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GMS IN SETO. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 18,16.STLSHD84 OSTON'S NEW CURCL STIAX SCIENTISTS DEDI. TE TWO MILLION DOLLAR MOTHER TEMPLE. nds From All Pa'rts of World nged Historic City.-Church ta 5000.-Taller Than Bunker Monument. e. dedication in June of a mag nt new addition to the Mother ch of the Christian Science de ination, in Boston, was an event e highest significance in the his of this religious body. uilt as the result of a spontaneous gnition of Mrs. Eddy's life workand the imperative demands of the mar us growth of the movement. ex sing the liberality of thousands of istian Scientists, and embodying best in architectural design and ern construction, this new building logically the central feature of year's gathering. hi church is one of the largest, if the largest in the United States, seating capacity being 5,012. Its le of architecture is Italian Renais ce. The pews and other interior shings are of mahogany. The Us are Concord granite and Bedford on, with beautiful decorative carv The inside finish is a soft gray harmonize with the Bedford stone lumns supporting the dome. The ight of the building to -he top of the tern is 224 feet, just onae foot higher an Bunker Hill monument. The ome is eighty-two feet in diameter d is covered with terra cotta to atch the Bedford stone. The build g presents a stately, dignified and ;rsive appearance, and it is al ready recognized as one of the land marks of Boston. The cost of the building is some thing less than $2,000,000. The new Qbimes consist of eleven bells, the largest of which weighs 4,000 pounds. The smallest bell weighs 400 pounds. The organ is one of the largest and finest in the world. The original "Mother Church" which adjoins the new building seats about 1,200, and yet three Sunday services are required to accomodate the attend ance. It is said that when this edifice. I. N~EW CHRISTIAN SCIENC was planned some of the members were disturbed on account of its size. They thought that the provision of so large an auditorium was entirely un called for, the attendance at that time being only about 550. Mrs. Eddy, organized the First Church of Christ. Scientist, in Boston in 1879 with twenty-six members. So slow was the growth of the movement at 1first that in 1889, ten years later, there were only eleven churches. From that time, however, the increase was more rapid. In 1899, there were 301 churches. There are now 657 churches and 275 societies not yet or ganized as churches, making 932 so cieties holding church services. In 1889 there were only 450 members in the entire connection. In 1S04 the total membership was 2.536. Five years later it had reached 18,134. These figures show that the principal growth has taken place during the past seven years. The membership at' the present time is about 72,000. The dedicatory exercises were at tended by visitors from all parts of the United States and Canada, from Great Britain, Australia, Sweden. Den mark. France, Germany, Switzerland, the Hawaiian Islands. South America and other foreign countries. 'One hundred and forty-five church edifices have already been erected by the Christian Scientists. These, as a whole. compare favorably with those of the older denominations. It is said that when funds are no longer needed for the completion of the Mother Church a large number of buildings will be comme.nced in dif ferent parts of the country. E ARTHQUAKE RECORDERS. They Are the Most Delicate of A:1 Instruments. The instruments invented for the recording of the motions of the ear~h's crust during an earthquake are looked upon by scientists as the most deli cate of all machines. So highly sen sitive are they. indeed, that the very slightest vibratory motion is recorded perfectly. Even the tread of feet can not escape this instrument, if sufficient* to cause vibration. There are three classes of instru ments for the automatic recording ot earthquakes.-each with its own partic ,l,- fnction. First is the seismo scope, which will merely detect and re cord the fact that there has been an earth tremor. Some of these are so equipped as to indicate the time of the disturbance. Second is the seismometer, the func tion of which is to measure the maxi mum force of the shock, either with or without an indication of its direction. The third instrument is the seismo graph, which is so arranged that it will accurately record the number, suc cession, direction, amplitude and period of successive oscillations. The last instrument is by far the most delicate of the three. In the construction of this earth quake-recording machine the maker must so suspend a heavy body that when its normal position is disLurbed in the most infinitesimal degree, no re actionary force will be developed tending to restore it to its original position. The inventor has never been found who could accomplish this sus pension of a body to perfection. The seismograph of to-day, however, has reached a stage of perfection where close approximations are obtained in the records made. The complementary part of the in strument is composed of a system of levers connecting an astatically sus pended body with various surfaces that are moved by clockwork. These surfaces are constructed of highly sen sitive material, on which needles play as the suspended weight responds to the vibrations of the earth's crust. The most elaborate of these ma chines are capable of recording the vertical and two horizontal motions of the earth in the case of a seismic isturbance. HAD A GOOD SPANKING. Boy. Rescued From Drowning, Mother Administers an Addi tional Lesson. An interesting little story of very human interest comes from the river front on the outskirts of New York City where Signora Genaro, who re cEntly came to this country from Naples, was walkingthe other day with her seven-year-old son, Antonio, for an airing. While she was watching a passing steamboat the little chap frisked along the pier and then splash, into the river. The mother's shrieks were heard by a patrolman. He jumped into a boat E TEMPLE IN BOSTON. and fished out Antonio. The police man had only one oar, and it was awkward work getting to the boy and lifting him into the boat When the signora saw that her son was safe the anguish in her face gave way to a look of resolute purpose, and as the dripping Antonio was placed on the wharf she laid him across her knee and did what Neapolitan and other mothers have done to their erring jewels ever since boys wore pants. Her Master Was a Gentleman. A Boston couple were recreating near Augusta, and met an old negro woman to whom they took a fancy. They invited her to pay them a visit, and the colored woman accepted, es pecially as her expenses were to be paid., In due time she arrived in Boston and was installed in the house of the white folks. She was given one of the est rooms, and ate at the same table with her host and hostess. At one of the meals the hostess said: "Mrs. Jones, you were a slave, weren't you?" "Yes, mum," replied the old colored woman. "I belonged to Mars Robert Howell." "I suppost he never invited you to eat at his talle?" remarked the Bos ton lady. "No, honey, dat he didn't My mar ster was a gemmen. He ain't never let no nigger set at the table 'longside er him." Eschew Teeth Examinations. Never look a gift horse in the mouth; but if he's spavined or knock kneed there's nothing to hinder your taking account of these accomplish ments. Could T alk United States. A Cuban negro. who came to Ala bama shortly after the cessation of the Spanish-American war, became In volved, says General Fred Grant, In a quarrel with a native colored citi zen of the State mentioned. In his imperfect English, the Cuban dark-y contemptuously referred to the Ala baman as "an African." "Maybe I is," quickly rejoIned the ofended one, "but ef I is an African. I thank de Lawd I ain't no Spaniel: an wat's more, I aint no black Philis tine! I kin speak United States, I kin!" RENAMING THE SIOUX, SOME TWENTY-FIVE THOUSA NL INDIANS ARE RECEIVING CHRISTIAN NAMES, Educated Indian Tribesmen Selected by the "Great Father" to Re christen Braves-Bob-tailed Coyote Becomes Robert T. Wolf. Uncle Sam has recently inaugurated a unique and ingenious project in con nection with his Indian wards-or at least the most populous division of them. This is nothing less than a scheme for renaming every chief and brave. every squaw and papoose of the Sioux tribe. The object of this wholesale reehristening is to insure the tight descent of property, something that has been attended with much difficulty under the old condition of affairs when the Sioux had no family name, and each redskin could be identified only by his own individual fanciful name, a cognomen which most likely had not the slightest resemb lance to those of any of his relatives. The renaming of the 25,000 mem bers of the Sioux Indian tribe was or dered by President Roosevelt on the advice of Hamlin Garland and George Bird Grinnell, well known authors, and other persons who have made a study of the needs of the Indians. To decide upon thb rr naming was however an easy matter in comparison to the actual carrying out of the strange undertaking. SUSPICIONS OF THE INDIANS. The President and his advisors real ized from the outset that it would be one thing to give the Indians new names and quite another to induce the sons and daughters of the forest ever suspicious of the white men-to accept and use these new names. However, the Great Father at Washing ton was fortunate enough to enlist the cooperation of Dr. Charles Alexander Eastman, a highly educated physician and clergyman, who is a full-blooded Sioux, and who came into national prominence some time since when he married Elane Goodale, the talented young New England poetess. At the President's solicitation Dr. Eastman. who is considered the best educated Indian in the world, agreed to person ally undertake the task of inducing his people to adopt the system of family names desired by the government. Just what this responsibility meant will be better understood when it is explained that not only was Dr. East man to visit all the Indian villages of the Sioux tribe and personally bestow names but he must also devise or in vent the new names. Just Imagine selecting given names for 25,000 per sons of both sexes and apportlonlng perhaps half as many or one third as many different family names in ad dition. In this portion of his novel mission ary work for Uncle Sam the Name Giver, as the Sioux now term their educated tribesman, has displayed rare judgment and a fine regard for family history and tradition among the Sioux -a thoughtfulness that has done much to win the good will of these intelligent but conservative Indians for the new project. Whenever pos sible he has perpetuated an Indian's old name in his new one. For instance High Eagle becomes Mr. Higheagle, Bob-tailed Coyote was changed to Robert T. Wolf, and Rotten Pumpkin has been transformed into Robert Pumpian Dr. Eastman has been making a round of all the Sioux reservations which are located for the most part in the I'akotas and elsewhere in the Northwest. When he arrives at a branch agency, or tribal headquarters, for the purpose of rechristening the inhabitants his first move is to have a conference with the chief men or counselors of the place. They, in turn, EAGLE TRA.CK. send out a herald or town crier to summon all the people to a sort of mass meeting and at this the "Name Giver" explains the President's wishes at length. THROUGH INDIAN SUBTLETY. At the outset many of the assembled Indians may be prone to grumble against the new system, but grad ually Dr. Eastman will win them over, and in his labors thus far he has not encountered more than half" a dozen Indians who have steadfastly refused to change their names However, hundreds of the Indians have con fided to him that they would accept the new system of names only because they had the assurance of a fellow tribesman (Dr. Eastman) that it was a good plan. and that they would never have tolerated it had a white man come among them and broached the sc-heme. Although the renaming of the Sioux s not yet cmnleted It has alrendyv been proven that the new system of names will be of the greates1 benefit and value in insuring the cor rect descent of Government allot ments of land from generation to gen eration. Incidentally it may be noted that even thus early this untangling of lines of descent has won for some Indians valuable property rights pre viously denied them. As a case in point it may be cited that only a few weeks ago Dr. Eastman was intru mental in securing for a young squaw 040 acres of rich land of high value which had been temporarily lost to her owing to her separation from her own tribe, and which an unscrupulous relative was on the point of selling when President Roosevelt's special commissioner stepped in and set things right. 'Phoning Through Flesh. To talk through the human body or a row of human bodies, for the matter of that-is one of the weirdest fi AR / THE NOTED SIOUX CHI of the electrician's feats. If a tele phone wire be severed and the two ends be held by a person, one in each hand, but far part, it is quite possible for a conversation to be carried on through the body, as readily and as distinctly as if the line had been properly connected. Their Compass Points to the South The Chinese do everything back wards, from a Caucasian point of view. Their compass points to the South, instead of the north. The men wear their hair long, while the women coil theirs in a knot. The dressmakers are men, the women carry burdens. The spoken language is npt written, and the written language Is not spoken. Books are read backwards, BLACK THUNDER. and any notes. are inserted at the top. White Is used for mourning, and bridesmaids wear black. An Argument. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin, One bunch of grafters takes the whole world's skin; One touch of humor makes the whole world grin, And food adulteration keeps the whole world thin. -Kansas City Times. Same O0d Game. The angler sallies forth again, And by the brooklet's shore Doth idly lie and fish and then Goes home and lies some more. There are in round numbers one mil lion inhabited houses in Greater Lon don. THE /' SEAL "Snatch it! Snatch it!" whispered Reddy the "lookout," pal to "Jimmy the Swift," who won this title from the lightning rapidity with which he was known to relieve men's pockets of their contents. In a moment the practiced fingers of Jimmy had skillfully extracted a flat seal purse from the pocket of a slight young man who was busily elbowing his way thiough the crowd that was besieging a belated Broad way car. The day had itot been a rich one for the "picks," and Swifty eyed the thin purse rather suspiciously. "Mighty slim-looking, hey, Red?" EF, "BLACK CHICKEN." In reply Reddy drew up one side of his face, exposing his deep yellow canines, pulled the remnants of a hat over his arms, and, leaning against the side of a g:eat building In quiet shadow, struck an attitude that seemed to say, "Well, here I am, pre pared for anything-go ahead and show your booty." Somehow Swifty was slower than -1sual in b:4nging his "snatch" to light He felt the purse, pressed it between his hands turned it over and over, and at last, seeing Reddy's eyes fiast. im patience, he reluctantly opened the gecketbook. "Well, I'll be smotl"eed!" cried Reddy, as Jim pulled out a faded pink envelope from which fell a lock of gray hair and a newspaper clipping bearing the seared marks of time. It was an obituary, praising the life and work of the deceased. The dead woman, It said, had been an exemplary wife and mother, and one of the sweetest, noblest and most honored members of the community. Her loss was therefore mourned by every one who had the happiness of knowing her. She left an only son. All this the boy read aloud, amid frequent stops to PALISADE d h C Number 6437. PRICE, 10 CENTS EACH.. BLACK PURSE. spell the hard words to his chum, who listened with a cynical smile. At the end of the reading he was about to shout with derisive laughter, when Jim, springing forward, collared him, and with a tone utterly new to him, said sternly: "Look here, Red! You and I's friends-that's all right; but as sure -is I'm a thief, this here ain't no staff for a feller to laugh at!" For an answer Red thrust his hands into his pockets, eying Jim curiously the while, and turned on one foot with a long low whistle. "I never had no mother," murmured Jim. "She died when I was a little chap, so I never knew her, but it must be awfully nice for a feller to have a mother like that to be good to him, and learn him things. Why, who knows, perhaps if you and me had had mothers like that livin', instead of bein' kicked 'round by the 'boss', who never gets enough out of us, we might a had a good schoolin' and been mak In' an honest livin', instead of thievin' in New York." These words of regret upon the past of his young life, and the expressed desire for something better, from one whose only home almost since In fancy had been the street, and whose companions had been crooks and ne'er-do-wells, was too much for the Incorrigible Reddy, whose worsLi) consisted of heroes that were daring villains, and not penitent sinners. He could hardly suppress his con tempt for the, to him, now "Soft" Jimmy, hence he drawled, with a sneer: "You-ain't-goin'-to squeal on ac count of that find, be you, Jim?" "See, there you are! Go ahead, Jim. Look at the bunch of greenies sticking out of the old feller's coat-quick, Jim!" . The habit of years could not be overcome in a moment Goaded by his tempter, Jimmy stealthily leaped ,forward, and in a second his fingers would have been on the bunch of paper money which the evil eye of Reddy "spotted" in the old man's pocket Like a flash came the sight of the purse, the gray lock of hair, the words In the newspaper that made such an impression upon him-no, he would not, he could not any more. His hand dropped to his side. The old man disappeared with the money, safe from Jimmy's wicked fingers. Jim's head sank until his chin rested upon his naked chest, his companion glaring at him with eyes furious with anger. "Well, 'tai'nt no use," said Jim, quietly but firmly; "I couldn't, Red, somehow, after that-and I'll never try It again. "You get another pal-if you want to-but I tell you that I ain't goin' to keep this here pocketbook nor nothin' what's In it. It's done It for me; I've quit the profession." That night a black seal purse was left in the office of one of the great New York newspapers, with a note scrawled In pencil, as follows: "Please try tc find the owner of this. I gess he wants it bad. The thief as was."-Los Angeles Times. In Extremis. The four-year-old daughter of a clergyman was ailing one night and was put to bed early. As her mother was about to leave her she called her back./ "Mamma," she said, "I want to see my papa." "No, dear," her mother replied, "your papa Is busy and must not be disturbed." "But, mamma," the child persisted, "I want to see .my papa." As before, the mother replied: "No, your papa must not be disturbed." But the little one came back with a clincher: "Mamma," she declared solemnly, "I am a sick woman, and I want to see my minister." PA TTE RNS. A DUSTING OUTFIT Designed by BERTHA BnoWlNING. No housekeeper can afford to be without a seful apron, cap and sleeves for the time when e house must be swept and dusted and there no one else to do it. These are invaluable a other occasions when there is other work to > which would soel Milady's gown and the odels sketched are designed especially for >me construction and very easily made. The >ron consists of a narrow square yoke from hich the full straight portion depends. The nderarm seam is left open for a short distance allow plenty of room for the sleeve to pass irough. The cap is modelled on the quaint 'utch order and very becoming. The sleeves rovide for a shirr string or elastic to be run in >p and bottom to hold them in p lace. 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