CHURCH OP THJB FUTURE ,
By George < Larimer
Bzekiel 18 : 10. When the ship is In
. leaky condition , or when an army Is
in a precarious state , or when there
is a sense of insecurity In business , the
first thing to do is to find out the ex
tent of the damage. Know your prob-
Jein and then you may do something
Xor its solution. Don't walk up and
down the deck calling out that the ves
sel's all right when you can tell by the
"water line she's slowly sinking.
We have tried to state the true con
dition of things religiously in cities ,
and we have pointed out the diaturblng
and disquieting features as they are.
But we are 110 alarmists. I have not
the least idea that the ship will sinker
or that the Lord's army will be defeat-
ed. I have confidence in God and the
future. But he works by means and
not without them , and if we let things
drift we Shall surely go on the rocks.
What we need to do is with all cour
age and confidence undertake to remedy -
-edy the evils that exist and arrest the
tendencies which every serious thinker
recognizes.
What shall 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 needs of the hour. More
robes for the clergy , vestments for
choirs , stereopticons for preachers , orchestras -
chestras for worship and similar ap
pliances will not change the situation.
There are churches where these things
exist and where preaching has been
minimized to the vanishing point , both
in length and in strength , and where
the congregations notwithstanding are
meager and the spiritual gains imper
ceptible.
Such details are purely a matter of
taste or of ecclesiastical tradition. It
was not the surplice that made P'hilllps '
Brooks a spiritual force , and the Inc'k
of a Genevian gown did not impair the
pulpit power of Spurgeon. And tb *
people are too intelligent to be drawn |
to church by the ruatle of silk or the
gleaming of lawn , and thejr are not
likely to stay away because the minis
ter prefers to wear an ordinary frock
coat. Xo ; the efficiency of clergy and
Churches , believe nie , is not an affair .
of dress or of special rites and cere
monies.
We know that in the physical world
a great deal depends on atmosphere.
If the air is close , impure , overheated ,
we suffer. So also , the dominant spirit
of a' church goes far toward her real
influence for good. Let doubt , cheerlessness -
lessness and general depression pre
vail , and let "the members be cold , stiff
and exclusive , ' and naturally the out
side public will be repelled. Why car
ry our perplexities , sorrows and trials
into an atmosphere surcharged with
superciliousness , apathy ami gloom ?
But let the representatives of religion
be bright , joyous and by their manner "
make the stranger feel that he is welcome -
come and that religion in really worth
Laving , and the sanctuaries will be
thronged. it
Kemember the world progresses not
by the extraordinary but the ordinary ;
not by a coup de theater , but by the
natural and commonplace. The resus
citation of evangelical religioii in Amer
ica does not really call for scenic die-
plays , frenetic extravagance's , fantas
tic , erratic or erotic beliefs , but sim
ply for the realization of the generous ,
warm-hearted , sympathetic
and broth
erly spirit which it professes to in of
culcate.
The church has a real mission. She
ought to bring-God and man closer to
gether , and man with man into fellow
ship , so that justice and righteouoness
may prevail. Xever has she taken her
self seriously and brought things to
pass without crowding her pews and
blessing the whole community.
But she can never meet the'new age
with small churches open al > out six or
seven hours in the week. Fifty years
from now the drawing room and Sun
day houses' worship will belong to
the past. There will come in their
stead a new order of things. The pre
dominant type will be something like in
this : A massive building , large enough
to be hospitable and where pew rents
will be so reasonable that persons of in
modest means can enjoy the best , and
social discriminations cease , and where
also many pews can be free and open
to all. The church room itself will be
dignified , simple , cheery , and will be "the
open every day in the week for rest in
and prayer , and with competent per
sons in attendance to give counsel or
show sympathy for those who may
need help. Sunday services will corn- the
mancl the best in the way of music and one
scholarship , and yet the music will not
degenerate into concerts or rlu . chol-ir- (
ship into pedantry and dullness. Th > *
afternoon will be given up to children the
for .social instruction , aided by the
Ktereopticon and singing , and where
the lectures s > -ll deal with natural as
well as revealed religion.
There will be a church house in con
nection with the church itself , aud
not , as now it generally Is , away in
some squalid and dark neighborhood , will
and in it there will be guild rooms for
young women , with every comfort , and the
similar rooms for young 'men , and ev
ery evening in the social hall some
form of entertainment or means of in
struction. This kind of cathedraljj.
church , not off In the slums , but in
the , best neighborhoods , would go far
toward removing the impression that
religion Is aloof from our common life'gl
and would deepen the interest of all
classes In its progress.
While In this way religion builds up
itaelf , as * aocial factor , It must con
cern Itself with oivlc matters. She
must rtand for municipal purity and
efficiency , and not withhold her out
spoken support from those who are leg
islating to protect women and children
from the ravwgee of commercial greed.
Xever should she forget that she is
dealing with human nature and not
with angelic nature. Here she stands
on her own ground and demonstrates
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.
THREE PICTURES OP JESUS.
By RCK. H P' Nichols *
And Jesus increased in wisdom and !
stature , and in favor -with Godwj i |
and man. Luke ii. , 52.
The scripture is almost wholly silent
on the early life of Jesus Christ. The
circumstances of his birth are given
with detail , the visit of the shepherds ,
and the wise men , the presentation in
the temple , the massacre of the inno
cents , and the flight into Egypt Then
for twelve years silence , and we
the matured boy again up to the great
feast of his people. Then again silence
for eighteen years more a silence il
lumined by only two allusions found
in the biography of his throe years'
ministry. "Is not this the carpenter's
son ? " "As his custom was , hewent
into the synagogue on the Sabbath
day. " Jesus Christ died a young man ,
and thirty years of bos youth are un.
written , save one week at the age of ,
12 aud two retrospective incidental
hints.
There are three pictures suggested tc
us in these unrecorded years Jesus
in his home , Jesus at worship , Jesus
at the carpenttM-'s benih. l
Jesus in his liome. That home waa
Nazareth , a quiet town isolated , among
the bills. Mary , the mother , sweetest :
type of womanhood , kept aloof from
its rouglrae.-'S , guiding her household ,
cherishing the sweet mystery of her
boy's birth. Joseph.gen tie , quiet , fath
erly , protected and cared for the little | D
'
home. And Jesus , growing In height'ft '
to manly vigor , growing in wisdom
of rniiid and heart , growing in favor
the love of God , the love of the child
ren in the market place , the love of
beasts and. birds and flowers on the )
steep dopes of the village.
Jesus at worship. Every Sabbath he ,
with his household , attended the plain
little sjTiagogue. At the proper aye '
he went up to Jerusalem for the great
er worship , a narrative preserved foi
us in striking detail by St Luke's Dr
graphic pen. In his father's tempi 4 of
to have come to him the firs.anJ } [
deep breath of the divine tragedy
triumph In which he was to be herd
and conqueror.
Jesus at the carpenter's bench. Ilh
fellow townsmen cried in contempt
"Is not this the carpenter ? " Theii
scoff is his glory ; the carpenter is th < 3 ,
world's Savior. A pious bishop in th j
middle ages prayed often to God Vha\ 2
might be manifested to him wha-
Jesus did in his youth. Then the
bishop had a dream. He saw a can
pesiter working at his trade and a littU hy
boy beside him gathering chips. Then
came forth a maiden clothed in grean , j
who called them to their meal , and e | en
porridge before them. And the bishoy njo
stood looking from behind the door. [ wij
Then the little boy said : "Shall noj
no
the rnnn eat with us ? " The glimpsij.
that reality is better than all tin' ,
medieval fancies of Madonnas and
Ameoles. ' the
Three unrecorded lessons are stig
gcsted to us from these thirty years o * p
the maturing life of Jesus , the Son o Th
God lessons most ennobling for hu-jwil [
man living. are
The first ; the family is divine. The tuv
Son of God for thirty years was a cro
child , a dutiful son , a brother , a ' |
her of a home. Home comes to '
the dearest word of human life ; h (
comes to mean heaven. The hardtsilll |
i
place to be good is in the -
there is no escape from the family - j j i i
table ; there seems nothing big or noblj'of '
family righteousness. Jesus provei
family life to be the best school fc ! is
ripening divinity. Xothing is more tru ;
theology than that in these famil. 'tion
years Jesus was saving the worlt'j f
eveii by living through these close- ; ] to
iclations of life and making them beau j wjj
tiful. Then it was the great work * j
second Adam was done rather tha J. cu Ti
one transcendent moment on thi' ' <
cross ; then it was that by one man j bu
obedience many were made righteous ; Idi
then it was God came among men iij said
glorious , cheerful , dutiful life thi < net
boy lived on to his manhood. Ws lice m °
may not follow Jesus in all his mini. )
rations , as he teaches and heals an !
ulT rs a martyr's death ; we may slum
yet more effectual
means of reco
wing God's children GX
to their henrenl.i
father , by self-forgetful , se3f-saerifiein ] > bet
home living.
To Make Scones. 'Kirk
Warm fresh milk to almost boiling
point , stir In as much pastry flour a.4 Ky. man
turn out clean from the bow ? ,
without leaving anything adhering t < j fell
sides. Roll out .thin , cut intc , been
rourds , bake lightly and luickly. Servj shot
bvttered and hot v
BLACK AND WHITE
COLORED PEOPLE ARE LEAVING
EVANSVILLE FOR SAFETY.
PLANS FOR PROTECTION
THE MAYOR ISSUES A HROCLAMA
TION
' SITUATION IS MENACING
Militia Stands Guard Around the
Jail Day Passed in Nervous Dread
AVhut Might Have
Happened.
Uvansville , Ind. . July 7. Two
rioters were killed and four soldiers
hurt bere lastni lu.
I : Evansville , Ind. , July 7. Follow
ing Lbe race riuts of last night , ; tbe
Situation bere is stil ! menacing
outbreaks are liable to ot'cur
at any mioute. The day has
been one of "nervous dread.
Eirly ; this afternoon the Evansvillle
company of the militia quiitly as-
Eerublfed around the jail and is wait-
'inir there under arms. Blacks and
whites ] have passed each other today
with dark looksthere has been tiring
heard in various parts of the city
during the afternoon but no serious
results have followed and the firing
hait is thought , been the work of
i few unruly characters who wanted
Vj foment excitement.
There was a circus in town yester
day which has brought additional
crowds of sympathisers with the
flirTeranb races. The police have been
at work preventing crowds from
gathering. There have been dozens
) f personal encounters on the str2ets ,
out ! /HI / dueis with weapons. In tLe
Shooting of last night , it was report-
id to ollicers , Henry Arms , a young-
white man , was shot in the thigh.
The grand jury set today and in
flicted Lee Brown , the negro who
kiilhd Patrolman Massey , of murder
in the lirst degree. The general feeling
ins of unrest and uneasiness caused
meeting of May.-r Coverc , Sberilf
Knitz , and the county officers at
which the grave situation was dis
cussed and plans made lo protect all
citizens if other outbreaks are pre
.
cipitated. All saloons in the city
were ordered closed this evening at
o'clock. Mayor Covert also issued
proclamation , in wbich he says :
"The condition of anarchy and a
lawlessness that prevailed in this
community last night was a disgrace
to civilized people and a repetition
f its scand-ilous proceedngs will not
D3 tolerated.
"That al ! congreiatious of people ,
iither on street corners or other pubic -
ic places , are hereby prohibited.
.
That all persons carrying arms ,
any kind of weapons or any kind
' weapon for attack or defense or
anything with wbich an attack or
defense could be conducted shall be i
arrested.
"That any loud , boisterous or in
cendiary talk will constitute suilic- j !
lent ground for arrests.
Baptisttown is beirg depopulated J '
oni , ht. Kcgro fiii'ilias by the dozthi
is ' are leaving , some of them taking
relu' e in the oper country. IS'ewbuig
toad leading to thb west is lined
with negroes in wagons and camped an
the roadside. Nearly all are
armed. th
The fire arms and ammunition tikras
fro n the stores broken into last bii
night arc still in the hands of those his
who composed the m .b. There were lii
arrangements in police court to- j i ch
. . .
div. Under the advice nf the mayor , ho
3udge Curry adjourned court during I as
excitement. i
There aie alarming rumors and re-
rts started every few minutes , i
There is a general feeling that there
son
be an outoreak tonight N roes
toc
? aid to be ntoblizing near baptist .
.ei
town to advance on the whites and a
jri
icrowd of 200 whites is said to be ' ,
arming to repulse this attack and
I
wipe nut tha negroes. Theie is noth ' J t
° tonight to confirm these rumors ' _ .
however. | ne
This morning there was no sign '
the mob violence that agitated the
citizens all of last night. / Business ; I =
;
moving in the even xtennr of its !
ger
wav. A trip into the business sec j ' "
reveals that much damage was' '
'
Die to numerous stores , especially '
a
the hardware houses , many of .jv
which were entered and robbed of ,
r
guns , and amunition. Thousands of
shots /vere fired during thp night , The
! so far as learned no one was
killed although numbers of "people are trol
to have been wounded. Sever 1
negroes were caughr by mobs and al
most beaten tc death before the po "
could save them. to
Fatal Fight on Steamer
Mount Yernon , Ind. , July 7. An
excursion on the steamer , D. A. Nis- ' pos
betbroke ; up in a big fight early this life
inornitig and six perons were shot. beat
Kmney Givens of this city and Frank
were shot in the legs and arms. noon
Givens shot and fatally wounded a deep
named Brown from Henderson , was
. One man from Henderson named ,
While , was shot In the breast and her ;
into the river. His body has not that
recovered. Two of the number ?
were women. ( DU
FARM HAINO KILLS
OESPONDENT OVER AN UNFOKTUX-
LOVK AI-rAlK.
JP'attsmouth. ' After searching for
nearlv twenty-four hours lor Thomas
Spiers , a farm hand , the otliceis
found the lifeless b idy of the man
iu a clustci of weeds two miles south
of this city. The theory advanced is
I that * Spiers concealed himself and
deliberately took a ciuse of poison
with suicidal intent.
No marks of violence were found
upon his pers > n. Blood was oozing
Jrora hjs rnoutJj. This is supposed
tc have been caused by the drug.
One mysterious feature connected
with tne tragedy is that no bottle
or other article which might hi.ve
containej poisonous fluid could
found near the scene.
The dead man attended the Pourlb
of Julv celebration at Glen wood ,
la. , yesterday , and it is said upon
bis return he shook hands with sev
eral acquaintances and informed
them that he had decided to kill kirn-
self. The matter \vas later repcrled
to the oflicers as there seemed 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 referied to an untor-
tunate love affair arid this may have
had somethng to do 'with his rash
deed.
Coroner Boeck empanelled a jury to
hold an inquest , but owing to the
absence of several witnesses the hear
ing was postponen until tomorrow.
Father Seeks His Child
St. Joseph , Mo. , July 6 Private1
detectives from Denver are in St.
Joseph making a search for Jean Me
Jntyre , the daughter of a wealthy
mine operator , who lives at Walsenel
burg. Col. The child is sevan years
old and is said to have been kidnapped -
ped by her mother , Mrs. Annie Me-
Jntyie , and W. S. Couant , a male
relative , on the night of April 7. The
couple with the child were traced to
Denver. Two weeks ago letters from '
Mrs. Mclntyre postmarked at St.
Joseph , were received by a friend
in Walsenburg and the police here
were asked to locate the pair , but
were unable to do so. The father
has offered a reward of $100 for the
recovery of the child aud $50 each
for tbe arrest of Mrs. Mclntyre and
ConanS. The oareots separated sev .
eral months ago and the father was
given the custody of the child , which
was kidnapped by the mother. Ihe
little girl is said to be the heiress to
large fortune. Conant is a former
tesident of St. Joseph.
Table Rock Man Hissing
Table Rock , Neb. , July G. W. L
Taylor , whose failure was recently
announced in the Journal , has been
mysteriously absent from home since
Friday murniug last , and his where
abouts are still unknown With
nothing but a small grip in tbe v ay
of baggage bo quietlj walked out of
bis home unknown to his family ,
went to tbe depot , purchased a ticket
to Pawnee City , boarded train .N"o. 14
which was quite a little late , but did
not get off at Pawnee City. It bas
since been learned that he rode as
far as Superior at wnich point he left
the train and since then no trace has
been secured if hioj. He spoke to no
one of his departure or bis destina
tion , and it is feaicd by the relatives
and frie .ds that he bus became men
tally unbalanced from the shock of
the < failure and may do something
rash. Any information in regard to
him will be thankfully received by
distressed wife and relatives
liis mysterious depar ure was not
chronicled at the time , as it was
hoped ; be might return to his family
soon as tbe shock of the failure
wa over. in
Millionaire's Son Angry
Denver , July 6. W. A. Claik , Jr. ,
{ of Senator Clark of Montana ,
took a ride iu the pitrol wagon yes
terday and was a guest at the city .
hail behind the bars. lie was treated
.
like an ordinary boy. although he
rebelled strongly when the jailor
turned the key. He entered the cell „ by
room vowing vengeance upon all con
nected ( witn his arrest and imprisonAt
ment. Tne charge placed against
him was violation of the bicycle or-
dinance. Wr.h E. E. Pardie , 'mana
of the Colorado Automobile coru- ley
pany yqung Clark had started for the
laces at Overland pa k. In turning
corner they ran into E. L. Ftovell.
Officer Wagner thinking the late at ley
which they were ging ) exceeded the w.is
speed limit , arrested ihe two men.
youug inilliouaire cursed the
officer. As he stepped into the pi-i the
wagon tie shook Lis list at the chw
policeman and said , with an oath :
"I'll have you fired fc"1 this if I have v
stay in town a year"
uy
Angry Mob at Peoria
Peoria , III. , July 6. A moo co-n-
posed of 300 white people sought the
| of Minnie Pearle colored , who
Perry Combs , a white bov , aged of
eleven years with a club this after thP
until his body was covered with able
cuts and welts. The woman
arrested and taken to the police 'he
station before the mob could reach
house. When the mob discovered
she had fieri they tore down her
bouse ' and threw the household fur
niture into the river. M
FnYMYRE'S CAME FIRST
DEFENSE OF THE MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOT
ING AND KILLING MRS. PULS
HOPES TO SAVE HONOR
WILL ATTEMPT TO PPOVE HIS MARRIAGE
PRIOR TO PULS
Story of the Si ooti sr t Eu Uhp N'- * * . Febru
ary 21 Th - Tnp to the House "of a
Ne ehbor Discover Wife DyJU-p
_
Hastings , Neb.-July G. Charles
Tanner . of Stockville , Neb. , has been
'n Hastings the past week iu tbe interest -
terest of Cba Jes Fry my re , who is in
tbe county jail here , held to answer
the charge or having shot and
killed Mrs Tracy Puls at Enstis.
Frontier county , on February 21
Yesterday morning the prisoner was
interviewed in the co'inty jail. The
prisoner appeared to be an intelll-
K2nt and fairly well educated man ,
and apparantly takes much pains in
keeping up bis personal appearance.
He . is 2Q years old , about five feet
eight , inches and weigbes about one
hundred . and forty-five puuuds. He is
of dark complexion , clean ? baven
and looks about nineteen.
The stury is about as follows : For
more than a year Frymyre had 'been
keeping company with Miss Tracy
Oldenberg near Stockville. Richard ,
Puls , a bachelor ranchman in the ;
meantime sued for the hand of the
girl ' and became engaged to her.1 *
They were married. Three d.iys after - | 'I
ter : the marriage Frymyre put a pis- ! '
tr.l in his pocket and stared for the
Puls ' ranch. Upon reaching the house
began dsicharging the pistol in the ]
air. Puls heard the shooting and at
the same time his wife cried : "Here )
comes Brymyre shootintr. " ! No sooner ,
had she spoken thef words than Fry--
mrye appeared in the room. The two ,
men instantly grappled and a revol-f
ver was discharged. Frymyre then-
ordered Puls to stay in the house and'
comrLaaded . Mrs. Puls to walk oub of-
tbe room and accompanying him to *
the buggy. He then escorted the'
young woman to the vehicle , made ,
her j get in. and then started toward )
his , bachelor quarters on Cannon1
Bank.
They had been riding several min-
utes. . before he discovered she wasi0t
shot. Ue took her at once to the1 '
'
nearest neighbors' house. Mrs. Puls ;
lived five days before succumbing to
the fatal shot.
According to tbe story which be
told reluctantly the shooting was1
purely accidental. He said : Tracey
Oldenberg and I were married fourteen -
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
relatipnship. Her parents , learning
of hei condition at the time , at once
compelled her to marry Puls against
her will.Vhen I heard of this I
went to where she was to take her
home and save her honor. Hut in
tbe excitement which followed she
was accinently shot , and nobody re-
a'izerl ' it until many minutes after
ward. God knows I would not have
binned her intentionally. When I
foun'l she was hurt I took her to Mr.
Opper's house , the nearest farm resi
dence and s : nt for a doctor. Then I
stayed by and tended her until I was
pl-icari uuder arrest ab'mt 9 o'clock
that night. From that hour to this
my position has been misunderstood.
When asked if a civil marriage
ceremony had been performed , Fry-
rye said they were married accord
ing to the custom cf his pe > ple. It- W
was then suggested that common fa
law marriace was null and void in th
this state , he said. "Wait and see , " pr
Frymyre has great hopes of being pa
cleared when the trial comes before Jie
the . ( district court. His parents re- aj
' of
side at Iloldrege.'but he was reared
of
an uncle and aunt who reside near kn
Stockville.
tin
Attempt t < Kdmp Westeyan Student ca
Ashl-mrl. N b . July G. News has tri
been received here of the attemdt
made to kidnap Miss Linnie Kack-/
, , t former resident of. Ashland ,
whose parents now reside at Lena ,
McPncison county. Neb. *
The attempt to abduct Miss Kack-
w..s made in the evening. She
a student of tbe IVesleyan uni an
versity and as she stepped out of the
back d > or of her boarding place ,
vhich wis 1 iraterl three blocks from
i univeixity. The villians were
chwrted fmrn carrying out their- the
purpose h7 presence of mind of a
Ming man. also an inmate of tbe
g home , wno was attracted
the girls screams
sold
Their Families Destitute be
IIanna. Wyo. . July 6. Great desti
tution prevails among the fumiliesl 000.
the 2r > men wh" lost their lives in'i by
? , .irif > disaster Tuesday. Charit- and A °
pe < * p'p ' m rhe western states are
tu * nil liberal assistance to
ma-'ir in Hanua witbouc delay. ind
Eveivthins : possible is being done to
UK- ' . 'j'lii-s t ! 230 rainery still
.bf f. hut tire , smokeand eas
progress very slow. It may be
n 'av ' T liter before any more
corostsbali be removed.
!
' The largest mule on earth , a 3-year-
old jlnnet. belongs to Michael Murray
Of Hereford , Mo. She Is eighteen
bands , or six feet high at the shoul
ders and weighs 1,703 pounds.
f
Germany has built the tinest , fastest
' vessels afloat , although she is not geographically
I graphically a maritime country , and
no other country is so largely depend'
ent on others for the raw material
enVI
which enter Into the making of a ship.
A duel on bicycles was recently
fought in Paris. Tlie two combatants
were placed fifty yards apart and then
ordered to charge. They rode at on
another at a furious pace , but over
shot the mark and failed to meet ,
[ wheeling quickly round , they returned
to the charge , and this time came to-
igether with a territic shopk. Both
were thrown , while the seconds , who
were following behind , also on bicy
cles , fell in their turn , and both were
injured. Neither of the combatant *
touched the other with his sword , but
in falling one ran his weapon into him
self and his opponent injured his leg.
A scientific examination of the oil
deposits iu the great coast prairie ex
tending from Louisiana through Texas
to Mexico , a distance of several hun
dred miles , has recently been made
by : Prof. It. 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 and quick
sand. More than two hundred wells
are now in operation , and one has
be sunk to a depth of more than
th thousand feet. Sometimes hot
thW
water ! is struck below the oil. and
sometimes Qie oil itself is hot. The
deeper it is found the more salt the
wa-ter ; is.
There are about two hundred thous
and stars between the first and ninth
magnitude , the number of each lesser
magnitude ' being about three times that
of the next higher. Xow , if this rate
of increase were continued down to
the seventeenth magnitude , there
would be about 1,400,000,000 visible.
In the best modern telescopes , tele
scopic observation and photographic
eh.-irts show nothing approaching this
cLU
Inninber. The latest estimate does not
exceed one hundred million. As the
instruments reach further and further
into space they find' ji continuous di
minution in the number of stars , thus
indicating . an approach to the outer-
limits of the stellar universe.
, " \Vhen the natives of Paraguay drink
tea they do not pour it from a tea-pot
into a cup , but fill a goblet made out
i0t ; a pumpkin or gourd , and then suck
'up the hot liquid through a long reed.
M , the tea which they use is
al 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 it is that tea is widely
used throughout Paraguay in cases of
illness , and that , so 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
States of Kansas and Nebraska are aa
progressive as Ohio. Out on the plains ,
200 miles and more west of Kansas
City and Omaha , are the rural wagons
making their daily trips. The towns
are rnostlj' on the railroads running
east and wes't. Most of the rural
routes run north and south , and each
covers 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 Caldwell -
well ( go seven 'wagons , serving 700
families. Out on the ranches , where
the cow-boys are watching the im
proved herds , the morning Kansas Crty
papers with the full Associated Press
.news up to 2 o'clock in the morning
are delivered at 10 a. m. Every event
importance in the world's history
f the last twenty-four hours is thus
known. Fast mail 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 , ac
cording to the New York Times. The
senator said he had once received from
English S3mlicate an offer of $ SO-
000,000 for his mining property.
"Why didn't you take It ? " asked his
friond.
"I want to live a little longer , " was
ambiguous answer.
"What do you mean ? "
"Well. " said the senator , slowly , "it
may seem strange to you , but if I had
out for $80,000,000 I wouldn't
alive to-day , I firmly believe. Just
think what it means to invest $50,000.-
. All the work and worry suffered
all mankind since the death of
Adam , would not be equal to the work
worry involved In trying to in
vest it ri ht. Xo , sir ; I want to live ,
declined the job. I'm too old for
vork like that. "
- * ia Conjja.
Bema , in the Congo Free State , has a
nearly lf 0 miles long which is
practicable for automobiles.