Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-05
FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK.


girls whose arrest has been caused by their
own foolishness, lndiscretion or force of cir.
cumstances rather than through intentional
! and voluntary wrong doing. When sens
tence Of such is suspended they are taken 10
the matron's house and cared for, until soma
other disposition of the unfortunate's case Is
made. The society for tho uplifting Of
women has appointed committee composed
Of about thirty women, selected from all tho
churches and charitable institutions Of the
city, and II will be their endeavor to provide
homes or employment for such young girls.
The lady chosen for the office of matron has
been an honored resident of that city for
many years. The house will be provided by
the city, and is to have q commodious and
cheerful sitting-room with smaller rooms
supplied, not with prison cots, but neat
single bedstead clothed with white linen. 1t
is hoped that noble work will be effected.
According to the Universalist, pessimism
| is scientifically defined as the gospel of
| despair, which teaches that the pains of hfo
| outweigh its pleasures; that the fate OF man
| is to struggle laboriously by paths that arc
distressing, to ends that are unsatisfying
and tnat II is the unhappy constitution of
| humanity TO be unconscious Of its happiness,
| but keenly alive TO its misery. 1t points to
| no land of PROMISE the prospect OF whose
| milk and honey will inspirit the weary
| travellers through the wilderness; 1t sings no
| prans over coming era of freedom, plenty,
enlightenment and peace; it bluntly informs
| humanity that its lot is evil; that its best
| efforts will never achieve aught but somo
trfliing mitigation of its sufferings and that
| there IS hope neither in the future Of the
race nor beyond the grave.
Mr. do N ot fia,, ,xxb0
| has lived for many years In this city, says
the San Francisco Call. He is an onthusi-
astic member of the Microscopical society
an honorary member of several foreign sci
entiic societies, and contributes to several
| scientific journals. He is an indefatigable
investigator Some time ago he declared
| thathe had discovered sexuality in atoms
| that Is, after examining the smallest frag.
ments of inorganic matter, iron and other
| mineral substances, he had discovered GER
| tian traces that led him to belive that all
| atoms, animal and vegetable, are either male
or female, and reproduce their species. The
| importance Of such discovery cannot be es-
| timated. If verified, and Mr.. Kline is conf.
| dent that it can be verified, 1t means the rev.
| olution of sc,ence-a new alphabet for geol-
ogy, chemistry and natural philosophy.
While in the United States the qestion OF
the least painful mood Of execution is being
| agitated, in Europe there is a rapid growth
| of sentiment in favor of abolishing the death
penalty altogether. In Italy on the 1st Of
January next such a law will 20 into effect.
| This is the more remarkable in view OF the
| frequency with which murder is committed
among the hot-blooded inhabitants of the
| Italian peninsula. Not only are killings more
numerous in Italy than in most civilized
countries, but the Inurderers are more fero.
cious and cruel. Though frugal In every
thing else. the Italians are frightfully prodL
| gal of life. Yet, in spite Of this, the states-
men of Italy have concluded that the death
penalty has no influence IN diminishing the
frequency of murder, and that the state
would not do credit to its intelligence and
humanity by clingng to a barbarous method
of punishment. Though Italy is the first of
the great states of Europe to abolish it, the
death penalty by law has, in practice, been
abandoned by number of others. In Bel
gium there has been no execution since 1863
In Prussia, from 1870 to 1880, while judg,
ment of death was pronounced upon 653
criminals, but one-Hodel, the would-be-as-
sassin Of the late Emperor Willlam-was on.
ecuted. OF twenty-one death sentences re
Gently pronounced in Sweden but four have
been carried into effect In France of 100
death penalties pronounced in 1880 sixty five
were executed; of 100 death penalties pro.
nounced in 1884 only fifteen were carried
out. In Austria the percentage of 16 in 1869
declined to 3 in 1884 Portugal, Holland,
Roumania and sixteen Of the Swiss cantons
have also totally abolished the death penalty,
and Russia is taking steps to abolish it for
crimes below the degree of treason.
In private life the love Of "effect" is gen.
orally pernicious says the Philadelphia
Record Everybody remembers that the i'm.
mortal Pecksnif always contrived to inform
his daughters Of the coming Of any visi.
tors in order that they might be found suit
ably employed; and everybody remembers,
moreover, that those charming girls were
greatly surprised and blushed furiously when
the visitors arrived. Somewhat analogous
to this little piece of dissemination is story
| which is going the rounds of the American
| press. One of the most popular of American
| authoresses has five sons, of whom she Is
exceedingly proud. When visitor is AM
nounced it is her invariable custom, accord
| ing to the story, to direct her sons in what
| position to place themselves, 30 that the Wis.,
| itor when entering the room may get brief
| glimpse of a pleasing family group. This
may be due to mere harmless vanity, al
| against such supposition. At any rate, the
| harm in cases of this sort is not great, nor
| cal any objection be taken to
That vivacious versatility,
| Which many people take for want Of heart,
They err-'tis merely what is called mo-
bility-
| A thing of temperament, and not Of art
Though seeming so from its supposed
facility;
| And false, though true; for surely they're
sincerest
Who are strongly acted on by what is
nearest.
This makes your actors, artists and ro-
mancers,
Heroes sometimes, though seldom--sages
never;
But speakers, bards, diplomatists and dan
GERS,
! Little that's great, but much Of what Ia
| clever.
| In private life especially the love of
"effect" tends to bring about an artifciality
| OF manner and of life that cannot be In.
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