THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO, PA- BI if li One Thousand Places ct Worship in Country. REACHES ALL LANDS Weulthlcr Class of This end HCnr Countries Largely Kcprcsented hi (he New Fnlth Thriven I'po.i 'position Only 80 Years Old. r . .t Cult Htm 205,000 Member. . ll'ious workers throughout the. ' ry were startled six years ii;o i . i they learned that Mrs. Kddy'e ti i Jilngs had been embraced by JH...OU8 in a score of states; that chjrches were being erected in sv eial of the larger ci'. 's. and that proselytes were being made in other countries, says the New York Herald. A tempest was kicked up. Clergymen met In conversation and denounced the new religion. They declared MARY BAKER G. HDDY. Its way must be blocked. In a few months the tempest subsided and Christian Science went on iu its quiet way, sowing its seed here nnd abioad. The cult now has 265,000 members throughout the world. Since the 1901 agitation against the Eddy movement there have been dedicated in various parts of th) country churches which take rank with the country's most costly places of worship, and plans are now belnif prepared in many cities for Chris tian Science churches costing from " .000 to $200,000. !. tlngulshed persons have pub denounced the Christian Set teachings as "quackisin" and .- asked aid In suppressing ita o'. ih have been mystified as well . '.'.armed at the horde of recruits '..it. has flocked into the new church. Most recent of the illustrations of the popularity of the movement In some sections of the country was the opening of the new Sixth Church of Clirist, Scientist in Chicago. Chicago is in a way the Mecca of Christian Science. It has more churches and more healers than any other city in the world. The First Church was dedicated In IS 97. It coat $108,000 and was said at Uw time to have the largest seating capacity of any place or worship iu Chicago. The Second Church was built in 1901, at a cost of $120.00n. The Sixth Church recently dedi cated, costs in the neighborhood of $350,000 and takes rank with the city's finest temples of religious worship. Gauged by the number of churches and healers, Illinois is the banner Christian Science State. It was to Illinois that the seed was first car ried after Mrs. Eddy founded the mother church in Lofton in 1S7.1. It fell on fertile ground, r.nd at the present time there l ::i;aicely u city or village of large the in the State which has not Its Chri.it Ian Scien tists. In the entire Staio there aro 404 healers in active pra.-ik-u. Chi cago alone has 25 7 of these. Massachusetts ranks second to Illinois in the number of followers. This is largely due to the fact that the mother church alone has near! 60,000 members. In the entire Stut there are 373 healers, and of this number 118 are ia i!ostou. Thu aristocratic suburbs of Boston are honeycombed with Christian Science, and some of the places of residence have congregations. Conservatave estimates of the total value of the churches owned by Christian Scientists in this country place the figure at approximately $10,000,000. Among her followers in the early days, Mrs. Eddy practiced healing, always with such success that con verts came to her, and the move ment as early as 1S70 had begun to attract attention. In 1870 Mrs. Eddy published her first volume, "The Science of Man," with a chap ter on "Science and Health,"- tho forerunner of the present "Sclenco and Health with Key to the Scrip tures. . This was the beginning of the Christian Science denomination. The movement soon outgrew the city of Lynn and Mrs. Eddy removed to Boston. At a meeting In 1879 of the Christian Scientist Association It was voted to build a church to commemorate the words and works of Christ, to be called the Church of Christ, Scientist the first such congregation ever organized. Emblem of Secrecy. The rose la the emblem of secre cy In Greece, and was formerly hung over the table where guests were entertained, In token that nothing Hence the expression "sub rosa." risACTicu, v.wuiiHor.i: itwourt Practical Wardrobe Hanger Collapsed When Mot in t'se. Garment holders und siniilnr ward, robo accessories arc so Humorous that a novelty in this lluu im mediately attracts uttcntlon. In the I'll.: tiatlon in .shown one wlii- h, , though exceedingly pimple, Is, never- ! t'.ieles-s, as near the ideal in ward- ' robn hungers as seems possible to make ono. The hanger is in the j form of a lazy tonus, on the extreme I fjni or which is an extension carry- OCCUPIES LITTLE SPACE, lug a halt-dozen hooks. An addi tional hook iu also attutched to tho bottom of each point of the lazy tongs. The hanger is supported by means of a bracket, which can ba attached to the inside of a closet or vardrobo, or to a corner of the wall ir desired. Being collapsible, the hanger can be shoved within the closet after garments have been hu:i,r on the hooks, where it occupie3 but a small space. IHH SKHOU) SI GGKSTIOXSJ. Tomatoes are most hygienic when not cooked. Too rapid boiling makes most ve getables tough. All vegetables should be put Into boiling water. Fruit stains upon the hands may bo removed by rubbing with the juice of ripe tomatoes. Bananas should not be put into a refrigerator in fact, they should never be allowed to get colder than CO degrees. A chill turns bananas black, prevents them ever ripening properly and renders them unfit for use. To keep an ice chest in good con dition, wash thoroughly once a week with cold or lukewarm water in j which washing soda has been dls- '"ecu. ii uj i aunt u uuywuug is spill in the ice chest it should be wiped off at once. Milk and butter very quickly absorb odor, and if In 1m chest with other foods should be kept closely covered. A Spinster's Consolation. One spinster has set forth with her pen the following reasons why sae rather enjoys spiusterhood. She does not have one man to love and cherish her; but she may have the friendship, tho cordial esteem and interest of half a dozen. She dot not have one to pay her dressmaker, her hatter, her shoeman, and the rest; but Bhe may have half a score for le.-s serviceable uses half a score who send her books, flowers, tickets, who walk, play golf, drive, skate, talk with her. One man does not come to her for deep understand" in;; of his needs; many may come with their quite serious interests. Her sincere, enjoyable, stimulating, friendly relations with men, as with women, are limited only by her own power of intellectual sympathy at any rate, in those circles which admit tiny basis of companionship between men and women beyond the em otional. Care of I'lnlm-Ilas. It is at the Joints that umbrellas break first, and it is scarcely sur prising, for they are never oiled, and yet are expected to work smoothly and respond to the most sudden act of opening. Most people after using an um brella on a wet day, even if they do carefully dry it, regard any further process as needless; but. there are other means of lengthening their term of usefulness. ' To preserve an umbrella and ob tain the best possible use out of it, the joints should be carefully oiled with parafflne or kerosene oil, to clean off any possible rust. Just as In the case of a bicycle, and then be "touched with lubricating oil to make them work easily. Thus cared for the framework will last in ex cellent srder with ordinary use al most Indefinitely. The Selfish Spoiled Woman. The "spoiled woman is never youthful. She la Invariably selfish, and selfishness Is ever aging. Some times It Is wondered why so many old persons become disagreeable. Folks forget that It Is ill nature that has made them old, writes a b,eauty expert. They have allowed certain things to dominate them. If you would keep young at heart, and that means young outside In spite of tho years, banish petulant moods, com bat Irritability. Cultivate kindness and the habit of courtesy and thoughtfulness until It becomes a part of your character, for this part will tend to the eternal youthful opt. It If the cares and the troubles of life are met In the right way. CHAD LEY'S AY I FK AND OTJIKU WOMEN ! There had boon a little discussion i the night before. Mrs. Cradley had i presented estimates relating to the dress appropriation sinfully extra vagant estimates, It seemed to Crad ley. Material ran up to somewhere about $15, and the making "well, from $10 to $12. Then tho trim ming " "Trimming!" exclnlmed Cradley. "Isn't trimming material? What are you springing that on me twice over for?" "Material Is goods" explained his wife, lucidly. "I've got to have lace and a little silk and then the findings will come to something extra" "What do you mean?" demanded Cradley, Irritably, "You were naying Just now that the making would cost only about $10 or $12." "That's the dressmaking. I said 'findings," the thread and button, sewing silk and lining. You see ' "Never mind," said tho man. "I don't care about the details. Tell me what It will cost altogether. What's the least you can get along with? I don't see why you couldn't do without a new dress for a while longer anyway. How much alto gether? Come!" Mrs. Cradley looked worried. After a llttiu consideration she said that she might get the dress made for $30 "or a few dollars moro." "What!" shouted Cradley. "i'erhaps it might come to a llttlo less," said Mrs. Cradley, nervously. "If I can find some white alpaca "I guess it will come to a little loss," snorted her husband. "Thirty dollars for something you'll wear about half a dozen times!" "I expect to wear It for n year, at least, ns it is, and then I expect I shall have to get it made over two or three times. You know, the last "Wo won't get into nil that again," Cradley declared. "I'll let you have $25 and that's a good deal more than 1 can afford. My mother had a black silk diess that she wore " Whon the matter was settled on the $25 basis Cradley spoke of going to the Gunters. "Didn't you tell Mr. Gunter that we couldn't go?" asked his wife. "Why, of course I didn't. Why should I? There isn't any reason we can't go thnt I can see. You're always complaining that you don't go out enough, and when you are asked you act as if you didn't want to " "You know very well that I told yon we couldn't go," replied Mrs. Cradley, almost tearfully. "I haven't a thing decent to wear. I wouldn't dream of going." "Nonsense!" snld Crndley. "You're just talking that way- because you know you've got a closet full of dresses. What kind of dress do you want, anyway? It isn't going to be a charity ball. You've got waists enough. Why don't you wear that blue one?" "It wouldn't be suitable " "I tell you It's Just an Informal affair a few of hor friends may drop In; It isn't at all likely they'll bo dressed up, and if they were, what would It matter? That blue waist, it seems to mo, would be suit able for any occasion." "It's a cheap bought waist, and I wouldn't want to wear it to the Gunters' If It wore new. but it's fray ed at the seams, anyway, and It "MONEY FOR ELBOW GLOVES" needs cleaning, and the sleoves aro Altogether out of Btyle. If I had a little more time I might fix up that little brown silk, but that's out -of style, too." "Of course they're all out of style," sneered Cradley. "If they'ro more than forty-eight hours old you've no use for them. Well, I don't care what you wear. I told Ounter we'd be there and I'm not going to back out now." "Could you spare me a little mo ney for a pair of elbow gloves?" "What do you want of elbow glo ves? Didn't I tell you It wasn't going to be a ball? Certainly not!" Mrs. Cradley sighed. "I hate to go looking this way," said Mrs. Cradley as they started. s "What are you talking about?" said Cradley. "You look all right." It Is quite likely that he thought she did. She had fixed up the brown silk waist and had sewed fresh ruch Ings In the neck and sleeves, and with her string of real coral beads and her hair fluffed up she presented a more than ordinary smart appear ance. Dut Cradley had his first misgivings when the Canters' maid opened the door and Mrs. Ounter came forward to welcome them. 1 She was a handsome woman and fVre was something In tho rrnnTiy richness of her light gown soin thing well, Cradley cotildn' pay exnetly what It was, hut (hero was something fibout it nnd nbout b'-r niacelled coiffure and her diamonds. He was not all together satisfied witn , Vrs. Cradley. He rather pitied him self. There, were four or five other wo I men in tho company. No one of j them wore a silk waist, Cradley v.o , tied. There was a general ga '..:' effect about most of them and I hey were bare armed. Why the dirU";n couldn't Laura have cut off her Sleeves ut the elbow? When she ciitn i dov.ii he purveyed her furtively, but critically, and his dlssntlsfactlon In creased. Shu might have known bet ter than to put on those coral bend. 4. The woman he was talking to wore a light golden chain with topaz pen dauts set in a Rort of filigree. It looked particularly dainty and pret ty against the filmy white of her dress. Her fingers were white and the nails rosy and polished; she ex haled a delicate perfume very faint ond delicate. Something very femi nine about the woman, something attractive Just in tho way she got herself up about all of them, lii fact. Why Is it, Crndley mused, that some women never seem to under stand how to niako themselves at tractive to men? "You seemed to enjoy yourself," remarked Mrs. Cradley on the way l'.Oll-. "That's more than I ran say for you," said' Cradley. "I never saw you more glum and mum-chance In my life. And, do you know thero was n safety pin showing under your hell?" "I had to pin tho skirt," explain ed Mrs. Cradley. "It was made all wrong in tho first place and thu girdle was to narrow. It was that cheap dressmaker." "I don't see other women gulii- r.bont. all falling to pieces," sai.l Crndley. "Why in the name of com mon sense don't you get a good dressmaker? I should think you would have something to wear for evenings, too. Why don't you notlcn what's being worn a little? You looked like sin in that waist." "I know I did," sighed Mrs. Crad ley, "and that's what made me feel to uwkwnrd. I just wanted to get away. Do you suppose I wouldn't get some pretty things if you'd k't "Lot you!" echoed Cradley, stun by the Injustice of the implied acc'i Eatlon. "Can't you get anything you want? Didn't I give you $25 only yesterday for another dress?" "If I had had that dress I would have looked a llttlo better, perhaps," said Mrs. Cradley, "but, of course, I couldn't get a gown like Mrs. Gid dlngton's or Mrs. Gunter's." "Do you suppose they cost $25?'' asked Crndley, incredulously. "I don't," replied his wife. "If they paid less than $S0 for them without the lace they got wonder ful bargains, but they probably cost a great deal more, und that ducheus-j hico Mrs. Glddlngton wore must have cost more than the dress." "You can't make me believe that," said Cradley. "I know I can't," agreed Mrs. Cradley, sighing again. "The trouble Is, you haven't tho knack." "The trouble is, I haven't tho mo ney," retorted Mrs. Cradley. "You know well enough you can get nil you want for the asking it it's reasonable." "I asked you for $30 for that dress, and" . "That wasn't reasonable," caid Cradley. "Twenty-five's plenty." Xoiwj and the Nerves. It was Schopenhauer who said that insensibility to nolae was the surest Indication or a low and undeveloped tierrous organization. On which assumption it is certain that we ns a nation can hardly be reckoned vorf fur advanced. Certain it is that wo r.re more tolernnt under this head than any other nation professing to cnll Itself civilized, though I fancy the Americans run us pretty closo In this respect. Sir Arthur Sullivan win. wont, to compose iu the middlo of the night, because ho could never obtuln quiet other time, and without expecting tho impossible or looking for legislation on the subject which Is merely of concern to the commu nity at largo. Irrespective of party issues, surely it is not too much to ask that the local authorities shall put their heads together on this matter and exercise .the powers which they possess. 'Mr. Bernard Shaw once expressed the opinion that It was the "state-aided noises," as he called them, which were tho worst offenders as, for example, the church bells and the military bands. Special Prlvelego of the Shah. The long tails of the Shah of Per sia's horses are dyed crimson for six Inches at their tips a jealously guarded privilege of the ruler and bis sons. Fortune for a Mausoleum. Melody Choir, as he called him self bis real name being Melchior, died In Seattle rewintly, a bachelor, and left $160,000, all of which Is to be expended, according to a 14 5 page will he left, In the erection of a mausoleum. Getting In Jtoadly Work. "Poetical Pete says ho has some new- thoughts to give the public." "That's the only way the publlo would get 'em It would never buy 'em. -- .- i ., . .... W'"' , For Infants and Children. AYcgctable Pre paralionfor As similaling ihcFoodandRcgula ting the Stomachs and Bowls of Promotes Digeslion.ChccrfiiW ncss and Rest .Contains neither Opinm.Morpliine norlliucral. Not Narcotic. Mlx.Situm Jtipmnimf - fit CcrtxrutlrSylS A perfect Remedy forConslipa tlon, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Fevcrish ncss ttnd Loss OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature of NEW VORK. The First Enlisted Union Man. (A. R. K'tesllng In Leslie's WetkK.) A contest for the hoilor of hcitic the first Jium to enlist in the army of the North during the Civil V;ir has been :ti progress in Congress and in the War Department bureaus between William M. Dellart, of Logansport, Ind., and Charles Franklin Rand, of Washintrton. both doctors. The claims of l)e Hart have been in the hands of Senator Albert J. Ueveridge and Congressman Frederick Land is. His champions have been fightitiK to gain for the Logansport man an honor that has already been bestow ed upon the Washington man by act of Congress They are fighting to secure for Indiana an honor which they claim has been wrongly appropriated, by act of the Legisla ture at Albany, as a prerogative of the State of New York. Within an hour after the news of the fall of Fort Sumter had been flashed over the wires, DeHart had enrolled himself the first, as he be lieves, of an army that, all told, subsequently consisted ot 2,778,304 men. The records of Congress ami the records of New York State, however, declare Rand to have been the first. These same records also show Rand enlisted two days after Dellart. Documents sent to Wash ington attest th'j enlistment of De Hart at nine o'clock April 13th, 1 86 1. The honors Rand has been given were based on official records showing he enlisted April 15th and was mustered in May 13th, 1861. ! Meanwhile, Dellart, according to his supporters, was already on his way to the front, arriving in time to participate in the first battle of the Civil War at Philippi, June 3d. DeHart's documents indicate he enlisted two days before Lincoln's call for 75,000 troops. Rand's claim is simply to have been "the first man to volunteer after Lin coln's call," and this honor award ed him by Congress, it is claimed, makes no recognition of several In diana men who, seeing the nation's peril, volunteered before the call was issued. In Albany's state house Rand's picture is hung, with a record of history as the first vol unteer among the 448,850 men the State sent to war. Honors have been showered upon Rand by Eng MAGAZINE READERS SUBSET MAGAZINE beiuttfullyilluUtated.soodttories md article about CaUioroia and A 3U all tk. Fi Wart. , ay" CAMERA CBAVT devoted each month to the ai- tutie nptoductieB of the beat $1,00 woik ot amateui aad proleuional photographer). 7 aw ROAD OF A THOUflAWD WOUDERS book ol 75 pagea, containing 120 colored photograph ol Q tjc picturesque spot ia California and Oregon, Total . . . $3.25 All for $1.50 Addieat all orderi I 8UVSET MAGAZINE Rood Building Sas Fianciaco I EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. 3 I The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears tho Signature of In Use For Over Thirty Years TMI OKNTUH OMMN. NEW YORK OITV. land, Russia, Germany, France, Persia, Mexico. Kgypt. India, Nor way, and Japan. The War Depart ment has given him a Drge ien sion; the Senate records devote six pages to a tribute to his services; and a lot in Arlington Cemetery, Washington, has been presented to him to shelter his remains when "taps' sounds. Dellart does not seek to disparage one triumph of Rand, but demands recognition as the first volunteer of the Northern army. . . vvm imx :: 1.:.; I. ki t i t a. It Is lncorn-ct la s.-,y th-t 0110 U tlrtxl of life. People expressing thomselvt'B that wiiy mean they are tlrod of , themselves. If you look attractive nt break f; 8 you will be more llUcly to have your husband's co.T.pany at dinner. A woman will ofter say no when she means yes; but never yes when she means no. ITaiiKiiiK Susli Curtains. First cee that the hfm you run on the rod Is about one Inch wide, then all you have to do Is to put your thimble on the end of tho rod and Bhove it through the hem. This does away with the end of the rod catchinK and tenrlni? tho curtain. When laundering lenvo that part of the horn unironed as thoy run on "etter. Putting food jiito a diseased Hloiimeh is like iiuttiiin money into a poeket with holes. The money is lost. All its value uoes for nothing." When the nto niueli is diseased with the allied orjrauti of diction and nutrition, tho food which Is put Into it. is largely lust. The nutrition is not extracted from it. The body is weak anil the blood impov erished. Thu pocket ean lie mended. The sto mach can be cured. That sterling medicine for the stomach and blood. Doctor Piereo's (inldeii .Medical Dis covery, acts with peculiar promptness and power on the organs of digestion and nutrition. It is a positive cure for almost nil disorders of these organs, und cures also such diseases of the heart, blood, liver and other organs, as have their cause in a weak or diseased con dition of the stomach. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipationone a gentle luxative. two or three for a cathartic. . . . . Nell "I suppose since Maud mar ried Mr. Closellst she wants for noth ing." Hello "She might as well. That's all she will get." . . . m , . . No kalsk l'KKTENSK has marked the career of Ely's Cream Hulm. No Idle promises of rewards for cases it will not cure. Helng entirely harmless, it is not responsible like the catarrh snufls and powders, for minds sluittered by cocaine. The great positive virtue of Ely's Cream Halm is that it speedily and completely cures nasal caturrh und hay fever. Hack of this statement is the testimony of thousands and a repu tation of many years' success. All drug gists. 50o., or mailed' by Ely Hros., 68 Warren Street, New York. Idke cures like, except in the diseus known as love. Pure Blood is a Defense, it means safety. A person whose blood is in an impure and impov erished condition is in the greatest danger of catching any infections or epidemic disease. Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is the mildest, safest and surest purifier of the blood, thus striking at the root of Kiduey, Liver and Bladder dis eases. $x.oo fet all druggists. AW
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