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A GOOD EXAMPLE.

The officers of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, in refusing to bride the Tam
many aldermen to vote the company a
franchise to tunnel the Hudson river, have
rendered the country a distinct and valu-
able service. The improvement which the
company proposes to make at an expense
of $4o,0O0.000 would be an incalculable ben
eft to the city of New York, as all under
stand, nevertheless enough aldermen to de-
feat the franchise have been holding out
in the expectation that the company will
finally give up to their representative
s124,OOO. All the business interests of the
city and the entire press favor the grant
ing of the franchise; indeed, the expires
sion of the city is positive and indignant
over the delay, yet the shameless aldermen
refuse to bulge. So lacking in moral SEN
sitiveness are those men that it does not
distress them to be denounced as men who
are waiting TO be purchased. To those
who censure them they seem to say that
the people who elected them knew them
when they did so, and knew that they
sought election as a means Of making
money. To be honorable and. public-spir-
tied men seeking the highest interests of
the city was not their motive in procur-
ing election. They would not be alder
men IL they could not sell their votes.
Instead of being officials DESTROYS of the
public good they are even more to be de-
tested than the highway robber or the
city footpad, because they violate no oath
of office.
st. Louis discovered that a combination
of councilmen of both parties had been
selling their votes to franchise seekers. 1t
was not until those aldermen became reck-
less that public attention was attracted to
them. Now that they have been discov-
cred they are the road to the State
prison as fast as the courts can try them.
Chicago may have a board of aldermen
now whose majority may not sell their
votes on questions of franchise. but for
| years a majority was controlled by bribe-
seekers. There is reason to believe that
the bribe-seeking element pervades many
city governments. 1t is unnecessary to
say that such vote-selling involves many
and grave dangers.
| There are many ways of making wal
upon the bribe-takeing element in city gov
ernments, but the method adopted by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company is one OF
the most effective. If all corporations
desiring proper frachises would declare in
advance that no votes or official influence
would be purchased the mercenary element
would soon leave city governments.
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Northwest Territory was located at Mari
eta. o.. and from 1900 until 1909 the terri
toriai government of Illinois. as a part Of
Indiana Territory. was at vincennes.
These successive changes of government,
together with other interesting matters of
local history. are partially indicated by the
territorial laws of the period. The first
two volumes were printed at Philadelphia
by the official printers of the United States.
there being printing press in the North
west Territory. 1t was not till 1896 that
a press was established at Cincinnati, and
later at Chillicothe, the capital of the Ter
ritory and afterwards of the State of Ohio.
When Indiana Territory was set off in
1900 there was no printing press within its
limits. and its first book of laws was print.
ed at Frankfort. Ky. BY the time the sec
ond book of laws was ready to be printed
a printing press had been brought to Vim
cennes, and the laws governing Illinois
came separate Territory in 1909. 1t was
at Vincennes. for instance, that the laws of
1907 were printed, one of which provided
that at shall be lawful for any person
possessing any negro or mulatto over the
age Of fifteen years, and owing service as
slave. to bring the said negro or mulatto
into this Territory" That applied to ILL.,
nois as well az to Indiana Another section
Of the law provided that if any slave or
servant should be found at a distance of
ten miles from the tenement of his or her
master without pass. or some letter or
token. whereby 1t might appear that he or
she was proceeding by authority Of the
employer or overseer, 1t should be lawful
| for any person to apprehend such slave
! or servant, and to take him or her before
the justice of peace. who might at his dis
erection award not to exceed thirty-five
lashes. These old laws, including those re-
lating to slavery and others illustrating
the beginning Of government in the North
west Territory, have been reprinted in other
forms, but complete collection Of the
original publications possesses peculiar in
! terest.
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qualified as a bondsman for a friend. and.
in accepting Mr.. Butler, the court re-
verseti a former decision which declared
that he was civiiiy dead.
Charity Virgins. q colored woman. and
the mother of the weli-inown pianist.
Blind Tom. has just died at Birmingham.
Ga. She was born I'm slastry and belonged
70 the family OF General james y. Bs thUns.
Sarah Bernhardt was the guest OF honor
at reception given by the Berlin Pres
Club previous TO her recent first appear
ance as an actress in the German ca sitai.
Three hundred newspaper workers wee en-
hand 10 greet her.
A story is told OF Arthur Bslsours ex-
perience as secretary for ireland which IL
illustrates both his unpopularity and the wit
of the celebrated Father aeaIey. Bai.our
asked the priest on one occasion: DO the
Irish really hate me as much as the news
papers say MY dear SIR" was fatatr
Healey's answer. IF they only hated the
devil half as much as they hate you NY
occupation would be gone
Secretary OF the Treasury and Mrs. Shaw
observed their silver wedding in Washing
ton on Saturday by giving a dinner. TIE
fact that Secretary and Mrs. Shaw had
been married twenty-five years was not
generally known. Mrs. Shaw declared at
the dinner that no intimation was gfver in
the cards OF invitation Mr.. Shaw is
not a free-silver man and, therefore, did
not want any presents"
When DR.. Lorenz received the degree
of Ii. ID. from Northwestern University
he said in acknowledging the compliment.
II had the degree of imperial royal coun-
selor OF the government from the Emperor
Francis Josef. I think / am the worst
counselor of government TO be- found. In
receiving this degree of doctor of laws.
i am the worst doctor of laws in the world.
But IL seems nowadays that the less
| man knows the greater is his degree
On the eve of Minister Wu's departure
acquaintance said to him that she hoped
| to visit China some day, as what he had
| told her about his native country had been
| so interesting. But you have never ex-
| planned" she added. why Cinnamon take
| four or five wives" With a grave bow
| the Oriental diplomat said: MY country
| men take many in order that they may
| find in all OF them the beauties and accom-
| plishments of one such young lady as you"
| In Finland a novel form OF vapor bath
has recently become popular. person
| who proposes to enjoy IL lies at full length
in hammock, which is suspended over a
| large bath tub filled with ice cold water
/ An attendant then throws into the water
| some hot bricks, whereupon a vapor arises
| and envelopes the person lying In the ham,
| mock For some minutes the attendant
| allows him to remain exposed 10 the vapor,
| and then. after removing the bricks. he
| gives the hammock jerk, and the gentle
man In II comes plump down into cold
| water. Those who have tried this method
| of bathing say the sensation Is quite novel,
| and that the sudden plunge into the cold
| water really invigorates them
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GREAT RESULTS FROM SMALL
CAUSES.

1t has often been remarked that appar-
entity insignificant incidents or accidents
sometimes change the whole course of a
mans life, and even of history. The fact
was illustrated by a statement made a
few days ago during DR.. Lorenz's visit to
Philadelphia. This visit. by the way, was
one of the most interesting features of the
great Austrian surgeons visit to this coun-
try. Philadelphia is, in a sense, medical
headquarters of the United States. having
graduated more physicians and surgeons
and produced more eminent operators than
any other city On this occasion DIR. Lo-
REM visited hospital and reversed the
usual order by himself attending a clinic
by a noted Philadelphia surgeon, DR.. Keen.
1t was what is professionally known as a
wet operation, that is, involving the use
of the knife, and DIR. Lorenz gave hts
hearty approval to the skill with which ii
was performed. The Philadelphia surgeon
had known DIR. Lorenz when the former
was studying abroad. and in introducing
him TO the class he said that after DR..
Lorenz had climbed nearly to the top ranks
of the profession in general surgery he
discovered that the use OF carboic acid
as disinfectant on his hands caused an
eczema which compelled him to discon-
tinue forever the habitual practice OF
wet operations. Thus. almost at the
climax of his career, he had found his
ambition stalled. He was advised by some
of the greatest specialists that his only
hope OF future usefulness as a surgeon
must lie thenceforth in dry or bloodless
surgery. This seemingly trifiing incident
developed suddenly. changed the whole
course of his life by compelling him 70
turn his attention TO a branch of surgery
In which he was to become the most ia
nous and successful operator the world had
seen. What he then deemed a great mis-
fortune was in reality a blessing TO hu-
mainly. II not 10 himself. Not many men
finding a professional career baked at the
acme Of success In one direction. would
undertake to carve out a new career In a
new direction. This DIR. Lorenz did In q
little speech which he delivered at a re.
ception rendered him by the medical pro.
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SOME OLD LAWS.

A Washington secondhand book dealer
has recently completed for a Western his
torical society a collection Of the books
of laws enacted by the legislative bodies
which governed what is now Illinois from
the first organization of its government in
1857 to the admission of the State to the
Union in 1919. Complete collections OF these
laws are very rare, and the society is fortu-
nate in obtaining one at this late day. The
volumes in this collection are all of the
original. contemporaneously printed edi-
tions, and some Of them are more than a
century old. The interest, If not the value.
Of such books consists largely in their be-
ing original editions and not reprints.
Most readers of general history know
that Illinois, like Indiana, was originally
embraced in the Northwest Territory,
which was first brought under American
government by the celebrated ordinance
of 1884, The territory as first organized
embraced the present States of Ohio. In
diana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan
When the Declaration of Independence
was made all this territory was as foreign
to the original thirteen colonies as Canada
was, but we did not succeed in conquerins
Canada, while we did the other territory
Our conquest of the Northwest Territory
as a result of the revolutionary war was
the first instance of territorial conquest In
our history. so it is literally true that our
national existence began with expansion or
a large scale. When the Northwest Terri
tory was first created, in 1857. il was under
one government. the capital being at Mari.
eta. o. No other territorial Governor ever
had as extensive Jurisdiction as did Arthur
ST. Clair. the first Governor of the North.
west Territory. His wide jurisdiction con.
tinued from February. 17sS. till May. 1900
when Indiana Territory was created. with
a new Governor. Michigan remained a
part OF Indiana Territory until 1906 and
Illinois till 1909. when the latter was made
a separate Territory. From 1857 until 1s0
the territorial government Of the entire
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A speech delivered in the House of Re

A speech delivered In the House of Rep
resentatives a few days ago by Hon.
Galusha A Grow, of Pennsylvania. on the
relations of capital and labor. is said to be
the last he will deliver in the House. He
will retire at the end Of his present term
at the age of seventy-nine years. Mr..
Grow took his seat in Congress in 1851, be-
it's oldest. He was first nominated and
elected by the Democratic party. He had
been law partner of David wilmot,
free-soil Democrat, who represented the
district in Congress previous to Mr.. Crows
election. Wilmot was the author of the
celebrated ''Wilmot proviso," which marked
one of the epochs in the discussion of the
slavery question and which was presented in
Congress in 1876. After that the congression-
al district which he represented, and Mr..
Grow after him, was known as 'the Will
mot district Although elected as Demo-
crat, Mr.. Grow was an anti-slavery man.
and when the lines began to be drawn he
became a Republican. He was the first
Republican speaker Of the House, having
been elected in 1861. His first speech in the
House was in favor of the homestead bill,
a measure which he continued to urge at
every Congress for ten years and at last
had the satisfaction of signing the law as
speaker. 1t was one of the most important
and benefcent measures ever passed by
Congress. 1t was largely through Mr..
Grows efforts that the bill for the adj
mission of Kansas as State was passed in
1850. William H. Seward. then in the Senate,
engineering it through that body. Mr..
Grow was out of public life for many years,
and when he returned to Congress a few
years ago he found new generation of
statesmen. AS his first speech in Congress
was in favor Of the homestead bill 1t was
fitting that his last should be in favor Of
improving the conditions of labor, of which
he said: 1.-THE pillars of the Republic rest
upon the comfort of the home and the hap
piness of the fireside Of labor
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fession of the city In the evening he him.
self referred TO the incident. First. after
modestly disclaiming the praise and honor
that had been accorded him. he said:
have never dreamt TO get a success
in my life. To illustrate this / will tell
you o little story Of my early d cn naan In
tensely during my trip in this country.
Forty-four years ago was little and
very poor boy. One day l found on the
street single glove. / put 1t on and was
very proud of 1t, although the single glove
contrasted very much with my bare feet.
and although it was much too large for
the hand OF child / went to my mother
and showed her the glove on my hand, and
felt very proud and happy. After while
my mother said TO me: MY dear boy. you
will have to work very hard TO find-the
other glove" But at this happy time /
did not care for the other glove.
Then he referred briefly to the struggles
of his student life while hunting for the
other glove" and of mis- early professional
life, and said
The dream Of my life was to become a
famous surgeon, whose daily occupation
would be to rummage in the interior of his
fellow-mortals. But this dream should
never become true. Near to the top OF the
ladder 1 fell suddenly down to the bot
tom. / got terrible carbolic eczema and
acid, and against all chemical antiseDsis.
AT this time asensis was not yet known.
While thirty years of age L had to leave
my work; had to go and begin another
one. In this terrible period of my life
could scarcely resist the temptation TO
blow out my brain. Gentlemen, / know
what Is despair.
He said he was happy to have discov-
cred, after twenty years of hard work. that
even dry" surgery could be practiced with
some success, and IF only the tenth part
of your appreciation Of my work is justi-
fed. then 1 may think that near to my
fiftieth year 1 have found at last the other
glove, for 1 got the esteem and the ap-
probation of my profession and many
thanks from grateful mothers in many
Countries
All this was well said for a foreigner
who apologized for his English. In Phila-
delphia, in other cities, DIR. Lorenz made
a profound impression on members of the
profession, and there can be no doubt but
his visit to the United States will have
valuable and lasting results. But for the
circumstance that compelled him to aban-
don wet" surgery he would never have
been heard of as the founder of a new
school.
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facts. 1t Is. therefore. rather startling to
has always. been a promulgator of the
evangelical faith. an editorial acknowledg
ment that belief in the miracles is net
essential 1t admits a general recession of
faith in miracles, even in the churches
which repeat the Apostles creed, and
sees in the apologize attitude toward them
a real difficulty rather than an aid to
faith. 1--WE still hold to the miracles it
says. 'but are looking for our lines of re-
treat" Then 1t goes on to say:
Belief in miracle is a purely intellectual
act. 1t is NOT ethical or spiritual. 1t has
nothing TO do with character. 1t depends
on arguments, on evidence. 1t goes when
evidence goes. So far as ii is religious, 1T
is concerned solely with the theological
side of religion. with its philosophy or Its
history.
1t points out that IL miracles should be
discredited in history the truths of the
gospel must always remain. and adds in
conclusion:
So. If the miracles should one Of these
days have TO go, we should still hold fast
to all the duty the obligation the serv-
ice, the character, the new heart. the holy
life or love, ana shOulu Stlll Delleve tndt
we had retained all that was vital N
Christianity, all that the miracle was used
to support.
All of which is very true, but so frank
an acknowledgment from such an author
itative source is none the less surprising.
Some of the evangelical brethren, who
have not yet attained to the courage of
their convictions, to say nothing of those
yet firm in the faith, are likely to criticise
the Independent for its courageous speak
ing
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institution cannot be suspended In I,idair.
Besides. except In the name. a pesthouse
is not source Of danger iE any sparseiy
populated locality IL surrounded by proper
safeguards 1t is infinitely more dangerous
for the whole community. and even for
the places in which the people object, to
have cases of contagious disease scat
tered about the city. In spite of COM
plants. the location must be selected and
the pesthouse built at once. City officials
cannot avoid responsibilities lest they may
incur the ill-will of few people. In this
case the greater criticism will come be-
cause of neglect to discharge a positive
duty to all the people.
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The suggestion that the name Of Okla
homa be changed to Jefferson recalls the
fact that Thomas Jefferson himself once
proposed some names. In 1854 he. as chair
man of a committee to lay out new States
in the interior of the continent. reported a
plan for ten States of very underlined bound
aries. Some Of the names of the proposed
States were borrowed from the Latin, some
from the Greek. while others were Latin
lied forms of names the Indians had given
to the rivers. One State was to be called
Sylvania. on account Of its forests; another,
because of a long tongue of land separating
two of the northern lakes. was to be named
Cherronesus. Other names were Michi-
gania, Assenisipia. Metropotamia. Illinoia.
Saratoga, Washington. Polypotamia and
Pelisipia The only punishment Jefferson
ever received for proposing some OF these
names for States was the rejection Of all
of them by the Congress.
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Even If Castro were inclined to meet the
demands Of Great Britain and Germany he
could not get the money, a fact which
both these governments must have under
stood. There is no money in the treasury,
and, after a revolution Of five years, the
industries Of the country have been sus-
pended, the purchasing power of the people
is exhausted and they have nothing with
which to pay taxes. Besides, Venezuela
has long had reputation for not paying
it's debts. During the Hayes administra-
ton an effort was made to collect several
hundred thousand dollars owed to Ameri-
can citizens. When the British and Ger
man subjects made their investments in
Venezuela they knew the bad reputation of
the government as to paying debts.
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WISDOM OF CURRENT FICTION.

The lady on the dollar is the only woman
who hasn't any sentiment In her makeup.
Letters of a Self-made Merchant
AS i said before, there are disadvantages
in being well born-one cannot tell lies like
servants.-The Reflections of Ambrosine-
1t Is a curious feminine phenomenon that
girls regard all boys of their own age as
being peculiarly young.-Tangled Up In
Beulah Land.
Those who have suffered from jealousy
know that 1t is physical, they know that IL
can no more be argued away than can any
other distemper.-The Dear Departed
A great man Is a great torrent that
sweeps much along with him. and IL he be
running on to destruction he takes half the
world with him on his way to do it.-His-
tory of Mr.. John Decastro.
Lying in the dark with ones face to the
land of dreams one takes on a vast courage
and no little wit. Every man is a Napo-
leon. and never a Waterloo; the man
beaten in life for petty honors struts like
the king he really is.-Edges.
Philosophy seems to settle everything In
life and enables one to take the ups and
downs OF fate, the good and the bad. with
a smiling face. mean to study IL always.
but l dare say it will be easier when am
older.-The Reflections of Ambrosine.
very saving faith in themselves and very
sincere admiration for each other: and
which is the secret of all true family (and
conjugaD happiness-they appreciated and
applauded each others jokes TO the full.
Fuel of Fire.
A sl2 clerk who owes s52 for roses needs q
keeper more than a wife. / want TO say
right here that there always comes a time
to the fellow who blows So at a lick on
roses when he thinks how many staple gro
ceries he could have bought with the
money.-Letters Of Self. made Merchant.
There is no use in trying to outgrow the
souvenirs OF the heart. They are not hung
like fading pictures on the wall of our
memory. They are Embedded like fossils In
the crystal tissues of our lives, and they
come to light at the touch Of passing
showers or the disintegrating finger OF time
itself.-Tangled Up In Beulah Land.
Women are so afraid of loneliness. Ex-
istence can so soon become for them dull.
barren. gray and inane. And they drift
into these hopeless. terrible attachments;
they do not see that they were not made to
give love, but to accept it. They squender
their devotion a sex which requires de-
wilton In its infancy, or In Illness only. A
prudent woman viii permit herself to be
worshiped, protected, provided for; she
keeps close guard over her own affec-
tions.-Love and the Soul Hunters.