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Keuinenical Conference
The third meat rcprcM ntni he gathering
of world-wide MelhodiHin will he In l.on
don. Klighilld, III September. l!W. The llrft
couferenee of the Mini assemliled In the
in nie place In September. ISM. and the sec
ond In Washington, In October, IS!H.
each helm: a decade from the other. The
conference will sit about two weeks and be
eompoHcd of both tululstcM and laymen,
which delegates will represent about thirty
braueheH of Methodism In America and
(irent llrltatii, In both home and mission
Held. This groat delegated body will be
made up of representatives from every
inuntry and clime.
From fJrcenlnnd'H Icy mountains,
From India's coral stnind;
Where Afrlc's sunny fountains
Roll down their golden saml;
From many an ancient river,
From many a palmy plain
will wit In r the followers of John Wesley In
the metropolis of Hugliiml to count their
victories o'er.
The representation In this conference be
ing based on mem!., rh'. mid the Mellu.
DANIKL KNOULKS TINI)LL, I'll 1).. I)
II. l'ASTOU Tit IN IT Y M H. (Mil UCH.
OMAHA DFLKHATF TO KCUMKNICAL
CONFF.ItFNCi:. LONDON. FNOLAND.
AND UKPUFSKNTATIVF. OF TWF.N
TIHT1I CKNTlMtY FOItWAUD MOVH
MI5NT. dint Fplsrnpnl idiiirch being the largest of
all tho branches of Methodism, Is entitled
to tho greatest number of delegates to '.he
same. It will send about 1.10 delegates to
London. Topics covering n wide range of
thought will engage the attention of the
conference, sucli as teiuperauco, Humanism,
education. missions, social problems, war
iiml peace and the outlook of the twentieth
century.
Tho object of tho guthcrliig will not be
that of organic union, but of fraternity,
eiiully and mill mil helpfulness. The occa
sion will greatly tend to strengthen the
bonds of fraternity between the vurhi'is
branches of Methodism represented, as well
as to Increase the good will now prevailing
between the countries and governments
from .vhlch the delegates will nut her. Sub
jects Involving a difference of opinion on
church policy will not be debated or pre
sented, and as all the branches of Meth
odism are the same In doctrine, no dissen
sion will arise In their discussions.
Since It will likely not contain much less
than 1,0(10 inomberH. this conference wdll be
one of the largest delegated bodies of the
Christian church, or of any other character,
which ever assembled on the globe.
Methodism In all Its branches Is the largest
denomination of l'rotestant Christians In
tho world. Marvelous hns been Its growth.
In 177fi there were hut r.,000 Methodists;
now (hero nre nearly (i.noo.onn in 17(10 It
began Its worship In America In a snll loft
In New York City: It now bus 27,000 rhurdi
edifices worth Jltfi.OOO.OOO, many of which
are nmong the best In the country. In 177."
Methodism wns third In numbers among tho
rrotestnnt bodies: now It Is first. This
wonderful growth has not been, as with
some denominations, largely from linmlgrn
llon, hut from the unsaved by conversion.
Ilr. John Hall once remarked that he spe
cially honored tho Methodist church for
the Importance It attaches to conversion.
Mothndlstn hns no peculiar doctrine, but it
does put a pecullnr omphnsls on conversion
anil tho "wllnrss of the spirit" or "nssur
ance of faith." The peculiar power of
Methodism Is In Its spirit and method.
May It never lose Its holy zeal and revival
Pre! May tho coming ecumenical confer
ence be nn Inspiration and blessing to nil
Methodism nnd Christianity'
1 K TINDALL.
Pnnlcl Knowles Tlndnll. I'll D 0.0,, Is
one of the lending men in Nebraska Meth
odism. Me was chairman of the North Ne
hrnskn conference delegation to 1 1 1 general
i .ference which mot In Chicago last May
HpTfBE'svuiHilliHIHIHHS
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Mi' wns olei tod
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a delegate to tho
which meets In
Keutnen-
London.
ling nnd, thlM yuiir, where he represents tho
'lenth general conference district of tho
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Methodist church, which comprises the
stalls of Nebraska, South Dakota and Colo
rado. Dr. Tlndall Is n native of Delaware,
where ho was horn In ISM. lie grow to
miiuhood on a farm, where lie supported a
widowed mother. Ife was converted at the
line of li.l, ami a year Inter he Joined the
Missouri Confon lie of the Methodist F.pls
copal Church. South. Me had ureal success
In levivals and In building Up the waste
places, but In isxo be returned to tin- Meth
odist Hplscupul church In which he was
reared and united with the Northwest In
diana conference. lie served Important
charges mid met with phenomenal success
In building churches and winning converts.
On one charge over 300 souls professed con
version within two years and nearly all of
them were received Into full membership
under his ministry. In ISSi; Dr. Tlndnll was
trnnsferred to Hie West Nebraska confer
ence nnd siai Inncd at Kearney, serving
three years. He was then transferred to
Hie North Nebraska conference nnd sta
tioned at Central City, remaining three
years. While at Central City he was grunted
a vacation for the purpose of a trip to the
Holy Land, the church paying his full salary
during his absence. Ills next appointment
win', nt Seward street, Oinahn, where he
remained two years, and was then uppnlntc.l
presiding elder or (irnnd Island district,
lie assumed this position during the drouth
period, when many of the churches were
burdened with heavy debt, but by put lent
and Judicious management most of the
debts were eliminated during the six years
he served the district. Dr. Tlndall is largely
a sclf-umdc man. having been educated In
the common schools and high schools nnd
by non-resident courses In colleges. He
earned the degree of doctor of phllnsophv
in 1' S. (Irani university and r I veil lb-
degree of D I), from McLemoiesvllie Col
legiate Instliiliie.
About Noted People
For some lime past Kaiser Wlllielm has
hown special interest In the famous llcne
llitllie abbey of .Marie Lnach. whose abbot
it n frequent visitor to the court when nt
llerlln The kaber has now accepted from
he fathers a superb mnnus.-rlpl volume of
11)0 leaves of vellum containing the rule of
st Itenedict In Itoman scr'pt. For a wh de
ear the nuns of Maredet, In II. Igluui,
I avu world d at I lie gift w.th p u and pen -II.
Senator Piatt of Connecticut suffers occa
sionally fiom lnsomulii. ('apta.n F.van
Howell has suggested to him the following
urn, saying It always works In (ieorgla:
'When you can't sleep get up and lake
a drink of whisky. (!o back to bed and
wall half an hour. If you are still wake
ful take another drink mid uncut at In
tervals of thirty minutes. II y nnd by, suh,
you won't euro whether you go to sleep or
not "
.
As sufferers from rheumatism Iird
l'auueefote, III It lull minister, nnd William
(iwyiin, colored doorkeeper at the olllco of
the secretary of slate, are bound hy mtilutil
ties. Some lime ago (Iwyuu ventured to
recommend that ills lordship try a certain
euro for I he torment named. The two met
on Hie street a week or two inter and the
diplomat said to tho doorkeeper: "That's
a sure cure you recommended, William. It
cured me of rheumatism and gave me tho
gout."
Frcdi rick Palmer, tho war correspondent,
who iiccompillileil tile lelief expedition of
the uUies to Pekiu, says he carried a bottle
of n lo all the way from Tien Tslu to the
Chinese capital, thinking how welcome It
would be to a friend when hu crawled out
of his bombproof, eimiciatcil and famished.
"What ho did," writes Palmer, "was to
olfer mo beer and to ask why the reliev
ing column luid been so long In coming. He
lias gained ten pounds since 1 kuw him
last. Itice and hoisemeat seem to be fat
tening." Wu Ting Fung, the Chinese minister, was
in Albany. N. V., the other day and while
there met David II. Hill at a reception.
"Where nre your wife ami children?" said
the Oriental. Dave confusedly unswercd
that he was a bachelor. "Wrong, wrong,"
said Hie diplomat. "Vou bachelors should
ho taxed for remaining single, and the
older you nre the higher you should lie
taxed." This Idea was liberally applauded
by all the married men present, thus adding
much lo the ex-governor's embarrassment.
The senate military committee Is made
up of old soldiers. Senators Hate and lVtttis
fought in the Mexican war and In the
Confederate army also. Hate was a major
general and Pettus a brigadier general.
Cockrcll was a brigadier general and Har
ris of Kansas an adjutant general with
Wilcox's brigade On the republican side
Senator llnwley. chairman of the commit
tee, was a brevet major general. Proctor a
colonel. Slump a lieutenant and captain of
scouts. Sewell a major general. Warren a
private and noncommissioned o Ulcer and
Harrows a mnjor.
Ambassador Choate was recently the
guest of Canon Scott, the rector of Uiven
linm. Suffolk, which boasts one of the llnest
and oldest parish churches In Kngluud.
While going over tho church Mr. Choate win
much struck with Its benuty, and. American
fashion, kept asking his host the age of
this and the other thing. "That screen must
he very ancient?" he said. "Oh, yes. It Is
centuries old." was the reply. "And this
paneling on the door"" "Is quite modern,"
Canon Scott blandly answered, 'it was put
up forty years before Ihe discovery of
THE ILLUSTRATED JJEE.
America, you know." Tho American tun
bassndor WllS itniIll.MMI.il.- tlplliwl fitwl uti.tl.
lowed his natilotlo wrath nt it... r..t.U.
" . "
Walter Williams coinpllinentarlly alludes
to (lovernor Dockery of Missouri as "one
of the best listeners to be found In this
republic. Anybody may get Dockery's ear.
(letting his tongue nnd his name signed to
a commission Is an entirely different propo
sition. That's not so easy. Men dig their
physical graves with their teeth and their
political graves with their tongues. The
governor Is not a self-appointed candidate
(or the morgue. Hence his ear Is more
vrotnlneiit Just now than his tongue."
On March I next It will have been llfty
years since (Inlusha A. (irow entered con
gress. He was recently re-elected to mem
bershlp In that body. In the Philadelphia
Saturday Kvcnlhg Post of last week there
are many Interesting stories of his experi
ences. Mr. (!row entered congress as a
democrat; hut became a sturdy republican
nnd a trusted friend of Abraham Lincoln
For nearly two years he was with him sev
eral lines each week, and he says: "I wai
deeply Impressed hy Ihe grandeur of his
character, btoiight into strong relief by the
lights and shades of the war." Mr. (irow
was the father of the famous hotnesteiid
law. In the article lie says: "I Introduced
live hills nt live different sessions of con
gress before one was Dually passed nnd be
came a law, as It did while I was speaker.
II wns one of the most gratifying moments
of my life when I had the pleasure of sign
ing this bill. The policy of giving home
steads and of securing the public lauds to
actual settlers appealed to the convictions
ami Interests of the new slates, and more
especially lo those of the territories."
Told Out of Court
The lawyer's Inalienable ami Inestimable
privilege of "cursing the court" when the
decision has gone against him Is marred, as
most lawyers realize, hy the fact that tho
"cursing" must be done In private. This
animadversion, however, rotnet lines takes
Hie form of communication of the lawyer's
opinion to the publisher of the law reports.
Parts of some of these commiiuicatlous
have been printid recently by a law pub
lishing llrm. One lawyer wrote: "The ease
Is a legal curiosity, and seems to have been
decided by main force." Another, beaten
In a highway case, wrotu of the court:
"They do not know u hlphwny, even when
they stumble over It." Another requests
the publisher to chastise (lie court, stat
ing that "It will be of great benellt to the
profession that this case be thoroughly
aired and Hie fallacy and danger of It in Its
tar-renchlng results exposed." Another
"ory prominent lawyer" wrote: "Tho
opinion of our court Is a schoolboy blunder,
deserving of nothing but scathing rebuke,
and a review of It should run In that line."
Most seductive of nil the suggestions was
the statement, "I should be very willing to
pay for such a criticism of the decision as
herein above Indicated by me." "This,"
comments the publisher, "recalls the
Quaker chasing his hat In the wind, who
hired an urchin to curse It."
The quaint repartee and whlinsle.il humor
of nn Irish witness give u lllllp of excite
ment to Hie dullest court room, relates Hie
(ireen Mag. Quite recently a woman asked
for a warrant against a man for using abu
sive language in the street
"What did he say?" asked the magis
trate. "lie went forenlust tho whole world at
the comer of Cupel street and called me,
yes, ho did, yer wiishlp, an mild encotn
iiiiiulcated gasometer."
"lie called me out of me name," said a
witness In a ease of assault.
The Judge, trying to preserve the r.'le
vnncy of the witness' testimony, said:
"That's a civil action, my good woman."
The witness' eyes Hashed lire as she
looked up at the Judge ami retorted.
"Muslin then. If ye call that a civil nctlon.
'lis a bad bla'gard ye inns! be yersclf!"
A witness was once asked the amount of
Ills gross income.
"Me gross Income, is It?" he answered.
"Sure, nn' ye know I've no gross Income
I'm n llsherinan, an me Income Is all net."
"No man," said a wealthy hut rather
wenk-hended barrister, "should he admitted
to the bar who has not nn Independent
landed property."
"May I ask. sir." said a witty and emi
nent Irish lawyer, "how many acres make
u wiseacre?"
An old lawyer In the Louisville Times
tells of two amusing things which, he al
leges, occurred In Kentucky many yenrs
ago On ope occnslon a wealthy innn died,
leaving a fortune, and the heirs became so
dlssatlslled with his will that they went to
court to break It. One witness was called
who furnished fun 'or the crowd. In giv
ing his testimony he stated that the de
ceased did not wish to make a will Ivcauso
of a dreain he had hnd. He was Intensely
superstitious and this vision rather damp
ened his enthusiasm with regard to making
a wdll. "And pray," asked one of the law
yers, "what was this remarkable dreain
year friend had?"
"Well, sir." replied the witness, "he
dreamed that he made a will nnd lust as he
signed It he saw a lawyer coming In the
room with n big bag o take all his money
away."
At nnnther Important trial wdilch kept
things lively n witness was n vnln, con
celled woman, who fancied she could
teach the Inwyers a thing or two. While
one of them was cross-examining her she
became very snury. grinned nt her husband,
who snt In sight, and remarked tartly;
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"Mr. Illank, you needn't worry me with
them questions; you just can't catch me."
"Madam," said Hie lawyer, "hoau-n
knows I don't want to cntch you, ami your
husband looks like he was sorry he ever
did."
She was swept up and carefully removed
from the stand.
The fair plaintiff's counsel In the breach
of promise ease thought that he would
make life a burden to the unfortunate young
man who was the unwilling defendant, re
lates the New York World.
"Do you mean to say," he asked after a
lot of embarrassing questions, "that after
you had been absent for nn entire month
you did not kiss the plaintiff, to whom you
were engaged to be married, when you
llrst saw her on your return?"
"I do," responded the defendant firmly.
"Will you make that statement to the
Jury?"
"Certainly, If necessary."
"Do you think they would believe you?"
"One of them would, I know."
"Ah, Indeed! Why should ho?"
"Hccause he wns present when I first s.iw
her. He was at the gate when I rode up,
nnd she stuck her bend out of the second
story window, nnd I nsked her, 'How d'o
do?' and said I'd bo back to supper In half
an hour. I'm no giraffe."
Tales of the Pulpit
"When a man has it family of growing
children ho learns lots of thing.'! that, while
they tna ho old, are now to him," said a
prominent member of the Produce exchange
to a Philadelphia Itccord reporter. "One
of my youngsters sprang u riddle on mo
last night which runs tills way: 'Who was
a well known Biblical character never
named in tho Hlblc, whose death was the
most peculiar in history, whose shroud
is a part of every household, and the cause
of whose death was the subject of a widely
read novel?' I'll wager none of you fellows
can give mi the answer." Not being stu
dents of biblical lore, they all gavo It up.
"Lot's wife Is the character," went on the
proud parent. "That's the only name by
which she Is known In the bible. She was
turned Into a pillar of salt. eoiHcqucutly
her shroud Is In evi ry household. Her
death resulted from looking backward, Ihe
title of Bellamy's famous book. Kather
Ingenious, don't you think?"
One dny, relates Youth's Companion, the
engine of n western freight train broke
down, nnd the only passenger, a traveling
proacher, got out nnd worked with tho train
crew, pulling, hauling nnd heaving as vig
orously as tho rest, lie knew something
nbout the machine, and was, Indcd, quite
capable of running an engine himself; so
ho wns able to consult with the men, nnd
advise them to mine purpose. The
work wns carried on under n vigorous How
of profanity, which seemed to ho quite un
considered n more matter of habit.
Finally, says Itov. C. T. Prady. who tells
tho story, 1 suggested an Interruption In
tho swearing, adding that I was a preacher.
The head braketnan dropped his crowbar
with a look of abject astonishment. Uvery
Ixidy else let go at tho same time, nnd tho
englno settled down. Tho men lookod nt mo
with amusing consternation.
"You nro what?" repeated the conductor,
with nn oath.
"A proacher."
"Well!" said the official, with n long
whistle of astonishment. Then, after re
garding mo thoughtfully for a moment, ho
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added "Well, sir, joti work like n man.
anyway. Ketch hold again!"
"All right," said I, "but no more swearing
on this trip."
"None!" was tho laconic reply, nnd that
promise was kept.
When the work wns done, anil all hands
stood panting hut successful, the engineer
remarked:
"Well, this in the llrst time I evt r saw a
preacher that knowed a reverslng-lever
from a box cnr. Come up and ride with me
the test of the way."
Leap Year
Some curiosities concerning the new cen
tury, relates Hie Loudon (Hobo, have been
collated by the Kev. 'Prebendary W. A.
Whltworth. the well known vicar of All
Saints, Margaret street, London. It will
have, for instance. :1iI..1lM days, which Is
one day more than the departing century
could show, n difference due to the fact
that UiOO Is not leap year, but L'000 will bo
so regarded. Willi regard to leap years.
It will be remembered that every year of
only fifi." days Is too short hy nearly six
hours, but by having a leap year with Its
extra day every four years we should make
every four years more than eleven minutes
too long. Some yenrs, therefore, hnvo to
lie left out, and the present calendar pro
vides for only ninety-seven leap years to
occur in four centuries, which reduces the
averngo length of tho year to :ifi,1 days
hours 10 minutes 12 seconds, which, being
only twenty-two nnd one-half seconds too
long, may bo considered, for nil ordinary
purposes, ns correct. This explains why iii
the seven yenrs 1S07-100.1 there Is no leap
year. As to the error of about twenty-two
nnd one-hnlf seconds in tho average, year,
Mr. Whltworth remarks that it would take
700,000 years to bring midsummer to De
cember. Pointed Paragraphs
Chicago News: Tho skillful man should
know how to disguise his skill.
Lots of men know how to cure hams, but
nro unable to pro-cure them.
It's a pity some men can't draw cheiks as
easily as they can Inferences.
When a soldier becomes Insane there is
something wrong at headquarters.
Probably the majority of clergymen nro
poor uecnuse uiey preach without note
Tf fl unilllill Ikiu n inlHinH I.. 1.
..i "Il II' I ill' L i 1 I III' I. Will W I r 111
llrst.
estnio witn a woman In the title deed
Mm... n.. ..1.1 a i
in orK nns seen u great many draw
of it.
nti. i.ii ii i .
but tho eagle lights all his battles alone
Laws. like sausages, often censo m iimni
respect when we learn how they are made
No man should complain of helnh
weighed on his own scales or of being
measured by his own yardstick.
Nearly every fnthor who has a marriage
able daughter Is willing to allow his honi"
to be used as n court house.
"Onco upon a tlnio" Is the way fables bo
gin, nml after n man goes out once upon n
time ho begins to toll his wlfo fables.
When a girl begins to evince a dislike to
being called by her pet namo sho inny be
considered ns officially out of tho mntrl
nionlnl race.