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THE STORY.

THE STORY.
THE day on which the children of
i Israel crossed Jordan was a day
of terror in Jericho. The spies which
the king had sent out to watch the
movements of the 1sraelites had re-
turned in haste telling strange sto-
ries of how the waters of the Jordan
had divided and the people and all
their f1ocks and herds had crossed
over on the dry bed of the river, and
were even now on their way to attack
the city.
In their excitement and alarm the
10000 fighting men which had crossed
the river in advance had been magni-
fed into a great army, and quickly
the orders were given that the city
gates be closed tight and a double
guard be placed upon the wall. All
the fighting men of the city were
speedily summoned and slept upon
their arms that, night, expecting that
an assault might be made upon the
walls under cover of darkness.
That was terrible night In Jeri-
chic. People ran through the streets
like mad, cursing and fighting with
each other in their wild terror, and
alternately shouting maledictions
upon the Israelites and their God, and
calling upon their gods to hear them
and help them.
Rahab and her kinsfolk gathered
with her in her little house upon
the wall listened to the tumult with
out and wondered if already the Is
raelites had taken the city. But no.
it could not be, for that evening as
the sun had set and Rahab had gone
to the window to see that the scarlet
cord, the pledge of her deliverance,
was still in its place at the side of
the easement, she had looked out
across the plain and had seen the
Israelites peacefully encamped.
But they will come tomorrow
she thought, and as the tumult with
out increased, she turned to reassure
her relatives gathered about her,
when a loud pounding upon her outer
door was heard. .Tremblingly she
went to the door, and without draw
| ing the bar shouted to know who
was there and what was wanted
The Israelites be upon us, Rahab, .
shouted a gr1f voice, which she recog-
nized as that of the captain over the
guard which kept the wall. and who
had been frequent visitor TO her
house in times past Flee into the
heart of the city. where the women
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should happen would always regret
it for your sake. You do not know
papa as well as 1 do, and I would not
like you to be disgraced here. We
have both suffered enough and
would rather go away quietly. In a
measure l will suffer the more, but
will not complain If you will not get
cross and will come for me. l must
close. Write me Wednesday night,
dear, and tell me what you think
about everything. Let's not leave all
our plans until the last moment, and,
above all, please write and say you
forgive me for that letter 1 sent you
this morning. I am sorry and if were
there 1 know you would say it would
be all 0. K.
Lovingly,
THE KID.
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Grace Brown to
Chester Gillette
Woman's Simple Documents That Made
Criminal Case Famous and Virtually
Sealed the Fate of Murderer
When Read to the Jury
That Tried Him for
His Life.
Y-P
he naSt IOYng

Herkimer, n. Y.-Printed below are
letters which, within the past few
weeks, have become known almost
from one end of the country to the
other as Grace Browns letters"
They need no introduction, save per-
haps the statement that these are the
letters which were read at the trial
of Chester Gillette.
They formed the most remarkable
Feature of that case. The whole struc-
ture of the prosecuting attorney was
built upon them. 1t passes under
standing why the murderer of the
girl should have preserved a series of
documents which, it is safe to say,
spelled his doom from the moment
they were placed in the hands of
Jury of IL men. 1t is inconceivable
that Gillette , kept them for their
pathos, or the gentleness of charac-
ter which they revealed, for he is not
the kind of a man to whom such
things appeal. 1t is utterly improb-
able that he ever recognized in them
a simple literary beauty, although
such they do possess in an unusual
degree-the more unusual when it is
remembered that Grace Brown was
country girl of plain education, who
had worked as factory hand.
Yet somehow Gillette kept them,
and the American public has come into
the possession of one of the most re-
markable series of documents that
ever appeared in a criminal case. AS
revelation of character. as the writ
ten record of tortured soul, they
have already taken place unique in
the annals of real life tragedies.
Here are the letters:
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sERMoNETTE.

"And the Lord said unto
Joshua, See, have given into
thine hand Jericho, and the king
thereof, and. the mighty men OF
valor."
God gives men visions of
great victories that are possible
of realization because his om-
impotence is behind them.
Men dream of conquest. Men
plan large things apart from
God. But the dream never be-
comes anything but dream and
the plans gang aft a-elee."
What disappointments life
holds for those who plan and
work and strive apart from God.
Solomon, the man Of rare
gifts, and wonderful achieve
ments, turns at last from the
sphere of human endeavor,
which is temporal, and cries: 81
know that whatsoever God doeth,
it shall be forever"
Joshua early in his career as
leader of the children of Israel
caught this vision of the sure
working of God, and to him God
gave the assurance of victory
along the lines of his will.
There was Jericho great and
strong, her massive walls SEEM
ingly impregnabIe; there was
her king, proud and defiant;
there were the mighty men Of
vaIor ready to die in defense of
the city.
This was what Joshua saw
perhaps before he sought out
the Lord and obtained vision
from the Divine viewpoint.
But after that it was no long,
er the strong walled city and
the powerful king and the mighty
men of vaIor which he saw, but
rather that city low in the dust,
that king and his army within
his power.
Such was the vision; such was
the promise of God. But as
Joshua went out the next day
the city was still there, the king
was still on his throne, the
mighty men of valor still watch
ing on the wall.
There was much to do to
make the vision reality; to
claim the promise of God. But
the vision and the promise were
the goal ahead towards which
unhesitatine4y and unyieldingty
Joshua strove. He knew. he
should attain, because God had
wiIled 1t.
Look up, o Christian! Catch
the heaven-born vision! Hear
the God-given promise of vic
tory.
There is many Jericho in
thy life that must be conquered
before You can enter into the
full possession of the land God
has purposed to give you.
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"CAN'T YOU COME TO NE ?"
"Chester, | Need You More Than
You Think | Do"

GU Il mink ] DO.
South Otselic, June 26, 1906, Monday
Chester: l am much too
tired to write decent letter or even
follow the line, but l have been I'M
easy all day, and l can't go to sleep
because l am sorry l sent you such
hateful letter this morning, so I am
going to write and ask your forgive
ness, dear. | was cross and wrote
things | ought not to have written |
am sorry, dear, and | shall never feel
quite right about all this until you
write and say you forgive me. l was
i'll and did not realize what l was writ
ing, and then this morning mamma
gave my letters to papa before 1 was
down. 1 should not have had it posted
but it went long before / was awake.
am very tired tonight, dear. l have
been helping mamma sew to-day. My
sister is making me new white Peter
Pan suit, and l do get so tired having
it fitted, and then there are other
ried and tired. l never liked to have
dresses fitted, and now it is ten times
worse. Oh! Chester, you will never
know how glad l shall be when this
worry is all over. l am making myself
i'll over it. Maybe there is no use to
worry, but l do and l guess everyone
does. l am quite brave tonight, and
l always feel better after l write you,
Chester, SO 1 hope you mind the hate
full things l say and 1 hope you won't
mind my writing SO much. Where do
you suppose we will be two weeks
from tonight? l wish you would write
and tell me, dear, all about your COM
ing. l am awfully afraid / can't go
to Hamilton, Chester.
Papa can't take me and I am nerv-
Gus about going alone. You see l
would have to ride quite a distance
before l could take the train and then
there is long wait, and, Chester, 1
am getting awfully sensitive. If /
can't go up there what shall do? Do
you think it would be wise to come
back there? Could you come to Der
uyter and meet me? l have relatives
there, but perhaps I could arrange it
somehow. l was pleased yesterday
morning. You know / have a lot of
bed Quilts-six, l guess-and l was
asking mamma where they were and
saying I wished l had a dozen, when
my little sister said: Just you and
someone else will not need so many
OF course my face got crimson and
the rest of the family roared. Nam
ma is so nice about fixing my dresses;
she has them all up now in nice shape
You remember the white dress / wore
and you once asked me why / didn't
have a new yoke. Well, she has al
most made a new dress out OF that
am afraid the time will seem awfully
long before see you, Chester. l wish
you would always post your letters in
the morning after you write them OF
the same night. They are day later
here if you wait until noon. Oh
course I will be glad to get them, only
| rdislike waiting for them.
| Oh! dear, do get so blue. Chester
Please don't wait until the last of the
week before you come. Can't you come
| the first of the week? Chester, need
you more than you think do. 1 really
think it will be impossible for me t
stay here any longer than this week
L want to please you. but think
Chester, 1t would be very unwise.
If should stay here and anythipi
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81 SHOULD HAVE KNOWN"
h'But Somehow Have Trusted You
More Than AnV One Else"

Dul OOllIClIOW IldNC uSlCO IOu
More Than Any One Else"
South Otselic, June 21st 1906,
Wednesday Night-My Dear Chester:
] am just ready for bed and am so i'll
] could not help writing to you
Chester, l came home because
thought l could trust you. l don't
think now l will be here after next
Friday. This girl wrote me that you
seemed to be having an awfully good
time and she guessed that my coming
home had done you good, as you had
not seemed so cheerful in weeks. She
also said that you spent most of your
time with that detestable Grace Hill.
Now. Chester, she does not know
dislike Miss Hill and so did not
write that because she knew it would
make me feel badly, but just because
she didn't think. l should have
known, Chester, that you did not care
for me. But somehow 1 have trusted
you more than anyone else. When
ever the other girls have said hateful
things to me of you 1 could not be-
lleve them. You told me-even prom
Used me-you would have nothing to
do with her while 1 was gone.
Perhaps, Chester, you don't think
or you can't help making me grieve,
but wish things were different. You
may say you do, too, but you can't
possibly wish so more than /. have
been very brave since 1 came home,
but tonight 1 am very discouraged.
Chester, If l could only die. / know
how you feel about this affair and
wish for your sake you need not be
troubled. If l die hope you can then
be happy. 1 hope 1 can die. The doc
tor says 1 will, and then you can do
Just as you like. l am not the least
bit offended with you, only l am a lit
tie blue tonight and l feel this way.
l miss you. Oh, dear, you don't
know how much l miss you. Honest
ly. dear, I am coming back next week
unless you can come for me right
away. l am so lonesome 1 can't stand
1t. Week ago tonight we were to-
gether. Don't you remember how I
cried. dear? l have cried like that
nearly all the time since. l left Cort-
land. l am awfully blue.
Now. dear, let me tell you. You
will get this Monday some time Now
you please write me Monday night and
be sure and post it Tuesday morning
and then 1 will get it, or ought to-
Wednesday morning. 1 just want to
see what the trouble is why l don't
hear from you. was telling mamma
yesterday how you wrote and l never
got 1t. and she said: 'Why, Billy, il
he wrote you would have received
1T"
She did not mean anything, but ]
was mad, and said: Mamma, Ches
ter never lied to me, and 1 know he
wrote" If you were only here, dear
how glad would be.
Don't You think 1 am awfully brave.
am doing so much better than
thought l should. think about
you. dear, all the time and wonder
what you are doing. am so fright
ened. dear. Maude has invited me
down for next Tuesday, but / dom
think l can go. Oh. say, IL you DOS
letter to me Tuesday morning will
get 1t Tuesday night. Well, dear
they are calling me to dinner and
will stop. Please write or i win b,
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crazy. Be a good kid and God bless
you. Lovingly,
THE KID.
P. ST. am crying.
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Scripture Authority:-Jo Joshua, chap
.er 6.
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THE FALL
OF JERICHO
AsToRY OF THE CONQUEST OF
CANAAN
By the ''Hishway and Bywsy" Preacher.

tCopyrisht, lsos. by the aa.nor, W. s. Edison,
The Irish standard., 1907-11-23
do a great deal to unite the Demo-
cratic party and to make Bryan the
standard bearer of the united party.

Reviewing the conclusions of two re-
cent volumes on the use of alcohol as
medicine. one written by DR.. Horsley,
and giving the conclusions of the Eng
fish school of scientific thought; the
other written by DR.. Starke, and favor
ing the German view of the moderate
use Of stimulants in sickness and in
health. the Independent" says: The
change In the sentiments of the medi-
cal profession in this matter is very
we'll represented by the interesting
statistics from the London hospital.
Forty'years ago the cost Of the alco-
holic liquors was three times as much
as that Of the milk for patients. At
the present time the milk supplied
costs three times as much as the alco-
hol. Nutrition has taken the place of
stimulation. 1t has come to be realized
that natures ordinary forces if only
properly encouraged are even more .f-
ficient than the artificial energies pro-
duced by stimulation. to enable the sys-
tenn to overcome even the serious in.
roads of disease"
The Irish standard., 1907-11-23

Thomas E. Shea, the distinguished
tragedian. who appeared at the Bijou
theater last week. left an impression
of which he may we'll feel proud. Large
audiences greeted the company each
evening, the repertoire being THE
Bells" "Jekyll and Hyde" and "A Sol
dier of the Cross 1t would be diff
cult to say in which Mr. Shea ex-
celled. Certain it is he is a master Of
the heroic drama and his interpreta-
tion Of the part of Ajax in "a Soldier
Of the Cross" classed him at once with
such men as Booth, Barrett. Forrest
and Mccullough of other days. His
voice, manner, bearing, all portray Mr..
Shea as one of the best actors of the
present period, and his countrymen,
many of whom We're present at the
Bt1ou last week, are naturally proud of
the reputation he has thus so faith
fully earned in his chosen profession.
The Irish standard., 1907-11-23
"The great English lawyer,

1.-THE great English lawyer, Lord
Brampton. who recently died, was
asked why he had become convert tn
the Catholic religion" says the Catho-
lie Columbia. "and he answered thus:
ut is not very easy to write def
mite reply to the question-Why be-
came a Catholic? will not therefore
make the attempt. To reason til.
matter out would require much more
time than I have at my command,
and l would not undertake the tasl,
unless felt that could accomplish,
1t thoroughly and with satisfaction
to myself. To undertake work and
fail to perform it would distress me-
Those. therefore, who look for my
reasons for taking the important step
took so late in life can not have
their expectations satisfied by me.
1t must sufiice them to know that it
was the result Of my deliberate con-
viction that the truth-which was all
sought lay with the Catholic
Church. I thought the matter out my
self and seriously. uninnuenced by
The Irish standard., 1907-11-23
Edward Peyson Weston in his seven

Edward Peyson Weston in his seven
tieth year Is walking from Portland,
Me-, to Chicago. distance Of 1890
miles, going over the very ground that
he travelled forty years ago. Pedes-
trianism does not arouse the enthu-
siasm that it did twenty-five years
ago. There was time when walking
contests attracted the multitudes and
the victors Of those contests were as
popular and more SO than the baseball
and football heroes Of the present day.
This old athlete is performing a feat
which he performed forty years ago
to prove that athletes may retain their
power In old age If they live temperate
and correct lives. Weston first at
tracted attention as a pedestrian in
1861. at which time he walked from
Boston to Washington to witness the
Inauguration of President Lincoln. He
left the steps Of the Boston State
House February 22nd Of that year and
arrived in Washington March 3rd, hav-
ing Travelled a distance of 453 miles in
20s hours. This trip was made to pay
an election bet which he lost, but i.
revealed his powers as walker and
pedestrianism became his profession.
1t was in 1867 that Weston made his
first trip from Portland to Chicago. 1t
was an attempt to cover the distance
in thirty days over ordinary roads, On
this walk he tried on four different oc-
casions to cover 100 miles in "a hours.
but failed each time. In 1875 Weston
went to England and made an English
record of 460 miles in six days. Ha
afterwards beat this record and made
$40 miles in six days, which record
was later beaten by Daniel O'Leary,
who covered $40 miles. In 1879 Wes.
over country roads for the purpose of
delivering temperance lectures. He did
not cover the distance by a few miles
owing to bad roads and the presence
Of great crowds Of people who impeded
his progress. In 1879 he received world
wide recognition by covering $50 miles
in six days. This record was made in
London. This feat made him for years
the favorite of the sporting world. On
the present trip Weston left Portland
at five o'clock October 2sth en- route for
Chicago. He is now somewhere in the
state Of Ohio. and expects to cover the
distance in twenty-six days.
The Irish standard., 1907-11-23
GEN. GEORGE H. THOMAS.

DR.. William ]. Jones, historian OF
the Confederacy. asserts that he has
in his possession letter written by
General George H. Thomas, which
shows that Thomas applied for COM
mission in the Confederate army be-
fore he joined the Union side. Stories
have also been circulated that Grant
and Farragut did the same. Some
Thomas story In some quarters because
of the delicate position that Thomas
was placed in at the commencement
of hostilities. Thomas was a Virginian
born. Doubtless he hesitated to take
up arms against his native state, but
that he ever actually thought of en-
tering the service of the Confeieracy
those who are familiar with his war
record will not for an instant believe.
No soldier on the Union side was
stauncher. braver. and more uncom-
promising than Pap" Thomas. He
had difficulties to overcome. He was
a Democrat and Southerner. Natur-
ally he was not close to the adminis-
tration at Washington. His name was
attacked many times during the war.
Although never defeated and never re.
tracing step that he had once taken.
he lost the confidence of the admins
tration at Washington and even the
confidence OF General Grant. After
Thomas had saved Chickamauga from
becoming rout for the Union forces.
and while he was watching Hood be-
fore Nashville. Grant actually sent
Logan with an order IN his pocket to
relieve Thomas. 1t is to the great
The Irish standard., 1907-11-23

The recent election shows that prac-
strength in almost every section of the
country. The elections also prove that
prohibition is not a political question.
but purely moral or economic ques-
tion. The following convincing fig
ures by the Chicago Tribune is proof
of the last assertion: THE six states,
North Carolina, South Carolina. Geor-
gia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi,
are almost entirely closed to the H.
quor traffic. yet these states gave the
prohibition ticket only one-fourth Of
per cent of the votes cast in 1904:
1858 out of total OF 600,392. The
states of Delaware and Kentucky, in
which the anti-liquor forces won
sweeping victories on Tuesday, cast
in 1904, 1915 prohibition. out of a to-
tai of 479.s21. or IL per cent. 13
counties in Illinois. which went dry on
last election day. cast in 1904, 2,s04 out
VI d lOldl VI 4S,4oS, UT Oh per CeIIt III
Pennsylvania, which is the only state
east of the Rocky Mountains in which
there are no prohibition districts, in
1893 the Prohibitionists cast 125,746
votes. 13 per cent Of the whole num-
Der: in 1904 Pennsylvania cast nearly
twice as many prohibition votes as
the 13 southern states combined" In
other words, the larger the prohibition
vote. the less practical prohibition is
found. The sooner 1t is recognized
that prohibition is not a political issue.
but purely local issue, which each
community should decide for itself &C,
cording to its idea of morality or
economics, or personal liberty, the bet
ter, for then the excellent persons who
throw away their votes at each elec-
ton by supporting prohibition tickets
will be free to help decide other ques.
tions which come before the voters and
on which they ought to have an opin-
ion.
The Irish standard., 1907-11-23

Recent elections have not shown a
to rally to the cry of stand by the
President" Voters of the different
states decided local issues without ref
erence to whether their decision would
help the political prospects of the Pres
ident and his friends or not. Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Taft gave
the people of Oklahoma to understand
that it was the wish Of the administra-
ton that the Constitution Of that state
be not adopted. They were further
given to understand that Democratic
candidates should not be elected to
office. Oklahoma's answer was an over
whelming vote of approval for the
majority for the state ticket and tho
election Of a legislature that is almost
solidly Democratic. The ill-adviscd in
reference Of the President and the
Secretary Of War in the municipal
election Of Cleveland received a SINH
lar rebuke. The elections in New. York,
New Jersey, Rhode Island and Mary
land show that the voters Of those
states voted upon the questions pre-
sented without any regard to whether
or not the result would be received at
the White House with an exuberant
"de-lighted." The Republicans of Ken
lucky sent word to the White House
that the result there was due to the
national administration. This was the
only territory where there was Demo-
cratic reversal. A reasonable deduc.
ton from the election is that the peo-
pie voted independently of national is
sues, and that the elections are neither
q vote Of approval or disapproval.