I-------- EE ------ RELIGIOUS AND OTHERWISE THE RECKLESS WASTE OF MONEY AT FUNERALS CRITICIZED. A Prominent New York Girl Goes as a Mis- sionary to China--A Teetotal Provest Found ia Dundee. At a convention of teachers' associations for New York State it was complained of that 125,000 men and boys of that state alone taking correspondence courses at @ cost of $50 each, or. $6,250,000, and that sum would provide $250,000 a year for good trade schaols and more thorough training. One fault of associated bodies is the selfish en wendered. The last thing to be complained of arg correspondence schools. The majority those taking the studies are either feeling toc wid to attend school, or are unable to do so They are getting just so much cducation that would be lost otherwise. The Urban Mission of Berlin circulates ser- mons by post, and record 140,000,00¢ within twenty-five years, at a cost of about $250,000. Volunteer workers distribute then among coachmen, liotel porters, postmen, fire men, boatmen, the sick, prisoners and emi grants, Many pastors send a sermon ever) week to their and deaf parishioners, anc to scattered beyond the reach oi church - privileges A truly cfiective ari thoughtful work this is Ihe thinking world has been shocked be cause it cost $4,000,000 to bury the late Em peror of China, and ascribes it, of course, tc gilded superstition and love of barbaric splen dor. But it has been asked whether Chris titans of the enlightened world, whose re ligion is sane and wholesome, are free fron the pagan ideal? Are not funerals reckless waste and vulgar concession to ing, it well" The Attorney-General, at a jour uer in London, said thé law of pressed with inconsiderate times upon journalists, was canse the words of English more weight than those of any in the world. That was really to credit said he. But it is really a case where virtue hath not its own reward. IYifty years ago there provost in the United Kingdom Dundet claimed this distinction in the late Provost Rough, whosegwork for the temperance move ment is still remembered. Later, the 'tio of Sir Wm. Collins to the civic chair brought Glasgow into line and abstainers that forty-two Scottish burghs are pr oves by men of their class. A r student, Fraulein ( ¥rankfort, recently passed the e licentiate of theology at the U Germany. had already diploma for higher education the latter university, well and Jena, she took the theologica is now the first woman to receive 200,000,000 of the new States postage stamps were printed before the reminder was given that the use of Roman numerals, instead of the Arabic, to signate the denomination was a violation of the agree ment with the Universal Postage Union anc of treaties with other nations. Miss Ethel J. Wheeler, daughter of a distin guished lawyer, Everett P. Whecler York, has left her home of easc and luxury for the life of a missionary in China under Bishop Roots. She will apply her own private income to her mission work and to pay her OWI expenses According to Prof, latest Hittite found in Asia tion man were school view ol its is sick persons many "do nalist"s din libel whicl harshne S0me iarged be lists carrie other over journ press their was but one teetotal ele claim sided "arola n for Jen: imimaty rSiIty ¢ She as Over issue-of 1 of New of the old,) representa accom f the banjo "There has hands of any church ary manu the doctrines, spirit, with the John Garstang, one sculptures (4,000 years Minor was the first playing the bag paried by a person obviously pl I'he late Archbishop Be never been in the al 1g the Bible, to compare h of England." Critical study of the ture of the work of the York throughout the Rhodes maungurated the dress at the Hotel A sance." This the top, le of nson Ol chism of the represc Chure fe New form a lubs of Mrs Bible will women's ¢ winter Heler meetin with an ad "The le Renais vork of stor on vel of study cla The Rallying Time. Mott the n-Christ'an w a] Spe ain i preading rid otf a sciousness. The ng na in Corea; in the John R emphasized ovet ondor all ational spirit ir Phillipines of the spirit ot modern and it is a ea} tire church once sai 1 th in hi deve great lopment the ne lf-eon Yap in in Per opirit ot Turkey, vement living the iinese Empire ise the greatest 1a, God. The ing phenom n, poleon oved move the world." th g was resenting un frictions, eled magni nt of all hristianity religion impinging paralleled na but licence! _r the Ch \ d the universal r suited te to the the tional difficultie pportunity of unpar atest mov movement ligion, also an o is the only every nation in the world. It brain of India, the heart of China, and | imbition of<Japan. Now is the time for deeper con men in appeals enthusiasm, larger sacrifices, "Step Chr new on, step on ung ist's own f Sharing Our Possessiors. a beautiful little me limpid in its flow, such a spark fl drops end rainbow dow str flashing x rs-Dy stog te atch and admire 1t thre se land it resented ir pleasure. "It's on my ground, and stream," he 1. "I paid for it an Whe r my man ugh who it's my longs to mu njoying propert high stream; its and the irk freedon itever try keep be, X wholly the beauty are gone -------------------- take the to ourselves and may keep form; wd and for We enjoyment escapes We dust nust on the I part Ot home where there New Jersey "A is not a mother-in-law," ruled a chancellor home cam 1 it be-| nger ls e | Wh at was STRANGE FUNERAL CUSTOMS. That are in Vogue in Corsica Reversnce Dead. ' Whe: a Corsican women ways in a new costume, which sometimes with the poorer classes takes up most of the family savings, and, as the heat of the climate renders burial imperative within twenty-four, hours, the new gown gen commenced di rectly the dying person's illness assumes a serious form. Corsicans reverence the dead, and a striking feature in the funeral is the "improvisatores" women business it is to improvise prose-poetry to the mourners. Often this im- provising is wonderiunlly beautiful, and bres es the true feeling of sorrow. When the corpse leaves the house the wo men gather at an upper window, and, tearing out handfuls of their hair, throw it on the coffin. The rich hire women mourners, who scratch their faces, and are paid in propor- tion to the injuries they inflict on themselves n their paroxysms of grief. A Corsican widow 'years a strip of black material tied on her'éyes for a week, and dur- 'ng this period she is fed and led about by her friends. No room in her house is cleaned, and 10 fire lighted for the same period. In the semeteries are a succession of little buildings with flat roofs and high openings. These are the tombs, and inside them are rich hangings, lowers, poetry, and lamps, which the mourn- :rs place there in remembrance of the de- parted. the dics she is zl 15 Hy whose Five Minutes With Parents. If more pains were taken to win parents : of their responsibility, the future of our country. We may try methods of character-training, but it s no use 40 ignore the Divine order of human ife 'and its, best interests. The Creator the world instituted the home, founded on ithiul miarriage and parental duty, ay the raining-place for character, in duty afd dis- -ipline, both for parents and children, and first impressions and first habits ndelibly on every child responsibility and influence national importance parents desire for their children a good and successful career, and there are few fathers ind mothers who cannot be moved to live righer lives through love to their children. \ sens it would be well for ther of Consequently the of parents are of The most careless One trait children have [ndians--mothers of there than one! cteristic 1s strong Children of the Leaves" as Whittier them, very sensitive injustice Perhaps it is because in common with the boys may think This common char- of justice. The acfive 15 nore sense are to the children, past, live be in the open, and resent with such sms to them uniust y a word! T will not listen," of wnright cruelty, in eager to explamn onduct. The passing giving the case a its merits, rouses youthful breasts. the young When, without a case is decided be- aborigines feeling wv is sentence haste and de- his own or another's judgment withot deciding upon sudden antagonism 1 "They might listen heart's accusing .tomme :ntering upon its merits, tween two children or n the sense of in- justice rankles, 'it mz: ¢ in both breasts. When punishment entirely out of proportion to the offense meted, another grievance is stored up Vhen the penalty at one time far XC that of ther simply be- moods of temper vary, a keen sense of wrong is likely to be laid up wilt or, anyhow," 1s ates, 18 eds cause and occasion, parental Helping "Our "Neighbors. That which above all the juake 15 the shining earth response The ange, and stands bright and tragedy of the Italian and instant the ring Survivors was n new nor in its agnitude, Sicily been often v both in the be ss than out wide-world of itself to the need calamity unle perhaps, Calabria have sited by earth Kes, nt cently centr times and re- of the present im years old, the great aud Valparaiso, in the hemusay , have been destroyed by thing the Pierre, w all its population, Mont Pelee, in the island of ancie wince still Te San gmnmnng seismic upleeavals, to of St wip- ing out of by the eruption of Martinique At the time lsms relief the draft on d. Not only an King and earth qlee but Brit the the was and both Ol eac i se great catac the worl ufferers, and once y has r ships and the rest tributed to the of the human did Italian wa Queen of aga ympath been honore of the soon as news of it reached Rome, h, French Me diterranean the aid Europe, start "for 'the squadrons in headed at full speed for stricken country This The people, the men women, Asia; Africa and Americas, were equally prompt in their money for the purpose of food, clothing and shelter, that the widowed and the orphan- ed might nat go uncomfortable.' The there and Rus of government in offering kind, and beat with to it the as answered the old heart is wondrous surer way to make it than disclose Lal of suffering. 1 | question of the lawyer, "And who is my neigh- bor?" by including .within that intimate and friendly fellowship all those in need the world human | | | is no helpful sympa rf ee eer Eliot Memorial Bell. A beautiful bell has been placed in the bel- of Chilvers Coton Chur Nuneaton, 'ngland. It the George Eliot Memorial 1 ibed for by her admirers in Eng- 1d. + This church is the "Shep- ribed in her "Scenes of Clerical the intimate knowledge resulting rom attendance expressed in the fine words. | The inscription is: out the darkness of the land, ting in the Christ that is to be." Anne Ewans ("George Eliot") « parish #nd baptized in the church, father and her brother have been bell is one of the five lately | Coton church, besides others over three hundred is ubscr he English © en the Continent. Milan cathedral "this placard appears: Sisters so called of charity Sollicit slender arms They harbor all kinds of diseases Without any respect for religion appears suffered in a poor ers known as the Ask for small donations. They care for all kinds irrespective of creed m AMng siste translat ion: The of cases they cite coat worn by a Hudson's Bay Company's calls | penal, in every | ye arly as jarranged between th near to | { 300 mon, when | below, but the real disastrous | | | {SIX men w {begun by young people" was one of Luther's { Dawson. Still another ys was; - THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1909. NORTH-WEST MOUNTED POLICE. Romance and Adventure Provided by This Brave Force in Far West. rth-west Mounted Police have long stood between the widely-scattered settlements of hig Canadian territories and the roving hands of Indians. Not. that the Indians have. caused trouble, as théy never have, save in the instance f the Riel Rebellions, but they might have done so had the protection not been. The North-west is a land of romance and adventure. It is mixed with the soil, it savors of the fur trade'and the trapper, but this romance and adventure is not more interesting than that contributed by the Mounted Police. The story of the first encounter with the Indians of what was then a no-man's land, was told by one of its old commanders some time ago: In 1874, the Blackfoot Nation had camped up- | on the Cypress Hills, and from that eyrie their warriors kept watch upon the Canadian plains Far to the eastward they saw the smoke of camp fires at dusk, and hy day the herds of buffalo disturbed, while scouts rode in, reporting a new tribe of the Long Knives, the American cavalry, on the war trail, rapidly advancing. The Black- fect sent their women to the rear, painted for war, performed the solemnities of the war dance, appealing to the Almighty for aid in battle, and set ambush while they watched the -enemy-- vedettes, advance guard, transport, rear guard-- winding like a little snake over the waves of the golden grass. Could these be Long Knives? The strangers had no "long knives" no swords, so théy are not hostile American cavalry to be wiped out. Then it was seen they wore red coats---so belonged to the Hudson Bay tribe! That The X officer when he sat in judgment, was known to all the red Indians as the symbol of stainless honor and of fearless justice Jecause of the of the coat the terrible Blackfoot Nation came out of ambush, and gave a brotherly welcome to the North-west Mounted Police. I'he Hudson's Bay Company had ceded all Rupert's Land, 2,000,000 square miles, eto the dominion. The government hardly knew how to scarlet in life are stamped | enter upon and occupy so gigantic an empire, but acted under the advice of a retired chief commis- sioner of the company, Donald Smith, now Lord Strathcona. Three hundred young Canadians were enlisted and drilled to form a body of the North-west Mounted Police. In 1874, they marched' across the plains met the Blackfoot Nation, and formed that singular al- liance which enabled them to scize the territories without the shedding of blood. The liquor traders had been among the Blackfeet, that they were sorely reduced by hunger and pesti- lence; but at once the sale of alcohol was made that the Indians are now in numbers and in wealth. A e Blackfeet cavalry, } SO 50 increasing truce was and their ancient which put an end to inter- Indians of the plains, sup- most formidable savages on 32,000, were subdued by slemn treaties made allies of the Crees, These the numi and in se the ribal war posed to be earth, enemies, and empire A little to the southward lived the tion, ruled by the statesman, Sitting Bull, and the soldier, Spotted Tail, with 3,000 warriors In 1876, having wiped out Gen. Custer's force of American cavalry, they found .that they were suffering from too much United States army, and setired hastily' to the Canadian plains. Here they discovered a little fort, sat down in front of it and said: "Hand out your food.". "Come and take it!" said the little fort, throwing its gates open. So the Sioux swarmed into the fort, where they saw a couple of officers armed with switches who stood smiling blandly by the guardroom door. Sioux Na- All round the square were log buildings, loop-holed and bristling with rifles. neatly trapped by a a word could be days later, Sioux force was 30 men, and at They bolted. Two Bull sent word from his camp cer commanding: "Who are you, any- "North-west Mounted Police." "Well," big chi its no use killing men who are afraid to d The garrison of massacred. Sitting to the o how 2" said the not oon as the Blackfeet heard that the Sioux at Wood Mountain post they came down for a fight, told by Maj. Walsh to camp and behave themselves. The little stockade was sur- rounded by 9,000 savages, and resolved to fight eacl and out the Blackfeet stole Sitting Bull, to Walsh were but were 1 other or to join hands police. To begin with, the thirty ponies from the Sioux, and their chief, brought his complaints 'Wait," said the Majer; then told off ith order y bri the thirty stolen f In t days of Indians wipe ponies out ose Cana ads thought no more the f blackbecetles, so the riders the Blackfoot herd; not know another, they took goad meas- horses, and gaily drove them camp which seethed out in hen the policemen having 3,000 W iors stampeded the straight for the stockade, and time. Inside the fort the aded up Major going Walsh, Blackfoot three the horses horses just in 1 were par simpered because praised. "Don't you ) clared war against the mind to give each "Within an hour red their thirty Sioux 180 which the police had stolen. Such beginn of this plucky regiment. the htitb rs of this police force y small Numbers are no longer Civilization has taken the place of the warrior, but there enough the troopers t pres rve order in the ches from Winnipeg to an boundary dozen men broad the settler and all band is detailed to 1 of buffalo around the 300 miles from heir watchful and northern six sce they were know," said to be "that Na- month's Blackfeet to get the To-day comparativ heeded. painted gallant vast territory that ish Columbia, Daws mn i scattered ins watching the jntere of the government arc are of the Une s a straggling re of Lake Athabasca st civilization, his herd is some > near and under t increasing rapidly, romises to more populate the far plains Another detachment Jeceps the t pe a m the the surre nding reser it sli gh v an eye ation, territory. They nali polic Ww ith ay they are 10 need for the will ever remair posts. but 5s Of the its history North-west A Roman Catholic found a box in the cathedral, | fessiopal. It co ontained a quantity of jewelry, priest of Plymouth, Eng. near the con- Sisters of Charity |part proceeds of a robbery a fortnight before. all howling for blood, | : | Walsh, "GOD SAVE THE KING. To be Played More Briskly by the Various Bands. By desire of the King the National Anthem is to be played more briskly by military bands. The words are popularly supposed to have been written by Henry Carey; but there is another account of their origin, that they were put to music by Tulli, and were first sung in honor of Louis Quatorze at the famous Con: vent of St. Cyr; but whether the ors were composed by Madame Brinon and\afterwards translated into English is a matter of con troversy. The original words are given in this way: Grand Dieu! Sauvez le Roi! Grand Dieu! Sauyez le Roi! Sadvez le Roi! Que toujours glorieux, Louis victorieux, Voye ses ennemis Toujours soumis! The words and music thus probably became, by a singular transposition, the national hymn of the English nation. Of course, it is quite possible that Henry Carey translated them for British use. More than one attempt has been made to revise the present anthem--to do away with "confound their politics," and such-like lang- vage, but without sanction being forthcoming Lately an additional verse was submitted tc King Edward, but he was emphatic in dislike of any alteration. . Only one verse is sung ir garrison churches in Canada on Sunday--the first and least objectionable, « Attacks Upon The Bible. Christian Herald. On several occasions Chicago University has distinguished itself by advocacy of fre: thought and infidelity, disguised under the titlc of "higher criticism." Quite recently, one of the professors of the Divinity School achievec additional notoriety for that remarkable insti tution, by instructing the theological student that religion is not of divine origin, but a hu man achievement, that man has created hi own gods, that people are giving up the dde: that religion is inspired and are cultivating i just as they cultivate music, language anc other accomplishments. Of course, the purpose of this foolish argu ment is to attack the inspiration of the Scrip tures. For several years, the Chicago pro fessors have been hammering at the old book but without making visible impression. Las: spring, they united in a symposium attacking the gospel as an outworn superstition anc urging the substitution of the scientist and th« doctor for the missionary. These spiritually blind professors apparently do not comprehen that God has implanted religion in the hear: of man. Even the heathen and the naked savage, worshiping their poor idols, are bowing before an adumbration that typifies, howeve: dimly, the divinely implanted conviction with in them of a God who rewards good and pun ishes evil. One may reasonably question: the value of theological training where religiou: contention--which has been aptly called the "devil's harvest"--is industriously cultivated A Noted and Model Rector. The church in England has lost another grea worker, by the death of Rev. A. G. Girdlestone whose life-long charge has been All Saints' Clapham, London. He had strong evangelica opinions, but avoided controversy. No discon tent was ever stirred in his parish by changes ii servi &c., for all such considerations were re ferred to the church council elected by the con gregation, at his request. He expected even member to be a communicant, and every com municant to stamp his or her religious professior with the seal of some bit of real work. For ove: forty vears he spent his summer holiday in the Alps. He was the first amateur to climb an Al pine peak without an official guide. He had mam strange adventures, as a pioneer in the art, and was subjected to much criticism, but he survived both and founded a school of mountaineering The vicarage garden contains a wonderful rock ery, where he cultivated plants he brought bac} from his visits to the Alps. A Vicar- Pays Damage. interest created in the Mid England, a case at the Birmingham IF'or two days the court was crowded with clergymen and chief residents in the parish of Ullenhall, where there has been trouble over affairs. Among those who gave evidence the voung squire, the squire's wife, the secretary and agent, the schoolmistress assistant mistress, ex-churchwardens, and the r and archdeacon. The plaintiff, Arthur Coldicott, a landlord's secretary, sought damages for libel from Rev. W. F. Pelton, vicar of Ullen- hall. In a controversy over the appointment of a lady as organist the vicar published a pamphlet Coldicott of dishonorable actions. He into tears in the witness box and admitted had trouble in other parishes and having several bitter pamphlets, including one against the present Bishop of Norwich. The jury a verdict for $1,000. Lard Alverstone said he had not heard a more painful case in his fo ears at bar or bench. Much lands, assizes has been by accusing broke having issued gave The Life of a Christian. Henry Ward Beecher. A Christian life 'is laid in the loom of time to a pattern which he does not see, but God does, and his heart is a shuttle. On one side of the loom is sorrow, and on the other is joy; and the shuttle, struck alternately by each, flies back and forth, carrying the thread which is white or black, as the pattern needs. And in the end, when God shall lift up the finished garment, and all its changing hues shall glance out, it will then appear that the deep and dark colors were needful to beauty as the bright and high colors. as A Lady As Pastor. A rare distinction, been conferred upon Miss L. R. C. Smith, (sis- ter of the curate of All Saints', Southport,) in a "call" to an important Congregational church. If she accepts she will be' the first lady minister in the Congregational Church in England, although 'a Unitarian church at Leicester has a lady pastor. Miss Smith has had a brilliant career gow, several diplomas. as and "holds manoeuvres will 1808 The British Army scale. unprecedented since Two armies operate in Wiltshire in September for ten days The talk of peace is'but a dream Sunday closing in Scotland is a fact. Con- victions for drunkenness on that day are oaly one-sixtieth of the convictions for the week. By the will of the late George Herring, the Londbn Metropolitan Hospital. 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