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ORCHARD & WILHELM CARPET CO.'S
October Sale of Furniture and Carpets.
In reading this advertisement don't look for goods at half value , but look for the best values for the money ever offered yon. It
is easy to quote prices on imaginery goods and write advertisements describing an article worth $2 00 as one worth $8.00 , and
sold as a very special bargain for $3.00. The prices for this sale make unusual bargains of every article we offer goods at real
worth gathered for the greatest selling event we have ever had. Monday starts these tremendous sales and Monday the assort
ments will be the best. If you are particular about patterns come here where we show more carpets on one floor than all other
houses in Omaha combined . '
Dining Chairs.
Full post Cane Seat Chairs 75c , 80c , 90c
The keynote of great values is a solid oak
brace-arm carved back chair $1.00
This solid oak 6-ft.
extension table , 44-
inch top , heavy flut
ed legs , hand polish
ed , for this October
This elegant Oak Sideboard selling
made of solid oak , double
top. cast trimmings , with
largo French bevel mirror
18x32 inches , finely carved
and polished You can't match at less
our price than § 10.50 anywhere.
Ak-Sar-Ben Ball Carpets.
Over five thousand yards of Carpets and Mattings laid by us for
the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Ball used one evening to be sold
Monday at a great bargain , These goods are not damaged for use ,
but they can't be put in stock.
Mattings will foe sold at. . . . „ . .
85o Mattings will foe sold at . . . . 2Oo
50c Carpets -will foe sold at . 36o
75o Carpets will foe sold at . 48o
. Our special for October isyour choice of
- three styles fine wood frame ( latest tiling )
We have never seen its equal that could be sold for less than § 20.00. Your choice of
three frames , twenty style covers , for § 15. 00.
Window Shades.
3x6 feet perfect water color opaque
shades with fixtures . . . . . .
We make shades to fit any windows in
Opaque and Hollands at the lowest prices.
We manufacture them.
Oil Cloth.
Any width , square yard 1/C
Stove Rugs , la yards square..75C
Zinc Binding for 1J yard rugs ,
with corners
Furniture.
. Who pays the advertising ?
"We sell an Iron Bed , Springs and Mattress , adver
tised by others as a great bargain at § 4.95 , § 5.00 and
§ 5.50 our regular price is only § 4.25 and WCCBtl deliver
the goods.
Iron Dcd , S1.75 Spring , $1,00 Mattress , $1.50 ncll ; T05rth
THIS IS A WONDER ,
A full sized , heavy Iron
Bed , brass head and foot rail ,
ornamented chills , with best
cotton' top mattress and pup-
ported tempered steel springs '
Bird's eye maple , ma
( complete outfit ) hogany , quartered oak
highly
polished
stand
1J1J-1J16-14I8 DOUGLAS STRH&T.
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SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS
Queer Lifo and Ourious Customs of the
Araucanians of Ohile.
BETTER LOOKING THAN OUR INDIANS
IllcIicMt , Proiitlciit mul llruvent of the
Soutlirru TrIlieM 1'retty Indian
GlrlN DctnllN of n. Vlitlt tu
Their Hciervatloii.i.
( Copyright , 1SOS , by Frank O. Carpenter. )
TEMUCO. Chill , Sept. 7. 1S9S. ( Special
Correspondence of The Doe. ) I want to In
troduce you to the richest , proudest and
bravest of the Indians of the South Ameri
can continent , the Indians who once owned
the greater part of Chill , and who , for three
generations , with lances of wood and lows
and arrows , waged a successful war with
the Spanish Invaders. They killed Pedro
Valdovla , the man who founded Santiago ,
and then caine south to conquer them. They
destroyed Spanish forts , besieged Spanish
cities and only receded Inch by Inch toward
the south , fighting as they were forced to
the rear. When they were finally conquered
querod they refused to become the slaves
and hirelings of their conquerors , as did the
Indians further north , and today they main
tain their own Identity , owning their own
lauds and looking with scorn upon the de
scendants of the white-skinned Invaders who
have robbed them of their country. I refer
to the Araucanlans , the famous Indian
fighters of south Chill. I am now writing
In the frontier -town of Tcinuco , on the edge
of ono of their reservations , and I have
Just returned from a handcar trip over a
railroad which the Chilian govenment Is
building through their country to open the
lands adjoining It up to settlement. They
have long since given up their light against
the whites , and the Chilian government Is
doing what It can to civilize them. It has
given them lands which they arc not allowci
to sell , and It has Us Indian schools raodelec
on the same plan as those of the Unltei
States. The progress , however , Is not great
and the ( lemon of alcohol Is slowly bu
surely wiping out what Is left of the race
There are , It Is estimated , only CO,000 o
them left , and the most of .these arc scat
tered over the hills and valleys of southern
Chill.
Thcro are many of the Araucanlans to b
ecen In Tcmuco. They como hero to trade
some on foot , some on horseback and many
In rude ox carts , riding on the loada o
wheat , barley and other things which they
bring In to sell , I saw ono today on the
outskirts of the city seated In his cart on
two fat hogs , which ho was bringing to mar
kct. and I took a photograph of his pretty
daughter , who rode on a pony behind. Sh
wore heavy flat earrings of silver , each a
big as the palm of my hand , and upon her
breast , hanging from a sliver , chain , was a
great silver plato of a diamond shape , which
irade a musical Jlnglo aa she trotted by. I
afterward stopped a group of Indian girls
end made notes of tholr dress. They were
barefooted , but on their ankles bands of
liver beads sowed on red cloh ( atood out
against the rosy pink flesh. Some six Inches
or uioro above these ciuno the dress , which
was merely a bright-colored blanket pinned
at the shoulders , leaving the arms bare , and
belted In with sliver buckles at the waist.
Several of the girls had a second blanket
which they were much like a shawl , and
which was fastened by a long silver pin at
the shoulders. The men wear much the
same dress as their women , save that one
blanket Is belted around the waist , whereas
the second Is worn as a poncho ; that Is ,
over the upper part of the body , the head
'being stuck through n silt In the center.
'Few of the men wear hats , but all tie a red
handkerchief or band about the head over
heir foreheads , leaving the crown bare.
Hotter IjUOkliiB Tlinn Our Indians.
Tbo Araucanlans are of the same race
'arully as the North American Indian. They
have copper complexions , a trifle lighter
ihan those of most of our tribes , high cheek
bones and straight black hair. The men
have little or no beards. They wear their
hair cut off even with the neck and coming
down over the ears. The women wear their
hair long. It Is divided Into two braids ,
each wrapped with a strip of red cloth , which
Is sometimes decorated with llttlo silver
beads. They wind the hatr up on the top
of the skull and let the ends of the braids
stick out like horns above their faces. Some
times the ends are joined by a string of
llttlo balls of silver and sometimes the
braids hang down the back. Both the men
and women are fond of bright colors. The
women wear quantities of Jewelry. Their
earrings arc always very largo. They are
of many shanes , silver plates as big as a
playing card , with ear hooks attached , be
ing common. They wear necklaces of silver
beads and as much other stiver In the shape
of breast ornaments as they can afford. The
men are , as a rule , better looking than our
Indians , and the women when young nro
plump and pretty. I see many girls who
have rosy cheeks , well rounded forms , beau
tiful eyes and teeth , and full , ripe , klssablo
lips. They look clean , their feet are small
and tholr ankles I noticed are very well
turned.
These Araucanlans have curious customs.
Many of the richer Indians have two or
more wives. Each Indian bravo keeps his
several women with him In the same hut ,
the children of the various wives being
mixed up Indiscriminately as long as peace
prevails In the family. This , however , Is
not always the case. At least I Judge so
for In one of the Indian huts which I visited
yesterday I found two fires going and over
each flro one of the husband's two wives
was cooking , \vhllo about each was gathered
her own brood of children. The hut was
of boards with a low , thauched roof. It
had no door , but the whole front was opened
to the cast and BO arranged that It could be
closed with skins. The roof was of < the
shape of a ridge and this gave room for an
attic , which was separated from the ground
room by a celling of poles Jet black wlt'h
smoke. From these poles ears of corn ,
strings of onions , pieces of dried meat and
bogs of other eatables hung. Tbo iloor ,
which was Mother Garth , was Uttered with
farming utensils , clothing , saddles and har
ness and a lot of other stuff which made
the room look like a Junk shop.
At ) opposite sides of the hut two closet-llko
rooms had been partitioned off by poles and
skins. In each of them was n low platform
covered with straw and sheep skins. They
were the private quarters of the different
wives , each of whom sleeps apart from the
other with her children ,
The Oldext Woman In the World.
In the tame hut lived the great-grand-
inother-ln-law of the two women. This
woman Is , I am told , 130 years old. She Is
the olden person In Chill , and , if the records
of her family are correct , she Is , perhaps , the
oldest woman In the world. She Is a slender
little body , not over four feet high and so
withered up with ago that sbo does not weigh
more than fifty pounds. With me at the
time of my ylslt to her was Herr Otto Keh-
rcn , a German , connected with Don Augus
tine Dalza , the Inspector general of coloniza
tion of Chill , who was also of our party ,
Herr Kchren Is one of the flneat looking and
best-formed men I have ever met. He Is
over six feet tall and he weighs 250 pounds.
I stood him up besldo the little great-grand-
crossing the Spanish and the Indian blood ,
motber-ln-law and made a photograph of
the two. The contrast was that of giant
and pigmy , of old age and youth , of life and
death , of dry bones and rosy flesh. Tbo fact
that size and condition ! have llttlo to do with.
ongovlty seemed to me apparent as I looked
at this drled-up centenarian. She was small
at her birth end she had lived more than
a century and a quarter In a squalid hut ,
lalf fed and poorly clad. She was , when I
saw her , dressed only In a ragged navy blue
blanket , which was fastened by a pin of
silver over her skinny breast bone. Her
ean , shriveled arms were bare to the shoul
der , and her wrinkled legs were naVt-d to the
middle of the calf. She was deaf and blind.
Her eyes were grown over by what seemed
to mo Hko two little red buttons of flesh , and
ier face was corrugated with lines like a
withered applo. She was led out of the hut
ay ono of her great-grandchildren , a plump ,
ulcy 'little Indian maiden of 18 ,
and , the contrast between IS end 130
was striking In the extreme. I was told that
the old woman still had the use of her men
tal faculties , and that she was able to do
much of the spinning for the family. Her
; rcat-granddaughters-ln-law seemed proud
of her , and they smiled and were grateful for
the money wo gave her.
Some Dainty Inillnn DUlieN.
In this hut , as I have sold , there were
two Araucanlan women cooking. The'lr
utensils were several Iron pots and they had
neither ovens nor stoves. The fires were
built In holes In the ground Inside the but
and the smoke was so thick that I almost
felt It closing behind me as I pushed my
way through It. The women were roasting
potatoes and green corn In the coals , and I
am told they make stews of 'various kinds.
Much of their food Is eaten raw , and this Is
so at times with both meal and meat. Ilaw
mutton and beef cut up In small pieces Is
'
one of the chief dishes of an Araucanlan
feast. Red pepper Is used as an appetizer
and raw alcohol Is drunk between the
courses. They have , It Is said , a way of
taking a living sheep and peppering and
salting Its lungs while it Is dying. This
Is done by hanging the sheep up by Its fore
legs and stuffing Its windpipe with salt and
red pepper. While the sheep Is gasping
under this treatment Us Jugular vein Is
skillfully cut , pulled out and the stream of
blood turned Into the windpipe. This car
ries the salt and pepper down to the lungs
and the sheep at once swells up and dies.
The lungs are at once taken out of the still
quivering animal , are cut In slices and are
served with warm life blood , having thus
been seasoned to taste. At all feasts the
men are served first , the women acting
as the waiters and taking what Is left.
HUH to FlKht for IIIH Wife.
These Araucaulana have queer customs of
love and mp.rrlage. A father always ex
pects IV ) get a certain prlco for bis daughter
In the shape of cattle , sheep , horses or
other presents and < the deal Is made before
hand , the groom paying as llttlo as he can.
The young man then comes with his friends
to the houseof bis to-be father-in-law and
kidnaps his bride. A dark night Is usually
selected , but the time Is often known and
the girl has her female friends with her
for the occasion. It Is a matter of wedding
etiquette that sbo should fight against be
ing married and all the females and women
of tbo family Join with her In repelling the
groom. Tbo friends of the groom liclp
him and there Is a lively skirmish In the
bride's homo , which ends In her being
dragged out by her future husband. He
swings her onto his horse and go s off on
the gallop , making for the nearest wood.
The women pursue , but tbo groom , of course ,
soon distances them. Having reached the
forest he takes his lady love with him Into
Its recesses and there spends the honey
moon. This lasts but a few days , when the
two return to the house of the groom and are
considered married. Then the husband
takes the presents , as ha had agreed , to the
father of bis wife and tbo ceremony U over.
If later on the husband wishes a divorce he
may , under certain conditions , send back
I his wife to her father end If she proves unfaithful -
{ faithful to him ho has tbo right to kill her.
If she deserts him and goes back home ol
| her own accord nothlne Is Bald , but It she
should marry again the second husband must
reimburse the first ono for the prlco he
originally paid to her father for her.
Queer Cuntiiiun of lllrth and Death.
The Araucanlans tie their papooses on
boards and carry them upon their backs ,
much as our squaws do. The babies are tied
to the carrying board as soon as they are
born and are kept fastened there until they
are old enough to be taught to walk. They
are bright-eyed , healthy-looking children
and they stand treatment that would kill
an American baby. Take the birth , for In
stance. When an Araucanlan baby Is ex
pected Its mother goes alone Into the woods
and camps there on the bank of a stream
until her child Is born. After tbo birth has
taken place she bathes the baby In the
brook , then dries It , wraps It up In a skin
or cloth and ties It to the board. She slings
It on her back by a strap or rope tied about
her forehead , and thus carries It home.
For a year or so thereafter she carries the
llttlo ono about with her wherever she goes ,
taking It to the fields with her when she
goes there to work.
They have queer Ideas of death. They do
not believe In the Christian religion , as dote
to a certain extent the descendants of the
Incas and the other Indians further south.
The Catholic missionaries have worked
among them with but little success. They
are like our Indians In their belief In a
great father , or a great good spirit and on
evil spirit. These two they think are al
ways fighting one another , and the evil spirit
Is supposed to follow a man even Into the
grave. For this reason they stand about
the grave at the tlmo of deaths with their
anccs and make noises to frighten the evil
spirits away. When a person dies he Is sel
dom burled at once. His family , as I am
.old. fear he will 'be ' lonesome on his way
: o the happy hunting ground , and they try
: o accustom him to solitude. They hang the
corpse from the rafters or polea Inside the
but and for the first day or so speak to
him frequently. They talk to him at their
meals and treat him as though ho were
alive. From day to day , however , they pay
less and less attention to him , until they
think ho has grown accustomed to being
alone , when they bury him. Sometimes , In
stead of being hung up , the corpse Is laid
in the little attic on the poles which form
the celling of the living room. How de
composition Is prevented , If It Is prevented ,
I do not know , but I should think the dense
smoke which Is kept up In these huts the
greater part of the day would servo to cure
anything , dead or alive.
In nearly all of these Araucanlan commu
nities there Is a prophetess or woman "inedl-
clno man , " who Is supposed to bo able to
ward off the evil spirit or tell why It will
not down. The evil spirit Is at the root of
ell the Araucanlan's woes. It brings bad
crops and Is the oauso of all diseases. At
the tlmo of sickness the prophetess Is called
In. She goes through a lot of Incantations
and other antics over the patient. If he
recovers It Is solely due to her skill , but If
not It must bo the evil spirit who has been
led to afflict tbo sick by some one of his
enemies. The prophetess at once proclaims
that the patient has been bewitched and
r.olntB out the man or woman who bewitched
tlm. In such cases where * death ensues
the relatives of the deceased are liable to
kill the person EO charged with being a
witch.
On the Indian Farm * .
I spent some time on the Indian farms.
They tire good farmers , not a few using
American machinery , such as plows. They
are as a rule rather stock men than grain
raisers. I found very few of the men laborIng -
Ing In the fields , and I am told that the
women do the most of the farm work , ex
cept the farms of the larger land owners ,
where the rotosor Chilian peasants net as
hired hands. The rote la the product of
Like most hybrids he Is In many respects
worse than either of the people from whom
b la descended , often bavins the vices ot
both and the virtues of neither. The Indian ,
I am told , Is cleaner than the peon. Ho Is
more honest and more self-respecting. Un
til very recently no Indian could be gotten
to work for a white man. and today the
Araucanlan feels himself the equal of any
person on earth. He has always been a
man of some civilization , and he had his
farms and his stock when the Spaniards
came to this continent. The clothes he
wears arc woven by his wives , and his
ponchos nave all the bright colors and much
of the beauty of the blankets made by our
N'avajo Indians.
The Araucanlan Is a shrewd trader , but
as a rule ho seems not to care for money
I have tried a number of times to buy the
blankets of Indians whom I have met by
offering what they should have considered
good prices , but have Invariably failed. It
was the same with the Jewelry , which I
tried ro purchase of the girls. The only
place to get such things Is In the pawn shops
of the frontier towns. The Indians are fond
of liquor. They drink the vilest of alcohol
and when out of money will sell or pawn
almost anything they have for the means of
getting it. This brings them to the pawn
brokers , and the result Is that you can often
pick up their curious Jewelry or beautiful
blankets quite cheap. I was offered today
a pair of solid silver stirrups , each of which
weighed a pound , for thirty-five Chilian
dollars , or almost $12 of our money , and I
bought an almost ) new hand-woven poncho
ns big ad a bed quilt for $10 In silver or
$3.50 In American gold.
It Is on account of his desire for alcohol
that the government has forbidden the In
dian to sell his lands. Unscrupulous specu
lators have until now been robbing him of
them In many parts of the country , so that
only a comparatively small amount ! of what
he has had remains. This part of Chill Is
settling up so fast that the demand for land
grows greater day by day and It Is only a
question of tlmo when the property now re
served to the Araucanlans will be thrown on
the market. The railroad Is bringing Che
white man further and further south and the
days of the Araucanlans are numbered.
FRANK O. CARPENTER.
SOME LATE INVENTIONS.
A handy support for typewriters Is formed
of a swinging bracket attached to the side
of a desk to swing around In front of the
operator when In use , a screw locking It
In position.
For use In curling the hnlr n newly designed -
signed Instrument has the ends of the tongs
flattened , tq bo heated and press the hair ,
after It has been damped and wound on curl
papers or crimping pins.
A handy cup for eggs boiled In the shell
has slots near the edge of the Insertion
of n tableknlfe to remove the top of the
shell , the cup having a removable lining , BO
na to hold eggs of different sizes.
Chairs are being made with the back
hinged to the rear of the seat and .held In
place by celled springs concealed In the aide
arms to allow the user to tilt the back as
desired.
Tobacco pipes can be thoroughly cleaned
by a new device ooi ir.ln.T of a pump to
be attached to the bowl of the pipe to draw
water In through tin sti'm mil forcibly Ois-
charge It to dlslodre th > Impurities.
The skin can be quickly removed from po
tatoes by a new cleaner formed of n tubular
net ot sharp cords having d niimbnr of knotn
on the Inner surface , the tubsrs being placed
In the net and shaken rapidly.
In a newly designed chandc'lw a heavy
rubber tube Is covered with a woven fabric
and suspended on pulleys tj carry the lamp ,
which may bo adjusted on tl. < ) pulleys to
any desired height , the tuba supplying the
gas for the light.
Blacksmiths will appreciate * a new an\ll
attachment , conultitlng of a clamping plate
which Is fastened to one end of the anvil
and operated by a lever , fn ho'd ' a pie 'o ol
metal In position for working it.
Shoe laces are to bo made wl'.i a core r :
hemp or other strong cord enclosed in a
1 loosely woven cosine , the core cxtendlns In
to a tongue of celled wire or soft brass at
either end , thus forming a string which will
not wear out easily.
Self-closing umbrellas are belnjr manu'ac-
ured , which shut up on pressing n knob
n the handle , a number of rprlug-i nrached
o the ribs drawing them .jjalnst the handle
when the knob Is operated.
Racks for holding packages In railroad
cars are made adjustable by a Texts 'nan's
lovlce In which the rack Is mounted o' : ordj
suspended from pulleys In the top > thn
car , with weights at the other ends o' tbfc
ropes to balance the racks at any hel.tt.
A handy vegetable sllcer Is formed of a
series of knives set In the bottom of a cen-
, ra' opening In a standard , with a slotted
load hung on a lover above to fit ovar the
knives and force the vegetables through the
suiters Into a receptacle below.
Live minnows for bait can be attached tea
a hook with llttlo Injury by a' new holder ,
consisting of n single piece of wire bent
to form nn eyelet In the center , with the
ends pointed award each other , to be In
serted In the sides of the fish.
Words can be automatically counted on a
; ypewrlter by a simple device which has a
number of dials sot In n frame with a lover
at one end to reach under the end of the
space bar as the counter rests on the table
o operate the mechanism which moves the
Indicator on the dial.
CONNUniAMTIES.
Four women are claiming W. H. Madden ,
a barber of Joplln , Mo. , ns their hu&hnnd.
Mrs. Louisa Welse , a rich woman of Sa
vannah , Ga. , went out to Kansas City , Mo. ,
married John Enoa Relcher , somotlmes
known as Lord Allen Hope Russell of Put
in-Day , O.
Miss Stella Romlngs of Carllnvllle , 111. ,
daughter of a rloh farmer , ran nwpy from
an Epworth League meeting with a 22-year >
old merchant of Leamington and they were
married.
When a man marries a girl for her beauty
ho ought not to be surprised or disap
pointed , either , If he doesn't get much else.
Miss Annlo Fowler , one of tbo most prom
inent of the volunteer Red Cros < nurses ,
Is engaged to b married to Albert Van
Schello of the I3elnlaii Red Cross , whom situ
met for tbo first tlmo and worked with lu
the hospitals at Santiago.
After a man Is married his wlfo some-
tlmcs looks mournfully at nil the girls'
gloves he has collected In his nntc-matrl-
monlnl experiences and wishes that Rome of
them were pairs.
Jcse LewlsEohn , who Is reputed to bo
wllllHK and under contract to marry Lillian
Russcll-nraham-Solomon-Poruslnl ns soon as
she Is Biimslently disentangled from the
bearer of the last name. Is a New York
merchant well known In the copper trade ns
n busy , prosperous , Bhrowd man ot affairs.
For years he has been n friend and admirer
of the fair Lillian. Ho Is now on his way
to London and It Is quite likely that when
the Jersey count grants Peruglnl's prayer for
divorce the much-married prlma donna will
try It again.
THE OM > TIMERS.
Mrs. Wealthy Walker of Monroe , Me. , aped
88 , drove 100 miles to Poland to dlno with
her five sisters. She drove seven miles
farther to see her brother and then returned
home.
Labolt Gautzburger of Reading , Penn. , 81
years old , Is cutting his third set of teeth ,
The first arrival of the now set came two
months ago and the seventh molar has Just
put In Us appearance.
John Capps , now 88 years old , who liven
at Illlopolls , III. , IB eolo survivor ot
the 101 citizens of Sangamon county who
guaranteed the sum necessary to locate the
state capital at Springfield.
Mrs. Catherine Wltcomb , 88 years old , a
bale and hearty resident of Galcsburg , Mich , ,
and n bride of 1834 , was with her father , n
Mr. Earl , when , In 1832 , his new log cabin
was the first in the forest between Kalamazoo -
mazoo and Cognac Prairie.
Ned Glover , his wife , Anna Solomon , and
ninety-five of their descendants still live on
the old Solomon plantation In Twlggs
county , Ga. They were formerly slaves ,
were married In the hut they still occupy
and the five venerations represented have
ret to mourn tbo first death among them ,
The heads of the family ore somewhera
between 95 and 100 years old.
A San Francisco character Is Captain God-
dard E. D. Diamond , who claims to bo 103
years old and gets his living as n book agent ,
; Ie had passed the century line when ha
? ave up bis position as an engineer In the
jig Baldwin hotel In that city.
Probably the oldest bread winner In Mich-
Kan Is Adam Langcr of Royal Oak , who ,
.hough 94 yearu old , drives a milk wagon
dally to Deddow and return , fourteen miles.
The old gentleman docs not need to work ,
jut , being thrifty and wonderfully vigorous ,
likes to keep busy.
Miss Mary II. Carroll , who hag Just dlod
at Cambridge , Md. , was a daughter of
Thomas King Carroll , Governor of Maryland
n 1829 , and a sister of Miss Anna Ella Cnr-
roll , whoso remarkable work In aid of the
Union cause during the civil war has a per
manent place In the records of the govern
ment.
HEI.IGIOUS.
Dwlght Moody , the evangelist. Is said to
iiave received $1,250,000 for his "gospel"
hymns.
It Is stated that ono-thlrd of the Inhabi
tants of the United States are Roman Cath
olics and one-fourth Methodists.
The American army chaplains recently
field Protestant sorvlcea In Manila , for the
first tlmo In the history of the Philippines.
The Salvation Army of the Pacific coast
has enlisted the services of noveral Chinese
converts to work amons their countrymen.
Fanny Crosby , the blind evangelist and
hymn writer , though 78 years old , Is still
conducting rellglouo services In various
parts of the country.
During the last self-denial week of the
Salvation Army $105,000 was raised to carry
on their work. This was nn Increase of
J40.000 over last year.
The question who will succeed Lee XIII
i agitated somewhat In Catholic circles.
These who talk of an American pope rmis t
know that this Is hardly possible , as Italian
cardlmUa will elect Pouo Leo's succrsHor.
The religious press cf nil denominations
eulogizes Rev. Dr. John Hall ns one of the
most cuccessful preachers and pastors in
the entire country. His loss In New York li
fully rccofinlzcd and severely felt , and It will
bo difficult to Ilnd a man who can nil the
vacant pulpit.
The Irish Presbyterian church has In
creased steadily In every department. Tbo
number of families has crown from 79,091 tc
83.857. The ministerial force Is CSC. Their
contributions for all objccto during the year
amounted to $047,185.
It Is ftatcd that "tho stone of the corona
tion chair In Westminster abbey In claimed
to bo the game which Jacob , the son or
Isaac , the eon cf Abraham , used ns a pillow
when ho lay down to sleep on the starlit
plains of Judah , " The chair Is tbo most
precious relic In all England ,
The Free Daptlst says "wo can do more to
bring about a. world-wide era of righteous
ness by a year's real clearing up of our own
back yards than by 100 years of trying to
make the other fellows clean theirs. Wo
shall Christianize the world only by being
triumphantly Christianized ourselves. "
Three of the llncst churches New York
haa ever had are completed and are soon to
bo dedicated. Ono la the Unlversallst
Church of the Dlvlno Paternity. Another Is
the Knox Reformed chapel , a part of the
collegiate system. The third Is the Wash
ington Heights Daptlst. Hetuchuua art
than Is shown In these three uow churches
cannot , It Is said , be found In New York.
Rev. Dr. George T. Purves , profesnor or
Now Testament literature and exegesla In
Princeton Theological seminary , is men
tioned as a possible successor to the late Dr.
John Hall as pastor of the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian church. Dr. Purves has tilled
the pulpit In churches In Wayne , Baltimore
and Plttsburg , and has declined a professor
ship In the JlcCormlck Theological seminary
of Chicago , us well as the pastorate of the
Collegiate Dutch Reformed church In New
York. He has held the chair he occupies at
present since 1S92.
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