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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<! jour noil Court f<> 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.
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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,
<ind defies the contrary to be shown
by inviting to small private receptions,
in which she gives illustration of her
power, scientists, students, newspaper
men, police officials, and all other pos
sible doubters and scoffers who wish
to ccme. 'l'heie she gives illustrations
of her feats in telepathy and defies
the closest of these observant and in
quisitive persons to say that the won
derful things sho dots are unreal.
Miss Lancaster is the daughter of an
English clergyman ana has been pos
sessed of telepathic powers since she
i ts a child, hut has been using her
giL' professionally only a short time.
The brain of the average mortal, sh?
declares, is as transparent to her as
window glass, and she feels thought
wa\cs as readily as one can reach
'"it and finger anything against which
«■< !r • anils strike. M ss Lancaster
differs from other experts in telepathy
in that she has put her marvelous
power to practical account, as she has
several times assisted the detectives of
Scotland Yard to tracking down felons.
RAISING SHETLANDS.
Scores of Hardy l.lttlss 1’onles on a
Block Farm.
In New York state there is a stock
farm to visit which would delight the
heart of any boy or girl. Here they
raise Shetland ponies and at all timo3
you will find from sixty to seventy of
i these thoroughbreds grazing about or
i romping with one another. When
j these ponies are born they only weigh
, from twenty to thirty-five pounds, and
: can be fondled and played with like a
| dog, and the more you make of them
| the better they like it. The ponies are
| ridden and driven all the time by the
children of the neighborhood, and
sometimes six or eight children are
around the pony barn at once, and
when purchasers go to Inspect the
Shetlands they are quickly relieved of
any anxiety as to the gentle dispcsl
tion of the i)onies when they see six
or eight hoys rush to harne33 them.
I hey have a little fox terrier dog on
the farm that loves to jump on the
ponies hacks and ride, and the ponies
don’t mind it a hit. All the stock
ponies and colts run out all winter.
'Ihey roam the farm and hunt under
the snow for grass. They pref‘r to
stay out no matter how stormy. At
the same time they have acces3 to *
hig straw stack and a warm barn, but
it takes a blizzard to drive them to the
barn except at feeding times.
British correspondence with the
United States last year was 41,000,000
letters, as against 65,000,000 with Eu
rope*. j
