Hospitals in our great cities are sad places to visit. Three-fourths of the patients lying on those snow-white beds are women and girls. Why should this be the case ? Because they have neglected themselves. Every one of these patients in the hospital beds had plenty of warning in that bearing-down feeling, pain at the left or right of the womb, nervous exhaustion, pain in the small of the back. All of these things are indications of an unhealthy condition of the ovaries or womb. What a terrifying thought! these poor souls are lying there on those hospital beds awaiting a fearful operation. I*o not drag along at home or in your place of employ ment until you are obliged to go to the hospital and submit to an examination and possible operation. Build up the female system, cure the derangements which have signified them selves by danger signals, and remember that Lydia E. Pinkhain’s Vegetable Compound has saved tfiousands of women from the hospital. 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Branch yffleps; Chicago, Cleveland ami Detroit. AMAZING PIMDI( TION BY ONE WHO WATCHES SIGNS OF TIMES. HUlinp Thohurn Sayn lli« United Otnnsif and Knglnud Are to lt» tlio World Power* of the Future—Til,* World's Progress. An address delivered in Chicago a few days ago by Bishop James M. Thorburn, of the Methodist Episcopal church, who has for years been at the head of that church in India, has at tracted considerable attention and aroused much discussion in religious and other circles. The bishop rules the destinies of thousands of Methodists in southern Asia. His acquaintance with European and Asiatic politics is thor ough and far-reaching and this gives weight to his momentous statements. The prelate predicted that astonishing changes in the map of the world were impending. New empires, he said, would arise, and there would be such alterations of old lines that the gecg BISHOP JAMES M. THOBURN. raphics of today will be laughed at a few years hence. Germany, England, and the United States are to be the great world powers. The \\ orld's Progress “During the 40 years that I have been in India many things nave hap pened,” said the bishop. ‘‘The world has progressed and the serfs have been emancipated, Italy set free, Louis Na poleon and his system overthrown, Germany consolidated, and. what Is unobserved by most people, a new na tion has arisen in the world—Austra lia. In Asia the church has advanced the cross and the crescent has retreated and there are now thousands of Chris tian converts who were once Moham medans. I thank Cod every time I hear of Russia annexing more of Asia. But there is a neV power entering Asia, and hardly anybody seems to no tice it. Many significant things will result from what has just passed be tween Emperor William and his uncle, Edward VII. of England. Before many years the old Austrian emperor will die. The old second-rate empire will then fall to pieces, and what will be more natural than that Germany should possess the part of it which now borders on the Adriatic? The German empire will then be continu ous from the North Sea to the Mediter ranean. Germany has already built railroads in Asia Minor between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers European governments do not build railroads unless they intend to secure possession. Great Empire* of the Futur . "The time of great empires is com ing. There will be the I'nited States of North America and the United States of South America. There will be the United States of Europe, the Russian Republic, the empire of China, the em pire of the Indies, the German empire, and, last of all, a mighty republic in the island of Australia. » nen peace is restored tne c mnese will embrace Christianity as no nation ever did before. The millions in that walled empire will pour out into Bor neo, Africa and perhaps South Amer ica. They will not bother the United States, for the Chinese like tropical climates. In Borneo, with its 200.000 square miles of land and only 1,500,0)0 inhabitants, there will be ample room. The population of that island is also kept down by the custom of compell ing each man before being eligible for marriage to kill some person and se cure a polished skull for his bride's parlor ornament.” ' Edgar Saltus, the great journalist who has circled the globe many times, and who is an authority on political conditions in every country, laughs at Bishop Thoburn's prophesy, lie says: "The bishop is a great man from a re ligious point of view, but he is out of his element when he talks world pol itics. His prejudice will not permit him to see that Russia will within the next fifty years absorb all of Europe, Asia and Africa, and that Great Brit ain, Germany and France will become parts of the dominions of the Musco vites. So far as his references to this side of the world and to Australia are concerned he is correct. Australia will become the British empire of the fu ture, while Albion, Erin. Scotia and Cambria will settle down to Russian vassalage.” IiL*< Edward VII'* «,r«‘»t Empire. Exclusive of Egypt, the area of Kin ; I Edward’s empire is 11,773,000 sqnar miles, including Egypt, ah lit 13.000, 000 square miles, or much over one fourth of the land of the globe. Th wealth of the United Kingdom alone, apart from that of India, Australia. Canada and other possessions, is about $60,000,000,000. or second only to that of the United States. The population of the empire aggregates some 400,000, 000, being comparable with that of the I empire of China. TWO PUCN ACIO'JS JUDGES. A Settle n Con trorer»y with Thnlr FUti. Recent dispatches contained an ac count of a sensational occurrence in the district court at Watertown, S. D. In the trial of a divorce case one of the attorneys, George W. C'as?, said something offensive to Jtuige Julian Bennett, who sat on the bench. There upon Judge Ilennett responded hot.y and Mr. Case said: "Judge Bennett, you can address me in that maimer from the bench, but were not court in session I would not tolerate such a statement from you.” Springing to hi3 feet, Judge Bennett exclaimed: "This court is adjourned!” and with tint Knocked Mr. Case down with a blow iu the face. And the story is doubly interesting as showing how history will repeal it self, though we regard the Kansas in cident which we are about to relate as the funnier of the two. In 1868, the famous Judge Joyce was a justice of the peace in Hays City, ami, as the only judicial officer in the region, ad ministered the law with an autocratic hand. In the town there were two law yers, only one of whom has to do w.th this story. His name was Ryan, and some months before he and JudgJ Joyce had quarreled, with the result of Ryan being disbarred from practice on the ground that he had been a Con federate soldier whose disabilities had never been removed. Of course the fact of Ryan's being a Confederate sol dier was not cause for his disbarment, and. anyway, Joyce had no right to disbar him, but everything went In the west in those days, and for some months Ryan had to stay out of court. However, after Joyce had consid r d his enemy sufficiently puni.-hed he sent word to him that lie could come into court. The next case which came up for trial was against a fellow who ha 1 stolen a cow, and he engaged Ryan to defend him. In due course the prose cution made its case a good one. by tha way, but while the witnesses were be |’ng examined Ryan sat with his hat , pulled down over his eyes, saying j never a word. At last, when the guilt j of the prisoner had been establishej I beyond all doubt, the prosecution rested, and. turning to Ryan. Judge Joyce said: "The defense can now take the I stand.” wnat the h—is the use? a man can't get justice in this court," re sponded Ryan. "Jiisther Constable, adjcorn the | court!” shouted Joyce, springing to hi? I feet. “Come outside, ye monkey faced hellion, an' I'll give ye justice!” And whereupon everybody ad journed to the outside, where Joyce and Ryan went at it hammer and tongs, with the result that Joyce re ceived a beautiful licking. Latn*, when the blood had been washed off and considerable red liquor washed down, Joyce reconvened the court and sol emnly gave judgment for the defend ant. “But, here!" shouted the lawyer for the prosecution. “We proved that man guilty and he ought to be sentenced.” “Will ye hould yer yawp?" sternly responded his honor. “The court find* itself reversed an’ Misther Ryan win* on appeal.” COUNTESS DE GREY. The death of Queen Victoria and the consequent accession of the former Princess of Wales to the p'aca of first lady in the kingdom will have the ffect of restoring one of the beautiful women of Kngland to the place at court which she forfeited recently for a singular reason. It is only a few months ago that the Countess do Grey, who had been one of the most popular women at court functions, was in formed that her presence at drawing rooms, balls and other social affairs was no longer tolerable, because shr had opened an afternoon tea resort. Her purpose in indulging in trade was j to render herself financially indepen dent of her husband and his parents, who had grown weary of paying h> r debts. Commendable as this scheme was, it conflicted with the queen's strict rule that titled women who em bark in trade should be subject to os tracism from court. It is confidently predicted now, how ever, that Lady de Grey will not only CO I .'NT ESS DR GREY, return tu court, under Quern Alexan | dra, with whom slio 1ms been on terms of ufffction and intimacy for many years, but that she will be one of it< most prominent members, and that she will bettime lady of the bed chamber to the new queen. She is one of the ! most vivacious women in England's highest circle. A patron of music, sh ' ; is known to have paid the de Reszkes $ 1,000 per hour each for appearing at ! her afternoon musicales. It is this ( leckless extravagance that has worried her husband's rich family, tha de Greys, and depleted their pocketbook. The Welcome Smile The thing that goes the farthest toward making life worth while, That costs the least and does the most is just a pleasant smile. The smile that bubbles from a heart that loves its fel low men. Will drive away the clouds of gloom and coax the sun again, Is full of worth and goodness, too, with manly kindness blent— It’s worth a million dollars and it doesn't cost a cent. There is no room for sadness when we see a cheery smile— It always has the same good look—it's never out of style— It nerves us on to try again, when failures make us blue; The dimples of encouragement arc good for me and you. It pays a higher interest, for it is merely lent— It's worth a million dollars and it doesn’t cost a cent. A smile comes very easy—you can wrinkle up with cheer A hundred times before you can squeeze out a soggy • tear. It ripples out, moreover, to the heart-strings that will ♦ ntr 1 u*->» And always leaves an echo that is very like a ling. So, smile away, l olks understand what by a smile i3 meant. It’s worth a million dollars and it doesn’t cost a cent. —Harriet S. Damon. I --...-- . ... . ... .... ... . ft Churches With Big Incomes RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES WHICH MIX BUSINESS WITH RE LIGION, The one church in America which has the largest annual income and ex penditure is unquestionably St. Bar tholomew's Episcopal, «f New York. Its income last year—that is. the money value which it represents—was SliOii,000. This is not an exceptional year and does not include a big gift of f200,000 made this year for its clin ic now building. Its pew rentals alone amount to above $00,000 a year. The . sum named includes what it gives to missions, and also the expenditure connected with its great parish house in Forty-second street. A dozen other Episcopal churches in New York and Philadelphia have incomes exceeding $100,000 a year. The Presbyterian church having the largest income in America, is the Brick church, New York, which took in $110,000 last year, a good deal more than half of which went to missions. The largest Baptist church in America is the Fifth Ave nue, New York, to which John D. Rockefeller belongs, and through which his gifts, or most of them, go. The church is, apart from the Roeke fellers, however, a large giver, and last year Its cost, including benevo lences, was $115,000. While Congre gational benevolent societies have larger incomes than any other, propor tionate to the membership of the de nomination, individual churches do not run as high in expenditures as do churches in other religious bodies. The most expensive church may be either the Tompkins Avenue, Brooklyn, or the Old South, Boston. Their totals run about $45,000, and this includes only not local expenses, but also mis sion and other gifts. The Methodist church having the largest annual Income is the Madison Avenue, New York, although there are several others in that city having in comes almost as great. The Madison Avenue’s total amount raised was $39, 144 last year. Methodism is made up of small churches; its total number of tnem reaching 53,9u8 in all America, a larger number by nearly 10,000 than the Baptists, who rank next. In val ue of church property Methodists out rank all others in America, the amount being $132,980,480. Can Read Men’s Brains That’s the Startling Power Claimed by a Woman. Miss Maud Lancaster, an English woman has gained fame as a telepa thist in London and eastern cities. She asserts that telepathy is a science,