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Show On Cutting Sermons Short. "It'B a fact," remarked a well-known local minister of long experience the other day, "that a minister cannot be successful these days unless he holds his sermons down to reasonable brevity. brev-ity. These Jokes you hear about long sermons aren't Just Jokes. The people peo-ple of to-day won't put up with long sermons. I found that out a number of years ago in another city. I -had noticed that the . congregation had been gradually thinning ont, and I began to preach sermons of not more than 30 minutes In length. The regular regu-lar attendance at church Increased fully one-half In less than two months. I think a minister should hold his sermons down, no matter how many good things he has to say, because ho can thon get a bigger audience and consequently accomplish more." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Eating and Drinking. It Is estimated that a canary blri eats annually 234 times lie weight in seeds, etc. Don't you believe it? Certainly. Cer-tainly. Believe anything commands the New York Press. Take it on trust What does man do? The English Eng-lish and French army and navy testa show that the food, water and air which a man receives amount In the aggregate to more thari"?,000 pounds a year; that Is, to about a ton and a half, or more than 20 times his weight. The testa for men are sctur.l; those for birds are all guess. A canary bird wastes a sreat deal moro than It eats. Soldiers and sailors are not allowed to indulge in this diversion. |