van's record u:i Ihe ben?!i :r:at evex
the OniuliA IJee, to use it own wonls,
"wo.il I have c-hanipiotied his re-eloc-tluu"
If ou'y I ho court of which he. Is
a riK-mi.cr had deeidi differently the
ctH? brought last year by Mr. Rose
Wiitr agtinst t'ie S'H' IJ.iard of
I 't:;i;it ion.
Tli f lu;nlii T:iiih ( nviu'ilic an ( .
edited l.y Colonel Will H. Dale, ha
tnU tt nay of Jiid. Sullivan:
Nome iii'l:-lxnni partisans hive
v Mured ff criticise the Times for
dcdtring in favor of Judge S';l!ivan.
They seem li think that it ii the bus
iness of a iif;waKr lr arrviPy ap
p!anl whatever the party in conven
tion with v.hrjin the editor individu
ally alMllates In it wi.lom or folly may
( fit lo do. But the Tiraei haj
never been a yel low-do;; Journal. It
Ihk always maintained Its own self
r.HjMet and it has tried to show a de
cent respect for the intelligence of if,
readers. Why Hhouldu't we support
Judge Sullivan? lie was six year. oa
the iKMKh of this distrtct and has
eu almost six years on the su
preme bench. Nothing is al'egei
against hi in. and nothing is brought
forward In e3pecial favor of his op
iMMient. Every lawyer in this dis
trict, whatever may be his politics,
wil promptly allow that th? district
iiv-ver had a belter jiidg; and it is
jest as freely conceded all around
that the Mate never had a more sat
isfactory judge; of the supreme court.
Why then in the sacre 1 nam- of com
mon sense should we advocate a
change in the membership of the
highest court? No reason has ever
hee'i given except that Judge Barnes
is a good rcoubllcen. We do not
question his republicanism, but we
do seriously quest Ian the wisdom of
republican politicians who are trying
to put him off the bench, If the at
tempt is successful it will, in our
humble judgment, be a bad thing for
the btate and a worse thing for the
republican party. You can't, under
the most favorable conditions, fool
the iwople very long; and it is a pur
blind jmlicy that contemplates fool
ing ll'cm at all. Judsre Sullivan was
twice elected judge of this district by
rc-publican votes. When he was a
candidate for supreme judge 700 re
publicans ia this district laid politics
aside and gave him their support.
These republicans did njt make any
mistake and tbey know It. They are
intelligent men and an appeal to
thcin to "vote er straight" because
judge Barnes is a good, loyal repub
lican would be as futile as it would
be foolish. When it comes to elect
ing judges, there 13, after all, a good
U?at of sanity in politics, and the
Kooner politicians come to recognize
this fact the better It will be for them.
In advocating the election of Judge
Sullivan we are doing precisely what
the most influential republican paper
in this district did when the judge
was a candidate for the district
beuch. Whai the Fremont Tribune
did twelve years ago the Times may
certainly do now without giving any
(me cause for questioning its editor's
devotion to republican principles.
This is also taken from the Colum
bus Times (republican) :
Judge Sullivan, as every one ad
mits, has exceptional qualifications
for the bench, but there are. plenty
of people, who have little to da with
ccttrts and judges, who will be in
clined to - support him on other
grounds. He is liked because he is
genial and democratic. He is always
considerate of other people. He nev
er forgets to be a gentleman. If you
should le wandering about the su
preme court rooms and have occasion
to inquire the way to the governor's
office or to the town pump you would
probably find the chief justice more
approachable than the bailiff or the
janitor. He would give you the In
formation you wanted without making
you feel that you had been up against
a high public official. And you would
receive just the same attention
whether you happened to be dressed
In a Prince Albert coat or a jumper.
An independent newspaper, the
Free Lance, expresses an opinion and
gives some advice:
Voters should be independent in
elections and vote for the men who
will serve them best. The voter who
doesn't exercise his judgment and
vote accordingly ia not voting for his
own best interests, and what is to his
best interests is to the public's best
Interests. And nowhere along the
line of public service should more
care be exercised than In judicial mat
ters. Tnis year With our voters to
Bo!et a supreme and two district
court Judges there is a demand for
r;i'eat care. The nioti are nominated
ailj in each cae it dies not require
a long lime or serious study to de
cide that S:i au Is the superior in
every way to Manx's. Iioth as to
ability as vell as being Iree of un
due i:i!l;ir?nces, and Is als'j an honor
able man.
John J. Sullivan should be retained
on the supreme bench because he 13
the pr.iper man fcr that place. He
has been tried and found worthy, and
our vol era should see to It that he Is
endorsed at th? polls.
The Oiuaha Examiner (Independent)
comments on the nomination of Jiulg
Sullivan rs follows:
"The democrats of Nebraska have
made no mislake in nominating Judge
Sullivan of Coiumbtis for judge of the
supreme court. Hi ha3 served in
that capacity for six years and has
made a splendid record:
The !ew York World has this to
say of Judge Sullivan:
SEDUCERS
Or WOMEN
VORED.
NOT FA-
Side Light on ihe Moral Qualities of
Judge Sullivan.
A man between 32 and 35 years of
age was coavicteJ of statutory rape
and his case appealed to the supreme
court, where ho sought to escape pun
ishment on technical grounds. Judge
Sullivan wrote the opinion, affirming
the judgment of the district court. It
is v.e'l worth the perusal of every
man and woman in the state, and is
a levelallon of the abhorrence with
which the chief justice regards of
fenses of that chaiacter.
In the course of the opinion he
said:
"We listened with great interest to
Ihe ingenious reasoning by which the
learned counsel for tlfe defendant un
dertook at the bar to sustain this po
sition. We were charmed with the
cleverness of the argument, but its
logic was not irresistible; it failed to
convince us that a person prosecuted
for the commission of a criminal act
must go free if it be made to appear
at the trial that he transgressed two
sections of the law against crimes in
stead of one. It may be conceded
that section 207 of the Criminal Code
is in full force and that the defend
ant might have been, and still may
be, tried and convicted for debauch
ing the prosecutrix. The act charged
in the information constituted a crime
under section 12 of the Criminal
Code, while the act proved was a vio
lation of both sections. One need not
be specially skilled in divining the
legislative will iu order to perceive
that the law forbidding illicit carnal
relations under promise of marriage
was not permitted to stand on the stat
ute books for the benefit and protec
tion of those seducers of children
who take the trouble to add a promise
of marriage to the other lures and en
ticements which they may see fit to
employ.
"If the defendant were held to be in
nocent of rape because guilty of seduc
tion, he might, according to the argu
ment of his counsel, when prosecuted
for the latter offense, secure an ac
quittal . by showing that he was a
married man and therefore guilty of
adultery. And by the same logic a
person charged with a murderous as
sault would be entitled to an acquit
tal if It should appear that the per
son assaulted was an officer engaged
In the execution of his office, or a
minister of the gospel preaching to
his congregation. It would also en
title a licensed vendor of intoxicating
liquors, charged with making sales on
Sunday or election day, to an acquit
tal if he could show that the persons
to whom the sales were made were
minors, Indians, lunatics or habituate
drunkards. The true rule undoubtedly
13 that a statute which denounces an
act as criminal does not cease to be
effective because another statute de
clares the same act to be a crime
when done at a particular place or un
der special circumstances. .
"All the rulings complained of have
been closely examined, and have been
approved without hesitation. The
trial was in every respect a fair one;
and. considering that waut of previous
chastity the only defense relied upon
was but feebly supported by the evi
dence, we think the sentence of the
court was tempered with mercy. The
defendant hasjirought to ruin a young
and inexperienced giil; he has vio
lated his solemn pledge to make her
his wife; he has embittered her life
and clouded her destiny; and. finally,
he has done what even a roue seldom
does under like circumstances he has
attempted to smirch her reputation by
denouncing her before the world as
a wanton. The wage of sin Is cer
llnly due to Mr. Chapman and the
hour of Mquidation Is at hand. The
judgment Is affirmed."
(See 'Vol. t1, Nebraska Supreme
Court Reports, page 889; or Vol. 86,
Northwestern Repcvter, page 907.)
Sympathy for the Phonograph.
George W. Heck, ex-ipovernor of
Wisconsin and creator of the most un
ruly boy in fiction, was induced to
drop a penny in' the slot and listen
to a phonograph. "That thing is al
most human." said a gentleman from
the interior who was the governor's
guest.
1 am sincerely glad that it is not
ertiiely human," answered Mr. Peck,
as Ihe penny's worth of music still
v: ated upon the atmosphere.
This remark caused a prolonged
"why" to proceed from the other.
"Just imagire." mused the sympa
thetic governor, "how the poor ma
chine would have suffered while a wo
man was transferring that awful
shriek ir.to its interior.
Good Chance for Ruskin.
When a new edition of "The Pil
grim's Progress" was issued not long
since the publisher received in his
mail several letters addressed to "Mr.
John Runyan," in one of which the
author was asked for his autograph.
A similar case has occurred at the
office of Harper & Bros. They have
just published. John Ruskin's "Letters
to M. G. and H. G.' A few days later
they received a letter addressed to
"Mr. John Ruskin, care of Harper &
Bros., New York city." They opened
the envelope, which contained a let
ter and some newspaper reviews of
the book. It was from a clipping bu
reau, and the writer urged Mr. Ruskin
to "try our service." as after doing so
"you will wonder how you could ever
do without press clippings."
New York's Sea Cow.
New York' may be a bit shy on the
bones of extinct animals, but she
boasts of a fine collection of living
monsters that are very rare. There
is now on exhibition in the aquarium
a sea cow weighing 800 pounds. It
was caught a week ago last Tuesday
in the Indian river, about four miles
from Roseland. Fla. The sea cow
has the general appearance of a seal,
except that it has a beaver's tail, is
minus hind legs and has a perfect
cow's mouth. It is found along the
Atlantic coast of North. Central and
South America, and goese up the Ama
zon to the border of Peru. ' It gener
ally lives in the lower parts of riv
ers and brackish lagoons.
Origin of the Hansom.
The hansom was the invention of
Joseph Hansom, the architect of the
Birmingham town hall. But the two
wheeled cab he patented in 1834 little
resembles the vehicle which now
bears his name. It had a square, sedan-chair-shaped
body, hung between,
two wheels nearly eight feet- high.
The driver's seat was in front, as also
was the door; the fare entered the
cab between the wheel and the shaft.
The modern hansom was adapted
from this original by Messrs. Gillet &
Chapman. It is a peculiarly English
vehicle, and no foreign nation has
ever compassed the dogged courage
of the Briton who san sit calmly in
side it.
The Laidlaw-Sage Case.
The announcement that the "Wall
street firm of Laidlaw & Carrie has
suspended revives the story of Mr.
Laidlaw's celebrated suit against Rus
sell Sage. When the crank Norcross,
threw the bomb at Mr. Sage in 1891.
Laidlaw happened to be near and it
ws alleged that Uncle Russell seized
him and used his body as a shield
against the exploding bomb. Whether
ailaw received injuries which made
this was true or not, it is certain that
him an invalid for life and Sage es
caped unhurt. "When Laidlaw got out
of the hospital he sued Sage and got
a verdict of $25,000. Later this was
vacated on a technicality and Laidlaw
sued again. This time he was award
ed $43,000. but Uncle Russell carried
it higher up. After litigation that ex
tended oveivtwo years Laidlaw finally
gave up in disgust.
Miles Did 1ft , Know. Powder.
The Galveston News Is authority for
a good story about General Miles' re
cent visit to that city. While Inspect
ing Fort San Jacinto.' one of the men
who have the ammunition magazine in
charge was standing at the door of the
pla'-e with two little strips of some
thing that looked like macaroni, they
being about the sl.e and length of the
Italian delicacy. "What's that?" said
General Miles. "Don't you know, gen
eial, what that is?" said the govern
ment official. I)on't believe I do,"
said the general, examining a piece of
the stuff. "That's the powder we use
in that rifle there," as he pointed to
one of the giant 10-inch guns floating
out over the emplacement.
Kubelik's Honest Double.
Knbelik. tbe celebrated violinist, lia3
a double in Franz Wlster. of Prague,
who also plays the violin. A short time
ago an impresario, Jassinskt by name,
took him for a tour in Russia. When
they arrived at Kamenetz Podolsk, the
young violinist discovered that Jass
inski advertised him a3 Knbelik him
self. He refused to play, paid the ex
penses incurred and broke his en
gagement with the impresario. For
some time he wandered about the
streets unable to get money to return
home. Finally bis mii3i- and his like
ness to Kubellk attracted attention
and on his story being told he obtained
enough money to take him back to
Prague.
The Kaiser's Artistic Taste.
The refusal of the German National
Gallery to purchase Professor Kampf's
"The Sisters." which was the picture
of the season, still excites German con"
noisseurs. The cause of the refusal
is the kaiser and the often-expressed
belief that art should express only
that which is cheerful and pleasant.
According to the commonly accepted
story during the exhibition the kaiser
was being piloted around by Professor
Kampf himself. When he reached the
picture his majesty wanted to know
who had painted those two miserable
little girls. Kampf admitted he had
done it. The kaiser made no comment
but notice of the refusal of the gallery
to buy the picture followed a few days
later.
Tolstoi's Present Life.
Professor Edward A. Stainer, of
Grinnell college, who has recently re
turned from a visit to Russia, spent
some time on the estate of Count Leo
Tolstoi. He says the count has been
exceedingly ill of laie, but is recov
ering and spends a portion of each
day working in his fields. He re
ceives many tourists, whose visits he
does not crave, yet he treats all with
courtesy. He keeps in touch wirh
everything going on in Russia of a po
litical or socialistic nature, but recog
nizes the fact that his age and in
firmities will not permit him to par
ticipate in public affairs or ' discus
sions of any sort. He is still writing,
however, but does not expect to under
take any extended literary labory
through fear that he will not live to
complete it.
Filipino Basket Ball.
Basket ball is a game that especially
appeals to Filipino boys, but they do
not play it in the American style.
In the first place, the ball is really
a small, hollow basket, made of wick
er work, and therefore extremely light.
An equal number of boys line up on
either side, and they kick the ball to
each other, the trick being to keep it
over on the other side. Instead of
forcing it forward, as boys do when
playing football here, the rules of the
Filipino game demand a backward
kick, so that the boy must look over
his shoulder and strike out with his
heels, mule fashion.
Sometimes Filipino boys have lively
skirmishes, in which the ball does not
get all the kicks.
Silk Made of Wood.
Artificial silk is now being made in
Europe from wood fiber, under an
English patent. The American consul
at Stettin writes of it: "The sample
shown me was very soft and of a
cream color. Each thread is made up
of eighteen single strand3. A single
strand is hardly perceptible to the
naked eye. As to the relative,
strength of a real silk thread and this
imitation, tbe real silk Is two-thirds
stronger. It is said to take coloring
or dyeing readily, and when woven
into pieces has the appearance of real
silk. It is impossible to get samples
here, or information as to the process
of manufacturing, excepting that no
particular kind of wood is required and
that ' the pulp undergoes a chemical
process and is pressed through very
fine tubes by hydraulic pressure, form
ing the single strands which go to
make up the thread."
Famous Moated House.
The moai which so often surround
ed halls and castles in the old days
is now generally dry and filled up.
but some remarkable specimens still
remain. Perhaps the finest example
of a moated house is Helmingbam
hall, the 'seat of Lord Tollemache, in
Suffolk, about eight miles from Ips
wich. The drawbridge still remains,
and it has been raised every night A"r
more than 300 years, the ancient pre
caution being observed even though
the need for it has long passed by.
The moat which surrounds Leeds cas
tle, near Maidstone, is so wide that it
may almost be called a lake. Tbe
ancient episcopal palace at Wells is
surrounded by walls which inclose
nearly seven acres of ground, and by a
moat which is supplied with water
from St. Andrews well. A venerable
bridge spans the moat, giving access,
through a tower gateway in the other
court.
Be generous, and if you keep out of
the poorhouse you'll be blooming
lucky.
Tup breeding of cattle In Mexico f
steadily Increasing. Large numbers of
different breeds have recently been
Imported from the United Slates, UoU
liil and Switzerland. 1
Men of science" have never boon flblo
tit explain why a thunderstorm spoil
mill:, beer, meat, and other articles of
?ousumptlon. Tbe latest German the
ory is that there Is some injurious elec
tric Influence, which nlo causes head
ache or depression in many scusltlvo
persons just before a storm. (
Insurance experts are discussing sta
tistlcs ns to the Increase of longevity,
and they generally agree Unit the sur
est guarantee for a peaceful and happy,
old age and for becoming octogenarians
mid nonagenarlaKs, and even going
beyond the century mark, is th? tak
ing out of a plentiful supply of Ufa
insurance policies. "
Transcontinental automobile trips
are. becoming uumerous, but the pub
lic is b?j!nnln3 to discount the vah:o
of a test of Ibis kind with n specialry
prepared vehicle, operated by paid ma
chinists and fitted at various point
along the route with new tiros, parts,
f tc, as these become necessary. Such
testa must be made under normal tour
lug conditions to have any great loflu
ence upoa prospective buyers.
The Grand Palais la P.iris possesses
a wonderful clock, which was shown
in the Paris Exhibition of 1855. It was
the work of Collin and ha3 Just been
overhauled. It is claimed for this'
chef d'oeuvre, says the Debnts, that it;
!oes not vary more than the hundredth'
part of a second in n year. It is
four a lid a half metres in hr-ight. and'
Indicates the tlnio in the twelve chief
c ities of the world, each city having its'
own dial. Tbe clock not only marks
the year, mouth and clay of the week.j
but Its pendulum forms n barometer1
of singular precision. '
At a recent meeting of the Paris
Academy of Medicine Dr. Gamier cited
cases In which hysterical women bad
brought the most monstrous accusa
tions against their relatives, their
neighbors, and their very fathers aud
mothers, the whole being entirely a
figment of their sick brains, but re
lated with such perfect self-possession
that even courts of Justice had been
wrongly led to infer that they were
true. The Judge in a trial where hys
terical women appear should, he said,
have them examined by a medical com
mission as a means of protection, j
The study of words serves a double
purpose. A wh'.e vocabulary not only
enables us to express our ideas exact;
ly and concisely, but new words actual
ly bring us new ideas. Someone spoke
to me the other day of exercising
"corrigible influence" over another.
The word was new to me; I looked ft
up and found a whole train of new
thought started up by the new word,
says Adeline Knnpp, in Tbe Household.-
It was a great pleesure. An
enlarged vocabulary actually means an
enlarged mind; every new word that
comes to our knowledge brings with It
a new chain of Ideas by suggestion. ,
The sanitary measures introduced in
Cuba during the American military oc
cupation have been continued, and the
i.tland as a whole is now more health
ful than at any time In its history.
Minister Squlers in a recnt report
says: "In the District of Havana the
death rate decreased in June to 400,
against 448 in the ' preceding thirty
days and against 540 In June of last
yearr and is the lowest figure for June
ever recorded in Havana, as far back
as reliable statistics can be obtained.
The whole island is free from small
pox and yellow fever. In many of the
provinces the death rate has 'been ab
normally low for the time of year, ow
ing to tbe Improved methods of eanl
Utloa." - -
Begagrs in a Combine.
The beggars of Spain have formed
a combine and are going to try to
keep all of the 2 centimo pieces out
of circulation by holding them when
ever they secure any. The object of
this becgars' trust is to make people
give a larger coin.
Desirable Cure.
"Perhaps your stomach trouble Is
due to over-eating. Maginnls. Why
don't you try the fast cure?"
"The fasht cure, is it? Begorry.
tbot's the cure OI'm afther wanting.
The fa3hter, tbe betther."