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the United States providing that "the
right of the people to keep and bear
arms shall not be infringed" Is said
by many persons to have been violated
by the new gun law Of the New York
legislature. 1t is probable, however,
that dealers in firearms in New York
may be the source of inspiration OF
these objections. Certainly New
York needs an ironclad gun law to do
away with the crimes that have be-
come SO frequent among the foreign
population. The North Dakota law
makes 1t a crime for any one to be
found with a concealed weapon. Had
this been the clearly stated provision
of the New York law, without all the
su%perfluitiies, there would not now be
danger of the whole act being de-
clared unconstitutional.
While the act specifically states that
no person shall have in his possession
ANY weapon of a size that may be
concealed" there is enough confusion
IN the language used throughout to
warrant the belief Of some that the
new law will do away even with shot
guns and rifles. /.
Probably the courts may give a
clear Interpretation that will end the
present confusion regarding tho law.
That tho act Of tho legislature be
made clear and be vitalized is much
to be desired, for if any community
is sadly in need Of q law making gun
toting a felony that community is
New York.
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NEW YORK's GUN LAW.

Considerable indignation has been
aroused in New York city by a study
of the terms Of the new law making
1T a felony for any person to carry
a concealed weapon and a INSIDE
meanor for any person to W a pis-
toll. Any person who insists that he
must carry a revolver to protect him
self must obtain a license at a cost
of $40. He will have a number, and
If he does any harm with his gun
1t will mo- be hard to locate him.
Merely to have a pistol in ones
possession is fixed by the new law
as a misdemeanor, and this particular
section is taken to mean that it is
o unlawful for persons in the state
OF New York to keep revolvers under
their pillows or even in their bureau
drawers. 1t is the opinion of Distric,
Attorney Whitman. however, that the
law cannot be interpreted so drastical-
ly, but he admits that the courts
should pass upon the question.
That section of the constitution of
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tracted the attention of observers
from it's striking habit Of holding its
large lower leaves upright, with the
edges. pointing north and south. So
strange has this popularity appeared
that the early records of travellers
concerning the plant were for many
years d~iscredited by scientists. Album
dant observations, however, during a
course Of years confirmed those rec
ords. and, moreover, some of. our
more familiar plants have been found
to exhibit this polarity.
The early hunters and explorers
in the west noticed the peculiar char
acteristic Of the Silphium or rosin
weed, as It is often called, but it
was not until 1912 that any record
was made Of 1t. In that year an off,
Ger Of the United States army wrote
an article in which he said that 80
truly did the edges Of the leaves
point north and south that travellers
were enabled to guide themselves by
them.
In 1s43 he. made further statements
to the same effect. So incredulous
was the public mind upon the subject
that six years later he reiterated his
statements be-ore a body Of scfen-
lists in Cambridge and adduced the
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Benner, Begg & Garvin

unauthorized magic. For instance. II
of discovering buried treasures for
his own private benefit 1t was q case
of black magic and punishable as such
by the stake. But if-as sometimes
happened-he obtained the consent OF
some ecclesiastical dignitary to the
experiment on condition that the
whole Of the proceeds, after deduct
ing what may be called his commits
sion, went into the Golfers of the au-
ic, and as such praiseworthy.
In an effort to trace the extant rit-
uals Of magic down to their authors
Mr.. Waite found it impossible to fix
either date or authorship with any
reasonable degree of accuracy. Some
compilers evidently had not scrupled
to attach ancient and more or less ven
cradle names to their works and to
exaggerate their antiquity deliberate
ly
For example, as regards the "Sworn
Book" of H~onorius, the original attri.
button is to a certain Honorius, the
son Of Euclidus, Master Of the The.
bans, who was selected by a convo.
cation Of S11 Masters Of Magic" (all
Of them from Naples, Athens and q
place called Tholetus) to compose 8
full and trustworthy account OF theil
procedure and processes, and carried
out his taks with the help Of an angel
named Hocmel or Hocroel. After
ward Honorius made a comparatively
brief summary Of this work, which IL
termed "the sacred or sworn book
Meanwhile the Princes, having burnt
certain fables or %trifles," thought
they had extirpated the art and were
pacified. The magicians, however
took an oath among themselves. tc
preserve the masterpiece Of Honorius
making only three copies Of it and
binding over the possessor Of each
copy to bury 1t before his death, OF
arrange that 1t should be bestowed In
his own grave, unless It could be
handed on to some Trustworthy per
son.
It is needless to point out, Mr.
Waite says. that the original story II
a fable. There was lever a time wher
81 magicians could hold q congress
with impunity-unless, Of course
they came and went day by day on thu
early and elementary monoplanel
which are known as broomsticks. II
after days, Honorius, the Theban ma
gician, was confused-deliberately
no doubt-wkh Honorius the pope
| Obviously the atribution to so re
sponsible an author would render tn,
circulation Of the second manual SAT
er than would have been the case !
it had been assigned to the other Hon
orius. Here is a good example Of tn,
Qualifications of false fables which
battle those who attempt to ascertain
the origin Of the various rituals.
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FOR BOYS

New Fall Suits, Shoes, Overcoats, Hats,
Caps, Sweaters, Waists, Shirts, Hose, I'm
derwear, Boy Scout Sweater Coats, etc.
So come on boys and hustle for the good
old Red. White and Blue.
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SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
Many Intelligent People Still
Have Faith In Magic, Witch.
es, Wizards and Charms.

New York Worldly

New York Worldly
Would you like to cast q spell,
either for good or evil, over some
person in whom you are interested?
Do you want to, know. who purloined
that missing ring? What the future
has in store for gu. or what is the
correct Interpretation of that strange
dream?
Then by all means go out and in
vest ten cents in a Book of Fate, q
dream book or some similar manual
of magical. COMPUTATIONS, lamentations,
interpretations and charms. The
Latin used in some Of them may be
in any advanced stage Of decomposi-
ton, but they are literally in the very
for min which they have been handed
down generation after generation for
many centuries; ever since medieval
times, in fact, when the BLACK Art
and the White Art thrived in re-
%spectability and the s~orcerer, the
witch and the alchemist were paving
the way for the advanced scientist,
the physician and the chemist of to-
day.
You are feeling lonely and In need
of companionship. perhaps; or you
may be before the day is done. How
would you like to be able to utter a
spell which will bring three persons
into the room after supper? II a lady
uses the co%nturation three gentlemen
will present themselves; If a gentle
man, three ladies. Two Of them will
sit near the fire, while the third oc-
cupies an armchair by your side and
answers accurately any question you
may choose to ask.
All ready? Here 1t is, exactly az
given in the Book Of Fate:
'B%esticitum consolatio veni I'D me
Creon, Creon, Creon, cantor laudem
omnipotentis ct o commentur. Stat
superior carta bient laudem omviestra
principiem da montem ct inimicof
meos o prostantis vobis ct mihi dantes
que passium fieri !sincissibus."
Nothing will happen of cours Nc
three persons. will appear in response
to- your most earnest conjuration In
wretched Latin. In fact, neither THU
nor any other magical experiment tt
be found in the manuals can be rec
commended in this enlightened periot
of the worlds history.
Two interesting points, however, re
main to be emphasized. One Is tina
all things so-called magic i%ncantationl
have survived the test of repeated
failures and the centuries. The othel
is that a surprisingly large number
of people r ready and willing, ever
at this late day, to pin their faith Il
them and to the entire rigmarole Of
magic. h.,
Many very sensible people are alb
sorbed in the history of magic, no
as magic, but as history, and they viii
be interested in knowing that tn,
well-known English scholar, Arthur
Edward Waite, has been digging dow
into the distant ages to discover tn,
very roots Of the p%ortentous growth o
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LYNCHING AND LYNCHING

A self-governing people do not con.
troll themselves under profound emo
ton. The full truth probably 10 that
they cannot. An angry man will &c
to all lengths while he is angry. Se
will a crowd that is made up Of angry
persons. An angry crowd will 60 q
good deal further than an angry in
dividual, each member Of the crowd
apparently showing the responsibility
upon his neighbor and letting his own
fury have free vent. The passion OF
each also nourishes the passion of all
the others. Anger, when 1t is carried
too far, Is of course insanity-it
does not consider consequences: does
not. In fact. know for the moment
that consequences exist, and does not
care for them In cases where a dim
knowledge that they exist still re-
mains. This Is not q mere state OF
not being sane; 1t is to be insane.
Reason is not only not In CONTROL
reason for the time being does not
exist in such persons. They are out
side Of themselves. Nothing but out
side force a bring them when in
this condition back to themselves
back to the point where reason can
get a fresh grip on them and take
governing control.
The American people and the Eng
lish people have carried self-govern-
ment to the highest point that it has
yet reached. There are some differ
ences in the political methods of the
Americans and the English. but these
differences are Of form and not of
substance. In the end both come out
at the same point. The highest de-
velopment Of self-government in these
two countries is the habit Of respect
for law-for the prescriptions. per-
missions and penalties laid down by
common assent agreed to in the &C.
customed manner, and enforced for
the common good. Liberty. freedom,
popular government-however one
may name the thing-does no mean
a lack of control: it mean the strict
est sort Of control. and a lot of 1t, at
every point where reason and expert
ence show that control is needed. 1t
means in the last analysis that the
individual who is aggrieved or injured
or angry shall not undertake to set
tie the matter for himself, but shall
turn his complaint over to the public
agencies duly established by the COM
munity for dealing with such matters.
1t can that private passion shall
submit itself to that regulated author
ity which was organized and set in
operation by the whole body of the
people simply because they knew that
profound emotion, however produced,
cannot control itself, and therefore
must be subjected to the compulsion
Of force. Take the cas- of Peter Car
ter. the negro who was burned to
death at Purcell, Okla. The punish
ment was non too bad-we say this
deliberately-for the bestial cruelty
of this negro in his assault upon an
honored wife Of the neighborhood.
This, however. is not the point. The
point is that American law does not
provide the penalty Of being burned
alive for those who commit this most
atrocious crime. Perhaps American
law ought to provide that penalty for
such cases-but 1t does not; and SIM
ply because it does not-simply be-
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".T ~ a. -
cause the American people do not In
cold blood nx q kind OF penalty which
10 freely applied in hot blood BY
crowds by Americans now In thu
state and n6win, tut state-we Amer
leans furnish the Sfoof that our kind
OF self-government-the best that man
has yet produc0d-does not maintain
in the individual the power Of self
control. The English people are no
stronger than We are In this respect,
a. their recent anti-Jewish riots In
Monmouthshire and South Wales
demonstrateeriote which would have
been quite worthy Of Russia.
OF course all this means something,
IL one can only get the meaning out.
1t Is conceded that the lynching oper-
atoms In this country. whether they
eliminate In hanging the accused
mar or In burning him alive, are car
ried through by persons who for the
time being are crazy. But groupA Of
Americans can 30 crazy, or at least
yield to an overpowering monomania.
in regard to other matters than rape
and murder. Victor Berger. the lone
socialist In congress. has become pos
sessed by the notion that this country
needs an old age pensions system for
working people who are over 60
years old; Senator Owen Of Oklahoma
has become possessed by the notion
that the justices of the United States
supreme court ought to be pulled OF
the bench by the recall whenever q
certain number Of American citizens
vote In favor Of that act; while good
old MI. Bryan has so saturated him
self with talk about Wall street that
the predatory interests r in his sys-
The common ground Of all these
advocates OF new things and new
methods Is that the American people
ire held too much in check. They
say that whatever the people wish
very much to do they should be able
to do. and able to do it quickly. In
stead Of holding by the tried second
thought, or the maxim that recon-
mends looking before you leap, they
tell us that first impressions are the
soundest, that to leap first and then
look is the safest rule for conducting
the business Of ninety millions of peo-
pie. and that national stability and
national power are the fruits Of
strong and t%ransitory emotions rath-
er than of knowledge and deliberate
care in applying 1t. In other words,
these uneasy and not wholly disinter-
ested gentlemen are, in q respectable
way, trying to get up lynching bees
for the checks and balances Of our
political system. 1t would be hang
ing, we suppose, for the predatory in
and for the supreme court;
but we believe IT. would be burning
alive for the contribution Of the Unit
ed States. The other matters are de-
tails; but the constitution is a set
tied order, taking due account Of the
emotional weaknesses of our free de-
mocracy, and guarding against spasms
Of feeling by deliberate movement
which proceeds, hbut which also fur
nishes time to perceive and reflect.
Lvnching as weThave. 1t is bad
wholly bad-but iynching our insti-
tutions Of government would be mo-
worse. ysoy.
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delusions and illusions that originated
In the medieval mind and that have
been handed down to us and will
probably be passed on. to our chill
dren's children in, the gaes to come.
9 has been exploring many a dark and
dismal corner Of medieval history
and he has reminded US of many gilt
tering fragments Of forgotten truth
among them the fact that magic has
been a cornerstone for the modern
system of medicine, which Is built up
on experiment and experience. Just
as alchemy prepared the way for the
science Of chemistry, and astrology
provided the basis for formal astron-
omy, SO the black magic Of the cen
turtles preceding tho Renaissance. pro-
duced, for us the beginnings of q
pharmacopoeia and other boons OF
healing.
Mr.. Waite found himself face to face
with a difficult problem when he en-
deavored to ascertain why and how q
witch or wizard, at the risk of beine
condemned to a penitential conflagra-
ton or immured for life in a dungeon
cell, came to believe-and to make
others ~believe-that any possible use
could be made of, the magic art fol-
good as well as evil purposes. He
found that according to the medieval
conception of the custom of things un.
seen there were ilIimitable unannexed
territories beyond the earth in which
there was, a asst heterogeneous propa-
canton of spirits. some white 9th
erwise good, and the others black
otherwise evil. Ancient s%orcerers rec.
ognized a distinction between white
and "black" magic, although their re.
spective spheres o%verlapped in places
The former achieved good by meane
Of evil instruments, as when a church
was built by a horde Of unwilling
devils. whereas the latter often per.
formed innocuous tasks by innocent
means.
The discovery Of buried treasure
was at all times an important part Of
the ancient magician's business. Me.
diaeval ecclesiastical authorities rec.
ognized this as legitimate magic, but
drew a sharp line between this and
the sorcerer engaged in the business
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THE SALARIES OF JUDGES.

Probably there is not a great nation
in the world whose people pay their
public servants less, criticise them
more, and yet receive better service
from them than the United States.
The United States is not without its
incompetent or even corrupt officials.
Yet. on the whole, is it not logical to
suppose that the greatness of the Unit
ed States among the nations is due
largely to the manner in which its
public servants, past and present, have
performed, and are performing, their
legislative, administrative, and judicial
duties?
Is there a great nation in the world
which pays its officials less than does
the United States? Members of the
parliament Of England. 1t is true. work
without pay, but this is In sharp con-
trast to the money allowed to the
king and other members of the royal
family and officials. The duties Of the
president of the United States are
more burdensome than those Of any
other ruler of a great nation; yet his
salary is much smaller. Moreover. the
salaries paid to our diplomatic repre-
sentatives abroad are notorious for
their inadeQuacy.
The most striking example Of the
poor pay given to public servants,
however, is furnished in the case of
the federal judges and the justices
of the supreme court. These officials
have been, from the time Of the estab-
lishment Of the republic, the bulwark
against which all storms of public
passion, threatening our institutions,
have spent themselves. They have
been the protectors of the constitution
of the United States, which. in turn,
has been the chief safeguard Of the
liberty of the people and their prop
erty.
1t is we'll that the president of the
United States, in his speech to the Bar
association at Boston, has taken up
the cudgel in behalf Of better pay for
federal judges. Mr.. Taft said there
was need of increasing judicial salar-
les so that 'the best men Of the bar"
might be secured for the various
courts. The fact that the best men
of the bar, even under present condi-
tons. are willing to accept such
places, is as much a tribute to the
honor in which the American bench
is held as it is to the sense of duty Of
members of the bar who are willing
to leave private practices that net
them great financial returns in order
to serve the public on the bench. II
is, however, no reason why the United
States should not pay its public
servants adequate salaries.
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/ D SEPT. s. 1911.
THE TINES TRANSFERRED.

BY the formal transfer today of the
plant and all accessories of the Even
ing Times to the Times-Herald Pub
fishing company, the Times Publish
ing company practically goes out OF
existence and the Times becomes a
part of the property of the new Or
ganization, which likewise has pur-
chased the Herald, and the two pa
pers as we'll as the plants will be
consolidated. AS the public already
knows, the Times-Herald Publishing
company is composed entirely of local
business men and those who are
deeply interested in the development
and prosperity of North Dakota.
The consolidation of the newspaper
enterprise in this city has been made
in order that by reducing the operat-
ing expenses, the field may be fully
occupied by a home institution. Ger
tain improvements are necessary in
order that the papers may not only
keep abreast of the increasing devel-
opment of the territory which they
seek to serve, but also that the de-
mands of the reading public may be
fully met. These conditions are pract-
ically assured by the consolidation
scheme.
So far as the two papers involved
are concerned, both will be continued
under their present respective manag-
ing editors, the Times as an evening
and the Herald as a morning paper.
The news service will be made the
best possible. The expenses of news
competition will be utilized as news
service improvement, the advantages
Of which will inure to public.
So soon as such changes as the
enlarged plant make necessary are
made, the Times plant will be moved
to the Herald building, which with
the real estate connected with it, was
included in the purchase of the Her
aid by the new corporation. Both
papers after that time will be issued
from. n plant, and one set of ma
chinery will be used for both.
This transfer Of the Times is a mat.
ter of some pride to those who have
been responsible for its existence
Launched less than six years ago, its
promoters believed there was a field
to be occupied by an evening paper
Despite the prophecies of its early de.
mise it has grown and prospered un.
til it has become a leading factor in
North Dakota journalism It is no,
amiss at this time to express an an.
probation Of its gratitude to the
reading public and the confidence
that a continuation Of its policy Of
fairness and clean journalism will
continue to meet the approval Of 9
critical public.
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Hon. Charles Schwab cheerfully
admits that the steel corporation isn't
a trust, but the fact remains that it
pays pretty we'll, and has no compe-
tition to speak Of.
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THE USEFUL COMPASS PLANT.

It Holds Leaves Upright With Edges
Pointing North and South.
Growing abundantly on tho prairies
Of certain of our western states is a
plant which for many years has at
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-06
HUNDRED KNIGHTS
To Be RAISED At
SUNDAY SESSION
Class Initiation Will Be Held by
K. of c. in Columbus
Hall.

The knights of Columbus, especially
Star of Bethlehem Council, will as
semble in Columbus Hall, at S7S Broad
street, tomorrow afternoon, for the
purpose of acquainting over 100 can
didates with the degree myst-.ies of
the order. At the same time the local
council will also welcome a delegation
of both national and State officers.
Thomas J.. Smith. grand knight. OF
Bethlehem Council, Will preside and
the committee of which James F. Col
Inns is chairman has arranged an eX-
cellent program. Sessions will be held
both in the afternoon and evening
Among the speakers will be John F.
O'Neil, district deputy of Jersey City.
Thomas j. McLoughlan, national war;
den; Cornelius ]. McGlennon, State sec
rotary, and the Rev. Father Edward
F. Quirk, of this city.
Delegates will attend from every Sec
ton of New Jersey and various parts
of the country. Star of Bethlehem
Council is one Of the largest in the
fraternity, and its growth has been
steady and encouraging. No pains or
expense will be spared to make the
event n of the most %pretentious in its
history.