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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11
A Joke on a 1aqoaoe Man.

Chicago, Ill.-George Kelley, bag
gageman employed by the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad. was severely burned by
the explosion of trunk filed with
explosives.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11
To JaiI 30 DAYS for a Murder.

Ell Reno, ORR. E. Peck of Geary,
Ok, convicted of murder, received a
penalty of thirty days in jail in the
district court here. Peck was charged
with killing Lum Greener in quar-
rel last November.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11
4. p. pavisOn,s Home burned.

Glencove, n. Y.-The summer home
OF Henry p Dawson, one OF the part
ners in the firm of J. P. Morgan G.
Co, was destroyed by fire with a loss
exceeding 100000. Valuable furnish
ings and art objects were burned.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11
Actor THOMAS l. COLEMAN Dead.

Washington, d C.-Thomas L..
Coleman, for many years a member
OF Julia Marlowe's company and later
of the Sothern-Marlowe organization,
is dead here.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11
Old Comedian Dies in Want.

Chicago, Ill.-Thomas Seabrooke,
widely known comedian in the early
days of musical comedy and light
opera, died in an actors rooming
house at 176 South Clark street of
acute alcoholism.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11
No California Fair BUILDING.

Sacramento, Cal.-Gov. Hiram w.
johnson has notified representatives
of the Panama-Pacific Exposition that
there would be no California Build
ing at the worlds fair in 1915.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11
Harry N. coudrey Is Guilty.

ST. Louis. Mo.-Harry NJ. Godfrey.
exJepresentative. and Harry B. Gard
heh were found guilty in the federal
ldistrict court here Of using the mails
10 defraud.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11
Prince of Wales to Amerloa2

London, England.-The Pail Mail
Gazette says that the Prince of Wales
probably would visit Canada and the
United States the coming summer.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11
SUFFRAGETTES USING BOMBS
A Railway Station at Oxted in Surrey
! Blown Up to Revenge
Pankhurst.

+ Oxted, Surrey, England.-Suffra-
gettes blew up the railway station at
Oxted in Surrey An alarm clock set
for 8 o'clock, continuance similar to
those used by dynamiters in America,
was found in the wreckage, and also
a loaded revolver. Militant placards
told that the explosion was the work
of the women.
The lavatory of the station was de-
molished and the walls, windows and
doors damaged. So far as known no
body was injured.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11

London.-Warnings were sent out
by the directorates of all the railroad
systems in the United Kingdom to the
effect that militant suffragettes had
threatened to burn stations in various
parts of the country. Patrols will
stationed at all stations and in
nels.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-11

Stockport, England. - Explosives
partly wrecked a London C North
western railway train near here. The
carriages were almost empty and no.
body was injured. Suffragettes were
suspected of the wrecking, in revenge
for the conviction of Mrs Pankhurst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
ATED THE STORY-By Dr. W. E. Evans

a good woman In his remarkable poem
Festus. Bailey finely says:
1.-The heart is its own Fete
These principles apply to wrong -doers
generally. l suppose there is no one, men,
tally sound, who does a wrong thing but
that he knows he could have left 1t un-
done; all sane people know right from
wrong in their primary significance, as
well as in the simplest applications of the
principles But right, they often think
requires denial of something, and they
conceive that wrong may give them pres
ent advantage. The matter of repentance
they secretly promise themselves shall be
attended to later in life.
But, Padre" said Lucille II don't think
that 1t would be fair for the Almighty in
the last day to judge such person as the
Countess de Lamotte by the same stand
ard of morals as He would judge, say
such woman as Queen Victoria For
even as a child, and always she was pro-
tected from every phase of immortality,
and never knew anything but goodness"
Nor do L. L replied. Il have no idea
that the people of the slums, whose
morals have been neglected from their
infancy, win be as vigorously judged as
some others. God Is merciful, and His
mercy would require that everything in
ones life be considered. | have no idea
that the heather will be condemned for
not believing in Jesus Christ when they
nave had no opportunity to hear of Him"
Here Archie. taking his cigarette from
his ifrs,. said. eff you tell the congrega-
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was Balsamo, and he was born In Sicily
crets of Free Masonry and professed
to establish lodges here and there This
was his final undoing.
However. al the time that Cardinal
Rohan met him the count was at his ze-
NTH. The cardinal did not believe him to
be the Wandering Jew, but he did believe
that he possessed something of the power
of devination. For. said the cardinal to
the Baroness dOberkirch, he made me a
ring with the arms of Rohan upon 1t. and
ne made 1t out of nothing. | watched the
crIcible all the time The cardinal was
an abject dupe of the rascally count; but
the count himself became the absolute
dupe of the Countess de Lamotte She
was more clever than the cardinal and
the count combined. Cagliostro could not
hoodWink the Countess de I.amotte She
met him when she called at the cardinals S
house In Paris to arrange for the pur-
chase OF the diamond necklace. She took
bim in at once. She knew he was a
charlatan, and she likewise knew that
she could use the cardinal as she might
desire, since he already had faith in Bal
samo.
After the proposition to buy the neck
lace had been laid before the cardinal hy
the countess, his eminence Immediately
consulted Cagliostro. This Individual
locked wise, and consulted the devil with
in him, and this self-same devil within
him saw a ine opportunity to advance his
own cause. for If the cardinal should be
called to the court he knew that he should
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vlronments been colored by right princ-
pies. But they were not. The best things
of life were not considered, and the world
WAS regarded simply as a theatre for the
display of material things which give
pleasure only to the lower nature.
ut is well known that if the mind is not
addressed to the attainment of the high
est things the unworthy things mould all
within to sympathies that are unworthy.
l do not suppose you have read Darwin S
origin of Species, yet. When you read
1t you will learn of the biological prnci-
pie of Reversion to Type. If you neglect
q plant, 1t may not absolutely die. but it
VIII deteriorate and become coarse and
uncomely. Yet by cultivation you may
bring that same plant into a state of
beauty that will charm the eye and graf
lty the senses with its perfection of per-
fume. This principle applies to animals
and, what is more to the point, it applies
to morals. If the character be neglected
the soul VIII not remain in a condition OF
balance: 1t will deteriorate until seeing. K
cannot perceive.
when the Countess de Lamotte ap-
pears on the scene we find her a mere
child. As she advances in years we see
how she takes on the life of those about
her. Had she been properly taught and
properly surrounded the influences OF
her environment would have led her to
aspire after worthy womanhood. There
was no fatality that doomed and damned
her TO life of wrong. Though bad her.
editary influences had been behind her for
2uo years. 1t was possible for her to be
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part of the foregoing B. c. erept silent
ly into a newspaper office. stood at
the elbow of victim before clearing
his throat. and whispered the object of
his call
why yes" smiled the victim in re-
turn II have been expecting you. Have
a seat l will return as soon as I
can visit the business office"
The b. c. had seat and there re-
mained until he forced himself against HIS
Will to believe that either the business
office was made up of hard hearted
set of salamanders, or that the victim,
himself possessed of brain and talent,
had quietly departed to the ball game.
And after all the pursuit of the b.
c. and the antics of the amalgamated
dodger constitute another of the little
games of which life is full, and which
eternally will be played until the
proud in spirit and the poor in purse
resolve and adhere to the resolution
with enduring faith never again to play
the sucker when book agent coyly exc
presses desires ito give him some-
thing for absolutely nothing"
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that charmed circle, and more than all
from the presence of the queen. whom he
secretly loved $50 gossip said. was rather
more than he could bear, seeing that he
himself was a rich prince of the ancient
and illustrious house of Rohan. This
overmastering ambition closed his ewes
to much else. But he took one precau-
ton. Before assuming the responsibility
for the payment of the diamond necklace
he consulted a scorcerer. who advised him
to advance the money. This settled it,
But now / want to tell you OF this
sorcerer for 1T is a strange story. You
will remember that | told you when the
Countess de Lamotte and her husband
left the palace of the cardinal they went
back to the garrison of Luneville with
the countess debts paid by the cardinal
On their journey to Luneville they heard
OF mysterious man who had suddenly
appeared near the home of the cardinal
The interest and curiosity that this
stranger excited were almost universal,
He claimed to be able to cure all dis
eases. He charged nothing for his cures:
instead he often gave money to his healed
patients. He professed to have the secret
of perpetual youth. He said that he him
self was $50 years old. while his young
wife often referred to her sons who was
"a commander in the Dutch navy The
messes believed this necromancer to be
the Wandering Jew. He called himself
Count Cagliostro'.
THE truth was that this man had no
right to his assumed title. He was simply
trickster and a fraud. His real name
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13

tion that on Sunday you won't get any
money for foreign missions; for all the
sermons on that subject that / have
heard represent thousands of heathens
dropping into hell because they do not
believe in Christ, and the only thing that
will stop the dropping is the Gospel"
well, that means that you have never
heard me preach on that subject. | be-
lieve that many sermons of that charac-
ter have been preached. L have, however
never been forced to seek such an argu-
ment upon which to base an appeal for
sympathy with missions. | believe that
some heather will be saved although
they have never heard of Jesus Christ
1t is impossible for me to believe other
wise. To tell a man that he must do a
certain thing or lose his life and then give
him no opportunity to do the thing re-
quired, is equal to his immediate condem-
nation to death. No! I have never held
that the Gospel must be taken to the
heather or they will all be lost. There
are many other motives to inspire mis-
sionary interest"
IF you don't mind recurring to the dia-
mond necklace" Will interrupted. ''I
should like to ask why the old Cardinal
became such an easy marl?' might
get out Of an engagement In New York
next season, and may have to work some
old guy myself
well, the cardinal had one overmaster-
ing ambition. He wanted to regain his
place at court. He knew what Cardinal
Mazarin Cardinal Fleury and Cardinal
Richelieu had been to the French court
in days gone by, and to be excluded from
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be invited thlther also. He therefore ad-
vised his eminence to buy the necklace
and to send 1t to the queen by the coun-
tess. The sequel have told you. excent
in one particular
When the fraud became known tho
principals were arrested. and all othera
In anywise connected with the robbery.
Caglostro was seized and cast into
prison. Finally he was liberated from the
bastile. his protestations of innocence
pelng believed. From France he went to
England, and from there he Travelled all
over the continent re died in a Roman
prison. His wife sought the quetude of
a nunnery, and remained In seclusion 1ln-
til her death
Nov. I'm tired OF talking | propose
that the boys go to the spring and bring
up some cold watermelons, and. IN the
meantime. you girls arrange the table ON
the west gallery.
Before We start for the melons. mon
Pere, said Will II want to ask a contln-
drum. Where in the plays, does Shaks-
speare ascribe aristocracy to the water
meion? He waited moment, then eds-
ing his way to the steps, asked, "Al1 eive
1t hp?' All gave 1t up Said VIII. "Whv
IN the fourth act of King John, when he
says:
The Count Melon. a noble lord of
France"
Ihe young people sprang at him. He
leaped to the yard. They caught him at
the spring and gave him a fine duclxing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13

HAvING related the story of the
scandal of the diamond necklace,
= as told in Tie Age-Herald of last
Sunday, ! rehlled my pipe and awaited
questions which expected te be asked
Lucille was very thoughtful, as she al
ways is. and remained silent, while va
rious remarks were made by the little
company; finally. she asked Padre, do
you think the Countess de Lamotte was
inherently bad and lacking in eSl moral
sensibility, or was she simply the crea-
ture of her surroundings" | replied:
My dear, that question involves a pro-
found problem which even Max Nordau
in his celebrated book on the subject OF
Degeneration, has not solved to my sat
isfaction.
That some people seem to come into the
world as moral degenerates and are OBJ
tuse to righteousness is true; but If they
be placed in sphere of pure morality
early in life and properly taught 1t is
difficult to think that they will grow up
to live immoral lives II is true that the
Countess Lamotte had behind her a long
line of immoral ancestors Henri II. King
OF France. was not a good man.. lie had
bad blood In his veins. and he was the
riogenitor of the Saint Remy family. The
first Saint -Remy was not a lawfully be-
gotten child. his mother being an i'm
moral woman who was not the wife of the
childs father For a period of 200 years
the Saint-Remys were bad set as the
generations came and passed out of his
tory. But even then the forces Of hered-
isS might have been checked had the en-
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agents on the ground that 1t has been
AFRAID to speak for social justice be-
cause its support comes chiefly from the
employer class. But Dr. McKelway puts
it all down to Incidence Like another
famous Presbyterian minister, hailing
from that very city OF Seattle. at which
DR.. McKelway spoke, he thinks that
ministers are lazy that they therefore
shrink from the task of thinking out
the causes or even exploring the Incl
dents of suffering and sorrow falling
inequitable upon some classes.
Men do not always know what Jus
tice is" he exclaims. and the leaders
of the churches fail to investigate the
facts or rectify their own mind con-
cerning necessary changes.
1t is perhaps impossible to decide
whether this charge or the other is
more serious; whether it is more
blameworthy and more dishonest to
shrink from denouncing social injustice
because of threatened financial loss
thereby, or to shut the eyes against it
and to make the whole mind a blank
concerning 1t, because observation and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13

would not house in them our cattle or
our horses lest they die, and rent these
to our fellowmen, counting the un-
earned increment as the capital on
which we must have returns, and then
we build mission churches for the poor
and make large gifts for the conver-
sion of the heather into what we think
Is christianity.
I'VE kill men by the thousands every
year on our railroad systems that we
may pay dividends on watered stock and
tax every man who must buy the
myriad products of soil and forest and
mine that enter into transportation,
and we are the pillars of the church
and the ornaments of the state We
hire women by the thousands at wages
below the cost of decent living and fill
the houses of prostitution with our vic
Tins. but We are large contributors
to the associated charities and the Mag
dalen homes"
| have quoted this In extenso because
1t at least deserves the honest attention
of every American man and woman.
Nothing Is gained by disregarding a
voice like this. No doubt it carries
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so Irritating that insanity from inward
fuming impends.
And yet. the bill collector has his ar
gument. He might tell many narrowing &
tales. For instance. not many days ago
one of the angular rubber-heeled va
rity of moribund parasites approached
the cynical Mr.. Smith.
This is Mr.. Smith. l believer" he
whispered. bending in the direction of
the ear.
Mr. Smith bowed his head.
When can | have r check for Skin
nems?" again whispered and at the
same time apologized the B. c.
Mr.. Smith raised his mouth towards
the ears of his disturber, and whispered
as softly as he
"I don't know. sir"
What must l tell Mr.. Skinnem?" per-
sisted the whispering devil.
And Mr.. Smith whispered back-"Te1l
him to sue me-" and having whispered
set up such clamor with the keys of
his typewriter that the b. c. instantly
rubber -heeled" away
And not long afterwards, a counter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
Turns His Back on the King

from Pearsons Weekly
London has just welcomed a new am
passador from the United States-a New
YORK editor. The honor has gone begging
Tor some time, most of the refusals being
due to the fact that while amba ssadors
nave to entertain lavlshly. America pays
support the dignity
Another reason is the American dislike
for court ceremony. one distinguished
senator to whom DR.. Wilson offered the
ambassadorship is said to have replied:
I can't see myself In plush pants
Ambassadors have curious privileges
Most people know that they and their
households are safe from arrest an em-
passy being considered a geographical
part OF the ambassadors own country
But there are many less well known. Tho
ambassador is the only person about a
court who has the right to turn his back
on the sovereign at the end of an inter-
view. And he always exercises IT, turn
ing to bow after walking three PAGES
This, of course refers only to state oc-
casions.
This worked out rather funnily in
Queen Victoria's time. To turn ones
back on a lady would be rude, 10 retire
so the ambassadors always compro-
missed by edging sideways towards the
door like a crab.
Another privilege of amba ssadors Is
the right of having both leaves er the
folding doors thrown open when being
ushered into the royal presence. No one
else ca claim this privilege.
Another highly priced privilege or the
ambassador-one that soveregns must
often regrets that OF being able 10 de-
mand an interview with the sovereign
whenever he chooses. at any hour of the
day or night
The sword is the ambassadors emblem
of honor II is a long rapier with
blunted point. One great diplomatist--
the late Lord Dufferin-used to say that
the only practical use he ever found for
IT was to poke fires with and file bills on
The new American ambassador. how
ever. will wear neither sword nor court
costume. American representatives stick
to plain black.
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reflection on painful and difficult
problem are alike tiresome.
But the preacher also sought to bring
the legal profession under a like charge
The bar" he said, sis reluctant to
consent to a constitutional convention
which may upset the precedents of a
hundred or thousand years, and make
necessary a new line of decisions"
In both these assaults it will be OBJ
served that the preacher was uttering
judgment and denunciation. But who
shall say that neither judgment nor de-
nunciation has any place in the mod
ern pulpit?
The most terrible indictment was far
wider and included all of us pastors,
lawyers and people, the bourgeois
America with which all are familiar.
with its conventional and traditional
and hereditary beliefs. Said DR.. Nc
kelway
I'VE have gone far beyond the Pc
riod of human or animal sacrifices to
propitiate Deity. We live in more
refined age of the world. Now we
work men 12 hours a day. seven days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13

Willis Hickam, lawyer, OF Spencer
Ind, has been graduated from the law
school of Indiana university in the
same class as his son, Hubert Hickam
Thirty years ago the elder man was
school was disbanded before he finished
his course. He studied elsewhere, was
admitted to the bar and became a sue
cessful practitioner. When his son be-
came old enough to enter the college
Hickam entered with him to complete
his course.
1t is pleasant to think of the Younger
man and his father studying and work
ing together. Too often the page of life, g
book, on which are written the relations
of father and son, show a different pic
tnre, one of father and son with divergent
interests.
1t is perhaps trite figure of speech
to say that we are all students in life 3
school. But it is true. and the man who
said hrst-it was many centuries ago
while l live | learn" had the right
idea
Who can say that HiclSam and his son
have not learned to know each other bet
ter during the years they have been in
the law school? Poring over the same
books, working out the same problems.
the younger man cannot have failed to
develop a greater feeling of respect for
the old mans ability. And the father?
OF course he is proud of his boy but
with the pride has grown, no doubt faith
in his boys ability to take care of him
self inspired by the successful compile
tion of the work in the law school
There Is a belief that few sons follow
in their fathers footsteps In the matter
of choosing professions. That may or
may not be due to the tendency too many
men have of deprecating their own work,
of saying. MY son won't follow my pro-
fession II ! can help it.'
The really big men do not saw that.
Some of our best lawyers, physicians and
preachers have had fathers in their own
respective lines OF work Perhaps If the
others took themselves more seriously
and strove harder for success they would
be proud to hand down to their sons
examples of good work done for emula-
tion by the juniors,
II is safe to say. ! think, that Willis
Hickam does not knock the law as a
means of gaining a livelihood and an
honorable place among men. He Is too