Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-12-20

bring his mother" 1t will be a great a1lalr anu
Marshall P. Wilder, the comedian, has peen Gu
paped to make fun for the little fellows al1er ulh-
ner. It will be great day for them. koast Cul-
kew and plum pudding and Christmas cheer VIII
make an occasion of Joy for them, and the renee
ton of it will warm the heart Of the donor as only
hearts can be warmed by a blessing from heaven
Bishop Potter preached an illustrated sermon
last Sunday, which was an unusual thlng 70 oe
seen in an Episcopal church. But as an ooJec'
lesson in temperance it could not fall to be unaer-
stood He drew the attention OF his hearers 10 an
immense canvas 20x10 feet. There were large reo
squares on it to represent the blocks OF CITY,
Covering it were red balls, with here and there an
X mark. It represented section Of the east SIDE
of New York. The red balls were saloons, and
there we're 280 of them, the marks were
churhes, and there were of them, OF Whlcn
were protestant Home missions are stupid INES
TO work in-Africa is much greener and more allur-
ing.
Siberia is one of the far off fields which the
public has been pretty thoroughly convinced does
not possess the garniture of greenness IN posses
sion of distant lands. However, it seems that
there are two sides even to Siberia, if the test-
mony of Mr.. Nathaniel Paige, writer, Russian
traveller and publlcist, who has recently arrived,
may be taken into consideration While Mr.. Geo.
KEENAN, lectures on the horrors of Siberia in one
part Of the city, Mr.. Paige holds forth on its at
fractions.
81 do not agree with Mr.. Kennan's views on
Nihilism and the Russian Government" said Mr..
Paige, 'and my observation tends to show that
prisoners in Russia are not very much worse treated
than they are in New York, and not bit worse
than they would be did similar conditions prevail
here as there There isn't more than one chance
in hundred that such petition as you say is be-
ing got up to ask communication OF Sophia Guns
bergs sentence will ever reach the Gar. Without
any reference indeed to her case, it is just as well
to remember that the women criminals are always
the most dangArn,e-;- Europe, and must tie dealt
with not only as women but as criminals also.
When one realizes that the wealthiest man in
Australia to-day went there as ticket-of leave
man, it is not difficult to believe that there are
many worse punishments than Punishment to so
beautiful and fertile a country as Siberia
One could almost imagine Mr. Paige asserting
that Sophia wished to hang because it was pleas
ant. 1t is great achievement to be able to con-
template other peoples misfortune with equanimity
and refined cheerfulness. Sophia is to be executed
because she taught little school children some re-
publican principles. She is just 20 years of age.
OF course it helps the matter greatly to say that
the prisoners of Siberia are no worse off than the
prisoners of poverty here in New York. Two
wrongs have rarely been computed so as to equal
one right But when Mr. Paige lectures there are
enough antagonistc people to go to hear him to
make it pay and that is probably what he wants.
The arguments in favor of Parnell have some
thing Of this flavor Hugh O. Pentecost, In his
lecture at the Grand Opera House last Sunday
night said in reference to Parnell: II am for
purity, but am not at all affected by the popular
cutlery against Parnell on the ground of morality,
because those English leaders are not the ones that
should cast the first stone. am satisfied that if
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