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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
December 6, 1901.
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PHILADELPHIA ANARCHISTS
The Police Think That They are Labor
Unions, but the North American Be
lieves That itisllie Bepublicau
. Machine
A New York policeman resented the
atfusive language of his official super
ior, and charged that attempts had
been maae to iorce mm to pay tor
fair treatment. The . whole country
took up his case and professed to be
shocked at the. revealed condition of
municipal government in New York.
An indefinitely worse state of things
has been disclosed in Philadelphia
without exciting surprise, and probably
much less attention will be given to
Sergeant Semple's direct charges of
crime against the municipal admin
istration of this city than has been
devoted to Policeman O'Brien's alle
gation that somebody in New York
tried to extort money from him. - The
explanation is obvious. Philadelphia's
city government is so notoriously bad
that Its offenses have ceased to amaze.
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iu unci lug ma icsigiiuiiuu oergeaiiL
Semple explains that he had to choose
between "rendering degrading and
criminal service at the behest of cor
rupt political and police masters and
preserving my self-respect and free
cifically, he asserts that he was called
upon to "pilot election repeaters from
division to division and assist in their
work of casting fraudulent ballpts,"
and because he refused to, commit thi3
crime he was notified thathe would De
driven off the force.
No rebellious victim of Devery's ruf
fianism and c. ression has even hinted
at $uch monstrous perversions of po
lice powers to criminal ends as are
charged against the Ashbridge machine
by Sergeant Semple in these words, ad
dressed officially to the superintendent
of police: .
"As the chief functions of the police
in the Twenty-seventh district are
now those of serving the political or
ders of the administration bosses,
'carrying' 'divisions in primary and
general elections, bulldozing' and in
timidating citizens at the polls and in
ordinary course of their private busi
ness, piloting repeaters from polling
place to polling place and stuffing bal
lot boxes with fraudulent ballots, pro
tecting men like Fagan and convicted
criminals in the favor of the bosses,
and, in general, using the uniforms of
the policeman for the criminal inter
ests of the politicians, instead of the
protection of life and property, there
is little room for an honest, law-abiding
man on the force."
It does not occur to any citizen of
Philadelphia to question the accuracy
of Sergeant Semple's description of
the plight of a law-abiding man wear
ing the uniform of a policeman and
subject to the authority of lawless and
law-violating men in office. Every
Philadelphia!! knows that the sergeant
has told the truth, and even Ashbridgs
is not suspected of having the hardl
b&od to deny it. "
r' There is a, strong reaction in this
country against lawlessness, and many
thoughtful men are trying to work out
the problem of identifying the promot
ers and exponents of anarchy with a
view to repression of the spirit of con
tempt for law. Senator Dolliver, '
Iowa, made a valuable contribution to
the work of classification :n nis speech
at the memorial services held in Chi
cago. He said:.
"Legislators who betray the com
monwealth, judges who poison the
fountains of justice, city governments
which come to terms with crime all
these are regular contributors to the
campaign fund of anarchy."
Philadelphia's police officials profes3
to be diligently seeking for-anarchist3,
and in their search they have rounded
up co-operative societies, labor unions
ana otner omeny weii-Denavea peo
ple. Sergeant Semple has shown them
where to find what they are seeking.
The most active and dangerous pro
moter of lawlessness in this commun
ity is the Ashbridge machine. In the
words cf Senator Dolliver: "It be
longs to the unenrolled reserve corps
of anarchy in the United States."
If Emma Goldman's connection with
Czolgosz's crime should be proved to
be one-hundredth part' as intimate as
was Mayor Ashbridge's with the theft
of Philadelphia's streets, she could not
escape the electric chair. Philadelphia
North American (rep.). - '
this is to say that of every 1,000 of the
American people 512 are of the mascu
line and only 488 of the feminine sex.
This preponderance of the sterner
half of mankind has been, it appears,
steadily maintained and increased in
this country for more, than half a
century. It is a permanent condition
and as such contrasts sharply with
that of Europe, including the United
Kingdom, where the females uniformly
exceed the males in number.
Seed Corn Tor Sale '
I have a fine lot of yellow seed corn
of this year's growth raised on my
farm on the little Siota ; bottom, Sra
miles from Union, Neb., which I will
sell in quantities of 5 to 1,000 bush
els at $1 per bushel, f. o. b., sacks ex
tra. Address L. G. Todd, sr., or L G.
Todd, jr. Union; Neb. "
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
Why bs Old Maids
One of the most astonishing disclos
ures of the census of 19o0,is that there
are-1,800,000 more males than females
in the population of the United States.
Put in a more readily appreciated 'way
Buy and Try a Box Tonight
While you think of it, go. buy and
try a box of Cascaret3 Candy Ca
thartic, ideal laxative, tonight. You'll
never regret .it Genuine tablets
stamped C. C. C. ' Never sold in
bulk. ' All druggists, ice.
It Comes to the Front in a New and Sur
prising WayAll the Great Dallies
iiiscuss it ,
The populists have always favored
government ownership of railroads,
telegraph and telephone lines. Thay
insisted fro mthe first that these or
ganizaitons as long as they remained
in private hands would control state,
municipal and congressional legisla
tion in their own interests, that their
ability to bribe and influence law
makers was so great, that any fight
against them would fail. As the years
have passed they have had proof after
proof of the soundness of the pop
ulist position on this question. Thoy
pointed to the fact that all the civil
ized governments outside of the. United
States had long since adopted this
policy and all owned the telegraph
and telephone systems and in whole or
in part, the railroad systems. It was
not a new or untried policy. It hud
been tried and found good and that
while many boasted that the United
States lead all the earth in the ad
vancement of civilization, the truth
was in this regard marching in the
rear of Japan and tailing up the whole
procession along with China. The fol
lowing editorial which appeared In the
Chicago Tribune will show hdw the
question is being pushed to the fro&t.
But if these railroad magnates imagine
that the government, is going to take
over railroad stock at par after it has
been watered three or four hundred
per cent, they will find themselves very
much mistaken. The Tribune says:.
The railroad combination just ef
fected under the name of the Northera
Securities company, of which J. J. Hill
has been made president, controls the
business of 47,000 miles of western
railroad and . possesses $400,000,0o5 of
capital. The lines thus drawn into
the combination operate in nineteen
different states and territories and are
subjected to the various laws of those
several commonwealths.
"The tendency of so powerful an or
ganization will be to pile upon produc
ers rates more "excessive than, those al
ready in vogue and to so operate as .o
destroy weaker competing lines, that
the whole harvest of freight and pas
senger tolls may fall into the coffers
of the combine. Litigation will be one
of the products of the gigantic pool
and the various laws to " be violated
will all .be invoked. So the arrange
ment is a trouble breeder . from the
start. 4' '
"There comes from Washington, in
connection with this aggregation of
railroad properties, a surprising story.
That is, it is surprising if it contains
any truth. As a mere invention,' it
would be worthy of the brilliant news
paper men who search the back parts
of their heads on dull days. The story
originate with an extract from a New
York paper, said to have been inspired
by a member of the Harriman faction,
Which reads as follows: '
" 'Some people have made the point
that the government of " the United
States should take over all railroads
after they ha- been brought as closely
together as possible. We, for our part,
would be perfectly willing to turn
over to,, the government the securities
of all railroads wo control on the same
terms' which the government now buys
back its own bonds.' . '
: "A Washington official, .whose duties
bring him into constant contact with
railroad men, offers . the . information
that the extensive holders of railroad
securities would iwelcome government
ownership and would gladly exchange
their railroad securities, for i?over.i
ment bonds, because they , would thea
be freed from the harassments of rail
road ownership and could clip inter
est coupons . In peace.
"It has been'clalmed by those edu
cated along socialistic lines that the
inevitable result of trust combination
was government or community owner
ship that consolidation, once beguu,"
would continue until all of each line cf
business was gathered under one man
agement, and then public ownership
would tome under the pressure of so
cial conditions that could not be re
sisted. ; a . ;-,.; ;-,.'' - "'r, ( '-. ";
"A Chicago news telegram saysr
" 'Leading . railroad presidents and
general, managers in this city aie
scenting danger in the giant combina
tions lately formed in the country ; by
the big interests. Many think the fi
nanciers mean to unload their hold
ings on the government. The belief
is growing that the c&ndltlon created
by the magnates will lead to a general
demand for government control ' of
railroads.', V : -
"This scrap of information is based.
upon the assumption that the purpose
of the new combine is to gather in rail
roads for, their delivery to the govern
ment,, but' of course such a theory 13
untenable, because the government is
not authorized to buy railroads and
will not be until thematter has been
thoroughly threshed over in political,
congressional and governmental cir
cles, and perhaps not then.
"B'ut the discussion so suddenly pre
cipitated by the formation of the Nor
thern Securities company is suggestive
of future results. Government owner
ship of railroads has been steadfastly
advocated "for years by a minority of
our people and has not been positively
opposed by the majority. Should cae
capitalistic element fall into line with
that minority there would be a sweep
ing and speedy change in public senti
ment and a socialistic idea would dorn-(
inate the nation." - v
One thing noticeable in this ar
ticle. is the difference in tone which it
adopts when discussing government
ownership from the time when it de
nounced such ideas as pop idiocy, only
advocated by long-haired and wild
eyed lunatics.
THE CONGRESS RECONVENES
Monday, December 2, and America's
Lawgivers Are Awaiting With
' Interest
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE
The People, Too, i Are Expecting the
Document to Be One of Unusual
Interest to the Comr.ry.
Monday (Dec. 2) President Roose
velt makes his formal bow to the peo
ple who honored him with the high
office he now holds. His first message
to congress will interest no only the
two houses ot-the American congress
and the American people, but the
world' awaits his utterances with al
most as much eagerness as our own
people.
ONE , THING IS CERTAIN,
the president will say something
worthy the attention of every man and
woman in America. He has positive
notions upon alUpublic topics and it
is fair to expect him to place his ideas
before, the nation in a style peculiar
his own. What he -will adopt as the
KEYNOTE OF HIS MESSAGE :
cannot be forecast. It will undoubted
ly be pitcned on a key which will ring
around the globe and attract comment
from every newspaper which ventures
to discuss the politics of the wcrld.
Meantime and in advance the Bankers
Reserve Live Association wishes,
through '
ITS WELL KNOWN PRESIDENT,
to announce again its policy for the
future. Nebraska people are familiar
in a measure at least with the great
work undertaken by this home organ
ization. They "are therefore pleased
to know that 1901 has been the banner
year of the company. An average cf
$250,000 per month cf new business is
being put upon the company's books
and lapses are merely nominal. .The "
BANKERS RESERVE LIFE
of Omaha has entered the field intend
ing to conquer all opposition and win
its way in spite of alien competitors.
Its policiea are unexcelled; Its meth
ods modern and its management econ
omical. If the people will continue
their loyal support Nebraska will take
a high . rank in the insurance world.
They will not fail in ILofr duty. More
agents are wanted. Several western
states will be open in the near future.
Write for territory and terms to
B. H. ROBISON, PRESIDENT.
PRACTICAL EDUCATION
The Northwestern University Starts Along
That Line Seniors Must Know How to
Spell or They Can't Graduate v
Many times in the last few years
The Independent has called attention
to the inefiiciehcy of the common
schools in that a knowledge of spelling
was seldom if ever acquired by pupils
attending them. If there is one thing
essential in education it Is the ability
to write correctly, that is, to spell, cap
italize, punctuate and paragraph an ar-
ticle for a newspaper, or write a pri
vate letter without glaring faults.
Strange as it may seem, there is hard;
ly one man in a thousand who can do
it, and many of them may be college
graduates. Many young ladies in "the
last few years have spent much time,
hard study and large sums of money
to learn shorthand. Hundreds of the a
have acquired great facility In taking
dictation, but they have lost lucrative
positions because they could not spell
correctly. One business man in Chi
cago reports that he discharged thirt?
who had been in his employ, one after
another, before he found one that could
spell correctly. ,
It is now conceded that much. of this
ignorance of spelling has resulted from
adopting. In the schools what Is called
the "word method." That came over
from Germany and is a very proper
way of teaching the German language
which is spelled phonetically. When
it came to applying it to the wild va
garies of English spelling of course it
failed. . , ' :
Poor , spelling is not considered
sign of genius at the Northwestern uni
versity. No excuse is taken from stu
dents who insist that the spelling fac
ulty is,- left out of them. They are
consigned to the outer darkness of a
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TH E ONLY IftiCU 8ATC3 CO.. Bos ti, Lincoln, Neb
special course in plain spelling and
there they stay until they can pass the
examination which bars the entrance
to the English classes. ,
Students at Northwestern are di
vided into two classes, those who ban
spell and those who can't. Difference-
in age, sex and position count for lit
tle as compared with this greater and
more significant differentiation. Thoco
who fail to pass this examination fail
to graduate, and that is the reason why
the freshman starts in as easy as pos
s.,Me to find his status. u
One hundred are studying out of
little green spelling books and all
over the ' campus may be heard theS
worried murmurs from those who are
conning their next day's lesson.
"D-e, de, g-r-a-d, degrad, a, degrada,
t-i-o-n, tion, degradation."
Such words as these "come from
grieving lips,' in saddened tones."
By a recent ruling of the faculty no
student is """allowed to graduate who
has not demonstrated his ability .o
spell the commonest words. . A list of
150 w6rds : most frequently misspelled
in the students' essays last year con
stituted the examination this fall, on
which so many failed. Some of these
misspelled words are:
"Interfeared, excercise, tyreny, con
sistent, shaddow, hurles, testement,
wheather, eminence,, dllepna ,procead,
aquiescance, apperatus, 'volumn, dU
pare, dimentions, delapidated," tern par--ament,
beseige, mlscheivous, villlan,
tennent, yeald, vestage."
These are only a" few of the examples
of distorted spelling. Others which
occurred less frequently are: v
"Looseing (losing), origonaL girss
ley (grisly), veteranaray, paralezei,
phenomlnia, excel!, guarrantee, South
ener. , vlllan, pecuniery, generousity,
Britian, countinence, immence, lmmag
Ination, phenominon,. dissapointed, in
despensable,; plausable, dilema, redic
ullus, urihessary errolnous, orpoit
dency, complextlon, Britten, orriglrraL
tempariment, chalous (callous), .in-,
habifent, villiage, indispencable, sym
ton (symptom), ingrediant, govinor.
disasterous, weared (wearied), liesure
and marvalous." ' v
And as for punctuation, that is in
cluded; too, in this course. Perioic,
commas, and semicolons dart through
the dreams of new students and pierce
the marrow of freshman content and
self-satisfaction. -
The faculty call this course "English
No. 7," the students themselves call it
"Pity sakes," expressing thereby the
mild-mannered horror,, of the women
who are compelled to go back to their
primers On the verge of enthusiasm
over poetry. .
"This 'pity sakes' is something aw
ful," said one of the members of the
class of 1902, who speaks from, bitter
experience "The words they give you
are mostly catch words, , and the puic
tuation examination consists of a dis
tracting description of a journey frorn
here to somewhere else, read by the
professor at. breakneck speed, without
stops for paragraphs or twenty-minute
refreshments. r v ' '
Gunshot Civilization
In an addressi'on "Our American
Ideals," Dr, Hirsch spoke in criticism
of the nation's policy of "shooting civ
ilization inlo the(: people of weak, and
practically defenseless countries.'
"America' should expand, but not by
force," he said. !' We should make pur
institutions at home so perfect and so
regulate our affairs of commerce and
civilization that the world .will pause
and seek to emulate our example, This
Is the only ideal way in which expan
sion can be brought about."
1 How do You Vote?
A unmber of populists and populist
papers are - pronounced in their op
position to fusion (or co-operation)
with any other political party next
year. v A number of democrats are al
so advocating a middle-of-the-road
policy for their party. Such a course
means republican success; and repub
lican success means extravagance in
conducting state government and still
longer delay of the time when populist
principles-must either triumph or the
people give up all-hope of reform. -'"The
Independent does not believe in
accepting the word of half a dozen per
sons as Indicative of the popular feel
ing, and, hence, desires a full expres
sion from its readers on a number of
matters. For convenience in tabulat
ing the result, 'a ballot will be used.
Cut out the blank below, mark the
ballot as you: prefer and mail to this
office. Every reader is entitled to vote,
whether a subscriber:-or not. The first
three ' questions re for populists ; the
fsurth for democrats; the last for all.
INDEPENDENT BALLOT. -
Party Preference
People's Independent.........
Democrat .............. . . . . .
Republican ... '. ................
!
Shall the organization of the, people's
Independent party be abandoned as
having accomplished its mission and
Its members affiliate with the demo
cratic party and prevent the repudia
tion of the Chicago -(1896) and Kansa3
City (1900) platforms?
-.Yes... .
' NOj. ....
Shall the people's Independent party
co-operate with vthe democratic party
next year upon nominees for state and
county offices as heretofore since 1898?
j TlOS
No.....
. Shall the people's Independent party
nominate its own ticket and refuse
to co-operate with any other party, In
nominating state and county officers?
Yes.
No..
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Is more than made a pleasure by tralding at I
Lincoln's Progressive store the i
The variety is greater the prices are lower
than you will experience in any other store in
the state. If you cannot visit Lincoln send for
our great . v
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Shall the democratic party co-opar-
. rXmaS; gifts in inmimerable variety. China,
Outglass, Lamps, Leather goods, Dry goods,
Handkerchiefs, Kid gloves, Sterling silver and
Ebony no velties, Burnt leather no velties, Furs,
Candy, etc., etc., not forgetting that our line,
of general Dry goods is one ofthe largest in
the state. We would lite every visitor to our
city to call and see our beautiful electrical dis
play . Hundreds of lights illuminate our store
front. You can't miss it. Our inside decora
tions combined with our window displays will
be worth coming miles to seel
The
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I ' The Progressive Store, ,i
Lincoln, Neb. and Peoria, 111;
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ate with the people's independent par
ty, upon nominees for state and county
offices as heretofore since 1896?
Yes,..,
No
-Name your choice for the following
state offices:
Governor . ...
of
Lieut.-Gov. .......................
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Sec'y of State
Of .....L. ....... ..........
Auditor
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Treasurer '
of ..................
Superintendent ; . . . i . . .
of : ....
Att'y General
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Land Com.
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Divorce Mills
If the degeneracy which set in when
American ideals, were changed from
love of country and home to the, uni
versal worship ,of Mammon continues
there Will after a while be no more
homes in- America. There will be di
vorced wives and husbands by the
thousands everywhere, but homes will
h'e n thiner nf the nast. Lincoln has a
court the most of. the time of which is
given to granting divorces. It often
turns out, four or five" ar day, but , It
rannot comnare with the divorce mill
in Denver. Last week one day's grist
consisted of the following:
All shades of wives were in the
ctiuntv court, it beinc divorce day.
Charles B. Watts, who sought a separ
ation from Lucy Watts, failed to prove
his charges c cruelty and the verdict
was eiven to the .wife" who was not
even defending the case. Watts
charged that his wife had a hahtt or
introducing him to friends as her
hinthMv The following divorces were
granted: Ella E. Parberry from James
A. Parberry; James J. Kicney rrom
ATnrwrot RichfiV! Ida R. Smith from
William ,P Smith: Peter. Yickham
from Agnes I. Wickham r Maude Swan-
brough from Edward w. swanorougn,
a -crack bicycle rider; Bessie C. Qualn
tflnrft from Richard S. Qualntance,
who gaye her 25 cents during several
years; Maude L. - tiogODOom rrom
Homer W. Hogoboom; ' Daisy L.
Dwelle from Charles H. Dwelle, Geor
gia Grundy from William Grundy;
Clarence Jones from Kate Jones; An
nie Barnes from Frank Barnes; J.-W.
Herbert from Ella Herbert and Lizzie
Hell from George W. Hell.
. . . . . - ' .
They are Anarchists
The mostf dangerou3 form bi an
archy, is that which, under pretense of
using government in the common in
terest, sets fundamental principles of
government at defiance, and uses its
machinery for personal advantage.
When leading officials of New York
city deliberately corrupt the whole
police force, which is pledged to pro
tect the common interests, and make
the members of that force plunder and
rob the whole city, by selling to crim
inals they are sworn to arrest, im
munity frorn punishment for violating
law, what are they but anarchists?
When the mayor, and city council cf
Philadelphia turn over to their friends
or accomplices in crime franchises of
the city for which the city had been
offered by other citizens millions cf
dollars, are they not anarchists?' Are
they, not enemies of government? Yet
thesevery merf come as a body to at
tend the funeral of our murdered pres
ident and are accorded places of hon-
or. Rev. Alexander Kent.
Opportunities Unparalleled
It is no visionary thought, now that
American influences and American
ideas are destined to prevail all over
the Island of Cuba, that an enormous
field is about to be thrown opeia to
American enterprises. -
The dormant wealth of this "Pearl of
the Antilles" is simply beyond human
conception. General Woou, - director
general of the island; says: ; "
"Where else in so comparatively
small an area within s-ach easy access
of the markets of the world,4 can any
such range of undeveloped wealth bo
found?"
General Wood, who has been all over
the Island and knows what he Is talk?
ing about, also says, with more than
ordinary emphasis: "Cuba presents
a field of magnificent possibilities for
the enterprising American, and many
surprises lie in wait for coming gen
erations." " ' v ; v.
It was because of such emphatic tes
timony, bj one so capable of forming
correct opinions as General Wood,
that the Santa Clara Fruit and Cattle
Co. was ' organized, and over 815,000
acres of the finest land on earth pur
chased land rich almost beyond, hu
man estimate in natural wealth.
Just stop and think of the compara
tive difference in lanfl its possibili
tieslocated In Cuba and the United
States, especially the northern section,
where there are only a few months in
the year in which .-crops will grow.
In contrast with this, crops in Cuba
grow day and night, 365 days in the
year. . " ' . ; - - .''
Cuba's fertility Is "uomething stu
pendous. Its sugar lands are marly
three times as productive to the acre
as those of the other West Indian isl
ands.." -! :'; -; . ;
The lands of the Santa Clara Fruit
and Cattle Co. in Sa:atai Clara pro
vince, are probably the jlchest in; pro
ductive possibilities of . any on the Isl
and. They are capable of furnishing
an Inexhaustible supply of fruits and
vegetables, as well as the. rarer prod
ucts of the coffee plant and cocoa tree,
which" are nowlndiepenslble to man
kind in all sections of the world. ;f Be
sides. these agricultural resources, the,
value of various native woods, mahog
any, cedar, etc., on their lands runs
up into the millions. Work is to m
menee Immediately In cutting mahog
any logs for which a very large ordr
(100.000) la already booked.
The company offers a limited amouat
of its stock for sale at: 920 per share.
Should the subscriber so desire, ho
may take one acre of the land for each
share of full-paid stock, after the land
has been put in fruit. '
The stock is sold on easy terms, with
monthly payments; one dollar down
for each share, and one dollar per
month thereafter for each share until
fully paid.
Money received from the stock sold
will be used for the purchase of cat
tle and development of the land. '
For prospectus and additional par
ticulars, etc., address The Santa Clara
Fruit and Cattle Co., 1011 Chestnut st,
Philadelphia, Pa.
The Pigmy Man
Lord Rosebery recently deprecatel
the study of astronomy "because it de
stroys ambition." His point is well Il
lustrated In the current news of the
queer doings xtt the star that blazed out
for us in the constellation Perseus la
February, 1900. The. favorite theory
of the origin of this star is that two
great dead or dying suns rushed to
gether in the vast and populous yet
empty Infinities of space and were set
on fire by the stupendous impact. Tho
telescope now reveals strange pertur
bations there enormous masses of
molten matter moving about at a rate
that can hardly be less than 50,000
miles a second!
No figures which the human mlnl
can grasp would express the size of the
bodies involved or the extent of this
conflagration. And, most "crushing of
all to the imagination of man, thU
star Is so far removed from our tiny
niche in the universe that, although
light travels more than 180,000 miles
a second, the events of this drama
which we are now observing occurred
between, 2,000 and. 3,000 years ago. '
: As Lord Rosebery suggested, the
study of such facts as these does not
tend to give a man the sense of his
own importance necessary to his act
ing upon the theory that his puny pos
sibilities are worth developing: New
York World.
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