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A PROTEST AGAINST THE
SEAL KILLING PROPOSITION
By HENRY IDE WILEY.

Having had my attention called to z
proposed act Of Congress providing fol
the killing of a number of seals in tbs
event that "peIegie sealing can not
be prevenssd, permit me in the cause
Of humanity, deeency. and patriotism
to enter a solemn protest against this
dreadful alternative.
Surely there must be some way
whereby We can. by calling the atten-
tion Of the proper authorities in Eng
land to this matter. prevent the ruth
less slaughter Of female seals By the
'-peIagic sealeTs,' and obviate the ne
eessity for any such cruel alternative
as the murder Of these innocent animals
By cur own people.
IN my numerous trips to Alaska and
past the PribiloT Island I have been able
to study the habits OF the seals. and
they are so nearly human IN their in
Stincts. habits AID affections, that I look
upon this proposed plan as being quite
as wicked. brutal and uncivitized as
would be the wanton murder OF the
same number of human beings. No ons
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shall be employed at theatrical per-
formanees or ether public shows. Chill
dren above the age of twelve may be
employed as provided in the preceding
paragraph. the hour when the employ
ment is permissible being extended to
D. m After 9 p. m no child shall be
on The stage. or working in or about a
| theater. circus, or other show place.
NO gir; under age shall be employed
in any saloon, restaurant. or hotel. as a
waitress, CT for the purpose OF enter
tanning patrons. There shall be no ex-
ceptions to this rule Boys above the
age of twelve may be employed in ae-
eordance with the paragraph dealing
with children in shops. stores. and as
messengers.
Certain businesses. ike bakeries,
dairies. and newspapers. may employ
children to carry goods OF Insignificant
weight to customers. during m6fe than
three hours per day. but four hours is
the time limit, while the age limit is
ten years These businesses may also
employ children, for the purposes named,
on Sundays and holidays. provided they
are not asked to work more than two
hours all told. To employ a child dur
ing the hours when the main church
services are held. or after z noon on
Sundays and holidays. is unlawful
Every employer Of hired child labor
must notify the police of the number
and age Of the children working for
him. The police viii issue permits in
accordance with the facts, and shall be
unlawful to employ children. without
such police permit The police shah
have full power to investigate state
ments Of employers as to children's age
and the manner of work required Of
them.
Children must not be employed
where power (steam, wind. water gas,
air, electricity. ete.} is used for manu-
featuring purposes This applies to
hired children. as we'll as manufao-
turers' cwa children >
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THE SHAFTS TALKING MACHINES

The third machine that has been ex-
pressIy built for the Shah OF Persia by
an American company is now about to
be shipped. It is by FAR the largest
talking machine ever constructed, and it
cannot fail TO create sensation when it
reaches Teheran- Alongside of it the
regulation graphophones, even of the
Grand types. lock small and unimport-
ant.
The frst special instrument to be sent
to the Shah was constructed two years
ago, and was q duplicate OF a three
horned machine of wonderful workman
ship, which had been built for exhibition
at the Paris Exposition of 1900 The
Shah saw it there and was anxious to
have it, but he compromised on a dup
licate Of It, which was ordered by cable
and shipped to Persia few months
later.
After something more than year had
elapsed there came an inquiry from Te-
heran for q much larger machine. and
while plans for its construction were
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In there
the
notp pleasant
lady
in
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to
call attention
conditions
suburban lines
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enough in the
getting
their he
Ing during hours unavoidable
that the
heavy
condition Of things certainly
Of
all the people
heaviest iournyags might help
oyercrowding
heaviest soles, to do
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Walt Whitman as
a Conservative.

At q recent meeting OF a Walt
Whitman society, a letter was read
from one OF WhitmaD's old friends,
which contained the surprising in
formation that the poet was a con-
servative- Associated as he was
with some Of the most radical re-
formers OF his day, he was not in
favor OF reforms, believing that no
change could be made in the condi-
ton Of mankind except by gradual
evolution.
This disclosure is not nearly so
surprising as it might seem. when
one considers the general character
Of the work Of this writer II there
was one thing which Whitman took
pains TO enunciate over and over
again it was that ne was con-
tented. even happy, to observe
things as they were-aH things as
they were-without the wish or the
striving to have them changed. He
was the first man to write poetry,
or attsllpt to write it. from the
poin' . view Of the evolutionist.
The u ct is always more or less a
seer, unless he is merely an aTtis-
tie zen permanent expressing itself in
words, ans not a thinker at all. and
owing "a this fact very many poets
have been ardent reformers. loving
the good, the pure, and the beauti-
full. ard hating the sordid, the base.
and the brutal. Whitman's attitude
toward life was entirely different.
He took the ground that all things
are good because contributing to
the evolution of the world from one
stage to another Measured by the
standard Of Phillips, OF Garrison. of
Whittier, he was a most reactIonary
conservative. Compared with the
conventional people who held every
thing new In adherence, he was ex-
ceedingly radical. but radical in ex-
preston and style rather than in
thought. Curiously enough, at bot
tom he held. just as the convention
al people did. that reform was use
less because things as they we're
would move swiftly enough for the
good Of mankind.
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PARTISAN NEWSPAPERS

One OF the numerous critics Of
0n that the newspapers Of today purchased
lions This critic nnates plainly
sertbed IS yenaly pretty serious
to make.
Without going into the deeply be seen that
the press OF today is nearly
nifty twenty-five less number
the acrobat In the
To go back to Andrew Jaeksons
violently
Of his
the death
bed asked whether
Of personal attack noticeable
founded fact though the editors
1t is surely that editor
such inclined
public
posed TO be public information?
its very
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migrations and spawning OF the com
mereial fishes do not take place, nor are
the more important commercial fish
cries in operations What seems to be
needed is a permanent scientific es-
tabIishment. with an independent star
on the great lakes, such as the United
States Fish Commission already has in
operation from the sea fisheries At
Woods Hole, Mass, and at Beaufort y
c. and which have proved Of great
value to the cod. lobster and oyster
fisheries.
Senator Mcmillan. Of Michigan. last
December introduced a bill, which is now
before the committee on fisheries. that
provides for such an establishment on
the great lakes connected with the
United States Fish Commission, the
work OF which would be to study the
breeding times. places and conditions
Of the fishes; the food, feeding habits
and feeding grounds, and the migTations
of the Immature and adult commercial
the whitefsh and sturgeon. which are
decreasing, and OF the carp, which has
been recently introduced, and the
enormous increase Of which appears s
serious problem and IS possible danger
to other fishes; and also a careful study
rounding the fishes. and which appear
TO be favorable for their growth and
Telopment.-CIeveland Plain-D Dealer.
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BEAUTY AS EVIDENCE.

| By JOSH WINK, in the Baltimore American -
1.-THE supreme court of Minnesota has
decided that feminine charm is a proper
incident to a case at law and is entitled
to due weight with and consideration
py the jury.I
II the lady has dimple
| In her chin,
Then the case Is very simple
She viii win
| II to make the eyes googoolish
She should choose
| Then opposing her is foolish
She can't lose.
II her hair is soft and shining
tPeroxide)-
If Janice curl is twining
On the side
Though the lawyers talk like fury
OF the case.
| Still the grave and solemn Jury
Sees her face.
If the lady has no beauty,
She's condemned
When the jury has DER duty"
Hawed and hemmed
She had best--it Is a pity
Drop the suit
II she caanot hire a pretty
Substitute.
Now. the reasons very simple
For It all
Nothing strange that blush and dimpls
Have the call.
'Tis the might Of willy woman
Shown again
For the jurors are but human
And they're men.
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FLAG DAY.

Your flag and my flag
And how it flies today.
IN your land and my land,
And half the world away!
Rose-red ard blood-red,
The stripes forever CLEAN;
Snow-white and soul white
The good forefathers' dream;
Sky blue and true blue, with stars to
shine alright
The gloried guidon OF the day, a shelter
through the night.
Your flag and my fagI
And, oh. how much it holds!
Your land and ny land
Secure within its foldsl
Your heart and my heart
Beat quicker at the sight
Sun-kissed and wind-tossed-
Red and blue and white
The one hsg-the great fag-the flag
for ne and you
Glorifed ali else beside-the red and
white and blue
Your flag and my flag
To every star and stripe
The drums beat as hearts beat.
And ffers shrilIy pipe
Your flag and my flag
A blessing in the skyl
Your hope and my hope
1t never hid Iiei
Zone land and far land. and half the
world around,
Old Glory hears the great salute and
futters to the soundl
W D. Nesbit, in Baltimore Arneri-
can
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FOOD FROM THE INLAND SEAS

The annual product Of the great lake
fisheries has value Of about 81, ,eo0, 900.
Nearly 10000 persons are employed and
the capital invested is estimated at
about 81. 500. 600.
Still more surprising will be the fact
that very little is known concerning
the most important OF the food fishes
Of the great lakes. Two OF the most
valuable Of these are the sturgeon and
the whitefsh. It is within the memory
Of Clevelanders who do not consider
themselves old men, that sturgeon was
regarded as yalueless for food and as
nuisance 10 fishermen. Nov that they
are in demand they are rapidly disap-
pearing. and not enough is known Of
their spawning habits and spawning
places TO be able TO procure the eggs for
artificial propagation. Nothing is known
Of the life history of the whitefish from
the time its eggs are laid until the
young fish are about s inches long. Of
other food fishes Of the lakes our know
ledge is no better.
The United States Fish Commission
has. during the summers Of the last
four years. had parties Of scientific men
at work endeavoring to hll the gaps
!u our knowledge, bat TO reach satis-
factory conclusions continuous study
throughout the year is necessary. At
the time when the services OF
scientific men CORRECTED with uniyer-
stiles are available for such studies the
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MISSED A MILLION AND A HALF.

Lawyers viii hardly find wireless
telegraphy 50 productive of fees as was
the telephone, litigation over which put
millions into their pockets. Professor
Bell had a strenuous time. recalls Vic
tor Smith. in the New York Press" He
took the first working model OF his In
strument TO John a Logan, and offered
BLACK Jack" half interest for s., 800,
saying that it would do away with the
telegraph and that there would be mil
lions In it Logan replied: Il dare say
your machine works perfectly, but who
would want to talk through such d thing
as that. anyway? 1 advise you to save
your money, young man" Bell then Of
Tered q tenth interest to an examiner in
the Patent Office for 500 in cash. It
was refused That tenth interest was
worth $4,000 in fifteen years. The
giant intellect that refused it is still
examining patents
The evening times., 1902-06-14
THE PEACE OF THE RAIN.

Be still, be still, tired world. and 90 to
sleep,
The dusk is growing deep.
Far off and dim beneath the shadowed
skies,
Long. grassy foothills rise.
And fold on fold above their shoulders
brown
Gray mists are closing down,
Drawn low and wide. with Intervening
lines
Beneath the purple pines.
Lower and lower still the soft clouds
creep
lBe still and go to sleep).
By pebbled beach and popIars trembling
gray
Faint now and far away
Fold after fold. vail after vail. until
They blot out plain and hill
As temple curtains drawn from sky to
sod
To shut thee in with God.
Oh. dearer far than sun on hill and
plain
Peace OF the night and rain.
Unto earth's weariness most sweet, most
blest,
Infinite balm of rest
On sky and stream the darkness closes
deep.
Be still and go to sleep.
Mabel Earle. in LiDpincOtt's.
The evening times., 1902-06-14
EMPEROR WILLIAMS LAW
TO REGULATE CHILD LABOR

Emperor william. who has taken all
knowledge for his province. has person
ally formulated a new law. which tseak
effect May 1.
IN the intervals of statecraft. military
duties. art work. sermonizing and poetry
writing he has framed a regulation 10
govern child labor. as follows:
Children must not be employed in
building trades OF any kind, neither shall
they be employed In brickyards At any
work whatever. nor in factories where
building material is got up.
Children must not be employed TO
cut stone. nor where mineral dust may
get into their lungs
IT'S unlawful to employ children in
the shops Of sculptors, stone masoRs,
monument makers. marble cutters. stone
poIishers. and in those potters, terra
Gotta workers, glass workers, glass en-
gravers, mirror makers, or in any shop
or factory where articles are gilded. sill
vered, nickeled or otherwise plated with
metal by galvano or galvano-pIastic pro-
cesses-
Children must not be employed il
shops where toys, made of tin or lead.
receive their coating Of paint They
must not be employed in fourdries,
grinding mills. in mills for cutting glass
or metal, OF In any place where whet-
stones or polishing wheels are used.
1T shall be unlawful to employ a
child in and about places where quick
silver is used for manufacturing (ther-
mometer and barometer works.. or
where explosives or fireworks OF any
kind are manufactured. Children must
not be employed in the manufacturing,
sorting. packing or labelling o: matches
1T is unlawful to employ children in
knackeries, or in any business dealing
with dead bodies. Children are barred
from factories and workshops where
yarns, stufs. woolens. linens or manu-
factured articles of any kind are
bIeached by chemicals. Children are
likewise barred from dye works. hair
and bristIe factories, and from factories
where rags are turned into articles of
use (shoddy).
It's unlawful to employ children in
the sorting or handling of rags or bones,
animal matter or refuse, whether such
come from abroad OF are collected at
home. Likewise children shall net be
rag-gatherers or rag-pickers, and they
shall have nothing to do with the nak-
ing Of paint brushes
IT'S unlawful to employ child in any
factory or Industry where clothes, mat
tresses, feathers, carpets. hoTsehair.
etc, are cleaned. Children are barred
from laundries using chemicals. from
paint shops. sign shops and from sau-
sage factories. OF factories where meats
are preserved in any way, manner or
form
NO shop. store or Office shall employ
children below the age of twelve. and
no children above that age shall be EN-
ployed between the hours of p m and
a. m It's unlawful to employ chill
dren in the morning before school hours
In shops. stores. and as messengers.
children above the age OF twelve may be
employed at hours not included In the
above, but under no circumstances shall
they work longer than three hours out
of twenty-four while attending school,
or more than four hours per day in va
cation time
No child below the age of twelve
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THAT ARE DERIVED FROM
THE RURAL FREE DELIVERY SYSTEM


The benefits derived from the establishment of the
rural free delivery system in any section of this great
Republic are manifold 1t materially tie cir
euation and dissemination Of literature the way of
daily papers, in the farming and rural districts
It also brings the daily mail TO all people, and
materially increases the postoice revenues, in that
wherever the rural free delivery established the farm
write letters every day, when heretofore they only
wrote one letter once IN two or three weeks
Throughout the State Of West Virginia, and I sup
pose it viii apply to every section the people are happy
when new rural free delivery route established and
disappointed when the conditions are not up to the re-
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piecemeal IN the laboratories to find
that he is being preyed upoa By ubiQuf-
tous microbes. yet the origin Of his trou-
b1es is q simple spinal disorder, caused
by oft-repeated 5oltiRgs, some Of which
proved by chance more vicious than the
rest, throwing one or more OF his YER
tebral segments out Of perfect align
ment- Once that has come about the
foundation has been laid, for nearly all
the Ills IN the calendar OF medicine.
II is not TO be understood that such
conclusions produce dislocations Of
spinal Yertebrae IN the sense that they
are thrown out Of Joint, as occurs IN q
broken neck" That is 10 more the
case than that chiaaWare must shat
ter from every simple jar before it
cracks The lesser injuries come be-
fore the greater, and happen with &
thousandfo1d greater frequency. Mere
slips OF the yertebrae from their true
positiops-one upon the other-and the
strains brought to bear In consequence
upon the Iigaments and muscles bind
ing them together. are what first oc-
cur from these sudden iunumerable
poundings OF hard heels against ada
mant pavements- These seemingly
trivial mishaps to the body are pro-
ductive OF the most far-reachIng eonse-
quenees-
At every point in the spine where
such a concussion spends its force a
defective spot develops. It becomes e
weak point anatomicaIly. and a point
Of congestion, blockade and impaired
work physiologicaily.
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WAIT UNTIL THE CAR STOPS

Jumping OF moving trains and street
cars as practiced today is a fruitful
source Of nervous disorders, and one
not fully recognized fer its Importance
BY any school except osteo2aths, says
t'osteopateic Health" Yet Che facts are
easily comprehended. Certa.u it is that
seriousness in all its protean forms,
from irritability. neurasthenia and gen
eraI nervous collapse to paralysis. is
SO caused, and that the careless habit
OF many people OF bowling OF moving
cars stin-legged lays the foundation for
these disorders every hour of the day.
In leading the strenuous life OF our
cities men and women seem unable TO
wait to get to their journeys end. Be-
fore trains come to a half stop at
crossings and platforms fdgety pedes-
TRANS with muscles tense drop from
platforms, and. almost before their
bodies have recovered from the for
ward momentum. are stalking a mad
foot race against time IN the opposite
direction. This enterprise saves ten
seconds, OF course, for that particular
eFraEd, but possibly # hastenz by
many months ones journey TO the
grave Positive injury is thereby done
to the spine and nervous system which
must gather in cumulative effect until
one day the whole nervous organism
may go to pieces. Then more or less
innocent things viii be blamed for the
collapse.
The doctors may even anaIyze the vic
tim OF these innUmerabIe conclusions
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A THRIFTY MONARCH

Report has it that King Victor
Emmanuel Of Italy has just pur-
chased 10000 acres of coal land in
West Virginia, paying something ike
$4,000 for It. It Is said to be his
intention 10 develop this land and use
the product Of the mines TO be opened
to supply the Italian navy, which now
uses principally Welsh coal. It is not
to be supposed, however, that King
Victor Emmanuel Is animated alto
gether by altruistie motives. He viii
let his navy have all the American
coal 1t needs, but he viii sell the stuff
at profit and thus earn no ineonsid-
cradle profits from his investment.
If the report is true-and the de-
tailed account gives ground for the
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quiremens of the Postoce department for establish
ing route.
The educational and moral value of the rlTa! free
delivery system cannot be overestinated Tie daily
newspapers are prominent and potent factor IN the
education of the people, and the farmers who now
enjoying the benefits of the establishment Of rural free
delivery systems cannot understand why they con
tent with the weekly paper long.
The communication the rural free delivery affords
the farmer with the world makes only HIMSELF but
his children, satisfied with rural life, they longer
consider themselves isolated from the world.
As factor in the advancement Of education, the ru-
raj free delivery routes multiply too fast and
every cent expended in their establishment will be
turned ten-fold.
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THE FlLIPINOS.

The FflipiHos are much IS the Span
iards have made them. The upper classes
adhere closely to Spanish custom. so.
barring certain foolish restrictions and
teo much "duenna, the women are
treated with the utmost respect and
consideration. Among the lower class
ratives conditions are more interesting
Long contact with the spaniard has re-
moved whatever prejudice CONCERNING
women there might have been in the
Malay breast-for among his race in
general she is looked upon as decidedly
inferior-and now we are able to OBJ
serve very amieabIe family arrange
ments, in which the woman is the
partHer of her husband. and apparently
REGARDED as of equal Importance. though
nc particular difference is paid to her.
In this marital partnership the wife is
often the active member, displaying
great energy, especially in geading her
indoleDt spouse to effort. Sometimes one
Of these little women supports the whole
household Generally speaking. she is
the more ambitious OF the two, and II
she does not actually perform all the
labor OF support, the fortunes Of the
family may be dependent on her wit
and enterprise 1t IS not at all uncom-
mon for Filipino wife to apply to an
American officer in charge of a depart
ment for job for her husband, not that
the wife always takes the lead. but If
she is capable of It. she is not held
Gown by thongs Of custom and prejudice.
She is an Industrious. clever little body,
and she and her husband show devo-
I on to their children which is one OF
the most lovable traits in the Filipino
eharacter--PhiladeIphia Ledger.
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THE CASE OF COLONEL LYNCH

The expected has happened. Col.
Arthur Lynch, native Of Ireland and
consequently a British subject, who
fought In the ranks of the Beers
against the government to which he
owed allegiance, has been promptly
arrested upon his landing IN England
While still in Africa he was elected
to a seat IN Parliament by an Irish
constituency, and he returned to claim
his seat. Instead of getting into the
House of Commons, however, he has
got into jail. The charge against him
Is treason.
Colonel Lynch cannot claim exemp-
ton from punishment on the ground
of the general amnesty wbieh formed
part of the terms of the Beer surren-
der, for in those terms it WIS express
~ stipulated that British subjects who
had joined the burghers would be re-
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TOWN POINTS, POSTAGE PREPAID.

Any who cannot buy the Morning Afternoon Sunday
Edition of The Times any stand Washington suburban
towns, railroad trains, elsewhere will confer favor by
notifying the Times corner Tenth and Sts
Washington, D. c.
The evening times., 1902-06-14

belief that it is-the incident gives
proof that the young Italian monarch
knows a good thing when be sees it.
Italy itself is poor, but the King is
counted among the most wealthy of
European monarchs- Apparently he
proposes 70 make use of opportunity
to increase his private fortune. Per
haps he is not quite sure in his own
mind that Italy may not change from
a monarchy to a republic before he
gets 70 be an old man In that event
his holdings of coal lands In America
would yield him much better income
than he could derive from almost any
other investment. at any rate, It
seems that he deems it wise to cast an
anchor TO windward.