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Increasing Insanity.
OoiKllUoiiH local to Massachusetts
wero rocontly cited by llio state board
of lunacy hi explanation of tho in
creased uttmbor of pntlonts In tlio in
' bmio asylums of thin Hlalc, says tho
lloaton Herald. Thoy cannot apply In
Now York, but a similar Increase In In
Banlty cases In reported by tho nuthorl
tlco of that etnto. Tho number of now
cases last yoar was GOO greater than
In tho year provlous, and tho lunacy
commlBHlon reports tlint "nil tho hos
pltnla nro overcrowded and rapidly be
coming moro so." "Wo can't build hos
pitals fast enough to take caro of tho
apalllng Increase," nays ono of tho
fituto ofllclalB. The Increniso is duo, In
tho opinion of this official, to tho mod
ern method of living and tho character
istic BolMndulgcuco of tho race. "Thoro
Ik a general lapso from the old stand
ards of morality and responsibility,"
bo says, "children of tho growing gen
eration seeming to havo no idea of
order. Tho avorago boy of today, if
ho sees a sign of no Hpltting on tho
sidewalk, will walk up and spit undor
It. This shows a danguroun intellec
tual condition." Tho relation of law
Iobbiiobb to monlnl deterioration is not
always realized. Hut lawlessness on
tho pnrt of tho individual Indicates a
lack or aclf-rostralnt and nn Inability
for oelf-govornmeut. If statute lawn
aro disregarded, moral ami physical
laws will not receive greater respoct.
Hclf-gratlflcatlon oxcubcb ono form of
lawlessness nn woll as another. It
tends to fill the lusano asylums as well
uu tho jails. ,
When Amorlca, with Uu 80,000,000
pcoplo, found its national expenses
amounting to a billion dollars a yenr,
thoro was a gasp of wonder anl anxi
ety at tho extravagance It Boomed to
imply. Great llrltnln, which Iibb only
half ub many pooplo h Oils country,
is rnpldly approaching a two-hundred-million-pound
budget. TIiIb -year a
deficit of many million pounds Is an
ticipated. Modern governments aro
expensive machines, and as thoro Is a
growing disposition among pooplo all
over tho world to rcqulro their govern
montH to ongngo In an Increasing num
ber of activities, bllllon-dollar con
grosses and twn-huudrod-mllllon-pound
budgotn aro not high-water mark; tho
lido 1b utlll lining.
Tho doclared purpose of tho Cuban
national lottery bill Is to incronso tho
national rovunuos. This In frank, any
way, says tho lloaton Herald. Tho ob
tonslblo object of lottorlos generally Is
to give tho participants u chanco to
win moro Hum thoy invost, tho real ob
ject, of coui-bo, bolug to mako money
for tho projectors by indulging tho
gambling spirit of tho pooplo. Thoro
is no lack of that sort of thing in
Cuba. Turning tho lottory wbool nnd
cock lighting aro tho favorito Cuban
sports, and thoy aro about as Ineradt-
cahlo ns prlzo fighting nnd horso racing
aro with us.
St. Potcrsburg papom, following tho
recent fotiremont of II) Russian ndinlr
als, express tho hopq that this will bo
only tho beginning of a clean swoop of
all thoso naval officials who, moro than
Uen. Kuropatkln and tho army oillcora,
aro regarded nn responsible for tlio
torrlblo defeats in tho Japaucsu war.
tho Novoo Vromya hcaru that ,ln addl
tlou to tho 13 admirals already cash
lered from the Russian navy, eight
mpro will shortly bo dismissed from
tho service. In nil, says that paper
117 higher olllcors In tho naval service
will bo dismissed.
Fow of tho youngor generation rea
llzo that it wan not until nftor tho cjvll
war that a transcontinental railroad
was bnllt, and It became possible to go
by rail from Now York to San Fran-
cIbco. Provloualy tho Journey was dlf
llcult, but not quite so long or bo hnz
ardous as that which a Gorman llou
tenant Ib making by automobile from
Dar-cB-Sabiani In Gorman KnBt Africa
to Swakopmuudo In Gorman Southwest
Africa. Ho started in August, 1007, and
In Dccembor of last year had reached
Johunnosburg.
Dy a now treaty, on bohalf of tho
United Stntcu with tho roproBontatlvos
of Colombia and Panuma, Colombia
recognizes tho Independence of Pann
ma, which ngrcua to pay to Colombia
its proportionate sharo of tho national
debt, tho money to bo furnished by tho
United Stutea. Tho trcuty also doflnoB
tho boundary lino and provides. for tin
Vtabllshmont of commercial uud dlplo
intlo relations butwuou Colombia am
Panama.
When tho bodloa of Mr, Cheney, tlx
Amorlcan consul, and" his wlfo, wh
wero killed at Mcsulua, woro brough
to Now York, 4,000 Italians Termed th
funeral procession which innrcho
from tho steamer through tho city. 1
wan a touching and graceful tribute
and a token of tho sympathy botweo
thin country and Italy.
A Clovuhuid man wub arrested l
Toronto, charged with using a hntchc
on his wifo. lie claims It wub uxedci
tal.
OTE8 for women," Tho
poor who could havo
boon npprohended ut
tering thoso words 100
years ago In England
would have been ostra
cized by society by
men and women alike.
Hut scan the situation
to-day and you will find
that wu BUffragotteH
havo nearly won our
b a 1 1 1 e. Perhaps it
Hoems far from victory
to Americans who havo
boon following tho
Btrugglo which we havo been conduct
ing la our own wny, but let mo say
right hero that "votes lor women" Is
n my mind u certainty within a do
cade.
Tho Idea has been driven home
among tho men who aro tho ruling
powers of Croat Britain and they can
not help but soo tho bounty of our
arguments, This opening of a vista
of light in tlio stubborn minds of tho
men who construct English law Is to
tho Biiffragettos u certain Indication
that If tho fight Is carried on In tho
next fow years with tho Biuno vigorous
measures which havo markod the
pursuit of votos by tho feminine Brit
tsn of tlio past few years, our cause
Is won.
It is nu enlightened ago. The wom
an who iipurus tho thought of partici
pating in tho political activities of her
country has not yet reached a piano,
according to my bollof, whore sho can
possibly approclato tho bcuollts to bo
dorlved from tho llttlo ballot. Why do
woman dlsllko politics? 1 answer sim
ply bocnuso thoy bollovo tho political
Bldo of a country's life 'Is tho degraded
ono. Thoy connect politics and votes
with drinking, grnft and other evils,
which, I may say, beset tho safety of
political government to-day.
And lot mo ask tho woman who
doos not bcllovo that sho should vote:
Would, not tho Introduction of tho
femlnlno Into government affairs servo
to cleanse them of tho stigma which
Ib too often attachod? To my mind
that would bo tho result.
I havo said that I would deal Im
partially In this article and bo I nm
giving "tho other hand" of tho ques
tion, Men have opposed equal rights
because thoy any that the Influence
which a woman of ovll Intentions
could throw Into a political light would
disrupt organization. I answer: There
is now much evil In the manner In
which our mule citizens nro carrying
out their policies and It Is a cortalnty
that the purifying Influences of woman
would bo felt In national questions.
"nut woman has not tho training
for a political careor," boiiio of my
Hkoptlcal friends may declare. True,
sho has not hud tho training which
has boon accorded to tho men, but' just
now Bho Is not looking for political
olllco for she Is nftor her primary
rlghttho ballot. Then after that Is
won th-i political training will natural
ly follow with tho Interest which tho
woman must take In the affairs of tho
country, which bIio will necessarily
help In deciding.
1 do not Biipposo that enlightened
rentiers win warn mo 10 ugam go over
thut throad-baro motto, which arises
to tho upporntost part or tho brain of
man whonovor ho is arguing ngalnst
equal-rights, viz., that "woman's placo
Is In hor home."
Ot courso woman's place Is In her
homo. So Is a mans, but that does
aot provont olthor from participating
In tho decision ot who sha'.. govern
tho rights upon which that homo is
built. Think It over, Does it?
It bofoll mo to bo a member of tho
llttlo bnnd of women who, when thoy
L , I poor who could havo of tho hoiiBo of commons in February, WymiWfyi U'jyjffMfM mVmf'mWV
If I 1)00,1 iMlrohondcd nt- wero dragged into the worst excuso Wmm!ZWwk imSfKLmlM '
I W I terlug thoso words 100 for a court of justice and sentenced to mzSn& ''ffiil,,!? 'S&.MMStSk hhizZmi ILmMJFI '
I years ago In England ono month in tlio worusnop uecnusc 1 1 IPM MmBt.mFMaM' rft, , WW-Mk iXW HW I
SFySE3feS5& wiTi -"rr T f Til mr f "MmiiMiiMtrmT m 'trwi t 1
ii in ii hi n Hi i m mm nn L vW - TsirH i
III 1 1 I' I I i M il TV0
Wu iwwiniii iwhii i mump -SlSmi ,
Kma; mm rwi nn nTrn : " " zsmm i w"
w 1 t: Y- , iin
done tho causo, for wo woro tho mar
tyrs of our division of -tlio great band
of women which Is lighting for tho
ballot In Unglnnd.
True, tho mnglstrato was good
enough to glvo us places in "Jail"
which wero better than thoso to which
tho ordinary drunkard of the dens of
Choapsldo Is sontencod, but tho caro
which wo rocolved was not such that
our lives In tho confinement of tho
juir" wns by any means comfortable.
Ono of our number wus a member of
tho British nobility and the grievous
wrong which wo bollovo wus Inflicted
upon her station will not be forgotton
by our suffniKo band for many years
ct wo refused to allow onrselvon
froedom.
Men have laughed at our methods of
going about tho acquirement of our
right to the ballot.
A mnlo friend of mine said to mo:
"Why do not yon women go nftor
tho suffrngo right peaceably without
tho attempt nt making your point folt
by tho uao of bruto strength?"
Think ot It. sisters and brothers
"bruto Btrongth." Ho called our efforts
tho utilization of "bruto strength." 1
laughed outright when ho choso to
term our fight under (tint u-ji'-n
Perhnps bo galnod his Idea from u.u
fact that our vigorous prosecution of
the tight has boon styled "rioting" by
the sensational press. Hut In my mind
It cannot bo called that for to my
knowledgo nono of tho women camo to
blows with their enemies In this light.
it sconis to mo that what "bruto
Btrongth" has been used was on tho
other side.
Brains havo been naed to a greater
extent ihan you Anioricans may Imag-1
lno. It waB u cunning mind among our
leaders who thought out tho plan to
talk to tho momboiB of parliament by
having two of tho womon chnln them
selves to tho guard la tho balcony.
Just that llttlo Incident gavo England
tho Idea that tho fight wns a deter
mined ono.
Modern advertising methods woro
used to circulate general knowledge of
tho March demonstration and certain
ly If wo belloved that tho power of
brawn Is. needed to win this strugglo
wo would not havo gouo about It In
that manner. Wo could havo hired
hoodlums to mako a fur moro stnrtllng
argument in lino with tho uao of
brute atrength."
Another manner ot unique advertis
ing was tho airship eplsodo, which un
fortunately ended disastrously. The
craft, upon tho aldo of which wns
pinned a great banner bearing tho
Blogan. "VOTES FOR WOMEN," trav
eled In tho direction oppo3lto to that
for which It had boon steered, but tho
moral effect upon tho public was good.
Though It Is not generally known
thoro aro great minds behind this cam
paign and through them oventual suc
cess Is sure. Every day now moves
aro planned and tho mombors of par
liament who nro opposed to our creed
mtio Know wnero to iook next ror nn
outcropping of tho emblem which
bears our llttlo legend: "equal suf
frage."
Malo mombors of British nobility aro
to bo figured upon if tho aelllsh would
dofont us, and that Is why I say I be
llovo I havo good reason to nrguo that
within a decado our fight will bo won
OUT OF THE
Prince Victor Dulcep Singh's Ghost
Story and Its Confirmation.
"On Saturday, October 21, 1S93, I
was In Berlin with Lord Carnarvon.
Wo wont to tho theater togothor and
roturnod at midnight," quotes a writ
er In the Strand Magazlno. "I went to
bod nt onco, leaving, as I always do, a
bright light burning In tho room (elec
tric light). As I lay in bod, 1 found
myself gazing at nn oleograph which
hung on tho wall opposite my bed. 1
saw distinctly tho faco of my father,
tho .Maharajah of Dulcep Singh, look
ing at mo, as It wore, out of tho pic
ture; not liko a portrait of him, but
hlB real bond. Tho head about filled
the picture framo. I continued look
ing and still saw my fatbor gazing at
mo with an Intent expression. Though
not in tho least alarmed, I was so puz
zled that I got out of bod to sco what
tho picture really was. It was an
Aro there not In England among
tho malo population minds of far
lessor caliber tbnn those of tho womon
who believe thoy should voto? There
Is no doubt of It. Yet wo, who havo
a greater grasp of tho polltlcal'sldo of
life In his majesty's domain, aro de
nied tho privilege Is our condltlou
not liko that which you Americans
fought back- In 177C: taxation without
representation?
From rending tho cablo news from
America in the dally newspaper here
In London I lenrn that soverul states
of our former colonies have bestowed
upon their women tho right to cast
ballots In rendering decisions as to
state and city officers. If tho offspring
of England shall havo bo far prog
ressed as to rccognlzo that tho femi
nine branch of tho human raco do
serves a "say" In tho affairs of men,
Is It not tlmo for tho mother country
to cast from her back tho black cloak
of unequal suffrage?
There !i a suffrage lesson In Amer
ica and well may England profit by it.
The thought that voting Is unworn
nnly Is as obsolete an tho old stage
coach system, to my mind, and aonio
day tlio oyes of our country will bo
opened to that fact. Wo women havo
simply formed ourselves Into a band
of lenders and wo hopo soon to sti our
way clear to tho voting booth.
Our strugglo commenced In humblo
llttlo mass meetings on tho street.
Tho success of tho3o rcsolvod Itself
Into tho doslro to do grcator things
nnd to-dny you Americans who rend
tlio newspapers aro viewing a light
which is Hearing tho mountain top of
victory.
ORDINARY
oleograph of a girl holding a roso and
leaning out of a balcony, an arch
forming tho background. Tlio girl's
face wus qulto small, whereas my
father's head was tho size of life, and
filled tho frame."
Prince Dulcep Singh adds that his
father had long' boon out of health,
but not alarmingly so, On the noxt
morning (Sunday) ho told Lord Car
narvon. In tho evening Lord Carna
rvon handod him two tolosrnms. The
Prince nt onco said: "My fatbor Is
dead." It was bo.
Ho had an apoploctlc seizure on tho
previous Saturday evening at about
nine, nnd nuvor recovered. Ho had
often said ho would try and appear to
hia ton at death If thoy wero apart.
Prince Duleop Singh Is not subject to
hallucinations, and had only ono sim
ilar experience as a school boy.
Lord Carnnrvon confirms the ac
count. Tho Mararajah died on Sun
day, Oclober 22, 189a.
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TIRED OF THE REPETITION.
Plausible Argument Advanced by
Youthful Tactician.
Dorothy, aged eight yearn, was very
fond of going to church, and when a
Bovero cold mado It unwise for her
to bo allowed to attend services ono
Sunday morning alio wa3 disconso
late. "Fraullno will read tho Bible to
you," her father assured her.
"I dcu't want to hear tho niblo
read. I want to say my prayers," ob
jected tho child.
"God will hear your prayers just tho
same If you say them at homo as If
you wero In church," sho was told.
"Hut I don't know any without tho
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"Why, you know 'Now I lay mo
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"But God has heard that so often,"
sho remonstrated. Harper's Weekly.
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to marry a wofo who brought with hor
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