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i EDUORIAlS Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects. rm-7mm. srz. inn rcclintcutlttas Should Not Defeat Justice. I MAN was charged with swindling and wns being tried In u Texas court. Most of tho evi dence Against him had been Introduced when It who found that the typewriter, lu copying the Indictment, hud written tho word "any" where- tho statutes prescribed tho word "and." The attorney for tho defenso at once moved to 4pma!i tho Indictment. TJio court sustained the motion and itwroctne was dismissed. '? this JuhUcoV Did tho court perform tho function vhlch It wns cstnbllflhcd? The accused muy havo Titos Innocent of the charge, ns he In supposed to bo until jSBwred guilty. Thut la a question of fact which could bo dkeftertolned only after nil tho evidence had been consld irni But be muy have been gttjlty. If so, what a travesty e-.gnfrflcol Whut a blow ut tho very foundations of tho -sttotf atructurol What mockery of sacred obligations! TJo nlnccre, faithful citizen has any desire to attack the -otti.scta. They are the bulwark of bis liberties and ho be t&nrcj .In their Integrity. It Is right that he should so be Hum-. ,.nd that ho should strengthen them in every way. ?JtesLtfSrfn respect for the Judiciary should not blind us to the w5-,1Ikat because of faulty legislation and complicated rules -rtWjjuxtccdure the claims of Justice are frequently defeated )M(ltavine goes unpunished. lEJvery community has its cases whero technicality con Hfmni Justice; where tho greatest frauds are committed :jjHinKl tho public through Interminable qulbblevover every -fcewsiitrte point that may delay the nctloiu The obligation MSti&m courts to protect tho rights Of 'the accused Is made to crknrfl protection to ciJni(f.--Tlie very purposo of tho courts tj'fiMiii,(l6fcatcd through n senseless adherence to unrcn yntxsiftle rules, as was done In the Texas case, where the atw32&e -of a single letter In a typewritten copy quashed cl4t Indictment. There- Is nomclhlng wrong about a system at!b will permit of such a mockery of Justice. Chlcugo without Is what makes tho secret societies strong. Churchmen who reproach and revile tho lodge because It Is strong through doing tho church's work aro not help ing tho chuso of religion. Chicago Inter Occun. Why Assail tho L0J70? , HE National Christian Association at Its nn- nual meeting in Chicago renewed Its protest against 'the secret society" as tho destroyer of the church and the enemy of God. Of course it Is futile to reason with men so convinced of their own righteousness as the members of this organization. Itut some of objections that they voiced to the secret society and ht of tho reasons they gavo for that institution's nmnz- 4bjK prosperity aro curious. Dme worthy clergyman complnlncd that lodge meetings ftira last until midnight. While careful to exculpate lodges 3tan Iho charge of serving liquor at their meetings, ho In dreil thut they fostered the drink habit because some -ftwiftl litop on th& way home to drink. Hf course ho forgot tho historic nocturnal services of NBSssjchurch, often lasting till late hours, and sometimes ho ,0mAng at midnight. And perhaps ho docs not know that '40bmc men stop on tho way home from church or prayer .mtmtiLnz to drink. TSlha. church Is not to blame for this, nut neither is tho 3ftwce. Both Institutions counsel temperance. Neither sane -Sites;-intemperance. And lodgo penalties against Inlcmper ttsutue are, in moBt cases, moro severe and direct than the fetHraltlcs of the church. .Another clergyman thought that curiosity wns tho chief ttpatCve of men In Joining lodges, and consoled himself with Mmt thought that It was "soon satisfied by their false mas$t," etc., etc., etc. SEow, the lodge and the church aro neither rivals nor tedlcu, in spite of the efforts of some churchmen to mukc dCbsxi ho. Each Is doing good work In its own way. and 'fuz&tb no disrespect for the church it may be said that tlit? JsVffjven way lu tho more effective. iFor Instance, one lodge Ip this city finds n volunteer (, m31 cvery dny upon any member who Is sick, to Inquire Jfcnj) his com furt and his needs ond provide for them luv. astral tttely If necessary. Churches are doing this same kbul uriS'tvrork, but how many of them are doing It every da' Jwifae year, for every member, rich or poor, noted or hunj 'without distinction, complaint, or parade doing It Just wofuse the man is a man and brother? "Tills touch of fellowship that they give this equality fT.uimplo manhood that they practice this human Interest, r-anjgiirdless of rank or wealth or social station, that their rautsaoljers show In cacti other, within the lodgo room and T iilllli Our Bill for European Travel. HE annual tldo of American travel to Europo Is now at Its height. For the last month every steamer sailing from Atlantic ports has been crowded. All signs point to u record breaking exodus of Amerlcun tourists this season. Thero arc likely to bo enough of them to rcpopulate Strasburg, or Venice, or Seville, should any one of those cities bo left uninhabited. They could double tho population of Toledo or Denver should they return and settle In either as a body. In 1003, despite somewhat unfavorable business condi tions at home, 118,000 cabin passengers left New York for Europe Exact figures for 1004 arc not nvalluble, but they wore lurger than In '003, and will be still larger this year, aftor moro than twelve months of genuine and widespread prosperity. On tho basis of present returns It Is deemed certain that the American tourists In Europo this year will number nt least 150,000. These travelers. y; pay, on tho average, $2!i0 each for steamer passage, or $37,500,000 altogether. Foreign ex chnngo dealers, to whom tourist custom Is an Important Item of business, estimate that each traveler will spend In Europe, on tho average, throe times tho price of his round trip steamer ticket, or $750 each, or $112,500,000 altogether. In fact, It may be set down that Americans visiting Europe chlelly for pleasure spend nbout $1,000 each on the trip, which would glvo a total expenditure of $150,000,000 this year. This Is an enormous sum. It Is more money than Is doposlted In all the savings bnnks of Chicago, and about half the total deposits of the Chicago national banks. It would pay nil tho expenses of the city of New York for n your and leave a handsomo surplus. It would move tho nation's wheat crop from farm to market and probnbly the cotton crop as well. It would meet the national pension roll this year. Doubtless there aro reasons for regretting that many of thoso who travel to Europe this year do not rather spend their time and money In learning to know their own country and its people beyond the districts wher they havo their homes. Chicago Inter Ocean. Hi Insects and Infection. O prevent Infections reaching the huihnn body through the medium of Insects means that they diall bo exterminated or else shut away from the body Itself; ulso from food and water. Sci entific sanitary Investigation 1ms proved that to get rid of flics and mosquitoes the breeding nlaccs of these Insects must be destroyed. Files breed In stable manure piles, barnyards and wherever there are masses of filth. Mosquitoes breed In marshes and swamps, old rain barrels, eaves-troughs aud wherever there Is stagnant wuter Impregnated with decuylng organic matter. The sanitary lesson for the homemaker to learn Is to avoid the marshes and drain them berore building and keep free from all poo of stagnant water, great or Hinnll, on the premises, nnd keep the stables and barn yards free from fermenting masses of decaying or organic matter. To keep these Insect pests out of the house. It should, If possible, be so planned that the prevailing winds will not blow from tho stables, barn yard or any marshes In the ;U')uUv toward It. nnd then In summer use wire screens on every door ami window as well ns Inclose the porches around the house. Italian physicians, experimenting lu the Tontine numshOfi to discover the cause of Roman fevor, found the pensuuto living side by side In ordinary canvas and In light semen 'protected tents, contracted this disease In the unprotected tents, where mosquitoes had free ac cess, and escaped tnfectlnn In the screen-protected, where they were excluded. A nicely screened, shaded, cool back porch Is a sanitary blessing to the over-tired farmer's wife. There she can prepare a great pnit of her food und havo n foinfortnblfc couch to rest on, free irotu Insect and annoy n'Ni'C. The children can play there and thus keep out of the kitchen heat and at the same time avoid noxious insect Infection. The screens nre within reach of every American householder. The House Keeper. They say in London thnt when Ellen Terry acted "Alice sit by tho Fire," on tho opening night when tho audi ence was clamoring for the playwright, J. M. Bnrrle, ho was found awuy bnck In his box, sobbing like n child, so full his heart. Notwithstanding tho animadver sions of Mr. Bernard Shaw or pos sibly because of them the salo of Shakespeare's works continues to sur prise and delight publishers. No less than seventeen different editions of ono sort or another have either Just been completed or aro In course of lssuo In England alone. The Bookman recently called atten tion to the fact thnt our "young" writers are "spinning along merrily toward middle ago." Richard Hard ing Davis, of whom wo still expect great things when ho Is grown up, is In his forty-first or forty-second year. Booth Tarklngton, still esteemed ns having possibilities, Is 37; Thomas Dixon Is 41 ; George Barr McCutcheon, 30; Winston Churchill, 35; Stewnrt Edwnrd White, 82, nnd Jnck London, whoso pictures innko him look like nn undergraduate, Is 30. As a matter of fact, these ore well-established writ ers, and tho now crop Is hero. Rob ert Ilorrlck, Harry Leon Wilson, Rex E. Beach and others of equal achieve ment aro with us, and tho fact that Uiey havo "arrived" rather puts tho Bookmnn's "young" authors Into the ranks of the old ones. Mrs. Mary Mnpes Dodge, who died nt her summer home nt Tnnnorsvllle, N. Y., recently, had been editor of St. Nicholas since Us founding In 1873. For three years previous to this date she had been associated with Harriet Beecher Stowe in the conduct of Hearth and Home. Mrs. Dodge named the new magazine destined to become so flourishing under her editorial care, Importing tho title from nollnnd. Not withstanding her onerous duties, Mrs. Dodge found time to write nnd pub lish many books, the most popular of which Is "Hans Drinker; or, the Sil ver Skates." Tho outline of tills story came to Mrs. Dodge's mind while read lng Motley's "nistory of the Dutch Re public." In writing It she ransacked libraries and sought far and wide for Information, having each chapter re vised by two Dutch friends. Tho Ut tie book has had a great success, hav lng been translated Into French, Ger man, Russlnn nnd Dutch, so that tens of thousands of children have had the pleasure of reading It. "Donald and Dorothy" Is said to have been Mrs. Dodge's favorite among her books. am nlmost sorry to confess that my literary career hns been without 1 struggle," Mrs. Dodge once said. Ev erythlng she wrote, and she begnn to write in her twenties, was cordially re eelved. She wrote little poems to cel ebrate family anniversaries when but 8 years old. Her father was Prof. James J. Mapes, noted as chemist, In ventor, civil engineer and author; her husband, William Dodge, was a law yer, who lived only n few years and left her with two sons to provide for Ono of these sous survives. Though Mrs. Dodge remained tho nominal ed itor of St. Nicholas, she retired from actual control four years ago, though still contrlbutlnK to Its pages. She was 07 years of ogo. . in it j, and 9, and mouth Rock, which ono party declared ought to bo remoTcd to ft moro worth position in tho town square, and tha othor wranglers protested it anouut not bo movoil an Inch from its posi tion, oven though thoy had to guar with their pikes and guna. Finally, tho stronger faction drew up their forces around Plymouth Rock, and In attempting to movo it up tns( llll sDlIt it asunder, which scemea a bad omen for thoso who hod attempted such a thing, until an ardent WhUj lender flourished his sword, ouu Dy an eloquent appeal to the other zeulow Whigs convinced thorn that should not swervo from tholr plan of( carrying tho rock to a placo In ths town square. "Tho portion that first fell to the ground belongs to us," ho cried; "and, that wo will transport with all car and dlllgenco to Its proper homo." Twenty yoke of oxen drew tho Whiff section of Plymouth Rock up tho hill. amid the shouts of the throng thai pushed forward around tho liberty poltf' which was to mark tho now site. The ceremony of dedicating tho rock In it new position was very Impressive, the people stood with bared heads, In reverent tones chanted their hlgh pltchcd psalms in token of thanksgiv-lng. In tho town squaro this part of Ply mouth Rock remained for moro than half a century, when a comuiltteo ot the council resolved to movo It back to Its original position, and Join it, as best they could, to tho other half. Ac cordlngly In 1831 on the morning o4 the Fourth of July, the Plymouth Rock. uid been reunited In all seriousness to ts long-estranged portion, and ths union made complete by a mlxturo of cement and mortar. To-day four graulto columns support ennopy of granlto that offers Ply mouth Rock an indifferent protection against the rain and the sun, and serves to keep back, In sorao measu the thousands of sightseers tr.at corns to Plymouth with only ono object in, view, namely, to press up around ths ton bars, and to gaze through thom at tho revered rock, on which they sec the single inscription, cut In ths middle of Its face In long, plain flgv ores, "1020." Tho rock Is surrounded by a high Iron railing composed of alternate boat hooks and harpoons, and inscribed' with the Illustrious names of tho fort men who drew up tho Pilgrims' conil. pact on board tho Mayflower that No veuibcr day as thoy sighted tho coast that henceforth was to bo their home, PLYMOUTH ROCK'S CRACK. 35K INSIlNd OK REASON? V s Western doctor who owns a thor isavchbred marc sent to Mr. John Bur- KHuyihs an anecdote which he quotos jfci.-xn iirtlclo In the Cosmopolitan Mag hs&iub. Tho naturalist protests vlgor attu&iy ngnlnst the frequent attempts -dtfepersons to attribute Uie reasoning -THhwitfUy to animals In every Intorcst ,sicca80, and in the Incident in point rAnr&ooa not ngrco with tho owner of tJJfe mare. A. drovo of horses was pasturing In r2rty-ncre lot. Tho horses had paired aj$C asi horses usually do under such .rttfaoamstnnccs. Tho doctor's thorough feraa maro 'had paired with anothor vs&soa 1liat was totally blind, nnd had HVmra bo slnco n colt jIEhrough the field ran a little creek Hl3ddii could not bo well crossed by -tffce liorses except by a briugu at one bjiiT Ono day when tho farmer went jts salt tho animals they nil came gal- Flawing over tho bridge and up to the , jgfete except the blind one. Sho could , And tho bridge, nnd remained ou the otlior side, whinnying nnd stamp Ifesc. nrhllo tho o'hers were getting their -stf quarter of a mile away. Presently the blooded marc left her aaade hr war througfc the tiord, uid wont nt a Hying gallop , down across tho bridge to the blind animal. Then she turned and came back, and the blind ono followed. Tho doctor Is convinced that his mare deliberately went back to con duct Its blind companion over the bridge nnd down to tho salt-lick. But, writes Mr. Burroughs, the act may be more simply explained. How could the maro know that her companion was blind? What could any horse know nbout such n disability? Tho only thing implied lu tho Incident Is the nttaclmicnt of one rfhlmnl foriinother. rhojiuire heard her mate calling, prob ably In tones of excitement or dis tress, and she flew back to her. Find ing her all right, she turned toward the salt again, and was followed by hor follow. THE DEMANDS OF Its Orifjlu Involves u Unique mitt HI (liculouu lilt of HiHtory Plymouth has been called tho cradle of New England. It Is ou tho coasi, thirty-eight miles south of Boston, and Is a thriving and prosperous New Eng lmid town, with Rood schools and sick man devour the delicacy so dear to tho palate of our friends across the To Hans' unbounded amaze inent on his next inspection ho found the Hollander sitting up In bed read- churche3 aml town hall, and shops of t . i.n mtkii firvH tf nil mi Mwn il (a ' ... all kinds, and comfortable Homes. Kruut lor Yollnw louver. During tho yellow fovor epidemic at Now Orleans In 1878 a German medi cal student braved tho terrors of tho plnguo to Becuro tho advantage of ex perience, says tho Los Angeles Ex press. Doctors wore few and his serv ices wero gladly accepted. He had Ideas nnd many were his oxporltnonts. Treating a Hollander at tho hospital, Dr. Elans doclded that his patleut was about to die, so he prescribed as a last solace to tho expiring man a huge nlats) f sauerkraut. II watcsd the lng n newspaper, well on the road to recovery Jerking forth his notebook, ho Jotted down: "R, Sauerkraut will euro a Dutchman of yellow fever." Proceed lug to another ward he found a Span- lard In a bad way. Procuring another plate of Bauerkraut, he bade the patient eat It and live but speedily the Spaniard died. Reaching for his notebook, Hans added to the pre ocrlptlon, "but will kill a Spaniard." Ono of the three doctors who were prominent In treating hundreds of yel low fever patients nt Jacksonville, Fla., during that city's last visitation of tho scourge remarked afterwards, when asked for his favorito prescrip tion: "Roll tho patient lu hot blun keta. Swent it out of him. If that falls take him out to the sand hills hospital aud administer with the ham mer one hard blow upon tho temple. That Is both effective and humane." On tho flat strip of land that runs for miles up and down tho shore of the bay, the diminutive white houses of the fishermen are crowded closo to gether. In the center of tho saino flat land-strip", flanked on both sides by tho Ushormen's homos, Is a large, open square forty yards from the wat er front. Hero stands Plymouth Rock, the first sight of which gives one a mental shock, for, no doubt, fancy has pictured an Immense boulder rising grandly out of the sea; but, Instead, the visitor sees only an oblong, Irregularly shaped gray sandstone rock twelve feet In length and live feet In width at tho widest point and two at the narrowest. Across one part runs u large crack which has been filled with cement, and which gives to Plymouth Rock a highly artificial appearance Tho origin oi. this crack la a bit of unique history, and bears evidence to the early differences that at times di vided the inhabitants into two factious. For a long time thero waged spirited FRIENDSHIP Btcurifant KITort Ts ut tho nuo of Kw Noble Relation. Life, after all. Is compact not o things, not yet of activities, tasks and pleasures, but, above all cIso,sof tha Intricate relations lu which we stand to other men; many nnd various; ma jor and minor as these may be, thers yet remains not only an aspect of con duct suitable to each, but a deflnlts choice as to the plane of exaltation upon which relationship shall bo held. Exaltation Is a level many fear, aud, llko all heights, it has its dangers j tho vision may easily swim nnd tha thoughts grow heady, but when w4 contemplate the sordldness and com monplaces which paint In dull drab tho recurrent duys of average life, wa grow to feel that even a fall from a dizzy height may be bettor than tii weary dragging of tho feet acroBS a dusty plain. Probably tho first condition of ( noble relation is effort. No ono tons' over yet drifted Into nobility. No one, sad ns it mny seem, has ever achieved . a fine nnd lasting friendship, n com pleto marriage, a closo and helpful, bond of parent and child, without a conscious struggle. For n fine rela tion shoots out beyond tho necessary and the obvious duties, decorates It self with works of supererogation, ' These are tho tasks that a man In lov Instinctively perforins. That Is a state of divine enthusiasm where ths sot limits of duty seem a hopelessly meager expression of tho surplus emo tion. But being In love, like all en thusiasm, Is of tho spirit, nnd tha wind of tho spirit bloweth where it llsteth, and cannot be counted upon to abide. The gift of such vlsltntlon ot emotion is n chnnce and casual comet to poor mortality, though doubtless if this wero paradise each human being would perennially be In somo such, rcrvent frnmo of mind toward ever other being. But under earthly con dltlous it sets tho nerves to Irritated, tingling, nnd by Its very unwontcdne nevrr; loaves and Uttulp Eion. "You can't beat de lazy man," said Uuclo Eben. "When do weather's bad ho says ho can't work, an' when It's and bitter wrangling between the op lino no says us a sname not to enjoy 1 posing parties, aud It even settled It" Washlngtsa Htar, down upon ths rauou-charUhad Ply- ntn tlm ttt-nln fn InvnnMnrr 'Vt fnllnw W.rrta fnn lilci tnnvrta mill fishes 1b uot feaslblo as c permonenft pursuit, and the true task Is to turn! the spontaneous glow of feollng hit a steady current of ready ymPal1' and acceptable service. Harper's Weekly. Failed to Convince Wiltto. "You should bo like the chickens, Willie; Just see how early thejr wake up in tho morning." "Ob.'wcH, I could wake up early,, too, ma, Jf I stood up all nlgbtr Yoa kers Statesman. Eyecy wesaan weadcrt kew ta tie world sbm srer keeps uy.