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M. Clemenceau and Pope Plus.

The change in the French ministry at
this time BODIES no good for an amicab1e
settlement of the church question in
France. M. Clemenceau, who will adj
vance to the premiership, is one Of the
leaders Of that set Of churchless states
men who today rule France. That he
will be able to get together with the
Catholic clergy on the law of associa-
lions is contrary to all expectations.
Clemenceau has little sympathy with
the church and the church has a pro-
found suspicion Of such men as Glenn
enceau. , ~ -, ,~-
The law of associations which has
passed into the statutes of France has
for; it's main object the separation Of
church and state. It proposes gradually
to withdraw. state aid to- churches SO
that in the next generation the church
in France will be a free, self supporting
institution like tn, church in America.
This does not seem an extraordinary
thing to Americans, but we must re-
member that we are not mainly Of one
religion in America and we have never
had a state church. To. the Catholics
Of France it seems monstrous that the
state should throw the institution Of
religion down. But it seems almost as
monstrous that government composed
| Of atheists should be supporting and
regulating a religion: The law Of 2asso
Citations preserved to the church itf
property, but made regulations q
to how 1T should. be controlled. q
proposed that in every parish there
should be organized society. for. The
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+. The. new Grand Trunk, Pacific road
will reach tidewater at Prince Rupert
at the mouth Of the Skeena river as
far north of Seattle as Seattle is north
of San Francisco. This road claims to
shorten the distance between New
York and Yokohama 1900 miles over
the San Francisco route, 500 miles over
the Canadian Pacific route, and nearly
as much over the Hill routes. The saw
ing of space is effected by going, as
it were, up over the shoulder OF the
world, taking a course that looks
longer on a fat map but is really much
shorter on account of the conformation
Of the globe. Minneapolis is getting
nearer and nearer to- being the real
center Of the new world.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21
A Cuban-Irish Parallel.

The English newspapers have watched
the Cuban difficulty with mingled emo
lions and have commented on it, with
that wealth of misinformation the in
sular press always seems to have at,
command. Some have predicted imme-
date annexation, others foresee long
drawn out guerilla warfare with I'M
conquerable revolutionists impregnably
ensconced in the interior where the
guns of the warships cannot reach. One
editor declares that either annexation
or anarchy is inevitable and that Uncle
Sam must do in Cuba what John Bull
is doing in Egypt. 'There is but one
way he goes on, "of dealing with
barbarous or semi-civilized peoples;
they must be subdued by force, kept
down by force and governed with JUS
tice.' This is, Of course, the British
way. And the English press expects
to see us forced to adopt it. For all
that, Cuba will be given another fair
chance at government.
Perhaps the most remarkable lesson
. deduced from the Cuban difficulty is
expounded by the London World, which
actually finds therein an irrefragable
argument that self government for Ire
land is impracticable and impossible.
|sThe real lesson of Cuba.' the World
. says "is the danger of comforting self
government on race which, alike by
training, idiosyncrasy, and disunion, Is
totally unfit to exercise that privilege"
An Irish republic, in the opinion Of this
Celtophobist, would be far more likely
than Cuba to become the theater Of
civil warfare England would be forced
to reconquer an Independent Ireland
in five years to save it from political
and social, anarchy.
In the light Of the fact, demonstrate
ed the world over, that the Irish race
has a wonderful constructive genius
for, political affairs, the words of this
London newspaper seem fatuously alb
surd. From such standpoint there is
absolutely no comparison between the
Cubans and the Irish. Had Cuba been
peopled with Celts, she would long age
have taken high and honorable place
in the sisterhood of states. AS it. is
the latent capacity Of the Cubans fol
self government must be developed ano
brought to fuller stature. The Latin
American strain has exhibited this ca
pacity in a high degree in Chile, Ar
gentina and Brazil. External condi
tions in Cuba have operated hitherto
to prevent such development. It may
be that the mixture of white and BLACK
blood on the island will prove to have
produced an inherent and ineradicabl,
incapacity for government. A re
public essentially oligarchical may
prove the solution for such a problem
as in Peru; or we may be compelled tt
govern Cuba for her own good. Btu
whatever the solution finally reached
no fairminded Englishman will ever b.
able to find Antillean justification TO
England g treatment of Ireland.
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Jean Valjean's Moral Crisis.

"Les Miserables,'' Victor Hugo's
moral epic, presented in drama form
here last week by Wilton Lackaye, is
noble ancestor to some unworthy
problem novels' Of the present day.
The real crisis Of the dramatized YER
sion occurs in the second act, and pre-
sents a problem in ethics, which is
typical Of the many perplexing situa-
lions developed in the great story.
The crisis arrives when the million
aire manufacturer, mayor of Meme,
learns that poor stupid peasant under
arrest in neighboring town for a
trifing crime has been identified as
former convict and galley slave, Jean
Vatican. The mayor is the real Jean
Vatican, marvelously transformed by
the simple kindness of good Catholic
bishop, after nineteen years in the gal
| legs. He had been turned from crime
! and bitterness by the bishops example,
and started anew and unknown in a
life of. honest labor. By an Invention
he gained wealth, became head of a
great plant, the great. man Of his city,
and scattered ;benefactions widely in
the name of the good old bishop, now
dead. In the midst of this he learns
that the poor peasant Champmathieu
has been identified as Jean Vatican, and
is to be sent to the galleys for life.
The real Vatican knows that he has
already suffered greater punishment
than he deserved, and that by his in
dustry and good deeds he. has earned
peace, and happiness. =. He knows that
by the implacable. French scheme Of
Justice he must suffer if he makes him
self known. He must return to the
galleys, leaving his business. without 6
head and his people to idleness. Yet
if he does not make himself known
an innocent man will suffer for him.
The mental struggle is terrible, anc
is rightly chosen for one of Lackaye Z
strong est scenes. Self pleads that many
others will suffer if he gives himself
up; that the stupid Champmathieu hac
better go to the galleys than the mayor
of Meme It is clever sophistry, ant
llOSG lllCA WOulu AoNO NeAAASN ~ "A0aoAAi
But Jean Vatican saw clearly after all
He saw with the eyes of the saintee
bishop, whose model was Christ, ant
:, who thought nothing of self in his low
and service to his fellow men. Thu
mayors duty was to the wronget
Champmathieu. He hurried to tn
assizes and interrupted the trial, prov
ing himself to be Vatican. - -
His condemnation after that is re
pugnant to ideas. of justice, but it wa
the law, and the law recognizes NJ
atonement for crime except the lega
penalty. In this day the pardoninl
power would have righted matters, an
! the novel would perforce have a diff
:: ferent ending. Hugo's hero, however
escaped from The, galleys and spent hi
remaining years in disguise, hiding il
Paris, and still living after the ex
ample Of the bishop Of Diton.. His lif
ended in sacrifice but all other self
abnegation came easily and NATURAL,
after the sublime act at the assizes. :
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The Farmer and the Still.

The decision Of the government not
to permit stills Of less than 500 gal
Ions daily capacity to engage in the
manufacture Of alcohol will prevent the
farmer from getting the full benefit
of the denatured alcohol law. Under
this rule stills will naturally be built
in cities and villages, but not in the
country. The farmer will get low prices
for his cornstalks and other refuse
suitable for distillation purposes, be-
cause he must haul it long distances to
the still. If he were permitted to put
up small still on the farm, the expense
for hauling would be practically elimi-
mated and he could run the still on
otherwise idle days in the winter and
at other seasons. This privilege would
mean considerable reduction IN the
cost of alcohol, which would thus prove
a likelier substitute for gasolene than
now seems possible. H..
The governments reason for this
rule, of course, is the necessity of keep
ing down the expense of federal inspec-
ton. If every farmer had his own
still, it would take an army Of in
spectors to watch them and see that
the product either paid the tax or was
properly denatured. H.. ..
Congressman Hill of Connecticut and
Commissioner Yerkes Of the internal
revenue bureau have been looking into
German methods the past summer and
now report on the German government Is
plan Of small stills and cheap inspec
tion. Stills there must be made in q
prescribed manner and the receiving
tank must be locked with govern
ment lock and officially sealed. The
farmer distils whenever he has mate
rial and opportunity. When the tanl
is full he notifies the government and
an inspector is at once sent to gage
the product and collect the tax. II
the alcohol is denatured, rebate il
paid. AS rule, however, the pure
product is bought by central selling
agencies which denature it and collec1
the rebate: In this way one inspecto,
can cover q large. territory at small
expense. There are 10000 farm stills il
| Germany.
It is to be hoped that COMMISSIONS
Yerkes will be able to adopt the Ger
man system here, so that the farme
may get the benefit of the new law.
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
OCT. Fl.

OCT. 81.
1os7-opening of Siege of Antioch.
177-Samuei Focte, dramatist,
died.
1so4-War declared between Eng.
land and Spain.
1so5-BattIe of Trafalgar.
1s21-Jenny Lind, famous singer,
born. Died Nov. 2, 1887.
Observation-Disclosures victors at battle
of Balls Bluff. ,.-"
1eo1-Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens re-
elected president of National w. c..
T. U.
1eo2-Great anthracite coal strike
declared off. ..-'
1eo4-Entfre Russian Baltic fleet
entered the North sea. .,
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The West Virginia leper, who was
shot at once or twice because the people
feared his presence, died of heart fail
ure. It is bad enough to be sick, but
to be hunted for it must. indeed be
wearing on the heart action.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

The dean of Westminster has refused
to receive in the abbey a memorial
tablet: to Herbert Spencer because he
was not orthodox in belief. Never
mind, Herbert may be orthod ox TO the
next generation.
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AT MONTE CARLO.
La Vie pour Rire.

Id pun
A lady at the tables could not make
up her mind on which number to place
her money. Seeing her hesitation. her
neighbor said to her: Do as I do,
madam. Put your money on the num-
Der which corresponds to your age
The lady thereupon planted her louis
on No. 20, and the winning number was
thirty-six.. - =.
"Ah, madam said her gallant
neighbor, If you had only followed my
adyice.' ., =. TO-. ,r--:.
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A teamster who drove a heavily loadss
ed lumber. wagon over thirty feet Of
Franklin avenue sidewalk and broke it
up was fined So. If he had cut away
a tree or two SO as to get thru he
might have been let off free. D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

A man named Spelling refused con-
gressional nomination in New York. He
was not simplifed to the point Of run
ming against $4,000 majority the other
WAY
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Dorothy Russell Einstein has just Sc
cured divorce from her first husband.
Pshaw! mama had been divorced three
times at her age. Children are not
what they used to be.
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One Of the young multi-millionaires
Of .Pittsburg has gone to preaching in
the slums of Philadelphia. Seems if
his call should have been to cry aloud
to Pittsburg society and spare not. =:
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Chief Kohler of Cleveland has been
giving advice on F'How to Behave
When Confronted by a. Burglar No
doubt excellent advice, but why not
give it to the burglar?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

A New. York society woman insists
that her dog is as good as she. Seems
to beGsa case of an exceptionally good
dog ora medium useless society woman.
They some times meet A
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

of his denunciation gave up evil courses
and lived pure lives.
Sam Jones was himself man like
Cough drawn back from the brink of
ruin. He stood an inebriate beside the
deathbed Of his father and there re-
solved to quit, and quit he did, turning
himself to the betterment of the condi-
ton of his fellow men and laboring
necessarily until his death.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

A specialist claims that S5aper cent
Of the people Of Chicago are little
insane somewhere. Perhaps this explains
Chicago, H they were moi, they might
move.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

It is complained that Hearst has no
intimate friends, but he has made
amends by stirring up some rather in
innate enemies.
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The Forthcoming number of the Chi
cago Socialist; j oseph Medill Patterson,
editor n-chief-2neo, Mt in, chief-that
would not be socialist, would ita
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WITH a STRING.
Puck.

. Your town has a Carnegie library,
Isee. H
4 ssOh, yes. =
lib Free reading for everybody. '
assWell. scot free.
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Gorky yociferating that America is
q on the bum has departed for the
home land where things are something
like that.
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Charles Surdam Of Morristown, N. j.,
was killed in game Of denatured foot
ball the other day So seems there
is life in@the old game yet.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-21

:, What if Funston was retired from
Cubas He stands on his record as 'tpro-
visional'' governor Of San Francisco.
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A person whose name is unknown has
bought $40,000,000 worth of coal and
oil lands. in Oklahoma. Has John Doe
Rockefeller been searched9 ~
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California expects to harvest i 0, 600,
900 pounds Of prunes this year.
Wouldn't that jell your jamf
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Pittsburg claims that George Wash
ington founded that town, but you no.
tice that George never claimed it.
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=, = = -----1--- 6 . : 49,! Il
THE USUAL THING.

- -.'tTaleS. u
1T hear that the baron wants to get
divorce from his wealthy wife,
eyes, he was only temporarily en-
barrassed when he married her,
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Strange that the horseless age should
be, so characterized by horsey men and
women. -.
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An Ann Arbor man thinks he is the
sphinx. It may not be true, but it
keeps him from thinking he is Bill
Bryan or Teddy Roosevelt.
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The Washington times., 1906-12-25
SHOPPERS SUFFER
FROM SANDBAGS
Bold HighWaynen Busy at
New jerseys
Capital.

TRENTON, n. J., Dec. 25.-Sfx per
SONS were held up and robbed while on
their way home from shopping expedi-
tlons IN one night by three bold high
waymen on the principal streets of the
city Two of the victims were sand
bagged. Several watches and consider
able money were taken.
Christopher Brown, who is thought 10
be one OF the trio, has been apDrenend-
ed. lie was carrying a revolver IN his
hand when captured by patroifnau
Goodwin. The police are looking for
the other two. The hold-ups were the
NEST daring ia the police annals OF
Trenton.
FROM descriptions OF the hghwaymen
furnished the police two other suspects
were arrested. They are John Beatty.
u, aged nineteen years, and Charles
ia:zer, aged twenty-five. both of this
city They were put through the third
1 degree by the police and confessed to
the crimes, duplicating Brown. Tie trio
were held without bali
The Washington times., 1906-12-25
NOTE IN NIT1ENS
WINS A HUSBAND
Girl Knitting "NipperS' viii
Become a Christmas
Bride.

PRETTY MARSH. Me. Dec 90
Hundreds Of women in Maine earn
Christmas pin money by knitting nip
pers, heavy miJten, with thick pro-
lection for the thumb and fOrefnger.
They are for the fishermen who haul in
hundred OF feet OF cold, wet lines in
freezing weather.
Seventy per cent Of the 50000 pairs
worn every year are knit ia Maine
The pay averages 4 cents a day but a
smart woman can earn cents.
one young woman tucked note IN
a pair OF nIppeTs last year. If this nip
per Keeps your hand warm tell me 50,
she wrote with her address
MY hand and my heart are bOIl
warm. if you have warm heart for
a fisher lad / ought to know about it, ,
wrote bFaWny Gloucester sailor ia re-
turn.
Last summer a ring with Il deep sea
pearl shone on her finger and today
when she weds The fisherman under tbs
mistictOe, toasts viii be drunk TO the
6nitter OF nippers
The Washington times., 1906-12-25
INFLUENZA RACES
IN SHENANDOAH

SHENANDOAH, Pa, Dec. 25.-An
epidemic of influenza of a particularly
virulent type Is raging here. There
are over zoo cases, and seventy-five of
them have developed into pneumonia.
The town is without hospitals. and the
local doctors are oveTworked.
The Shenandoah Heat, Light and
Power Company is regarded as largely
re sponsible in failing TO supply suffi-
cient heat to stores, hotels and resi-
dences- Because of insufficient equip
ment at the power house the heat
supply is shut off at night when the
suits against the company are being
prepared
The Washington times., 1906-12-25
.SCARES ROBBER,
THEN HAS A CRY
Plucky Girl Saves Contents
Of Cash Drawer at
Louisville.

LOUISVILLE, Dec. 25-The police
have received a report of how young
girls pluck prevented a Daring cash
drawer robbery. A masked man who
entered the store of Scheppelman Bros,
53S Fifth street, was mistaken by Miss
Minnie Scheppelman, wla was alone. for
a friend trying 10 play a practical joke.
Despite a pointed revolver, she laughed
in the would-be robbers face when he
told her 10 get the contents of the cash
drawer for him. When, following a
sterner demand for the money, she real
lied the man on the other side of the
counter was a robber, Miss Schcppel-
man started for the cash drawer and
obtained a revolver. but the man fed
from the store before she could get it.
Customers entering just then, Miss
Scheppelman availed herself of her
wOman's preTOgative. broke down and
had a good cry.
The Washington times., 1906-12-25
ICE FIRES BURN
IN KANSAS LAKE
Strange Freak of Nature in
SunfloWer
State.
GAS WELLS UNDERNEATH
Explorers Apply Match and Warm
Fingels at Bonfire in
MidstTeam.
GAS WELLS UNDERNEATH

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 25.-Vhere ice-nelds
can be burned fuel is hardly 10 be called
expensive. a scientist employed by the
Federal Government calls attention 10
the fact that on the ice-covered surface
OF a Kansas lake il IS possible To have
bonHres by simply breakiuE through the
ice and applying q match 10 the surface
of the water. The flames will shoot up
rs high as man head and will burn
brightly for q minute or two, making
the lake look az II the ice were on fire.
Bonfire IN the Lake
For several winters it has been pos
sibie to have such bonfires on Doniphan
Lake, kan, and on one OF its tributary
streams. The fuel for these fires is
natural gas. II bubbles up through the
water the year round, but it is only dur
ing very cold nights that il is temp or
arlly stored under The ice in large buD-
Dles or pockets, sometimes ten or twenty
square yards in extent
When these pockets are puucturcd Wlte
a Chisel and 4 lighted match IS applied
the eXperimenteT IS able 10 secure a
roaring fame by which he may warm
his numbed fingers. He who would try
the experiment, however, must be care
1ul to stand before the wind and the jet
Of gas as he lights it, OF he Will nave
his clothing slnged before lac can &C.
out OF the way.
Breaks Through Ice.
There are places where the gas supply
IS 50 abundant as to prevent the ice
from forming, except on the very coolest
nights, When such places are frozen
over they remain covered only a few
days, for the gas coming from con-
siderable depth in the earth. is so warm
that it soon melts passage through the
ice and escapes. Last winter ice fifteen
inches thick formed on the lake, and yet
some of the areas OF gas supply We're
not frozen over.
Near the spot where one OF the creeks
enters the lake the water IS shallow and
the bottom may easily he seen. Here
the gas has formed regular channels up
through the mud, and out of these large
bubbles OF gas are discharged every few
seconds. DOuiphau Lake ls located
about four miles north OF AtChisOn, Kan
The Washington times., 1906-12-25
TAX COLLECTOR FINDS
MOST F0RGETFUL MAN.

DARBY. Pa. Dec 25.-Borough Tax
Collector Simpson believes he has dis
covered the most forgetfui man in the
State. He won't tell his name, but
Vouches for the story that this man
tried TO pay his taxes twice within a
few weeks He had paid his taxes
without solicitation about three weeks
ago and forgot all about it.
When the tax collector put warning
sign ND. he rushed 10 the office and
tried to pay over again. He seemed
very much relieved when it was proved
TO him that he had already maid buf
left the oIice somewhat doubling.