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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-05-31
ROBERT |NGERSO[['S SPEECH
ON GRIMES ON CRIMINALS
Great Free Thinker Discusses the Three
Pests of Community and Says That
More Crimes Are Committed Than Are
Prevented Under the Present System
of Government.

exhausted in the construction of in
struments that would surely reach the
most sensitive nerves. All this was
done in the interest of civilization
for the protection of virtue, and the
well-being of states. Curiously
enough, the fact is that, no matter
how severe the punishments were, the
crimes increased.
It was found that the penalty of
death made little difference. Thieves
and highwaymen, heretics and bias
phemers, went on their way. 1t was
then thought to add to this penalty of
death, and consequently, the convict
ed man was tortured in every con-
ceivable way before execution. They
were broken on the wheel-their
joints dislocated on the rack. They
were suspended by their legs and
arms, while immense weights were
placed on their breasts. Their flesh
was burned and torn with hot irons.
They were roasted at slow fires. They
were buried dalive-given to will
beasts-molten lead was poured in
their ears-their eyeliis were cut off
and the wretches placed with their
faces toward the sun-others were
securely bound, so that they could
move neither hand nor foot, and over
their stomachs were placed inverted
bowls; under these bowls rats were
confined; on top of the bowls were
heaped Goals of fire, SO that the rats
in their efforts to escape would gnaw
into the bowels of the victims. They
were staked out on the sands of the
sea, to be drowned by the slowly ris-
ing tide-and every means by which
human nature can be overcome slow
ly, painfully and terribly, was con-
ceived and carried into execution.
And yet the number of so-called GRIM
inals increased.
For petty offenses men were de-
graded-given to the mercy of the
rabble. Their ears were cut off,
their nostrils slit, their foreheads
branded. They were tied to the tails
of carts and flogged from one town
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-05-31

During the past week a number of
friends of the Daily World have
asked that this paper reprint the
great speech of Robert Ingersoll, de-
livered before the State Bar associa-
tion at Albany. New York, January
81, 1890. The speech is too lengthy
for publication in full in one issue
and it has been divided into two parts,
one in the issue of this evening and
the balance for Tuesday evening. 1t
is as follows:
Crimes Against Criminals.
In this brief address, the object is
to suggest-there being no time to
present arguments at length. The
subject has been chosen for the rea-
son that il is one that should interest
the legal profession, because that
profession to a certain extent controls
and shapes the legislation of our
country and fixes definitely the
scope and meaning of all laws.
Lawyers ought to be foremost in
legislative and judicial reform, and
of all men they should understand
the philosophy of mind, the causes of
human action and the real science of
government.
1t has been said that the three pests
of a community are: A priest with
out charity; a doctor without knowl-
edge, and a lawyer without a sense
of justice.
All nations seem to have had su-
preme confidence in the deterrent
power of threatened and inflicted
pain They have regarded punish
ment as the shortest road to refor-
nation. Imprisonment, torture,
death, constituted a trinity under
whose protection society might feel
secure.
In addition to these, nations have
relied on confiscation and degrade
ton, on maimings- whippings, brand
ings and exposures to public ridicule
and contempt Connected with the
court of justice was the chamber of
torture The ingenuity of man was
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-05-31

Continued on Page Seven.)
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-07

B ~ aud q ~ NklFlk HUfNlAI q HNl
$50 place ID Fhis sale about 30 ilus
SKIRTS, plain ana fancy GOODS, akifl4
that sold igg u 90 $40 and sac
ynu ran lake ehalce for 8fH
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-07

Keep the place keep your ntnd OF The Gate
brings the people miles trade and send thenl
Ie your friends. nc biggest. brghtest and bes-~the
POSITIVELY greatest Drice-smasling sale held IN
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-07

he suits ags ns v they afe good
values made bg tae best manulae
tuners
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-17
Small Steamers Wanted.

There are nearly Il hundred towns,
villages, landings and stopping places
along Indian river, between Miami and
Ormond, and yet there is no regular
boat line for passengers on that famous
water. The situation seems to offer a
golden opportunity for a double daily
line of fast launches with a capacity of
ten to twenty passengers each, and the
fact that there is no such line on Indian
river is a reflection upon the spirit of
enterprise and progress that prevails
along the East Coast, --Punta Gorda
Herald.
1t is strange, when one takes time to
think, that this condition prevails
What grand opening there should be
for wholesale houses at the Port Of
Miami, with steamers to supply the
trade along the East Coast. New
Smyrna is "a more central location, still.
In time, this will be done.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-17
TICKS ON CATTLE.

\ cattle tick that has reached the
enlarged stage weighs about five
grains, and about 1900 such ticks
weigh a pound. AS cattle in the tick
region often carry many thousands of
these blood sucking parasites, and as
each tick during the period of its at
tachmcnt to an animal draws consid-
erably more than its own weight in
blood, it can be seen that these ticks
constitute an enormous drain on the
cattle which they infcst. This &C
counts for the fact that under such
conditions it is impossible t" fattcn
cattle even on rich pasture and with
an abundance of good food. \ large
part Of the nourishment that should
go toward producing beef and milk is
consumed by the ticks. In addition
to the loss Of blood and nourishmcnt
there is the ncvcr-ceasing irritation
caused by the ticks. SO that the exist
ence of the infested cattle is bcsct
with continuous suffering, and this OF
course also tends to keep them in poor
condition.
The shrinkagc in the milk produc-
ton of COW harboring many ticks
will average one quart a day, and. the
loss occasioncd thereby at three cents
a quart for the $500 ticky dairy
cattle out of more than 1000, 900 be-
low the quarantine line would amount
to S26.as a day, Counting 800 milk
ings a day for each COW to the year
would make the loss from this cause
S7,S7s,ooo per annun
Full information as to how to get
rid of the ticks. including directions
for the preparation of dips and sprays,
the arrangement of pastures. etc. may
be obtained free upon application to
the bureau of animal industry, de-
partmcnt of agriculture, Washington.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-17
The Lure OF the White Light.

The lure of the white light along
side railroad track has oftentimes
been the undoing OF careful engineer
and the cause OF disastrous wrecks. The
white light is the signal for clear track.
But all ordinary, uncovered lights are
white, so that innocent parties with
ordinary lanterns have made what en-
gineers have taken to be clear signals,
with very bad results, The New York
Central and the Pittsburg and Lake Erie
railroads have abolished the white light
for the clear signal and substituted the
yellow. Some Of the roads are putting
aside red as the danger signal and sub
stituting green, because in foggy wealth
err the moisture absorbs the red rays and
makes the light look white. The signal
code is one of the most important details
of railroad operation, and whatever
tends TO make it more simple and more
certain is public benefaction.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-17

You will then see the wind. Looking
along the teeth of the saw you will see
the wind pour over them as plainly as
you may see water pouring over fall. y
Old-time negroes used to tell of an
other way in which the wind could be
seen, and there were many white chill
drcn in ante-bellum days who firmly
believed them. They said that hogs
could see the wind and that all that any
person who wished to see is need do was
to partake plcntifully of sow's milk,
We cannot recall case where the feat
was accomplished by this method, but
the failures were always charged up to
the old sow's rcscntful state Of mind.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-17
A FLORIDA INDUSTRY
THAT IS PROFITABLE
Hog Raising Will Pay If Properly
Conducted.

The following from the editorial col
umns of the Tampa Daily Times is ccr-
tainlv worthy of serious consideration
by farmers Of Florida and also by the
new settlers who are always looking for
some way in which to increase their in
come:
The Times is meeting more frequent
acknowledgements these days in it's preach
ing of the hog raising gospel for Florida,
as witness this delghtsomc bit of in
formation from the Ocala Star
IT. T. Sims, who is the manager Of
G.. D. Hogan's farm near Kendrick and
who has fattencd herd of hogs. says
the work of fattcning them for slaugh-
ter goes merrly on. So far over two
hundred head have been slaughtered and
there are vet $50 for the shamblcs.
Every farmer in the State is invited
to consider what it means to put three
hundred and fifty fat hogs on the mar
ket and get the money for them. Of
course there are not very many franz
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-17
REOPEN BRYAN DIVORCE
Former Husband Will Ask Court to
Reconsider Case.

Lincoln Neb,, Dec. II.-Wiliam
Homer Lcavitt, divorced by Ruth Bry-
an Leavitt on the allegation Of cruel
ty and non-support. is proceeding
with the preliminaries necessary to
filing petition asking the Lancashire
county district court to reopen the
case.
His recent request to the court for
transcript of Mrs. Leavitt's testi-
mony in support Of her charge of non
support met with a rebuff, but the
artist has engaged Lincoln attorney
to represent him and to get the trans
cript on a formal writ to the court.
Mrs Leavitt is on the point of leaving
with her parents for u tour OF the West
Indies preliminary to a longer absence in
Europe while Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan are
travelling in South America.
Her former husbands determine
ton to revive the divorce suit now
threatens to force the abandonment
of her trip.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-17
SEEING THE WIND.

From the Charlotte (N. c. Observer.
The Kansas City Times says that with
the proper handling Of an ordinary saw
anyone can see the wind. Its directions
are: "On any blowy day-the wind be-
ing, say in the north-hold your saw
with the ends pointing one to the east,
the other to the west. Take the saw as
if you were going to cut the air upward,
and let the teeth, which are on top, tilt
over till the fiat part of the saw is at an
angle of As degrees with the horizon.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-17
Christmas Hints.

The last time We donned our glad
rags our suspenders broke and we
had to fasten them together with a
string.
We prefer our cigars medium, both
in size and flavor.
Owing to dental difficulties we are
forced to use a pipe with a curved
stem. Amber mouthpiece preferred.
If we remember rightly slippers
run in the same sizes as shoes. We
wear No. shoe.
Our taste in neckwcar runs to sub
ducd colors, and we are partial to the
four-in-hand.
We burn semi-anthracite in the
furnace. The window through which
the coal is passed into the basement
is on the south side of the house.
Please do not drive loaded wagon over
the cement walk.
The missus informs me that the
gas range has been overhauled, and
that it will now roast turkey to
perfection. We have the cranberries.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-17
CARUSO TELLS A STORY.
That Might Be Needed by Many De-
Land People.

Enrico Caruso, the famous tenor, told
a curious story the last time he was
here while in conversation with a man
prominent in musical circles in Phia-
dephia says the. Philadelphia News,
The two were ascending the stairs from
the basement of the Belcvue-Stratford
when, at the first landing, they halted
and Caruso pointed to marble bench
of ancient Florcntinc pattern.
II am great admirer of those
benches" he said, and last summer
had strange experience with them.
| had just purchased q villa in Italy,
and was always on the lookout for
something decorative in the way OF
novel furniture.
While in Paris I happened to see
one of those benches and at once con-
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-17
JOAN OF ARC
A Big Audience Attends Presentation of
Gaul's Cantata,

a very large audience attended the
presentation of Gaul's cantata, Joan
Of Arc in the StctsOn auditorium last
Friday night; there was. in fact, one of
the largest audiences ever seen at an
entertainment in this building. This
was the first entertainment in the
Lyccun Course for I0o9-Io.
Those who took part we're:
Conductor John w. Phillips.
SOLOIsTS.
Soprano--Nlss Lena Conkling
Tcnor-Mr. II. J. Wilmshurst
I'aritone--M Arthur Milan
ACCOMPANIES
Pianist--Mrs &. s. Farris
Organist Mrs. Geo. b. Sleden
ORCHESTRA
Nioins-AIrs. {. b. Rosa Ucadcr),
Mr.. r. {, Bushnell, Mr.. Paul Roberts,
Miss May l.. Bugbce, Miss Evelyn
Ackroyd, Miss llilda Constance Water
man.
Clarinet r. S. Bushnell
Cornct--Mss Ruth Woodward.
Bass Niolin--G. L. Ackroyd
CHORUS
Sopranos--Mrs. T. S. Tabor Mrs
VIM GRANGE. Mrs +. p Melbourne,
Misses Incz Barron, Ethel Watts, Myrtle
Davis, W. NJ, Dunl'cc. Eliza Daniels
Matte Bishop, Olive Locklar, Clara
Johnson, lImclc lIibbard, Viola Town
send, Marion Gardner, Esther Hampton,
Annie Galbraith, Bertha Brassell,
Marjorie l.. Mace, Rhca Vandcrpool,
Alice Irene Wall, Lillian Bauknight,
Harriet $ HUXLEY, Bette Quartcrinan,
Addic Grace Waterman, Mamie r.
lligginbotham,
Altos-Mrs. IL p. Stewart, Mrs. +. l..
Waterman, Mrs. Maudc T. Barron,
Mrs. Elizabeth Stultz, Mrs Margaret
Phillips. Misses Eva Baker, Fay Cribbctt,
Ruth Daniels, May Kennedy. Mary
Stanton Grace L Murch, Salome
Hampton, Gertrude Purdon, Ellen w.
Marticn, Frances Bouchcllc, Emma NJ.
Whitfield
Tcnors-Mcssrs. II. G. Jones, l. c,
Slower, f. B. Thomas, \. l.. Powell, Il
X Roberts, NJ W. Zcigler, &. A. Ham
mond, K. 5. lockwood, II. J, Wins
hurst.
Basses Mcssrs. a. Milan, {. b.
Rosa, f. Widcman. c. II Scldcn, W. T.
Stults, W. J. Martin, w Y. Mickle,
W. ID. lleebncr. II. c. Garwood, c. NJ.
Durrance. l.. {, Lindstrom.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-17
SOME DUMB ANIMALS ARE WISE
AS HUMAN BEINGS.
Marvellous Elephants, Too, as Well as
Educated Horses, Make a Big Hit
With Howe's Great London Show
Audiencpc

Audiences.
Not all of the many sides of interest
of a circus pilgrimage is seen upon
the bills Could our readers but follow
the magnificent horses all day as they
go about the show ground they would
be surprised by the revelation of horse
sense
There are to be counted with Iiowe's
Great London Shows almost 200 head
of horses, and they are all beauties,
perfectly lovely" Each of these
horses can find the car in which it
travels at night and can find its proper
stall In the morning when the train
is unloaded it knows where to go and
where to stand 1t knows when its
cage or den is, ready to be taken to
the ground; it sizes up the situation
and where its load should be taken.
The horse will find its proper place in
the big horse tents, and when the pa
rade is ready it knows where it should
fall in These circus horses know as
much about the performance as do the
people with the show. 1t has been
claimed, and is probably true, that the
ring and performing horses know when
they will be needed in the ring; that
they can tell by the music of the band,
The circus horses know when to
pull and when to lay down; they know
how to stand up in moving car and
they know how to hurry in case of
storm. They can do everything but
talk,
The entire institution is SO complete
in its immensely that only a general-
cation can be mentioned herewith
Don't forget the date, Monday Dec
ember aoth, at DeLand
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-17

cudcd to put dozen of them about
the grounds. ! found the dealer and
asked the price He said $50 apiece. |
ordered the dozen.
"A few weeks later was at my villa,
looking it over, and happened to dis
cover across the hedge at the border
Il marble yard, and there was the
marble cutter working on one of those
same benches
II climbed the hedge. and, after
chatting with the man few minutes
and admiring the great care he was
exercising, asked if he usually made
such benches. oh, yes, he replied. i
make many have an order now for
twelve of them for the great tenor Ca
russo. lie ordered them in Paris.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-17
The Correct Time

to stop 4 cough or cold IS Just as Soon
as it starts-thcn there will be no
danger of pneumonia or consumption:
lust few doses of Ballard Horehound
Syrup taken at the start will stop the
cough If it has been running on for
sometime the treatment will he longer,
but the cure is sure. Sold by all drug
gists.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-17
When | recovered from-my surpris

When l recovered from-my surpris
| questioned him and found that he
was really the man who supplied the
Paris dealer. asked him how much
he would make me some for and he
replied, $50 apiece, signor.
80 was paying $50 for the privilege
of buying, in Paris what was being
made at my own door, in addition to
freight both ways and extra individual
expenses. Now when want TO buy
anything for my home go to the near
est place first.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-17

We never realize how little we are
understood by our friends until we con-
template the presents they give us at
Christmas. Puck.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-12-17

Sanford's public school has enrolled
sSI pupils. ~
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-18
(By Tad }

y
New York. March 1S-"Billy" De
laney was up to see us again, and
Bill has things to utter concerning
Jeffries. too He said: Il think It's
about time that Jeffries came out and
let the public know whether he is go
Ing to fight or not, don't you? | have
$4,000 to be bet that AL Kaufman can
beat him, and Id like to know whether
he wants to cover 1t or not put over
two ampions-Corbctt and Jeffries
and If | make AL Kaufman champion,
I'm willing to retire.
'Jelf Is going around the country
posing as the best white heavyweight
In the world and getting easy money
on the stage. If he's anxious. let him
say SO and the fight-loving public can
look to new man to fight Johnson
To tell you the truth. think Johnson
can beat Kaufman. but year from
now I'm willing to have Al fight him
and think that he will win.
These oldtimers didn't need six
months to find out whether they were
in condition or not l really think
that JEFF Is stalling, but the public
falls for 1t anyway. If he wants to find
out how good he is. why doesn't he
fight Kaufman?
You know he never did like to fight,
for he was the most fretful fellow
ever handled, and now that he Is being
called l guess that he's more fretiul
than ever. ! appear to be sore at Jeft.
oh. no, but ! like to see a man come
out, and get on one side of the fence
or the other He promised to fight
Tommy Burns some time ago out west,
and the next morning ran out on 1t,
declaring that he never said such
thing.
"Then, when Squires came over, he
agreed to fight him, and when I had
ARRANGEMENTS made. he said he didn't
want to fight any more. / think Kauf-
man can beat him, yes. Five years
ago. of course. JEFF was a marvel. |
do not think that anyone could have
beaten him then. but now I'd bet that
both Johnson and kaufman can trim
him.
"Win Kaufman fight Barry or Ber-
ger? Yes, I'll have him fight Berger
here 10 rounds, but Barry will have
to go a longer distance. Al chased
Barry all over the ring In Los Angeles,
and | don't want to have him box such
a short go with a fellow who takes TO
his heels all the way AL is long-dis'
tance fighter, like Battling Nelson. II
doesn't do either one of them any good
to get into these short goes
Jim Barry was up today. making
noise like n dynamite bomb. Jim wants
TO fight He doesn't care who the
other fellow is. but he wants TO fight
Al Kaufman, Sam Berger, Sam Lang
ford. Jim Stewart or Jack Sullivan. lie
will bet Kaufman $1,000 that he can
beat him, and is terribly anxious about
getting busy.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-18
BASEBALL
CHICAGO, ~; VERNON, 5.

Los Angeles, March 17.-Chicago
No. defeated Vernon today. IL to 5,
In the first game of two weeks
series. Summary: X. II. h.
Vernon ..4........ 10 L
Batteries-Sutor and Owen; Shaefer
and Hogan
Oakland, March 1.-THE game be-
tween Chicago White SoX No. 2 and
Oakland resulted as follows. Score
Chicago White SoX No 2....,.2 10 2
Oakland D.. ..............ss., b
Batterics-Sp Altrock and
PAYNE: Christian. Marie. Thomas and
LaLonge.