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'miu. Waiaw Inn i FAkM Mainu Kills nimscLi- hMUES CAME FIRST BLACK AND WHITE IHWPONDhNT OVKK AN UNFOI'.TCN- I I f Clit'KCH 01' THE FUTURE, liy buorge u Lorlmer Ezeklel 13: 10. When the ship is lu leaky condition, or when au arcuy Is In a precarious state, or when there Is a sense of Insecurity In luminous, the first thing to do l.s to find out the ex tent of the damage. Know your prob lem and then you may do something for its solution. Don't walk up and lown the dock calling out that the ves sel's all right when you can tell by the water lino she's slowly siuklitK- We have tried to state the true con dition of things religiously In clliea, and we have pointed out tlie disturbing and disquieting features an they are. Hut we are no alarmists. I have not the least idea that the hip will sink or that the Lord's army will be defeat ed. I have coniidence in Hod and the future. Hut he work by means and not without them, and If we let things drift we Khali surely go on tin forks. What we mcd to do in with ail cour age mi, conllilonee undertake to rem edy the evils that exist and arrest the tendencies which every serious thinker recognizes. What Khali we attempt? The pro phet In our text exhorts us not to build with untempered mortar, but to do thoroughly what we set out to per form. Superficial remedies will not meet the newls of the hour. More robes for the clergy, vestments for choirs, steroopt icons for preachers, or chestras for worship and similar ap pliances will not eliunge the situation. There are churches where these things exist nnd where preaching has been minimized to the vanishing point, both In le.igth and in strengih, and where the congregations notwithstanding are meaner and the spiritual gains Imper ceptible. Such details fire purely a matter of nste or of ecclesiastical tradition. It was not the surplice Hurt nrole Phillips Hrooks a spiritual force, and the lack of a (ienevlan pnwn did not impair the jnilpit power of Kpurgeon. And the people are too Intelligent to be drawn to church by the rustie of silk or the gloaming of lawn, and they are not likely to stay away because the minis ter prefers to wear an ordinary frock coat. No: the efficiency of clergy and churches, believe me, is not an affair of dress or of special rite and cere monies. We know that In the physical world a (treat ileal depends on atmosphere. If the air Is close, impure, overhented, we suffer. So also, the dominant spirit of a church goes far toward her real Influence for good. Let doubt, cheer lessuess and general depression pre vail, and let the members he cold, stiff .and exclusive, and naturally the out ride public will be repelled. Why car ry our perplexities, sorrows ami trials Into an atmosphere surcharged with superciliousness, apathy and gloom? Hut let the representatives of religion be bright. Joyous and by their manner make the stranger feel that he Is wel come and that religion In really worth having, and the sanctuaries will be thronged. liemember the world progresses not !y the extraordinary but the ordinary; not by a coup de theater, but by the iiatural and commonplace. The resus citation" of evangelical religion in Amer ica does not really call for scenic dis plays, frenetic extravagances, fantas tic, erratic or erotic" beliefs, hut sim ply for the realization of the generous, warm-hearted, sympathetic and broth erly spirit which it professes to in culcate. The church has a real mission. She ought to bring (inl and man closer to gether, and man with man into fellow ship, so that Justice find rigbteousnem nay prevail. Never has she taken her self seriously ami brought things to pass without crowding her pews and blessing the whole community. Hut she can never meet the new age with small churches open altont six or neven hours in the week, fifty years from now the drawing room and Sun day houses of worship will belong to the past. There will come In their Ktead a new order of things. The pre dominant type will be something like this: A massive building, largo enough 1o be hospitable anil where pew rents will be so reasonable that persons of modest mentis can enjoy the best, and ochil discriminations cease, aud where also many pews can be free and open tovfill. The church room Itself will be dignified, simple, cheery, and will be (pen every day In the week frr rest and prayer, and with competent per sons In nltendance to give counsel or almw sympathy for those who may lie. d e!p Sunday services will com lo'ind the i.'-.t in '.he way of music and ncholarshlc. t ml yet the music will not degenerate lido concerts or thi'selinlar Ship Into pedantry and dullness. The afternoon will be given up to children for social Instruction, aided by the ateritiptlcon and Ringing,' and where (he lectures a II deal with natural as well as revealed religion. There will be a church house lu con nection wltli the church lUelf, and not. as now It generally Is, away In rome sipiallil and dirk neighborhood, and In It there will be g'.ilUI rooms for young women, with every comfort, and rlnill ir rooms for young men. and Br et r evening lu the avcUl hnll aoiue form of entertainment or means of in-1 struetlon. Tills kind of cathedral church, not off in th slums, but In the best neighborhoods, would go fat toward removing the impression that religion Is aloof from out common life, and would deepen the interest of all classes in Us progress. While in this way religion builds np Itaelf, as a social factor, It must con cern Itself with oivlc matter's. She must stand for municipal purity aud efficiency, and not withhold her out sKken support from those who are leg islating to protect women and children from the ravages of commercial greed. Never should she forget that she is dealing wtob human nature and not wirh angelic nature. Here she stands on her own ground and demonstrate ; her value to society, and when the church Is thus primarily the guardian of humanity, humanity will see to it that her Influence shall never decline. TURKU I'K TlltUN OF JKsl'H. Hy Her. H P. Nicholn And Jesus Increasid In wisdom ami stature, and in favor with God. and man. Luke ii The scripture Is almost wholly silent on the early life of Jesus Christ. The circumstance of bis birth are given with detail, the visit of the ah ep birds, atid the wise men. the premutation In the temple, the massacre of the Inno cents, nnd the flight into Egypt. Then for twelve yeais silence, and we ai- the matured isiy again up to the greal feast of his people. Then again allelic for eighteen years inore- silence lumliud by only two allusions found In the biography of his three years' ministry. "Is not this the carpenter') son?" "As his custom was, he wcnl into uie synagogue on urn oimtDj.,)00t)nK 0f last ril'ht, it was report- oa.v. jisiiis nnsx oieu a young man, and thirty years of liJg youth are tin. written, save one week at the age ol 12 and two retrospective hK-ldital gi .ino jm v BUt tv-J Hint. dieted Leu Urovvn, the neu'ro who There are three pictures suggested tfl'tilll-d I'ii t f '1 " a n Mass-y, of murder us in tlx-se unrecorded year. .Jenj ''.i the hrst degree. The general feel In his home, Ji-miis at worship, Jesus I m of not est and uneasiness eatlied at the canicntei's ben.'h. ji meeting f May-f t.'ovett, hheritl Ji-rus in his home. That home was Kr.itz, snd the county Ollk-ors at Nazareth, n qnlei town Isolntml among Lhlcli the giave siluatiou was dis the hills. Mary, the mot;,"-, a wriest LHS(!() all() p!ai.s made to protcitt all type of wnmanho.'. ke,' aloof from ,it!zong lf oUiet outbreaks are pre Its r..ughne.. g.ud-K her h sehold, .( )iUll(,,. AU saloons in the city cheriHh ng the , mystfry of her , , eeD,ng at lioy's birth. Jos jiii, geiule, oul"t, fafh . , , . , . , erlv. nrotected .,,,) c.n.,1 rr tl, littl. CoVCft aU ) isSUed hVine. And Jcfus. growing In height to manly vigor, growing in wisdom of mind and hinrt. growing in favot the love of God, the love of the child reu in the market place, the love of beasts and birds and liowers on tb Mieep s1otm of the village. Jesiis at worship. Every Sabbath he, with hlfl household, attended the plain little synagogue. At the proper ago he wmit up to Jerusalem for the great er worship, a narrative preserved foi us in striking detail by St. i.uUo;, graphic pen. In his father's tempU f-mB to have come to him the fli-M deep breath of the divine tragisly am'. triumph In which lie was to be hi-rc 1 and conqueror. Jesus at the carpenter's bench, llli fellow townsmen cried in contempt "Is mrt this the carpenter?" Tbelt scoff I his glory; the carpenter Is tin world's Savior. A pious bishop lu tin middle ages prayed often to flod tint It might be manifested to him wha: Jesus did in his youth. Then tht bishop had a dream. lie saw a car penter working at tils trado and a llttlt'hy roadside. lxy beside him gnihu-lng chips. Then aruied. came forth a maiden clothed lu green, The tiro arms and aniniuniti n tik who called them to their meal, and scjn frOiii the stores broken into last porridge before them. And the bishon night Hte still 'n the bauds of those stood looking from behind the door. I wh0 cipsed the m h. There were Then ihe little h -y said: "Shall no r, arn(,w(.menls in police co.rt t the man eat will, The gllmp.M , U(i(,r ,he a(lvi(.e ()f ihc , r, of that reality Is better than all ,1. . . a(ijounil;d couft during medieval fancies of Madonnas ami K , ' Ameolea exeiteinent ' Thrw ' unrecorded lemons an- sug There ate ahumipg rumors an 1 re g.tcd to na from these thirty years oj P rls staiteJ everv few lulnuteH. the maturing life of Jesus, the Son o There Is a genera! f eling that there Uodloiisona most ennobling for hu man living. The first; the family is divine. Th Son of God for thirty years waifr a child, a dutiful son, a brother, a uiemi 'atll,inK to repulse tills attack and her of a home. Home comes to N' w.)0 ut tl)8 negroes. There Is nuth the dearest word of human life; bun , ,, t t0 c(mfim UlL,,e rulnors cornea to mean heaven. '1 lie hard. I i t, !. in ha o-,in,l lu I,, d... f..,n.l UoWCVCT. there Is no escape from the fami'i, This morning tl.ora was no sign table: there seems nothing hi or oi,i"ilof the mob violence that agitated the hi family righteousness. Jesus provei family life to be the best school fi, rlpmlng divinity. Nothing Is more tri; hi theology than that lu these fnmlH years Jmis was saving tiie worli even by living through these dose n-hitlonsof Lfeand imikhig them buiij.,,!,.,, wele entered nnd rohhed of tlful. Thwi it was the great work i! ..a n i,... Ti,,i,r,nH .f the si-cona Adam was done rather tlia In one transcendent rnniiinit on tlij croaa; then It was tluit by one tiian'j obedience many were made righteous, then It was God enme among men 1 the glorloua, cheerful, dutiful life th!( one boy lived on to his manhood. v - Second Adam was done rather tlia 1 may not follow Jesiis In all his mini inilions. as he tenches nnd Inula an utT r a martyr's deiith; we may shari the yet more effeiiual Ulceus of reeo erliig (iod'a chlldivn to their heavenlj father, by self forgetful, o)f--a"i lfl 'In home living. Tn Make ftcoaa. Warm frh milk to nlniost boiling point, ntlr In as much pa try flour i will turn out clean from the bowR w I hoot h nvlng nnvtlilioc adhering t the aides. (toll out thill, cut lnt( rou id I, link lightly and quickly. 8eiv bvttiwl and hot. COLORtD PEOPLE ARE LEAVING EVANSVILLE FOR SAFETY. PLANS FOR PROTECTION tHf mayor IRSliFR A eRflTLAMA 7ION SITUATION IS MENACING ,'nu M llll la Rluuda Guard Around the Jail oy rH8rt In Nervous lJresd Fear Wliut Might Have Happened. Kvansvllle, Jnd.. July 7. Two iiotets were killed and four soldiers hurt bere Idstniglu. Evansvllle, I rid. , July 7. -Follow- ng, the race tints of last night, ;tbe, Bjt ua jon here Is still menacing and outbreaks are lb bio to. ooeur at any minute. The. day litis been one of "nervous dtead. Early tills afternoon the Kvansvlllle company Of the militia qui;tly as sembled around tin- jail and is wait lug there under aims. Blacks and whit,. have iis..l each other t.odav with dark looks, there bus been tiring heard in various parts of the city during the afternoon but no serious ...suits have folio a ed aud the ilriiig ha-', it is thought, been the work of t few unruly characters who-wanicd ',) foment excitement. Thue was a circus in town yester- tiny which has brought additional ! :rowds ot sympathisers with the il-'tliirerant races. The p 'lice have been it work preventing crowds from fathering. There have been dozens if personal eueountt rs on the streets. out no Cue's with weapons, in li e d to ollleets. Iletity Anns, a young ivhite man. was shot in the tbUh. 'in .1 !... .,1,, tr. 'a proclamation, In which tie says: The condition of anarchy and lawlessness that prevailed in this :omm unity last night wai a disgrace ) civilized people and a repetition )f its seandalous proceedings will not 53 tolerated. "That all congre ;attons of people, ither on street corners or other pub ic plaeos, ate hereby prohibited. 'That all persons carrying aims, Or any kind ( f weapons or any kind ' weapon for att.iek or defense or 'any'hing with which an attack or I defense could he conducted shall be arrested "That any loud, boisterous or In cendiary ta'k will constitute suflic lent yround for nrrtsts. llaptlsttown is being depopulated o:il lit. Negro fui ilisi by the doz- s are leaving, some of them taking 'eltn'C in the open cou :try. Newbuig load leading to thu west is lined will! negroes in wagons aud eutnped Nearly ail arc will bo an outbreak tonight Negroes are said to he mobli.Ing near Haptlst tinvn to ailvance on the whites and a crowd of 20!) whiles Is said to be 'citizen all of last night. liuslness Is moving In the even tenor of its' way. A trip into the, business sec, I tlon reveals that tunc'; damage was (Oie tonuinirous; stores, especially ta the hardware houses, many of gljlll OUIMIMVI""" nw,.r,.,llt.a v.. :,.,, rfliririD iha nlht shots were fired (luring the night, but so far as learned no one Was kl led although numbers of 'peoplb are said to have been wounded. Sever 1 negroes were caught, by mobs and al most beaten tt death before the po lice could save them. Fatal Fight on Steamer Mount Vernon, Ind., July 7. An excursion on the steamer, 1). A. Ms bet.Jhroke up In a big light eatly tins morning and six perons were shot. Kinney Glvetis of this city and Kiank Kirk were shot In the legs and aims. Given shot and fatally wounded a man named Drown fiom Henderson, Kr. One tuau from Henderson mimed While, was trt In the breast and fell Into the river. Ills body has not been recovered. Ttso of the Dumber shot were women. LOVK A r FA 1 K. Dattsmouth. After searching for nrarlv twenty-four huurs lor Tlioinas pietsa fjrru hand, the ollicets found tne lifeless h Kly of the u.au iu u clustei of weeds two miles south of this city. The theory advanced is that Sii; is con.e ili d himself and delioeiately took a dose if poison with suicidal intent. No marks of violence were found upon his pers n. Mood was oozing Irpt.n lis moiiUi. 1'his is supposed tc have been ca used by I lie drug. One tuysiei ions feature connected with tne tragedy Is that no bottle or other article which might h;t.ve containei prisonous lluid could Lei found near tlu; scetre. The dead man at ten led the Fourth of Julv celeb'Htiuti at Glenwood, la., yesterday, and it is said upon his return he shook hands with sev eral acquaintances and informed them that he had decided to kill biai-. self. The uiatter was later reported to the officers as there sterned to be good cause to believe that the man was Insane. This led to the search, and the finding of his body tonight .Spiers often icferted to an unfor tunate love allair and tins may have had somethng to do with his lasli deed. Coroner tioeck empanelled a jury to hold an inquest, hut owing to the absence of several witnesses the hear lug wus tOil.potieo until tomorrow. Father Seeks His Child St. Joseph, Mo., July Grrivate fleU-ctlves lrom Denver are in St. Joseph making a search fur Jean Mc Iotyre, the daughter ut a wealthy mine operator, who lives at Walseu biirg, Col. The child is sevjo years old and is said to have been kidnap ped by her mother, Mrs. Annie Mc Intyie, and W. S. Conant, a male relative, on the night of April 7. The couple wilh the child were traced to lienver Two weeks ago letters fiom Mrs. Mclntyre postmarked at St. Joseph, were received by a friend iu Walsenburg and the police heie were asked to locate the pair, hut were unable to do so. The fathei has offered a reward of $100 for the recovery of the child and S.'X) each for the atrest of Mrs. Mclntyre and Conant. The parents separated sev eral months ago and the father was given the custody of the child, which was kidnapped hy the mother, 'ihe little girl is said to be the heiress to a large ioitune. Conant is a former resident of St. Joseph. Table Rock Man nissing Table Kock, Neb., July 6. W. L, Taylor, whose failure was recently announced in the Journal, has beeD mysteriously absent from home since Friday muroiug last, and his where abouts are still unknown With nothing hut a small grip in the way of bagjage he quiet!) walked out of his home unknown to his family, went to the depot, purchased a ticket to l'awnee City, boarded train So. 11 which was quite a little late, but did u it get off at Pawnee CUy. It has since been learned that he ro'te Os far as Superior at wtiioh point lie left the train and since then no trace has been secured if him. lie spoke to no one of his departure or Ins destina tion, and it is feated by the relatives arid frlc.ds that he has became men tally unbalanced from I ho ihock of the failure and may do something rash. Any information in regard to hi ru will lie thankfully received hy his distressed wife and relatives His mysterious depar ure was not chronicled at the time, as it was hoped lie might return to Ids family as Soon as the ehock of the failure was over. Millionaire's Son Angry Denver, July G.-W. A. Clark, Jr., sou of Senator Clatk of Montana, took a ride in the patrol wagon yes terday and was a guest at the city hul behind the bars, lie was treated like an ordinary boy, although lie rebelled strongly when the jailor tinned the key. He entered the cell r jom vowing vengeance upon all con nected wltn his arrest and imprison ment. Tue charge placed against hi in was violation of the bicycle or dinance. Wl'.li K. K. I'ardie, mana ger of the ColoradoAulomoblle com pany young Clark had started for the races at Overland pa'k. In turuiug a corner they ran Into K, L. Stovell. Otllcer Vagr.ei thinking the tate at which they were foirig exceeded the speed limit, nircsted the two men. The young millionaire cursed the ofllcer. As he stepped Into the pi trul wagon ne shook his list at the policeman and said, with an oath: "I'll have you fired for ibis if 1 have to stay in towo a year" Angry Mob at Peoria J'eoila, IU,, July 0. A inoi roui- fumed of .'too white peoplo sought ttie Ife ot Minnie I'eailc. colored, who beat lrry Combs, a while bov, aged eleven ycais with a club this p. tier noon until his body was covered with deep outs and welts. The woman was uirested and taken to the police station before the mob couH reach her house. When the mob rils'Oveicd Hist sho had hed they tore down her house and threw the household fur ultute luto the Hver. DEFENSE OF THE MAN ACCIISEDOP SHOOT INCANU KILLING MttS. PULS HOPES TO SAVE HONOR WILL ATTEMPT TO PHOVE HIS MARRIAGE r'IOH TO POLS story of the Siooti"e ot Euin N'. Febru ary 2 T ! Tr p to the Hoase of Ne jhbor lj.cover Wife Dyti Hastings, Neb., July 6. Charles Tanner of Stockville, Neb., has been in Hastings the past week in the in terest of Chaales Frytovre, who is in the county jail here, held to answer the charge of having shot ani killed Mrs Tiacy Puis at Eustis. Frontier county, on February 21 Yesierday morning the prisoner was interviewed in the coonty jail. The prisoner appeared to be an intelli gent and fairly well educated man, and appu'atitly tikes hiuch pains in keeping up bis personal appearance. He is 20 years old, about live ftet eight inches and weighes About one hundred and forty-five pounds. lie is of dark complexion, clean shaven and looks about nineteen. The story is about as follows. For more than a year Frvrnyre had been keeping company with Miss Tracy Oldeuberg near Stockville. Klehara. Puis, a bachelor ranchman in the; meantime sued for the hand of the giil and became engaged to her.' They were married. Thiee diys af- ter the marriage Frymyre put a pis-, tol iu his pocket and stared for the Puis ranch. Upon reaching the house' began dsicharging the pistol in the air. Puis heard the shooting and at the same time his wife cried: "Here, comes Frymyie shootiue. "No sooner, had she spoken the words than Fry-' mrye appeared In the room. The two, men instantly grappled and a revol- ver was discharged. Frymyre then' ordered Puis to stay in the house and comiLaaded Mrs. Puis to walk out of the room and accompanying him to' the buggy. He then escorted the young woman to the vehicfe, made, her get in, and then started toward, his bachelor quaiters on Cannon Bank. They had been riding several min utes before he discoveied she was shot, lie took her at once to the oearest neighbors' house. Mrs. Puis lived five days before succumbing to the fatal shot. According to the story which be told reluctantly the shooting was' purely accidental. He said: Tracey Oldenterg and I were married four teen months before this trouble hap pended. She was teaching school in a German community last winter and her folks did not like me. They tried to separate us, not knowing our reiallousliip. Her parents, learning of bet condition at the time, at ooce compelled her to marry Puis against her will. When I heard of this I went to where she was to take her home and save her honor. But in the excitement which followed she wa accinently shot, and nobody re a'ized it until many minutes after ward. God knows I would not have harmed her intentionally. When I foun 1 she was hurt I took her to Mr. Opper's house, the nearest farm resi dence and sent for a doctor. Then I stayed by and tended her until I was placed under arrest about 9 o'clock that night. From that hour to this mv positUAi lias heeu misunderstood. When asked if a civil marriage ceremony had been performed, Fry urye said they were married accord ing to the custom ( f his people. It was then suggested that common la marriage was null and void in this slate, he sale.'. "Wait and see." Frymyie lias great hopes of being cleared when the trial comes before the district court. His parents re side at Holdrcge, but lie was reared by an uncle and aunt who reside near Sfckville. Attempt t Kidnap Weslcyan Student AOilmd. Neb . July 6, News has been received here of the attemdt madj to kidnap Miss Linnie Kack ley, foi uier resldont ot Ashland, whose parents now reside at Lena, McPnerion county. Neb. 1 The attempt to abduct Mis Kack Icy w is made, in the evening. She whs a student of the W'esleyan uni versity and as she stepped out of the back d or of her hoarding place, which was located three blocks from the mil vcr.it v. The villians were tliw.iit'd fniii canying out their' purpose liy presence Of mind of a void' man, also an inmate of the iioa'oi g h 'i-'i who was attracted by the gl rls s-rcams Their FmnilleS Destitute Harma. Wyo., July 6. Greut destl tut 'on urevails among the families! of the 2::o men who lost their lives In' ihe n ine disaster Tuesday. Charit able pcv'P't' 'n the western states are iiru'-d i'. 'nrt 'llieral assistance to ihe ma iir m llanna without delay. Kvcn i hum possible Is being done to icenvei Hi,' idi 'S if 2.'I0 mliierw still lit n i.Ih- ! tint, the, smoke" and ans m. up iirnjrt-ss very slow. It may be M n av "i liter lefore any more coiu.i s h,ill be r moved. The largest mule on earth, a 3-year-old jinnet, beloogs to Michael Murray of Hereford, Mo. She is eighteen hands, or six feet high at the shoul ders and weighs 1,703 pounds. Germany has built the finest, fastest vessels afloat, although she Is not geo graphically a maritime country, and no other country is so largely depend ent on others for the raw material which enter into the making of a ship. A duel on bicycles was recently fought in Paris. The two combatants were placed fifty yards apart aud then ordered to charge. They rode at ou another at a furious pace, hut over shot the mark and failed to meet. Wheeling quickly round, they returned to the charge, and this time came to gether with a terrific shock. Both were thrown, while the seconds, who were following behind, also on bicy cles, fell iu their turn, and both were injured. Neither of the combatants touched the other with his sword, but in fulling one ran his weapen into him- " self and his opponent injured his leg. A scientific examination of the oil deposits in the great coast prairie ex tending from Louisiana through Texas to Mexico, a distance of several hun dred miles, has recently been made hy Prof. K. T, Hill, who describes his results in the Journal of the Franklin Institute. The oil was first struck in 1901 by a drill hole driven .1,100 feet deep, through clay aud quick sand. More tlmn two hundred wells are now in operation, and one has been sunk to a depth of more than three thousand feet. Sometimes hot water is struck below the oil. and sometimes the oil itself is hot. The deeper it is found the more salt the water is. There are about two hundred thous and stars between the first and njnth, magnitude, the number of each lesser magnitude being about three times that of the next higher. Now, if this rate of increase were continued down to the seventeenth magnitude, there would be about 1,400,(K 10,000 visible. In the best modern telescopes, tele scopic observation and photographic charts s'how nothing approaching this lit umber. The latest estimate does not ' exceed one hundred million. As the Instruments reach further and further into space they find a continuous di minution lu the number of stars, thus indicating au approach to the outer limits of the stellar universe. When the natives of Paraguay dunk tea they do not pour it fioul a tea-pot jnto a cup, but till a goblet made out of a pumpkin or gourd, and then suck up the hot liquid through a long reed. Moreover, the tea which they use is altogether different from that which comes from China, being made out of the dried and roasted leaves of a palm like plant which grows in Paraguay and Southern Brazil. The natives say that this tea is an excellent remedy for fever and rheumatism, and chemi cal tests which have been made by German physicians seem to show that there is good ground for this state ment. Certain ft is that tea is widely used throughout Paraguay in cases of illness, and that, ro far as has been observed, the effects produced by it are highly beneficial. Innovations on the Farm. The prairie West is more progressive than most people believe. It takes up Ihe new ideas quickly and pushes them to the limit. In rural delivery the Slates of Kansas and Nebraska are as progressive as Ohio. Out ou the plains, 1!ki miles and more west of Kansas City and Omaha, are the rural wagons making their daily trips. The towns are mostly on the railroads running east and west. Most of the rural routes run north and south, and each rovers approximately fifty miles in the round trip, serving 100 families. Out on the edge of Kansas, close to the Oklahoma line, where only a few years ago It was a cattle range, are the white wagons, From the little town of Cald well go seven wagons, serving 70 families. Out on the ranches, where the cow-boys are watching the Im proved herds, the morning Kansas City papers wilh the full Associated Press news up to 2 o'clock In the morning are delivered at 10 a. m. Every event of Importance In the world's history of the last twenty-four hours Is thus known. Fast mall trains have brought the papers to the county seat and the carriers started about 8 a. m. on their trips. Leslie's Weekly. Cares of Great Wealth. The troubles of the rich received a forcible Illustration In a recent con versation between Senator Clark, of Montana and one of his friends, ne cordlng to the New York Times. The senator said he had once received from an English syndicate an ofTer of $80, ono.oon for his mining property. "Why didn't you take It?" asked his friend. "I want to live a little longer," was the ambiguous answer. "What do you mean?" "Well," said the senator, slowly, "It may seem strange to you, but If I ha4 sold out for fSO.OOO.OOO I wouldn't bo alive to-day, I firmly believe. .Inst think what It means to Invest JtSO.OOO, 000. All the work rind worry Buffered hy nil mankind since the death of Adam Would not be equal to the work mid worry involved In trying to la vest It right. No, air; I want to Ure, mid declined the job. I'm too old for ,vorl( IMte that." Aiiiom In CoiiK. Iloma, In the Congo Free State, has a roi,(l nearly 1"0 miles long which It p.ncJcuhlc for i.iilomoblles. I)