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RED OT.OUD. NEBRASKA. CHIEF ntfwvB-wi IKWMKMMJM Mb I w ffi k if .I p it i i1 v i I i i (,i Sis if h Churches Gain a 2,173 Every Day Fcderal Council's Statistics Show War Losses Being Steadily Overcome. 45,997,199 CHURCH MEMBERS Various Religious Bodleo Report 233,- 104 Congregations, Hended by 200,. 000 Ministers Total Constltu cncy 05,000,000. Washington, I). C Kvory tiny dur ing the last flvu .u'iirs mi average of 2.17a persons jdiiiLMl tlio various chiirclics of America. An average of throw congregations lntvu been organ ize, dally ntul Hie nvoingo number Joining I lie ministry has boon four nnd one-half persons a day. 'i'liu figures nre furnished by Dr. K. Q. Watson. Washington, secretary of f?ie Federal Council of tliu Churches of Christ In America. The statistics show tfhut (ho chiircheH are Hleadlly over coming their war losses. Total church membership of the country Is placed at 45,007,11)0, an increase of 4,070,:! 15 over Mio 101(1 census figures and Indicates n gain of more than a million members for tho preceding twelve months. The various religious bodies report J.W,101 congregations, bended by 200,000 min isters. This is it gain of 5,017 congre gations and 8,201 clergy over tho gov ernment figures for 1010. Increaso in Ministers' Total, i While thero has been much talk of a shortage of. ministers, the Increase In clergy has been approximately 50 per cent more Hum the Increase In the con fcrcgatlons. Tho M.OM difference be tween ministers and congregations yioes not Indlcuto u corresponding thortnge of pastors, Of tho persons listed ofllelnlly as church members, tho Ilomnn Catholics have 17,885,010. The Catholic figures represent estimated population, Includ ing nil baptized persons. Protestant bodies count only communicants. The 30 bodies related to tho Federal Council or Churches liavo 10,flS3,115 members. They have a total of 142,472 congregations manned by 113,701 cler gy. Their gain In membership over tho preceding llvo years Is 1,245,035. Their totnl constituency Is 55,812,722, n gain of 0,448,018 over tho 1010 cen sus figures. Total "Constituency" 95,000,000. Tho total religious constituency of tho country (including all members ond "adherents") Is estimated by Doc tor Watson at 03,858,000 persons. Ow ing to different statistical methods of the various churches these figures are estimated In accordance with studies made by statisticians. On tills basis tho constituency of various bodies is: Protestant, 74,705,220; Itomnn Cath olic, 17,885,040; Jews, 1,120,000 ; Lattcr Day Saints (Mormons), 1,040,170. The Jewish bodies hnvo different methods of reporting. Volume 22 of the American Jewish Year Hook esti mates tho Jewish population of the United States at 3,300,000. For the first time the combined Bap tists hnvo passed the combined Meth odists in total membership, now hav ing 7,835,250 members, ngitinst it Meth odist membership of 7,707,001. Tho Lutheran bodies stand third with n membership of 2,408,015 persons and tho Presbyterians are fourth with 2, 384,GS3 members. Largest Protestant Denomination. The Methodist Episcopal church (North) reports an Increase In mem bershlp of 220.S70 over tho 1010 figures and 02,505 members over last yenr. It is the largest single Protestant com munion. The Methodist Episcopal church (South) shows a galir of 01, 315 members for the preceding year, its total now being 2,310.007. The Prot estant Episcopal church shows a gain Trying New Tree A new tree-cutting muchlno being given a tryout by tho ofllclnls at Central park, New York. Mirny old trees which were dead and dangerous wero re moved In jig time by tho now Invention, which fells tho tree practically unulded. X of 11,203 over tho 1010 figures mid to tnl membership of 1,101,020. The Salvation Army, with n report ed membership f 33,000, shown an in crease of only 05 persons over five yours ago, Latest available figures regarding membership of principal denominations and gains during the last five years are as follows: Congregational, 810,225, gain 27,031; Presbyterians U. S. A. (North), 1.722, 301, gain 111,110; Presbyterians U. S. (South), 307,058, gain 30,280; United Presbyterians, 100,528, gain 108; Soci ety of Frlnods (orthodox), 00,135, gain 3,750; Disciples of Christ, 1,210,023, gain 10,005; Evangelical Synod of North America, 274,800, gain (11,003; Evangelical association, 100,000, gain 30,211; Christian chrucli (American Chilstlan convention), 07,081, gain 21, (133; United Lutheran church, 101,400; Moravians (unltas frntrum), 31,707, gain 0,301; Uefornied Episcopal, 13, 022, gain 1,072; Reformed Church In America, 135,031, gain 0,205; Reformed Church In the United Suites, 331.3G0. gain 13,005; Christian Uefornied church, 43,002. gain 5,231; United Brethren, 301,220, gain. 15,401; United Evangelical, 00,000, gain 332; Nation al Baptist convention (colored), 3,110, 325, gain 177,740; African Methodist Episcopal church (colored), 551,700, Ape ;V Bronx Zoo Animal May Be Father to New Race of Super Apes. USES TRAPEZE AS A LEVER Actually Discovers the Principle of the Lever and Fulcrum as Truly as Did Archimedes, the Gre cian Philosopher. New York. Scientists, who pay fre quent visits to the Bronx zoo, marvel nt Gabong, an orang-outang or supcr npo. Kor In his cugo ho has actually discovered tho principle of tho lever and fulcrum as truly as did Archi medes, the Grecian philosopher. Ho not only discovered it he ap plied it practically, and ripped to pieces a steel-mid-lron cngo thut tho strongest man could not have escaped from without tho aid of tools. Dr. Wundt has suld that if you could give un iinlmul the power to think originally und a thumb, he would lie building steam engines In 20 generations, lie added the thumb becnuso without a thumb It Is impos sible to handlo tools or weapons. This thinking npo has not one thumb or two thumbs like n human being It has four thumbs I Suspended from tho top of Gnhong'a cngo was a trapeze on which he used to take his exercise. Gahong's shoul ders are broad as a man's, and It hnd to be u strong trapeze. Tho bar was a three-foot length of heavy iron a short crowbar in fact fastened by chains that would hold an elephant. Used Trapeze as Lever. Ono day, Gabong got tho end of the bar through a link of, tho chain and began to twist. IJo twisted and twisted, clinging to tho chain with two of Ids "hands" and pulling with the other two. Then Gabong put his weight Into It. Ills powerful shoulders bulged. There was finally a sharp snap as tho link Cutting Machine usoHaflssEnas A.iw2fe to44AvMwvm4. P BIGGEST BALL OF TWINE . I i I I I i I 1 i T - . ' -WMHOWiJS ' - ' V ' C. II. Stall of Cincinnati says he In making the biggest ball of twine In tho world. Stall worked in a wholesale drug establishment where lots of ! twine Is thrown away every day. Ho gathered It together for sovernl I months and now lie has a bull of solid ' twine 2'( feet In diameter and weigh- , lug 87-?4 pounds. lie estimates that thero must bo more than llvo miles I of It. gain 3,411; African Methodist Eplsco. pal Zlon, 412.32S, gain 155,150; Colore! Methodist Episcopal Church of Amerl. ca, 245.740. Is Marvel to Scientists Judge Will Fine All "Honking" Sweethearts Magistrate Cobb, of trafllc court, Now York City, has do ciured war on all motorists who give tho automobile horn n come-hlthcr honk to summon it friend or sweetheart for a spin, In preference to getting out and buzzing thoNloor bell. In fining one driver $5 for such an of fense, the mnglstrnto asserted ho will ask for a special squad to bring all honkers, who keep other people awake, into court for their Just deserts. broke, and an amazed orang-outang innded with a bang on tho floor below. By using tho lever principle he had broken a chain which ten men nnd ten orang-outangs could not havt broken by main strength. lie climbed back to tho now dan gling bnr, and clumsily, uncertainly, but with definite purpose, twisted itt end through a link of the other chain. Keeper Dick Splcer, Curator Dlt mars and Dr. Hornaday, general dl rector of the zoo, happened to he watching him. Gahong's work of de. structlon was too Interesting to Inter rupt, so they let him go on. Again the hairy shoulders bulged, again the chain snapped, and Gabong fell n second time to tho floor, but tills time lie brought with him a three foot length of iron. Ho had converted his trapeze Into a crowbar a tool u weapon. He hugged, and patted and fondled ills new possession. "I have hero a great new power," ho seemed to say. As the two men watched, ho climbed to a heavy run ning board, riveted to the side of the cage, nnd, getting the lover Into n convenient niche, begnn to tug and twist. The bolts begnn to gronn. The ornng, now fully conscious nl the new power he wielded, ripped tluj running board from tho wall, and be gnn to demolish his cage. With n con venient crack for purchase, and x bolt-head for fulcrum, he tugged nnd twisted until lie hnd loosened a steel plate from tho wall. Next ho turned his attention to the powerful cngo barn. In nnother mlnuto tho lingo npo would bo free a great, hairy, think ing animal, with the shoulders of a mini, with four hands Instead of two armed with a heavy crowbar. Feared Him If Free. A crowbar Is a tool. Hut it Is, also, a weapon. And with such a weapon an orang-outang, enraged, would bo moro dangerous than any man. All this Mnio Gabong hnd been si lent, save for a few grunts, and the watchers did not know his mood. Sclentltlc Interest began to bo mixed with u different emotion, in a mo ment tho ornng would bo through the bars free. Something had to be done. Instcnd of waiting for tho ape to come out, Keeper Dick .Splcer went In. Quickly unlocking tho cage door, ho climbed In and faced tho ornng. Gnbong welcomed Splcer with a cry of joy, Mfled lils crowbar In triumph, ami delivered n chattering lecturo In monkey tulle. Then, still holding to the crowbar, snuggled his head against Splcer's breast, Ho wanted petting nnd congratulation nnd hu got It. lie now lias a wrench, n hummer, n pair of jillers, u screwdriver, wlro and other tools. Ho keeps himself busy "experimenting" with them. And scientists nro wondering If they hnvo seen in him the first of a super-race. NEBRASKAIN BRIEF Timely News Culled From All Parts of the State, Reduced for tho Busy. More than 1,300 people, some of them from seventeen different stales, their approval of tho volunteer tire tie many of them from all parts of No- pnrtinents demnnds. Tho council eon hraska, crowded the first Methodist tends It has no finances available for church at Lexington to listen to the making such Investment at this time, debate upon speculation and grain Approximately 180 inmates of Ne inarkellng between (leorge .lowest of braska penitentiary will soon be stead Portland, Ore., general manager of the ' Hy employed In tho new prison shirt '.Northwestern flrowor.s' association. ' nnd overall factory. Installation of and .7. J. Itnlpli Pickell of Chicago, ed itor of the Roundup. .The title of the debate was "Resolved that speculation, commonly called gambling, Is a menace to the marketing of grain." Mr. .Tewett took the afllrmatlve side of the ques lion and Mr. Pickell, the negative. Af ter two hours 'of disputation, the three Judges decided that Mr. Pickell bad presented the strongest argument and awarded htm the dlcMnn. Development of electrical current sufllclent to furnish cheep light and power for the Platte valley from Suth erland to Kearney ami across to Hast ings and Irrigation of nearly 1,000,000 acres of laud from the projects upon ' eni:lneers are busy now In Nebraska, i The total cost of the projects will be shells of three ordinary sized eggs. I S30.000.000 to $10,000,000, according J Arthur Anderson has taken a photo' to rough estimates. The cost per ncre ' r I1"' curloVlty. It will probably bo to the Irrigated land In the Platte river SL,llt " U"' museum, valley will not exceed S3." an acre, en- According to reports from county glneers say. This would supply S20,- ' insurers, clerks and assessors re 000,000 for the one project alone. i'lved at the otlice of State Tax Com- The dead bodies of hundreds of : strange birds wore found on the streets nnd In the parks, nt P.roken P.ow, following the recent snowstorm. Tho birds somewhat resembled the sparrow In form, but their markings were white and brown with black stripes. Since the warm wenther of the last day or two, the ones sur viving the storm continued their jour ney north Through his guardian. Peter Kiting. S0, of Columbus, hns brought: suit to iiitve ins socomi marriage, nisi isoveui- her, nnnuled on tho ground that he Is and was Incompi d was Incompetent. This action ( Is the culmination of n scries of events following Mr. Kiting'? second venture In wedlock, which was brought about through the aid of a matrimonial agency. The city council and mayor of Grand Island, by unanimous vote, have called an election on a sower bond propo slton of .$300,000, to $200,000 being for sanitary sewage und .$100,000 for storm sewage, the two being combined nnd neither being workable without the other. The telephone exchange nt Hum boldt which employs five operators and accommodates this city of thirteen .hundred people and community nround, observed "peg count" In the Inst forty eight hours, which showed foty-elght hundred und thirty calls. The Ileatrlco lodge of Elks hns gone over tho top In the snle of $35,-1 000. The money will be used In re- i money modeling and rebuilding the old Lyric theatre block which the lodge pur chased some time ago for a homo. Tho council of West Point hns passed nn ordinance authorizing the cnlllng of , a special election for the purpose of voting on tho Issuance of .$17,000 water works extension bonds. With the purpose of tanking Geneva I n better grain market In view, fnrmcrs ! of Fillmore county nre organizing n co- j operative- elevator company. Tho con- corn will be capitalized at .$50,000. ; heater. Tho general merchandise stock and j Members of the American Legion store building owned by Charles Hnlg , who reside In Omulin will nhl In the of Kndlcott. a village six miles east of proposed census to ascertain the mini Fnlrbury, burned. Totnl value was her of disabled veterans of tho World .$10,000, with nothing saved. , Wnr. A chnrter for tho Citizens State bank Tho question of Installing a ntpmor nt Wlnsldo was granted by tho state I'd fountain Is being agitated at An-" department of trade and commerce, the first of the 1022 year. Capital was plnced at $30,000. The "flu" has struck Cheyenne county I Tile equivalent of $2,000 will be ad again and several cases nre reported, ded to the Buffalo county fair premium The large majority of victims nre per- list this year' in .special prizes, tho sons who escaped the epidemic three n wards of Kearney business men. years ago. j The Sterling Masonic lodge is con. Mitchell and Goring pledged nlmnst , toinpntlng the erection of a toinplo .$2.i,00() for tho W'stern Nebraska. : this sumninr. The lodge lost Its Methodist hospital, to be built nt home by lire a few months ago. ScottsbluiT at a cost of $150,000. Callaway district by an overwhelm- The comptroller of the currency hns ing vote favored tho ereetlon-of n new npproved the application of tho Frst high school building at that place. National bnnk of Wlnsldo to organize Plans Include a gymnasium, with u capital or $30,000. ti,c central City gas plant was do Dates for tho Antelope county fair stroyed by Are of unknown origin, havo been set for the four commencing , The plunt wus owned by the city. Tuesday, September 12. j It will bo rebuilt. Kmest Conitwny of Omaha, an nt- Seven hundred suits nro to bo torney, wns taken before tho county brought In federal court, Omaha court nt Nebraska City nnd lined $10 against parties who subscribed for nnd costs on tho charge of operating u stock of tho Skinner Packing company motor enr on a 1021 license. and hnvo fulled to make payments. At the monthly meeting of tho city , 'I'lio subscriptions approximate about council nt Aurora, City Attorney C. C. $1,000,000. Fralzor was Instructed to vigorously i Tho necessary stock has been sub prosecute the city's suit for a reduc- ( scribed and a meeting called to or llon of the electric light rates. This ganlzo a fair association at Harwell. suit was started In the district court ( It is planned to buy u tract of land of Hamilton county about n month ' closo to town "and convert It Into a ngo, and was Immediately removed by fair ground and park. A tourist camp, the Public Service Co. to tho federal , base ball ground, golf links and other court. i features are planned. Tho railway commission has auth orized the Monroe Telephono com pany, which has 3,000 subscribers nt Monroe, Albion nnd neighboring towns, to continue present rates un til December 1. Members of tho Salem Lutheran church of Fremont have launched n drive for the erection of a now church. Tho present edlllco Is declared to be Inadequate for the needs or the con- purposes, according to an iiiiuounce gregutlon. Plans for the erection of a ment made nt Des Moines, Iowa, lto new church hnvo been discussed ever cently he offered It to the Presbyterian since the arrival of Midland college ' church as a home for retired mission- from Atcliln&on, Knns. No bawls of settlement lias been reached In tho misunderstanding be tween tho city administration at Kearney and tho fire department. Members of tho fire department uro scheduled to quit on March t), having tendered their resignations, In a body, effective In 30 days. The city admin istration stands adamant against pur chase of an nddtlonal fire truck, even though civic organizations have voiced 120 largo power sewing machines Is expected to bo completed soon. Largo quantities of buttons, thread and cloth nro already on hand. The factory will probably turn out 125 dozen shirts u day, according to Warden Kenton. Tho fiitlro product will go to a .TelTerson City, Mo., wholesale concern, which has contracted for the labor. When Mrs. DIrek Smith of Wahoo, gathered her l.en eggs she found ono I which weighed a half pound ami mens. . ured fight Inches around the short way I anil ten the other. It was pen'ect In ullfltwi ftw..i In... ..!!..... .1... .1...,! -. .1... ' .....,.,. y. Mi i.inmins lilt" Mll'll III UIU egg there was another normal size egg W,,M Kl shell on the Inside, also an "Miliary yolk and enough white to fill missioner usiioine, $430,000 was col- ' lected as poll tax from male voters In I Nebraska during 1021. In Omaha tho I men ar exempt from pnylng poll tax, i under the municipal charter approved by tho legislature. Women do not ! have this tax to pay anywhere, and men over 50 years of age are exempt. I Although a foot of snow would bo needed to make enough moslture to greatly boncllt wheat in south central I Nebraska counties where the condl- Hon is hnd from dry weather, A. E. ,". nn, iuini i-mi, t.-.iuri, nuu mu ( j recent snow would brighten the out- '"" ' eastern anil western Neurits. kit, ho said, the crop condition wns good. Fairmont Is In doubt nr. to whether to light the town by long dlstnnt electric service or continue Its own plant. At a mass meeting tho Public Service company and tin llluo It Ivor Power company each made a prop osition. The mntter was dismissed when n motion prevailed to print nil propositions on tho ballot at tho election April 4. Mrs. Philip Scott, widow of a retired Saunders county farmer, was awarded the widow's share of his .$30,000 estate. Children of Scott introduced an alleged antenuptial ngreemont, whereby both forfeited all rights to sljaro in tho estate of the other. An Ice gorge bus formed above tho bridge on the Morse ranch west of Ucnkelmnn, diverting tho course or tho Itepubllcnn river. Tho new channel Is north of the bridge and cuts ofT trafllc In that direction. Public schools nt Butte hnvo been closed on account of a mild epidemic " influenza. Practically nil of the high school students, teachers and somo "f the grade pupils are victims of tho disease. A refrigerator car containing moro tbnn 100 cases of eggs was totally lost by lire at Sterling. The biazo ,s thought to havo started from a car selmo, In honor of the three boys of that place who lost their lives In tho ' war. Fire destroyed tho five-room huiw of W. D. Shiial near Springfield. Mr. Shanl wns nlone In the house nt tho time of tho fire and almost suffocated before rescued. Tho firemen were un ablo to suvo the house or contents. Tho loss Is estimated at $3,000. Wllllnm Jennings Bryan bus exe cuted tho deed to his Lincoln resldenco to tho Methodist church for hospital urles. WORKS FOR CHILD MUST KEEP WELL Mothers in a Like Situation. Should Read This Letter from Mrs. Enrico Chicago, Illinois. "I took Lydia E. Pinkham'o Vegetable- Compound for a serious trouoio. i hnd tried doctors and all said tho same nn. operation. At first I only leit tnc pain on myleftflido.butlater I seemed to feci it on. both sides. I am a power ecwinfj-ma-chino operator and havo a littlo pirl to support. 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