspired prophet. Lt is not my purpose to trace the origin of religion, the evolution or development, or to compare the merits of each, but to very briefly direct attention to certain forms or doctrines common to all. Such conception is either just or unjust, true or false, right or wrong, though no faith, even among the most dezraded, “is en- tirely destitute of some truth concerning God. Christianity is thé one system which has an adequate disclosure of the attri- butes of Jehovah, because Jesus became in- carnate the reveal the Father. “He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father.” And even Christianity cannot condense in a single definition a comprehensive descrip- tion of the Supreme Being, for the idea is not simple but complex. The lowest con- ception of God is known as animism, which is belief in spiritual powers as opposed to materialism. It is the unformulated no- tion of the most undeveloped tribes, and has no place in the Christian system ex- cept as clarified and perfected in angel- ology and demonology. : Polytheism is found principally in the ethnic systems. In Egypt the divine elements were seen dwelling in nature. The Greek deities were not personifications, but persons di- vine men and women. In the Vedic Hymns of India the forces of nature are spiritualized into objects of reverence and love. The most marked form of pantheism appears in the Hindu religion, which is in its extreme development, that the uni- verse is God, and God is the universe. Christian science savors of it. The doe- trine of the divine imminence may be so ‘orced as to eliminate the personality of tod. Ditheism is belief im two hostile sowers which was a tenet of Zcroastrian- sm. Triads appear in the ethnic and Cath- olic systems. The Christian doctrine of the trinity is a necessary and natural concep- tion of God, and becomes clear if it is understood to represent Him as one in es: sence but three in form. Monotheism is principally characteristic of the Catholic systems, though traces are found in the pas an and ethnic. » Deeply imbedded in ery heart is the convic.ion of an Al- ata personality, and that such person- ality 1s back of all forms and images, and that the latter becomes efficacious because of the power of God. All possible theories about the origin of the universe are reducible to four. 1. That it had no beginning, but has always existed either in its present or another form. While the eternity of matter has been adv ocated by some it has never be- come a popular belief, and it does not ap- peal to modern science. But among the primitive tribes we presume, many think of the handiwork of God without com- mencement and culmination. 2. That it came by a process of evolution. This the- ory had be en modified in recent years by Biblical scholars and philosophical think- ers, with the result of a most hearty ac- ceptance on the part of some thorough studenas and devoted scientist 3 An other view is that it came a ‘a process of emanation. The difference between evo- lution and emanation seems to be, that the former is a growth up to and including a certain completeness gan “with the a at and by means of a se fallings away from this inconceivable first essence, gradually reached an intel Creator and an intelligent creation.” I] theory is Oriental in its origin, appearing first in the cosmogony of the Hindus. 4. C > scholars are di- Nome hold that actually made, the material out gs were formed. Others hol y that He simply cut, carved and fash- ioned the universe out of pre-existing ma- . It is difficult to say just Ww hat form pla bl le to the majority of Christian On as we now understand certainly accepted by men whose sin- 10t question and whose schol- s universal admiration. in man and the inspira- ghty giveth it understand- 3 nt pagan, and the most intelligent C an is born 0 1.0f it. The mr of the iy from the very first confirms “that the spirit of man Ail believe in a spirit hat access is had to it through pray either because k for, or because in itself. The Sioux Indians ‘its of the dead, have mercy on Africa pray to € ple of our house, peo our h ; cattle. People of our good luck and health.” law: dian prayed thus—“0O ( have mercy on my ch while the latter be- ’ss of infinite being, ies of emanations or 2h this doctrine. that is, into existence, e of the 4 The low Let them not mourh for me. Let me suc- ceed in this enterprise, slay my enemy, re- turn in safety to’ my family and friends, that we may rejoice together, Have pity on me and protect my life.” The negro on the gold coast prayed—*“God give me to-day rice and yams, give me slaves, riches and wealth. ‘Let me be brisk and swift.” he Karens cf Burmah pray to the harvest goddess thus—“Grandmother! thou guard- est my field look out sharp for thieves. If they come bind them with this rope.’ Such are a few forms used by the Re races: the ethnic systems disclose a higher and more enlightened conception of invo- cation. The Vedic hymns are filled with adoring homage—Of which God now, of which of the immortals, shall we invoke the amiable name? Let us invoke the ami- able name of Aditi. Agni, the god of fire, is addressed as the Divine Monarch. In China the worship of ancestors is con- stantly practiced. On an Assyrian tablet are found these words: “May I never feel the anger and wrath of God.” The ancient Mexicans addressed God, “The God by whom we live, Thou omnipresent, Who knoweth all out thoughts, and giveth all gifts.” They baptized children with this formula, “Let these holy drops wash away the sin that it received before the founda- tion of the world, so that the child may be new born.” In the Catholic. religions we discover an element less conspictous than in the others. It is pardon for past sins, reconciliation with God and growth in grace. It would be interesting to trace under this division the practice of sacrifice, hymnology and other forms that enter iato worship, but we pass on. Inspiration implies that man must have a capacity to be inspired, which makes it a human faculty and therefore common to all. Inspiration in its largest sense is the sight of inward truth, a truth which is seen within the mind. A thought will come while one is walking, conversing, reading or meditating. It is a kind of inspiration. Poets have been inspired to write poetry. Scientists have been in- spired to formulate the sciences, musicians to compose music, Columbus to discover, Newton and Edison to both discover and invent. Inspiration differs in quantity and quality, religious being the highest. The Vedas and Zend Avesta are considered inspired by their cult. The Mohammedans believe the Koran is inspired of God and therefore infallible, and Christians make the same contentions for the Scriptures. There is a low and crude form of inspira- tion among the undeveloped races, wnich is not committed to writing. The Samoicds of Siberia have diviners who work them- selves into.a frenzy before delivering ora- cles. The notion of inspiration apneared in the insanity of the Pythjan priestess and the Greek diviners who fell into trances. In the religion of Greece it aps peared as .an alien element. The wid dances of the Bacchantes, the shrieks and self-lacerations of the Corybtantes wera considered forms ‘of inspiration.’ In the Hindu religion it appears in the Yoga, that is one who seeks God by, withdrawing from the things of semse. Painful posi- tions are assumed, contortions of the limbs, suppression of breath and other incred- ible mortifications. . The Greenlander has his prophets, who abandon the converse of men and remain in fixed intensity of thought until they hear and see the spirits. Balaam was ‘compelled to utter an invol- untary pro hecy, and tae priests of Baal cut themselves with lances. Sometimes in our own country ai protracted meetings, men have the *j "he Shakers dance, the Sotorinedi: whirl. These seem ab- surd to us, but they disclose this, that all mankind would a%certain the will of God. From time immemorial the human race has had some intimation of an endless life. The most degraded savages and the most enlightened philosophers’ share the conviction that death docs not end all. The Hottentot and the Fiji Islander agree with Plato and Aristotle. The Esquimaux in the Arctic circle, the native of Siberia, the Australians, the Patagonians believe that the grave is the cradle of another fife, Al the religions of antiquity believe in immortality, 1 gypt, China, India, Per- So Greece, Rome, Mexico, Peru, the Tar- tar tribes of Central Asia, the negroes of Central and Western Africa and the 1sl- ands of the Pacific, all contend that while the body returns to dust, the spirit goes to God, Who gave it. The North Amer- ican Indian believes in duplicate souls, one remaining with the body, the other departing during sleep. 1t has been claimed by some that Buddhism is an ex- ception, but it is not. The teaching of Buddhism is to annihilate by the destruc- tion of desire. It is not claimed that this is successful, but that the spirit becomes incarnate in one form or another until it rests in Nirvana. The transmigration of souls was taught by the religion of Egypt, hence they embalmed their dead. Lt is found in Brahmanism, among the Greek philosophers—Pythagoras, Empedocles and Plato. By the Neo-Platonists, Jevash Cabbala, Arab philosophers, by origin and other church fathers. Also by the Gnos- ties, Manicheans, Druids and in more re- cent times by Fourier. Oljisunniy be- lieves in eternal life, and that Jesus be- came flesh, not only to disclose God, but to bring life and immortality to light. Man is a moral being, because he has, a moral nature. He has a moral sentiment, moral ideas and a moral power. The moral sentiment is the sense of right and wrong, which produces a feeling of duty and obligation. Moral ideas consist in the belief that certain acts ave right, others wrong. Moral power is the ability to do the right and not the wrong. Feeling, thought and will cannot be elimin- oo from any moral test. Even the childlike races have some conception of right and wrong, though often very much below the Christian standard; enough, however, to be classed among those who are not without God. But few, if any, have been discovered without enough moral ability to say yes to the right and no to the wrong. It is no: de- nied that the moral standard is different in each system, and that what may be right in one .may be wrong in another. The temples of India and China encourag ge vices which are too low to mention. The underlying principle of Brahnanism is to gratify every desire. . The test of Chris- tianity is the type of life it produces. The liberal, consi nt, devoted business man, father, brother, son, the position of mother, 8 , daughter, the Christian home, school, hospital and the National flag. They are the result of the code of s—the Bible. One has only to read any “of the standard works on the life of the nations in order to be convinced that 1s capal ble of producing the Ch at while every system con- , Christianity is the Suh) tw at we are com- 1t, though the indi- ianity is destined a cha ing no one is confi cations are that C to encircle the globe. 1. Christi vy is the one system that making ci ition. We lament the in- Terence and avathy on the part of Chris- tians, bs it is not to be compared with the letl of heathenism. 2. Ch is destined 2 ible, church, S luced a type of the enlightened ee and because 1t and has p that satistie renewed heart. 3. All the agg ive systems have the inspiration of a spired prophet. We the greatest of them all. Christ is ¢ the nati , end they are seeking »t only contains all 4. Christianity ] systems, but much the truth of all othe not possessed by other Be not anx1 about to-morrow. day’s dut do not Vv Bo ( d to th and could m.—Cha tand if oa WHERE IT RAINS EVERY TEN YEARS. ° Almost as Bad as vid with Variation of 176 Degrees. Should the western citizen be asked to. name the hottest and coldest places! on earth he would most likely mention Yuma, A. T., for the former, and some i spot in the northwest territory for the latter. In such selections, he would be some considerable distance out of the way, though neither has a great deal in the way of climate to recon: mend it. ; : For instance, says the Chicago Chronicle, neither the Bahrien islands in the Persian Gulf, nor Yakutsk, Si- beria, would be a wise selection ’as a place ot residence. In Bahrienyoucook and in Yakutsk you freeze. Bahrien is said to be the hottest place in the world. The thermometer often regis- ters between 110 and 120 degrees, night and day, for months at a time. This rather beats Fort Yuma, A. T., which is considered the hottest place in the United States. Yakutsk is called the coldest city in the world. The thermometer frequent- ly registers 78 degrees below zero. Though it is the coldest city in the world, Verkhoyansk, in northwestern Siberia, claims to be the coldest in- habited place on the globe, the ther- mometer registering 90 degrees below zero in January. It also claims to be the place pos- sessing the most variable climate, for while it is 90 degrees below in Janu- ary, it is 86 above in the shade in August during the day, with a drop down to freezing every midsummer night. The wettezt place in, the world is Greytown, Nicaragua, where the an- nual rainfall is 260 inches. The dryest place in the world is probably: the rainless coast of north- ern Chili. They have a shower there about once in every 10 years. Nothing grows on the desolate strip of barren coast, and the dreary towns. from which - the nitrates and, minerals mined in that region are shipped: de- pend for their subsistence. upon .food brought to them-in the ships from the fertile- strips to the north and, south | of the desert. - Northern. Russia and the shores of the French Congo are said to be the cloudiest places in the world, and for fog there is no regioa-like the Grand Banks, the southern coast of New- foundland and the , waters of Nova Scotia. This region is ne of “fog for a large part of the year, and the very home of the fog is the island of Grand Manan, at the entrance of the Bay of nay. England's Self Made Men. England, long disparaged by Ameri- can boasters, particularly by those American boasters who thing Ameri- ca the only land of unlimited oppor- tunity, is beginning to count up her self-made men. Says the St. James's Gazette: We hear so much of Amer- ican captains of industry, of John D. Rockefeller, the farm laborers son; of Edison, the newspaper boy; of Yerkes, the youthful soap jobber, that we are apt to forget British giants of ee verance. Livingstone worked as a fac tory hand until twenty-five; the man who sought and found him in the wilds was born in a workhouse. The great firm of W. H. Smith & Sons was begun by two brothers so poor that the wife of one had to go into domes- tic service. The house of Tangye be- gan irr. a. little workshop, whose rent was but 4s. a week; that of Lever Brothers had a scarcely more preten- tious start at Bolton. A coffee stall on‘a London curb was the fount and origin of Pearce & Plenty; 700 pounds once formed the total capital of the “universal” Whitely. Bass’s brewery was founded by a carrier; the Elder- Dempster’s Line of steamers by a ship’s apprentice, now Sir Alfred Jones. The inventor of Bessemer steel was once a poor, almost starving, boy in London, the poorer fcr having de- voted his labor to an invention of whose profits the government robbed him. So oné might go on throughout the whole range of our industries. It is the sergeant and the plain constable of life’s affairs- who have made this nation industrially great, and carried its flag and fame to the needs of the earth. Costly Keys. Under Philip II of Spain and his successors the ministers of the crowa were possessed of what the Spaniards termed a clave maestra, or master key, which gave them admission to the royal palaces. uring the reign of Charles II (1675-1700) gilt master keys were conferred on the nobles and gentlemen in attendance on the king. These keys corresponded with and gave admission to all the rooms of the royal palaces. They had huge oblong bow handles, which projected from the right-hand pocket and were attached to the person by a ribbon. The subordinate members of the royal household were honored with similar keys, though they were not giit. It is recorded that if one of these keys was lost the unfortunate loser had to warn a high official of the court, who at once had all the locks changed at a cost of over 10,000 Spanish dollars. This large sum Lad to be paid by the unlucky individual who lost the key. Another curious custom in vogue in the peninsula at that time was the giving of dummy keys as badges to officials and to certain nobles who held no court post as a mark of favor and distinction Won, Only to Lese. “After he married that rich widow she m nade him resign from all his clul hap—and all he married her he could pay his club for ‘Oven Work the Vogue. The open-work doilies, tablecloths, centerpieces and napkins show the vogue for onenwork designs as much as the gowns do. A Word to the Child. Train vour child to always wipe his face on his own individual towel. Be- gin when he is very small, too. It will prove a good habit to get into. Unbecoming Eyebrows. About the eyebrows which spread unbecomingly at the ends, it is better to consult a first-class operator of the electric needle. He will be able to narrow the line of the brows perma- nently. The best one can do for one- self is to remove the undesirable hair with tweezers and to keen on remov- ing it as it reappears. Peroxide of hydrogen does not destroy superflu- ous hair. It acts upon it just as it does upon the hair cof the head, bleach- ing its color. A growth of déwn upon the face or arms can be made almost imperceptible - by this method, but it would not help one out-of the diffi- culty. Renose of. Manner. .The air of distinguished repcse sc sought after by neryous society wom: en may -be acquired by any one if the; will remember that the secret of a re poseful manner- simply, means the.pow- er to totally relax. Much of your ner vous energy -is lost in nervous fidget ing, Qne beauty specialist goes .s( far as to declare that nothing Wik make wrinkles quicker than the habi of moving and jerking, and that noth ing. is- so fatal to beauty as coughing and wheezing. All such habits are really nervous complaints. To. cure all these (fidgety movements cultivats the habjt . of sitting perfectly still keeping the hands and fingers motion less as long as nossible and relax, “The Women's Clubs. The Hull House Woman's club of Chicago will soon have a clubhouse and unlike all others. it will be usec exclusively by the elub. The buildins is a gift from a generous friend of Hull house, Joseph T. Bowen, and the members hope to occupy it next fall Eight hundred people can be accom modated in the new building, which will be an English basement house In the lower part will be the library sewing and cloak rooms. kitchen anc several committee rooms. On = the floor above all will be a large assem bly room, with a gallery. The room will have stained glass windows an: decorated walls, and will be a bea ful apartment. In Kalamazoo, Mich.,, a woman har just ‘been appointed assistant stree: commissioner and the city council ha: signed a contract with ‘the Woman's Civic Improvement league for the cleaning of the business streets. the new woman commissioner to have charge of the job. y Remember Your Silhouette. The trouble with loose coats and. indeed, with the style of dress in fa vor just now is that the lines of the figure are too -apt to be neglected. Ir other words. the wearer is swampec in her own clothes. The best known of dressmakers, Redfern, said a cleve: thing in describing his methods: “Mj; specialty,” he said, “is the line of = garment. I do not want to disguise ¢ woman’s figure, but always to see it through her dress. Whether gown or coat or mantle, for street or evening wear, simnle or elaborate, I insist ap on the nreservation of certain lines. I start with the old Greek lines. I mod ify them in a thousand ways, but I never lpse them.” What, the French call the silhouette. meaning the outline of the figure, is too often neglected by dressmakers and completely oyerlooked by customers.'.No woman who thought of her silhouette would wea: a tight sheath skirt for example. I! is hideous when she is standing stil and grotesque when she is walking. It is a pity that there is no way of seek- ing a good shadow of self in every hat that it tried on.—Indianapo- lis New. The Neat Little Darn. “I love to see a neat little darn in household napery or garments of any kind,” said an observant old lady. “It always suggests to me care and neat- ness and good management. Slovens never darn tidily or take the prover- bial stitch in time that saves some oy useful possession. When I was a lit- other, and naturally he rather ferred her to the quieter sister, but on one unlucky dav for her he took a walk with her. Her sl stuek in the read and came off, @ he was hor- ribly shocked to see a great hole i the heel of her stocking. Of cours he did rot li her after th A the next day; by coincid their | ever | tle girl nurse used to tell us a story . about a beautiful and rich and alto- gether delightful and dc¢ ble young man, who liked two sisters. One was much prettier d livelier than the while walking with the nlainer sister, she, too, in some way or another lost her slinper, and this time he noticed the neatest, nicest little darn imaginable on the toe of her stocking, and loved her at once and always. Per- haps our nurse's tale has had some- thing to do with my liking for people who darn their things neatly, and I think it shows a desirable character- istic,” concluded the old lady.—Indian- apolis News. Good Designs for Needlework. A talent for adaptation, and using to the best advantage what the clever brains of others have produced, may not rank nearly as high as originality, but it often produces far better results than a poorer original. A clever neelllewoman, who has the reputation of making her own designs, said the other day that she generally looked about her and adopted any good pat- tern that she discovered on ordinary aousehold articles. “The patterns on jamask are generally well adapted to ambroidery,” she said, “and are often yeautful. Oriental rugs afford excel- ent motifs for cross-stitch effects. The lecoration on china. gives one partic- larly good color schemes, as well as graceful designs, and so on. One need never be at a loss, if one only looks about. The othér day I wished to make a white afternoon teacloth for 1 present and was rather at a loss for in idea. As usual, I strolled through the rooms looking for a suggestion, and found a most satisfactory one in a commen white crochet bedspread! I had taken up what is called Mountme- lick embroidery, consisting of raised work and curious stitching, and found ‘hat my spread was not at all dissim- lar to it in character. So I copied its nmattern approximately on my linen >anvas, using mercerized linen floss, und the result was immensely ad- nired.” 3 An Unusual Gown. An unusual gown in cream and Srown was worn ‘at’ a fashionable res- aurant at a-small dinner.’ The foun- lation was of the cream silk, and the rown taffeta was used in strappings o stripe the bodice and the upper part of the skirt. The large hat worn with this gown carried cut the brown and cream idea, it being a large round af- fair, with a wide trim that curved lown a little all the way around. and was raised from the hair by a ban. ieau. It was also set back a bit on he wearer’s hair. - which was also yrown, as were her eres. Brown O0s- rich tips, with cream-colored stems, the tins themselves shading to cream oward the centre, rodded from the crown out over the brim, and wide sash ends of brown messzaline ribbon vere brought from the back around to the front; where they hung below the nee. : The stock and yoke of the gown were neighbor—was veiled © with a curved insertion of white lace. and »verlapping this lace was a band of shaded pink roses with foliage. These Hands terminated at the six-inch bor- ler, which was formed of brown taf- feta strapoings an inch and a quarter across, each with an equal width of the cream silk between it and the 1ext strapping. A band of the pink roses and: delicate green foliage cov- red the ends of the brown strappings. These floral bands were of silk and vere curved slightly, the petals and eaves forming irregular edges. Fashion Notes. The fichu is once more trying to ef- ‘ect a firm footing In the fashion world. Colored handkerchiefs and white mes with colored borders are the only ‘orrect thing for with the shirt- waist suit this spring and summer. These come in softest mulls and lin- ns in use pale lavenders, blues, pinks, rellows, and even in reds. They are scalloped, i and lace- adged, in fast ae brac is becoming more pop r, and it is ad of ore will be worn summer wanes. At ‘et is worn on the le predicted two in- e the nt the brace- ft arm. that befc All sorts of floral fancies Pre carried out in these mouci ence is for ne-nots, ds & Zw EC 3 7. small f sies and wil« are emhroidered in mercerized which lcoks like silk in the natural colors. It se as if it is not the thing to / in the neck. are ideal for are rather > in short skirt with a sheer un- trav veling warm, but may be nn ind bolero and worn the use of jet of the exclu- PEARLS OF THOUGHT. There can be no affinity nearer than our country.—Plato. Nothing can be truly great which is net right.—Johnson. The most profound joy has more cof gravity in it.—Montaigne. Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor—Addison. He only employs his passion who can make no useofhisreason.—Cicero. Half the truth will very often amount to absolute falsehood.—Whate- ly. We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since Nature has set none. —Brand. How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill Jdeeds dome!— Shakespeare. The man who has too little conmn- fidence in himself generally has too much in cthers. “Health brings wealth,” but this is another of those rules that will not work both ways. : No man ever did a designed injury to another but at the same time he did a greater to himself. When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing he has one good reason for letting it aione. The hours we pass with happiness in view are more pleasing than thcse crowded with fruition,—Goldsmith. Many § man who has the reputation of knowing a lot manages very Suc- cessfully to conceal his knowledge. MEN GROWING TALLER. Our Ancestors of Mediaeval Times Puny Compared With Athletes of Today. A walk through the Tower of Lon- don will convince any person that the armorclad knights of mediaeval days were puny men compared with the athlete of today. The experiment of getting into suits of old armor in country houses has often proved that the “legs’ are far too short for the average man of the present generation. A well known anthropologist at the British museum says that. undoubt- edly the British race is taller than it was several hundred years ago. “I think, however, that the medi- aével man was deeper chasted and breader in the shoulders,” he said. “The old armor, if a man of good average height could squeeze into it today, would be found loose fitting in the shoulders and at the chest. “The tallest men in the world come from Galloway and Pertshire and York- shire, average is a fine one. Even that of southwest England and South Wales —5 [eet 6 inches—Is far higher than that of many of the continental na- tions. “The tallest men after tie men ot Galloway, who have an average of nearly six feet,’are the Fulahs of the French Soudan, 2 believed to hold a very good av- erage.” In London the average is as low as in South Wales, and the little man frequently asks why he should have to pay the same price for a suit of clothes as a country bred giant. This question was answered by a West End tailor “What we make by the little man we Jose on the big man,” he said; “for we ray our men extra when they are worki ng on a giant's suit. “We have been compelled on one or two occasions, however, to charge more when d@ man is exceptionally all or stout. One of our customers, who is over six feet high and 44 inch-! and 47 inches takes five and a half We guinea, and he pays it '—London Express. es around the chest round the waist, double width for. a lounge suit. ask another readily.’ Growing Pains Distract Giant. Sixteen .years old, 5 feet 9 inches in height and 150 pounds in weight, €harles Heim of New York city has, grown so fast of late that his mother believes “growing pains” have tem- porarily affected his mind. The giant boy disappeared afew days ago, and came back to his parents yesterday with tales of sleeping and eating with elephant keepers. An investigation of his stories showed that after he left home he went to Coney Island and mingled with the animal men who are preparing for the opening of the sea- son on next Saturday. He spent two days and two nights there, and then stayed a night at Brighton Beach. On Monday night he crept into the hayloft of a stable close to his own hmne, and after cutting a hole in a board so that he could look into his bedroom, he went to sleep in the hay Last night he walked into the room where his parents were grieving at his disappearance. Mrs. Heim said the boy had grown so fast that his head had bothered him as a result of the attending pains. There Is Plenty of Coal Yet. It does not look as if we shall get out of coal, at any rate this winter. It is estimated that beneath the earth’s crust there are about §,000,000,000,000 vards of coal at depths available for the use of man—in round numbers a little over 7,000,000,000,600 tons. Of this store Great Britain has available for use about a fifteenth part or, according to the best estimates, 145,000,000,000 of tons. One would har believe that Great Britain, though it hs rdly reached the f ness of its growth or the full ment of its civilization, more than 150,000,000 tons e of consumption t whole store devel consu and the Patagonians ’ i
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