SENSATIONAL MOtiDER TRiAL IN VIRGINIA
Morality
By Rev. Guy E. Shlplcr
Atslitict Rector of St. Ptltr
St. Lonii
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THE trial of Henry Clay Deattlo, Jr., for tho murder of his young wlfo, which la now In progress at Chester
Hold, Vn., In rcplote with thrills and sensations. Tho actual standing of tho accused, tho circumstances sur
rounding tho killing and tho flippant bearing of the alleged murderer have already mndo tho trial a cauoo co
lobra. In the plcturo abovo are seen (1) Judgo Watson, boforo whom tho trial Is taking place; (2) the Interior
of tho coll that Is occupied by tho prisoner; (3) Henry Clay neattle, Sr., tho father of tho accused; (4) Sher
iff Olll, left; Captain Pollock, contor; Deattlo with his straw hat partially concealing his face; (5) crowd outside
tho llttlo court houso trying to obtain an entrance; (G) profile vlow of Deattlo.
BITTEN BY RATTLE SNAKE
Experience of Oregon Stockman
Ui While at Spring.
P. Jto .
i" Struck on night Arm Betweon Wrist
and Elbow by Snake, Man Makes
. Desperate Run for Medical
.w Assistance.
'AHtelope, Ore. William J. McQrcer,
who three weeks ago was bitten by a
rstUeaaake and all but lost his llfo, Is
Mie of the few men In Oregon who
have received severe bltos and been
Able to describe In detail how It felt.
(MeGreer was riding the range for
'horses eight miles oast of Antelope.
'4Ie Is a Clarno (Ore.) stockman. Ho
dismounted at a spring to drink ami
was bitten In tho arm. He has near
ly recovered, and his story, ns printed
n Crook county newspapers Is as fol
lows; "Oh, yes, I'm getting along all right;
but the snake died ns a result of his
ludlscrotlon. I've ridden tho range so
loag that no roptilo that bites me can
Murvlve.
. "Yh can say for mo and I'm an ex
pert now that rattlors don't always
rattle before thoy strike This ono
didn't 1 bad Just got Into position to
irlnk from tho spring In Galllgor con
yon whon the cusa struck mo on tho
right arm botwoon the wrlnt and el
bow. It felt as though some ono hod
given my arm a hard Jerk. Tho snako
hung on by his fangs, I knocked htm
oft with my loft hand and killed him,
tin had bIx rattles and was about 10
Inches long.
"I Immcdlatojy tore my Itandkorchlef
Into strTpfl and bound tho arm tight-
Jx at wrist and elbow, 1. reached for
fnw knife, expecting to cut tho wound.
r'.Wha t found 1 did not havo It with
'Me, I wns scared. My arm did not
TW
OULD PUZZLE ANY SOLOMON
Pennsylvania Judna Finally Decides
i That Qoote Must Be Cooked and
pain ma thon it was In between my
shoulders. That negro was right who
said It was 'no dlsgraco to run whon
yo's scairt,' so I got on my horse and
lit out for Antelope, about eight miles
away. Dy tho tlmo 1 reachod a mud
hole, about a milo from tho spring, I
was having excruciating palna all ovor
my body, Tib though my mtiBcles woro
all contracting. 1 dismounted and
plungod my Dwelling arm Into tho
mud.
"I think I must havo boon crazed by
tho pain, for hero I turned my horse
looso and started on foot for Dllly Ma-
iones houso, a dlstanco of four miles.
The only thing 1 romombor from tho
time I left the mud hole till I got to
maiones houso, was eating tobacco.
My chaps were found later about two
mllos from ktho spring, but ray hat
hasn't been found yet.
"The horBO I was riding was a good
ono, and If I had stuck to him ho
would have landed mo In Antelope In
20 minutes from tho tlmo I was struck
"Howovor, as soon rb I nrrlvod at
Malono'o ranch John Mnlono cutopon
wo wound and Jack Drogan sucked
out ns much of tho poison blood as ho
could, Undoubtedly this sorvlco Is all
that saved my llfo until Dr. -Uowor ar
rived from Antolopo, which wan about
15 minutes aflor thoy telephoned for
him. A drummer (whoso nnmo I do
not know, but who has my slncoro
thanks), brought tho doctor out In an
automobile
"It was somo tlmo aftor tho doctor
arrived until ho got my arm to bleed
ing. I was suffering Indcscrlbablo ag
ony and my arm was swollon to an Inv
monso slzo and was a glassy bluo
color. Dr. Dower worked with mo all
night and I understand took two quarts
of blood from my arm. Tho doctor and
Jack Drogan took mo to Antolopo tho
next morning, whore tho treatment
was contlnuod through tho day. My
brothers, Gcorgo and Ed, had como
over from Clarno and looked after mo
during that night, and then I was un
der tho caro of two trained nurses
from Tho Dalles.
"I bellovo I was bitten about seven
o'clock nnd arrived at Mnlono's about
0:30. So It was at least two and a
half hours boforo I received medical
attention."
SIX YEARS UNDER A CHURCH
Diver Is Olven Silver Rose Bowl for
Arduous Labor Under Cathedral
Scheme Cost $500,000.
London. Tho dean and chapter of
Winchester cathedrat, Hampshire,
havo presented to W; R. Walker, a
diver supplied by Messrs. Slche. Gor
man & Co. of London, a sliver roso
bowl ns a momenta of hfo six years'
work lencath tho cathedral. Working
In about 20 feet of water, Wnlker bid
to remove the peat and seal down tho
water In the gravel below the founda
tions by means of bags of concrete
and concrete slabs. This work has
been arrled cm In darkness, and
those responsible for tho preservation
scheme havo had to trust eatlrely to
tho con.clentlousness and skill of the
diver, ac thoy could not -Inspect the
work. Tho schemo. which has' cost
over 500,000, is now nearly completed.
Eighty-Bushel Wheat.
Chlco, Cal. Tho- throshlng off 409
varieties of grass haa been completed1
at the government's plant Introduc
tion gardons nt thlB place. Some va
rieties of wheat yielded' at tho rate off
80 bushels to the' aero. This la about
twice the average yield' of common'
wheat In California's grain growing:
district. The varieties producing most
heavily are Frletea and Cliul wheats.
II. F. Dlanchard' is tho expert la
charge of the experiments. Tho propa
gation and budding of deciduous
fruits are now being followed'. Cora
breeding is also under way.
ONLY WOMAN JAILER
v 'Wllkes-Barre, Pa. A dispute over
"the ownership of a gooso wbb sottlod
the other day by Aid. John P. Dono
ifeue, who Is famous locally for his
'common bcubq adjustments of law
tBults. -" "wo." "
. iffim. Alice Krulgor of Shlckshlnny
ttiarged Mrs. Louis Pol Inns with the
theft of a gooso, Each woman claimed
the koobo had bolongod to her ever
stttco It was hatched, and tho ovldenco
oh both sUlos wan of equal weight
-Well." said tho nldorman, after pur
zllng ovor tho caao, "thore Is but ono
way to sottlo It. Each of you womon
will ko home, will got your ilock and
each, bring one hero. Then you will
placo tho ganders on opposlto Bldos
ot tho cburtroom and tho gooso In
'o mlddlo and let her choose to which
rttaek tibo belongs.
XM course," ho added, "there Is tho
iinnKor ot her being a flirt."
Tho women objocted to this plan
fcecause it Involved an outlay In rail
'read fare ot more than the valuo of
tthe goose.
-Then." declared tho alderman, "the
defendant Is aentoncod to take tho
goose homo, kill It, divide? it oxaotly In
halt, and give ono unit to'tno prose
cutrlx."
Veritable Amazon Has Uniauc
Position in Rhone Valley.
Record of Madame Jenny Porchet
Durlna Husband's lllnesa for
Three Years, Makes Her
Choice for Place.
Finds Prehistoric Skull.
La rum I e, Wyo. E. O. Adair of Lost
Bnrlmc. near Douglas, has unearthed
r human skull Imbedded in stone and
ibollovod by nrchaoologlsts to havo
.antedated tho biblical', flood. Tho
skull la well proBorvcd.
Dorlln. Woman's rights, Indeed 1
What nioro could tho most ardent suf
fragette deslro than to con rol tho lib
ertlea ot scores of moro mon. That
Is tho prlvllogo ot Muio. Jonny Por
chet, aged 51 tho only ofllcM woman
Jailor In tho world.
I lor prison lies In tho pretty town
ot Alglo, with a population of 4,000,
lr. tho vnlloy of Rhore. It forms part
ot an Imposing range of crstellated
buildings, tho most conspicuous In
that region.
Thirty years age Mmo. Porchet
marrlod tho chlot warder ot the Alglo
prison. When her husband became
Horlously 111 she acted In bis place
without tho local authorities being
aware ot tho fact. Thon after three
yoars' Illness, Porchet dted and tho
placo ot chlot wardor becoming vn
cant applications, woro filed. Several
mon' applied for tho post, which la
fairly well paid and many of them had
oxcollent credentials. Mmo. Porchet,
howovor, prosontcd hcrsolt boforo tho
local commission, explained that dur
ing tho three years' Illness ot her
husband she had carrlod on his du
tloss bo as not to loso tho placo, had
Introduced several minor reforms
which - had strengthened discipline,
and at the same tlmo tnado tho pris
oners more contented. She concluded'
that she could carry on tho same work
without fear or favor It tho commls'
nlon would support her.
I know It I an unsunl request to
make, for a woman to rulo male prhv
. . i
uiiers uuu Keep mem in oruer, bui i
am not frightened of a man or halt
dozon of them.
This stqtoment brought smiles and
n.ds ot approval from the members
of tho commission, for Mme. Porchet
Is a vorltnblo Amazon nearly six feet
In height, poworfully built, nnd In th
prlmo ot health. Her faco shows
character as strong as her frame.
with poworful squaro Jaws, a large
mouth and piercing but kindly eyes
"uentiemon, sne continued, "you
up.y still think that If I were attacked
by a prlsonor 1 would be helpless.
Will you kindly ask tho heaviest gen
darmo on the premises to step hore
so that I can demonstrate to you what
I could and would do with a man who
dared to attack mo."
Tho president asked Mmo. Porchet
to rotlro and after tho commission
had considered tho matter for a quar
ter ot an hour sho wbb Informed thai
It was unanimously agreed to glvo
her a year's trial and If sho gave sat
isfaction tho post would bo a pcrma,
ncnt ono.
"Gentlemen, I tbnnlt you," she said,
"and 1 am ouro that I will glvo you
every satisfaction. I did not want td
appoal to your sympathies aa 1 havd
seven chlldron to bring up and tho
Iobs ot tho position would havo Meant'
much to them and me."
There Is In our civilization a class
of womon branded as moral lepers,
tho prcsenco of any one of whom
would not bo tolerated In our homes.
Yet our daughters nro allowed to mln
glo freoly with tho men who proy
upon theso women; to rccelvo them in
our homes and too often to marry
them. Such Is custom cud conviction,
so totally an Inversion of tbs teaching
and practlco ot Jesus Christ, who ate
with harloto and sinners, not to con
dono their acts, but to save them from
ovll.
Lot ks nsk In all frankness, is It not
tlmo for tho church to Inqulro rntbor
moro seriously Into this mnttor of
consclonco and morality? Shall wo
go on being satisfied that custom and
convention havo said tho last word on
thoso vital matters?
Thoto nro. too many false Judgments
of morality in society, as n result of
untrained consclonco, Tho thing wo
call convention is too often but a
cloak for falso morality. Custom nnd
convention aro mndo up of elements
both good nnd bad, thoigh most ot us,
If a thing 'fl conventional, adhere to
Its pronouncements without stopping
to question tun right or wrong of it.
Convention and custom nro good
when they conservo tho good of tho
past; thoy aro viciously ovll when
thoy cloak ovll, and ovon worse when
thoy so onslavo tho minds of tho- peo
ple that thoy stupefy all. moral prog
ress. There le a tendoncy In most of us
toward legalism; this also use of the
law, and tho subtlest foo with which1
Christianity has had to copo. Ono of
the most remarkable things in history
is tho speed with which Christianity
morally "ran off tho track" and al
lowed Its freedom to become elaborat
ed and stiffened Into dogma, and then
Into legalism.
Tho church, which was to bring God
and man together, becarao burdonod
with ecclesiastical machinery, which
kept God and man apart What Is
the standard T Shall wo frankly be
come legalists and accept tho law ns
oar standard of conduct? Or shall wo
accept what aro cnllcd tho nvorngo
Judgments of mnnfcfnd tho consensus
of opinion ns our standards? If so,
what shall wo- do- with tho prophets;
those men of vlsfcn who sometimes
rise' in onr midst, to- point tho way to
a cloarer conception of. truth than tho
average man has attained?
And If wo do cot listen to tho
prophets for example, thoso men. of
vlBlon wo have In our political life
today how can- wo lropo td' progress
as a civilisation 7 Or shn';i we nccqpt
as our standard' that which satisfies
us? Or slial' wo1 accopt that which
works pragmatism, which has be
como popular among certain othlcal
thinkers.
This matter of cmitclence calln for
clearer thinking- tnnir.wb havo bo
stowed upon' it uh a eltnrclt or ajs In
dividuals In tiler past. Consclonco la
the soul's discernment; of right nnd
wrong for tho- purpose of IJ own
moral cliolco; It lias as a standard
not any oxtorlbr law; which means tho
reduction of religion- and morals to
urlsprudcnco and restraint; but It
must havo nn ihnor last, which means
freedom.
v m l . a 1 . I V.
JOHUB unnsi B must cniiJuauu n.-utir
Ing, about which cantered nil elso ho
safd and did; was ttle- saerodnoss of
the solf. WO liavo Christian morality
thon when w Bet Before r the task
of developing- tins' self. This Belf-
loyalty Is tllo only morality wo know.
It Ib truth for trutHItn sake, not truth
for o-podtoncy.
Consclonco Is-tilo voice of God wit-
incsGlng to otornal right within tho in
lVvldftai soul: TfclB'tlto toIco of man's
true Btin, ana uio iruo sou is one whu
God. As our eonso- oil beauty leads ua
on ti things .beautiful, so our moral
sense- should' lead' us to things moral.
Ami, ns lm art, wo turn to groat mas
tors, whoau Kcnltisi nas wrougnt in
'the- world' of beauty for tho standards
of valuation so In-tho world of morals
must wosturn wit ever-Increasing
arncstnoea. and! appreciation and
longing-to-tho master of mon.
And na onr study ot tho groat oara
,xas- rovealB ovor and anon somo dcp-
er truth that law in tno nenn or me
artist, bo our serious study ot Christ
must rereal mora- of tho truth thn lay
11 Kld In tho- depths of his boart
It la for each on of us to say- for no
tma elso can any It for ua wSaethor
'to tight that is In us shall becomo
darkness and so Bpread tho gJom ot
Itself through tho hearts of lnamanlty
or whothor It shall becomo a part of
that light that llghtoth every man thntt
'comojth Into tho world.
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The Crown for tho Faithful.
Tho virtue ot fidelity Is not condi
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with splendor of circumstances. It
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ppceUtorf "Ho that Is faithful in
lhat which Is least Is faithful also lH
much." The humblost task Is to bo
dono as unto Qod. Our gift, our tal
ent, may bo Insignificant,, but It Is to
be used, not burled. What tho world
calls success Is often tho shipwreck
of the soul. Tho dominion of God's
world Is the blesBlng of thoso who
nro "faithful In a very llttlo," "faith
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for success, not for genius, not for
position, not for greatness, but for
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