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gained 1867 ministers. 1,522 churches and
229, 966 communicates gain Of almost
35 per cent. in membership in four years.
If these figures were not sustained by
the statistics of that church for 1880
and 1890 they might be questioned. At
any rate. those OF the two censuses and
of the independent show that it is the
most rapidly growing church in the
land at the present time. The Baptists
show gain Of 1904 ministers, 1878
churches and 6S, 955 communicates in
four years, VIII e the Presbyterians have
gained 433 ministers, s74 churches and
1852 members in that period The
Cougregationalists. which in New Eng
land occupy the field held mainly by the
Presbyterians in the West, gained 176
ministers, 532 churches and 67,229 COM
municants. The Unftarians have bare
ly held their. own, and the Universalists
have lost in churches and membership.
This loss. however, by no means implies
that what is known as liberalism in
that the broader teachings of the So
called evangelical denominations have
attracted thousands who could not have
united with such churches twenty years
ago.
If any one can find anything in the
carefully collected statistics of the In
dependent to cause him to fear that the
country is drifting into irreligion it must
be due to his incapacity to grasp facts.
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THE NICHOLSON BILL.

The Nicholson bill conains one sensible
provision. This is, the requirement that
drug stores and pharmacies shall be allowed
to sell liquors only by PHYSICIANS prescrip-
ton. Selling by drinks in these places, in
competition with regularly licensed saloons,
is unfair and demoralizing.-Eyan
Journal
Had the bill been left to the Representa-
tives of either party. in either House, it
would have become law, for it commanded
a majority of the members of both parties
in both houses. II came so near being
unanimous that the surprise is that ii re-
quired long time to pass it--Hunting-
ton Herald.
We have no doubt it would have been
a political blunder, to put 1t on no higher
ground. to defeat 1t after the Endorsement
it had from element that no Republican
Legislature can afford to ignore. and ii has
come out of the long fight with perhaps
few greater defects than 1t mad at first.-An-
derson Herald.
The Democratic statesmen who have been
30 busily .whoopins up the Nicholson bill.
voting for It.. and urging its passage. in
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Greatness.

Nothin' but Me amounts to shucks,
And 1 must be off a-shootin' ducks.
Most everybody but Mes fool
And / am the Wisdom Trust and Pool.
hate newspapers; they're liars all,
And some of EN- actually have the gall,
Confound the rogues, TO differ with Me. &
This country is altogether too free.
1 hate politicians young and old,
Who will not do as they are told
/ hate the Congress-; I'm glad it's done.
And the next I'd like to chase with CUR
The people are fools, or they'd jump with
glee
AT the chance of helping and praisins ME-
I'll go out ducxing, 1 swear / WILL
Forget the country and dream OF LII.
Bring up my tender. the Violet
Upon this voyage my heart is set,
/ strive to stifle the pangfui sob.
But my heart will pine for Capt. Bob
All, we'll: on another command he's gone
But at least he's left the demijohn.
Avast away. / will slaughter ducks;
Nobody but Me amounts to skucks
Up steam. Let my banner be unfurled.
I'm still the Greatest Man in the World
New York Sun.
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CHURCH STATISTICS.

The Independent has printed a table
which shows the net increase or decrease
of the memberships of the various re-
ligious denominations in the United
States which presents very encourag
ing situation The table shows that
during the past four years there has
been net increase of 1881 ministers.
1880 churches and 2.357.206 communi-
cants. 1t includes twenty eight denomi-
nations, all except three of which have
gained in membership. but five of the
smaller connections show a loss of min-
listers. While the Catholics show gain
of only 610 priests and 2.065 churches in
the four years. they are credited with
an increase of 1,243,56 communicates.
The largest general gain made by any
Protestant denomination is that of the
Methodists-2,3 ministers, 1919
churches and 352.245 communicates. The
denomination which appears 10 have
made the largest gain upon the basis of
membership four years ago is the Dis
ciples of Christ. which has been popu-
larly known as the Campbellite Church.
In 1890 the census showed that 1t had
5,324 ministers. 1926 churches and 641.-
051 communicates. The Independent at
the close of 1894 finds that during the
four years since the taking of the United
States census that denomination has
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CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM.


Recent events have emphasized the
necessity for lengthening the term of
the General Assembly. In view of the
great increase IN the. population of the
State since the present Constitution was
adopted and of the growing magnitude
and complexity of it's business interests
1t is obvious that the present term is too
short for the proper consideration and
disposition of legislative business. Sew
eral of the States place no limitation on
the duration of their legislative sessions.
while most of the others have longer
sessions than Indiana. Connecticut,
Delaware Illinois, Iowa, Maine. Massa-
chusetts Michigan. Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Jersey. New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Yer
mont and Wisconsin place no limitation
on their Legislative terms Colorado,
Maryland, Minnesota and Virginia have
ninety-day sessions, while most of the
Southern States have sixty days. Sew
eral of the States which place no imita-
ton on their legislative terms pay MEM
bers of the Legislature annual salaries
instead of a per diem. Connecticut
pays $500 a year, Iowa $500 per term,
| MASSACHUSETTS $sou d year. new JtIScy
$500 year. New York 81 500 a year.
Ohio $500 year, Pennsylvania. $500 a
year. Wisconsin $500 year.
The Journal is of opinion that the
limitation on legislative sessions in this
State should be removed, and that the
Constitution should provide for two
| regular sessions of each General Assem-
bly, instead of one. The first session,
which should convene within sixty days
after the general election. SHOULD be for
| the Introduction. reference and discus
sion OF bills, all OF which should be adj
vanced to a third reading. No bin should
| become a law at the first session unless
| it receive the votes OF three-fourtfis of
| the members of each house No bill
| that receives less than a majority OF the
| votes In each house should be considered
| thereafter during the life of that Gen.
| efal Assembly. Bills that receive a Ma
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ABOUT People AND THINGS.

An iron tablet with B:smarcks name
in gold letters inscribed upon it is to be
erected on April l on the Mittagstein.
eneeberge and the rock will be rechrist-
ened the Bismarckstein
A woman of Los Angeles, Cal, has
sent on to Paris, KY, for dozen Owens
badges. She says that she wants to put
the picture of the man who defeated Brock.
inridge in her crazy quilt. A number or
similar orders have been received from var
ious Western States.
Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, it
is said, intends to change the order of
succession established by the Pragmatic
sanction of 1923. by which Marie Theresa
became Queen and to have the crown trans
ferred TO his only grandson, the child or
his youngest daughter, Valarie, and the
Archduke Francis Salvador.
The late Prof. Rlackie. the distinguished
Scotchman, was a man of many eccentric
tiles. One of them was his fondness for
Panama hat which he wore on every pos
sble occasion, even at times in his dim
ing room. With this hat on his head and
large, dressing gown around him he was
in his proper attire, as he considered it,
for receptions
Emperor william, of Germany. is a very
restless man mentally. He has active
and inquiring mind and feels that he is
fitted by divine right to become walk
ing encyclopedia. not unworthy am
bition on his part. His latest fad is teleg
raphy and he is spending several hours
a week learning to send messages by dots
and dashes. He has already made con-
siderable progress as an operator of the
key.
Nine. de Lesseps, widow of the famous
protector of the Suez and Panama canals,
has followed the example of the Due de
Charities, who recently had his son, Henri
d'Orleans, put under ''conseil judiciaire,"
or guardian. Her son, non-commissioned
officer in cavalry regiment of chasseurs,
at Vienna, was living the life of a spend
thrift. His mother reprOached him espe-
cially with having sold in advance to a
Jew. by the name of Levy, seventy shares
of which was to be his only after his
fathers death. The tribunal granted the
request of Nine. De Lesseps and Colonel
Robert was appointed "conseil judiciaire,'
or guardian, of ~. Ismail de Lesseps.
!. George L. Shoup, who has just been re-
elected as United States Senator from
Idaho, was born in Armstrong county
Pennsylvania, in 1886 All the education
that he received was that afforded at a
village school. He settled on farm near
Galesburg in Illinois, in 1852, but in 1856
went to Pixies Peak in search of gold. He
made a great mark in the Colorado Inde-
pendent Scouts during the civil war in
lighting the Indians and retired from the
service colonel. He then went to Idaho,
engaged in trade, served in the Territorial
Legislature, was Delegate in Congress
and was made territorial Governor by
President Harrison. He was elected the
first Governor of the State of Idaho He
was next chosen United Senator and as
Governor signed his own credentials for his
new Office.
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A Di.eraceful Tramc.

New York Evening Post.
The decay of college oratory and. essay
writing is even more excusable than we
had supposed. 1t is, of course. unreasonable
to expect students whose first duty is to
athletics to do high-grade literary work in
the intervals of training. but it is exactly
to meet the wants OF 'sbusy students and
of the man who, ''as the victim Of Cir
cumstances, is forced to perform Literary
labors for which he has neither the time
nor the adaptability," that an Ohio firm,
Colchester, Roberts & Co., has been founded
and is now in business A recent circular OF
theirs Is before us In which they make IT,
clear that Original orations, are within the
reach Of the harnbl st foo ball player The "a
range in prices from So to $l5, according to
style, length, nature of subject. etc, and
mo money is required in advance High
school orations naturally come cheaper.
while political speeches can be had for
from $40 to $50, which we would say was
high for the goods and lectures" range
from $40 to $50, which seems TO a doubt
full bargain. Sermons are certainly dirt
cheap at 50 cents to SIS. but the intending
purchaser should note that no guarantee
mons." Colchester. Roberts & Co. Justly OBJ
serve that honest, conscientious work is
the greatest of advertisements, and poiDs
with pride to the growth OF their business
from "a merely local institution 10 the
limits of the English-speak'ng world as a
proof of the severe integrity and scrupuloua
good faith with viii h they have CARED on
their career of cheating
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sHREDs AND PATCHES.

The less money man has the more he
talks about characterization Globe.
No matter what the circumstances man
always feels cheap when he has been sold
Philadelphia Times.
One of the first things for women to learn
Is how to buy a larger shoe and a smaller
hat-Galveston News.
The theater hat is said to be sign OF
had taste, and it is generally a mighty big
sign, too.-Chcago Post
II wonder what keeps her dress from slip
ping off her shoulders?" "Er-the attrac-
tion / suppose Halifax On. 50 Herald
Kate Field wants marriage made more
difficult. 1t doesn't appear that Kate her
self has any kick on that score.-Detroit
Tr-oune.
The coming woman is approaching in files
of three. An Oakmont family has been en-
Telegraph.
President Cleveland's shotgun is like his
statesmanship-sady given to scattering
This is unlucky for the North Carolina
ducks.-New York Recorder.
This talk about Cuba needing a Napoleon
is out of place. What the suffering little
isle needs is first-class George Washing
ton.-Philadelphia North American.
1t is the small troubles that wear the
heart out. An elephant that will face an
army of men makes inglorious retreat
before an army of gallinippers. Texas Stiff
ings.
The South Dakota Legislature has defeat
ed the fast and loose divorce bill and it is.
therefore, necessary to have a residence of
at least twenty-four hours in that State be-
fore being eligible TO a divorce.-Chicago
Dispatch
She got pass to Paradise,
And when she reached the gate
The question that she asked was this
Is my new crown on straight
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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order to s.put the Republicans in the hole
may possibly discover after a time that they
have fallen in the hole themselves There
is an old fable about man who digged a
deep pit for his neighbor, only to fall in 1t
himsef.-Lafayette Call
For every Republican vote lost on this
issue two more will be gained from the
opposition party. The saloon business can
be safely. legitimately and proftably con-
Quoted even when guarded by the Nicho-
son law 1t will bear grievously on the
professional violators. but those who OBJ
serve the law will not discover any APP
preciable difference in it's effects.--Marion
Chronicle.
There is one feature of this legislative
action that seems to us to augur well for
the success of the new law, and that is
that it is not a party measure In the
House. four-fifths of the Republicans and
three-fourths of the Democrats voted for
the bill. In the Senate, twenty-eight Re
publicans and eleven Democrats voted for.
and nine Democrats against the bill--Fort
Wayne Gazette.
The Republican Senators have turned the
laugh on their Democratic colleagues by
their disposition of the Nicholson bill. The
Democratic members have been enjoying
the position of the Republican majority
between the devil and the deep sea- on
ton until to-day the bill is put at the mercy
of the Governor, who is thus compelled
to share the responsibility Oh the measure.
After everybody settles down to rational
contemplation of the provisions of the
Nicholson law, it, will appear altogether
different from the way it has been pictured
in excited public mind. 1t does not I'M
pose any great burden on liquor sellers,
its object being rather to force them to
obey laws for their regulation heretofore
enacted. And, even nov, much will depend
on the spirit and disposition of authori-
ties. There would have been no Nicholson
bill if the old laws had been obeyed by
liquor sellers or if it had been enforced
by officials charged with that responsibility.
Under the new arrangement persistent vio-
1ation subjects the offender to the punish
ment of having his license revoked, and
be to reform most effectually many of the
evils that have heretofore existed.-Lafay-
cite Courier
The ninth section of the Nicholson bill,
the one providing for refusing license,
to an applicant a remonstrance of
majority of the legal voters of a township
or ward. was retained in the bill by vote
of twenty-eght to twenty. OF the twenty
eight voting for it, nineteen are Republi-
cans and nine are Democrats, while nine
Republicans and eleven Democrats voted
against it. The division was one which
in the main pretty accurately reflected the
sentiment of the several districts, and was
not partisan. Senators from the larger
cities generally voted against this section;
while those representing smaller towns and
rural districts generally voted IN favor OF
it. 1t will require the Democratic Govern
ors signature to make the measure a law
which further removes it from the charge
of political or partisan origin and creation.
This is as it should be- There ought 10
to promote good morals and good citizen-
ship.-KokOmo Tribune.
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jority of the votes in each house. but
less than three-fourths. to be printed
and circulated as may be provided by
law, and, after popular discussion, be
submitted at the second session, re-
reading, and, after discussion and
amendment, rejected or passed by a ma
jority vote of both houses. At this ses-
sion no new bills should be presented,
and onlys such should be considered as
had descended under the constitutional
rule from the first session. The first
session should convene early in the jan
uary following the general election and
the second one in the following Octo-
Der, the minimum interval between the
first and second sessions to be fixed by
law. During this interval or intermis
sion bills which failed to receive a three
fourths vote at the first session would
be discussed by the press and people,
members could go home and get the
sense of their constituents, and would
come back informed as to the viii of
the people and prepared to execute it.
These suggestions are merely intended
to outline the form of an amendment to
the Constitution which the Journal be-
lieves would inure to the interest of
sound legislation and good government.
Such plan would insure the early
enactment of all measures strong enough
TO command a hree-fourths vote in both
houses, and for the rest would provide
a satisfactory mode OF ascertaining the
popular will. 1t would prevent hasty
legislation and save meritoriouS meas
ures from failing on account of the
shortness of the term. 1t would prac-
tically embody the referendum princi-
pie. and to this extent would be an adj
vance in popular government.
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widest part OF the United states.


Assistant Chief Goode. Of the United
States Geological Survey who visited Ore
gon last summer. says that the widest re-
gion OF the entire United States Is an area
OF / 900 square miles lying in the mountains
between Roseburg and Coquillas in Douglas
and Coos counties. He describes II n 4
mysterious, undiscovered country. In which
wild game roams undisturbed. and whose
brooks and rivers are filed with wild fowl
Ii Is nearly all covered with a dense growth
Of pine fir. hemlock and other trees. Many
of the trees are OF enormous size. and stand
so closely that IL is difficult for men 20 ma Ike
their way between them. Where. the trees
are not thick the heavy growth of bushes
or various kinds takes their place II Is a
country that i filed with all kinds OF Wild
game. including, az reported TO him. elk,
different kinds Of bear, mountain lions. deer
and other animals. including Iynxes There
are also the varied kinds OF fowl. The
streams all have an abundance OF trout and
other kinds of fish. He penetrated into the
wlds a dozen miles and saw things that
filed him with wonder at the vastness of
q live I'm IL.
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To prevent almost endless litigation
and to guard against any possible mis-
takes in the Republican salary law,
should it be taken into the courts, it is
the opinion of the best men of both
parties who have the public interests at
heart that the bill to remedy the de-
fects In the law of 1891, which the House
mas passed, and which the Senate post
poned Saturday. should be recalled and
passed. The fact that the county Off
GERS contingent in the Senate are bit
terly hostile to the measure seems to be
the best possible reason for passing that
precautionary measure.
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Mr.. Cleveland. ~Deadhend., ).

New 7 Ork AdVertiser.
A President of the United States. espc-
to practice the ''deadhead' business. Mr.
Cleveland however. seems to be as cal;ous
In this respect as in others Ii reports are
trustworthy his present duck hunting trip
is undertaken wholly at the expense OF the
federal treasury. He. has not only en-
ployed a government vessel on his junket-
ing expedition but he has taken navy OFF,
GERS and an army surgeon along with him.
What right has Grover Cleveland any more
than any other public servant to appropriate
a government vessel and the time Of gov
eminent officials TO his private purposes?
So far as the army surgeon Is concerned. the
action of Mr. Cleveland Is contemplate
This person Is stationed at Washington ia
order TO give. the families of army officers
medical attendance free. and whEe he IL
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The Oklahoma Legislature has not yet
got past the stage of cowboy legislation.
n dispatch says that "a rider on the
general appropriation bill makes the
Guthrie Capitol the official organ of the
Territory and compels all territorial
officials and employees of territorial in
stitutions to publish notices of every
kind in this paper and compels them to
get all printing, binding and office sup
plies of the concern, thus removing all
competition. Some of our State legisla-
lures have been bad enough, but such a
rider as that would be quickly endorsed
In any of them
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The statement of the Sentinel yester-
day morning to the effect that the
Nicholson bill had not been presented
TO the Governor before midnight Satur-
day and consequently that he could not
sign ii caused much comment. As a
matter of fact. the bin was presented at
the uffice OF the Governor before that
hour. but 1T was not open. This. bet
ter lawyers than the Sentinel say, Is
a legal presentation to appear within
the specified time. There has been no
intiration that the Governor intends
not to receive such bills as If his office
had been open. Governor Matthews is
cut off from such denial. 1t is said. by
his own act two years ago, when he IN
formed the Legislature on the last day
of the session that II il would pass an
essential feature OF the tax law on Mon
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away from duty these officers are compelled
10 pay for medical services out OF their
meager salaries. Mr.. Cleveland might JUST
as well put his hands IN the pockets OF
these men and abstract for hts own benefit
the sun: which they arc shus forced TO pay.
the .r - y" p Vr @ eaq Ias; n.us
wealthy. he receives So 06e year from The
government and the use ~ the White House
for a residence. In addition President OF
the United STATES should set a better ex-
ample than trying to beat his way" Sucn
a thing may be tolerated In tramp. but y
4 great milton. -.
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There is no reason why the Senate
should not to-day pass the Governors
bill to prevent prize fighting and send
it to him for his approval. If it should
he has already put himself on record as
approving bill passed on Monday. In
this connection it should be said that
the delay of the bill is due to the in
action of his own party friends who had
1t in charge
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