, 1890-04-24

lume oil the UoNtIo hh' ''l''''H
and grain. II Is presumed that cclepra'
tions will occur in numerous towns
throughout the Northwest ench oI
which may rely on strong Delegation
from Spoknne Falls. The REVIEW nus
established a Fourth OF July department
at the head of this page In which an
nouncemcnts will he inserted and Kept
before the people every day until INC
morning of tho national holiday no
charge will be made for TINS space anu
Interested persons are invited to sehu III
their announcements,
PRizH.riGHrlSG is vicious and dcmor-
alizlng. We look with horror upon bull'
lighting in Spain and Mexico, ana at tho
same time havo been schuoled TO CON
template bloody and brutal man'hShts
with only the iaiutest protest, human
nature Is slow of change, and IL thKes
centuries of he retncments OF ciVlll1a-
tion to impress their stamp upon man
kind Here We arc, after l,BJ years OF
Christianity, extending even more en-
couragemcnt to brutal and ignorant
pugilists than the Romans gave to the
lair-haired giants who came down rom
tho North and fought IN the arena TO tho
plaudits of u blood-thirsty populace'
And yet there Is glimmer OF hight IN
all this darkness. The women oi to-day
have learned to look with horror upon
these bloody and sometimes deadly
mun-nghts, whereas the Roman matron
and maiden were quite as fond OF the
contests Of the arena as were their nus
bands and brothers.
EMiLE IoLA had an offer of $40 a
night for forty lectures on Realism in
this country. lie wrote curt answer,
in which he asked Where and what
is the United States?' Tho United
States, Monsieur Iola, is the cradle OF
liberty, the nursery ofurt and literature,
the home OF brave men and virtuous
women the refuge OF the oppressed OF
all nations, as tho teachings OF your own
great Lafayette will show, Il you Will
Danish filth from your thoughts long
enough To look at the character, the his
tory and the works Of clean man
Moreover, the people Of the United States
tolerate the circulation of such villain
ous obsccnity as la Terrc, TO the extent
of several million volumes annually, tho
proceeds of which pour into the Golfers
of tho low minded author, NJ. Iola
may rest assured that his contempt for
tho United states pales into iusigniti-
cancc when cOntrIstod with the con
tempt entertained by all decent people
in this country far the rlthy NJ. zola.
CESruNriA has been stirred to is very
depths lately ON account OF q church
scandal. It was charged that during u
very successful revival the ministgr' :
wife, while pleading with a young man
TO come forward TO the mourncrs' bench,
sat on his knee and put an arm around
his neck, This led 70 another charge
that the minister was addicted TO GAM
bling, whereupon one OF those most dis
gusting OF all social episodes, a church
trial, was the result. Tholady was fully
yindicatcd and thgn the chargcs against
the minister were withdrawn, Had he
been convicted Of gambling, ho would
have been dismissed In disgrace, not.
wilhstanding the fact that many
churches voluntarily become nurseries
of gambling by engaging in the lottery
business. To be- consistent the churches
ought to either prohibit games of chance
for the benefit OF the church or abolish
the antl.samblng clause IN the minis
tcrial code.