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The Grit-advocate., 1902-07-11
The EVANGELIST
A Caustic Arrangement of the Self
Styled American Evangelist
BY Rev. L. j. Hooper,
OF ,Julesburg.

'Amer.can Evangelist" addressed a
communication to the Chappell Reg
lister, which the editor of that paper
printed in his issue of July 3. The
communication is headed. "An I'm
founded comment" and it takes the
editor OF The Grit-Adyocate to task
for an account of the Wallace meet
ings, held in Julesburg, published in
his issue of June 81.
In reference to our published ac-
count Of the Wallace meetings we de-
sire to state that when that account
was published we believed that Wal
lace was one of the biggest frauds that
ever masqueraded in the guise of Il
Christian. Since publishing that ar
ticle we have had no cause to change
our belief; on the contrary that belief
has been greatly strengthened by
proofs of the mans duplicity which
we now have in our possession.
We shall not reply in an extended
manner to the article published in the
Chappell Register last week. Taken
as whole the article is one of the
most deadly assaults upon the English
language we were ever called upon to
peruse. The composition of a ten-year
old school boy is an example of ele-
CANT diCtion compared to the horrible
illiteracy of San Unlounded Com
ment" Two statements are mitle in
this communication which we will no.
tice slightly in detail. One is the
charge that large number of copies
of The Grit Advocate of June 27 were
sent out through the mails at pound
rates. This statement is false in every
particular. large number of copies
of this issue were sold outside of our
regular subscription list. What be-
came of these copies after they left our
office we do not know, further than
that they could not have been mailed
at the postoffice at pound rates. Each
CODY must have had a One-cent sta.lp
upon it, otherwise it would never have
left the Julesburg Office.
The other statement in Wallace's
communication which we desire to no:
tice is the one that only thirteen sub
scriptions were received in Julcsburg
for his publication. We admit that
we might have been slightly in error
as to the number being nearly one
hundred. However, our information
was secured from a prominent buSl-
ness man of Julesburg who stated that
Wallace had informed him several
days before he left that his people had
taken more than eighty subscriptions
to the paper. We prefer to credit this
statement rather than the one given
out by Wallace in the Register.
In order that the people may know
that we have not sought TO instigate
an unwarranted attack upon Wallace
and his methods, we publish herewith
an article from the pen of Rev. 7. j.
Hooper, pastor of the Julesburg M. E.
church. This article "The Tramp
Evangelist" will appear in The Chris
tian Advocates Of next week. We also
publish IA circular letter which has
been mailed by Mr. Hooper to the
pastors of churches along the line Of
The Grit-advocate., 1902-07-11

White & Wallace have just received
a car load Of Michigan salt. Price,
$l.S5 per barrel.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

From the standpoint OF the convicts,
would il not be better morally and ply
sically TO employ them out Of doors than
within penitentiary walls. and in hardy
occupations rather than those more OF
less sedentary: By dividing them into
squads % from ten TO twenty men each
the danger OF conspiracies and the evils
incident TO wholesale and miscellaneous
herdinS would be lessened.
In the absence OF a legislative appro-
pristSon providing for a system OF State
roads. details OF convicts might be made
TO counties under a lease system. the
counties bidding for the labor. as private
parties do now. IL seems To ME the plan
could be worked out in all details and
would be highly advantageous. pre-
sume the employees at the penitentiary
would be opposed TO this plan because il
would mean more hard work for them
and increased responsibility. but il our
legislators and executive want 10 distin-
guish themselves it seems To me that
here is magnificent opportunity.
F. BENJAMIN.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

g comparatively rare disease. and in the
ordinary course Of his medical practice
not one physician in q hundred evei
comes in contact with a genuine case.
This being true. whatever the average
doctor may know regarding this dread
malsGy has been learned from books OF
impaired by some medical college instruc-
tor who himself, perhaps. has no SnoTi-
edge gained from actua. experience ID
its treatment. Under such circumstances
il j not surprising that mistakes in dag
nosis are frequent. Even health officials
iu large cities, who see cases OF the dis
ease frequently, are al times unable ID
its incipiency or early stages TO distin-
guish il from measles, or from the erup-
tion that often occurs as g result OF large
and repeated doses OF medicines that are
sometimes taken by persons without the
knowledge OF the physician.
That smallpox is a loathSome disease
al. admit. and that vaccination is almost
s certain preventive is very generally ad-
mitted by medical men and medical au-
thorities. To be sure. not every one who
has been vaccinated is immune, neither is
every one who has had an attack OF the
disease. The writer personally knew
gentleman who died from smallpox who
had been twice severely afflicted with the
disease, and who was very badly SCARED
from the previous attacks.
The fact remains, however. that vacci
nation will prevent contagion in nearly
every case, and when smallpox occurs
after successful vaccination it is much
less severe and the death rate is proper
tionately diminished From proper vac
cination. with reliable virus no trouble or
danger is likely 10 arise: then it would
seem TO be the duty of every one to be
successfully paccinated
E. c. SWEET. NJ. D.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

When Americans are studying trade
statistics and glorifying the doings of
the people of this great nation, ii is
well 10 look al other statistics and re-
alize what Il momentous problem con-
fronts this country. Suicide is increas-
ing A total OF 7.245 persons killed
themselves in the year recently closed.
The figures are as near official as it is
possible 10 make them. OF this total
$3.50 We're males and 1895 females.
The causes are well worth studying.
Dependency leads the list with 2.9SO
is the penalty of ambition, and is a
species Of insanity. 1t is closely asso-
ciated with the growing business of a
commercial nation. II touches the lives
of the men who would be rich and DOW
erful and live at q rate of a mile a
minute. They neither eat. work nor
sleep properly. They burn the candle
al both ends. Every year they want TO
do more than they did last year. Many
can stand the pace for a considerable
length Of time. Others can't. They
worry they brood, and then they join
the 'despondency list" Because of do
mestic infelicity there were 541 sui
cides. Liquor drove 439 to self-intiicted
deaths; business losses. 81: disappoint-
ed love. 2S3; Ill health. 61S: insanity.
GA; unknown, 1913 Mob law is al
ways bad law, and mob law is increas.
ing. In 1901 there were us legal exc
cutions, 135 lynchings and 1882 mur.
ders in the United States. Those are
bad figures. They show how much of
barbarism there is in mankind. The
excuse of the average mob for murder
ing a murderer is that II desires TO
make justice speedy and sure. 1t re-
fuses to trust TO the courts. with their
technicalities and delays. 1t acts while
passion is hot and tumultuous. while
the desire for revenge still fills human
hearts The remedies are education and
courts that. by their conduct. are a
guarantee Of integrity. When the peo-
pie know that justice is sure and Ger.
tain. surely the infiiction Of the death
penalty will be left to the law. Self.
restraint and slowness TO anger should
he taught in every school in the land. II
is doctrine that should be instilled in
childish minds. If the feeling that
makes men stain their hands with
blood is 10 be educated out of human
beings, ii will have TO start with the
children. and be so thoroughly i'm
pressed upon them that it will become
a part of their lives.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

arr the chief end OF education. the
fads ara waste OF time. II education :
mental and spiritua! power as the best
educators are now saying. the fads are
indispensable.
A child reared on arithmetic. old-fash-
Toned geography and the A B c method
OF education Is apt 10 be mentally starv-
ed and lean. Drawing. color work. mud
pies, music, manual training and con
siruciive work, however simple. seize the
innermost interest OF the child.
That there are educational dangers
from ''fads" is not denied. First, because
ID the hands OF impulsive educational re-
formers the fad is likely 10 be overdone.
For an ideal system it requires ideal
teaching. Our normal school course
ought TO be three or even four years. in
stead OF two.
Children who must be al work at 12
years old have no time for fads. Level
the conditions up 10 the ideal standards
OF education. Any fight against fads
should be a fight. not for their abolition.
but for their proper modification and
for their increased effectiveness in public
education. r. A. WHITE, D. D.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

manhood. morally. intellectually and ply
sically, the institutions which they make
and manage come most naturally to be
the greatest of their kind, and the city
Of which they are part is great because
of them.
Next to men should place means. All
the men in the world could build neither
a good nor a great city without money.
1t is the power for good or bad. In the
hands OF truly great men, of honest men,
the results that may be obtained to the
goodness and greatness of a modern city
are almost beyond conception.
Because OF the influence of money. the
status OF a city's financial institutions
is OF grave Importance in estimating its
claim to true greatness. The high stand
ing OF its banks, and the integrity Of its
trust companies, are not only important,
they are absolutely necessary. The great
est financial institutions OF country
center in the cities where money circu-
lates most freely, and establish there the
money markets of the world.
Perhaps the first feature that makes a
city really great in the eyes of the world
is its population. But numbers, however
large. can never make a city truly great
The manner in which the people are gov
erned is much more important; and great
men are the true foundation stones Of
all great cities. Through them come
high religious ideals, and institutions of
true learning and broad charity; and
through them is good government Obtain.
ed. The greater and better the men. the
greater and better the city.
THOMAS C. PLATT.
United States Senator from New York
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

What the rules OF the game" are TO
sports and pastmes. the rules OF pro-
ceduse, or OF parliamentary practice.
are 10 the deliberations OF a legislative
body IL any kind OF contest strength
and zeal may 20 down in defeat before
superior skill in taking advantage OF
the rules. Il often happens in the
herce political encounters in Congress.
y deliherat!ve body must have rules.
even though in operation they some
times seem 10 defeat the ends OF leg!s-
latioE. The study always Is 10 formu-
late such codes OF parliamentary law
as will he most nearly perfect in their
application The House OF Representa-
uyeS AZ the beginning OF a new Con
gress trequerGly has a vigorous discus
sion ot the rules. This year there was
an attempt in the caucus OF Republican
members 10 secure certain modifica-
tions OF the old code. which was de-
feated. Then the Democrats tried on
the floor 10 accomplish the same result,
but without success. The old code
HAfAAANAN pun NLt ultN hA utllbtEd-
tive body depends the power OF the
minority party. and especially the op-
portunity of the individual member Of
either majority or minority. In the
House the membership is so large that
little power Of initiative is left TO the
individual member; the leaders Of the
majority party, whichever It happens
10 be, hold the conduct of affairs in a
firm grasp. The Senate. being a smaller
body. allows unlimited debate; minori.
" members are thus able sometimes TO
accomplish by indirection what they
could not do on a square vote. Both
elements are needed in lawmaking-
the firm hand Of the majority. and de-
ference TO individual rights. lnas-
much as every measure must pass both
houses of Congress, fair balance usu
ally results.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03
A Very Big Boy.

A lady from the country, who recent
" mad occasion to send to town for
suit OF boys clothes, took the measure
ments herself. She received the fol.
lowing reply:
Dear Madam: Your favor received.
Dut we regret to say that we have no
clothes such as you want. and we doubt
Il they can be found outside a museum
with fat boy. Fifty-four inches round
the chest. twenty-four round the neck,
ana sixty round the waist is little out
OF our line, Possibly you might squeeze
.he Doy doKn little, but this would
naruly be advisable, for. as YOU say,
ne is only l., and the changes are that
ne would grow with all yoa might do,
we should advise you to take the youth
10 some Wholesale tailoring establish
ment. A boy with arns sixty-three
ihches long and legs just six feet TO an
ihch is a little beyond .he capabilities
OF this establishment, though we study
to please"
Ihe lady has since learned that she
USED the wrong side of the tape meas
ure.-Pearson Weekly.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

cooperation and in his last wears no
was frequently driven to his Office 10
confer with his partners. To tho last
MS health was remarkable. AT Ss hs
could mount the most spirited horse in
fittsourg and ride four miles.
1t was said thatMr. Zug was the bug.
pear OF some of the social leaders of
fittsburg. He hadn't spark of moI.
Ice IN his composition, but he did have
habit Of chuckling when the social
uolnss OF people We're referred to in his
nearing ana an account in his presence
~ 'ne pretensions of this family or
'nat was as likely as not to ha com
ilehted on by him with a reference 70
.he time when the head of the fam,,U
uroVe wagon on the national nito -,
whipped up a mule on the canal TOW.
pain or worked in some otber brn,nI.
capacity. iioie
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03
A Test.

Yes" said the grizzled bachelor. "he
Is married. l don't remember her
name, and it doesn't matter much. but
she's got such a temper that when he
comes home lit; later than common
he softly opens the door and filings his
hat inside. If it doesn't come flying
out in three minutes he goes in; If il
does. he slips of downtown and sta. :.
all night. 1t costs him something eA.
ira for hats. but saves considerable
wear and tear Of his feelings. Oh. yes.
he is married"'-Philadelphia North
American.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03
FIRST LESSONS.
Young Sailor Forcibly Taught Econo-
my and Respect for Superiors,

Z lauRnt hcOnO-
my and Respect for Superiors.
The first two lessons on board shin
are, perhaps, obedience and the learn.
ing TO keep things "shipshape" In ac-
complishing the latter task, there must
be no waste. Economy is as requisite
as order. A writer who calls himself
"a Yankee sailor tells in his reminis-
cences, entitled "On Many Seas" the
story of his introduction TO marine dis
cipline. He says:
My first job was TO scrub the brass
work about the wheel and screw-steer-
ing. The steamer being new, there was
deal of work TO do about the rigging.
which had stretched all out of shape
on the passage from Fairhaven to New
York.
On this, my first day. they had been
setting up the lower rigging. and the
decks were very much Uttered. when
the mate ordered me 10 sweep up"
First. | went round and gathered up
a handful of 'shakings," that is. odds
and ends of rope yarns, and with them
a brand-new piece of inch-and-a- half
MANILA rope. about six or seven feet
long. which had been cut off for some
purpose. Supposing this to be of no
value where there was such an abund-
ance Of rope of all sorts, / carelessly
threw il overheard
The mate was on the poop. and hear.
ing the splash. looked to see what had
caused IL. Down he came on the main
deck, and asked me who had thrown
the piece Of rope overheard
Il did" said l; and then got a lee
ture on economy so emphatic. and so
punctuated with abusive epithets, that
l have never forgotten it
He told me | was the most useless
fool he had ever come across, in a long
and varied career. and threatened TO
throw me overheard after the rope.
When the squall was at its height. the
captain came over the gangway.
Whats the matter, Mr.. JohnsonT'
he asked.
"Oh, this boys made a good begin.
ming" was the scornful reply.
why, what has he doner'
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

Only thrown half coil of new rope
overheard so far. l don't know what
he'll do before he gets the decks cleared
up"
Il did not" said l, coming forward
II only threw over a little piece. l
didn't suppose it was good for any
thing, or wouldn't have done It
The mate looked daggers at me. and
the captain said, so sternly that never
forgot it:
let me tell you something. boy
Never contradict an officer; never speak
unless you are spoken to, and always
say sir TO your superiors or you'll get
into trouble"
Those were my lessons two in one
day.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03
Caustic Politeness

A certain society woman uho -,
'aAen oHense at Harry Lehr on SOM
TRIVIAL ground undertook 10 bnmt,IaIe e
MIN IN the presence OF some Saahi ," {
nortrn,. @ ri,eiius, She waited for her Oh.
portunlty' and then remarked, win ~ .
Mr, Lehr' will you please send .
case OF wine to our house, wo ~ {, a
ANXIOUS !S to help you along. Won know. a., ;,
same as last? queried NTr ~
calmly. HF' Lehr,
IF you please"
o ne squire Of Danes turned 70 HE
,t ,aie' Make note of some wine fns ,s
MRS, A'' he said. "One dozen e sho' .or
Times. ave" York
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

Judge Iatts recent report will 90 a
long way toward settling the question
as 10 whether Ut not the climate of the
Philippines is healthy. He SAYS that
for tropical climate 1t is. The pres
ence Of lepers. the appearance of bu.
bonic plague III Manila and some other
places, and the fact that smallpox pre-
walls in some OF the provinces he ad-
mits; but careful medical INSPECTION
and stringent sanitary measures are re.
ducing all these dangers. The large
number Of cases OF insanity among
American soldiers. which has been re-
ported in the papers. Judge Taft saws
frankly is in no way the fault of the
climate, but IS due solely to the drink
Ing Of vino. a native liquor which often
contains as much as seventeen per
cent Of fusil oil The use of this drink
has nov been prohibited.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

trio individual. Born on a farm, he
located in Pittsburg in early youth
and drove an expressman's cart on the
national pike. In 1916 he formed a
partnership with some other Pittsburg-
ers and engaged in the iron business
the pioneer Of that industry which has
given the Smoky City its great wealth
and population. The plant is still in
operation. having earned fortune for
several persons beside Zug. The lat
ter was proud of the fact that his COM
pany never Joined a combine Though
he had for twenty years been out Of
active business, not move was made
by his concern without his advice and
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

not been able 70 find in his own faction
man who dared 10 take the place II
such an incident ended by leaving an
important bureau without a head. the
situation would he bad enough: hut
there iS always the greater danger that
an Incompetent person will be appoint
ed. and that the technical service Of the
city will become merely one OF the cogs
IN The political machine. Yet surely il
ought % be clear 10 the most hardened
partisan that there Is no politics in
science" D." and that ability should be the
only test for appointment 10 and con-
t!nuance in Positions that call for spe-
cial training.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

spread than at any time since the great
seven years pandemic of 1879 to 1885.
Little is known of the first cause OF
this malignant disease, but nowadays il
occurs only by the infection being con-
veyed from one person TO another. Small
pox contagion exceeds in virulence that
OF any other malady. The infectious prin-
clple resides in the fluid contents of tn.
pocks and in the crusts resulting from
their desiccation, and probably it is con-
tanned in all the fluids of the body. More.
over, 1t pervades the emanations from the
person, so II may be contracted without
actual contact with the one infected.
The volatile contagium may extend 10 a
considerable distance, it having been
known TO cross stream Of water. nearly
half mile wide. and when attached to
articles OF clothing, merchandise. paper
money. etc, it is very energetic and per-
sistent. The disease is probably more in
tensely contagious during the vascular
stage Of eruption. but it is communicable
at all periods Of its course Ii NAV also
be carried from one person to another
without the person who carries il himself
suffering from an attack.
The period of incubation is usually tbir.
teen days, although in rare cases the
time may be shorter. The symptoms are
ushered in with chill. this being follow
ed by high fever, great weakness. vomit-
ing. severe headache and pain in the
back. Then the little red eruption ap-
pears, first upon the face and head and
few hours later upon the body.
Much so-called smallpox isn't SMALLPOX
at all, and doubtless many persons show
ing various similar symptoms have been
needlessly exposed to contagion by being
hurried away to isolation hospitals by
ignorant health authorities. Smallpox is
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03
Prevalence of Smallpox.

That smallpox is
llarmingly preva-
lent in many States
must be evident TO
all who read the
new spapers. Sta
tistics show that
during the year
1901 the number
Of cases in the mid
die West Increased
over 900 per cent,
the plague becom-
ing more widely
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

Iatlol Of life. II We had waited for a
majority OF the women of our nation to
demand higher education, when do You
suppose the doors Of our colleges would
have been opened 10 them:
Dire results have been predicted az ev-
cry step Of radical progress. When wom-
en- first enjoyed higher education, the cry
went out that the home would be de.
stroyed. But the schools were opened.
and women entered them, and il has
been discovered that the intelligent wom-
an makes wiser mother, better bame-
maker and q much more desirable com
panion, friend and wife than a woman
whose intellectual horizon is narrowed by
the circuit Of embroidery and the min
uet.
When coeducation was first tried. men
thought they would easily carry off the
honors, but soon they learned their mis-
take. That experience gave 10 men a
better opinion Of woman's intellectual
ability. The larger intellectual powers
of women and the greater financial indie
pendence Of women have tended to ele-
vate the home. There is nothing in lib
erty which can harm either man or wom-
an; there is nothing in justice which can
work against the best good OF humanity.
ANNA HOWARD SHAW.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03

Municipal mismanagement seems to
reach a climax when political consider
atoms dictate appointments to offices
requiring technical skill. those of city
engineers and electricians. for instance.
change in political control in a Ger.
taiP nj city recently brought about
y ina of an expert from the posi-.
long and efficiently held.
70 aspOilsmen had their will:
accounts the new boss had