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TEMPLES OF SILENCE.   Lena JENSEN.
Power silence possesses---Description of a quiet winter's morning---Glaciers---Magnificence --Beauty---Taj Mahul---Temple in India---Pyramids---Tombs of early Egyptians---Temple of Character---How built.

MAID OF GETTYSBURG.   ( poem ) Mamie STANLEY.
Jennie Wade, of Gettysburg---Killed by rebel bullet the third morning of the battle---Her lover starved in prison---Buried by Union soldiers in National Cemetery.

THREE PICTURES.   Etta R. OUR.
Each event and country has its heroes---The tyrant, Xerxes, discerns an over-ruling force--- The elements reveal to Cenute's courtiers the all-powerful one---The Christ boasts not.

WHAT MEAN THESE STONES?   Ada E. NEFF.
Comparison of living and dead---A small number have monuments---Magnificent stones mark graves of unknown people---The great are remembered by deeds---Heroes may rest in unknown graves.

PRACTICAL VALUE OF A LIBERAL EDUCATION.   Olive PELLETT.
Liberal education for all---Aid to nature's gifts---Powers developed---How?---Physical, moral, mental education---Power and position---Rapid progress of liberal educational world.

OPPORTUNITIES.   Ethel GLASS.
Opportunities for all---Each person must take some part in the commotion of the earth--- Great people use their spare moments---Famous people improve opportunities.

AMERICA AMONG THE NATIONS.   Dorthy DALLAS.
America an independent nation---Ranks high in wealth and scenery---Government of, for and by the people---The schools the Palladum of the nation---Our duty.

SONG.   Hatte HEDGES.
Echoes and memories of song---Possibilities---Varieties of song---Song a recreation--- Shipwrecks of harmony---Nature's music---Sweetest song, those that tell of saddest thoughts.

MAN'S PASSION FOR GOLD.   Edith HARTSHORN.
Desire for gold in ancient times---Discovery of Mexico and Peru---Settlement of the colonies---Men have higher motives of life than the passion for gold---Gold of happiness is our life.

ONE PICTURE.   Oscar GILBERT.
The history of man a record of progress---He continually strives to rise to a higher plain of enlightment---His struggles at last crowned with success.

BEST TIME---PAST.   Anna G. MARVIN.
Three divisions of history---Beliefs in preference to past time---Patriots of today compared with the past---Past inventions prove beneficial---Opinion of the poet.

BEST TIME---PRESENT.   F.C. HARVEY.
All believe our time best---Refrence to Divine writer---Wars, pestilences, plagues in past and future---Our time one of discovery, invention, peace and plenty---Rise and fall of nations --Victims of tyrannical kings---Consumption of missionaries.

THE BEST TIME---FUTURE.   Anna KOLB.
Examples of the past as guides---Should profit by them---Education now a necessity--- Higher education betters the government---Advancement because of missionaries---Future hope.

THE FAIRY LAMPLIGHTER.   Grace HARDING.
Mammouth Cave, Kentucky, a beautiful place---Blighted by the absence of light---Our world, once in same condition---Lamplighter---Lights---His titles---The favorite appellation.

THE CLOSING CENTURY.   Bessie BRADBURY.
Growth of our nation from the eighteenth century to the present as to education--- Discoveries and inventions---Indstrial pursuits---Natural resources---Our success--- Possibilities of the coming century.

COZY CORNERS.   Myrle McWAID.
Cozy corners of the homes, hearts and heads---Influence on the laity---The hidden charms of a personality---Essential to the welfare of the people---Resemblence to the pleasures of life.

CIVIL SERVICE.   Frank BALLARD.
Public service divided into civil, military and naval---First wishing for spoils system were unheaded---But favored by legislation they increased---Garfield's death caused reform to grow---Reform proved practical.

SOCIAL INFLUENCE OF CHURCHES.   Winifred E. BELL.
Natural disposition of man to worship a higher being---Church divided---Economic Influence upon the world, not only in the past, but in the present time.

THE FRIGID ZONE OF SCIENCE.   Ray SMITH.
The liquifaction of air caused by intense cold and compression---Air liquefies at 312 degrees below zero---Uses, first refrigeration; second, medicine; third, explosive; fourth, motive power.