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A worn:,,,'s Club,

The only women's club Of Philadelphia
is the New Century. which consists
merely Of a number of classes. to all Of
which members are admitted. Members
pay on annual due of $40, and outsiders
buy season tickets to any class they wish
to join. From this New Century club
has grown the WorLingwomen's guild,
which numbers nearly seven hundred
members These two organizations do
an immense amount of good in Philadel-
phia, and they are sustained by num-
ber of Quaker women who teach night
classes, and in every way try to improve
the general welfare of MEMBERS partic-
ularly those of the guild. -Leslie's News
paper
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INDUSTRIOUS SECONDS.
Some Notable Reproductions of Ideas I,
Observation-Disclosures 1ncxorable.

All great writer's have initiated here
and there, but always consciously and
for their own amusement solely. Many
Of these reproductions have been very
brilliant, but upon no one of them has
the fame ofan author ever rested. When
Coleridge wrote his remarkable para
phrase of the Bible, 1.-The Wanderings of
Cain" it was undoubtedly an event in
the literary world, and brought him
great praise; but if Coleridge had never
written "Cristabei," or 1.-The inclent
Mariner" or "Kubla Khan," what niche
in literature's temple would Coleridge
occupy today2 Byron, in his "Heaven
and Earth" wrote description of the
flood which for dramatic power, vivid
portrayal and stupendous strength, far
exceeds the Bibles picture; but because
the flood had been the Bibles peculiar
property for hundreds of years before
Byron was born, so it will continue to
hold its rights to the end of time.
To come down in the scale, "St. Elmo"
and ''Rutledge" owed their great vogue
to the popularity of "Jane Eyre" and
the inspiration their authors drew FROM
that famous novel. The duchess and
Helen Mathers pressed their lips to the
fever stricken mouth of Rhoda Brough-
ton and took the disease in milder
form. Rita and Alnelie Rives have
snatched the falling mantle of Ouida,
divided it in half and wound 1t soclosely
about themselves that it has become an
extra cuticle and could only be removed
by Il surgical operation.
Great original genius is only recog-
nized and admitted after desperate
fight, because there is no greater coward
than the intellectual public. The well
furnished and critical brain has every
shelf of its cells fitted up with the lore
upon which centuries or generations of
public approval have set their seal. 1t
knows that to admire that choice library
is both safe and proper; it gives one dig
nifty and it gives one pleasure. Any
thing, therefore, which is radically DIFF
ferent from the inhabitants of those
precious shelves must pcrforce be worth
less.
People do not stop to compare or even
to remember the difference between the
succeeding lteratures of past gener-
ations. Think of the monotony of the
world. letters if no original minds had
ever come to break loose from traditions,
inaugurate new schools and plant new
ideas! Suppose the glorious galaxy now
Illuminating our past had succumbed to
the inevitable fire of public protestation,
what sort Of literature would we have
today2 Unquestionably the literature of
one generation, even Of one decade, is
the natural result of the literature i'm.
mediately preceding it; evolution is in
exorable. But upon this force of heredity
operate the great and complex forces of
tho times, and the man who is thrust
head and shoulders above the mass. as
the target Of his generation and a
landmark for posterity, is he in whom
both forces have met and been ignited
by the divine spark that shot in his un-
born brain. whence no man can tell
Gertrude Franklin Atherton in North
American Review.
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A crank in the last Minnesota legis.
Nature, procured the passage of law
requiring criminals to be executed be-
tore day break, and making it misde.
demeanor for the newspapers to give
details of such execution. Amurderel
was hanged at Little Falls at 2 O'Clock
Friday morning, and the st. Paul pa.
apers of the same date showed their re-
spect for the law by printing a very
full account of the affair, with a view
TO testing the constitutionality of the
Smeasure.
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The REPUBLICAN, is free to say that
lit does not belieYe the principle of pro-
lhiEition will prove panacea for all
\ SStthe woes of mankind nor does it hold
/ tthat the individual who thinks that
]; Mame other method would be more
4 eheatxOus in restricting the evils of
the liqAor traffic is necessarily allied
Il to the saloon interests. We have
always cOntendeG that the one.idea
4 psohi ibitienists have exaggerated the
Importance of their doctrine rs politi-
u cal and moral factor, and we are equally
read ytod dispute the proposition thatth
Sabsenc OF the saloon from "a commu-
init affects its prosperity and growth.
We saresi firmly of the opinion, however,
that sthis eYer-recurring agitation of
& the snbje the extremists on either
side. has aYhaTmful effect on the best
4 Interests sofEthe people generally, and
are prepared to believe that nothing
sbats tsa thorough test of prohibition in
South DAKOTA will ever settle this agi-
alioa Fraaibition. like. any other
SsMegulatiYe or restrictive measure, will
y y III successful only so far as it is sus-
< tanned by public sentiment, and not
through sanyinheren5 virtue it may pos
Aess. Public sentiment in South Da-
kota seems to- be crystallizing in favor
ofs trying the eexperiment as a constitu-
4 SsStlOnal provision. The field is certainly
ypromising for this thorough test, and
4 in the hope of haYing this vexatious,
Il many-sided question removed entirely
from politics, the REPUBLICAN wants
to see prohibition III the constitution,
Fl prohib ibitorySl laws on the state books,
y y and the Increment thereof vested in
& OF GERS who understand their duties
Il sufficiently to carry out these laws as q
matter of police regulation.
sIfG prohibition cannot succeed is Da-
n sskota, it need never to hope for success
\ anywhere. It is a local issue at best,
SSgRnd the locality in which the natural
conditions are most favorable is the
sSsone where 1t must stand if it has
strength to stand anywhere.
The fight this fall. therefore, in not
y etween temperance and intemperance,
S@bpt between the advocates Of one idea
1f temperance reform against those
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who believe in some other method
and, incidentally. the saloon element.
The REPUBLICAN, hopes to see the
one-idea advocates prevail for the reas-
ons above given. feeling assured that
if their one idea in operation can bring
about the happy and healthful condi-
tion they predict South Dakota will be
but little short of paradise as place
OF residence; while, on the other hand,
it with everything in Its favor, prohi-
bltion still fails to prohibit, the reac-
tion in public sentiment will wipe it
off the statute books, and replace it
with some measure which is service
able.
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Very Old Rrea.I

A German who visited Pompeii writes
as follows concerning the bread discov-
cred there: "1n one room arc shown in
well closed glass cases, side by sido with
some precious objects, the oldest bread.
which was found in an oven--of which
more by and hy-burnt, of course. This
bread is round and has four cuts, and
may have weighed when fresh about
three or four pounds To this day bread
like this is baked in Naples and the neigh.
borllood. proof of how little advanced
the bakers trade is in the south of Italy.
Our guide assured me that some Of this
bread had been sold to foreign museums
for enormous sums of money, and that
before me would not be sold at all, no
matter what was the price offered. Hav.
ing seen this bread, 1 was curious to see
the oven in which it had been baked and
found. After a most interesting tour
through thestreets of Pompeii, we found
ourselves suddenly before the house Of
the Pompciian baker.
'"fhe houses are not built like ours of
today. They are without windows, with
an entrance into the interior, which is a
square, open hall, or rather yard, which,
in the better class Of houses, contains
fountain and water basin. Into this yard
the doors from all the rooms open. The
streets serve lis drains for the houses as
well as the streets Great blocks OF
stone serve as stepping stones to pass
from one side of the street to the other
Within the house was also placed the
baking room, and the oven was built of
basl;ltic stones. which were still in good
preservation. This oven was very much
like those which we see i'll country baker
lss of the present day. In the same
room, u little away from the oven, stood
also a corn mill of dark gray stones
similar to our old sugar mills. There
wasa hole i'll the upper stone, with
bar to pass through. which slaves OF
donkeys had to turn around. ."-Confec.
TONERS Journal
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The REPUBLICAN, is glad to note
that the North Dakota constitutional
conyentionfshows a disposition to fix
the salariesof state officers at figures
commensurate with the dignity and
wealth OF the new states. 1t is a
picayune economy which asks man
to fill a responsible position to the sac
riice Of his own business, and give him
little or nothing as compensation.
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NUMBER 4!5.
-7-7- - :.
Wedding Rings.

If marriage is not failure there isn't
question as to the Indifferent regard in
which the wedding ring is held. Even
the jeweler has a asemi-contemptuous way
of presesting tho tray of plain gold bands
and the tantalizing preferencefor dismal
tunes which he huns or whistles softly,
but none the less significantly, as he
makes IL note of the initials to be in
scribed. Very young brides wear the
yellow band, but in swell circles young
married ladies have the bravado to lay
aside the emblem of undying loves as soon
as the honeymoon is over.
Among older wives the ring is discard
cd altogether, and if you inquire about
it the matron will calmly tell you it's
such an questionable piece of jewelry
to he obliged to wear and as Il result the
young lady daughters in the family are
married Will, IL seal ring. not one of
which can be procured for the patry 81,
the price of the yellow band Emeralds,
rubies and turquois, set in small hut
brilliant diamonds, are popular ;,s we'd.
ding jewels, and not Il few bridegrooms
have welded their ideal with a maruuisc
of diamonds.
A bride of n month ago was married
with serpentine ring. composed of two
snakes exquisitely carved. each with
precious jewel in its head To show the
low degree of enthusiasm for the time
honored symbol of conjugal love at the
last coaching club dinner party given in
the Brunswick, but three ladies out of
forty. all attended by their husbands,
wore the plain gold band There were
clusters of diamonds, circlets of pearls
and solitaire stones by the quart, but
the single trio displayed the simple ycl-
low hoop.
Grass widows find the band particu.
larly obnoxious, and those gay and fes-
tive wives who have few more links of
freedom than is wholesome never give
it position outside of the jewel caskct.
AT the resorts and in social gatherings
ono hears frequent outbursts from the
young and innocent society men who
protest against what they consider mis-
placement of the only badge that dis.
tinguishes married woman from
spinster. New York World.
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Talking Plainly To Uncle Clifford.

Alexandria Herald: 1t is said the
latest poll tical combination is Clifford
and Mccoy for congress. knowing
Charles Mccoy as he does, if Mr.. Gift
ford has gone into combination with
him, his friends ought to know it. Mr..
Clifford knows Mccoy from way back.
He knows his early history, his middle
history and his late history. He also
knows just what people think of
the things they do not care to talk
about just now. We repeat, if Mr.Gif-
ford has gone into deal with this man
people are entitled to know it.
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That Advertising Contract,

Scotland Citizen: The Parkston
Advance is devoting more space to
booming Sioux Falls for the capital
than the leading Sioux Falls daily does.
But then the leading Sioux Falls daily
does not think that town is the proper
place for the capital of South Dakota
Neither would the Advance if they
did not have an advertising contract
with the Sioux Falls boomers.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1889-07-26

In commenting on the fact that the
Watertown Courler-News is in the
hands of the sheriff, the Parker New
Era makes the following pertinent OBJ
Servation:
A town that will allow its only daily
paper to starve to death, and particu-
larly when that paper is a good one, has
not the sympathy of the newspaper
craft at least in its aspirations for cap
itaI honors.
A daily paper is pretty good adyer-
tisement for town on any and all oc-
casions,
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A Famous Buccaneer.

One of the earliest of the famous buc-
cancers was Capt. Cromwell, who had
been common sailor in New England.
In 1916 he was in command Of three
fast sailing brigantines, filled with armed
men, and was driven into the harbor of
New Plymouth by a storm. Cromwell
and his men soon afterwards came to
Boston, and while in this city presented
Governor Winthrop with an elegant se-
dan chair, captured in one Of his prizes
Boston Budget.
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Delegate Mathews and Gov. Mellette
are both at Washington, and have
united in movement to secure as
many appointments as possible for Da-
kota at once, that the hands of the
party may be strengthened during the
coming very important campaign.
This is business.
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Fairly In the Race.

Pioneer-Press: Mitchell is fairly in
the capital race. Some of its advan-
tages, as shown by the REPUBLICAN,
are unexcelled by any other candidate.
1t we could only have two capitals, a
la Rhode Island, this correspondent
would plump in ono vote for Mitchell
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1889-07-26

BY an interview with commissioner
stone of1the general land office, which
we reprint today, it will be seen that
ne proposes to do full Justice to the
northwestern settlers. by the way,
the fact I'm that interview would make
I q pretty good platform from which the
democrats could conduct their pro-
posed campaign in the new states,
wouldn't they?
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The committee on judicial apportion-
ment has reported to the Sioux Falls
convention in favor of eight judicial
districts, " which the counties of San
born, Dawson, Aurora, Brule, Buffalo,
Jerauld, Hanson, Miner, Lyman, Pratt
and Presho, are to form the fourth.
There may be a minority report and a
light before this important matter is
Settled
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None More Bitter.

Parker New Era: Charley Mccoy is
travelling over South Dakota asking re-
publicans to send him to congress.
Charles efforts to defeat division and
admission ale too fresh in the minds of
the people for him to get there. There
was no more bitter enemy in Dakota of
division than Charley Mccoy.
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Frank w. Thaxter, formerly of the
Diana Monitor, is now the western
manager of the American Bank Re-
porter. with headquarters at Kansas
City, and yet Frank has not entirely
forgotten his less fortunate Dakota
brethren.
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They May Retaliate.

Alexandria Journal: Sioux Falls is
in a bad way in regard to her capital
aspirations. She will fight prohibition
to finish. For this same reason the
prohib1tionists will knock out Sioux
Falls on the capital question.
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Candidate Pettlgrew is getting con-
siderable newspaper mention these
days. Can there he any connection
between this fact and that other one
that he is president of Sioux Falls
''Soap" factory?
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4 Deplorable Condition.

Wolsey Journal: The Watertown
Courier-News has been closed by the
sheriff, and several suits have been in
stituted against it. This leaves the
city in the midst of red hot capital
contest and without a daily. Who can
imagine condition more deplorable.
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The Alexandria Herald makes the
following prediction:
The men nominated for Office by the
republican state convention will have
to stand on prohibition platform and
favor prohibition boldly.
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An Afhuent Editor.

Kimball Graphic: The editor of this
great moral engine has left silk UNI
brella at some place around town. If
the person who has it will return it we
won't charge 'em cent for this notice,
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A. ]. Parshall, at one time OF the
Alexandria Advocate, is said to have
his eye on the Aberdeen Pioneer.
Parshall is an original disciple of Pet
tiyraw
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1889-07-26

"Jack the Ripper" has been captured
and has confessed his crimes. What's
the matter with importing an English
detective or two in the Cronin case?
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1889-07-26

1t Sioux City realized the great value
of her base ball club as an ADVERTISE
ment throughout the northwest she
would hang on to 1t.
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Live long and Prosper.

Howard Press: The Mitchell RE-
PUBLICAN is six, going on seven. May
it live long and prosper.
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LACE MAKING IN IRELAND.
BEAUTIFUL HANDlWoRk OF ERIN,s
MAIDS AND MATRoNs.

!atb", That Is Poorly Rewarded-Seven
Months Making n Handkerchief That
Would Bring Five Dollars-statistics of
Women Workers in the Industry.
In limerick alone of all the Irish cities
has there ever been anything like all at
tempt at manufacture of lace, and here
lace making has been. during certain
periods, extraordinarily successful. 1t
was introduced in 1920 by man named
Walker, about twenty lace makers hav-
ing been imported from Nottingham.
by 1850 nearly 1000 women and girls
were employed i'll various branches of
the work us tanlbourers, runners, darn
ers, members. washers, finishers, muslin
enbroiderers and lace open workers.
The groundwork of all this lace is made
by machinery. The quality has always
been superb, far excelling any partly
machine made lace manufactured either
i'll England or upon the continent; but of
late the industry has suffered from, Swiss
machine competition, and workers were
never permitted to earn wages exceeding
from three to seven shillings per week.
The Carricknacross lace derives its
name from the Introduction of both ap-
pliquc and guipure lace making into the
parish of Carrickmacross, in County
Monaghan, as early as 1920
1t is Il most interesting region under
the shadow of tho Slieve-Bcagh noun
t;lils. and tho environments of the peas.
antry to this day arc of tho most primi-
tive sort. The cabins, which seldom
have more than one room from s to 12
feet square, and never more than feet
high, with cartllen floors and straw
matched roofs ~ hole in the roof end
gives The smoke opportunity for escape,
and whero clay and stick chimneys are
indulgcd in, an old frkin, or a few
sliycrs of freestone rock. form the pict-
turcsquc chimney pot. Potatoes, with
occasionally a little buttermilk or sweet
milk, constitute almost the only articles
of food; and yet from out of the hands
OF the daughters and mothers of this re-
gion. and Of County Armagh, into which
Carricknacross lace making has extend
cd. come daintier fabrics in applique
than were ever conceived in Brussels,
and copies in guipure that are marvel
lous improvements upon tho originals in
Cretun
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Text of the Lesson, Sam. will, 4-eo-com.
: NIT to Memory Verses 4-7-Golden Text,
Isam. wifi, 10-Commentary by the REV.
The morning news., 1889-04-24
A Prohibition Defeat.

Prohibition has suffered a severe defeat
in Massachusetts,. The majority against
constitutional prohibition at the election in
that state on Monday was much larger
than the prohibitionists expected, and
larger even than its opponents hoped for.
The impression of the best in formed politi-
clans of the state, however, was that it
would be defeated.
The campaign was in some respects a
remarkable one. Many of the best stump
! speakers of the country took part in it on
one side or the other. GeOrgia's junior
senator, ex-Gov. Colquitt, was one Of the
best Of the prohibition speakers, and
! Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,, exerted all
his influence in behalf of the prohibition
cause. Nearly all the ministers Of the state
| took an active part in the contest, the great
majority of them being on the side Of pro-
hibition. Some of the ablest Of them, how
ever. led by Boston's celebrated preacher,
Rev. Dr.. Brooks, were against prohibition,
aud they did great deal to make the ma
jority against it as large as it was.
All VINO voted against prohibition are
not in favor of unrestrained traffic in in
toxicating liquors. Many of them are only
against constitutional prohibition. They
believe in local option, because they think
that communities can do more toward sup
pressing the liquor traffic than can be done
by constitutional amendment, and, be-
sides, they think that communities ought
to be permitted to settle such matters for
themselves They are confident that the
liquor traffic, in communities in which the
majority is in favor of it, cannot be sup
pressed by means Of state prohibition, and
that q constitutional prohibition only pre-
vents such communities from reaching
prohibition BY means of local option
Massachusetts has had at one time and an
other statutory prohibition, local option,
high license, low license and no license, but
it has not yet got to constitutional prohibi-
tion. Whether it will ever get there is a
question that time alone can determine.
Three New England states have voted
this year on the constitutional prohibition
issue. 1t was defeated in New Hampshire
by majority Of 5000. 1t was generally
concede in that state before the election
that i would have majority, but its
adoption required a two-thirds vote. Its
failure to receive even a majority was the
occasion Of surprise. Rhode Island did not
vote on the question Of adopting constitu-
tional prohibition, but on re-submitting
that question 10 the people. As both po-
litical parties favored re-submission it was
decided TO omit it.
Pennsylvania is the next state to vote on
constitutional prohibition. The election
occurs June IS. and the best opinion is that
prohibition will be defeated The anti-pro-
hibitionists are making personal liberty
an issue, and, apparently, with considerable
effect A review Of the liquor traffic contests
which have occurred within the last year
or two leave the impression tha. the people
are not yet ready for constitutional prohi-
bition.