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81 billions Surely 1t Is ali e.e.. hunorea
billions by this time. And SO our mate
RAJ rh,, investment In heaven. so far as
cerned, Is only a meager one-ninety- third
OF our wealth instead OF q tenth. which
would be just ten billions,
Ten blllions-how far short we fall OF
the mark. And yet not quite so distress
ingiy far as the figures would seem to
There is our investment I'm parsonogos
and manses and priests houses. for ex-
ample. still To be considered Although
not taken Into consideration by census
oWclais they are, nevertheless part and
parcel ,or our material Investment In
heaven '''
One of the few denominations which
annually collects statistics of It's church
residences Is the Methodist Episcopal. II
mas nearly II 900 parsonages, representing
total valuation of almost "a million dol.
iars. ,a Last years increase In parsonages
over The previous year. was l4l. and in
VaI1e N.eO,ooO In the East New York
conference G, NJ 7gre-2ee5 parsonages held at
Sazvg9,VVo' Sa-.g %hile the Hs personagcs In the
are estimated at being worth n little more
Shan million dollars. The denomination
mas mas 10 pO more churches than parsonages.
Inc Congregational church ORGANIZATIONS
number 1900, and 300 own parsonapes
Aoout hree-fourths of the 5000 Presbvte-
ran lNorthD churches boast OF manses
ah9 a H1 even greater proportion of the
.opg PROTESTANT Episcopal churches OF rec
tories HOW many Catholic churches do
Sou see without priests house nearby?
HureIy. our material investment I'm heaven
~ ~ fool trees tor our various denomina
uonol shepherds-they number III oOo and
are In charge OF O.0o0 churches2reacbes
milllons beyond the hundred million marx
MARX You only one OF our twenty-oye
ieaoing denominations has parsonages
selged at AT close on 10 a quarter OF a him
dred million dollars i'u'-
Church houses represent a pretty mil
non or Two; the church house of st
Georges New York. cost a fortune of sJy
ngures. and this building is but ono Of
group owned by that church and devoted
20 ils various institutional enterprises
An INSTITUTIONAL church OF Cincinnatf &c.
ouples nine buildings besides the church
proper; me institutional property. ali
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| which he came up from the disaster. And
at last an investigation revealed the fact
that those closed arms across his breast
held a bottle OF whisky safe unbroken
through all those vicissitudes And Archie
! fred his three furnaces that night south
bound. being. as his chief said. worth
sober.
Another piece OF comedy which 1 can
youch for occurred during the time that
] was officer / viii not mention tho
name of the ship, because some one con-
nected with her on that voyage may be
stu alive and feel agGrieved, but like all
may be relied upon. She was flne ship.
and had a splendid crew, nearly oil Eng
lsh and she had teon two years absent
from England. The skipper Shet-
landman ono OF the most splendid men
ever knew. and the mate was from tho
brave West Country. We were bound from
10 an outburst OF enthusiasm, IT was sug
sested by the skipper that we should
hold a Good Templars lodge on board,
lwhlch. as liquor was impossible OF at
tainment. was quite easy). An a. b was
lodge deputy, arrogatlng powers from tho
grand lodge and sure OF a dispensatlon.
templer. and the subordinate offices, such
as treasurer, chaplain and secretary, were
left 10 the officers The cook and steward
both begged To be excused on the ground
mat they were not worthy. l confess
that the experiment appeared to me full
OF risk. especially whom. after the lodge
ways being held In the cabin. tho usual
motion was made that 'the lodge do now
proceed to harmony" The unregenerate
outside expended their powers OF sarcasm
upon us, and even hinted that such Il
tempest Of noise as cmenated from tho
cabin could not be produced without tho
AID OF some more potent fluid than water
But that was libelouS since there was
nothing OF an Intoxicating nature on
board One of the drolest parts OF the
performance TO me the expression OF
the mates face during the proceedings
Tor he was n man OF sixty, q seaman OF
the old school. while / was a mere bov
of twenty He was profoundly disgusted
with the whole affair. but his long habit
OF obedience to tho Will Of his command
er, and his strong tcetotal principles com
blncd TO make him endure. His pcnnancn
did not last long. The ship upon arrival
In Adelaide was ordered to be laid up for
sale and the crew discharged They had
Two years pay due, And alas they foll
The lodge broke up In the greatest nos
sihlc disorder, III" worthy chief and tho
lodge deputy being arrested on a CHARGE
OF being drunk and dsorderly
Fun OF mild type for one of the par
ticlpants nj least was provided for tho
crew OF the Liverpool boruuc "Panuce" |
during her stay In the Mexican port OF |
SAINT Ana l was not member of tho |
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second class, said man who had rnucb
c u1 Win directing and shaping the
fhurch th1 . census OF 1880, indeed was one of
tne Dig men, of 1t. From my knowl-
ease or church conditions at the time of
.le laSt census and now-in the mean
cb,lc cnie l nave Kept In close touch with
Church matters, being a churchman nv
self feel that II would not be amiss to
say that the Protestant church property
valuation growth since 1900 has been con-
siderably under the average of the per
centaGes for these denominations the
country over. which Is over 81. Still be-
cause we don't know for certainty let
US say that this percentage, minus two
has been maintained by all the hundred
and one odd distinct Protestant denomina-
lions
Now. In 1890, the growth Of tho Roman
Catholic church in church property VAL
uation was considerably greater In per
cent than of any Protestant church, with
the possible exception of the Lutheran,
This has also undoubtedly been the case
with the Catholic church during the last
fifteen years, for In that time we recelyed
tens OF thousands OK immigrants from
Catholic countries and to take caro- of
them new churches had to be built by
the score and old ones enlarged The de-
nominations percentage increase in New
York since 1890 has been about 266 1t
was also IN three figures IN ls90 but for
the entire country the increase then over
1910 was 90. Therefore, let us say that
church's property increased In value 93
per cent. This is only fair, when you
take into consideration the great Influx
of Immigration, the enormous increase I'm
city yaluations-the Catholic denomination
is strongest in the cities-ond the add-
tional fact that from 1860 TO 1890 Catholic
church property more than doubled in
value"
So be it And so. fifteen years ago.
the value Of Catholic church property
was lis millions. while now II approXl-
mates 2273. millions
The value of Protestant church prop
erty was $50 millions flften years ago
1t is now 843 millions,
The total church property valuation.
approximately, is about billion and
seventy-one millions.
Now for the query-does this repre-
sent a tenth OF our national wealth. This
was set down for 1904 by Mr. Austin at
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river well, | forgot that there was any
sanger. I,a,E and screamed with shrlll delight
safe on board, and their sable fcrryrnan
dismissed. they sought the focsle and
announced their intention of lquidatlng
which being more carefully looked after
than even their own lives. had safely
survived with their distracting contents
% se ad 9ad IN Whab a%oPS SSo them all in the
gon OF tho mate was occasionally plain
LIVELY audible, os he besought them to
,an, uurh To-. AZ last the cook, q truculent.
Weether.scarred old seaman of over fifty
roared Boys, this square-head Of ours
NoI5ts me Let's go and tie him up" A
mold the mate spread-eaglcd in the main
a,S9Sng a99 gIEis Tlth sgunyarn lasbings ut wrists
anu sIlu ankles. Don't ask me how these
ornnken odi1nl mon did II; these things among
sailors are past explanation
Police!
Satisfied with their exploit the revelers
retrcated TO their den again while tbo
pilot, decming 1t time TO Interfere. hoisted
the police flag. and released the mate
thD Inc second mate | may say. was really
hsi, tno CARPENTER. and did not care about
3rolls' 80 he had kept out OF the way,
very promptly the police boat arrived
nldilneu by negro policemen, but Differed
by white man. Frequent inyitatIons Io
the crew TO resume work, and all should
be forgotten and forgiven, only resulted
IN n1d doPpr9Soious NS epithets being hurled at the
HVOncis tHS owner, tho skipper, and
all connected with her TO which was
per-added the announcement that ali
would rather do time" than go 10 sea
In her any more
Enough-the order was given-"Arrest
those men" Aye. aye. sab responded
thc olack policemen, and went Into The
10 c sic; Peace reigned on deck for n
space, but fragments OF song occasionally
noated aft After an hour the offlcer.s
le pauehee vas exhausted, and he went for
"aTd TO investigate matters He found
TO MS dlsmay that now his own mon
mad succumbed to the temptations Of Tho
rum bottle. and were In most happy fra
ternal relations with the crew whom they
had come TO arrest They scoffcd Mt his
authority. and In proof OF their indeoen
acnce, invited their new-found friends on
board where q sort OF war dance or cor
roooree was In order. or disorder
Let me conclude this recital already
too long, by the brief announcement thai
In due time another police-boat arrived
TSnned by white men and bringing Tho
SKIPPER. All tho jewellers were removed
IN hlgh sleo to their months hard labor
shouting their assurance that il would
be like Sgnday-school after that diyerselv
adjectiYcd ship 'S'''iS
A piece OF comedy that arose from
very simple matter of salvage once came
under my notice. and is q proof OF how
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crew. but | heard all details as related
oy her master TO ours In that port tbern
W. m"e su no IA" really, the group OF rascals
OF al natonalities who composed tho In
napltants being above or beneath all laws
Lel LOT their own pleasure they had
edecIed l huge Greek as a sort OF referee
III cases where the disputantS did not care
TO resort to the usual arbitrament OF knife
OF revolver This worthy they called Ell
S, Senor Commandante. To him came the
SKIPPER OF the "PanuCa' immediately on
ARRIVAL, deeming him the equivalent OF a
chlef magistrate The Greek received him
sgmse,X seL,on1d ana proffered refreshment OF
milD, then bade him get on with his
yarn The skipper volubly related how his
men men were recalcitrant crowd, who had
threatened to desert on bloc on account
or the Well-known high wages ruling here
for seamen. Would he, the commandante,
Kindly receive that mutinous gang and
Ing until the "Panuco" was ready for
sea In which case the sklppers graft
tude would be tangible and prompt. With
sweilins chest and flaming eyes the Greek
arose ano, Srasping the Skppers hand
assured him that he had come to the
right shop for law and order "send
1JHI 1nTse SnSm Nillanns ash0ro roared he, "and I
thclr ways at dollar n head, PAYABLE i'm
huvance as lar as one hundred dollars {"
mlld attempt at protest was entered
py the SKIPPER, but drowned by Giorgios
Inc men were brought ashore and treated
rGyally by the commandante while the
sup was peinB loaded at the cNtI1 cN-
Pehse or the owners for labor OF course
tnere was no gaol there or ANYTHING I'm
tho nature OF one except an antiountcd
pair or stocks. ostenslbly kept FOR the
oeneiit or any priest who might dare TO
visit the place.
when the ship was nearly ready for
sea the commandante called the men to-
eether, and thus harangucd them: Go
on board again. and bo sorry for Your
pehaNlor- Then at the FIRST opportunity
steai every thing worth carrying away
load IL In that fine whaleboat which hangs
on the starboard quarter, and come
ashore. ! Will give YOU a fair price for
ner, ana any other stuff you may bring
They obcYed him to the foot of the let
Ter. and the night before she was TO sail
after tremendous disturbance on board
they arrived ashore laden with plunder
being received literally with open arms |
In the morning the skipper also arrived |
on shore In the dinghy. foamlng with |
rage, for he began TO "see a light" rs |
they say. He met his crew and the com |
who Informed him that he was
more various kinds of fool than had |
ever visited SAINT Ana before and advised |
him for his souls sake to ship q few
good men at $3.50 a piece for the run home {
and never come back to this land of lib
erty any more.
My space IS gone. although I have en-
icavored TO restrict the telling OF these
7appenings to the simplest details But
I VIII, think, be seen that in true
,torIes OF the sea comedy is always per
lously near to the grimmcSt tragedy.
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the true seafarer is easily amused More
| over, This has no element OF the tragic
IN II all. was once in a barquc called
the Dartmouth, and on the passage out
TO China we picked up case during u
Galm Upon its being opened we found
IL was full Of opera hats, only slightly
damaged by sea water, but our saturnine
skipper, disgusted at having lowered n
poat Tor SO worthless catch, ordered
inc case and Its contents TO be flung over
! board. Then he went below. and the men
pleaded 10 be allowed to keep those hats
The chief officer yielded. The hats were
distributed. the secret OF the spring being
dlscovered, and thencefoTward for nine
months she was the mcrriest ship afoat
Al the wheel, on the lookout furllng
ROYALS, or reehng topsails, nothing could
lDduce any member OF the crew TO wear
anything upon his head but q tall hat.
as as 1t was matter beyond his jurisdlc-
tion nothing came of his protests Yet
! get 1t down as mark OF his amazing
imPerviousnesS to humor that never once
did l him smile during the whole OF
that voyage, although many of the incl
dents were killin8ly funny. He went
ashore at Gravescnd TO clear the ship,
ana so did not witness the pure Joy which
greeted our arrival ut the pier head OF
the East India docks, the cheers OF the
gamins the shrlll shTieks OF the women
as We srayely went about our work OF
mooring the ship all In top-hats, but the
rest OF our costume disgrace to any
ras-shop
Low Water and High Spirits.
was once lamp-trtmmer in (for those
days. a fine ship OF the a S. ~ (Aus-
ITALIAN Steam Navigation Company the
wentworth. And had. among other
queer souls who ran her. fireman of
Inc Scotch persuasion. named Archie
M killop. He was good man, and the
most terrible theologian YOU would dread
TO meet His great faillng-I might al
most say his one failing-was whisky. En-
forced abstinence during a passage for
the chief officer saw to IL that Archie got
no liquor between port and port. led 10
an outbreak whenever Archie went
ashore. On memorable occasion he came
down to tho company's wharf an hour
before his time (hc was always punctuaI
was ArcnlcJ clad as became an elder of
the Kirk. In shining bToadcloth regardless
OF expense or cut, his long tails almost
sweeping the ground, and his top-hat Inn
r9aculatc In Its GlosSinoss. But alas he
and not steer a straight course, and com
ing loo near the edge of the wharf where,
IL being low water the multiplied abomi-
iauonS or a busy port had accumulated.
ne lcll IN, and for a moment wns lost
to sight In Nth. He was promptly res
cEed, his saviors hating themselves for
the odors they accum ulntcd. laid upon the
@hart and the Are hose played upon him
somewhat cleansed, II was noticed that he
stlll retained the mummy-llke attitude In
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' GUY T. Viskniskki.

- Americas material investment
vi Docs 1t total the one-tcnth
Scriptures say should be given
s>rd; or do We fall shcrt In this,
l. in many another duty, laid on
tFlno word?
st church census made by .he
,,ates was in 1880. At that time
3 takers were authorized to as
monB other things, the value Of
%Foperty" In religious censuses
AIS one. there had been much nm
econcerning the term church
~ so In 1890 1t was laid down for
nce of all concerned that The
sue of Church Property is in
embrace the present estimated
buildings, with their sites, their
organs, bills, etc, owned and
Worship. il docs not include
other places which are simply
LOT parsona8es, parochlal school
theological semlnaries, monas-
Sconvents (only chapels attached
nor buildings OF the Young
lstian association, the Woman's
union or similar or
a this basis. the census takers
q a total earthly investment in
nearly six hundred and eighty
aollars-to be exact, s679. $50, 1S9.
an Catholic church property
~ TO be worth. In round figures.
~ the Methodist Episcopal, s6M
THE Protestant Episcopal, Sl4
Sthe Presbyterian CNorth), 7I1E
the Regular Baptist (NorthJ,
ons; the Congregational. 43iI
md 80 on through the list of
istinct denominations, besides
9us Independent organizations
stin, chief OF the bureau OF sta
ljpartment of Commerce and La
II down the wealth OF this coun-
= yenrs ago, at s65. 900. .O00, 900 IL
ia few minutes OF calculation To
our investment In church prop
was only one-ninety-flfth OF our
material possessions. as repre-
rJoilAr and cent values.
aout OF consideration for the
E0ur material investments I'm
the things not taken note OF by
M of 1880, let us sec whether or
.,yc increased since then our in
IN church property In the census
the lapsed fifteen years the ma
18th has increased prodlgiously,
~ ever before In our history. We
omed the Increase, In words:
rihown a beneficent Providence
niation OF IT. In deed? In other
I'VE VIC endeavored to give tho
Z tenth that. up TO 1880, we had
In, at least not as far back as
z5tatistics go?
a that the Government did not
orch census In 1900 need not
a, much worry. There arc sufn-
ids at hand 10 make us reason
sof arriving at IN adequate an
e question, though, TO be sure.
- Will be approximate
v!pie. take tho 1906 year book OF
list Episcopal denomination. 1t
ihe property valuation OF its
Jr1S05, fifteen years exactly ant
|hlcensus. This valuation is set
AZ, 10000. la 1890 all the differ
hes of Methodism in the United
I'd boost of church property
~ $l32 000,C0 The Methodist
y share was SO. 10000. There
then 1t has gained over AZ per
perty valuation
@te Methodist Episcopal church
I'D SlS,750000 worth of church
'ast year the figure was eos
In OF over is per cent.
Epiler OF tho Congregational
ialso makes n practice Of giving
sEyalues from year to year They
$6e. $50 900. while sixteen years
uatlon was $26,500.ooO. The per-
increase Is .6l.
examinations comblned-Roman
ezresbytcrian tNorth. Protes- ]
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raj rule the life OF the mariner
Ith far too much OF the grim
q living. for him to give full
~ sense OF humor which he pos
common with his fellow-men
~ board OF tnan-ot-wer OF
|u-e is far more scope for COM
tere the life Is SO entirely DIFF
tn that led by merchant sea-
ID lctically every detail that II
q eated separately and by men
ived II, IL IT is to have any
nct, and survive tho merciless
| vi which 1t would surely and
6ub5ected.
= the first piece OF comedy at
lever witnessed was on board
LIP In Demarara harbor. The
Iriport watch, four of them. had
|tpir liberty and such money as
thought they were entitled
er the time-honorcd debauch
EFrned on board next morning
fgorse for wear. but still fairly
They brought with them sun
|gf OF new rum. of q strength
ID " one but a sailor or an abo-
ter, and with typical gcncros-
|.Sd II literally to the starboard
r. shoreward bound for their
| - hours. This hospitality was
|9ss and eventually disastrous,
lone present effect which was
E5cturninB watch had less 10
were in Consequence quiet all
|, Il they slept, impervious TO the
>thc officers TO them to come
N Some work
b Ready for the Old Man.
eful was that day and night.
! fpbath-likc. The Norwegian
Il, leckncy second mate sat and
the old man was ashore -
|, cSning, the steward, and | en-
sspelis OF doing nothing and
.nding each other With the
\ sne the pilot. for it was our
49, II was necessary to get
:, ny. so that my lord the
NJ md all things ready for
weigh when he arrived.
ttch, fairly sober, but desper-
|wpy, responded TO the cry Of
|ut on finding that their ship
ot yet returned, retreated 10
t<re again for another smoke,
any reply TO the mates fire.
10 them. "kom long, boys.
fty Tor unmoorlng. aind II?
|5''o row ven de oldt man koms.
fTfe a. mo- the starboard watch
Il s'oe all together in II large
,tPs lun began. or course they
~ put only In the first good
Their getting on board
tY ihe Indignation with which
assistance. tho uproarious
VI which they hailed one an
en descent into tho muddy
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tant Episcopal Regular Baptist (North)
Church In America, Methodist Episcopal
and the Jews-had in New York City in
1890 church ediiices and furnishings ap-
praised at $4,000 Once q year, for
publication In one OF the most depend
able almanacs of the country, statistics
Of the metropolitan churches are care
fully collected, and for 1906 the church
valuation for the above denomina tions
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has been set down in this publication at
~. 5000. The gain in millions has been
40. and In percentage about 95
In New York the gain of the Metho-
dist Episcopalians was 6S per cent, and
OF the Congregational - per cent Yet
In the country at large their re-
spective gains were ~ and 81 per cent
These are among the fastest growing
Protestant denominations today, while
the Methodist Episcopal (SouthO IS in the
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covers city square. church that aims
70 be institutional in character must have
other property besides that OF the church
edifice and the parsonage. rectory or
msnSe. Six years ago liz OF tho 4SS Pro-
testent churches in New York were In
sututional. The number has materially
Increased
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Ordinance No. XIII.

An ordinance defining vagrancy and pre-
scribing the punishment therefor
BE 1T ORDAINED By THE COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF KENNEWICK.
Section l. All bic bodied persons not hay
ing any visible means to maintain themselves
living idly without employment, or are found
lettering or rambling about, or wandering
abroad, or loding in tippling drinking
houses or houses OF bad repute, sheds or
stables, or in the open air, who shall be
found trespassing in the night time upon the
premises of others, and not able to give a
good account of themselves or wandering
about begging, or going from door to door
begging, or placing themselves in the streets
or public places to beg or receive aims and all
persons upon whom shall be found any instru-
ment or thing used for the commission of
burglary, or picking locks or pockets, and who
cannot give just account of their possession
OF the same, shall be deemed vagrants
Section ?. 1t shall be the duty of the town
marshal to arrest any person or persons found
in the said town OF Kennewick, without Wis
ible means of support, or rambling abroad or
begging from house to house, or living as de.
scribed in Section One of this ordinance, to
take him, her, or them before the Police Judge