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Marriage and Teachers.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS-Sir, Did not
the Declaration of Independence state that
life. liberty and the pursuit OF happiness are
the "inalienable rights" OF every human
being We're not the body OF national and
State laws framed TO protect In the exercise
OF fhes' rights all the people under their
Jurisdiction. When the petty laws of a
board or corporation interfere with these
"inalienable rights" are not such laws de-
clared to be UNCONSTITUTIONAL?
When two people enter the blessed state
OF matrimony. they do 40 in the pursuit Of
happiness The pursuit may be- vain Hap
piness il elusive But II is undeniable that
II Is in the pursuit OF happiness" that two
people make marriage contract Are not
then the bylaws of the Board Of Educat ion
unconstitutional when they interfere with
this pursuit Of happiness" by attempting
TO enforce the resignation of all women teach
ers who marry? The law is a relic of the
Robbing a woman Of tn. means of support
t;, Which she has been TRAPPED Is taking her
livelihood her lfe-from her The board
Of Education practically, saws to It's employees
Your celibacv, or YOUR life"
Looking nt the matter from an educational
standpoint. II not the peace OF married life
more conducive TO gentle and kindly teach
ing than the strain and anxiety OF the search
for matet And surely motherhood opens
a ,,woman's heart TO the touching quality OF
all childhood
MANY Of the evils OF our social system are
Tor the man to BE- able singly to care for a
family. 1t Is n beautiful thing to see two
young p"oEPl" 6ray.,y st1 1, on the STRUGGLE
young people, Their chances OF lasting
happiness are FAR greater than II they wore
Let us hope that the present Board Of Edu-
cation viii make al haste to repeal this anti.
and TA bad as both u"'oHT'iHlGn"l
WEST ESD AVENUE. Nov IS
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UNWISE MARRIAGES.
Bishop Duncan Of South Carolina Advises
the Methodist Conference in VIRGINIA.
From the Richmond Dispatch.


Many a prea cher ma kes the mistake of his
life by unwise marrying. ] do not feel on.
year older than did forty years CO. when I
sat out there to get my assignment To the
young preachers ] will tell them OF what I
have observed in those forty years hive
one case in mind young preacher In the
far West declared that he would ha We to give
M his charge and go Fast There was girl
he liked very much lie wanted to marry
her lam asked IL there we're not plenty of
beautiful and good women where he had his
charge This one out Fast was a Campbell
lite, He went and married her. He thought
he could find no other who could tak Ike are Of
him as well IA this one. lie would ha We been
more fortunate, | think. If she had been a
Presbyterian, for then she would have felt
that she was elected to be the minister 4 wife
Il believe he has laid the foundations for
untold trouble and veNation.
Again | know OF cases whore the leadera
In worldllncss are TIE daughters Of prea cheers
They lead the eucdrc parties the wine pa rites
There Is whore the preacher has a bitter
night on lis hands. and he cannot hone 10
make it good fight II he has at home what
he should not Pve-worldliness
Having nothing. the preacher can rive
untold riches to others. He can make MANY
rich by using the grace of God How can "A
minister complain about his poverty? II
should be- blessing
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THE NATIONAL GUARD.
a Constitutional Body Not at the Mercy
Of Anarchists.

To THE EDITOR or THE SrS-Sir: Refer
ring to the editorial and other comments In
The SrN with regard to the State militia.
made In connection with the despotic action
OF labor union in expellinR one Of its MEM
bers because he was "A patriotic and duty
doing member OF the National Guard. I notice
that no reference is made To the fact that the
constitution OF 1894 specifically provides
Tor the maintenance of u permanent military
force Ia New York
comparison Of the provisions OF the
Constitution of is+8 with those Of the present
constitution In Interesting and Instructive,
and shows that the Constitutional Conven-
ton Of 1894 deliberately made a Constitu-
tionnl body Of the National Guard, which was
ms distinguished from the unemboded
militia under the former Constitution SEEM
inRly DEPENDENT for its existence wholly on
the will OF the Legislature
Article ri of the State Constitution reads
a. follows:
Section State Militia An able bodied male
citizens between the ages OF - and 81 years. VINO
are residents OF the state shall constitute the Mill
Tia, subject however. to such exceptions as are
nov nov or may be hereafter created by the laws Of
state
Seciion 2. Enls,ment. The Legislature may
provide Tor the enlistment Into the active force
OF OF such Other persons as may make application TO
section 5 Organization OF Militia. The militia
shall be organized AMI divided into such land and
naval and active AMI reserve forces as the Leglsa
shall BE- m,ntaneI at all tines a force OF not less
than 1000 enlisted men fully uniformed. armed
II shall be the duty OF the Icsisaturc at zach ses
sion TO make sufficcnt appropriation for the ms!nte
nance thereof.
The significance Of sections 2 and ? lies
" the net that they are new. and embodv
the modern and practical conception Of the
necessity Of military state force always
ready for service
WILLIAM J HARpISG.
NEW YORK. Nov ~
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apeculation on the Future.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS-Siy: We
wonder IL the people OF this country are OF
IRE not getting on to" labor unionism. Here
is conspiracy against both the individual
and the Government the worst ever before
known. and nobody suggests q remedy. When
a Individual commits treason and It Ii proved
We hang him: but here IL an organization
making II impossible for a citizen TO earn a
living II he responds to the call OF duty as a
defender Of his country. Why does not his
country defend him In RETURN
There Is also another side to this quest ion.
The writer L. q believer In Christian principles
and an humble member OF the Methodist Church
and therefore cannot join a labor union. and
on that account H. out OF employment and
prevented from doing his duty to his family
and to the community at large.
In view OF these facts we are led to Ques-
ton what the outcome OF II all will be. VIII
this foreign invader be permitted to run
Toughshod over everything We hold dear
In this Christian republcr
And " hat II the matter v It'll the preachers?
Don't they know that unionism Ia opposed
TO everything the Church stands for. and are
they not aware that they have II In their
power to remedy all this evil by simply Civ
ing the people the truths Of Christianity as II
applies In such cases. When we calmly con-
template existing conditions We cannot help
questo whether or not both Church and
State are really gone to the devil already
hope the great Sun Will continue to
shed light on this murderous business, and Il
may be the people will see II by and by.
NEWARK. Nov. Is. +. M. PALMAriER.
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Appalling Death Roll OF 1907.
From hc 81 PAU Glob.

From inc 81 Pau Globe
Few people realize how frightful have been
the ravagcs of 1902 by disease and disaster
Only little more than ten months Of the
twelve are gone and yet close to a million
persons have been swept across the Styx by
epidcmics floods and volcanoes
Early In May series of eruptions in Mar
Unique and neighboring islands in the Carri-
bean Sea snufled out countless thousands Of
lives
somewhat later the Yellow River Of China
overlooked its banks aud tens Of thousa nds
OF C"lestials were drowned like rats In a trap
Not In forty years has there been such An
epidemic of cholera as for the past six IN ontbs
has been raging like "A prairie fire in Egypt.
Japan. China and the Philippines Oficial
reports show that the disease has been no
respecter OF persons. but has ragged with
shanghai and among those of royal blood
in Pekin Neither did the pcstilence bresk
out in one town and spread TO another IL
.npsafs n TO IN nays ,p oIGKgn oHt almost IN the
dozen other provinces and Is now Jrightfully
fatal in almost every section OF China Tho
busiest men In Japan have been the under
tality from the disease In the Phiiipnins
to this Government by American ofloisis
stationed there Though the statistics have
not AT all-the loss by the disease has easily
been 100000 people since the opening Of tho
year.
% And now nov come. the news that an Epidemic
and has already crossed Behrinc Sea into
Alaska Thousands have already died. par
ticularly In kamschatka and tho living are
they are In most cases themselves 1T subjects
for the hospital W.
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THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
Can n he Rallied TO Victory or Harmony
behind German Of MARYLAND:
From the Louisville Courior-,Jo,

From the Louisville Courior-Journdi
The editor Of the Courier-Journai has no.
wise modified his views with respect to the
tarin But he did not come out of the long
tarin struggle. beginning with the Kerr
Randall fight of 1915 and ending with the III
fa'ed Wilson bill of 1894. the buoyant enthusi-
asst hc had been In the beginning He learned
good deal OF practical politics during the
interval And now. the eloquent voice OF
Frank Hurd II illcd In death the vast learning
oil David Wells gone to its account. he
would have tn" party In recasting its lines
lay them upon the heights of truth, not down
in the morass of treason and falsehood and
becaus" of this. he stands aghast before the
prctensions of those TO whom We owe our un-
doing To seize the tariff issue as a personal
asset and TO use II "a the entering wedge OF
another betrayal If we are once more TO
make tarif fight We must make no mistake
In knowing where We stand, whittier We are
going. and who is TO lead us
Mr. German was. during the former con-
test. AZ least an honest and a candid man
He did not lie TO rs. We knew where to find
him. Doubtless. lie. too has been impressed
by the changes which come to every man
through time and the experiences time brings
with II In istS Mr. Dallas, a quasi-Pennsyl-
vania protcctionist gave the casting vote
In favor of the Walker tariff a quasi-frce
Trade measure. upon the ground that. being
elected Nice-President as "A Democrat, his
first allegiance was not to Pennsylvania
but TO the party al large. Mr. German might
emllat" this example In any event MIR
German can be relied on not to betray us.
and In case We follow his lead. We shall know
beforehand where We are likely to land
We are not considering Mr. German az
Presidential quantity. We are consider
ing him as our leader in Congress In this
character he il already drawing the fire of
the Republicans. Their abuse OF German
reminds one of their abuse of Tden II Is
fervent and sincere. II means fear, II means
hatred and It means business There Is not
one CLEAN OF humor or contempt in H. II
warns the cookies Of the Democratic heart
and makes Democrat feel that at last he has
a leader who wifi not Use bows and arrows
against Krag-Jorgensen rifles. but will meet
the enemy, and all along the line. with i'm
proved artillery, full caissons and unerring
Workmanship.
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We Don't Need the Pole Now.
SIR Clements MARKHAM, IN N. London Gsoo,a ph
A11lriur

SIR Clements Markham IN N. London Geoorap hical
Magazine.
In my note on the results OF the Arctic expedI.
ton OF 1875 written In the following year, I had
already come to the conclusion that there was a
deep sea, and not land to the north of Franz Josef
Land; that there was a continuous drift across the
Arctic regions from east 10 west and consequently
heavy ice pressure on the west rn side.
All this was confirmed by Nansen In his great
discovery OF the polar ocean. Amer his voyage
there no longer any phicsi object In going
70 the North Pole except for the sake of deep sea
soundines. forh merely point In the polar ocean,
the economy OF which has been made known by
hansen. That great explorer finally removed
tn. veil which concealed the secret Of the Arctic
reslcns There u no insapcrabe dl1iculty IN
system. but there 10 no suticient object.
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From the report Of the Good Roads Com
mttee of the Automobile Club of America
submitted al the annual citing Of the club
last Monday night we learn something Of
the progress which has been made In road
building in New York State during 1902
Since highway construction was sys-
tematicaly begun by the State. in 1898,
roads have been built TO date aggregating
in length IS, miles At the close of 1901
the total length Of the roads completed
was 81 miles; thus. 90 miles Of new highway
have 80 far been made this year These
figures do not. by any means, represent
the full extent Of the work for the twelve
months ending on Dec. 81 next, inasmuch
rs IL Is expected that several roads now in
process of construction will be completed
within four or five weeks The total length
Of the highways on which work is being con-
Quoted is about 200 miles. In addition to
this. surveys have been made for roads
approximating in length $50 miles
Plans have been approved for $40 miles
Of highway, comprising eighty-two roads
which are TO cost about g.. 900, 600. one half
of which has been contributed 10y the coun-
ties, in accordance with the provisions Of
the Higbie Armstrong law. Petitions for
new roads or for the improvement Of old
ones, are being received constantly from
all parts Of the State. and those now in hand
involve a distance of 800 miles.
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arily responsible for their Intervention
in support Of the treaty and for claims
arising out Of their efforts for the pro-
lection of lives and property!
Here, it seems to US, is where the
American sense of humor must come TO
the. aid Of philosophy. We have no
further comment to make upon the royal
arbtrator's logical process. Indeed.
it is not to protest even in the mildest
way against his conclusions that We dis
Cuss the matter at all.
Still less do We desire to revive the
memory of past bitterness between this
nation and Germany over Samoan at
fairs. We engaged ourselves, with our
eyes open, in an entangling alliance "A
dozen years ago: we are now well out
of il. We went with serene consciences
before the King of Sweden and asked
his royal opinion of our conduct in
Samoa. We now have his royal opinion
Incidentally we have obtained some
valuable and enlightening expressions.
both in regard TO entancling alliances
and to the pleasure and dignity of stand
ing as a nation at the bar Of transatlan-
tic court of arbitration.
Samoa was once burning question
and il brought us mighty near to actual
war with Germany. Since then our flag
has found other and more advantageous
stations in the great ocean west of us.
and former conflicts of interests at Apia
have been overshadowed by the larger
affairs of expansion. King OSCARS de-
cision will be perused with absolute
tranquility in the United States.
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The supreme Court on Faith Cure.

At Nevada, in Missouri, there il an
institution called the American School
of Magnetic Healing. managed by one
j. II. KELLEY, who. it would seem, sends
out daily, through some eighty-four
typewriters, certain healing instructions
purportng to have the power of healing
by . the absent treatment.
Upon the application OF the post
master at Nevada, the Postmaster
General issued a so-called fraud order. -
declaring the business of this school of
healing to be fraudulent, forbiddinp
to II the use of the mails and orderinu
the return OF all mail matter addressed
toit.
KELLEY brought nm action in the United
States Court in Missouri, asking for an
injunction TO restrain the execution of
the Post Office Departments order. hut
he was defeated in his application, and
he then appealed to the Supreme Court
at Washington. That court, in a major.
ily opinion rendered by Mr.. Justice
PECKHAM, has just reversed the order
OF the lower court. holding that the
business was not being conducted in
violation OF the laws of the United States
and that, in fact, il was not covered nv
any statute. The Supreme Court sends
the case back to the District Court for
trial. ordering that court to take evil
dence on the issue of fact whe Their tho
business conducted by the school il
fraudulent or not and, meantime. n
temporary injunction ia granted against
the carrying out Of the Post MASTER
Generals order.
The Post Office officials, 1t is said.
fear this decision will prevent further
proceedings against fraudulent bond
investment concerns or bucketshops
because it may be difficult To prove that
such concerns are, in fact, inspired
with fraudulent intent.
This apprehension is certainly not
well grounded, because there is no
parity or likeness between bucketsbon
concerns and faith cures, as is shown
by the very able opinion of Judge PECK.
HAM. The Judge draws attention to
the fact that persons who have dealt
with the school are satisfied with its
method of treatment. and have faith
in it's efficacy and in its ability to heal.
He says that just exactly to what ex-
tent the mental condition affects the
body no one can accurately and def
nitely say, and that even intelligent peo-
pie differ among themselves as to the
extent Of this mental effect. He adds:
AS the effectiveness Of almost any particular
method OF treatment OF disease Is 10 more or ,c,s
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ALDERMEN ALL BROTHERS
And No brother Ever Ought TO Make Fun
OF Ills Brothers speech.

For the number Of speeches made by any
one member Of the Aldermen since the be-
ginning Of the year the record il easily held
by Alderman Downing. Rep) Of Brooklyn.
Mr.. Downing rarely allows a roll call to pass
without rising 10 explain hs vote. Some
time ago by apparently preconccrted action
the board l'gan 10 applaud vociferourly
every time he spoke. AT tho outset Mr..
Downing seemingly took ti,se outhursts
a. compliment. Lately I've has come to
doubt it,
i,''crday. after particularly prolonged
.iTl OF han d tapping, following one OF ms
explorations" Mr.. Downing turned on his
tOrmontois
This h an outrage" he exclaimed. IT
II time that this thing is Htopped. don't
believe there should be any di.courtesy
on the part Of one member of the board To a
brother member. Every line rise 10 speak
There ~ applause. and don't like II beca use
dom believe i, IL meant. II will make me
look ridiculous IN The eyes Of the public. We
are all brother Aldermen and should treat
each other as brothers"
Mr.. Downing's rebuke had it's effect For
The first time in many weeks he sat down
without receiving rourd Of applause.
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No man t., under arrest for the killing Of
Mrs. KATEJ. ADAMS. for whose death MoLl-
NEuN was tried for his life; and we have
the word Of the District Attorney that no
indictment or arrest il contemplated
Probably the case will always remain a
mystery, yet all the signs point 10 knowl-
edge Of it being Possessed by more than
one person. Some one bought the poison
bottle-holder; some one mailed II; some one
hired the letter box connected with the
case These are made out to be different
individuals 10y the testimony. And then
there is a colored boy in brass buttons who
called for The mail. But no one Of these
parties is discovered Never was secret
more resolutsly kept.
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TO WRITE TOLsTOIS LIFE.
President steiner Of Grinneli College TO
60 10 Russia 10 do IL.

MUNCIE, Ind, Nov. is-Dr. Edward A.
Steiner. formerly pastor OF the Congre-
cational churches of Sandusky and Spring
field, Ohio and recently elected to the chair
Of sociology in Grinnell College. Ia. TO
succeed DIR. George ID. Heron. has been
selected by Coun, Tolstoi to write his official
biography for the public. This information
came personally from DR.. Steiner to an old
friend in Muncie to-day.
DIR. Steiner will spend the winter In Berlin
engaged in research On April !, with
Tolstoi and the Russian artist Paternak
he will make tour of Russia visiting the
various places where Count Tolstoi has
from the novelis,'s lips, while the artist
sketches
DR.. Steiner Is an old friend Of Tolstoi.
He came TO America fifteen years ago from
Vienna
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YEAMANs. She was never saluted as
was MAGGIE CLINE with the lucid title
of the Brunnhiide of the Bowery: she
never posed as an embodiment of any
artistic formula; she was plain ANNIE
YEAMANs, an Incompatible interpreter
of certain types of metropolitan life,
and n big-hearted woman in the bargain.
So we wish, in all retrospective gratitude.
long, prosperous life to ANNIE YEA
MANS, more power to her histrionic elbow,
and may her shadow never lessen!
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Ruin In Crossed LEGS.
From The Philadelphia Record.
1crOss YOUR legs" said a doctor

T'T' wv HFr0Fn,
"tncross your legs" said doctor
"Oh. no." said his son What's IN. u.s
Of being 20 polite all the timea"
My. boy" the father answered, 1T IA mt
on account OF a mere rule of cti1uette that 7
tell YOU to uncross your legs but II Is because
ler-croSSing is an injurious thing-a thing
n b1l"iul to the health rs kissing or A..
microb's.
When you cross your legs YOU A. the knee
cap OF the upper limb into the cavity under
tho knee of the lower one In tho On viz ,ha,
YOU thus compress there aro tho two importan
exterior ana interior popitcal nerves. and a
number OF glands and blood vessels Com
preston docs not act we'll on these organs
" b"nunbN them and weakens and emacla
thcm, fo,l feel the injury in a numbness of
Keep on with the habit and your legs
weaken. They become thin They lose their
shap"liness " Il only such men and women
and children as never cross their LEGS wbn
have strong and supple and beautiful limbs
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For it's the sport to have the engineer,
&c. A burglar In kingman. Kan, has the
humor which Is dear to every burglar
jealous to n,aint ain the best traditions OF
his profession. The Sheriff was searching
for this Kingman burglar the other night
While the search was going on. the object
of ii broke into the Sheriff house and con.
veyed from ii much booty. Sheriffs must
learn that the art of searching for burglars
begins at home
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TULSA / T. Nov. is-For year or more the
Government has been attempting 20 teach the
Usage lndisrs economy In the expenditure OF their
anuultles by not allowing them to trade out on
credit more than ~ per cent, OF the quarterly pay
meats. ST. Louis Republic.
The Government is supposed to be civil.
izing the Indians. Now the art Of living
beyond ones means is one Of the most
precious accomplishments of civilized men
and women. The Osages seem to have II In
a high degree; and their cruel parent or
guardian is trying to rob them of III
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Saturday night "a huge meteor fell
upon the barn-lot Of the Hon W. e MURPHY.
one half mile east Of Rochester. which is
six miles east of Springfield. III. This
meteor reminds us of an old acquaintance
1t struck the ground with dull, heavy
thud" II is in a hole in the ground and II is
barrel-shaped. The Hon. BILLY MASON
is accounted for.
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Criticism Dtsarmed.

From ne Fort Worth Telegram
Northern visitor In Fort Worth last week rather
criticised the men of the city because they don 4
all wear spike tail" coats to the theatre We
would " we had them. The plain, unvarnlshed
sad truth Is that there arc only seventeen evening
suits In town and this enumeration includes .Ix
Tusedos worn by the aisle scat Dicky bird crowd,
What Is to be donef
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Achilles Lament.

Achilles was sulklng In his tent
You sec, he exclaimed bitterly, my motb.,
let my heel vulnerable and can never NAV fool,
BALI" '''''
Seeing the greater glory was denied him =.
rushed forth to engage In a minor fracas be,o,.
the walls OF Troy. e'''''