The representative., 1896-02-05
Il SENSIBLE IDEA.
The Chicago Tribune says:

A long and formidable array OF Eng
lish divines, Of all denominations.
headed by Dean Farrar. has published
the text Of declaration which will
be sent to this country for signatures,
urging the establishment OF perma-
nent tribunal OF arbitration for all
the Englisll-speaking nations. So far
as the United States is concerned, if
its people are wise, they will reply to
the English pcacemakers that they
will be ready for arbitration when
they are prepared for sclf-defense and
not before. When we have COM
plete armament, able to stand of an
English fleet, we shall be ready for ar
bitration, and the English will be
more anxious for it than we. AS long
as we are at the mercy OF Eng
land she will dictate the terms Of
every arbitration and probably the
decision of it also. We cannot afford
te give our consent to any Quaker
business until our coast cities are no
longer liable to be ruined by English
shells, or ca q only be saved from the
ruin by paying a heavy tribute.
There is nothing that would so absO-
lutely insure arbitration as heavy
long range guns and ormidable float.
ing batteries of the Puritan style.
Arbitration is very nice resort il
you think the other fellow can click"
you. Hoist the white flag and talk
about "the ties Of common ances-
try, ''and the beauties Of peace: but II
you are sure you have the upper hand
sail in and let your preachers sing te
deuns when you have won the victory.
We have the prot0undest suspicion
of a goody- goody man or nation.
Some years ago stranger called up
on one OF the St. Paul dentiS ts.-we
will call him Dr.. Jones, asked
him ii he knew where he could find a
certain DR.. X, also dentist. Jones
Informed him that X had left st. Paul
years before. well" said the, men
TX filed a very large cavity in one Of
my teeth, with gold, 1T was so large
a cavity that the filling cost me $20,-
and now find it is getting loose, and
l want you to take it out, save the
gold carefully, and refill it for me-"
Dr. Jones proceeded wi tn his task.
but after working few moments he
enquired:
Ibid you tell me that X said he
filed this tooth with goid?"
"Yes." replied the patient.
"Well," said Jones, he did nothing
of the kind, he filled it with cement,
and coated the top of it with gold"
The patient lay back in his chair
and laughed and laughed as il he
would never stop. Al length Jones
enquired what he was laughing at.
"Why," said the stranger, still hold
ing both his sides. ''do you know that
all the ha!-ha!-that that
darned cuss was filing that tooth with
cement--ha! ha!--he was talking to me
about my SOULS salvation! Ha! Ha!
Ha!"
1t is a good rule to button up your
pockets whenever any man obtrudes
his religion upon you.
We take no stock in this Dean Far
! rar business. England's single gold
standard has wrecked hundreds of
thousands of human lives in this
country, and driven men and women
| to lives OF crime or to the grave: and
| now lest the western giant should
! break loose and smash things, they
want arbitration, with cha nee to
corrupt the arbitrator.
| We are safe;t when we deal with
the old world, with rifles in our hands
and cannon in front of us.