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commotion in the ranks of the 491 other
university goods. Many of these have
been in the habit of appearing in short
skirts on rainy days. Trunks and knee
hose are worn in the privacy of the
Goods gymnasium. But Mrs. Proctor's
boomers are the first TO be seen in reel
tation-rooms or upon The paths of tie
university grounds. Miss Henry Of 81
has been advocating the adoption OF
blnomers by goods. She has argued
that the college girls ought to set an
example in rational dress for the work.
ing girls. Miss Henry has tried to Sc
cure fifty goods who would agree TO
wear bloomers. Her plan was to intro
duce them in such quantities that OPP
position would be useless. But she has
had a hard time of il. Thus far only
twenty have agreed to wear boomers
and they agreed only on the basis that
fifty in all should agree to wear the
blcomers.
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are united in local council, choosing
one of the number as the presiding Off
Ger. 1t is the duty of these councils TO
govern the Cuban affairs within their
territory, and the delegate communi-
Gates TO them his wishes, ard it is their
part TO attend to the execution. They
are without powers in relation to the
delegate, although often called into
consultation with him. AS to the dele
gate himself he is the representative OF
the revolutionists in this country, but
he has no official status by reason of
that fact in the government of the in
surgents. He is the amioable ally OF
the organization in Cuba, but nothing
more formally. He sends his help to
them. but be has 10 voice in their coun-
sells. In StsCase of the present.. dele
-. insurgent government has ap-
pointed him to be Minister Plenipoten-
tiary, representing the government
here. but that position is in no wise in
herent in the Office of delegate.
The Importance of the work here is
such and the energy and ability with
which it has been prosecuted are such
| that the persons most active in It are
! deserving of particular attention. There
are perhaps nine men engaged in work
| ing for the Cuban cause in this coun-
try who are most distinguished for their
devotion to the cause.
The death of Jose Marie, In May OF
| this year, at that time the head of the
! organization in this country, was fol-
| lowed by the election of a successor to
| him by the clubs in July, Thomas
| Palma.
J Benjamin ]. Guerra, the treasurer, Is
about forty-four years old. and well
known for his integrity and flnancier-
ing skill. He is native of Porto Prin-
cipe, and was, of course. mere boy at
the time of the first revolution. Even
at that early age, however he was OF
service to the patriot cause, acting as
dispatch bearer. He came here with
his parents after the war. and entered
into commercial life. He was made
treasurer of the Spanish-American Lit
erary Society and vice president of the
Spanish American Benevolent Society.
At the first establishment of the revo-
lutionlsts' party here he was elected
treasurer. and has continued in that
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offics ever since. His relations with
Marti we're Intimate. and he has in
every way been pronounced In his de-
votion to the revolutionary cause.
Gonzalo de Quesada. the secretary.
was born In Havana In 1868, two
months after the outbreak of the revo-
luton. When he was eight years old
he came to this country with his family.
and was educated here. He entered the
College OF the City OF New York. from
which he was graduated as a bachelor
of science in 1888. He was a member
of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, editor
of the college periodical, and held vari-
Gus class Offices; was president of the
Chess Club, and vice-eommodore in his
senior year. He entered the Columbia
School Of Mines. but left il to supply
temporarily professorship in Spanish
in the College Of the City of New YorL
He then entered the Law School, and
gained the degree of bachelor OF laws,
in 1891.
All the arms and cartridges which
can be purchased are sent to the island.
The organization declares that IL de-
sires munitions, not men. There are in
surgents enough to do the fighting, IL
properly equipped. Three cartridges,
it is said, are worth more to them than
a soldier. Nevertheless, they receive
scores of letters daily from all sorts and
conditions of men proffering their serv-
ices. Many officers have volunteered
their aid but the Cuban authorities
uniformly refuse all volunteers.
He accompanied the Argentine dele
cation TO the Pan-American Congress.
in Washington, as secretary to the
Honorable Saenz Pena, Minister OF For
eign Affairs, and travelled with him
through England, France and Spain, 70
the Argentine confederation, whence he
returned as Consul, in Philadelphia.
He resigned from this position when
Marti resigned his position in New
York, because to retain 1t would have
been to deny his loyalty to Cuba. When
Marti began his operations here Cues
ada became his secretary, which Office
he retained after the formal organiza-
ton. He was associated with Marti in
the editorship of Patria, the revolu-
tionists' newspaper. When Marti went
to Cuba Quesada was ordered to remain
here in charge, and Gomez reiterated
the command. After Martis death, I'M
til the election of Quesada, he was the
chief in this country. Quesada has
also been a member of the Executive
Committee of the Spanish-American
Literary Society and secretary Of the
Benevolent Society. He has published
three books, the first collection OF
short stories, the others of a patriotic
sort-all written in Spanish. Last year
he was one of the counsel in the famous
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immediate echo and attention. Rut
here the papers All what space they
have land II is little cnough) with liter
airy and political chit-chat. The editori-
al page overflows and swamps the whole
sheet, and the news Is neglected. This
means that the poor sre left without a
champion. The law here, as In all coun-
tries except America and England, Is
for the rich. not for the poor: for the
strong, not for the weak. Just as
cruelty to horses fails to arouse indig-
nation In Paris. cruelty to children fails
to attract the attention of justice. There
is moment OF horror when each new
case is disclosed but the emotion Is
| local. In America. Il n child In a re-
mote village OF the Mohawk Valley is
abused, the papers speak with a voice
which is not TO be dlsregarded. BY the
aggregate OF such cases, reported in de-
tail, the public are impressed; laws are
enacted and enforced: the children are
protected. But IL only the one little
community knew of each crime, no
moral effect would be produced, and
that is practically the case in France
They have not yet had time to forget
the case of little Victor Tennissen, in
Paris. whose mother, during three long
hours, hammered the floor with his
head, crying: "Will you never die.
beast"
And on the frail body of this 5-year-
old boy were no less than twelve bleed
in ia
been torn by the mothers teeth.
He stole my sugar" said the woman;
that was the justification. And the
| court seemed to find some warrant in
| this provocation, for she was sentenced
to only eighteen months imprisonment!
Aline Lesage is serving her two years
for having tortured one OF her step
children to death and brought the other
so near the same release that he lies in
the hospital to-day. And she was only
two-and-twenty years of age, "a most
pleasant faced woman" She beat the
children until the little girls body
contained no uninjured bones" and
when at last the police came Aline was
at her washtub. conscientiously wiring
ing out the sheets, with the dead,
broken body lying on the bed.
She was mot a bad sort of woman
otherwise" People may be cleanly
and chaste and industrious. and yet
pluck the wings from flies. Aline gave
the eat crusts to play with instead of
spools. and when the cat pushed a crust
under the table the starving children
would creep to steal it. Here again
there was no question of drunkenness
or savagery; the woman was a decent
body in her way. That is the dreadful
part OF such stories; that is what makes
one shudder.
People who are in love with the liter
airy daintiness OF the French press when
thew. first come 10 live IN Paris soon be-
gin TO read in such facts as these tn
plain lesson of its inefficiency. The biz
headlines. the huge volume of news. thu
great pictures-all these things may ia
on the nerves of those who love quiet
restful surroundings. But out of jus
this directness of appeal comes tn,
awakening power of American news
papers. No effort has ever been made
to give the news of all France in ont
paper. and the provincial papers in ever
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-11
An Apisry In Prison.

The Arizona territorial prison man
agement haC embarked in bookkeeping
experiment, in which the prisoners will
be employed. An apiary. with twenty
FIVE stands of bees, has been installed.
and IL is expected the business will
prove profitable A single hive at the
prison is said to have last year pro-
duced 200 pounds of honey. IL prob
ably induces curious sensations and
many vain longings in tho prisoners to
see the bees fly serencly and at will over
the prison walls and yet return Of their
own volition to their home within.
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Calumet Houghton County, Saturday. January

troll OF the work In the United States
was in the hands OF a junta, but II Is
not now. Marti was the real promoter
OF the plan now followed. and Il only
came into being shortly before the out
break OF the contemporary revolution.
His idea was strongly opposed by some
or the Cubans. but in spite OF opposi-
tion II prevailed. and the results would
seem to indicate Marti's wisdom.
In brief, the system is as follows
Clubs of Cubans are scattered all over
the country. These clubs elect three
general officers for the government Of
the associated clubs. These officers are
a president. or. as re Is formally desig-
mated. a delegate, and treasurer ar d
secretary. These are the executiI e
officers OF the clubs. There are no
others to detract from the authority OF
the three. BY this means a centraliza-
tion of power. vital to action In the
emergencies of war, is gained, for the
delegate, no matter how democratic he
may be by nature and aspiration, Is for
the nonce an autocrat. AS for the other
departments OF organization II may be
said that in any place where there are
three clubs, the presidents of the three
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Not since Brook Farm has there been
more extraordinary experiment in
plain living and high thinking"
The Lords Farm is but few miles
from Undercliff, at whose smart little
inn the Tuxedo coaching parties stop
their tally-hos. The Vanderbilts, the
Belmonts, the Astors and their fashion
able train ride within bugle-hail OF this
farm house on the hillside. From the
road that winds its brown length from
Underelin TO Pascaak you can see the
gables OF joe Jefferson = 0Id 'nOihesrsiiu
and the ol9%tone church where gallant
Aaron Burr waited TO see prett. Theo-
docia Provost home after meeting in
their counting days, and where he
finally welded her.
The district is composed of farms and
farmers, with the usual interests of a
farming district, and the social life is
supplied by the village church with an
occasional mid-winter revival to vary
the monotony. At one of these revivals,
1t is told by the farmers, the present
leader of THE Lords People" made his
first appearance in the neighborhood
as Mnason T. Huntsman, lay eXhorter.
He preached the gospel with a local
Evangelist for the first year unevent-
fully.
He then began to "see visions" These
visions" greatly disturbed the young
men of the district, as they chiefly re-
lated to the personal imperfections and
vices, large and small, of those of them
who had ostensibly renowned the
devil and his works" So correct were
the preachers visions" that a reform
movement resembling the Parkhurst
crusade was soon under way. Much
opposition was aroused against the re-
former who worked against the pipe
and demtjohn with unceasing valor. and
declared also against the purple and
fine linen and small besetting vanitles
of the women.
The mischievous portion OF the neigh
borhood broke up his meetings by dous-
ing him with cold water. and finally he
was mobbed, his long hair and beard
were shaved from one side of his head
and he was roughly hustled aboard a
train for Jersey City and threatened
with worse treatment If he returned to
preach his unwelcome doctrines.
He returned, however, and was well
coined to the home of young Garrett
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ing personal revelation from God OF the
true social brotherhood that shall re-
deem the world. All this existing under
the Jersey blue laws in little COM
munity known as The Lords Farm"
near the New Jersey hamlet of Pascaak.
His disciples, who are called The
Lords People are leading life Of
poverty sacrifice, work and worship In
keeping with the teachings of the Naza-
rene and the Apostles of primitive
Christianity. They are strict vege-
tarians, partaking OF no kinds Of meat.
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bans in the United States. II may
rather be traced to two allied causes,
the system of organization and the en-
thusiasm of the organized. All are ia
miliar with the latter through the pub
lished reports of meetings, shipments
and the like. The former is less I'M
derstood and certainly deserves atten'
ton.
1t is usual to speak of the Cuban
revolutionists' organization here as the
"Junta." but it is incorrect. The word
junta means an assembly, and the pres
ent method Of management does not de-
pend on meetings. At the time of the
previous revolution in Cuba the con-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-11
pattl's Xmas Gift.

Among the donations received by a
Christmas tree fund is big box of post
age stamps collected by Nine. Adelina
Patti. and given through her New YORK
friend. Mrs. Mary Scott Rowland, who
turned them over to the fund in the
hope that something may be realized
from them. Here is what Mrs. Row
land says about the gift When in
London last summertime. Adelina Patti
Nicolini gave me box containing 9S,-
253 cancelled postage stamps, all nicely
done up, by her own hands, in pack
ages of 100. The stamps will be sold for
the benefit Of the charity"
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MMLs IL A@ANA-fAss
lgs from a fly in order % 10 eX-
Is power, (2) to observe a familiar
le under new conditions. But the
ngOf the fly makes no impression
BIN, because the ny has no power
preston. When he ill-treats a
L ANIMALS cries add a third in
10 the urchin's malevolence; it
resting TO see any sensitive crea-
utsr This interest, in the case
crowd that gathers around the
Of a street accident. is neither
t,aetG1or- entinathetc l. is On
erent curiosiy When the Grove
to see a man guilloJined there II
beer delight In seeing destruction
the man who sticks needles into
Iman's eyeballs there is a logica
|nhroken sequence of ideas.
last case which has been an,
by the specialists Is of peculiar
PSI in this connection.
(nyille-sous-Metz, a little place In
IN France, was the scene a few
ago Of a crime Of which the in.
cation has just been concluded. In
fdance with The new tangled no.
against which many magistrates
old school protest so loudly, the
|ry was not limited to the bald
Of the case, but a most painstak.
EXAMINATION was made of the pre-.
Psng operations of the criminals
The prisoner. who was SEN
TO only two years Imprisonment
NED his lO-year-old son. There Is
baked incident.
not needful that | should harrow
binds Of readers by dwelling upor
lrcumstantial horrors of the case
one broad, unQuestioned fact /,
Tue boy was spread. cruciform
PSI the wall Of a room, and there
WIN nails. The chlld's flesh did
Freak away, He hung there. moan.
he was living when the police
ou' tae nails with a claw-hammer
|u'F 10 release him, He is living
prisoner was not a drunkard
lo,' mere exist any atom If evil
mat a he has ever been of unsonnd
M ne MED to see strange sights.
!. asgu 'nem more if they were
re- 0y the suffering of some helm.
'ea'uFe' He had outgrown the
''e q mutilating flies. He had a
sensitive human being at his
-, ne was too ignorant TO know
!. '..As ana thumbscrews. but the
S, ',nOOl at the roadside suggest
H'n a crime as simple and natur-
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In removing the body OF David Reeves
from an old TO a new cemetery on the
Licking river. near Hendricks. Magoflin
county. Ky, 1t was found that the body
had petrlhed and was so heavy that six
men were necessary TO remove II. The
body retained its life-!ike appearance
10 such an extent as 10 be recognized
by former friends of tho deceased.
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!. GARRETT STORMS.

Storms. who had become converted to
his creed. and within few years other
converts were added to the inmates of
the farm. and the Storms homestead be-
came the shelter of the Lords people. p"
prosecuted on every side. isolated from
their former friends and social connec-
tions and viewed as moral lepers by the
intolerant element
All sorts OF incendiary rumors were
current. that. they were free lovers"
and held shameless orgies which they
designated as angel dances; that they
enticed and ruined young women under
guise OF religious proselyting that they
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A .rrnnrh. from an rar,hquake.

During the recent earthquake at
Rome. which took place on Nov. 1 at
4:3S In the afternoon. people rushed
frora their houses 20 the nearest lot
terry Offices to play the numbers J. a.
SO: there was also run on ii, which
stands for earthquake. But some
thing went wrong, as no one OF these
numbers was drawn.
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The Conscientious Waiter

Waiter Ito cook)--oJeak for one,
Gent don't want it raw, ner he don't
want it burnt black. Cook (angrily)-
Is that what he said? Waiter-No. not
exactly. l asked him how he wanted
IL. an he said medium"
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GONZALO DE QUESADA.

extradition case of Ezeta. He comes
of an excellent family. His paternaI
grandfather was a wealthy landed pro-
prietor, who was offered the title o{
Marquis of Santa Cruz for his donation
of the land for the city, but refused it.
His maternal grandfather was Captain
General at Porto Rico.
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class includes those who, in the face of
the enemy, display their martial PROV
ess, and by strength and valor on the
held OF battle, by the patient toll of
forced marches, by the grim endurance
OF every physical anguish, win for
themselves the fame of heroes.
But the other class, perhaps obscure
perhaps unheralded to the world, is no
less an eminent factor in the strife. 1t
Is made UP of those who furnish the
nrst essential of active warfare, the
money for supplies. II is the duty Of
this class to provide for arms and
munitions, TO contribute the funds
wherewith the provisioning OF the
troops may be maintained: in fine. to
do all save the actual labors of the COM
bar. To this class there belongs task
or difficulty oftentimes, of dignity al
ways. Where the seat of war is readily
accessible for supplies. the duties OF
those who provide are less arduous.
But in the case of the Cuban patriots
here in the United States all OF the
difficulties are magnified. These men
are few in numbers; they ere located
In foreign country; they must con-
tend against distance and lack of num-
bers. Small wonder if in the face OF
s,.,n obstacles they should become dis
courased; they at least deserve ad-
miration for their indomitable purpose
If they persevere without faltering.
The organization of the Cuban revo-
lutionists in this country has been most
effective. 1t is no exaggeration TO say
that the insurgents in Cuba must have
already abandoned their cause but
for the effectual aid extended to them
by their sympathizers here. The sue
cess of the work has not depended upon
the numbers or the wealth of the Gu
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SELF ALLEGED
Messiah and his
disciples, men OF
education, broad
ideas and evident
refinement. filling
the soil of a farm,
living lives of pow
erty, celibacy and
asceticism in a lit
tie New Jersey
farm house, claim
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THE FRIENDS OF CUBA
MEN WHO ARE SUPPLYING THE
SiNEWS OF WAR.
Thomas Estrada Palma and His Cabinet
Doing just what the Father, Of
This Republic Did -- indicated m,
Our Courts.
(Ncw York Correspondence

HE ORGANIZA-
ton of Cuban pa
triots in the United
States is doing a
tremendous work
for the cause of
their islands indie
pendenae. Always
there are two great
divisions of those
by whose endeavors
war Is WaPed One
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ALINE LEsAGE.

their separate and narrow fields seem
to find no space for the castigation OF
such wretches as these. But perhaps
Ii is not for always!
EUGENE BELLAIRE.
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When a man asks you to lend him $50
don't lie to him. BE a man and tell him
you haven't got Il. You cant FOOT a
man who 10 dead broke Truth
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At Halle in Germany. hereafter any
student seen VITA fresh cuts from a
duel on his face will be handed over to
the police by the university authorities.
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Will somebody pleaoe tell why our
lawmakers are never arrested for
passing worthless bills? - Boston
Transcript.
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:. Mrs. TENNIssFN

| c II suoos. 'A1oE4N.
FladneyPS s ses to You or me tho du,y
,hanDion Of op' ,sd Nine. severlnc.
% lnmt1c,Oo,u.' i le, children, finds II
BE-. S ~I's . The law. she thin thinks s.
tines As , 'Sesre'iul arm to punish
|na il cc :, ,als' And n the casual
h ''''a'nly seems that she is
|nod to w TA press ;. has not the power
|Valied STATE. =, y mas obtained in
r has a tbo ea' Inc American news
lsse Of e ono1.aad eass, the rumor
'y OF oppression finds
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CITED A CHILD.
l., STORIES OF CRUELTY
70 CHILDREN
:. the wall and Left to
U.s. -, TEXTURES Her Chiid to
- 80. Lesage's shocking

RANCE Is NOT
losing her evil dis
tinction as the
theater Of cruel and
unusual cri m e S.
Case after case OF
torture, instance af-
ter instance of cold
malignity, b a v e
been discovered by
the provincial au-
thorities. The as
49, frAA an
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| A. these monstrous out
.,.'I every appearance of an en-
n aa' From one village after
i' .oms stories of crimes COM
,t ,T the spur of anger or of
oDs Of the most eminent
\ ,AvThiatric specialists arrives
| ,rim conclusion that "a strange
IT,. A. childish love of destruc-
\ ,ss fundamental explanation OF
|.DomenOn. A schoolboy will pull