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FAkM Mainu Kills nimscLi-
hMUES CAME FIRST
BLACK AND WHITE
IHWPONDhNT OVKK AN
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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.
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