THE AMERICAN
OHUROII PROPERTY.
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Thu ouvatlon of the U at tea f
thunh i! it,v In the Pel tod Ntal.'a I
N'uml soon to become a qietlon of
rtvt public concern, lavaiiw H Is al
rtadv of gtae Importance.
The general theory of H jt taa
lion U res iproesl ci vice. Judge
Cooley, In ht"l.wof Tatlon,"ays
' The protection of the government
being thcoonfidet alien for which Uxe
are uontamliMl, mi 'nn nnrvit(
or are entitled to that protection may
ho called tin to render the eqtma
lent."
Making tho state pay tribute to the
church instead of the church to tho
state, in ft glaring self-contradiction in
the United States. It thootvtleatly a
well practically adopts tho principle
of the union of church and state. Tho
American ooplo could rise up In re
bellion airainst direct Uxfttton for
church support; hut what I exemption
from taxation but nn I mil root state sup
port of tho church, a virtual subsidy
for its support and Rt tho exponso of
tho general public? The state reim
burses ItHolf by Increasing the tax on
the non-exempted property, and ex
emptlon U as clearly a gift an would bo
tho amount of taxoB tho exempted
property should pay if it were directly
appropriated from tLo public treasury
The Btato avoids u deficiency in ttn
revenue by transferring to other prop
erty increaMcd taxation, not by the vol
untary action of tho tax payors, but by
the compulsion of law, all of which is
out of consonance with onr republican
Institutions,
True, tho church yields no private
Income to the incorporators. Neither do
many other kliulsof properly. Hut the
state cannot regulate Its action by rule
of income. Taxation would no doubt
In boiuo Instances ho a burden. Hut
'thousands of property-owners now find
It dinioult to pay their taxes, and yet
the state cannot afford to exempt them
Tax churches, and only those churches
that are able to pay taxes would dare to
bo extravagant. With ho much poverty
and want in tho community, our mug
nlfluont church edifices and massive
buildings for alleged charitable pur
poses, on our most valuable sites, aro a
burlesque on both religion and charity
Renjamln Franklin said:
"When a religion is good, I conceive
that It will support I'aolf, and when It
cannot support Itself and God does not
take care to support It, so its professors
are obliged to can tor noip irom me
civil power, it is a bad sign, l appre
knnil nf (in iuilmf a funk
bend, of its being a bad one
In 1875 President Grant sent a mes
sage to congress on the subject of a to
tal separation of church and statu, and
the taxation of church property. This
mosage would have boon more appro
priate for a governor's message ad
dressed to tho legislature of a state, for
congress had nothing to do with the
question In the exercise of Its taxing
power. Tho whole spirit of the constl
tutton h aves this question to bj det-r
mined by tho respective states, Hut
the president's setitlrnoiiU were trul)
American, lie sitld:
"In 1H50, I bellove, tho church prop
erty of ttie United Stilton which putd no
tax, municipal or state, amouutcu 10
sS7,oou,(HH. in iihi i ii i) amount nan
doubled, in 1X70 It was $:i54,4H;i,ft:n.
In llMHi, without a check, it Is safe to
say, llii property will reach a sum ex
cvedlng $.'I,(xni 000,000 So viutasum,
receiving all the protection and bene
fits of govern merit, without bearing its
proportion of the burdens and ex
jwnses of the same, will not Ire looked
upon acquiescently by those who have
to pay tho taxes. In a growing coun
try, where real estate enhances so
rapidly with time as In the United
States, there Is scarcely a limit to the
wealth that may be acquired by cor
locations, religious or otherwise, if al
lowed to retain real estate without
taxation. Toe contemplation of so
vast a property as here alluded to,
without taxation, may lead to seques
tration without constitutional author
ity, and through bloodshed. I would
suggest the taxation of all property
equally."
1'resldont Garfield said:
"The divorce between church and
state ought to bo absolute. It ought to
be so absolute that no church property
anywhere, In any state, or In tho na
tion shou'd by exempt from equal taxa
tion; for If you exempt tho property of
any church organization, to that ex
tent you impose a tax upon the whole
community."
Ttie coi.ius of 1800 has reported the
alleged value of church edifices, tho
lots on which they stand, and their
furnishings, as (187,1 (HI. The fol
lowing table shows in detail these
values whero the aggregate exceeds
$4,000,000.
All MnthorilMtft $i:tt.l;.:i4
All lloiniin ( athollet llWi.Mt
All Prepibylerlaiis , W,xiKi,oti7
All HiiptlMln , l.;i4,if7
All KpiwoimllHin.. K!.774.lx
Constri-KiitloriHlUOt 4:i,:u-.4.l7
All LuUirniiH.... X,m),M
All informed in,Ut.U-i
IineiplR of C'hrUt n.m.im
UnliHrlHtis , lo,:t,HW
All JpwIhM consrugatloDs.... V,1M:::!
UnlveritallHOt H,ni..wi
All l,nlu-d Mrethwn. 4,M;i7,M
EvanKollcul AiiwxUtlon 4,?m,iiHl)
Ocrmnn KvanKeUcal Synod 4.BI4.4W
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e tier of a vahml'!,' lrst In a neighbor
inij tMtuntr, and said. 'What Is tlie
price of such and such a pieo of laud?
'Slxlv Ihounaml dollsrs.' 'You have
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Ury' 'Ye,' 'Very goml; beiv l i
cheek."'
It was Uiucht for tho church simply
a an Invchtment.
The Protest ant opposition to the tax
atlon of church property comes almoNt
wholly from tho Episcopal Ian and Lu
theran churches, which aro more or
less related to state-supported churches
In Europe. Yet there are many advo
cates of this taxation even among the
Lutherans and Episcopalians. Hut the
Itoman Catholic church Is unanimously
opposed to any taxation of Its churches,
schools, or other property. There aro
many reasons why Its projrony should
especially bo taxed.
The property of tho Roman Catholic
church should be taxed because It Is
held, not by the people, but by tho In
dividual ecclesiastics, and la therefore
personal property exclusively under
personal control. The anathemas of
the Council of Trent, are pronounced
against all, even the clergy, who will
not resist even the state Itself, should
tho state attempt to give laymen, or
anybody but priests and bishops, the
control of church property. Tho six
toenth canon of tho Council of Haiti
more, held In 1852, shows how far a
power einlnatlng from ltomo exercises
Influence over church property In this
laud. Instances could bo cited where
the ourso of excommunication was pro
nounced against all Roman Catholics
who would not give tho blshoj) control
of certain property, and the persons
resisting the clerical usurpation were
assaulted and driven by force upon the
Habbnlh from the very threshold of the
church which they helped to build as a
house for their own worship. Tho
churches aro held in the name of the
bishops, and not In the nume of the
trustees,
It Is said that Archbishop Corrlgan
of Now York holds more than $,"0,ooo,
uoo worth or real estate in his own
name, ihero have been numerous
transfers of property from trustees to
M A. Corrlgan; not to M. A. Corrlgan,
arohblsop, nor to M. A. Corrlgan as
trusteo for tho Roman Catholic church
but simply to M. A. Corrlgan. Many
of these parcels cover whole squares of
land, and nearly all of them aro of
great value. The pope's nuncio, Bed In I,
camo to America In 18,V to wrest the
church property of Roman Catholics
from the hands of the trustees, and to
place It the hands of the bishops. It
was because the title was vested in the
hMiop that the trustees of Roman
Catholic churches In 1-H.15 prayed tho
New York state legislature for redress
and tho state answered that tho-o who
build the churches with their own
money can govern tho church tempor
alities as tlley please, and today tho
one-man power of the archblsop pre
vail over tho sovereign law of tho
state of New ork. lk'causti tho Ro
man Catholic bishops are the owners In
fee almplo of nearly all the church
property within their respective eoolo-
slttKtlci 1 Jurisdictions, and have the
legal right to control, posos and use
It by assignment, by will, or otherwise,
therefore their property should bo
taxed as personal property, or at least
bo deoded back to the worshipers.
Calvary Cemetery, though nominally
under the name or title of the trustees
of St Patrick's cathedral in Now York
City, Is In reality Archbishop Corrl
gan' own property, It is unlawful and
against the discipline of tho archbishop
to bury anywhere but in tho arch
bishop's cemetery. Like a true monop
olist he commands his own prlco and
terms for lots, graves, tombstones, fees,
etc,, for his own benefit; and I have
been told by those who ought to know
that the sums received have been at
times as much as 92000 a day. It seems
to mo that the arch bishop ought to pay
a tax on the receipts.
The legitimate result of exemption
has leen the bestowmcnt of public
money upon the Roman Catholic church
and Its Institutions. Tbe money donated
by tho city of New York to the Roman
Catholic church (to say nothing of tho
five and a half blocks of land In the
best parts of tho city, now worth
$5,000,000), from 1809 to 1883 lnclusivo,
was $8,555,250.3!); from 1884 to WXi in
clusive, $5,520,733.34. Protestant de
nominations received during the ten
years, 1884 to 1893 Inclusive, $305,4(17.34.
The New York state legislature for the
year 1890 appropriated to sixteen In-1
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The sppropi iatlon are (n violstlim
of Intth the letn-r ml the spirit of the
first amendment to tbe etmat Itut Ion, H
Is earnestly h'pil that all Paotestant
denomluatioi.s will d.-ellne to'mvlve
further appropriations from the Pnluni
ststis.so that they can xnsUtontly
protest agalntt the exeolve grants to
Roman Catholic school. As an Amer
ican I am opwd to this whole bud
no, as recognUing the principle of a
union of church and state. Iet each
church upHrl Its own schools and
charities with Its own money and not
tho money of others. Tho principle Is
wrotur. for Protestant and Romanist
alike, the latter sinning only more
shnmelessly than the former.
Wherever you look, Roman Catholic
church property Is rapidly multiplying
and where tho Protestant churches get
lots, the Roman Catholics got blocks
entire squares and hold them against
all comers. Taxation or confiscation Is
Inevitable.
Indeed, from tho earliest days of tho
church, every chapter In Its history
teaches tho lesson of the danger of Its
policy as a groat property holder with
special privileges,
Tho church derived her right to hold
property from tho civil power. Con
stantino the Great, great only In his
sins, received his title of Groat because
ho provided by a civil law, still held
snored, that temporal power of tho See
of Rome, which made Panto sing: "O
Constantino, how much evil originated,
not from thy conversion, but from that
grant from then to tho Hint pope whom
thou mildest rich." And In less thun
fifty yours from that time tho priests of
Italy had gained ono-tblrd of tho soil
of that country. In 1857 one-third of
tho real estuto in Mexico belonged to
tho church, besides more than WOO,-
000,000 of other property In that poor
country, and Its revenues wore greater
than thoHO of tho Mexican government.
When tho property of tho church was
placed upon tho market, Its actual
valuo was sufllclent to pay tho national
debt several times. In Chill the saints
nominally hold property. St. Doml-
nlck has an Income of more that $1,-
000,000 a year, for which ho is not taxed
one cent. In Catholic Guatemala the
property of the church was confiscated
In 181.1; then there was a reaction led
by tho priests, but in 1873 all the
church property of Guutomala passed
Into the hands of tho government. In
Catholic Costa Rica, Venezuela, and
Uruguay, the governments took the
property away from tho church, ap
plied it to governmental purpose, and
In sumo o ises guvo It to the people from
whom the grloHts hud stolon It.
In Canada, during tho short tlmo be
tween the settlement by tho French
and tho conquest by tho English, tho
pi lot had gotten In their hands more
than eight million aerca of land. In
tbe Province of Quebec, tho exemption
of church properly from taxation has
become a serious question. A careful
writer, In spunking recently of tho ex
communication of certain outspoken
French papers In Montreal, said:
"One of the great crimes committed
by the excommunicated papers was that
they spoke against the provision which
exempts religious corporations from
taxes Tho city of Montreal Is Invaded
by rcllglousordorsof every description,
possessing Immonso properties. These
orders buy up the most eligible sites
and erect costly edlflcos for tho propa
gation of their views. Often tho prop
erty they buy brings a handsome rev
enue to tho city in tho shape of taxes.
Hut a soon as this property is handed
over to tho Romish church R becomes
untaxable. Tho richer tbe church be
comes, the poorer tho city grows."
The greatquantlty of untaxed church
property In Montreal is driving out the
Protestant minority who pay three
fourths of tho taxes, The English In
the city own the enterprises without
which tho province of Quebec, left to
the absolute domination of eccloslasti-
clsm, would be as backward as Ecuador.
Those English enterprises aro taxed
remorselessly, Thoro Is over $100,000,-
000 worth of exempted ecclesiastical
property In the province. Tho English
have to pay for thesa exemptions by
Increased taxation. Whon the treas
ury is empty the cry Is, "Tax tho
English corporations." It Is a hopeful
sign that there Is a growing and strong
feeling among the liberal Catholics
that these rich religious corporations
should pay taxes. Another writer re
ferring to the tame provlnco, says:
There are municipalities whore 50
per cent of the whole assessed valuo Is
exempt, and others where tho value of
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oultt the church have uii that pivv
Imt? Intti its pe.Mnl deplorable Mli
Other denominations !wo are in dan
gvr of amsKnlng wcatth. Why should
not the gn at estatos of Trinity and the
Oolh'glate churches of New York city,
or Old Sout h church in Honton, held ax
investment for Income instead of duvet
chuivh umw. be taxed? The spirit of
our laws U opposed to exemptions, and
there needs to tie made out a very
strong cao to justify an exemption
from taxation of property owned by
eoriMH'dt tons llkij thono. t'ommon hon
esty should lead them to bear their
share of tlu.t taxation which provides
a constant Increase of value. All build
ings rented for income, even though
that income be devoied to religion and
charity, should be taxed.
R. J. Iing, esq., of Huston, says that
In that city tho churches hold $40,000,.
000 of exempted proparty. Tho as
sessed valuo of New York City church
projierty, exclusive of parsonage, par
sons, and priests, is $51, 21 7,525. Walk
up Broadway from Rector street and up
fifth avenue, and from these streois
alone you can see to what extent tho
church property in Now York is under
estimated. Two hundred million dol
lars is less than the actual value of tho
church property of tho metropolis, and
when wo remember that tho assosaod
value of tho real estate of Now York
City for 1804 Is but $1,1118,8.53,1:15, It can
easily be figured out how highly op
prcssivo ex imiitlon booom s to the
other taxpayer.
It is claimed that churches should bo
exempted because they Improve tho
morals of the community, and raise tho
taxable valuo of tho other property.
Thutdepundsal together on the church.
jsut udinit tnu i net Unit churches, us a
rulo, ureu public bitioflt; so are private
schools, picture galleries, and factories,
yet such property cannot bo exempted
wlthoutstarvlng tho state. Wny, thou,
should churches onjoy this favor on tho
ground of bjiiullta rendered; and other
properly, thatcun assign tho same rea
son for the favor, bo excluded there-
from? If the doctrtno of bjnelks bo
given as a reason for exemption in bo
half of religious corporations, It re
futes itself by proving more thun tho
stuto can admit. Tho New York City
commissioners of taxesaudass uuiuonts,
In tholr annual report for 1803, speak
ing of tho injustice of this spoolos of
legislation, say:
"Corporation and associations avail
thomsolves of tho jo laws andducolslon
of tho courts to e4oapj taxation to such
an extent that public authorities mut
soon demand relief from tho legisla
ture," The churches, und modest buildings
will be eroctod whore they are most
needed, Instead of building one grout
structure In a fashionable quurter,
Churuhus are said to bo public prop
erty. HutthoRo nan Cithollc churches
charge an admission foe to the ordinary
service, High money, high maun; low
money, low hush; n ) money, no mass.
In many Protestant churuhus tho pew
rents are so high and the pooplo so ex
clusive that tho public fool that they
are not wjiitod. I would jtux all char
itable institutions, hospitals und or
phanag is. Tholr work is not wholly
philanthropic. They receive revenue.
In Now York city orphanages aro
malntuinod at public oxponso, "The
Foundling A4ylum," umlor the chargo
of tho Sisters of Charity, received dur
ing tho yuars 1881 to lNM, lnclusivo,
from the "taxation and general fund,"
$2,(lsl,IM)8,(2. During the same period
and from the same fund the "New York
Cathollo Protectory" received $2, 102,
500, Many of those so-called orphans
have both parents living, and tho
church Is maintaining thorn at tho ex
pensa oi taxpayers, anu making an
enormous profit, tho appropriations ho
lng flvo times In excess of the expense
of providing for auch "orphans." It Is
a sad sight to sue a congregation whoso
combined wealth Is millions, 'pleading
exemption for tholr orphanage. My
mother was loft a widow with throo
little orphans to care for. Her little
country home was taxed. If any or
phanage should bo exempt from taxa
tion, such a one as that ought to bo,
The taxation of church property Is
In the Interest of American principles,
and in harmony with tho experience of
nations. Taxing ono man for tho propa
gation of another man's religion Is glar
ingly unjust. Moreover It It a rollo of
tho principle of tho union of church
and stato Inherited from the Old World
and not yet eliminated from our polit
ical system.
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tloiitly 1hpnaft.r or.We,l ln-r rsr
r atr atot, eatlm f.r a frien-t,
t,ik It f.r a drle Tt
litil excursion, planned fur
pleasure, had a mtt ilinatlreii Irr
iiiliiatinn, as th h.'i-ara, takinif fright,
ran awav iindi gttinif beyon I tht
eiintr.il of the eehmn, the vehicle
wn overturned an! b.th ladles in
jiired, 1H owner of the earrlif, quite
aerionaly. In the mhWt of her psin
t the at tiring carried home tiirre
flashed through her min i the thought
t tint the runaway would he given
apace in the papers. Then, as ttie
turn-out i her property, hir name
would of necessity llgure ia tho ao
count. The folKiwing morning a de
tailed account of the accident ap
peared In the paper, but by a strange
fatality that has for so long ruled her
elimination from print, her name was
not mentioned. That of her compan
ion was several times repeated in the
article, which wound up by stating
that "a friend who was In the carringo
it the time wan also injured."
HAD A
PASS.
lint round lliat I'lunlr of
t'ath Had to
(io Wltn It.
Somebody connected with one o
the stenmboat lines plying betweon
New York and Iioston guvo a country
cousin of his a puns to llnstun fr m
New York. It entitled the h.-arer to
"ono firNt-cluNS passage." I stood just
behind the owner of the p:tsa us we
lined up In front of the ticket olllon to
secure staterooms. The passholder
wanted the best on tho bout, and was
visibly annoyed when the purser said
the best rooms were all gone. All
that he o mid otter wat No, 77 and
"two dollars, please!"
"Hut I ve got u pass!" remonstrated
the owner thereof, with uu expres
sion of pained surprise.
" Two dollars, plense!"
"Well, say, you'll bear from this,"
but ho paid tho money under protest.
J hen he went down to supper de
termined to get square, lie ordered
raw oysters, Irish stew, a b.tcfsteuk,
lemon pie, loo cream, chocolate cake,
nd a pint of wine. Wh.m the Intolll-
irent waiter presented him with a
oheek for 1.30 lie almost fainted.
"Hut I've got a puss!" ho gusped,
"That pass Is to travel .on, not to
eat on or sleep on," said tho waiter,
tardoiilcally.
ilils was dreadful, but the pass-
holder paid tho check In a dazed sort
jf way, and I offered him a cigar
when wo roaehml the deck. Ho
imoked a long time and then said: -
"Cousin Harry said this was irolng
to bn a free exmirslon, but it haw al
ready cost me more than a first-class
'itllroad fure to lloston, and we're not
yet twenty-flvo miles out of New
York."
A PECULIAR STONE.
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I Called the lievll'i Looking (Unit
ami llaxalen Mia Kjraa.
"Ono of the most pnoullur of stone
formations Is the 'devil's Jooklnir
jIiins,' on the Noloehuehy river," said
t traveler to a reporter, "ft is a pall
utile which rises abruptly from tho
Iver to a height of about :'o;i fiuit.
It Is perfectly smooth ami about loo
feet wide. When the sun is at a cer
tain stage it throws a shallow over
the water and re Meet the sunbeams
is a mirror would, dii..IIni the eves
)t the beholder, sotnctlmi's almost
blinding li lut with its brlulituesa.
To go upon the river In a ski IT and
ook down Into tho water ti to see an
mage reflected, hut always distorted,
It Is this wiii I'h gave the nam t to the
formation, it til there are several In
teresting legend t connected with It,
initio of which are devotedly believed
by 'the inonntaliieiirs. One of those
which Is generally given eredenua Is
that every night at midnight, when
ttie moon shines, the devil go.is there
to bathe and make up Ills toilet, using
tho rock, with the rufleetion.of tho
uoonlig'it, as a looking glass.
I'mi-Ii I'ri'tt Kthli'i.
. A Paris boulevard paper publishes
the following dialogue between a
nember of the cabinet of ministers
ind a newspaper man who is paid by
the former under tho condition that
he must keep up the appearance of
ppotlug the minister. Hays the Jour
nalist! "('an I call you 'canailU' or
dirty hog?'" "Of course," answers
the minister, "but make a change,
jnee In a while In your epithets; put
lie down Ua 'bandit,' for Instmca.
Hut never venture to denominate ma
tsa 'ehcquiirt' (bribe taker); that is
the only epithet that makes a bad li
nrrsslon upon the public."
There Is no llrttcr Investment
Than a lot in Edgomont, South Dakota.
It's safe; cheap; can be purchased upon
easy terms ($5 to $25 a month) and will
double In value within two years.
Edgomont has railroads; cheap fuel;
a $00,000 Irrigating and Power Canal;
splendid climate and powerful backing.
Lot us send you our pamphlet, prlco
list and plat. References, too, If you
like.
THE EDGEMONTCOMPANY,
J. L. Tait, Sec'
"Neb.
Omaha,
WtOMAH t At r.
St. Mm I tt4 t-t. ttl f n
W t-'a ft tt e-t-t fit ij
lii.l ti-.iiw-rt t trait Ik Ii tha
It S.. a t pt i f r 1.. ,- tt hn
the N It i mil.- w -uta
isaiitt ISp -r. - ttt.-n . f f
tk 1 1 an I i- l la ,t ti.e a h int lh
p t- e t!i,j t ti mk-t:t her
l' -t n. pn" .iff tict ISin.-e AiWtt,
itn-pa her iliv H ttia 1 "', te,H 1t
iip k 1-t "tiai-tv ttiem up ' ant !,
It las.-t at. ui hs'.f an h.t f .r 1 ,
-frt, r t. ttia w a. an! in- I tier
ft a tw-iinv, Thai' here th e.m
man lu.tf tp i it tf the l l .rii.ats
tk.tntan ahona ltt !f.
I ri. tar I the (iett biitheiin? day,
ftnl ft ttot are 1'mty damtel
waitliijf atiit In ailk pftt.e.st,
alei'teieti waitt.-oatt. tnuU an I
gl.ivea, with nM'ietttt lUt and ahop
puiif Itmika in their hand.
ere are me ilmll tpectaele
ani.Mnf ttietn. White waiting for her
clothes to eoinit up one girl wili do
IVUarte exeri'Ue; auather will put
In the time showing her atoiit mother
how to stand,
Hooka on everything, from Sundew
ti the "ll 'svenly Twint," are s.en;
oeeaaionnlly a woman alilnes her
fitter nails while her neighbor has a
hand gins looking for boles lu her
back teeth.
The suit come up, ono by one, in
beautiful shape; an obliging little
girl assists in putting them on, and
the exquisites go ott to coma again la
a week or two aud go through tho
same performance.
After a rainy day the crowd in-dressea-to-be-prosaed
would delay the
regular business if the stall of press
men were smaller.
rottllillltla of Nurg-ery.
The extent to which the human
body can be mutilated without caus
ing death is beyond what most people
think. Of course the removal of the
largest limb is a familiar fuct, but the
successive removal of all the limbs
would in most cases result in nothing
worse than inconvenience. In the
same way the Internal organs may be
extirpated. This Is facilitated by
thoir quality. Ono ktdnoy may be re
moved and the other will make up
for the loss by doing double work.
One eye may bo taken out and the
sight remains practically unimpaired.
Large portions of tho brain may bo
removed with no injury to lifo or in
tellect. A portion of the intestines
has been cut out and the ends sewed
together and their normal action and
function have not been interfered
with.
Almeron lllifhy't Cherry Tree.
In tho management of a cherry tree
tho late Almeron Hlgby of Watson,
Wisconsin, may bo regarded by some
people as wiser In his day and genera
tion than tho youthful (leorgo Wash
ington, When 0 years old ho plan tod
cherry stone, from which grew a
tree that was known by his parents
as "the boy's tree." When it began
to bear cherries ho picked" the fruit,
sold it, and savod the money. Thl$
he continued to do during his entire
life. Lnst summer, at tho age of 59,
his health declined, and the tree also
began to decay. So he out it down,
had the trunk sawed Into boards, and
with his own hands made a-nrettv
cherry ootlln for himself. A few days
ago ho died, and all his funeral ex
po nses were paid from the money that
lie had saved as the proceeds of the
tale of the cherries.
Han Juan Valley.
The report of arelueologloal discov
eries In tho Han Juan valley Is some
thing that has been expected for a
long time past. It was known to a
few persons there were interesting
unexplored cliff dwellings there, and
doubtless many have bad the matter
In min i, Tho Han Juan is separated
from civilization by a rough country,
and tho approach, whether by way of
Colorado from the East, or through
Utah from the North and West, Is dif
ficult. The region lies la the South
western corner of Utah.
DON'T YOU HAVE TO
go 2,000 miles to reach t he land of tho
prune. Tho Irrigated lands of Idaho
along tho lino of tho Union Pacific
System aro capable of producing tho
class of fruit seen In tho Idaho Exhibit
at tho World's Fair, Why! by stopping
In Idaho you'll savo enough on your
faro and freight to make tho first pay
ment on your farm. Investigate.
Advertising matter sent on applica
tion. Address, E. L. Lomax,
G, P. &.T. A., Omaha, Nob.
Newsdealers can obtain The
American from any wholesale news-
dealor. Your customers will want It.
Put It on your counter,
Orungeineu Attention
Tho most worshipful Grand Orange
Lodge of tho United States will moot
In annual sosslon in Huston, Mass., on
Tuosdny, June 13th, 1804, at 10 o'clock
m, All State, Grand, District and
Private Lodges entitled thereto are
requested to send delegates. All pri
vate lodges under the Jurisdiction of
the Supremo Lodge are entitled to one
delegate.
Uy order of
Francis W. Camphell,
Attost, M. W. O. Master.
Thomas Milugan,
M. W. G. Secretary.
Newsdealers can obtain The
American from any wholesale news
dealer. Your customers will want It.
Put It on your counter.
Abraham Lincoln Council No. 2 Jr,
O. U. A. M. meets every Saturday
night, 8 p. m. at A. O. U. W. Hall,
Opora House building, El Paso, Tex.
Open to all visiting members.
