THE lu (jUESTIO!
DISCUSSED BY CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT. COMMISSION'S
COMMITTEE.
VERY STRONG OPPOSITION
The Commission Favor It Report
Ar of Progress, But Llttl Definite
Work I Done Msst it Niwbirn
Jun 24th. ; '
. Raleigh. The legislative leommls
don on : constitutional amendments
adjourned to bold lta third conference
at Morehead beginning at noon June
24. The laat meeting, the second
lnce the adjournment of the legisla
ture, met In Raleigh. The committee
on revenue and ' taxation through
Chairman E. 3. Justice, reported that
It is the committee' present Idea that
the constitution should be amended
to that the taxes may be levied ac
cording to the will of people as ex
pressed by statutory law, which may
be from time to time subject to
change to meet the justice of the sit
uatlon and the desires of the tax pay
era; that Amendments should be
broad enough to allow segregation In
whole or In part and that the amend
ments should be broad enough for
the general assembly to exercise ltr
discretion as to classification ol
property.
The committee also reported that
It Is considering the question ol
whether there should be limitations
on the general assembly so that ad
valorem tax rates shall not exceed
66 2-3 cents on the $100, unless by
vote of the people and that the capi
tation tax, If one be levied, shall not
exceed $2. In the event of segrega
tion, all revenue derived from real
estate shall lemaln In the county and
applied to -local purposes and that
all property used exclusively for re
ligious purpose be exempted from
taxation. '
NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Latest Nsws of Qsnsral Interest That
Has Been Collsctsd from Many
Towns and Counties.
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Mecklenburg County Fair.
That the directors of the Mecklen
burg Fair Association are fully allvr
to the educational and commercial
upbuilding of the county is evidenced
by the fact that they have offered
prizes for corn ' raising to the youth
of the county, these prizes being
worth striving for in that, the win
ners will reap at once a pecuniary re
ward, self-satisfaction and reputation,
To every boy in the county, who
lives in the rural sections, the chance
Is given to compete for these prizes.
The association will give a prize of
$10 to that boy In every township,
who is under 16 years of age, has
attended school for the past two
years and who raises the most corn,
over 40 bushels, upon one acre of
ground.
Order Issuance of Bonds.
Statesville. Iredell's board of coun
ty commissioners ordered the issu
ance of Statesville Air Line Railroad
Company bonds as follows: Turners
burg township $35,000, Eagle Mills
township $20,000, Union Grove town
ship $10,000. The bonds will be issued
in denominations of $1,000, will be
dated July la and will run 30 years
with Interest 'at six per cent. With
. the money secured by the sale of the
bonds to be Issued the work can be
pushed steadily along. Union Grove
township had voted $26,000 to the
road, but owing to the fact that the
line has been located and surveyed
in such a manner as not to touch
this township, only $10,000 of the
bonds will be asked for.
North Carolina New Enterprises.
Raleigh. The secretary of state
chartered two new corporations for
Charlotte, the Klutz Furniture Com
pany, capital $26,000 authorized, and
$2,100 subscribed by H. V. Kluti,
James T. Porter and E. R. Smith and
the Oak Hill Stock and Dairy Farm
(Inc.), capital $50,000 authorized, and
$10,000 subscribed by C. E. Mason, W.
W. Phlfer, S. W. Dandrldge, J. P. Lu
cas, S. R. Smith, B. R, Cates and H.
R. Glasscock
Route to State Guard Encampment.
Statesville. Captains R. H. De-
Butts and J. H. Wood and Major H.
S. Lead, traveling passenger agents
of the Southern Railway, and Mr. W,
W. Croxton, of the Norfolk & South
ern, spent a day in Statesville with
Quartermaster General L. B. Bristol
at his headquarters.' The object of
the gathering of the officer-railroad
men was to. figure out the routes of
the troops which will attend the en
campments of : the- " state national
guard at Camp Glenn during July and
August
' Unveil Monument at Chapel Hill,
una pel Hill: scnoiarsnip ana pa
triotism, even of kindred blood, and
one in quick sympathy of response to
the need of this commonwealth, met
beneath the oaks of the University
Campus, and sv new and perpetual
bond of union between- them and be
tween past and future was forged by
the unveiling and dedication of a he
roic monument to the sons of the
University . who abandoned ... their
books and relinquished dreams of
Civil greatness to embark on the omi
nous career of w?-r In 1S61-1865.
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-i rditor Dead.
-T r. Theodore Bryant
t " : 4it editor of North
f t his residence. No.
ii street, in his eighty-
The fuiiP
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G. T. A
1 services were
ice, conducted
pastor of Fifth
eh, assisted by
a, rector of St
rch, and tnter
I Dr. Kingsbury
1 failing health
Raleigh.. A commission Is Issued
from the office of Adjutant-General
Young, of North Carolina National
Guard to G. Freeman, of Wilson,
as captain of Company K, Second Reg
Iment, Wilson.
Newton. At th meeting of the
Board of Trustees of Catawba College
President Buchheit tendered his res
ignation and Rev, James David An
drews ot Burlington was elected pres
ident in his place.
Wilmington. With the banquet giv
en the visiting Masons by Concord
Chapter No. 1 and Plantagenet Com
mand ry No. 1 the annual meeting of
the Masons, held la this olty was
brought to a close.
Dunn. The recent rains have made
a decided change In crop prospects.
While cotton Is going to be several
weeks late there Is now a good stand
and It is growing nicely. Corn 1s
above the average and promises a fine
crop.
Ashevllle. The commencement ex
erclses of the Mission Hospital Train
ing School for Nurses was held at the
auditorium of the Young Men's Chris
train Association building when the
six members of the graduating class
received their diplomas.
Concord. At the regular monthly
meeting of the Board of School Com
mission ers the teachers of the past
session, with the exception of three
who did not apply, were re-elected for
the ensuing session. Two of the
three vacancies are due to marriage,
Superintendent Webb was re-elected
at the meeting In May.
Wilmington. The City of Wilming
ton, through the councilman m charge
of finance and accounts, has just se
cured a loan of $200,000 from the Old
Dominion Trust Company, Richmond,
Vs., to "tide over" until money be
gins to come in next Fall. The last
administration heft considerable In
debtedness that must be paid.
Statesville. Fire of incendiary or
igin destroyed between 60,000 and 65,
000 feet of fine oak, poplar and pine
lumber belonging to Mr. W. A. Mur
dock and stacked near his home eight
or ten miles northeast of Statesville.
The loss goes up into the hundreds
and is only partially covered by In
surance. Chapel Hill. Thomas Riley Marsh
all, the Hoosier Vice President of the
United States, recently lent the pres
tige of bis presence, the potency ot
his unique personality and the con
sentrated essence of his political and
social philosophy to make historic the
one hundred and eighteenth commen
cement ot the Unviersity of North
Carolina. j
Lumberton. Coroner Ranche and
County Physician Page went to Ren-
nert to hold an Inquest over the re
mains of a negro who had been killed
by a freight train. The man had been
drinking, started home and sat down
on the end of a, cross-tie, where he
remained until the train struck him.
No blame attached to any one.
Mt OMve. W. O. Pollock, a pros
perous farmer residing three miles
west ot here, sustained a heavy loss
by fire when his barn and feed stuffs,
farming implements and a horse were
all destroyed. The origin of the fire
is unknown. So far as known, no
part of the toss Is covered by Insur
ance. '
Charlotte. Professor Alexander
Graham, for twenty-five years super
intendent of the Charlotte public
schools, was recentiv superceded by
the assistant superintendent Harry
P. Harding, who has been with the
city schools for six years. The vote
on the proposition was six for Gra
ham and ten tor Harding. Superin
tendent Graham was 'ater elected as
sistant superintendent.
Raleigh. The corporation commis
sion recently began hearing in the
case of the western and central Car
olina shippers against the Southern
Railway Company for excessive freight
rate charges on shipments in and out
of the Ashevllle and Old Fort divis
ions of the Southern. Seventy-five
shippers are plaintiffs and $75,000
freight- refunds are Involved as well
as discountinuaoce ot present : high
rates. .'.
Durham. Through the acquisition
of an endowment fund of more than a
million dollars, in addition to the en
dowment already tar above the half
million mark. Trinity College became
the most heavily endowed college in
the Southern States.
Ashevllle. Sergeant Eric Besch
erer, formerly of the First Cavalry,
United States army, recently assigned
as sergeant Instructor of the North
Carolina National Guard, has arrived
m Ashevllle tor a stay of several
weeks, during which time lie will in
struct the members ot the local troop
of cavalry. - '
Taylors vrllle. A phone message re
ceived here from Hidden-He states
that fire destroyed the big barn,-two
fine mules, several hogs and a tot -of
farming Implements of . Mr. J. O.
Thomas of that place. Also a dwell
ing house nearby was consumed.
Statesville. At the meeting of the
Iredell-Alexander -Rural Letter Car
riers' Association ' held at Davis
Springs. E. R. Wilkerson, of States
vrllla, was elected president; J. g.
Keever, of Stony Point vice-president;
Forest Ward, of Statesville, -secretary;
Hiss M. A. , Nicholson, Sates
vllle, treasurer. '
Weldon. A terrible , fire several
days ago destroyed the large saw mill
of the Weldon Lumber company, to
gether with all machinery, engines,
and soven large boilers. A new toco
mo tlv a. recently purchased by the
Rompany, was badly damaged. t -
Rose Hill. The strawberry season
so far, even with the greatly reduced
crop because - of weather handicaps,
has proved exceedingly profitable to
the growers In the vicinity of Rose
Kill. - Thirty thousand crates .of ber
ries have been shipped from the little
town, 12.000 of which went North br
TEST FOR
TARIFF MEASURE
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL
TRY OUT BILL BEFORE IT
REACHES CAUCUS.
ARE OPPOSED TO CHANGES
Spirited Fight Seems Csrtaln If Som
of Schedules Ar Rsducsd a Much
A Reported May Not Adopt Some
Recommendations,
WASHINGTON SOCIETY PLAYS TENNIS
Washington. Before the tariff bill
gets to the senate Democratic cau
cus, where it wJH be submitted to the
most severe test it must meet before
its passages, it will have a parlia
mentary try-out before the senate fi
nance committee that promises to be
most rigid. Although the sub-com
mittees have been at work on various
schedules a month and are about to
finish their work, It was said that
there would be opposition by Demo
crats on the finance committee to
many changes. There is a prospect
that some of the sub-.mommlttee rec
ommendations may not be adopted.
Chairman Simmons of the finance
committee, called a meeting of the
majority members ot his committee
for Tuesday morning. He hopes to
call the meeting ot the entire com
mittee soon, but two of the sub-committees
are still struggling with
schedules and cannot complete their
work before the middle ot the week
at the earliest If some schedules
are reduced as much as is reported a
fight In committee seems certain.
The Johnson sub-committee practi
cally decided to keep the duty on cut
diamonds at 10 or 15 per cent The
Underwood bill proposes 20. Diamond
merchants tiled briefs showing It was
the opinion ot customs officials that
an Increase ot duty would increase
smuggling.
The sub-committee also decided to
modify the clause prohibiting the Im
portation of plumage of wild birds,
holding that K was to rigid.
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O HISTORIC GR.I
Flood at Battle Ground, Ind
Washes out Skeletons. V
Abovs Is a general view of the courts at the Chevy Chas club where
the Washington smart set plays tennis. The ladles sitting down ar Miss
aiadys Munn and Mrs. John U. Morebead, and the one standing Is Miss
France Llppltt, daughter of the senator from Rhode Island.
VICE RUN BY TRUST
6. J. Kneeland Gives Secrets
White Slave Traffic
Prepared for Japan's Latest Nots.
Washington. Secretary Bryan re
turned from Pittsburg and prepared
to take up with Counsellor Moore Jap
an' latest note on the California alien
land question. In the verbal ex
changes between the secretary and
ambassador CMnda and between the
ambassador and President Wilson
the state department has been to
some extent prepared for the newest
points by tbs Toklo foreign office,
But because of their novelty, such as
that relating to the fourteenth amend
ment and fine distinctions sought to
be drawn between the relative func
tions of the national and state gov
ernments the rejoinder must bs most
carefully analyzed before any seri
ous effort can be made to draft a
reply.
Weather Bureau Man Demoted.
Washington .c Thirty-one employes
of the Weather Bureau have been
reduced for connection with alleged
political activities which resulted in
the recent dismissal of Chief WIlHs
L. Moore, Henry L. Relskel, profes
sor of meteorology and D. J. Car
roll, 'chief clerk, have been suspend
ed without pay pending an Investiga
tion. Charges have been preferred
against 50 employes In all, alleging
that they procured increases In sal
ary or promotions In grade in return
for promoting Moore's candidacy for
secretary of agriculture in Presiden
Wilson's cabinet.
Jap Confer With Govsrnor,
Sacramento, Cat. Accompanied by
an interpreter, Y. Yamaguchi, mem
ber of the Japanese parliament had
an audience with Governor Johnson.
The Japanese statesman and the
governor exchanged compliments for
five minutes. Not one word was
spoken concerning the anti-alien law
although Mr. Yamagachi came from
Japan to investigate the Japanese
land ownership situation here. He
will lecture before the Japanese of
Sacramento,
Frees Wood of Conspiracy Charge.
Boston. A Jury acquitted Presi
dent William M. Wood, of the Ameri
can Woolen Company of the charge
of conspiracy to Injure the textile
strikers at Lawrence by "planting"
dynamite. A (disagreement In the
case of Frederick E. Atteaux was re
ported. Dennis J. Collins, who turn
ed state's evidence was found guilty
on two counts tand not guilty on the
other four counts of the Indictment
The first count charged conspiracy
to Injure the textile strikers and the
second to Injure unknown person.
Well Kspt Wan Dsoksd With Gems
Is Typical Owner of Resort In
Gotham, Writer Asserts Busi
ness Is Spsclallxsd.
May Carry Fight to Senate Floor,
Washington. Demands of Senator
Lane of Oregon that the Indian Af
fairs committee get complete state
ments as to how all Indian funds arS
administered before acting on the
$10,000,000 Indian appropriation bill
now. pending, has opened np an Indian
fight that probably will be carried
on to the floor ot the senate. Senator
Lane made a final demand upon the
committee of which he is a member
for complete information. -Thus far
the committee has been unbale to
furnish him with the facts.
Blackhsnd Letter To President
Youngstown, O. Giuseppe Pomare.
35 years old, was arrested here on the
charge of sending blackhand letter
to President Wilson demanding $5,-
OOq. It is said Pomare admits his
guilt, giving as a reason that he "just
wanted money." The letter was
mailed May 20, and was immediate
ly turned over to the secret .service
department Captain Washer arriv
ed In Youngstown and found Pomart
at 105 North Wall street . It U said
that Pomare ts ons of a blackhand
tand operating in this section.
New York. Commercialisation of
rice in New York city is described In
the first four studies ot the social svil
to be published by the Nsw York bu
reau of social hygiene. Th book, pub
lished by the Century company. Is en
titled "Commercialised Prostitution in
New York City" and is written by
George J. Kneeland, the chief Investi
gator of the bureau, who was also the
chief of th workers under th Chi
cago vice commission.
Ths report, which Is introduced by
a foreword by John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., says 15,000 women ot the under
world ply their trad in one borough
of New York alone. It scores ths low
danco hall as a chief cause of vice.
Poverty is given a secondary place as
a cause. Mr. Kneeland holds that of
tener women are victims in their Ig
norance, of th agents of commercial
ised vies.
It Is ldls," hs says, "to explain
away ths phenomena on th' ground
that they are the results of ths Inevit
able weakness of human nature; hu
man weakness would demand far few
er and less horribls sacrifles.
Most of the wreckage and the
worse ot it is due to persistent cun
ning and unprincipled exploitations;
to th banding together in famous en
terprises of madams, procurer, brothel
keeper and liquor vender to carry on
deliberately a cold blooded traffic for
their joint profit, a traffic, but it add
ed, from which th girl Involved pro
cures at the moat, with few excep
tions, her bare subsistence, and that
only so long a she has a trad
value."
"Prostitution ha become a busi
ness, Mr. Kneeland writes, "the pro
moters of which continually scan the
field for a location favorable to their
operations, and the field is ths entire
civilized world. No legitimate enter
prise Is more shrewdly managed from
this point of view; no variety ot trade
adjusts itself mors promptly to condi
tion, transferring its activities from
one place to another as opportunities
contract here and expand there.
While keepers" Of bouses are also
procuers, there is a group of men who
devote themselves singly to this work.
These are the typical 'white slavers,'
whose trade depends entirely upon the
existence of house of prostitution.
Ths cadet has not yet developed Into
professional nrocuer or keeper of
a house.- He enters ths business when
he either ruins a young girl for his
future profit or becomes ths lover and
protector of a prostitute already in ths
business. ; ' ,
"The women who run houses have,
as a rule, risen from the ranks. They
were once street walkers or parlor
bouse Inmates, who possess unusual
business talents. .They have learned
the scerets of the trade; they know
th kind ot inmate to get and where
to get them. They know how to deal
with customers and how to make
thsm spend money. ' '
"For several years thirty $1 houses
ot prostitution la th tenderloin have
been operated as a 'combine' under the
direct control of 15 or more men. The
Individuals in question have been in
business for many years in New York
olty as well as in other cities, both in
this country and abroad. They bay
and sell shares In these houses among
themselves, and it is seldom that an
outsider, unless he be. a relative, can
break into th circle and share In th
profits.;.:;- :.:;;-.;!. S,-
"Ths value of tbs shares depend
upon th ability of the owners to
maintain conditions in which th
nouses, oemg unmolested, ar per
mitted to make large profit.
"If a composlt photograph could bs
mads of typical owners ot vie resorts
It would show a large, well fed man
about 40 years of age and 6 fsst (
Inches In height His clothes ar th
latest cut, loud in design, and careful
ly pressed. A heavy watch chain
adorns hi waistcoat, a larg diamond
sparkle In flashy necktie, and his tat
chubby fingers ar encircled with gold
and diamond rings.
BIG FLYING BOAT IS FAST
McCormlek's Craft Covers Mors Than
Mil Mlnut In Hammonds
port, N. V, Trial.
Hammondsport, N. Y. Harold F.
McCormlek's big flying boat, designed
by Glenn H. Curtiss, was tried out
here and proved successful beyond
Curtiss' expectations. The new flying
ooat is large and heavy, as compared
with previous machines of this type
built in America. It ha a spread of
more than 40 feet and weighs, when
loaded, considerably more than a ton.
Ths power plant consists of a motor
weighing more than $00 pounds and
developing 108 horse power. It was
expected that th boat would bs sea
worthy, but not particularly fast Ths
trials proved that it would make mors
thsn a mils a mlnuts flying in the air
and about 50 mils an hour when nssd
as a motor boat In th water.
Mr. Curtiss mads the first trip, ac
companied by Lv A. Vilas of Chicago
and another flying boat owner. With
in a hundred yards from the starting
point ths boat rose from th water
and sailed gracefully down the lake.
It is said to be McCormlek's inten
tion to use the 2ylng boat between hi
office in Chicago and hi home at Lake
Forest, 25 miles distant Tbs Mc
mlck boat was taken back to ths fac
tory for the final touches and will bs
ready for shipment to Chicago within
a short tlms.
Jesuit Missionary and Indians Be
lieved ts Hsvs Been Buried
There In Seventeenth Cen
tury Sliver Cross Is
on Bonsa. .
BattI Ground. Ind. Guy Fisher, a
farmer boy living near Battle Ground,
Ind., stumbled on to a Strang find a
fsw days ago nsar the mouth of
ths Tippecanoe river that may b ot
considerable historic Interest Many
small mounds ot earth are to be seen
In ths neighborhood which Is named
for ths battle of Tippecanoe between
Gen. Harrison and Tecomseh's war
riors. Som of these have been open
ed from tlms to time, and relic of
the red men bav bsen found In them,
but ths latest I considered on ot ths
most Important yet unearthed in that
district
Recent high water from the Tippe
canoe and Wabash rivers and Wild
Cat creek inundated the entire coun
tryside. Young Fisher was going
ovsr the territory contiguous to th
joining of ths Tippecanoe and Wa
bash rivers after th water bad re
ceded and found ons of ths larger of
ths mounds washsd out .Uncovered
by the waters but undisturbed were"
five skeletons. The center on of the
quintet was larger than the others,
and upon It rested a heavy cross,
known to antiquarian as the "Jesuit
doubls cross." -
Ths young man, after making thess
discoveries, dug lower into ths spot
and found a stons pipe, several hand-
fula of arrow and spear beads of
stons, a curloua copper ornament twd
metal button and several othsr small
ton article, both Implements of
peace and war. .
It is supposed by some that the
larger of th flvs men for all th
skeletons havs been determined as
those of male was a Jesuit mission
ary, whll tbs othsr are supposed to
have been Indians. '
History tells ot the burial of De La
Salle, the French explorer who was
In the Northwest territory' in the
year 1S80, In th Mississippi river,
after he had been disappointed in his"
venture of th Griffin, which he dis
patched from th bead of Lake Huron.
The boat never returned from Its voy
age to Niagara and the Frenchman
started on ths long trip of 1.600 miles
to Canada, first going down the Mis
sissippi for supplies in two canoe
with an Indian hunter and four
French companions. It is supposed
that the skeletons found are tboss ot
men who either were In De La Salle'
party or who met the Jesuit mission
ary. Marquette, who later went
through ths section.
It Is known that Marquette was
through that part of the country and
ome student are of the opinion that
the skelentos ars thoss of four fol
lowers of th Marquatte party and ons
of the Jesuit's group of missionaries.
Som havs asserted the larger bod
la that of an Indian and not a white
man, that hs was the chief of a tribe
and had been converted to the Chris
tian religion by the Marquette party.
Ths position of the body and its con
dition seem to Indicate this, accord
ing to those holding th latter view
of the ease.
iNiiwnom
SlffMSQIOOL
IF.SS0N
(By D. O. BKLLERfl, Director of ateilng
Department The Moody Bible Institute,
Chleaco.) .
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LESSON FOR JUNE 15
JACOB BEFORE? PHARAOrl
LESSON TEXT Oea. 47:Mt ,4
GOLDEN TEXT-'To them tW love
Oed all thtnsa work together for food."
nora. s:xs. K. Y. 4
I. Jossph and Jaoob, w. 1-S. Jos
eph's meeting with his aged father is
a beautiful picture. Again vJudah
come into prominence as a sort of
ambassador In leading the old man
into this nsw land and to present him
before his son, who now Is eialud so
highly among th rulers of ths sarth.
In this b Is a prophecy of that day
when the descendants of Jacob shall
gather before Him "whom they
pierced." Joseph does not await tbslr
coming but "wsnt hp to meet them"
(46:S9) as they passed through the
province of Goshen.
It is true that Jacob and his sons
earns to Egypt at Pharaoh's personal
invitation (46:17. 18). vet there ware
sufficient reason why Jossph might
hav bean ashamed of, or fearful to
associate with, these his kinsmen.
His father was a plain countryman.
His brothers were not an altogether
reputable crowd. And. further, they
were shepherds and "svsry shepherd
is an abomination unto th Egyptian"
(4!4). But they ar bis brethren
and he was glad to confsss thsm svsn
as Christ will gladly confsss us.
Jossph' Great Wisdom. .
. , Rsd Hsns Lay Enormous Eggs.
Indiana, Ps, Eggs of an abnormal
size are being produced by Rhode
Island Red hens of this section. A hsn
belonging to M. K. Queown of Whit
township laid an egg which Is t
Inches in circumference from and to
nd and 6H inches around ths center.
FEWER ARE GOING ABROAD
8tesmshlp Agents Blams Decrease of
30 Psr Csnt Chlsfly on ths
Rscsnt Floods. . .
New York. Up to May 8 the first
cabin passenger traffic between this
port and Europe was S57 ahead of the
same period In 1912 west-bound and
138 bookings ahead east-bound. The
second-cabin passenger traffic showed
an increase of 15,000 west-bound and
2,434 east-bound from Jan. 1 to May 8
over last year. -..;.'' ;
. Traffic east-bound from now on will
be about 30 per cent below last year,
according to the steamship, agents.
This, they say, Is chiefly due to ths
number of cancellations of bookings
mad in January and February by
person who were sufferer by ths
floods In the middle west and by th
tornado in the Mississippi valley.
Generally the year of th presiden
tial election la a poor one for foreign
travel, but 1912 was a very good year.
(cancellations have been mads in
the last few days not only on the older
Atlantic liners, but also on tbs first-
cabin bookings of the Imperator,
Mauretanta and Olympla. v
Th Atlantic steamship companies
look to ths middls west and the west
for ths bulk of their summer tourist
traffic and ths sudden falling off in
the demand for cabin accommodation
and the cancellations came as a sur
prise to them. A few of ths more op
Urn Is tic sgents bops that there will
be a boom in the European tourist
traffic later on. but it will havs to
come soon to have any effect on the
trade..' ,..:". .-V;,
Conducted party travel is also light
according to ths various - tourist
agents, and there la not much hope of j
It picking up this year. The biggest 1
party this summer will be tbs 1,000
persons who are going to Zurich to
attend ths International Sunday school
convention, to be held in June. They
are to be taken over by Cook's agency
in two chartered steamships. Thsre
will be a universal exposition at
Ghent Belgium, which will draw a
number of tourists, and another expo
sition at Earl' court London.
MAY GROW "RAINLESS WHEAT"
Dr. Maedonald, South African Expert,
Claim to Hav Mad th Nsw
- Discovsry.
- London. Dr. Maedonald of , the
South African department of agricul
ture declares that it is now possible
to grow a "rainless wheat" that IS
to say, a crop upon which no single
drop of rain has fallen between seed
time and harvest : It doe not main
tain Its existence without moisture,
but all that is necessary is obtained
from the deposit of a previous season
in "moisture saving fallows."
This would mean a great boon for
those areas where the rainfall Is un
certain and Irrigation, for various rea
sons, impossible.
HOUSE FOR "CC'.YN AND OUTS"
Is
Ground for a t: 0,000 Building
, Broken In Fhllsdelphla for .
Unfertunstes. -.
Philadelphia, Pa. Ground was brok.
en hers for a building to he erected
for the "Inasmuch mission," i wbtch
was started by four converted "down
and outs" several years ago in a sec
tion of ths city known as "Hell's Half
Acre." -Ths building will be erected
on ths site where they started to care
for their fellow outcasts la two small
bouses on one of the most notorious
streets in ths city. . Bishop Rhine
lander made the consecration prayer.
Th new building, mads possible by
a gHft of $50,000, is to be a four-story
structure of brick and concrete. A
chapel seating $50 persons will take
up part of the ground floor. Baths,
a lounging room and a lunchroom will
be provided. The dormitory will oc
cupy the fourth floor, where will bs
found lockers, baths and cots to ac
commodate 150 men. Meals wIU' bs
provided at cost ,
' War on Germ Carriers. ;
- Berlin. The Berlin Clinical Weekly
announces that an unnamed donor has
promised $2,500 for the discovery ol
a method ot ridding so-called "bacillus
carriers" of ths bacilli Infesting their
systems. Casea of this kind, like that
of ths famous "Typhoid Mary" ol
New York are commoner than is sup
posed, and the persistence of typhoid
bacilli is the commonest form of at-
fllctlon. The Clinical Weekly asserts
than an analysis of all ths reported
cases In Germany shows that women
furnish 92 per cent of the totaL
French Discover Nsw Fad.
Paris. Foot-reading as an alterna
tive to palmistry Is now ths fashion
able fad In Paris. Among ths most
ardent adepts of the alleged science is
the Countesse Mellusln de la Roche
foucauld, a descendant of the great
writer. She declares many distin
guished men of letters are adherents
of ths cult of ths feet '
One of th melancholy duties
Monday Is counting the victims
F . - 'j'b "i 7 r' ' 'i," fit ' .
ol
W hav her another evidence of
Joseph's great wisdom In that bs com
mands thsm to remain in Goshen
while h go before thsm unto Pha
raoh to prepars th way. Even so
not all ar to corns at one into Pha
raoh's presence (47:1). , In Acts 7:18
w rsad that this cavalcade consisted
of three score and fifteen souls,
though this probably did not lnclud
Slavs and othsr dependent. It Is
very significant that Joseph secures
Ooshsn for his kinsfolk. It was near
to hlmsslf (45:10); it was separated
from all unnecessary contact with th
Egyptians (v. 34) and It was a place
superior to all others for thsm as
herdsmen (v. 6). Jossph anticipates
Pharaoh's qusstlon (v. 3) and gave
hi brothers Instruction how to an
swer, but thay seem to hav gons
somewhat beyond In that they make
request that they might dwell in
Ooshsn. Joseph charged them to
apeak of themselves as keepers ot
eattle. Tbs Egyptian hsld shepherd
as an abomination, a religious differ
ence. Hsnc this reply at ones set up
a wall of separation preventing lnter
marriag and kseplng ths blood of
this chosen family pur sven though
it was at th cost of a csrtaln amount
of contempt and ridicule. This Is
therefor a suggsstlon upon ths great
lesson of separation. Pharaoh's atti
tude was that of marked considera
tion, courtesy and kindliness, which
was to be expected as a fitting trib
ute to Jossph to whom both he and
all Egypt owsd so much.
II. Jscob and Phsrsoh, w. 7-12.
Pharaoh does not seem to be overly
snthusiaatlo over these five brother ,
whom Joseph presented (v. 5). Aside
from the fact that they were Joseph's
brothers, there was nothing to com
mend thsm. No more have we any
thing to commend us in the sight of
God except that we are Christ's
brethren; though that is an abund
ance. Pharaoh and Jacob.. '
The picture of old Jacob In the
presence of Pharaoh Is striking In
one respect at least, ths fact that
he who came to this land for the
blessing of the sustensnce of llfs,
should, bless Pharaoh. Jacob confer
red upon Pharaoh In his blessing more
than Pharaoh conferred upon Jacob .'
by the opening of all Egypt to him
self and his family. This act upon
th part of Jacob-1 suggestive of the
dignity of age, and significant in its
revelation of Jacob's relation to, and
knowledge, of, the purpose of God.
Pharaoh inquires as to Jacob's ags -and
hs replies that his "pilgrimage" ''
had been 120 years. Hs who had
sntered Into all the rights of th birth
right and the blessings of God's cove- "
cant people, exercised those rights '
when hs stands before th great Pha- ,
raoh. He had caught th truth that
an earthly life is but a pilgrimage. '
We seek to strike deeply the roots
of our present life In this present - -age.
Jacob's life, much longer than .
our average life, is but a bandbreadth
upon ths yardstick of eternity and as
a vapor that soon passes away (Jas,
4:14). Nor was Jacob's llfs long by
comparison with that of his ancestors
(v. 9). Verily,: this is a lesson we
need today "that we may get us a
heart of wisdoIn., (Ps. 90:13. H. V.) ,
Men, like Jacob, who live by faith In
God occupy the place of true author
ity and power In the world. They
may stand in the presence of kings
and all of earth's greatest and by
right confer blessings ,upon them. -
Conclusion. Not included In our -lesson,
but in this section, we bsvs
set before us Jossph's administration
of the affairs ot Egypt which gtvs us
further Insight into the greatness of
this man, In ths doss of ths lesson .
proper, verses 11-11, there ts presented
to us Joseph's provision for his father
and his brethren. This is a type of ;
Christ in His cars for us. In th
midst of dangers (Jno. 10:10, 28) and
famine, and misunderstanding He is :
ever near. Joseph is now satisfied for
be has his own near unto him. Jesus
Christ Is longing, that wa may be with -Him
in that place which He has gone
to prepare for us, John 14:2, 3, 17, 24, '
though Hs has not left na comfortless
during thsss days of separation, John
14:23. Joseph fed his brothers on
ths best the land afforded (v. 11), even
so- we may have th old corn (Josh.
5:11) end ths new. wine (Pro v. 3:9,
10). We thus ses how God is trV
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