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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-24

made president because he was one of
the plain people. He was probably
proud of the fact that during his whole
life he followed and was perhaps the
leader of the somewhat elaborate
fashion Of his day.
Times change and customs change
with them. No good could come of a
return to the customs and manners Of
the early days Of the republic. There
is no reason perhaps to regret their
passing. They served their purpose,
and in a natural process Of evolution
have given away to newer and, it is to
be hoped, better things. The Wash
ington Of a century ago would not rec
ognize himself adapted to present day
conditions; yet those who honor his
memory, while they rail at the things
he held right and proper, might well
keep in mind just what he was, and re-
member that the simplicity of the early
days involved no contempt for proper
social usages and no despite of either
knowledge or culture.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-24
COMPULSORY PARDoNING.

A problem in law and equity, which
was the motive of striking bit of
fiction some half dozen years ago, has
found parallel in real life John Van
Arsdale, the hero Of the story, through
a chain of circumstances which in
spired universal sympathy, found him
self a convicted murderer and was COM
PEELED by a nice sense of justice to re-
fuse an offered pardon. His contention
that the acceptance Of clemency was
quite as essential as the tender was
overruled, and to satisfy his ideas of
right he was forced to execute himself
The question now raised, though not an
exact parallel, involves the same con-
tention, stripped of all Of its heroic and
romantic trappings and reduced to
matter Of abstract legal right. The
principal figure in the new case-he
cannot be called a hero-is one John
Betz, serving three years term in
the state prison of Oregon. No moral
scruples stand in the way of his ac-
cepting the pardon forced on him; the
matter is entirely one of expediency.
In a word, Mr. Betz, with a discrimina-
ton which does him credit, prefers to
stay in Oregon and serve a short SEN
tence for larceny, rather than return
to the state: Of Illinois and be tried for
murder. AT present his status is very
much that of the man told, while occu-
plying cell, that they could not arrest
him for the offense charged. In the
case of Betz they have" for on the
presentation of the pardon to the war
den of the prison, the alleged murderer
was released and turned over to the de-
tective, waiting to welcome him with
requisition papers in due form. Now
Betz has applied for a writ Of habeas
corpus and proposes to see just how
much liberty Of choice is really allowed
in this boosted land of the free
A pardon is a gift, and gift Of neces-
sity presupposes a donee as we'll as a
donor. Men are not compelled to ac-
cept gifts against their will, and they
are not obliged by donations until they
are so accepted. All considerations of
public policy aside, why should not the
same we'll settled principle of law ap-
ply to pardons? It undoubtedly would
and does, but the matter Of general wei
fare Is SO essential that it cannot be
swept aside. The same power of the
state which deprives a man of his lib
erty or even his life, when the good of
society demands, may in the exercise of
the same discretion undo it's former act
when still greater measure of general
benefit is at stake. When the decision
of the court in the case Of Betz is
rendered it is probable that the law laid
down in the assumed case Of Van Ars-
dale will be followed. 1t is, no doubt,
harsh to deprive man of a choice
when the option is between a pleasant
term in prison and a probable hang
ing, but Betz is not the first man who
has been sacrificed to the welfare of the
state.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-24
THE CULT OF SIMPLICITY.

Just how far simplicity is a virtue and
ceremony is a sin is so much a matter
Of place and opinion that no fast line
can be drawn. Just now simplicity in
politics and political life is the newest
cult, with Bryan as its expounder and
Pingree as it's high priest. Every gov
ernor who has been inaugurated in the
last few weeks has felt it necessary to
declare his dislike for ostentation. The
Boy Orators phrase, "the plain peo-
ple," is the watchword Of the day 1t
would be idle to attempt to ridicule the
words or the sentiment which lies be-
hind. In nation where all men are
equal it is emineptly proper that lavish
display on the 4paTteof those elevated
above their fellows for little space
should be kept well within bounds. At
the same .times4t SHOULD not be forgot
ten that official form and ceremony
were not always regarded as an affront
against the plain. people of the coun-
try. ftS';
Those who protest most strongly
against anything approaching ostenta-
ton in official life are those who refer
most lovingly to the days when the con-
trary was then custom. He would be
brave indeed who before the American
people dared to- To- ATTACK the memory of
Washington, and yet Washington was
one of the most careful of men in in
sisting upon the observance of proper
ceremonials. The father of his country
was not only a statesman and a SOL
der, but he was the first gentleman of
his time; and the country owes some
thing to the latter quality as we'll as
to the first named characteristics. IT is
not recorded in history that Washing
ton ever boosted he did not know the
sensation of dress clothes. He was not
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-24
PUT THEM IN STRAIGHT JACKETS

There is only one treatment that
seems to be fitted to the case of two
members Of the United States senate:
the so-called Hon. John T. Morgan. of
Alabama, and the so-called William nj
Stewart, of Nevada. These two men
are senile monomaniacs, whose pres
ence in the highest legislative BODY of
the United States is a public disgrace
ana whose course there is public
scandal and public nuisance. Each
OF them was originally man Of some
parts. Mr.. Morgan, particularly. was
endowed with a certain native origin
ality, which he enriched by considerable
research. Mr.. Stewart was a man of
interchangeable purpose, and not too del
lcate about the means of carrying it
into effect. BY successive impositions
Upon the indulgence of the people, these
senators passed the bounds of decencv
and of endurance. Each of them aims
and proposes to be a little despot. and
any consideration of the public good
is as far from touching his bigoted
vanity and his sef-interest as it would
be from moving the. sultan of Turkey.
.Thesfnpen have. grown1olda in positions
which they have come to regard as
properties of their OWN and ototally dis
connected with popular Responsibility.
The vigor of youthful Intelligence is
departed, and, with the narrowing and
hardening process that old age brings
to dispositions like theirs, they have
mounted the hobbies of their second
childhood and are ready to ride them
to death at any cost to the people.
There is no interest in this nation
which Mr.. Stewart is not ready to sac
rifice to that Of the mining kings of
his own state There is none that Mr.
Morgan is not ready to sacrifice to mis-
personal resentment and to the Nicara-
qua canal scheme, which seems to bear
the same relation to his personal for
tunes that free silver coinage does to
those of Stewart. Morgan has been
from the first the principal promoter
in the senate Of this outrageous Job and
theft When he saw it apparently
baked by the protest of the new Gen.
trail American republic, he disgraced
himself and the body which tolerated
him as a member by announcing that
the arbitration treaty with Great Bri-
tain should never be concluded unless
bis clients were permitted to steal $780,
600, O00 at the outset, and twice as much
more eventually, from the taxpayers of
the United States as,.ss hi. a:4s
The time has gone by'Iwhen it should
10 di.fss s4R5BI QSa S ss hat public
oplpion. could make any fmbression upon
ssSN': sssdt2eaia ga o9sstf9 g.. ss.,.ls
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-24

these graybeard dotards, or when g.
sense of shame could penetrate their
clouded minds. 1t is most charitable to
assume that neither of them is quite
responsible any longer for his actions.
The f1ttest treatment for these men.
week, would be to put them in straight
jackets. if they are to remain as mem
bers of the senate; or a kinder and
more appropriate course would be for
their fellow members of our national
exclusive club to chip in and send them
to some institution for the care and
cure of decayed senators.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-24

Chief of Police Johnson, of Racine. Wis.
mas asked the local authorities to keep watch
posed to be insane, who left Racine some DAYS
ago with considerable money in his posses
sion. The mans relatives desire to locate
him; Green's condition is said to be due
by a delusion to the effect that he Is her
murderer. His arrest for the crime. he
thinks, is desired, and to escape being an
pretended he fed from his home. Green
is described as man fifty years Of age:
weight, 160 pounds and height about s feet
II Inches. Whelr1h he left Racf!fe he wore a
dark-colored aovefcost and "a dark SUIT Of
clothes. FITS hair and beard are Brown. slight
ly streaked with gray. cS9oJs a1>'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-24

first growth of this Industrial revolu-
ton, win give way to the conserva-
tism of capital content with moderate
and safe returns, and contented labor
assured it's equal opportunities. But
this takes time
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-24

tue a county option system ought not
to have a single friend in the legisla-r
ture or a single champion among the
supporters of good government and the
friends of public order. s4t ae
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-24
TEMPERATURES.
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer. 3O.49; mean temperature, 10;
relative humidity, "a; wind at p. m. north
west; weather, cloudy; maximum temper
ature, 10; minimum temperature IL; daily
range. 1; amount of rainfall or melted snow
IN last "A hours .03
Note-Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. P. F. Lyons, Observer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-24
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
TODAY'S WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-Forecast for Sun
day: Internationally fair; continued
cold; northwesterly winds.
WiscOnsn-Fair, except probably local
SHOWS in southeast portion; northwesterly
winds; colder N southeast portion.
The Enthusiastically fair but possibly
light local SHOWS in Eastern portion; continued
cold: northerly winds.
MOntana-Light SHOWS and partly cloudy
weather; northerly winds, becoming variable;
slowly rising temperature by Sunday evening.
TEMPERATURES.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-04-10
HANK WAS ALL RIGHT.

81 never took to man as did to Hank
Suffer. He moved in here without making
no noise about it, and they hadn't no bet
ter neghbor in tn country"
1t was Farmer Wadding that was doing
the talking, and the squire OF the township
only interrupted to ask whether the farmer
had missed any chickens or shoats before
Hanks settled in the vicinity.
"No, | never did," admitted Waddy,
'but never lost nuthin' of TIL kind afore
you got that new man Of yours. I'd trust
Hank Stufrer with my life, squire"
Don't be too confdin'," insisted the
squire. "Many's tn apple rve seen that
looked perfec' on tn outside hut was
rotten at tn core. Hank seems all right,
but it wouldn't be surprised no day to see
him fetched up afore me. Things hahn t
right in this c"mmunerty since h. jined it."
THAT'S so, but there's a million Things
happened outside of Hank comm His
folks couldn't eat all the things what's
stole, and he don't sell nuthiu'."
"Watch him, insisted the squire. And
he took his leave with fine imitation of
the man who looks after the morals Of the
entire neighborhood.
Farmer Waddy did watch, and he hired
others to help him watch If this were tic.
ton, it would be the squire or his new man
who was trapped But truth is an eXacting
mistress 1t was a worthless fellow living
in log hermitage that was doing all the
stealing. 1t hasn't the slightest bearing
on the case that he was selling all the
plumber to the squire at half price -
Detroit Free Press
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SPRING REQUIRES

That the impurities which have accumu-
lated in your blood during the winter shall
be promptly and thoroughly expelled if
good health is expected. When the warmer
weather comes these impurities are liable
to manifest themselves in various ways aAd
often lead to serious illness Unless the
blood is rich and pure that tired feeling
will atllict you, your appetite will fail and
you will find yourself ''all run down. -
Hood S Sarsaparilla tones and strengthens
the system, drives out all impurities and
makes pure, rich, healthy blood. Hoods
Sarsaparilla is the one true blood purifier
and the hest spring medicine. Be sure to
get only Hoods.
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RECIPES.

STEAMED EGGs.-Butter five patty tins
and break an egg in each; place in a
steamer, set over kettle of boiling water
and steam till the whites are cooked. Take
out on hot platter, sprinkle with salt and
pepper and pour tablespoon of melted
butter over all.
WHOLE WHEAT MUFFINs.-Two table
spoons sugar, one egg, one teaspoon of salt
beat well; add One-fourth cup of sweet
milk and one cup of sour milk, onehalf
teaspoon baking soda sifted in with two
cups of entire wheat flour; bake in we'll.
creased, hot gem pans in quick oven for 90
minutes; these are excellent
OYSTERS IN CRACKERS. Open number
of Boston crackers and spread generously
with butter: ON one-hali of each place as
many oysters as it will hold; salt and pep
per and few drops of lemon Juice; cover
with the other half of cracker, pour tea
spoon of milk over each and bake in oven
hot enough to brown the crackers and
plump the crackers; serve hot
BERRY CHARLo1TE.-Fi an oval mould
with soft stale bread broken finely: heat
one can of berries to boiling point and pour
over the bread, using as much as the bread
will absorb; press down that all the crumbs
may be equally moistened; set on the ice
and when ready to serve turn out on a
pretty dish and serve with cream; anything
more easily made and more delicious can
hardly be found.
ROAST DUCK.-Select a young duck of
about four pounds; SINCE and wash, wipe
dry and rub both inside and outside with
the Juice of half lemon; fill with dressing
made of three cupfuls of light stale bread,
one tablespoonful of melted butter, one
large sour apple, cut in slices, one tea
spoonful salt and dash Of pepper; mosten
slightly with hot water, place in fowl, sew
up and bake in hot oven till tender with
two Or three slices Of thin bacon laid on to
improve flavor and color. Serve with tart
Dakeu dpples'
FRUIT PUDDING.--Fil a buttered baking
dish with sliced apples or peaches and pour
over them a batter made of one tablespoon
full butter, one-half cup Of sugar, one egg
one-half cup sweet milk, one of flour in
which has been sifted one teaspoonful of
baking powder; bake for half an hour
Serve with liquid sauce or cream and sugar
SAND CAKE -One-half pound of wheat
flour, one-quarter pound of potato -four
six ounces of pulverized sugar, six eggs
one lemon, three ounces of sweet almonds
and one teaspoonful of powdered CHINA.
mon. Mix the flour (both kinds, butter
eggs, rind and juice of the lemon and four
ounces Of the pulyerized sugar together
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TsI@-o02.
OuSef1OId
H. -E0 90 7ss7
Household Hints; Steamed Eggs
Whole Meat Mullins; Roast
Duck; Sand Cake; Apple
Ice; Frozen TapiOca
CuStard.

Fire requires air; therefore on its appear
ance every effort should be made to exclude
air. Shut all doors and windows. BY this
means fire may be confined to single room
for sufficient period to enable all the in
mates to be aroused and escape; but if the
doors and windows are thrown open the
tanning of the wind and the draught will
instantly cause the flames to increase with
extraordinary rapidity. 1t must never be
forgotten that the most precious moments
are at the commencement of fire, and not
single second of time should be lost in
tackling it. In room tablecloth can be
so used to smother a large sheet Of flame,
and cushion may serve to beat it out. !; q
coat or anything similar may be used with
an equally successful result. The great
point is presence Of mind-calmness in
danger - action guided by reason and
thought.
Most vegetables are better cooked fast
excepting potatoes, beans, caulitlower and
and Others which contain starch. Cabbage
should be boiled rapidly in plenty of water
so should onions and young beets ant
turnips.
Gasoline will remove spots from the
most delicate fabrics and leave no trace
behind of its use. 1t will also renovate
feathers and clean the plainest or the rich
| nStln Tho i,,, ,l,,n,rnl i,,t, all
pan of gasoline Just as one would wash il
in water Gasoline, however, dries almost
instantly. 1t is also a fine thing to use il
removing spots from WOODEN clothing of all
descriptions, and from the backs Of school.
girls waists who wear their Lair braided
down their backs Keep far away from
the fire when using this liquid.
TO wash china, such as Dresden and
Coalport, the luted surface of which is
hard to cleanse properly, use very old
soft shaving brush and hot soft water and
soap. To dry dab it over with very soft
towel or old piece of linen until all mois-
ture seems removed. The shaving brush
gets into every little crevice, and is a very
valuable little instrument for china wash
ing.
If housewives who rely upon the lemon
essence of commerce will take the trouble
to pare the yellow rind of the fruit very
thin and put it into glass jars, covering
with alcohol or rectitied spirits, they will
secure superior quality at the cost of the
spirit; about one-third that of commercial
extract.
No fruit loses flavor from being carelessly
handled more quickly than apples Apples
which have been well stored retain their
flavor throughout the winter but those
which have been allowed to lie about with
decaying specimens, or are stored loosely in
barrels, either lose their flavor or acquire a
rank taste from the conditions around
them.
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Harper's Bazaar
in 1897.

The Bazaar, thoroughly up-to-datc period
ical for women, will enter upon its Tnirtieth
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Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic
Railroad Company.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT DEC. BOTH.

Water and rail routes to. Ocean City and all
points on the Chesapeake Bay and Tributaries
For Health, Pleasure ana Business.
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Close connection with the trunk line rail
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Fifteen commodious and handsomely fitted
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Steamers leave piers 3, 4, ~ and ii Light
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RAILWAY DlNISON-4.W p. m, daily cx-
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Returning leave Ocean City $50 II. IN. daily,
except sunday, arriving hi Baltimore .20p. III
CHoPTANk RIVER LINE p IN; daily, except
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WICOMICO RIVER line p. M, every Tues
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Returning. leave Salisbury at $50 m, every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, arriving in
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For full schedule wife or apply to
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Tell me, " said lady to an old sorldhr
'when your were in the army were you
cool in time of danger?' "Cool?" answer
ed the truthful veteran, II fairly shiv-
cred"
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SOUTHBOUND p. M.

DAILY. SUNDAY only. Except Sunday.
Stops on signal or notice to conductor.
a stops to let of passengers.
All trains leave Philadelphia from b. " o.
Depot. 24th and Chestnut streets; and Camden
StNtinn. BnltmOrn.
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Dentist.

DIR. D. SNITHERS,
DENTIST.
Graduate of University of Maryland Dcnta
DEPARTMENT.
Bohemia Avenue, CHhSAPf IKE CITY, ND
Crown and Bridge Work Speciality. 20aply
An obtunder used forth painless eXtras-
ton of teeth.
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WILLIAM S. EVANS,
ATTORNEY-A1-LAW,
Office on North st. ELK1ON, MARYLAND