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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11
GENERAL CHURCH NOTES.

The First Seventh Day Baptist Church
at Hopkinton. r. l., has been celebrating
its bi-centennial.
The Free Baptist Association OF Maine
has voted to unite with the other Bap-
lists Of the state.
In the proportionate number Of members
and missionaries. the Moravian Church
leads all the others.
The Baptist Union Of Wales has elected
as president Mr.. Lloyd-George, the chan
cellor OF the exchequer-
There are now 15S missionaries and 600
preaching stations for the 5000, 900 inhab-
itantS Of Korea.
the holy mountain, the largest being a
Russian one with 1900 monks in It,
The Peoples Tabernacle at Denver
adopted the idea Of giving a top to every
boy who came to Sunday school.
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Y. NJ. C. A. NOTES.

A new members" reception will be
held the evening of October "a in the Y.
M. c. A. assembly hall. to which all those
who have Joined the Central Association
since August 1. 1908, have been invited.
The association orchestra will play in the
lobby. After several short talks the
evening will be spent by the new men,
bers in getting acquainted.
About 200 young Americans have regis
tered for the boys department presiden-
tial election and are qualifying to cast
their first vote October q.
j. M. Groves. the newly appointed phys
ical director of the Manila, L. l.. Young
Mems Christian Association. visited the
local association officers during the week
on the way to his new station Besides
comforting with the heads Of depart
the officials Of the insular bureau and
called on President Roosevelt Wednesday
morning.
Two hundred and forty young men have
taken the physical examination this fall,
as against 1877 at a like date last year
number entered in the different gymna-
SUM classes this year is Is Per cent
greater than at similar date in 1907.
The life-saving class opened Tuesday
evening with membership Of eighteen.
The members of the class propose to form
a club. Assistant Director Long will lead
In the work of instruction.
DIR. Charles s. White. formerly superin-
tendent of the Emergency Hospital, viii
begin a course Of five talks on First Aid
to the Injured" in the gymnasium tomor-
row evening at o'clock.
Keen interest Is being taken in the
coming indoor athletic meet for employed
secretaries Of the association. 1t has
been decided that the secretaries in the
boys department will be matched against
those in the mems building. A committee,
of which Albert NJ. Chesley is chairman.
has been appointed to arrange the de-
tails.
Prayer In the Old Testament was the
subject discussed by the Secretaries Study
Club last Friday morning under the lead
ership Of DR.. Samuel H. Woodrow. Next
week the subject will be Prayer in the
New Testament" The club. which was
organized for the purpose of improving
the efficiency of the employees, Is said to
be proving of much service.
The total membership of the Central AS
ISOLATION is $685. the gain during the week
being y. The total membership in. the
mems department is 2.6l7 and in the
boys. III.
Big preparations are being made for the
Halloween reception" to be held the
evening OF October 81. It is expected that
hundreds of friends OF members of the
association will attend. The music, pro-
gram and decorations will all be arranged
with the idea of making the occasion as
''witchy" as possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

NEW YORK, October 3.-The real
moral force Of 100000 persons exerted
in one direction can only be guessed be-
cause there never has been but one rea-
son for learning what 1t might be. Eight
great church demonstrations possess this
power for revolutionizing the world
through their own members. One IN
every seven persons in the United States
and the United Kingdom belongs to this
force Of 1900. 600.
Massed for a world movement IN the
interest of missions. temperance or civic
reform the Methodists. Baptists, Episco-
palians, Congregationalists, Presbyteri-
ans, Lutherans, Universalists and unita-
rians could exert sufficient influence to
accomplish anything and everything they
undertook The one drawback to any re-
form that required an exercise of the vot-
ing privilege would be the tremendous
disproportion of male voting members In
this vast army of church communicates
The Methodist family leads. Summed
up as world force 1t has S,422,OOO mem
bers and 7.I43, 900 Sunday school of1cers
and pupils housed in S6, 400 churches ana
$4,000 Sunday schools. This is Method
ism as a whole. the Methodist Episcopal
branch being the chief In this country.
as the Wesleyans are in Great Britain.
Besides all the numerous divisions OF the
church IN this country there are in Eng
land the Primitive, Calyinistic and United
branches. the church buildings of the
four lines having a total OF over 4.OOWe
sittings. and yet the membership. lnciuo-
ing the juniors, Is only little over l.
100000 while that of the various
branches in the United States runs up
to over $500 200. The Methodist Episco-
pal section claims a total Of over 3.3D.OOO
and maintains a fairly steady growth OF
per cent annually, at the same time
adding splendidly to its church property.
which is now valued at about $1S7 .OO0. 600.
American Baptists outnumber those In
Great Britain ten to one. there being
nearly 100000 of them in the United
States owning church property worth
about $l22, 600 900 and giving some $22.-
100000 annually to church purposes, ST.
800, COO going to missions. The denomina-
ton has 81, 400 churches and $4,000 minis
ters the churches and members having
ouadrupled In the last four decades. while
the number of ministers has nearly kept
pace with the other growth of the church.
British Baptists have about !, 10000 Sit
tings in their churches. but the member
ship is only little more than one-third
what can be accommodated.
The Episcopal Church is naturally
stronger abroad than 1t is in this country.
It is the established church of the United
Kingdom overshadowng any of the other
denominations. In England and Wales
there are over 100000 communicates.
but this does not give an idea of the pos
sible strength, for there are sittings for
more than 1000 600 persons in the Angli-
can churches In Ireland there are possibly
10000 members and in Scotland $4,000
more. The Protestant Episcopal Church
in the United States shows a member
ship of about $4,000. including the mis-
sionary stations. The odd thing about
the two countries is their church govern
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Physical Department Sunday at the
y M T.

Today will be observed at the Young
Mems Christian Association. 1T36 G street.
as physical Department Sunday" At 8
pm. there will be an address in the GYM
nasium by DIR. George ]. Fisher Of New
York on the subject THE Bible and
Health" DR.. Fisher is a member of the
international committee OF the Y. NJ {.
A.. and has directed much welfare work
along industrial lines in New York city
and elSeWhere.'
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17
HUMAN RACE LIVES LONGER
statistics Do Not Bear Out Statement
that Man IL DeteriOrnt-
ing.

German scientist, DR.. Emil Koenig
has lately undertaken to prove that In
highly civilized countries man has abused
his constitutions al strength, and conse-
seauently S more susceptible to disease
than he was in earlier times. There Is
obviously something to be said for this
averment, but, considered as a whole, the
facts do not bear it out.
It is unquestionably true that as ciyili-
zatlon advances human life becomes more
complex, and the pressure upon mans
physical resources tends to become more
intense. 1t is also true that certain forms
Of disease, such,. for instance, as cancer
and heart weakness appear to be more prev
alent than they were a century ago-we
say appear" because only in compare
lively recent period have the statistics Of
mortality and it's causes been trustworthy
and exhaustive.
The official records of Geneva, which
have been kept carefully for long period.
prove that the average duration OF human
life is materially greater than 1t was $50
or 100 years ago Not only the average
length of human existence, but the reten-
tion of physical and intellectual vigor, or
what is called the prime of life tends to
be prolonged The age limit of usefulness
has in practice been pushed forward
The fruitful activity of men over sixty,
and even seventy, years Of age is a phe-
nomenon far more frequently observed to-
day than 1t was 100 years ago. Napolean's
career was over at forty-six; Won Moltke's
can scarcely be said to have begun, SO
far as great achievements were concerned,
till he was nearly seventy.
What is true of war is true OF dlplo-
macy, of law, of medicine, of every field
of work in which mental and physical
energy is indispensable When, in a word,
we examine impartially all the data, weigh
ing accurately all the evidence pro and con,
we seem justified in taking an optimistic
rather than DR.. Koenig's pessimstic view
of the effect Of civilization on the bodily
well-being and longevity of man.-New
York Sun.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17
REDEEMING ITS BAD BOYS
How New York ~ Making Good Citl-
Eens of Its Tenement
Urchtns.

New York City's work In redecming It's
street urchins and putting them In tha
path that leads to good citizenship is OF
national concern. Every city in the oouu-
try that has it's boy problem can we'll
take advantage of this admirable oxam-
pie.
George w wingate, president Of the
Public Schools Athletic league, tells how
u was done.
This league was formed late in the
year 1903. At that time the leading New
York citizens knew that something must
be done to keep its youth Of the tenement
districts from going utterly ito the bad"
They determined to appeal to the best boy
Qualities. And so without any pounding OF
drums they enrolled the 10000 children OF
the metropolis in a gigantic schools athletic
league The magnitude OF the work frowned
encouragement from the very beginning
But at the end Of four years the league
has some wonderful results to show. Every
school was made a unit in the organization.
Prizes were given to the boys for contests
in every line of athletic activity-iumping.
running, pole vaulting, etc. And more than
everything else. the school children Of New
York City have been taught and are acting
upon the principle which has been con-
stantly pointed out to them, that to excel
in athletics they must be decent; they must
deal squarely; they must not smoke cigar
cites for that Injuries the heart and spoils
ones wind" Furthermore hundreds OF
boys have found that viciousness Of any
kind makes them less capable OF winning
the coveted athletic buttons" The promi-
nent men in New York City have given
help and active cooperation Even Presi-
dent Roosevelt has lent hand. The beno-
fits have become so evident that England
has sent a special committee Of investiga-
tlon to see how 1t was all done. New York
City hps spared 100000 out of its funds for
the prosecution of the work the coming
year.
In 1903 when the league was formed the
physique Of the ordinary boy in the denseiy
populated districts was fully 20 per cent
lower than normal. 1t was estimated that
each boy had about two lineal feet of street
to play in, allottlng him his portion pro
rata, but today New York children have
bodies pretty nearly normal in develop
ment. More than that, their standing i'm
studies has improved wonderfully, for It is
a rule that to compete for the athletic
prizes a pupil must be proficient in his
books. The teachers are delighted with the
improvement in discipline, The gangs" in
New York are growing noticeably less and
the vicious element among the lads is be-
coming remarkably small. Not long ago
1000 or 5000 boys attended one of the con-
tests between the schools and a spectator
was astonished to note that, during the two
or three hours of the games not one boy
smoked a cigarette.-O Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17
FATAL LURE OF A BULLET
Caused Death After It Had Been Re-
moved from the Patients
Body.

People may Jeer at fatalism and poke
fun at all ideas which are embodied in
predestination," said Senator Culberson OF
Texas, at a small gathering of friends the
other day in Washington, but some times
a man rubs elbows with events which make
him less skeptical about such things.
"a fine young boy named Dallas, was
shot while out hunting and the bullet
lodged so near his heart that there was not
one chance in a thousand that he could
survive an operation. But he did survive
and the operation was one OF the things
OF which the surgeons in the local hospital
were very proud. But the boys recovery
was tedious, and as soon as the fever left
him he was allowed to see his friends and
to play cards and generally amuse himself.
"The bullet had been given TO the boy
and occupied a CONSPICUOUS place on the
table. Every caller saw and handled the
bullet and talked over his almost mirac-
ulous escape from death One day the boys
mother was with him and several relatives
when a boy who had formerly gone to
school with the patient paid him a visit
and, of course, he wanted TO hear all
about the operation and to see the bull
let
"The boy told It all with great vim, and
then, taking up the bullet, he said: Here's
the bullet that caused all the trouble ana
now l shall bite It 10 pieces and pay Il
back and he laughingly put II in his
mouth. Just then he was seized with q
coughing Fit, tho bullet slipped down his
throat and lodged in his windpipe, and in
a few minutes he had strangled to death.
THE poor mother was nearly crazed with
grief, but she afterward told the pastor
OF her church that she felt her son was
destined to die OF that bullet and that
she had little confidence OF his recovery,
even when the operation was pronounced
successful. She had dabbled somewhat IN
the occult sciences and she declared that
the boy had been predestined from all
time to die from that particular bullet,
and that nothing could save him from that
fate. New York Press
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17
PAYNE INVESTMENT CO.,
First Floor N. Y. Life Bldg,
Tels.-Doug. 81;A-1188,.
w. II. GATES
Room 617 New York Life Bldg.
iPhnna DnnplnE 12QA

FQ0ne OOuBlab 1884.
$1,500-New five-room cottage on
2Sth, near Cunning, on small pay
ments.
81, 1,G00-Five-roo cottage, new
roof. on Webster, near 33d.
81 ,900--Five-room cottage, in good
order, on east front lot 50x136, with
uice shade trees, on 33d, near Daven-
port; good neighborhood well located.
81, 2,200-Six-room story and a half
house, in best of order, on 25th, near
Maple, modern bath; would take some
vacant lots on part payment
S2,300-Five-room cottage, modern
except furnace, on North 18th, near
Kountze park, lot 50x140; shade and
fruit; we'll and cistern. besides city
water; barn.
Six-room modern house, with hot
water heat, for $4,000
Seven-room modern house, with hot
water heat, $4,000.
- Eight-room modern house, with hot
water heat, $4,000.
VACANT LOTS.
60x121-On 29th, little south of
lake, $3.50.
6Ox128-On Henderson, east of
seth, water, sewer and permanent
walks, for S400.
60x128-South front on Cass and
31st, fine view, nice location, $1,000.
60x157-Fronting on Hamilton and
Charles, between S4th and 35th,
$1,100.
60x127-South front on Franklin,
near "a. for $500.
Two acres out north for $3.50.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17
LEGAL NOTICES

SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE-
ceived by =. r. johnson, village clerk Of
purchase Of 5000 S per cent $50 year (op-
tionaD electric sight plant bonds. dated
February !. 1SS Bonds draw interest at
the rate OF per cent per annum, payable
annually. They are OF $500 denomination
and mature February /, 1923, optional after
February /, 1913 Ali bids must be accom-
bid, made payable to q. l.. GREEN. VIZ
lage Treasurer. M5dl4t
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17
s0uth Daksta.

/ MILE SQUARE IN SOUTH DAKOTA
64O-acTe farm, square section, miles
southeast of Blunt, 30 miles east OF Pierre
Hughes county, South Dakota; small
house, stable and outbuildings; about 100
acres in cultivation; all open prairie land
and can be made one OF the best farms in
Dakota. Blunt is a good town, COO people
on the Northwestern railway. Price SIS 70
per acre on very easy terms OF payment.
This Is the best proposition offered In
Dakota today. Address the owner Chas
l.. Hyde, Pierre, S. ID. (20)-7l5 17x
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Eleanor West and husband to
Charles f. Straub, lot ), block ooo
266, Omaha. ha............s.'. NAeVVV
Franklin Realty company TO Anton
Il. Swanson and wife, part OF lot ,oo
"a, Tukeys replat. ................ OVO
Malachi Maynard to Thomas g
Wonderly, part of lot ], block Sz' ,oo
South Omaha, and other lots, lOo
Sarah Donaghue to Edward Kelly,
lot 4, block 3, brakes addition...; 1
Hastings & Heyden to Emil j. and
Annie A. Scholl, lot g., block i,
Hastings & Heyden's addition. 500
Agnes @. Hawley and husband TO
Clarissa McHahon, all their prop
erty in the city Of Omaha. ......
Oak c. Redick to Otto Linde and
wife, lot Is, block 2. Clark Redicks .-
United Real Estate and Trust com
pany to Louis ]. Kettleson, lot l3.
block 3s, Kountze Place. ......... 700
A. +. Olson and wife to Caroline
Hammer, part of lot "a, block 4,
CaMpbell's addition. .,.......... 1000
Elizabeth d. Gosnell and husband to
l.. @. Nelson, part of lots II and
IS, In addition to blocks ] S and
l, Second addition to Bedford
Place ..............s.. .'.''''''''
Total .....................Ss,22S
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17
Texas.

TEXAS farm lands, new tract, open for
settlement; best bargain on market; easy
terms: shallow water: well settled coun-
try. Swisher county, the banner pan
handle county. Agents and buyers write
Ben i. Tanner, Cedar Rapids. la.
(20)-7l6 Tx
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17
e D. " SHOLES CO.,
10 Board of Trade Bldg,
Tels.-Doug. 40; A-2O49.
DO

BEMIS PARK. $4,000
New all modern home, on
Good corner lot, Lafayette
Ave, four bedrooms. large
basement cemented. You
couldn't duplicate the property
today for the money.
NEAR NEW CATHEDRAL
rooms, large house, on
paved street all modern and
nicely located, good barn.
Price is but $3.50.
NEAR FIELD CLUB
New house, built last year,
faces south on Woolworth
Ave. and the Boulevard. six
rooms besides reception hall
and den. Snap at $3.50.
KOUNTZ PLACE
A very good well-built home,
on full corner lot, rooms,
strictly MODERN with hot
water heating. Price is $3.50.
Do you want it2
INVESTMENTS
Have got some very at
tractive investments, close in,
in flats, house and business
property. Just let US know
what you want In this line and
we can fit you out.
BEMIS PARK LOT
The only good lot left on
Lincoln Boulevard, 51x23S, no
assessments for paving. Have
refused $1.15O. but will take
$3.50, Worth $500.
G. r. GLOVER & SON,
Doug. 1868. A-3963.
601-2-3 N. Y. Life.
--Qs
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17
REAL ESTATE
CITY PROPERTY FOR SALE
(Continued.)
The Byron Reed CO.

Phone Doug. 2s7, 2i2 S. i4th st..
s 2,2JO-At 1706 s. 18th ST., just one
block from park car. 6-rOom
story-and-half cottage, with
bath, closet, sewer, city water
and gas. Good mantel In par
lor.
3 S,15O-At 527 s. 25th Ave, s-room cot
tage, with new furnace, bath,
closet, etc. Paving paid.
8 3,5OO-At 271O-12 Parker st. 2 Groom
houses, with closets, city
water, sewer and gas. Paving
paid. Rents for 1882.
s 3,OOO-On Charles ST., between SSd
and 34th. A new 7-room all
modern house. Immediate
possession. VIII rent for S2S
per month.
5 4,25O-22d and Locust Sts., 2 Groom
modern houses renting for $4SO
per year.
5 7,OO0-In the Hanscom park district,
fine S-room, all modern
house. Finished in quarter
sawT oak. Full lot, with fine
shade trees.
5,OO-In the north part of the city
on a fine street, we have
fine 8-room house. Finished in
quarter-sawn oak, with oak
floors. -Four fine bed rooms.
Hot water heat. South front
lot. Cement walks. One Of
the best houses on our list.
8 {, 5,25O-On Spalding st., on corner lot,
we have an excellent S-room
house, finished iE quarter
sawn oak downstairs, and
birch upstairs. Hot water
heat. Barn.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17

WEBSTER sTA.-15TH q WEBSTER.
Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis q
Leave. Arrive.
Twin City Passenger. IN $50 am b $40 pm
Sioux City Passenger. "a 3:05 pm a10:50 am
Emerson Local ..,......c S:45 am 555 pm
Missouri Pacific
Auburn Local ...........b $50 pm b1l:5 am
a Daily. Daily except Sunday Sun
day only. Daily except Saturday. Daily
except Monday,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17
WILLIAM FLEMING

III o IoIII pI'I NIII,IIIu " u anu l. OIIIve.
Phone Douglas 179 90
II convinced will you buy this s-room
house built for home by day labor; mod
ern, except furnace: cost 1880 to build
house; $500 for the lot. Price reduced for
quick sale $500. Homeseekers investigate
this before purchasing; must be seen to
be appreciated.
GRAHAM-PETERS REALTY co.
922 New York Life Bldg.
Phones Independent A-2553. Bell, Red 55].
Q9)-M6lS II
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17
VACANT

On Dewey Ave, facing south,
we have Just two lots left at
81 500 each. Paved street, ce-
ment walks. Cheapest thing
in West Farnam district,
On 35th Ave, just south of
Leavenworth ST., with fine
shade trees. Only $500.
on Woolworth Ave, near
Field club. A choice lot, g.
foot frontage, for $500.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17

Use Bee want ads to boost your business.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17
North Dakota.
SPECIAL TRAIN.

SPECIAL TRAIN,
BIG EXCURSION-LOW RATES
To Haynes Adams Co., North Dakota
May l9, on account OF the big auction
sale of lots at the new town OF Haynes
on the new coast line OF the q, M. q st.
p, Ry This town is growing rapidly.
1t is ia miles west from Mobridge and
the Missouri river. Write US for maps
and facts about the business openings and
the great wheat land on the easy pay
ment plan. William H. Brown Co.
Haynes. n. D., or lS1 LaSalle ST., Chi
cago, Ill. Secure your room on the spe-
cial now. (2O)-M506 ~
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

wANTED-Position as advertising man
RRer by experienced man. Address y A5d
care The Bee. F (sD-MtN TX
POSITION wanted at once by well -cdu-
Gated young man with office and a'vcr-
tising experience; thoroughly comrN ent
correspondent; salary reasonable. Al
dress, Il 572, care Bee. (2D--Si6 lfN
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17

with ten years experience;
have served in capacity OF receiving
clerk, shipping clerk bill clerk, book
keeper and cashier, besides correspondent
and salesman; splendid references. Ad-
dress 4Sl. care Bee. C2O-65O Tx
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17

HOUSEWORK WANTED-By experienced
Japanese boy; references. Address,. 723 s.
9Th ST., or telephone Doug. 5iSO
(27)-M65l lex
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

EXPERIENCED stenographer; excellent
references. Address D." Omaha Bee,
Council Bluffs. (27)-Myyl.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17

DAY WORK by an experienced colored
lady. 957 n. 9th Ave. Tel. Harney loS5
(2D-6A Tx