Plymouth Tribune, Volume 3, Number 41, Plymouth, Marshall County, 14 July 1904 — Page 2

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Established October 10. 1901. Omij Republican Newspaper In the County. HENDRICKS & CO., Publishers. OFFICE Biuell Building, Corner LaPorte and Center Streets. Telephone No. 27. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, in advance, 11.50; Six Months. 75 cents; Three Months. 40 cents, delivered at any postofflce ADVERTISING RATES made known on ap plication. Entered at the postofflce at Plymouth, Indiana, as second-class mall matter. Plymouth, Ind.. July 14 1904 Tbe drift Is so strongly in the di rection of Parker that It will cover him over completely In November. The democrats have figured it out that tbe oest thing to do is to forget their past performances on the roon cy question. The profuse democratic talk about a sane and safe candidate'1 naturally leads to the inquiry: "What have you been giving us?" The democrats at St. Louis have agreed to Ignore the 16 to 1 theory and declare the money question settled wisely by republicans. The voters of the United States will never get up any enthusiasm over a political protege of David B. Hill backed by Rockefeller and Belmont. William Jennings Bryan elicits admiration by holding the fort and fight ing for his rights even though he Is utterly ignore! by a majority of inre than two to one. August Belmont was urged for chairman of the democratic national committee because he could at once give tbe campaign fund a good start at headqbarters. x The political light or William J. Bryan could not 'withstand the numerous platform drafts at St. Louis and his liebt was blown out while in the hands of the committee. The roll call by states on Bryan's minority report in favor of contesting Illinois delegates, resulted in 647 votes for and 299 votes against the motion, Illinois not voting. This was the first test vote. Nothing was heard of Judge Parker previous to the time that he commenced btlding office. But it should be remembered that he commenced holding office when he was twentyfive years of age. The Iowa delegation dropped Hearst before the first session of the convention at St. Louis. Hearst does hot seem to have bad even "a run for his money." The other fellows got tbe money and then did the .running." Attention is called to the fact that during tbe political sunshine' at "St. Louis Judge Parker was busy on his New York farm making bay. . It may be, after all, that the judge's silence does not Indicate that be' is neglectful of his opportunities. --- Senator Tillman declares that "If Roosevelt is elected there will more hell-raising in the North by the nlg'gers than you want to think about. But why should the Senator worry himself into an attack of insomnia about this? He doesn't live in the North. Parker declined the nomination for governor ol New York last year, for the reason that he liked the bench better. The real reason was, though, that he saw no chance of election. For a like reason it would be consistent for him to decline a presidential nomination. A Philadelphia millionaire carpet manufacturer has been committed to await the action of the grand jury for failure to provide proper fire escapes on a building owned by him. But as be is out on bail and his case still has to be passed on by the courts it is not likely that his hair is turning gray over the situation, . . . . It is probable that not a democratic financier in New York doesnot regard it as puerile, not to term it by ä sharper word, to speak of the accumulation of gold as due to an act of God. In one sense all wealth that comes from the earth may be designated as due to tbe beneficence of heaven. But it was not until after the! people in 1896 had refused to accept Mr. Bryan's propaganda with respc to silver that there began that amazing searching for gold and - mining of it which at last has given us a supply unmatched in the history of any civilized nation. A Colorado genius is said to have studied the phenomena,of mirage until he has worked out the priiciple of s'cy reflection. Having-found that thetsky is a mirror, he has applied his knowledge to an apparatus which reproduces reflections in. the heavens and enables the operator, to see tbe whole country within a racius'of six miles from his position, He calls his machine a mlrageoscope, and his intention is to nave It used on trains in order to warn the engineer of what is thczd and thus prevent wrecks. The cc-trimcc, if it i3.v7tat 13 represented, bis infinite pocclbllities and a fcithef Civclcpmrnt v?ill tz iocied f cx r Ith interest. .

Owing to the carelessness of the

populists in not selecting a vice-pres idential candidate from. Indiana, it doesnot look as if there would-be much chance for them to win this year. . . Hugh Dougherty of Bluffton may after all stand as a candidate for the democratic nomination for governor in Indiana and tbe impression prevails that after the St. Louis conven tion adjourns he will announce his candidacy. One of the remarkable features of the co iventlon is the manner in which W. J. Bryan's old-time friends in In diana have ignored him. Hoosiers who fairly idolized him in 1896 and 1900 have not even deigned to go around and shake bands with him. One vital quality to be noted about the republican platform is that ' it does not promise impossible things There is absolutely no promise either expressed or implied in it that the party will not carry Into fulfillment And everybody who has read the history of tbe party knows this to be true. Populism and Bryanism seem to be expiring together. Less than 200 del egates attended tbe populistic nation al convention at Springfield, 111. Na tional Chairman Parker, in .making his report, declared that the party had failed dismally in its purpose, and announced his retirement from active participation in its affairs. Frank Hering of South Bend, who made tbe race against Abraham L. Brick for Congress two years ago probably will be a candidate for the democratic nomination lor lieutenant governor this year. He has received assurances of support from leading democrats in the 12th, 13th and 10th districts. The longest convention in our po litical history was the democratic national convention, which met at Charleston, S. C, in 1860. At the end of ten days it bad accomplished nothing, and adjourned to meet in Baltimore. Even when the majority of the delegates reconvened in tbe last-named city they needed four days to nominate Stephen A. Douglas. Statistics show that the general sui cide ratio is increasing. Local reports do not indicate the ratio, but they do indicate an increasing tendency on the part of persons tired of life to depart by the carbolic acid route. Tbe theo ry that no one of sound mind attempts suicide is supported by this disposition to use the acid. Only the insane" could so ignore the physical suffering involved. President Roosevelt said to one of his friends not long ago that lie felt sure be himself was to be' tbe issue In this year's campaign. He would not have had tbe slightest doubt as to the accuracy of his diagnosis could he have been in St. Louis Wednesday. The democratic platform, the opening speech of Chairman Williams, the cheers in convention ball, the conversation of laymen and the plans of the leaders all Indicate that tbe hope of the democracy lies in a grand assault upon Roosevelt all along tbe line. Former Senator. Marlon C. Butler, of North Carolina, once the head and front of the populist party,' has taken a formal farewell of that organization and will support the republican national ticket. He declares that no possible combination of the democrats can defeat Roosevelt this year, and thinks that If democracy does not look out it will lose North Carolina, Kentucky and other southern states on account of tbe Cleveland sentiment that prevails within its ranks, which is not at all popular In the south. The surprise of the convention was the surrender of the Parker or conservative forces to the radical wing represented by William Jennings Bryan. They went to St. Louis vowing they would never compromise , with Bryan, but they did compromise. -They had declared there was no chance for the democracy to win the election next November save by bidding for New York, New Jersey,- Connecticut and Illinois through a financial plank that should convince tbe country they would never permit the existing monetary standard to be disturbed, but in the platform adopted there is no financial plank. The disagreeable subject, is wholly ignored. When the St. Louis convention conveiled Davld.B. Hill soon saw that the Parker tide would give him the nomination on the first ballot. Seeing this Hill arranged to put a lot of BryanHearst men on committees where they could do no harm. He then, to use tbe language of Senator Tillman of South Carolina, soon became m very chummy with Bryan, and Bryan was so fixed by ' Hill, Belmont and the Standard Oil Company, that he agreed that Judge Parker should not only be be tbe candidate for president, but also be the money plank of the democratic party and he, Bryan, would find "paramount" planks in the platform to suit him tsd in Parker discover the kind of . candidate just to hi3 liking. PclitlC3 ever tis, doc3 now tnd P7er will.make Etrocje bcd-fellov?3.

The democratic party believe in

independence for the Philippine ne groes and subjugation for the Ameri can negroes. Tbe Hearst movement did more for Parker than any other agency. Hearst's candidacy Vroused democrats all over the country and impelled many 6t them to join the Parker movement in order to avert what they believed would be a great democratic calamity. David B. Hill, W. J. Bryan and Senator Daniels of Virginia made the democratic platform. The worst disapointment of the convention was John Sharpe Williams, His speech as tempo ray chairman was a disap pointment and in all tbe work of the convention he was a failure. Bryan says he got a platform that suits him and he will take tte stump and tell the American people to vote for Parker. The Standard Oil com pany, August Belmont and other Wall street magnates will furnish the money to keep Bryan's tongue wagging as long as they think he can do them any good. Bourke Cock ran and other eastern men who are not enamored of tbe Parker candidacy saj the absence of a money piank from tbe plitform wip ed New York off the slate as a pussl ble democratic state. There is no chance whatever to carry that com monwealth, nor New Jersey or Con necticut on a platform of evasion for harmony 's sake. The national liberal party, compos ed of colored men, held a quiet con ventlon in St. Louis, while democracy was making so much noise in that citv and wholly ignoring tbe rights of black people to have a voice in national affairs. The liberals placed two men in nomination-for president, but both have declined, and after indorsing President Roosevelt as a true friend of the negro, left tbe subject right there Democrats and the Money Question. Thursday night the democracy rose up in its might and took tbe life of Bryan, dug a grave for him, planted him, heaped flowers upon the mound, erected a headstone and wrote upon it a touching epitaph, but Friday morning lo, and behold, we go to the place and find the tomb is empty, the corpse Is not there, and that the cad aver over which we shed our tears is walking about with a smile bespeaking something akin to triumph hovering upon his face. Moreover, It Is well understood that Bryan not only will not bolt, but that he is to support both- ticket and platform and ' employ the witchery of . his voice aud the 1 '. magic of his rhetoric in behalf of Par ker on the hustings. Thursday night the subcommittee of the committee on resolutions placed In the platform a plank which declared the money question was no longer an issue in American politics. This was only an Implied declaration in favor of I the gold standard, only a roundabout and timid way of arriving at a conclusion. 1 'There is no financial question, what is shall be, and therefore the country may, trust us not to disturb anything." Mild as was this method of dropping free silverism and edging the democracy back to its ancient bitching post of gold, it did not stand. It was knocked out in the full committee by a vote of 35 to 15. After two days of scratching and scrapping the contending factions agreed to discard eyerything that caused trouble between them. Bryan dropped his demand for reaffirmation of his platforms, also his Income tax plank, and the Parkerites consented to ignore -the money questiun. 1 . "The money question?" replied a member of the committee when ' be was asked what they had done with it. ''The money question? I beg your pardon, I have never heard of such a thing. . . . It is an open secret that tbe managers for Judge Parker did not dare make a fight for a pledge to maintain the existing . standard.' . The demo racy is only half cured of Bryanism. Hill struggled for two days and nights in the committee, but was outvoted largely by the mountain states of the West and tbe territories and - minor political divisions. - Disgusting. -The sight of a young man with a cigaptte or an old pipe in his mouth is anything but pleasant or a promise of success. , Some men seem to believe firmly that it is never. too late to mend, and, by the Fame token, they imagine that they can easily acquire good habits in their second childhood. No man has any knowledge of the length of his years however, and none can afford to waste any of the few short days he spends on this earth. Warsaw Union. Agtd Chicagosns Elope and Vcd. At Hammond, Ind., Charles L. Schoenberg, 80 years old and "Mrs. Julia K. Ebert, aged 70, both giving thetr address as Chicago, were marries Thursday by Judge Hembroff. They refused to give their street address and admitted that they had eloped. The bridegroom said it was hlf4ccond marrfc-e and the bride's third.-

A Rich Man.

One of Thoreau's quaint sayings was: "A man is rich In proportion to tbe number of things he can afford to let alone. " On this basis there sure ly never were such opportunities for wealth as at tbe present time, when we are surrounded by beautiful, attractive and tempting objects which are freely bought and used by our neighbors and acquaintances. To be able to resist- temptations to buy things which we are just as well off without, and to indulge ' in . amusements and recreations which are not for our physical or moral well being, to be able to limit ourselves in regard to creditable indulgences these are evidences of a strong character. One of tbe first and most important lessons which the mother of to-day must teach her child is to let things alone. When the baby has learned to admire the pretty flowers without picking them, to see candy, fruit, or other things which he knows "taste good" without putting them in his mouth; when the child has learned not to do things simply because "the other boys and jgirls" do them then he can be trusted to go out into tbe world alone, or he can resist temptation. When guch a boy grows to manhood bis wants will be so few, his desires will be so well under control, that he will be indeed what Thoreau would call "a Very rich man." The Congregationallst. ' Not a Place (or Small Men. Disscusslng the vice-presidency and Mr. Fairbanks' nomination, the Baltimore America looking forward evi dently to .1908, has this to say: "It argues little thit only three menAdams, Jefferson, and VanBuren have ever been nominated and elected to tbe presidency after serving a full term as vice-president. Parties are even more inclined to select men of highest type and not for mere expedi ency for the vice-presidential nomina tion, and Fairbanks is of that type History repeats itself, and with him the older days of Adams, Jefferson and VanBuren may come again. It may happen, though it is not proba Die, that during bis term the casting vote may be his upon questions al most as important as that of tbe tar iff of 1846, which became a law by the aye" of Vice-President Dallas; cr he may possibly, not probably," hold the balance of power upon party ques tions as did Vice-President Arthur during his short occupancy cf tbe sen ate's chief chair; but aside from this Senator Fairbanks, who Is but entering the prime of middle life, will be gaining in priceless experience, which, with such as he,' is a great asset. It is not a plade for small men " ' s Colored Labor at Panama.' Recent figures from the census bureau say that there are now more than nine millions oX people of the colored race in tbe United States.-. 'General Peter C. ITalns, who has bad extensive experience in public works on a large scale and has been a member of the Nicaragua Canal commission and later of the Isthmian canal commission. Is earnestly in favor of tbe employment of thousands of the black men of tbe southern states in digging the water way at Panama. He believes they can endure the climate and will be exceedingly useful in that enterprise, and he holds that more of tbe money paid for toil on that channel between tbe Atlantic and the Pacific will come back to the advantage of this country In one way and another if they are employed than if gangs of coolies or West Indian laborers were sent to thb isthmus": His arguments will find many friends and Supporten. , , Dangerous Fire CracKer. . To read the details of the Fourth of July accidents, the Columbia City Post says, makes a man heartsick. The details of an accident at Antwerp, Ohio, alone ought to turn public sentiment so strongly against the' use of dangerous and destructive fireworks that their manufacture and sale would be prohibited. Frank Armstrong, superintendent .of the United States Telephone Company at Antwerp, was walking across tbe street. A young man threw a lighted giant firecracker Into the alrl . It; descended near Armstrong and he threw up his right arm to ward it off, and as he did so the explosion took place. Hfs hand was blown off, his right' eye put out and his face and side were badly, cut up. Williams a DisappointmentThe keynote speech of John Sharp Williams is' pronounced a disappointment. Its principal defect is that too much attention was given to the keynote utterances of Elihu Root ani too little to the alms and purposes of the democratic party. '' However, the democratic press is disposed to deal charitably with tbe learned Mississlplan on account of the admirable record he made as minority leader of the house. South Bend Times. Battleground Camp Meetng. The thirteenth annual session of tbe Battleground Camp Meeting Association will convene at the Tippecanoe battlefield seven miles north of Lafayette on July 21, and will contlnue for ten days. The grounds are now being put in shape, and nearly all of the cottca are rented.

A New. Found Sense. If the eyes of one who bad never

seen were suddenly opened, the world would seem a strange sight. We see not only by means of the physical powers of the eye, but by experience. A blind man whose sight is restored cannot recognize his own wife until be touches her face or hears her voice. A man who'had never seen until be was thirty years old has sent tt) the Problem, a magazine for tbe blind, a remarkable account of his experience when the bandage was drawn from his eyes in tbe hospital and be was, as It were, born again into the world: N What I saw frightened me, it was so big and made such strange motions! I called out In terror and put out my hand. My fingers touched my nurse's face. I knew sbe was there, for she had just taken the bandage from , my eyes and I knew what I was touching; but I Old not know what it was I saw. "For mercy's sake, what Is it?" I asked. The nurse answered toe soothingly, taking my fingers in her band and moylng them from her mouth to her eyes, to her nose, chin and forehead. 'It is my face that you see. Look! You know this is my mouth my chin and these are my eyes." ., . So I knew. that I was seeing what was familiar to tbe touch of my fingers a human face. But the sensation was still one of terror. I seemed to small besidfj that expanse of human features which was so familiar to my fingers, so unnatural to my new sense. When the nurse moved away from my cot, I felt a new sensation, which was so agreeable that I laughed aloud. Tbe nurse came back, but not so close as before. , 'What is that?" I asked. You are looking at the blanket which lies across your feet," she said. Blankets must be very beautiful things," I said. It Is a red blanket, "she explained. Then I thought I knew why people spoke of the beauty or the red rose. This was my first knowledge of colors. I saw, and yet did not know that I saw. How could I know at first that those new and wonderful sensations meant the birth of a sense of which I knew nothing except in theory? Of course I was expecting to see, but was this sight this jumble of extraordinary sensations? - Tbe dazzling light first convinced me, for I had always been able to distinguish between night and day.' But I could not recognize objects withmy new-found sense until I bad translated into into It, speech the language of the other senses. . ' One, lesson of the blanket' was sufficient.to teach me the . color, red. Yellow was a different matter. The nurse brought me a cool drink. I could recognize her by sight now. The thing I saw in her hands I knew to be a tray after I had felt of it. Suddenly I felt a thrill of disgust. "What is that thing on the tray?" I asked. 'It makes me sick. " It Is a lemon. You said you liked lemonade." . , Then it is yellow. It is the color that nauseates me." Any oblect close to me looked tremendously large.. I had often romped with children, yet when I first set eyes on a baby it looked gigantic. The first day I sat Uy the window I put my hand out to feel the pavement. That must be the pavement," I said. "lam going to feel ot it to make sure." "My goodness!" laughed the nurse. "The pavement is two stories below." The first meal I ate was an odd experience. When I saw that great hand with a huge fork Approaching my mouth, the inclination to dodge was almost irresistlble.-TYouth's Companion. Indiana Htalth Statistics. . a summary of the statistics gathered by the state board of health for May shows better conditions than in the month' previous, though worse than those of May of last year. There were 2,971 deaths, a rate of 13.1. In the corresponding month of 1903 there were 2.4&1 deaths, 415 . . being caused by : tuberculosis. The ravages " of this disease made 302 orphans during the month. Tonsilitl3 was the most prevalent disease. Pneumonia, fourth in prevalence in April, was seventh in May.,. Typhoid -fever caused fortynine deaths, pneumonia 319, diptherla twenty, scarlet fever fourteen, diarrhoeal diseases thirty-one, cancer ninety-five, violence 195, and smallpox six. . California's Best Crop. Disease and old age are two main factors in the prosperity of southern California, strange as it may seem. The great white plague drives its victims to seek a temporary relief under its Italian skies and amid itspereriblal sunshine, while the thin blood and stiffened joints of the aged make a most delightful, exchange ot northern cold for midwinter summer time of the coast country. Thus it comes that these California climatic conditions have a distinct market value, which is bound to Increase as the years go by. The aged or Imbecile tourist is the best crop which that country affords, just as it is in both Italy and Switzerland.

Ezra Barnhill Surprised. On July 6th, 1841, Ezra K. Barnhill was born In Marion county, west of Indianapolis. Some of his church folks and friends learning that be would be 63 years old on July 6, 1904, arranged to call on him in the evening and surprise him. The plans worked well. Mr. Barnhill was very properly and completely surprised as be was In the act or retlricg for the night and was persuaded to come, down stairs for a time and meet with about 50 guests. After social conversation fitting the occasion the ladies served all with ice cream and cake, and at a reasonable hour the company left Mr. Barnhill with kind remembrances and wishes that notwithstanding he has been confined to tbe house for much ot tbe time tbe last two years, that he will live to enjoy many more anniversaries of bis natal day. Wagon Made Long Jcurney. Mr. and Mrs. David Boyce, who reside on a farm two and a half miles southeast of Argos, Ind., drove to this city Saturday In a wagon which had conveyed them through Kansas, Okla

homa, Indian Territory, Missouri and I nt Texas. The wagon was drawn by $wo mules which took them on their 2,000 mile drive. The wagon is practically tbe same as when It came from the Stüdebaker Bros. Manufacturing company, of this city, some years ago, no repairs whatever having been made to it. Their daughter, Mrs. Harry Duck, of 734 1-2 South Michigan street, this city, who has been their guest, returned to South Bend with them. Mr. and Mrs. Boyce returned to their.farm on Tuesday. South Bend Tribune. - One Sensible Democrat A democratic delegate from Hawaii stumbled into a caucus of some sort over in St. Louis, and in the course of an informal discussion as to the merits of various candidates rose to offer a suggestion. He ad mitted that he was not ery well posted on party politics but from what he had been reading previous to his departure from home he was led to believe that it might be well for the democrats to unite on Mr. Roosevelt. The innocent native's life was saved only because some irreverent person broke the spell of horror at the nick of time with a laugh. It is just as well, on the whole, that our territories, especially the far-off ones, are not given much power In national conventions. Ten Years Behind. In his lifetime, the late Governor Morton made the remark that the democratic party reminded one of a man who always rode backwards in a passenger car, and - consequently he never saw any thing until after it had passed. In the same Interview he also remarked that the democratic party was always ten years behind the times, and it took about that long for them to get in touch with Ideas and principles advanced and adopted by the republican party, democracy adopting them after republicans had made them completely successful, now aptly the comments of the 401d War Governor" apply to the adoption of the republican gold standard principle in money matters by the present democratic national convention at St. Louis, In this instance democracy has gained two years on the late. Gov ernor's -prediction it being eight years since the first race was made for the unlimited coinage of sliver" at the ratio of 16 to 1. . Slowly but very regularly the democratic party endorses a course pursued by republicans in mapping out the way, but never originating an idea or a principle of any kind whatever, themselves. Warsaw Times. : . ' - " Indiana at the Top. Louis Ludlow, the St.. Louis correspondent of the Indianapolis Star says Indiana's standard was waved higher in the air Thursday during the remarkable demonstration, for Judga Parker than that of any other state. The credit of this distinction, which pleased Tom Taggart immensely, .Is due to the 'athletic and agile young orator-politlcan, Prof. Frank Hering of South Bend, who made the race for congress two years ago and will be candidate for the nomination for lieutenant governor this year. Prof. Hering was formerly a teacher of athletics and possessed not only the muscle but the endurance necessary to fight his way to the top of the heap of men who were piled up on the speaker's platform, each anxious to elevate the standard ot his state the highest. The Indiana delegation had nothing but a frost for William J. Bryan Thursday. For Judge Parker it had the best in stock In the way of cheers and enthusiasm. When Mr. Bryan entered the convention hall and the storm of cheers and handclapping broke loose, he passed close by the Indiana delegation on his way to the Nebraska seats. While the hall was aflame with excitement the Indiana delegates were mute. Even New York joined in the applause and, as far as known, Indiana was the only, state that did not have'a single cheer for the Nebraskan. The Tribune furnishes all the latest vrar nevrs. Nov? is the time tc Eutccrbe.

The Rosebud Land Rush. The opening of the Rosebud reservation fn South Dakota to homesteaders, which began last Tuesday, like former openings of reservations, illustrates the traditional land hunger of our race. Drawing the lands by lot has prevented the picturesque racing for land which made tbe Oklahoma opening memorable, but in other respects the latter Is characterized as a tame affair compared to tbe rush that is now going on at the places of registration! The greater value of the land and its increasing scarcity have bad much to do with making this a recordbreaker so far as intense public Interset is concerned. The excitement is also Increased by the gambling element which is always attracted by a drawing. In this reservation there are 2,600quarter sections to be allotted, and of these It is estimated that 1,500 are valuable. For the first number la the drawing there is a stauding Offer of $10,000, while tbe first 100 numbersare estimated to fcuue.acish value of 15,000. Unable to Gd to St Louis. i Goshen News-Times: Hen. B. F. Deahl, one of the delegates to. the democratic national conyention'in St. Louis from this district, is to ill to attend the meeting, lie has been suffering for some days with Ja grippe, but felt better Tuesday morning and went to the train intendlog to go, but was obl'ged to turn back ou account of weakness. A Craze and its Cure. A bet is a little thing. The man: who makes it is sure it can do him no barm. Other men may ruin themselves by gambling or speculation, but not he. Fortunately society is able to find abetter point of view for passing judgment than that of tbe individual man seeking for amusement, excitement or easy money. It has at hand the convincing method of statistics. It can estimate the extent of the gambling evil by percentage. Two guarantee companies the Guarantee Company ot North America and the United States Guarantee Company have just been applying this method, and they baye decided that tbey cannot afford to issue bondsfor any employe who Is given to gambling or speculating. Thiy have announced that they will cancel the bonds of any patron whenever they have proof that be has tbe gambling habit. That will mean In the majority of cases that tbe amateur gambler must quit bis amusement or quit his job. Such action is taken by these companies entirely as a matter of business,, but it will possess a valuable social effect. It will nelp to meet, what is coming to be a national neednamely the placing of. some effective, check, upon the growing craze for "getting something for nothing," which manifests itself all the way from Wall street to the penny policy shop. The ravages of this craze, or, perhaps better, disease, are sometimes startllngly evident, as, for instance, in the "Patsy" King trial the other day, when whole panels of jurors confessed, manv after man, that they believed in policy and were not in sympathy with.

tbe laws framed to suppress it. Italy and Spain give us excellent examples of countries In which the gambling spirit has supplanted the spirit of business enterprise. It cannot afford to let its people impoverish the country by turning themselves into habitual gamblers. Kecord Herald. ' Marriage and Divorce. Marriage is a thing not of legal bonds and agreements, but of the heart. If the heart is not wholly given to it,' all the mumbled ceremonies and perjured promises make but a rope of sand. Tne man and woman who swear before God and men to live together as husband and wife until death dothem part, yet reserve in their hearts an intention to get a divorce the instant things do not go satisfactorily, may marry in form, but never in fact. The difference between free "love and legal marriage, as it is loosely put on and easily thrown off in this country, today, is a difference in form and name only. In either condition the couple lives together so leng as mu tually agreeable and no longer. Thereis as much real moral and legal protection to offspring and to society at large In one case as In the other. StPaul Dally News. The Indeterminate Sentence Law. Figures received from the stateprison at Michigan City and the Indiana reformitory at Jefferson ville, showing what has been accomplished In seven -yeara under the Indeterminate sentence and parole law, prove the value of that law as a reform measure. From April 1, 1897, tq April 1, 1904, 2,520 men were released . under its provisionsand 78 per cent, of these have lived up to the terms of their parole, leaving but 22 per cent, who proved v unsatisfactory. Students of criminology -know that in formeryears, under the definite sentence form of commitment, a much greater number of men released from prisca returned to Criminal ways.