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earth and good viii TO men" and so
| it shall be for It has been written:
'.The sword shall be beaten into q
pIo'vshare and the spear into
/ pruning When? In that day
when a perfect education shall tame
mans ambition for empire into a love
/ of justice and upon the banners of
the nations shall be written, Right
eousness exalteth nation, bat sin is
a reproseh to any people,
Error, violence, and injustice are
but the soiled garments of civiliza-
ton; she has not yet come into her
/ highest estate except as expressed in
the nobility of individual lives.
Through education she shall rise to
the majesty of her great Office and,
sitting in her seat of power. become
the spotIess mistress of the world.
Education is her agent OF redemp-
tion-through her the mind is en-
larged, the moral faculties quickened
and the spirit made luminous.
In the day when her work shall be
made perfect, wisdom viii come bear
ing in her arms order and rest. for
the promise of the ages has been that
sWisdom's ways are ways of pleas
antness and all her paths are peace"
No thoughtful student of hist ry;
no careful observer of events; no pa
tient searcher for the truth. can es-
cape the conclusion that through
education lies mans redemption, and
that he shall come to his high estate
only through the gateway of learn
ing.
By education we do not mean the
acquisition of mere knowledge, the
technical learning which has its ex-
position IN the accumulation of facts;
not the wisdom that comes through
probing into the secrets of the rocks,
the depths of ocean or the march of
the stars, but with these that edu-
cation which gives to man as an abid-
ing force the consciousness Of his own
divinity and his true relation TO the
Father OF Us all; that education which
clears the horizons of his faith until
IN all the splendor of the world he
sees but the radiance which falls from
the King IN His beauty
Turning from this hope of the
world, we ask is it possible that war,
the dungeon. penal colonies, and the
gaIlows, with despair following In
their train, can as the agents of force
ennobie. enrich, and beautify the
world as factors Of ciyilization2
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PLIOHTED LOVERS AS SEEN
BY THE CAUSTIC OBSERVER

! love is indeed a form of madness-'-sw sweet
madness if you viii, but madness all the
same.
And lovers like the poor, are always
with US. for 1t is impossible TO take
stroll through any Of the parks with
out meeting black looks from the harm
less lunatics who pace the walk arm
in arm, under the fond delusioa THAT
earth is a paradise and they themselves
disembodied spirits. apart from the rest
of their race. Every seat IN the place
is occupied BY a couple, who either sit
with their arms round each others
waists. or clasp hands tightly, as they
bill and eoo. Your s5Itest football in
the vicinity, even If it break their train
Of verbal alteration, never by any chance
causes them to move their position.
though both viii accord you glance OF
fiereesz anger. which is intended to init
mate that parks and open spaces gener-
ally were specially laid out for the bene-
at Of lovers, and you. taxpayer though
you be, are merely an intruder in their
midst. But Il lovers provide amusement
for the disinterested onIoeker, they also
create endless diversion for the members
OF their respective families Small broth
ers in particular find the ambush Of Ia
bles. curtains. sofas. and the Ike conYen-
lent hiding places to hear without being
heard. 20 see without being seen. Not
a few enterprisfng youngsters make a
small fortune in dimes. which the lover
is always ready to bestow, in order 10
bride a teIitale brother to keep out of
his way. since even the man in love finds
it somewhat embarrassing TO hear a sup
pressed giggle in the middle OF a pas
sicnate love scene, or 20 be discovered
by a peepiag Tom, Dick. or Harry. with
Sis upon his knee, her lips il close pTox-
unity to his own These are but q few
typical illustrations of lovers as others
see them; to enunerate fully their fol-
lies would fill a book the like of which
has ne'eF been written But loves mad
ness seldom outiives the days of court
ship, for it is a peculiar fact that the
most ardent Of lovers settle down the
quickest to the commonplace of matTs-
mony- The lover IN the husband, the
sweetheart IN the wife, are both speedily
lost, and the coveted solitude of engage
ment days resolves itself into we5ds<
boredom
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prevent adequate punishment of the
crime
Third-The great mass of the peo-
pie have more respect for the author
ity of the Government than for any
local or State authority, and the
great thing to prevent crime is the
certainty of punishment, rather than
the severity of it. The anarchy bill.
as it viii come from the judiciary
Committee, provides for the exclusion
of all persons who believe in, OF
teach opposition TO organized gov
eminent.
1 think the anarchy bill should be
disposed of at this session because
at present the sentiment OF the Amer
lean people at large demands some
legislation on the subject, and VIII
not be satisfied If the matter is al
lowed to go by.
As TO wha5 legislation should be
enacted, that Is for Congress to de-
eide after deliberati0n. but that some
thing must be done is apparent.
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| ITO WATCH any pair of plighted low
| ers one would imagine they
| i deemed themselves enveloped in
the invisible elsak of fairy lore,
says the philadelphia Inquirer" They
/ are SO utte.fy obIivious OF the presence
| of humanity around, so absolutely IN
| conscious that their petty foIlies'' oc-
| casion amusement; and yet. could they
| but see themselves as others see them,
each would desire to hide diminished
! head il seclusion foreverEore- Perhaps
| the best opportunity for studying the
| idiosynerasies Of the engaged is afforded
| in a railway car. OF course, the embryo
! benedict manages to secure a drawing
room at the outset of the journey. and
the glimpse that occupants of the car
catch OF the kissing that is INDUCED in
/ resembles somewhat cinematogTaph dis
play. But the insaneIy adorfng expression
that has marked the two faces while en-
joyieg the bliss OF solitude a deux is
speedily changed to one of aggressive an
noyance when that solitude is invaded by
the intrusion of ether travellers
Billing and cooling. Of course. then be-
comes impossible, but they squeeze close
together on the seat and generally con-
trive to hold one anotheT's hands. while
they gaze inss each others eyes and talk
in audible Ehispers the sweet nothings
beloved of their kind. Whether their fell
low-passengers number one or ten each is
perfectly aware that the two people oc-
eupying the space Intended for one are
engaged, and therefore everybody watches
them, some with the pity born of expert
enee, others with the envy OF the unap-
pFopriated. When the friends Of any
couple give an "at home" the pair are
naturally invited, and as a rule occasion
more amusement during the evening than
any form of entertainment their hostess
could provide. Their attempt to get away
from the people they were asked to meet
the surreptitlous kisses, stolen under the
delusion that d. one could possibly see,
the hard sqaeezes iadulged before the
presence of the whole assembly. the alb
solute impassibiIity to get them apart
for single instant, the slipping from
each others glasses at supper, the start
each gives when some inadverteRt per-
son ventures to address q remark to
either one and all tend to show that
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physical forces except in so far as
they may minister to his nobler pas
sions, but an empire of heart and
mind whose physical expression shall
be found in temples for worship,
schools for mental expansion, and a
home-life made sweet and beautiful
by religion, science, literature, and
art.
Education by its derivation assumes
that there exist latent powers In man
that need only to be stirred and
drawn out to make him great and
good.
When this high condition has been
reached he becomes the master of
himself with the ability through his
own spirit to control his action. This
distinguishes him from the mere ami
nal to whose level ne descends only
when his spirit yields up its reins to
passion and appetite
We are aware that civilization has
its degrees and that its highest
phases reach into the lofty attitudes
of enlightenment where all of mans
powers are illuminated by mental and
moral lights and every capacity for
good strengthened and sustained.
This condition lifts him into such
supreme seats of power that we stand
amazed at the splendo- and beauty of
his thought and work.
This is the high atmosphere where
his thought has no limitation, his
hope no horizons, and his energies no
WEAKNESS
Here in serene possession of rim
self no power can mar his life; no
influence stay his achievement but
/ death, at whose touch all material
things crumble into dust; but death
has no dominion over his moral faeuI-
ties and as he passes from life the
grim king OF ferrors bows in rever-
ent salute to his immortal part over
which neither time nor eternity has
any control
These great souls, differing in gifts
only in the volume of spiritual en-
dowment, are by education ever be
Tond the reach of force.
! Passion pipes to them in vain; the
clean, sweet fountains of knowledge
have become springs of living water
within and the cool highlands of no
BILE thought have won them forever
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WHICH HAS DONE MORE FOR CVLZATDN-FORG OR EDUCATION2
By Hon SAMUEL DAVIS WOODS Representative From California

from the activities of riot and disor.
der
These of course constitute the re-
public of the immortals, and yet they
are types-the ideals toward which
all men through education can climb
TO the levels of clean and peaceful
lives.
Between these great masters and
those who constitute the rank and
file of the nations there exists no diff
ference in the possibility of develop
ment; the quality of spirit is the
same, the difference is IN statue
alone.
Education, having its perfect work
in this rank and file, broadens the
mind, quiekens the spirit, and touches
the moral senses into a quick percep-
ton of and an accurate sensitiveness
to the truth.
Order then becomes the necessity
of daily life; an enlightened con-
science police agent, and toll and
vicissitude are sweetened by a sense
of greatness which comes to him who
feels as a truth that He who ruIeth
his own spirit is greater than he who
ruleth city"
We have not forgotten that in this
day of enlightenment evil stalks the
world, whose shadows lie on count
less human lives, a Ioatbsome thing;
that lips fair and sweet voice the
song of the siren; that injustice sits
in high places, and that the church
even has ministering at her altar
moral Iepers-these are the excep-
tions-the degenerates with moral
fibers rotting day by day through
evil action.
These by contrast Illustrate the
beauty and sweetness of the pure life
and thought of the great majority to
whom education has been an angel
eff mercy
We know that there are those who
kill from the very lust of Staying;
that theft has become fine art. and
that holy things are prostitufed to
unclean uses. The thunder of can
mons with hot lips vet speak of un-
holy wars waged for conquest, and
yet above the din we hear the voice
of civilization ringing sweet and clear
as the song of a bird at the dawn,
demanding that there be peace on
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LUXURY FOR WORKING WOMEN.

A remarkable scheme for providing q
residential club in the west end for ladies
who are working in various professions
has been set on foot. Three welI-known
milIionaires are associated in the ven
ture, which viii be called the Twentieth
Century Club, the idea being to provide
a comfortable and even luxurious home
for tt ose who have 40 time. and perhaps
not the means, to obtain either comfort CT
luxury.
Three Iarge houses in Stanley Gardens.
West, have been thrown into one. and
beautifully decorated and furnished. Each
member Of the club will have her own
bedroom, with the use not only of sit
ting and dining room, but of a music room,
a writing and reading room, and lounge
for after-dinner coffee or afternoon tea.
The members viii dine at separate small
tables. and after dinner they will be able
to step out from the three large French
windows into beautiful private garden,
with flowers and shady trees and COM
Portable seats.
The charge for these Injuries will be
half guinea weekly. while IS pence a
day will cover the expenses of meals. in
Guiding fish, or eggs and bacon, toast,
rolls, etc, for breakfast, and later din
ner, with soup or fish. a choice of at least
four joints, game. when cheap, pastry, or
pudding and cheese. A 1eO-guinea grand
piano has been presented by one of the
founders.
The club is not charity. but is in
tended to help working women. The pro-
motors do not desire TO make 6 profit,
and If more than per cent should be
earned on the $4,000 which the club has
cost the money viii be spent on the
club In the evept Of the scheme proving
a commercial success similar clubs will
be established all over London.-London
Mail.
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business transactions without the consent
Of her husband But responded the
lady, my husband is in China. and 1
needed the gas to cook with This was
considered insufficient explanation. but as
she was an uHtaught foreigner. the pre-
feet RENTED the Imprisonment and de-
cided that the gas supply should be cut
of until the government had commune
Gated with the husband and obtained his
written consent. Again the culprIt in
sisted that she would like to eat in the
next two months. and with energetic ar
gument convinced the project that delay
was impossible. ThereuDon a document
three feet long vas procured. which stated
that ewing to the unnatural position Of
women in England and America, which
gave them the right to an individual
name. the said person might continue to
use her own signature in all transactions
in which she was allowed to employ it in
her own country. provided she in no wise
abused the privilege. And this is an in
stance OF the legal status Of woman in the
most highly civilized country IN the world
We can justly ask what is the definition
of civilization? Democracy has defined It
as the inalienable right o. the individual
to life. liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
But dcmoeracy's definition, like the orna-
mental French motto. often becomes a
mere petty phrase when applied to the
female half Of the nation. The question
naturally arises. why women as a sex
have not risen in rebellion against the
awful injustice and restriction Of their
rights to which they have bee- and are
still subjeeted7 Our beliefs are far high
eF than our institutions, and it is IN
doubtedIy true when woman demands
woman viii receive And here comes the
pathos.
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TT is interesting to compare diagrams
Of warsalps belonging to the prin-
cipaI nations and see how distinct q
character each possesses.
From the long, slender, graceful lines
Of the United States battIeship Maine, it
is a long step to the Austrian Arpad Of
the same class. The latter shows q very
broad beam that suggests a washtub
rather than IN ocean greyhound
Italy Is the nation which seeks speed
as first and paramount consideration in
her ships Of war Everything is sacrificed
IN order to make them fulfill that single
requirement, and as a result she has
some ve-y fast ones. In the Is, 59e-ton
class the Regina 9argherita and the
Benedetto Brin have attained q record Of
twenty-one knots. whieh is extraordinary
work for q vessel of such size Her finest
ships resemble our own in general ap-
pearance.
The British and the japanese craft
have a sort OF relationship, both as re-
CARDS shape Of hull and amount Of arma-
nent Japan has four battleships OF the
Makasa type-I5. 200 tons-which average
z speed Of eighteen knots Two Of these
formidable monsters carry pair Of tor
pedo boats as part of their armament.
In France the sunren is an example Of
the latest and most favored type Of sea
fighter. She is Of 1880 tons. and has
speed OF eighteen knots The French do
not yet build their big ships in pairs, as
60 most naval powers nowadays, although
there Is strong sentiment at present in
favor Of that plan Great Britain builds
several OF one type There are, indeed,
no fewer than six great battieships CT the
same sort as the Duncan. with IA 600 ton
mage and nineteen knots speed
Germany has already Eve vessels of the
Witteishaeh type. and two more Of the
same class are building. with a speed Of
nineteen knots. they regizter L, 600 tons
Their protective armor s not notably
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II He answer to this question de-
ponds largely upon the scope
) given to the definition of civ
ilization. If by it is meant the con
soHdation of the people of one race
into a government on the amaIgama-
ton Of several races into nation
and the application to such conditions
Of laws for individual conduct and
the control of the masses irrespective
Of mans complex being, affected by
diverse factors beyond his WIN. we
have some ground Tor argument as
to the relative power of education or
force as police agent to preserve
order and promote justice, not only
as between individuals in their rela-
ton to each other, but as to the re
lation existing between the Individual
and The government.
This governmental condition, of
course, must extend far beyond the
mere tribal affiliations that in state
of nature exist between men, ODE
dent to that divine wisdom, which
Sets the solitary in families"
If civilization is defined to be a
condition of men irrespective of gov
eminent then the opportunity for
discussion Of these two factors as in
dependent forces is greatly weakened.
Governments are operated through
law, but law cannot create a civiIiza-
ton any more than it can direct the
course Of comet or compel the
blossom of a rose
Law is the product of Civilization;
the machinery of governments
through which they give protection,
| administer justice, and promotes the
best conditions
The quality Of law marks the high
tide line which distinguishes the ge-
MUS of the civilization it aids.
The Roman code viii i've forever
rs the imperishabIe monument of the
! genius of the Roman mind as long as
equity shall exist among men.
All evidences of her material
/ greatness may perish, but her sys-
tenn of equity viii live forever.
The evolution of forms of govern
ment beginning with the family; wild
ening into tribal relations; broaden
ing into races. and eliminating in ma
tfonaI life, has left along the path
way of the centuries not only in the
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CLASSES OF FICTION

A professor reported Of
Of
ALL
names il the cole
question fiction
and
t processes
Of
But o.
Who ought o
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CHIQUITA
By BRET HARTE.

match in the
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gentlemen look at her
She and
Tuelunne?
his Erseog
Jack hatI quit that foon'.
before
know and likewise jockeys Jockeys
eade2
daylight and mighty ford in low water
i
night the rain and the water all round
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Not plan in lam. a
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waterj
dftn thuner
Would FLY Chquta,
a a
ford-hat lilly Chiqulta
what did say? Oh the neey'
viii be and Roosevelt bosses IS he
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A SIGHT TO BE SEEN.

there is a limit at which public edu-
cation ends and the sanctitics of pri-
vate life begin; and this may be
roughly defined as the megaphone
limit. 1t is proof OF Intelligence to
know who eminent persons are when
one meets them on the street, but
not if they are to be designated in 4
loud voice or compelled to wear q
label on their clothes.
Diplomats are not sent to this coun-
try for advertising PurPoses-at
least. not just that sort of adYertis-
ing. Of course. some of them do
serve as specimen products of their
respective countries, but they ought
not TO be compelled to do it in pub
lie The diplomatic service is not a
vaudeville show.
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NECESSITY OF PASSING ANARCHY
BILL AT THIS SESSION OF CONGRESS
By Representative ROBERT N. NEvIH of Ohio.

I AN of the opinion that one Of the
most important measures that
\ should be disposed of at this ses-
sion Of Congress is the anarchy bill
There Ought to be law of Congress
against anarchy for a number of rea-
sons:
First-There is a diversity of pun
ishment in the various States For
example, had the late President VIII
liam Mckinley been assassinated IN
Michigan, the assassin could only
have gone to prison for life, and I
do rot believe that anyone would
have been satisfied with any such
punishment, for such 4 crime
Second-The Government itself
ought TO protect its own oIncials, re-
gardless of State regulations and
statutes. For example, there might
possibly be locality wnere an as
sassinafion of a Federal officer would
occur, where there would be a feel
ing against that officer, which might
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governments themselves, but in the
genesis of the governments, 4 record
of force.
Force has stood with drawn
sword by the cradle of every nation.
If the sword at the dawn of his
tory had been beaten into a plow-
share mans career would be a story
of peace, but net of achievement.
The germinaI factors which oper-
ated at the birth of a nation, to give
it form and substance, may be finally
Invested of power by new forces born
of evolution, and force is the main
one CT these factors. The law of
progression working with undeviat-
ing activity and fawless accuracy
from ] wer to higher conditions must
at last cast OF the swaddiing bands
of a people and give TO them more
perfect strength.
In the economy of creation it was
not intended that man should wear
forever a raiInent of cameFs hair OF
feed upon locDsts and wild honey; he
was not forever to lift his voice in
the wilderness crying unto men to
prepare the way of the Lord and
make his path straight, for the day
must come at last when the wilder
ness should be turned into blossom
ing fields, and the crooked ways
Strengthened into d highway for the
King
Force may have been at the begin
ming a cruel but necessary agent for
mans achievement. It is not neces-
sary in this day of larger knowledge
and finer perceptions.
Man cannot be judged outside of
his relation to the divine, and as he
realizes this relation, appreciates his
real place in Gods plan, learns to in
terpret 1.-THE still small voice. that
has pleaded with him along the centu-
ries; knows that he cannot live by
bread alone; that his being is COM
pick mixture of aust and spirit, he
creates ideals and applies to his daily
| life the forces of spirituality and as
pires and achieves
/ In this lofty mood he dreams
/ dreams and sees visions and there de-
sends upon him as the dews descend
upoc The blossoms hunger for en-
pire and a thirst for dominion-not
material empire; not domination of
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WIDELY DIFFER
IN THEIR BATTLE5F4IP TYPES

heavy, and they carry no very large cali
Der guns.
Austria has three battleships like the
Arpad- They are Of 8, 40 tons, and make
1s-5 knots Their feature Of strength lies
chiefly in an elaborate armament and a
heavy protective armor
Russia shows distinct leaning toward
the heavy s.6e0-ton style OF the Borodino
at present This ship has seven sisters,
all of about eighteen knots. The u. 700
ten RetEizan, built at the Cramps yards
at Philadelphia. is one of the finest ships.
Though not of such great proportions
most OF her big craft are armed and pro-
tected on about the same lines as the
French Suffren