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Japan furnishes an example of what can be done in growing wood on small plots. That country contains twenty-one million woodlots, about three-fourths of which belong to private persons and one-fourth to communes. The average size of these plots is less than nine-tenths of an acre. They usually occupy the steepest, roughest, poorest ground. In this way land is put to use which would otherwise go to waste, and if unwooded would lose its soil by the wash of the dashing rains. The yearly yield of lumber from these woodlots is about eighty-eight feet, board measure, per acre, and three-fourths of a cord of firewood. In many cases the yield is much higher. More than half a billion trees are planted yearly to replace what is cut for lumber and fuel.
The disbursements of the United States Treasury for the fiscal year ended June 30 have aggregated $659,000,000, or $80,000,000 more than for 1907, and $4,000,000 more than for any other year since 1865, not excepting the Spanish War period. The Panama Canal during the year will have cost the Government $38,000,000, and the work in connection with the reclamation of the public lands will have cost about $13,000,000. The deficiency in the postal revenues for the present year will probably reach $13,500,000, as against $7,500,000 for 1907. This is the largest postal deficiency in the history of the Government, except in 1905, when it reached nearly $15,000,000.
By proclamation of the President a series of long but very narrow reservations of public land have been made along the boundary line between the United States and Canada. The reservation is only thirty feet wide and the length is limited only by the amount of unappropriated public land along the bound ary line. The reason for the establishment of this reserve is that the customs and immigration laws of the United States can be better enforced and the public welfare better advanced when the Federal Government has complete control of the use and occupation of lands abutting on international boundary lines.
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July 11, 1908 issue
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RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT
M. G. KAINS, M.S.
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A HOUSE OF LOVE
GRACE LIVINGSTON FURNISS
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THE OPENING VOLUNTARY
FREDERIC W. ROOT
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"WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE."
ANNIE M. PAYNE
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"THY KINGDOM COME."
PEARL BEMIS PERSONS.
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A reverend critic says that "Christian Science denies...
James D. Sherwood
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Christian Science teaches that all "reality" is of God,...
W. S. Morris, Jr.,
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Our critic is confusing the absolute with the relative, in...
Frederick Dixon
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Our reverend critic devotes most of his sermon to the...
J. V. Dittemore
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Mankind has heard enough of theory, dogma, and...
John L. Rendall
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Christian Scientists have such faith and confidence in...
Lloyd B. Coate
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There are always three stages in the development of...
Dudley Wright
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In Christian Science healing human will is silenced and...
R. Stanhope Easterday
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MRS. EDDY TAKES NO PATIENTS
Editor
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ALLEGED EARLY MANUSCRIPTS
Archibald McLellan
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UNFOUNDED CRITICISM
Archibald McLellan
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THE TENTH COMMANDMENT
Annie M. Knott
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THE WAYSHOWER'S WAY
John B. Willis
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NEW READING ROOMS IN BOSTON
Editor
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LETTERS TO OUR LEADER
with contributions from Sid. J. Hare, Elizabeth Earl Jones, Adelia W. Stebbins, Susan Corey, Louise F. Kollmorgen
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from G. M. Giffen, W. H. Hinebaugh, Downer McCord, Vestal Snyder
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About a year and a half ago, while reading Science and Health...
Mary Elizabeth Atkinson
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Having tried many other systems of healing without...
Kenneth B. Elliman
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Gratitude urges me to tell what peace and blessing have...
Eleanor M. Bruen
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It is just a year since I came into Christian Science,...
Winifred E. Hewett
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Twenty-four years ago I received a spinal injury, which...
John F. Binger
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About four years ago I began to be interested in Christian Science
Lucy M. Kendrick
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Christian Science was first brought to my notice many...
Julie Willis Read
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I wish to acknowledge with gratitude the good which...
R. A. D. Morrison
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In speaking this word for Christian Science my heart...
Thomas J. Yarbrough
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I wish to express my gratitude for Christian Science
Estelle L. Chase
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LAUS DEO
VIOLET KER SEYMER.
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from T. Rhondda Williams, C. A. Henderson