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The Greater Punishment.
A recent novel takes the view
that in the eyes of society crime
can never fee expiated,; however
sincere is the Criminal’s repent
ance and no mat.ter how much he
suffers in the way of punishment.
A young man, who has misap
propriated funds committed to
his charge, at the urgent advice
of his uncle, a bishop, confesses
and in expiation of his crime
serves ten years in the state’s
prison. When he comes out the
influence of his uncle secures him
a position in a newspaper, his
past being frankly revealed, but
presently he comes in collision
with his superiors and is discharg
ed with the contempt to be ex-
S acted by a convicted tjiief. The
ishopthen gets him a place in a
bank, this time keeping back the
secret of his past. But as the in
evitable, the secret comes out,
aud the reformed convict is
promptly turned adrift ouce
more.
The bishop feels that he can do
no more aud therefore allows his
disgraced nephew to shift for hint-
self. Of course he goes down,
"and in the end wins protection
and a livlihood by serving the in
terests of a poworful scoundrel
who has not been found out.
The author .of tho novel takes
thejiessimistio view that it is use-
loss for the fallen man bo attempt
to get up again. Society will not
let him get up, because soci
ety, wishes to have no dealings
with him. The average man is
unable to trust him who has once
lieen -untrustworthy. There may
be admiration for the struggle of
the repentant sinner,but this feel
ing is dominated by a stronger im
pulse to keep tho repentant sinner
it arms’length. Tho man who
rails cannot rise. His case is
hopeless. Therefore .the novelist
offers no solution of the problem.
All this is very largely true, and
in one sense it is fortunate that it
is true, for it is the terrible pun
ishment and not the milder pun-
ishmett of the law that restrains
men from crime. Society inflicts
this terrible punishment in an in
voluntary effort to protect itself,
ft is sad for the truly repentant
riminul, but it is a happy circuni-
•. banco for the mail hovering mi
i he brink of crime, inasmuch ns
it:, reminds him as nothing else
could remind him that if he stops
in time and does not. commit
crime he will not only bo safe
'’roni the hand of the law, but
from the never-ending blows that
vill be inflicted upon him by so-
■ietyonoe he is down.—Macon
(.'olograph.
The New York World says: “To
lay a larger proportion of the
vv u-ld’s men of note and power
inij) ever before are over seventy
v-.'irs of age. Fifteen members
1‘ the United States senate would
lave been eligible as Dr. Hurd’s
guests under the seventy-year
limit. Justices Harlan, Gray,
duller and Shims of the Supreme
emu’b have reached or passed the
seventieth year. The longevity
iti recent times of foreign states
men of the first rank—Bismrack,
Gladstone, Beacouslield, Gorbs-
■ •h ikoff, Salisbury, Criapi—is sig-
i.iflcant.
-Chop Suey, the national Chi-
noie dish, is growing in populari-
in this country. Over sixty
.Chinese and some American res
taurants in New York serve it.,
ue “base',” so to speak, is of
mrlc and chicken livers aiid giz
zards. Celery, mushrooms, green
peas, chopped string beans and
isparagus tips are placed in a
ryiug pan with the meat and oov-
- -d with a gravy of peanut oil,
u .ivily spiced, v
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Asleep Amid Flames.
Breaking into a blazing home,
some firemen lately dragged the
sleeping inmates from death. Fan
cied security and death near. It’s
that-way when you neglect coughs
and colds. Don’t do it. Dr.
King’s New Discovery for Con
sumption gives perfect protection
against all throat, chest and lung
troubles. Keep it near and avoid
suffering, death, and doctor’s bills.
A teaspoonful stops a late cough,
persistent use the most stubborn.
Harmless and nice tasting, it’s
guaranteed to satisfy. Price 50c
and $1.00. Trial bottles free at
Hpltzclaw’s Drugstore. (
Bachelors Taxed.
A stringent law against bache
lors has recently been promulga
ted in one of "the states forming
the Argentene Republic, states the
London Express.
A man is marriagaable in Ar
gentina when he is twenty. If,
from that date, and till he passes
his thirtieth birthday, he wishss
to remain single, he must pay $5
a month to the state. For the
next five years the tax increases
100 per cent.
Botween thirty-five and fifty
the bachelor is mulched to the
tune of $20 a month. From his
fiftieth year to seventy five, $85 a
month is the tax; but having
reached the seventy-fifth year, the
tax is reduced to $10 a year. Af
ter eighty a man can remain sin
gle without paying anything.
A man who can prove that he
has proposed and been refused
three times in a year is also con
sidered to have earned immunity
from taxation.
It is said that the law works
like a charm.
Berks county, Pennsylvania, is
in the midst of an animated dis
cussion of what is called the “cul
ture epoch theory,” which was
sprung upon the unsuspecting
community last week by Prpf.
Deatriok at a teachers’ institute.
Leading subjects discussed by
Prof. Deatriok, and which the
county has been wrestling with
ever since, are as follows: “Are
worms afraid?” “Can birds
count?” “Are fish jealous?”
“Can you learn arithmetic by
smell?” These questions, the
professor asserted, suggest the
culture epoch theory and nave di
rect bearing upon our civilization.
And now the Bnrks county people
jure busy at trying to find the an
swer.
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—“We witnessed a fierce com
bat between a snake and a wasp a
I few days ago,” writes the Belv : -
‘ dere corresponoent for the K t
I County, Kansas, Signal. •• n •
; wasp would watch its chauc i
sting the snake and then H ■ r >
a cactus. The snake would plji.vi
; to the plant, but would not strike
I while the wasp remained there,
i The wasp made several false at
tempts *to fly, and finally induced
I the snulce to strike. The reptile
j in striking became attached to
jthe cactus, and could not ge&
'away. The wasp then flew away,
j and in a few moments returned,
bringing with him several of his
friends, who settled upon the
snake, and stung him to death.”
—
, United States Senator W. A.
Harris (Democrat) is said to have
made a remarkable prediction in
his recent speech at Howard, Elk
county, Kan. After paying a
glowing tribute to President
Roosevelt because of his antitrust
attitude, he said: “Roosvelt oan-
not be bulldozed or run by J.
Pierpoint Morgan and the big
trust magnates. As soon as they
find it out they will force the Re
publicans to drop him Then the
Democrats will pick Roosevelt up,
nominate him for president and
elect him.”
State Treasurer R. E. Park has
made public a summary of the
statements of the state banks at
the close of business September 8,
1902, and shows them to be in ex
cellent condition. The paid in
capital is $400,000 greater and
the surplus and net profits $500,-
000 greater than in 1901. The de
posits are more than $4,000,000
larger than .a year ago, while the
loans are increased by a like
amount.
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Luck in Thirteen.
By sending 18 miles Wm. Spi-
rey, of Walton Furnace, Vt., got
a box of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve
that-wholly oured a horrible Fe
ver Sore on his leg. Positively
cures bruises, felons, ulcers, erup
tions, boils, burns, corns aud piles.-
Guarauteed.' Only 25c at Holtz-
claw’s Drugstore.
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The average price of a horse in
the United States is $49,07, being
lowest in Arizona. ($18.61) and
highest in Rho.de Island ($86,12).
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To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund the
money if it fails to cure. E. Wi
Grove’s signature on each box.25c.
His Business Instinct.
A prominent Wall street man told
the following story on himself the
other day, but made his hearers
promise that under no conditions
would they reveal-Jiis name, as he
did not wish to be bothered by the
beggar who figured iu the story.
The Wall street man was walking
with a friend down Broadway, says
the New York Times, when, at
Twenty-third street, he was accost
ed .by a beggar. The man was more
persistent than the ordinary mendi
cant, and, to get rid of him, the
broker said:
“I will give'3/011 50 cents if you
will give me your coat.”
“All right, boss,” replied tho beg
gar, aud within a moment the
change had been made.
The broker and his friend then
turned back and went up Fifth ave
nue to the Holland House. Still
carrying the beggar’s coat, the man
of finance strolled into the bar and
began telling the story to his frisnds.
“I think you made a bad bargain,”
said one.
“Look in the pockets,” said anoth
er.
Aud as the broker went through
the ragged garment he pulled forth
45 cents in money, a silver-tipped
pipe, a flask of whiskey and a pouch
of tobacco.
“You see,” he replied, “this only
proves that 1 never make a bad
trade, even when I don’t know what
I am buying.”
“Some Highfalutin.”
As. a sample of loyal eloquence
this effort by an Australian school
master, printed in Pearson’s Week
ly, ^will be' hard to beat: “King Ed
ward is now sovereign over a conti
nent, 100 peninsulas, 600 promonto
ries, 100 lakes, 2,000 rivers and 10,-
000 islands. He waves his hand and
900,000 warriors march to battle to
oonquer or die; he bends hiB head,
and at the signal 1,000 ships of war
and 100,000 sailors perform his bid
ing on the ocean. He walks upon
inn earth,and 30,000,000 human be-
ifeel the least pressure of his
1 "J The Assyrian Empire was not
oo populous. The Persian Empire
was not so powerful. The Cartha
ginian Empire was not so much
dreaded. The Spanish Empire was
not so widely diffused. The Roman
Empire was weak in comparison,
and Greece was a small village.” No
wonder the people cheered.
In Switzerland, the ideal republic
oLthe world, the school house is the
most elegant of all the buildings in
the town—the perfection of me
chanical genius without and of ar
tistic talent within. The sight of
the building is an inspiration. It
is the town’s pride. Pupils are
taught good manners, good lan
guage, good morals, patriotism, love
and respect for the home, for par
ents, for all in authority, cleanliness
of person, proper respect for their
fellowman. The love for the tine
and the beautiful is inculcated.
Ideals are created. The school is
the greatest uplifting force in the
republic. A Swiss statesman visit
ing America observed a very high
fence around a farmer’s orchard.
He asked as to the purpose of the
fence. He was told that it was' to
keep out the boys, “What!” said
he, “have you no schools in Ameri
ca?”—Charles J. Parker of North
Carolina.
Birth-marks which mark and mar
the outside of the body are a grief
to every mother whose children may
bear them. But for every child who
bears a birth-mark on the skin there
are many who bear ah indelible
birth-mark on the mind. Nervous
mothers have nervous children, and
many a man and woman owes an ir
ritable and despondent temperament
to those days of dread when* the
mother waited the hour of her ma
ternity. The use of Dr. Pierce’s Fa
vorite Prescription strengthens the
mother for'the trial. With strength
comes a buoyancy of spirits and
quietness of mind which is one of
the happiest gifts a mother can be
stow on her offspring. By giving
vigor and elasticity to the delicate
womanly organs “Favorite Prescrip
tion” practically does away with the
pain of maternity and makes the
baby’s advent as natural and as sim
ple as the blossoming of a flower.
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