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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
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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.
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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.
