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Coxofion Reform.

The general cause of local govern
ment in Great Britain is vitally con-
cerned In efforts which will be made
In the coming session OF Parliament
to procure Legislation authorizing u
direct tax upon ground values for local
improvements.
Three bills will be presented for this
purpose. The first. which was before
the last parliament. will be promoted
by the city of Glasgow, and according
to Its title will provide for the taxa
ton for local purposes of ground
values in burgs in Scotland" The
second has been formulated under the
instructions of a conference OF London
taxing authorities and provides for ths
Separate assessment of land and the
rating for local purposes OF land values
in England and Wales" The third has
been prepared after much deliberation
by the London county council ito pro-
vide for the rating OF site values in the
administrative city OF London"
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Two Yankees Find q
Coal Mine in Paris

They have struck GOAL just outside
Of Paris. Two young Americans did
It. Hugh McKeever and G. A. Burgly
Of Pittsburg. being sent over to the
Exposition to show how Americans dig
artesian wells. erected their plant at
Vincennes and began digging. The
home company in whose names they
operated had not forbidden them to
strike coal. At first they hoped to
find water: 1t would be handsome
thing to present to whole Paris quar-
tier a supply gratis. Coal came in
stead. 80 much the bettsr.' re-
marked Hugh McKeever and G. A.
Burgly. to whom striking coal, oil and
natural gas is a matter of routine. But
the Parisians set up a shout of exulta-
ton. The unpronounceable names of
Mckeever and Burgly became house
hold words. They overwhelmed the
modest young Americans Today when
coal is mentioned they start running.
There is the hole" they say 1T is
on government land" They do not
add; There is nothing in it for us!"
though the reflection would be nat
ural one.
The story of this well-digging is full
of matter for pride to Americans. In
1t American methods triumphed fully
and alone. Although the term "ar-
tesian well' applied to a boring or
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Covering the ncd.

For the outer covering Of beds there
are all sorts of pretty and novel things
in white and co,ors. Possibly the hand.
soonest are those of heavy linen. embroid-
cred in white by hand.
Some Of the more elaborate have the
whole center embroidered broad en-
broidercd border outlined with drawn
work and a wide hem finished With
row fof drawn work at the head. On brass
beds these quits take the place II the
valence hanging down on all sides. The
monogram frequently appears at one side
OF the embroidered center. The durable
Marseillcs quilts como both plain woven
and embroidered. in white or In coiors
The fancy for embroidery niso extends
TO the finish Of sheets and pillow cases.
"Shams" are suil much used, though
many housekeepers prefer cases. into
which the pillows are buttoned. These
are large and square. They are laid aside
Mt night, however. In favor of smaller
pillows with palmer covers. Monogrnms
or initials for sheets are two or three
inches high and worked In the center Just
about the hem. For pilIow cases the let.
ters are smaller.
Sheets for double beds should be three
yards long before hcmming. This allows
for threeinch hem Mt the Top. cne-nnif
the width Mt the bottom. and leaves ths
sheet n little more than two and three
quarters yards long after shrinkngc IN
washing A sheet large enough 10 tuck
under and stay whore Il ls put In the
only one sure 10 be comfort to the
user
Tho thrifty English farhlon Of cover.
ing the ends Of comfortables with a
width OF thin muslin or chceseciotf
which can be removed and washed when
ever soiied II ono that oommends Itself "a
all housekecpers The untoward tendency
Of light t-colored comforts to show soiiinr
where they are tucked under the neck ol
tbs sleeper is In this way obvinted.-
Selected.
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u. We. i. Hero.

A special from Vancouver, b. c., %
the Pittsburg Chronicle says: Two
children named Bertrand, brother and
sister. met horrible death at Eng
lishman's river. on the northern coast
They were attacked and killed BY
wolves. which have committed NUM-
bers OF depredations in this district re-
Gently. Young Bertrand was Is years
OF age. and he and his sister were n.
turning from the village at English.
mans river. some seven miles from
their fathers ranch. when they were
attacked. The youth was killed BY
the animals In trying to protect the
life OF his sister. and the latter expir-
ed from injuries ana fright shortly af'
ter she was carried home. The rescu.
Ing party arrived In time to drive on
four large gray timber wolves. and the
girls story of how her brother fought
the great animals to protect her lie
was pitiful. The lad had nothing but
a small knife. and with that he wound
ed one Of the animals.
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Gommissienc, xurishr.4 v,.,r.

Carroll d. Wright. commissioner OF
labor. delivered an address the other
evening before the American statisti-
eal association. In which he cited Ag-
ures to show that the condition OF
the workingman in the United States
has greatly improved during the last
half century. He proved by four dif-
ferent sets OF statistics that the real
value OF wages at present Is greater
than that OF the wages OF fifty years
ago. The money received for n days
labor VIII now buy more In tho way of
food. clothing and shelter than at any
previous time. But the wage-sarner
has at the same time advanced his
standard Of living He wants more
things than did the mechanic or farm
Or OF nifty years ago. He achieves more
in . days work than his grandfather
eio, and he needs better food and
ciothing to ht him for this more peo.
1uctivc work-Ex.
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Judge Condemns Women

Judge Waterman of Chicago In de-
clining TO accept the jury verdict In
the case OF Smith VS.. Eitel because OF
the inaccuray OF women witnesses has
formulated charge against the sss
which will undoubtedly expose him e
Its Indignant criticisms. The Judge
says: Though women are undoubt
ediy upon higher moral plane thar
are men. they are not as reliable upon
the witness stand. 1t seems tina,
women are OF more imaginative m.
tnre than men, and. although 1t is nc
doubt unintentional. they come to be.
iieve as true what they at first only
Imagined and maintain their belief in
spite OF all evidence against it." The
Woman's club of Chicago only the
other day discussed the ethics OF bust.
ness men In pessimistic way. 1t will
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perforation of the earth to great depth
is derived from Artois. the old French
province in which the thing first was
practiced. and the invention or idea
must therefore he called French.
American well-diggers lead the world
SO unQuestionably today that only one
rival plant was operated in the whole
Vincennes Annex OF the Exposition.
1T went down little way and quit"
as Mr.. Burgly says. For three months
engineers. experts. land owners and
officials from every Continental coun-
try stood watching the American well:
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r,.s Of s.rr.h Wood.

On the Interoceanic railway Of Mexis
co part Of the track has been laid -
ties Of jarrah wood imported fron
Australia for this purpose. The jarrss
wood Ii obtained from one Of the lafg'
est trees Of the forests Of Australia.
which grows to an average height q
200 feet. and II about four feet y
diameter at the trunk. There 10 usual.
ly an interval Of $50 feet to the hrse
branch. or In the case Of tree Of e.
treme hight, such ~ 5000 feet. =
much a. $50 feet. These trees furnish
timber which II sound In every respect
there being an absence OF dry roe
gum veins. and other defects that oftss
characterize large trees.
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tainly remains in the hole itself. Let
us say frankly" declares Henri de
Parville in his Review Of Sciences,
that these Americans in the Park OF
Vincennes have accomplished in a few
weeks a work that is simply marvellous.
The company of Pittsburg had only
the idea Of demonstrating the value
Of its tools and methods. 1t went about
the matter in Enthusiastically
American way. The plant Is the most
rustic that could be imagined. There
is cord run over wheel-and-axle
moved by a petroleum motor; length
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BIRDS or SPRING.

isird Migration Bsssn NJ ths Cioss Of
the Oisclai Epoch.
Wilmer Stone. In lecture mt the
Academy Of Natural Sciences. Phila-
dolphin, On the birds OF Philadelphia
and vicinity. considered "The Birds Of
sprins." enlarsIng especially ON the
subject Of song birds and migration.
hs rsnarksd that the lowest typw of
birds produced only . very few
so~a1s. usnally very harsh. and that
~ highest development of bird lsa-
gun0s was oniy met with in ~ -
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Of the cord is seen moving uD n.
down; away down below in the e.,tS
at the end OF 1t. there is an immer.s
ly heavy chisel that, falling sIns,.
pulverizes the hardest rock. ~ .
paratus for letting in water "a \.
mixed with the powdered debris =.
pumped out In the form Of mud An
with this apparently SO primltIy. !.
outft, there are accomplished res,ss
that must be termed stupefyinr
with the European system" ~,
tinues this frank French scientist ~.
system which we had imagined ains..
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Alarm In Cope Co.vc.

BIZ Alfred Miner, British high COM
missioner OF Cape Colony. In reviewing
1.Ooo men OF the new volunteer force
q Cape Town last Saturday, made nm
addroSs TO the officers which Indicates
that he nt least does not underestimate
the seriousness OF British affairs an
soosn Africa. After complimentiug
q force for excellent work already
osas In stsmming the Boer invasion !"
~ said In part: IT has been said ~.
the enemy would never come % Cane
Town. but Az 90 who In he H. a
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wALDEcK-ROUsSEAu.

most remarkable in the religious his
tory of the French republic. The gov
ernment's bill, which. it is argued. will
drive religious associations from
France. is couched in general terms,
but the third section. II enforced,
would be mortal to the orders which
flourish most. 1t provides % that no
association between Frenchmen and
foreigners can be formed without n
state charter; t2) that associations
whose directors are foreigners or live
abroad and associations whose mem
bsrs live in common cannot exist
without special acts of parliament per-
mitting them. This Is the most i'm
portant law proposed by the third re-
public. and one Of the most important
Developments of French political life
since the revolution.
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perfect, 1t requires years to get into
the deep formations, and often the
difficulties are SO great that the work
has to be abandoned. The artesian
well Of Passy. begun in 1857, was fin-
ished only In 1862. An accident hap
pening to the drill at the depth Of
1900 feet delayed the work three
years. 1t is the same story for the
Herbert we'll. The well Of Grenelle
required seven years. Now, in less
than two months. at vlncennes. these
Americans have developed one Of the
richest mines in the world"
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and SO rapidly and surely did 1t prog
ress that some suspected 1t to be
trick. I'VE want to go down." The
two Americans had this thing said to
them almost daily. What for?" they
would ask. ITO see the man down
there" the suspicious ones would an
swer. What mani" why, the man
who 10 feeding in that dirt and mud
for you to pump up!" When It was
proved to them that the narrow little
hole really extended 1000 feet into the
earth they departed, wondering.
The first interest of Europeans GER
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The bread market of Tangier. which
is shown in the picture. is Just outside
the city wall, the picturesque gate be-
ing one of the entrances OF the town.
The bread market is in one corner Of
the great outer or general market The
bread is sold mostly to Arabs. who
come In from the desert and from the
interior Of Morocco with the caravans
Of camels and donkeys. There is very
ltttls Of ths bread sold to the people Of
the town, as they have here large pub
lie ovens. The houses are so small
and compact that there is not room In
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c.u.s,ss ~. sssr..

Today the stars visible from the hrse
10 the thirteenth magnitude aggregsie
TO about 42.O00.00O. Of which neafy
i0.000.0O0 have been photographed. y
the most powerful telescopes, evcn =.
fifteenth magnitude has been rcveaiees:
Of this magnitude perhaps ioO.ooo's.
stars are suspected. but knowiees
conccrning them ID uncertain. y ~ ~
milky way alone there are some w..
stAss. separated by vast distances. "
tht sys 1t the tslsscops the ~ .s'
- lonoss d0tts1 MA opnseslI : Il
W p6Vdspod VIM ~ 6osl p ''f
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events of the last few months will say
improbable is too silly to be argued
with. am aware that / risk being
called an alarmist. but 1t is better to
be called an alarmist than to run any
risk"
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cines. or singing birds The variety of
notes In the higher ana their various
Signihcance was also treated of, tho
cries Of fright. warning, call notes, etc,
The period OF song. the speaker stated,
usually began about the time tho mi.
grant birds reach their breeding
grounds. and continues til the begin
ming Of the post-nuptlai moult. In the
fall and winter but few birds ere
heard singing. Taking up the subject
Of bord migration Mr. Stone spoke Of
IL probable origin ~ The time of the
irrogules1tlee Of tsmpsraturo incioeot
V ~ cIosahe ef tAs glacial epotn -
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WoIdeck- RouSScou.

Pierre Marie Waldeck Rousseau.
whose war on monastic orders in
France is arousing the keenest inter-
est in Europe, was made premier In
1899 after several years retiremsnt
from a political life, which was never
very conspicuous. His government is
warmly supported by majority Of the
legislature in its attempt to dissolve
the orders. The struggle is one Of the
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but all will be under the personal sup
erviSion Of Superintendent Hansen Of
the Back Bay p0stoiiice. These three
machines are to be nm experiment. II
the result is ms satisfactory as II antic-
Ipated the chances are that more will
bc added to the service.
The accompanying illustration shows
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its continuance at tho present time at
the time OF our spring and autumnal
seasons. He illustrated the regularity
and arrival of various spring migrants
with a diagram showing dates OF ar
rival OF the swift barn swallow and
wood thrush for eight consecutive
years.
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Automobile Mail Carrier

Three automobiles are to be added
to Postmaster Hibbard's postal outfit
at once. says the Boston Globe. Two
OF these vehicles are to be used at the
Back Bay Office and the third is to
be used in collecting Brookline mail,
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the mail automobile. 1t is designed
especially for the needs OF the serv-
ice. The gear is low and the seat easy
to reach essential points In a wagon
used in mail collection.
A large covered body projects from
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Breed Marker Of 6anSier.

them to cook bread. so the Arab wom-
en- make up the dough and the chill
dren take 1t on large boards carried
on their heads to the public bake
ovens. calling for 1t after 1t is baked.
At about O'Clock every evening you
will hear a great knocking Of big brass
knockers. which are on every Moorish
door, and a great racket they make.
This is done by the mothers to remind
the children that It Is time to go and
get the bread. children In Morocco. as
well as here. being often forgetful in
their play.
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Tne late Cen. Leonard A. Dickiaapn
OF nartford. Conn.,. bsquesthed one.
naas " his rsslduasy eseaee to n
nonas' church In Hartforo. ap1 -.
IonIth each u the Hartford hoa111ai
- the Hartford orphan asylon.
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Az u literary term. blue stocking II ap-
piled 10 those women who write stories.
Thus nn0ther relation In established be-
tween stockings and yarns.
The campaign button may have its. e.
feet. but 4 ~ not nearly 20 pgwerfuI as
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the seat. In this will be stored the
collected mail. They will be painted
dark and the letters ~. s. MALI in
gilt will stand out boldly on the body
Of the wagon.
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now be interesting to know what II
thinks OF Judge watcrman's character
isation OF the ethics OF the feminine
world.
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The sugar cane grows from six to
twenty feet high.
The Jasper news., 1901-12-19
THE HonE GOLD CURE
.lp "lngon6us Treatment by vLicL
prunhards eEe. Ering. Curcd Daily
In Spite 4 Themselves,
No Noxious Doses No Weakening oi
tho Nerves. A Pleasant and
2 Positfvest'sr9 for the Lir -.,
nor liabi'. =

IL is now generally known al d'undeY-
st,nd that. Drunkenness ia disease and
not weakness. A.body filled with yoi,
son, aud nerves completely shat.efnd by
periodical OF cpns,a0tn4a of iutoxicat-
ing liquors, requires dnnutidotc capabl,
OF neutrali1ing aud crJdlcating this roi.
son, and destroying the craving for in
,toxicanta. Sufferers may s.now cure
themselves 81 home with, ut publicity or
loss.of time from business by this won.
derful "HoME GOLD CUEE2 which has
been Protected after many year. of close
study and treatment Of inehfiates.. The
faithful use according to directions Of
this wonderful discovery is positively
guaranteed to cure the pyoNi shsjpate
case, no MATER how bard drinkcr.
pur records show the m,rvelous trans
iorpntipn of1honspmlsof drankards in.
TO sober, industri0us.and nrsight med. Z
WIVES CURE ToUs HUsnAspsl! ,cHi1D.
EEN oeRG YpcR FArHL This remedy
S IN no s'rse a nostrmn bat is . specific
tor this disease only, and is so skillfuily
devised aud prepared that it s. ihotaugA-
ly soittti,S,Rd pleasant TO the taste, 80
that It can he gitSsa IN cspsofitea On
cotfbc withosi Abe knoN ledge OF the per.
SON taking it. Thousands Of DtuSkeris
have curpd themselyes with this price.
'eSs'icme4S, aGd us mauy more have
been cared aud made tem aera.e men by
iayin5 the ycvREr sdmiuiateasl by lov.
,ing friend5 and relsttyos without their
spowladgc ia coCIgsand tea, and belicv
Today that they discontinued drinking
.of thoir own FREQ will. 90 Sor wAiR
Oonot he deluded bylalpsraJ,t and mis-.
leading "imIAstrglenjep Drive 4
.diseNFe at once aud iStir>sti tiaslsIPl,e
'HoMR cois <'JAa.''Sis sod at tho G
trome!y low price II Ono Dollar. thus
placipg within lysChp 81 eyeryhody o
tFeatmopt moru 'efcftnal lbsa. others
costing S25 ESQ. Full directions accom-
pany each package. Special advice by
skilled physicians whom requested with
out extra charge Scut prepaid to any
part OF the worli ON receipt of Oae Dol
lar. Address Dept EDWIN "a. 0ILEs q
COMPANY, 233) aud 2Ias Market Street ,
Philidelphia,
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a WORTHY SUCCESSOR
Something New Under
tho Sun.

An doctors have tried 10 cure cArRRH
by the use of powders, acid gases, inhal-
ers aed drugsi1 paste form. Their pnw-
ders dry up the mucuous membranes
causing them TO crack open and bleed.
The Powerful acids used 10 the inhalcrs
have entirely eaten away the same mem
hrancs that their makers have aimed to
cure, while pastos and ointmcnts cannot
reach the disease. An old and eEperien-
ced practitioner who has for many years
made close study and specially of the
treatment of cATARBu, has at last per-
fected treatment which when saithful-
ly used, not orly relieves at once but per-
nnnenuy cures cATAEHH, 10y emOving
the cause, stopping the discharges, and
curing all Inflammation. 1t is tie only
medicine known 10 science thai actually
reaches the afflicted parts. This wonder
'ul remedy is known as "sNuFFLEs the
GUARANTEE CATAEEH CURE" aud is sold at
the extremely low price Of Ouo Dollar,
each package containing Internal aud eS.
tprnal medicine sufficient for FER foil
months treatment and otertth.Bg nee
essary to its perfect use, -
"sNUFFEas" is th1 only perfect ca
TAREH CURE ever made and is now rec
ognized as the only safe and positiyccurU
for that annoying and disgusting dis
ease, It cures all Inflammation qIici ly
and permanently aud is also wonderfully
puick to reliege HAY FEVER or coLpin
HEAD.
CATARRH when neglected. often leads
10 coSsuNrrIoH-" "sSufPLFs" will save
your you use it At ouco, 1t i4no ordi-
AIRY renlrdy, but complete treatment
which is positively guaranteed 10 cure
cArARHH in any firm or stage irused ac-
Ho-dmg 10 the digections which accom-
pany eats package. Dom delay but
sind f5rit at ,.cc, and write full 1artic-
uIars rs to yonr condition, and you viii
r.-iiyc 81 eeia advice from the discover
.f'f: this wolderful remedy Ieg riding
your ease vi hlut cost 10 YOU beyoad
r.e regular lr.ce Of "sNrrFLgs" the
'"Gu,EANrEEp cNr1aRu crGg.u
Smt prepaid the Unit,d 4 States or Can.
,ia on receil of Que Dollar. Addtess
Doit l EDWIN L. GILES { COM
'aNT, 2}3) and 2333 Market Street,
phiadolphia.
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Mhat The Aprls Nm pt.

The following many have been
senL out by the.'Applp Trust " but
for the benefit of those who are
fortunate enough TO have good
supply of apples on baiid, We give
it spOee,
"A good, ritc,rPy Spple is one Of the
easiest vegetable substances 'i6r the
stomsrh to deal with, the whole process
o. It's digestion beng comple,eJ In S5
minutes. Besides the medicinal qualities
II the apple, it has great virtue of local
applications. Tho pairing Of an apple.
cut somewhat thick is au ancient
,omedy for sore eyes, being tied on al
night when the pst,ent goes to led In
france conumon remedy for infiamed
eyes is anepple oultice, the apple being
ioast9d and its pulp apI lied ever the eyes
without any taleiytnios substance,
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a Mutton vo,esa.

Could hardly express the thanks Of
Homer Hail, OF West Point, Ia. Listen
why: A severe cold had settled on his
lungs, causing most obstinate cough.
Several physicians said he hGd consump-
ton, but could not heipbtsn. When all
honght he was doomed he began to use
DR.. Kings Now Discovery for corsum2-
ton and writes-"It com ,Jletely cured
nae and saved my life. lnow weigh 221
ibs."lrs positively gusriGteed for c. uyhs
colds and Lung treahlcs. Price SOC and
SlOj. Iral Lotilcs free at Webb drug
siOrC.
The Jasper news., 1901-12-19
Arc Nc q L.m.Abldlns Na,Ienp

i'h VIZ Nh'N"hp 'ANN''N ~" l.
Whil9 the cheerful opiimisi
generally has The earof the majority
there is much prof, in occasionally
pondering the utterdnces Of an
intelligent, plain.spoken pessimist.
As nation we think we are all
right, despite The warnings Of those
who see in our constant law.
broking signs Of national deca-
dencc. te~
1t is just as well to have Our
national self-satisfgction vigorously
Jared 10y some forceful, earnest
thinker who is not running for
office or selling stock in a hot.air
syndicate, ana hence sees no reason
for giving everything rosy hue,
This is what Mrs. CLARA HoFFaAS
of "doormat" fame did in an
address TO Eganstonians on Sunday
night. Figura;vely speaking, g G
took us by the scuif Jf the neck
and shook lis till We ratified in our
boots. Here is one of her most
pungent purchcs:
This is nota law abiding nation, Men
disregard las and show their contempt
for st1tutes openly and d iiuntly. "
We we're a hwahidiug people would We
hnv9 had three Presi lents fiurt cred in
thirty six yearsr Ii an oifense IS
commitlcd against tie law il is a very
difficult matter to secure con,i,iiou Of
the offender. Mon violate tn. Iaa ard
challenge you to convict them. ] he
disregard for the law has steadily
ihtrea 'cd since tie civil war, aud with t
but in.fir. greater proportions, tie
fe'erish srsod for money
This cannot be dismissed as Il al.
ny efrervescence Of female furcrsics,
VI is serious indictment and one
that calls for sober reflection. The
th;nl ling man who read. the records
of the courts, lhe daily yu leyille
performances in temples of JUS
tice,' Gnd the press pictoriaIs of
crime, will stop aud p-k Himself,
Are we a law.nbidinSnaii9hY With
three Observation-Disclosures in Lirt5.,
six years and thousands ,f lesser
crimes each year IN which the Jaw
and the courts are openly dcfcd,
are we Justified in bons ing of our
respect for luwhnd authority?
And yet We know that The great
mass Of the people are decent and
low-abidihg. lt'we lcae sight Of the
tact that we arc nation OF eighty
millions of-peopls the number, of