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:5 V L ' \ 70 ‘. , ‘ AUTOMOBILES AT A DISCOUNT. Linea Worth Preserving “laborduhwofliiefi'thuilyourcmed; Onahvutme thntmmunt only gnu. “Ammmh‘h.” “AMI“? hflflwhmmflw- "if it be tings: the New York oorrcspondentfo u- mm 139 at 3 “fed Pfice. If; Chicago papers says, that “more than 2“!) New ism W1“ fish .. . . " York people, some of them ranking as millms,‘ m rations five to such ; truism," said the priest “and I will nqt have it practiced a: my church. It is annoying and dan- erous. mo.” ‘ This ls‘a right stand to take tnd it is high time that self respecting people everywhere frown upél‘l the mice The second item is of two young people, Walter Alfitt Ind Mm Freide Vollemem. who fled from {0 higher call than came from shepherd’s steed: um mu m for the wenior’o mnce. he lupykflmb was for the chamyion’u race, mm. better thingswere louin dud! Iw.hdilwdny.whnchencekm Vehthkwoflifeishbonlo Blue Islmd,'lll., to Mflmukee, in order 0ur Outlook 10 LAWS OF LIFE. â€"Meredith Nichohon. 1‘ no a mtg‘thnn. to HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, AUGUST 31, I907 S -LETTER . Pmictndisamauer a charivari which they dim lad been planned These serenade“ may have originated in good- fellowship, but if so they have degenerated. for .the' are now the general instruments of torture and delibenhe hold-ups for honey. Gangs of boys, acme ofwhomdonotoeeanythinghnitbutfun.ptherall dieoldansaud'dimnedcyliédentobeuintoa hideousnnoiuworiethauauoldetimewar rhoopof Indianu. But the worse part of such on aid: hold tad had to pay 3311) out of his pocket for expenses is mt an isolated case. Many a minister has hired a horse and buggy to drive out to a distant place and conduct a funeral “nice at his own expense. ism mum . . r 'for the goat and give W ; {ions free to such as cannot pay, no one has any riflit to complain that they protect themâ€" selves against meanness or thoughtlegmeu. The oft repeated saying, "filth is stranger than fic- ~."tion finds no more conspicumxs illustratiflh than the wanderiul story of William Booth, the Veteran general of the Salvation Army. * - ‘ , .~ Forty years ago he was stationed in the thickly populated district of the East End of 11323301: as a Methodist minister. In the midst of that Vast crowded section he took his stand oti the street cpr. nets with no other viéihle import than the Bible he held in his haml. , y . When the Methodist conhm transfefied him to another field Booth refused Win and he was there- fore left to work on his own resources. To say these were slim is putting it mildly, but the 360d man believed in himself and yet more, he believed m God. His methods were the simplest, his aide were the crudest. but his appeals were just the sort to win' the most 'tmlovely' 01 til the great masses of Lem. The organization of an “my Was not in his first thoughts, but probably grew out of the methods which he found acceptabie. such {3 marching through the streets with a few noisy and main] instruments‘ THE ROMANCE OF FACTS. ' Gene“! Booth? Coming 9; «Want in rcfirtéh gin that ntate, the minis- m‘fia charge of five dollar: "My“ persons who withliiukdntauglntheurofthecmtno that they {allowed him‘ into the chap hall: at (henna which he hind from time to time. l! is now a nutter of history that the movement quad end that with the aid 1nd genius of his wife. who was g very remerhble woman. he orjanized the ”army." If we could turn to the English pepen of forty years ago we should see with what’ridicuk. .ms subjcc; hind: tummy me an] 2m, now [his seventy-ninth .: anothu tour of the w0rld.'~and is an in Chins» next ember .190": :52 title of "Gmera‘l" M m? 'been ridi'etiled.’ Now General Booth is to lie the guest of the University of Chicago, the Chicago Association of. Commerce, the Press Club and the Moody Institute. I But what will be the future of the Salvation Army m Booth passes away? That question is ire- may asked and remains unanswered. One thing W511 probably quickly appear, viz: that its strongest feature of organic machinery is also its weakest. 50 john as the original “Geheral” lives, the fact that he flgmel’na by the most exacting and arbitrary mili- tarism does not provoke opposition. but when his : nucceuor takes the name and exercises the absolute control vested in the office. the guest“ will lrioe. “who made you to rule over us?" The world is not growing towards the despoti of militarism. More and more it dammit h the government of affairs shall he by the people. H well as for the people. . _ singuhr receptions of this (uni! oid mi: Presidents, crowned heads z’fid royal mm have done him honor. Even Cardinals of the Catho- iic Chin-ch have written of him and his work Per- haps it may be said that there is not now in the whole world a single representative of any religious moxement \\ hose sweep of welcome and recognition is. so mm ersal. The army differs from almost all (other modern organizations in its aim to read the peopleâ€"not gheir fidssessions; f‘not yours, but youf'ds its motto. It ‘never asks» “how much can you contribme"-but “what can we do for you 2"” While its officers never fail to cry “repent." they also never fail "to enquire if the pcmtcn't £35 ‘a meal and a‘ bed. ' ’ f. The Future of the Anny Number 35 But wins: .