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In intoxicating fluids, Is conducive to long ilfej
Thiri "Will afford a text fo:- the temporanco people
and onablo them to successfully meet an argument
which has heretofore stumped them to some ex
tont. Without intending to discourage in the
least any effort that may posibly advance the
cause of temperance, an interesting story may bo
appropriate. Ono negro approached another and
remarked: 'Dat eye doctor says 1 got to stop
drfnkin' or I'se g'wn'o stone blind.' The second
negro asked, 'What did you tell him? The flr3t
negro replied: "Well, thought about it awhile
and den I said, Well, Doctor, I spec' I'se seen 'bout
all dere is to bo seen in dis world.' "
SHERLOCK Holmes has given to the London
. correspondent for the Chicago Inter-Ocean
an interesting statement of his view3 concerning
qrlme in America. Sherlock Holmes, be it known,
is the great detective created in Action by Doctor
Conan Doyle. Speaking to N the Inter-Ocean cor
respondent, Dr. Doyle said: "I believe there is no
greater boon to a nation than a strong system of
law, strongly administered. I believe there is no
greater curse than a lax system or a system which,
for any reason, through corruption, political in
fluences, or public carelessness, is laxly administered.-
I could instance .as an example of the
latter condition the present state of America, and,
If I .do ,S". it is in no spirit of unkindness, for
no one .has stronger American bias than I, but
facts are 'facts, and. that nation has outgrown its
legal strength with results simply appalling, a
friend of mine recently made an inquiry into this
subject which has just been published. Americans
are bur own stock; thjoy can have no more or
no- less tendency to lawlessness, robbery, divorce,,'
any. other symptom. The. irregular state of .things
in the United States Hot pnly exceeds that in, any
European country, but ..bids ' fair to exceed all
European .. Countries .combined.,,. The figures. ar3
4T.eaflttV'and the . last tenyears have shojyn.a
grejat jhcreaso in them".-:,;. , l . ,,-r
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Y N SUPPORT of htexelaim Dr; Doyle presents
JL some startling figures. He says: "The Britr
ish army in South Africa-.lost, during three years,
22,000 men from all causes; in three years the
tfiiited "States lost 31,000 men from homicide: Lon
don,').: with .6,000,000 inhabitants, had twenty-four
murders last year; Chicago with less than 2,000,000
had 128. Of London's twenty-four, nine were"
hanged; of Chicago's 128, one was hanged. The
single states of Georgia and South Carolina had
each more murders than the whole British, empire.
Nor was this due to emigrants. It was'most marked
in the purely American states. It would Indeed T)e
a pitiful end to high hopes if this should be the
ultimate -verdict upon that fair land which idealists
'of-the human race have for centuries looked upon
as a possible Utopia, the model state, but of course,
it is not the end. Our cousins, with, their energy
and adaptibility, will find some way of stamping
out-'tfcis' 'hideous growth."
THE remedy, according to Dr. Doyle, is io'
"strengthen the hands of justice all through,
purify the;, police, place judges beyond reach of
temptation and enact strong laws, strongly admin
istered, without fear or favor. "I shall bo glad it
any remarks of mine," Sir Conan Doyle continued,
"serve to accentuate in any way the sensation
Which. mut have been caused in America by tho
; facts. I am, very pro-American, so. much so that,
in the course of the four months I spent in the
States I have found myself defending America in a
rpotii where I was alone liunot bfeing one of her
citizens. Human life is held cheaply in the
States; one man kills another and is not punished.
In the case, of a negro we read of a policeman
leaving lis .prisoner in charge of a, tradesman who
kills-his .prisoner in the coolest way as quite t&
right thing to do. The reason for the appalling
number of homicides points to the remedy; the
law is, loosely administered; I presume 'the trouble
to.be' that judges are not free as they are here
they are influenced by political motives; there, is i a
pulj hither' and thither, and justice is- not admin
istered.' Assuredly in the establishment of a pure
independent judiciary tirdughout America there
'tir8 -' P'P.8?1!?1 scPe. for the energy of R09.se-
AFTER a tour or Canada, a correspondent for
v the Chicago- Record Hprald, says: "Canada
,.cquldnot be Induced to lowo?: diltles on New Eng
land manufactures in return,; for lower duties, m
lier 'naturals,' but she wp.uM, view with fayoria
scheme involving reciprocity in coal,' ores, iish,
lumber, fruit, and raw' materials generally The
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Liberal organs are - now reviving tho discussion
along these lines, and warning us that continued
inaction will, expose us to tho operation of the
treble tariff, wlilch will contain .maximum duties
against countries . levying high duties on Canadian
products and 'staqdlfag pat' on them. It is. to be
hoped that the sighjfrom Ottawa are not lost on
our legislators, ,' panada is an excellent customer
and ought to receive considerate treatment. It
does not pay to drive such customers to retaliate.''
FIFTEEN years, ago Peter Dlckman, a resident
of Defiance,. O., according to correspondent
for the New York American, found a roll of bank
notes which amounted to nearly $20,000.' Mr.
Dlckman immediately inserted an advertisement
in the newspapers and kept- the same, running
for several months, but no brie claimed the money.
The American correspondent 'says: "About a year
elapsed and then he advertised every six months
until fifteen' years had elapsed. As Mr. Dickman
could not find the rightful owner of the money, he
at last claimed it as his own. During all this time,
Mr. Dickman says, orily eight persons claimed tk3
money, and not one of the claimants came any-'
where near .guessing the righi amount.. One man
said that it was '$Sp, and that the money was in
a pocketbook. When he was informed that 'this
was not the case. and that the sum amounted
to a great deal more than that', he became angry
and threatened Mr,' Dickman." This was the highest
amount claimed by! any of the claimants."
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A TOUCHING siorx of a 'deer's devotion to Ms
wounded mate, is told by Attorney E. .
Arnold of D,uluth.tp a correspondent fop the ChJ
cago American. . According to this s,tory, Mr. Aiv
nold while, driving,, put, in the .country smarted 'jip
a buck and doej near, jthe, road, T&e Ldjpe appeared
to be lame i and, Arnold; followed- jthpaVrinto ,'ttie
woods, got.a shot ,a,tj her AndthifceHmai:aAlavse
spots of blood on the leayqs shewed. Hedid zj,ot
however, bring down his game and the pair
disappeared in thjvogds. Ml.; Ajjiqhfpra-time
was. unable to fpllpw.Jhem. . TJUatjnighJa&e; spent
wtth a camping, pjajty near the .jplaqe where .th
deer, had ,. gone ,, intp ,the woods., ife related the
incident and one of the party said: "Xpart do.e
is deid and I will gQ out and get the buck in the
morning. A buck will neev, leave a,doe wjiile she
is wounded, and ho will be. with, her." ,The next
morning nearly twenty-four hours .after, Arnold
had shot the doe .he hunter found her carcass
and standing guard oyer he.r remains jyas' the
buck. His loyalty was rewarded, by. a bullet from
the hunter's rifle. . . .
DISREGARDING all the sentimental reasons
vigorously advanced by the members of the
congregation, work has been begun, according to
the Richmond correspondent for the Chicago Inter
Ocean, looking to the partial demolition and re
modeling of 'old St. John's Episcopal church In
which Patrick. Henry made his famous 'Liberty
or death" speech,, This Richmond correspondent,
says: "The question has been before the congre
gation for months, and feeling on the subject so
strong that it is said some members -may leave the
church. The fight has just come to an. end, and
the foundations have been dug for the: extension
to the building, which will involve the tearing
away of a 'wall which, has stood two centuries.
Thirteen ladies of the congregation took part In
exercises attendant upon the laying of the first
TjricksTvhile a fourteenth stood aloft, and in vig
orous languago expressed the opinion that "it was
a sacriledge to touch oven a nail in' the old'build
ing. The projected1 extension will cover ra number
of the graves in -the church yard.'"' SbmW of tho
graves antedate the revolutionary war," and manv
bear quaint Inscriptions ' partially 'obliterated by
the action of time and weather" " t-
A NAPLES telegram, to, .the; St Louis Globe
. .Democrat, .8ays: "What Galileo ,did in the
way of. exploring the heavens his fellow c6u'ntry
man, Caviliere Guiseppe Pino, is doing; in' the way
of exploring the sea deptns. In place of the telo
BFl ?!' ,Pln. 'has" Evented the hydroscope, bv
which the bottom of the sea can be examined with
a clearness and ease which have, hitherto been im
possible. - Th.e hydroscope is constructed of atSl
and in shape is like a huge telescope pointed
downward into coral caverns or sunken ships in
swad, of , upward the, sun or stars, its comnlS
wstom of aensesn.twjolve in, number.we to
the, objective .glA8?(if the .celestial Wlescone ?Tn
gether,.with .theuiintemal passing mpHtheSbe ?o
a sort of camera obscura.house, the top'of which
floats above tho surface and is capable of homing
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four people.-Tho hydroscope is iun m , '
prove of considerable use on war veil fl to
can.be fitted into the center of the Zi' A tuba
of which may lead to the captain's Imt Z 5
other end will penetrate the bottom of tLd tho
and have an extension portion wh& winT
capable of being thrust out and drown bl b
occasion requires like a gigantic crabTowS
the, hydroscope lenses are flush with thP hS?
of the vessel the water beneath the shin 1
viewed to a distance of. 60 to 90 feet. P aQ bo
A CANVASS of the popular vote polled at thft
.last presidential election, complete
as to the one county, in Tenessee and four 2
ties in Michigan, for which estimates are given'
has been made by the New York Times 2
shows that Mr. Roosevelt defeated Judge PaS
by 2,546,169. gso polled the largest vote ever S
a president of the United States-7,640.5G0. tSI h
more than 400,000 in excess of the vote cwtf
McKinley in 1896. The official figures f0 w SoSrt
shows that Roosevelt- carried that state by 25 m
votes. In Maryland hm republican elector Z
fZZl th iargf fcjte; bUt hIs.colleagues were d L
feated. The democrats of Maryland, therefore
W 11 have seven votes in the electoral collet
while the republicans will have only one A com
parison with the vote table of 1900 shows a marked
change in the socialist vote. Debs, the candidate
fdr the party that year, was also this year's can
dldate, and theVofe shows an increase of more
mm 800,000. Watsq'a, the populist candidate, ran
-585? In hJfl '?wn stateGeorgia-where he
revived 22,635063:' He received most of his
TOjsih the .sojth'and west, 'but only one was
mi tor him 1 in;6oMth Carolina.' The total vote is
$&? ?S 13"1'Mnd that. for each of the presl
defitial candSatesis, as follows: Roosevelt, re
publican, 7,640,tf60T Parker, democrat, 5,094,391;
Debs, socialist, 392,857; ' Swallow prohibition, 248,-
QT3NATOR Kearns of Utah has introduced a bill
O providing for thajinnexation to Utah of all
Wf'.9ryo?i of Arizona, laying .north of the. Col--ordA5
py't SQ wahington, correspondent for
the .Chicago Chronicle, says: "The portion of
Arizona affected Is about 800 square miles in area.
It Is north of "the Grand .canyon and on that ac
count inaccessible to authorities of Arizona. It
is said it now forms a haven for criminals and tho
purpose of, the measure is to give Utah criminal
jurisdiction over the tract."
A DISPATCH to the Chronicle under date of
Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 14, follows: "The people
of Arizona are almost unanimously opposed to any
measure for annexing to Utah that portion of Ari
zona north of the Colorado river. It might be fav
ored by the scattering settlers who reside there,
engaged mainly in stock-grazing; owing to lack of
facilities for crossing the Grand canyon to seats
.of, county government. There are but few post
offices and no towns of any size in that t.rea.
The territory at large desires. to keep sole control
of the canyon country and in due time develop u.
During the contemporaneous sessions of the Ari
zona and Utah legislatures two years ago a com
mission from, the latter was sent to Arizona and
laid the project before the Arizona legislature,
offering every possible inducement. Though given
a respectful hearing, the Arizona legislature re
jected the proposition unanimously. The subject
has not been agitated here sincj then and there
is no ground for belief in a change of sentiment."
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EVEN officials in the government printing of
fice at Washington are superstitious where
the number "13" is concerned. A writer in the
Washington Star says this' superstition is "so
strong that even an order.; of President Roosevelt
is disregarded, that the hoodoo attached to tho
number may be kept away from tho government
printing office. President Roosevelt delivered a
speech on Friday at the ceremonies attending the
unveiling of the monument to Frederick the Great.
According to the usual custom, tho utterances of
the president .are printed in advance for the use of
the press. It go ha'ppened in this instance that
-just thirteen Jiundred copies were needed. When
the order "Wont to1 the printing office a protest
went up, but.no decided objection was made.
When the copies wore delivered to the executive
offices a. few days later .there wero just fourteen
packages,, each Containing a hundred copies o
the, speech'. The office? refused absolutely to turn
out a 'job' which figured up 'thirteen.' "
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