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tho influence Of partisan politics, He
says:
"tTnconsclously a sentiment has been
growing during the last few years IN
favor Of reform in parliamentary
procedure, and II has been felt that
tho proper function % the Speaker
was ~ be- the servant and not the mas
tor II the House, Tho example of
England is contagious, Men turn 20
England and SEQ the Speaker there
simply a presiding officer sitting over
tho deliberations ~ the House with
judicial impartianty. and wish that
their Speaker might he equally re-
moved nom the influence % partisan
politics Such a thing Is not possible
here az present for the Speaker ~
always a shining mark. no HOUSE Win
Democratic majority would accept
"a Republican a. Speaker, and vice
versa. no political party would consent
to the return uuopposed of the Occu-
pant 81 the chair 10 must De many
years before a reform can De insutut-
cd that would add 90 tho dignity or
the country but beginning has az
always succeed. but they never q
backward Reform sometimes haltsi
but its progress Is never blocked.
fNnNNNIRIN NN NlIlH NhhNNA fNaANA 80
Great Britain are entirely different.
But a. seems that in a country with
popular government the proposition
that public officers are public servants
ought To- be- recognized to a greater
extent than ls actually the case. We
find. too often. that. as soon as man
has succeeded In obtaining prominent
Official position. Die regards himself
as "a commander. an autocrat. instead
OF the executor of the viii of the ma
ioritv. From this springs pernicious
machine rule. by which the people vir-
tuaIly are excluded from the govern
m,nt In constitutional mouarchies
kings and governors and numerous
other officials are absolutely non-par-
tisan. They are the executors and
representatives Of the entire nation,
and are removed from the fields of
partisan strife II is a question wheth-
er our own government would not add
20 it's strength. and dignity by imitat-
ing the Old World In this particular.
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4 have been told that Charlotte
Cushman. the celebrated American
actress, showed her intense patriotism
at the time Of the Civil war by giving
performances for the benefit OF the
sanitary Commission" said to me sew
eral years ago a relative OF Hamilton
Towle, who was "a well known Amerl-
can consulting engineer about rory
five years ago. and who al one time
was called into important consultation
by the Swiss government But ! be
Ieve that ] can tell you story that
viii show more strongly even, her
great love for America,
For time when he was yuung
man. MI Towle was one OF the euBl-
noers ON board that old time wonder
of marine architecture. the Great East
ern. Upon her last passage 20 TINS
country before she was converted mt"
a ga bile laying boat. the Great Eastern
ruddcr was broken, and al a time when
il was blowing half "a gale. IN th'se
days triple or quadruple expansion en-
zines mad not been perfected, and IL
was practically impossible 70 maintain
control over a steamship. and especially
a side-wheeler. such as the Great East
eru was. unless there was perfect com
mand Of the ruddcr
'cWel. all Of the engineers except
one stated TO the captain that they ala
not see how tho rudder could be- re-
paired or temporary steering gear pro-
vided: and an the while the steamship
was getting into the trough of the sea,
and the danger every hour grew greater
and greater that she might be founder
ed But when things were looking
blacklist, Hamilton Towle quietly i'm
formed the captain that he believed DE
could repair tho rudder. at least 10
such an extent that the ship could
make Roadway He was told 90 see
what he could do, and after working
very hard for the better part ~ two
Gays the young American made the
necessary repairs, and the vessel was
brought safely into harbor
"Some time after MI Towle had per-
formed this feat Miss Cushman was
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In speaking of q low level OF art.
certain great critic writes; III catches
YOUR attention instead OF your attcn-
ton conquering &c." This II the test
Of am great art 10 demands training
effort submission, work. Pleasures
which Impose themselves upon our
inertia from the outside are tho easy
pleasures Of "a low level. and the
pleasures that truly bring ms a re-
ward are those which tho attention
trains itself 20 select and then enjoy
Great art makes indeed, the same
demands that great virtue makes.
First. a deliberate conquering n our
natural. Unborn inertia, our human
tendency 10 degenerate into an oyster
10 requires. like virtue. obedience and
submission 90 authority. When one
who has studied long and lived among
pictures tells ms. for example. that
Giorgione r. "a greater painter than
Bonifazio. we must believe 70 before
we know a. when we are told that
"a Beethoven quartette given by the
Nncisei players is better than ragtime
by prior's band, we have TO begin ny
faith n is the same story with tho
higher pleasures as with the higher
virtues-"Do the deed and ye shall
know the doctrine" who has fed his
mind for many years on Dante ana
Shakespeare win not be led astray ny
fourth rate writer's. a standard al
most involuutarily grows ny IN the
mind which acts as preserVatiVe
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ANOTHER MEDIUM EXPOSED.

Although spiritualist mediums are
exposed az frauds, one after another
there seems Co be enough superstition
among people. even IN this enlightened
are. To secure such mediums fol-
lowing. Eusapia Pulladino. who came
20 this country a few months ago with
Tho prestige of endorsement by Shia-
pareIH and Iombroso. and many other
scientists was unmasked recently hy
Professor Mucnsterberg. but that will
probably not deprive other mediums
of the patronage Of dupes. And there
must be- quite few oven In Salt Lake
city
Professor Muensterberg tells. In the
Metropolitan Magazine the story ~
one ~ the seanccs In Nine. Palladino.s
sanctum. lie says that one week be-
fore Christmas at the midnight hour
he sat az Nine Palladino's left sido
and well-lmown scientist on her
right They had her under strictest
supervision Hands and feet were. as
far as they knew, secure, For an
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND FASTING

The annual report Of Mrs. pank-
bursts union shows that In the course
or the year 1853 women went 10 prison
for the cause of woman suffrage. ln
NO cases starvation was successfully
prartised. Including. Of course. the
thirty-six cases I'M which the oesopha-
zeal tube was employed.
Now. this is an interesting circum-
stance. because ono " the last ~ the
hunger strikers in telling her story tho
other day attributed her success enc
urely TO Christian Science and, as h
were. gave all the glory 10 Mrs Eddy
She was am American, and In her
youth a. she explained. she had
"studied Christian Science So when
70 came 20 he her duty 20 starve the
happy thought occurred 20 hor that she
could easily treat" for hunger-hunger
being evidently an error or a man-
Hesitation ~ mortal mind" or what
ever the proper phrase may be 100 the
somewhat vague terminology Of the
scientists" Her experiment appears
60 have been altogether a success, for
not only did she starve, but she even
grew pale and weak. This, We were
told was part ~ her design and 10 re-
suited ultimately ln her dismissal from
tho prison The papers made great
deal of her narrative aad explained In
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crossing TO Europe upon a steamship
which was a great favorIte I'm those
days, and whose captain made himself
especially popular with the passengers
This captain was very proud Of Miss
Cushman. or. rather. Of the fact that
she was "A passenger by his ship. and
he gave her the seat Of honor al his
table. and occasionally promenaded the
deck with her, knowing full we'll that
the eyes Of an the passengers wero
upon him and his celebrated oompan-
ion.
During one or these afternoon prom
enades, fellow passenger 81 Miss
Cushman, man N wealth. Joined her
and the captain. and IN the course ~
the walk he told how Yankee en-
gineor. young Hamilton Towle. had re
paired tho ruddor ~ the Great East
crn and saved that famous shin
Tlumphi" exclaimed the British
captain when the story was ended Tf
I had been captain Of the Great East
ern, 7 would have let her 20 to tho
bottom before 7 would have permitted
p miserable Yankee engineer 10 repair
her i7fdder'
Instantly Miss Cushman Withdrew
her arm from that of tho captain She
whlrled around and faced him. Har
face took On q most tragic expression.
She was magnificent IN her INDIGNATION
as she looked az tho captain with scurn
for moment or two Then she smoke
In that turly wonderful voice NJ hare.
Il ann nm American. and 7 am nroui
NJ IT, 7 am proud ~ that Yankee on
rinecr. and I want N saw 10 Won now
SIR that 7 win not permit YOU 10
speak 10 mo hereafter upon this vow
0go You have mnrited NV profound
contempt and 7 rive ~ ~ vou'
"rhcn she stood aside to let tho con
tain pass, and would not listen ~ hin,
although he trie1 to humble an lnoI-
ogy. Nor would she agaln sneak o.
him. or oven look ~ him DURING tho
remaluder NJ the vovnwe And MANY ~
the Messengers thanked her Tor her
Demonstration ~ nor uatrfotfen1 ar1
her pride in tho achievement ~ "a seI-
low American q"
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THE QUALITY or PLEASURES.


Goethe says somewhere In Wilhelm
Meister that each man owes 10 20 HIM
self To hear daily "a beautiful song.
read q great poem, look az an excel
lent picture. and. II le can, speak
few rational words To his somewhat
new eighteenth century culture that
may have seemed an almost impos-
8iDlo reach. Today II is within easy
grasp of who ga willing 90 seize a.
Great poetry rs cheap and accessible.
only the minor poets are expensive 90
own nowadays Mechanical devices
are over pcrfecting means N carrying
the best music 10 the remotest parts
of the earth. Great paintings are stul
difficult Co come a.. but photographs
go a long way, and that comparatively
few people care anything about paint
ing in our land may Doe derived from
measuring the crowds that thronE the
Hippodromo against those who fire.
quent the Metropolitan museum, and
the occasional lonely straggler who
wanders into the smaller collections.
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CORRUPTION AND IT'S REMEDY.


They are having general house
cleaning az Pittsburg. these days.
where public officials, present and past
are confessing their sins I'm the hope
Of being let down easy.
There has not been q sudden awaken
Ing OF consciouccs at Pittsburg. but
they happen to have chief Of detec-
tives there. who took upon himself 10
inform against the grafters and bribe-
takers in public offices. and some Of
them wero convicted and, mirabile die
tui sentenced John r. Klein. under
sentence for his share in the game.
gave mis- comrades away. and that
started the tide NJ confession TO flow
toward the Jury room
As stated in the dispatches. Dr We
ber told Judge Frazer how he received
$40 600 70 ho distributed among council
mon FOR their votes and influence I'm
tho passage ~ an ordinance 10 vacate
a certain street. He said he gave the
money 10 about thirty or forty coun-
cilmen.
Some interest attaches 10 the way
IN which the money was passed 10 the
councilmeu. Some had II thrust into
their hands while standing in public
places. some received IL In the mall
while others had envelopes adroitly
slipped into their pockets while they
admired adjacent buildings
nmIN
city with officials. past or present.
guilty Of graft That form Of vice
is 80 common that Il takes an earth
quake 10 arouse the people 10 a roali-
zation ~ the abnormity Of Il. II
has been asserted that in the good,
old days. grating was generally re-
garded a. legitimate. n Hobbies were
maintained TO bride legislators. this
was done for the good Of the people,
IL was said. n rebates were given and
money spent 20 protect lines Of COM
munication against the "brigandage Or
Legislators" that was only IN the in
tcrest 81 the stockholders. Money
was offered and taken. ''in the interest
" the people" The public docs not
look upon graft In that light any
longer. but many of1cials do, and so
the business goes on.
A. FOR the remedy, many have been
proposed. Punish the guilty ones, Is
one But that is almost impossible Of
accomplishment In many cases Graft
ers NJ necessity hang together. and
evidence cannot always be secured.
ana when the prosecution has obtained
legal evidence and a fair court and
Jury. and after the culprit has been
placed behind the bars, a new CRATER
who thinks he has a better scheme or
q more open opportunity Is likely to
take the place NJ the predecessor. II
mo- CRATER could escape conviction.
prison would he a sufficient cure, but
too many escape.
Elect only good mon, is another rem
ody Unfortunately that has too often
failed n the office were seeking the
man and the man not the office. there
might be some hope in this direction.
I'm Pittsburg 1t has been proved that
an sorts ~ good" men, have dis
gracod themselves FOR a few dollars
Give the people the power 20 look
after their public servants and Co dis
miss them az any time when they
provo rcmiss. would. In am probability
be- tho most effective remedy Give
tho people th, power 90 cancel any deal
that may have been influenced by cor
-upt methods Trust the people TO
manage their own affairs That would
help some.
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CONFERENCE NOTICE.

The Eighueth Annual General Con
ference Of the church OF Jesus Christ
n Latter-day saints viii assemble In
the Tabernacle. Salt Lake city. on
Sunday. April Q. 1910. at 10 o'clock a. m.
The general Priesthood meeting viii
be held en- the Tabernacle on Monday
April g. beginning az o'clock p. m.
The hrst Sunday Of tho month being
Conference Sunday. 81 is suggested that
the last Sunday m March be observed
as Fastday in salt lake. Ensign. Pho
neer. Liberty. Granite and Jordan
stakes.
JOSEPH g. SMITH.
JOHN r wtNDER.
ANTHON r. LUND.
First Presidency.
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hour the performance had gone on.
Then. ~ they sat in the darkencd
room On the highest expectancy. some
body touched him distinctly ON the
hip and then ON the arln and a.
last az the elbow. II was most I'm
canny And finally the table three feet
behind her began 60 scratch tho floor,
and they expected II to b. lifted But
instead. there suddenly came Wild,
yelling scream. Tho Professor con-
tlnues.
1T was such scream a. have
never heard before In nay life. not even
10 Sarah Bernhardt's most thrilling
scenes. IL was scream as N "a dag
ger had stabbed Eusapia right through
the heart
What had happcned2 Neither she
nor Mr.. Darlington had the slightest
idea That man WAS lying nat on the
floor. and had succeeded In slipping
noiselcssly like "a snail below the cur
tain into the cabinet
81 had told him that expected wires
stretching out from her body and be-
looked out Tor them What a surprise
when he saw that she had simply freed
her foot from her shoe and with an
athletic backward movement ~ the
leg was reaching out and fishing with
her toes for the guitar and tine table
in the cabinet
And then lying on the floor he
gragped her foot and caught her heel
with a Arm hand and she responded
with that Wild scream. which indicated
that she knew that al last she was
trapped and her glory shattered
Her achievement WAS splendid. She
had lifted her unshod foot to the
height OF my arm when she touched
me under cover ~ the curtain with
out changing In the least the position
Of her body"
There is hardly a celebrated medium
that has not been exposed. The Fox
sisters who started the business IN
1StS confessed that they made the
trapping" sounds with the Joints Of
their toes and ankles a series Of cx-
posures was conducted by W. irving
Bishop, years ago. Dr SHADES spirit
writings were proved 90 be his own.
The Davenport brothers who for some
time, mystihcd people by tying and
untyinR knots although their hands app
peared TO be bound. were caught and
exposed. One Of their assistants was
Keller who later entered the legit-
mate sleight-of- hand business. Mime.
Palladino has been added 10 the long
list Of exposed mediums. but. strange
to SAY. some 81 these folks have been
able 10 do a hourishing business even
after their methods have become
known. Some people. evidently. love
20 be deceived. Miss Anna iva Fay did
not claim 90 be- a medium. she did not
claim connection with the spirit world:
and yet. many insisted ON believing
that she was attended by spirits. I'm
spite of an she could say TO the con-
trary
l. March preparing On go out like a
hon2
Those Indicted packers must feel all
cut up.
Is Mr Pinchot TO play the role OF
Fouche?
Speaker Cannon appears to be doing
the Achilles act
It's a sight 20 see some 90 the sight
soers seeing the sights
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The suggestion Of a New York doctor,
as to play. is that II men. instead OF
working intently that later they might
play. should work and play together
the quality Of work would he better
and the outlook on life happier. This
is undoubtedly correct. Seeking recro-
alton iu healthy channels as each day
comes. is vastly better than a desperate
and spasmodic seeking for distraction
to relieve the strain OF ovorwork
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The professional point OF view is rarc-
ly that OF tho humanitarian a pas
scngcr on London omnibus calls out
to the conductor.
Ere. thcroi Whoai There's am old
chap fallen on the bust
"All right' responds the conductor
cheerfully " 'Es paid his fare."-Lon-
don sketch
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Addressing the New England Manu-
featuring Jewellers and Silversmiths'
association at Providence. r. J., Presi-
dent raft said: ~ can't 90 on the floor
Of the house or senate, so I have To-
accept opportunities like this 70 give
vent to my views"
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Manager Cleary says he lost $4,000
through his contract with Aviator
paulhsu when a man goes into the
flying machine business ne need not be
surprised 20 ma that money has wings.
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Or IT, $. Pritohett Of the Carnegie
Foundation says that the legal profess
sion is overcrowded' He might have
said the same thing Of almost any other
profession or occupation.
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THE hardest thing policeman has
TO do is To XIII time" says chief OF
Police Knapp 81 Toledo How true yet
how remarkable that a chief OF police
should tell such truth.
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SERVANTS. Not MASTERS.

A correspondent Of the National Re-
vlcw published iu England, points out
that a sentiment is steadily grow
Ing ,n this country in favor Of remov-
ing the Speaker Of the House from
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Girls In the Pittsburg high schools
are not allowed 20 wear the French
heel shoe. not even those who are
studying French
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The experience Of capt Klein %
Pittsburg shows there h. no honor
among thieves No one ever really be-
Iieved there was.
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Congress is such "A conuoisseur that In
the caso Of Commander pcary " de-
mauds proofs before letters
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Dr. Wiley says that getting up "a
meal Is an art" And Of which art
Brulat- savarin's Physiologie du Gout
is the epic
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How old are you, my dear2"
Eight at home. "a when [ go by
train, and g when ! go out with
mamma, Bon Niyaut.
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II will take something moro than
an immunity bath 20 disinfeot the
corrupt members OF the Pittsburg
common council
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NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
HE BRITISH CAPTAIN THAT CHARLOTTE CUsHMAN REBUKED


mate
in
the the
have a
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Canada just wants To- boz coaNcd.
that's all Let "Our Lady OF Snows'
be humored.
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JUST FOR FUN.
A MiId Homo.

The Mistress-I hope we shall get
along nicely together.
The New COok-Do yez, mum? Am
I yer fur-rst cook Puck
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Song OF the "insurgent; Il don't
know whore I'm going but Tn on my
way"
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What is poetry" asks an exchange.
The result Of the ravages Of the hook
worm.
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The Norris resolution was soon fol-
lowed by the Norris irresolution.
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WIN "UncIe Joe" please give his idea
of the uses OF adversely
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Most people win tell story before
they will tell their age,
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hor thumb Il is a part Of he hand o.
destiny
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She-Tarold. do you speculate
Hsrold-Weu, I'm engaged 10 you.--
Life.
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II can't see why you should howl
about the cost OF living You haven't
amy children"
MY wife informs me that dog bis
cults have gone up frightully.' Chi
cagu Record Herald
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IT'S a sight TO see some Of the sight
.cers seeing the sights