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Tho Czar wuiita n new nnvy.
I ho use?
What'
Ilusln continues to pose ns the In
tcrnntlonnl sliuiKliter shop.
Never hit ii mini when ho Is down
unless nil lili friends nre down.
Lovo nt llrst Hlplit niny require tho
nervlies of mi oculist nftor n second
look.
Kussoll Slice's cousin died
Russell himself will dlu In
tnoro money.
In wnnL
want of
Forty-flvo "Kind hnnilK" nro out
stretched to welcome Oklahoma nnd In
dlnu Territory.
Tho Phllndeliihln brldo who knolt on
a wedding pillow of old lovo letters
wns nfter something soft.
A mnn hns, got to keep up with tho
times, for If ho over gets lout In the
shuffle ho enn't clntm a misdeal.
After It In nil over It in expected that
tho killing rooms In tbo nbnttolra will
prove popular places for picnickers.
If In order to save himself, the pro
fcsslonnl politician is forced to do
something for his country, he'll do It
Tho Hhnmokln (Pn.) mnn who can
pull mills out of boards with his teeth
must havo a set that la used to hard
wear.
A Mormon Iiiih Just left seven wid
ows, nnd they can't console themselves
as In tho good old dnys by marrying
ono man.
more stupid or extravagant the pro
IHised legislation Is the easier It will
be to find advocates for It. lu view
of this situation, this Itching to Initiate
legislation, It Is perhups timely to sug
gest that these would-be lawgivers
might And opportunity for the exercise
of their energy In urging the passage
of n law which would not be silly or
stupid but which would be righteous
nnd proper. Wo suggest, that Is to sny,
the enactment of a. law providing thnt
when a homicidal degenerate lies in
wait for n woman and shoots but falls
to kill her ho should bo hanged by tho
neck Just tho samo. The fact that ac
cident, bad aim or Interference may
prevent such a person from achieving
the murder which Is In his heart should
not savo him from tho legitimate con
sequences of his Intentions. In all such
cases tliero Is dellbcrato murder In spir
it and It Is tho Intent rather than tho
actual deed which should count. Many
a man has gone to tho gallows for homi
cide committed under provocation or In
tho heat of pasBlon, and such n mnn Is
far less guilty than tho fellow who In
cold blood strives to murder but Is pre
vented by one cause or another from
slaying his victim outright There Is
eptlrcly too much shooting of womon
nowadays. Drunken, worthless hus
bands nnd Jealous, reckless admirers
have got Into the habit of killing or
trying to kill the unfortunate women
who excite their Jealousy or their re
sentment. Sometimes these murderous
scoundrels mitigate their guilt by blow
ing their own heads off. This Is an act
of partial Justice, nut when such vol
untary reparation Is neglected the law
should take up tho task of vengeance.
When the would-be woman killer falls
to kill himself Justlco ought to take
him In hand nnd kill hltn.
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China boasts the longest cnnnl In tho
world. It would be Interesting to know
how much talking was done beforo It
was dug.
An optimistic lxi Angles man ex
pects to make a fortune out of n frog
farm, and In thnt ho Is being encour
aged by tho croakers.
The I'oHtollIco Department has war
ranted the new postuge stamps to
tick. Tho olIlceholdcrH In tho depart
ment never showed any other disposi
Tho Czar Is said to hnvo refused
1250,000,000 offered him by tho German
bankers. There havo Iweu rumors be
foro than theCznr was not quite right
In tho head.
A New York woman after securing n
divorce declared that her ex-husband
was "the soul of honor." She probably
got tho divorce merely because she hud
reason to believe It would bo easy.
Mr. Itockefeller'N physician says thnt
the oil king's life jwllcy has been "nev
er to glvu lu when he knows ho Is
right." It has also been his jwllcy
never to glvu up what ho could hang
uu to.
1'rcstdcnt Itoosuvelt announces that
ho will write no more magazine arti
cles during his term of olllce. He has
probably discovered that the best way
to get his views before the public Is by
muting them known to the reiwrters.
1'coplo who leave "footprints on tho
ands of tlmo" do not wear themselves
out worrying over tho little things, the
Inconsequential things of life. The man
who stops every few minutes to take
tho sand out of his shoes while travel
ing life's rood will uever arrive any
where. Don't worry over tho little
things In life. There Is nelthor hnppl
noss, honor nor glory lit It.
Prof. Isaac Franklin Ilussell has
caused n stir by declaring that all men
are liars, If not by Intent, then by ne
cessity. Ho knows of nothing else quite
so worthless us human testimony. He
Itoluts out tho extraordinary dllllculty
not only of extracting tho truth from
ancient legends overgrown with tho
lies of ninny ngei, but even of getting
u reasonably trustworthy account of
current events. "Thcro nro so many
dllllcultles In tho way of proof; some
arise from deliberate) mondaclty, others
from tho failure of sense Krceptlou or
tho Insuniclency of language as a .vehi
cle of expression, or from tho tenden
cies of bins, patriotic or religious, to de
flect sincere and able men from tho
right lino of truthful testimony." Per
haps mendacity, like marrlago, is essen
tially a human convention, and In
heaven there Is neither lying nor giving
lu lying. Hut, however that may be, It
Is universally accepted upon earth as a
polite and convenient custom and has
been observed In all ages and by tho
most enlightened peoples as tho only
practicable compromlso with conditions
too dlllleult for tho wits of mortal men.
A lie Is so easy; truth Is so dlllleult.
In n characteristic chapter on veracity
Hpeucer practically demonstrated that
all men nro liars. Ho says In effect
that while wo all profess to lovo tho
truth and hate lying, wo do not reallzo
thnt uuveraclty Is a universal vice. Tho
Supreme Court of Missouri has recently
decided that when n mnn asserts that
tho article he sells Is the best In the
world he may bo guilty of lying, but thnt
ho who buys the nrtlclo on the strength
of the He nnd lluds himself cheated hns
no legnl redress. Wo nro supposed to
take such business nourishes with plen
ty of salt. Iong ago an English court
held thnt under tho common law n mnn
who sells razors thnt will not shave Is
not liable, btcauso "razors are made to
sell, not to shave." There aro some
who claim, and perhaps honestly ho
lleve, thnt tlfey never wander from the
exact truth. Hut they are the biggest
llnrs of all, for they deceive even themselves.
PITCHED WINNING BALL.
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Representative civil service reform
ers who met in Washington recently to
confer with tho national Civil Service
Commission paid their respects to tho
President, and received from him grati
fying Indorsement of their work. "After
considerable experience In nlmost every
kind of governmental work," said lie,
"I have never yet found nny position or
branch of tho service as regards which
tho Intrusion of political reasons in
making appointments does not do dam-
age." lie said further that the eervlce
was the least etllclent In government
olllcea the heads of which tried to clr
cumvent tho merit system law.
Human nature Is less revengeful than
It Is merciful. Given tho abstract prop
osition of putting to death one who
murders In cold blood, few people
would dissent bcyoud those who have
reached a reasoned conviction thnt tho
death penalty Is not and In the nature
of tho case can not bo n successful de
terrent to capital crime. Even In a
concrete and particularly atrocious case
tho first Impulse and effort of all Is to
demand and secure tho penalty of
death. Hut ns time pns.scs the Impulse
dies nwny, tho life of a living human
being more and more obtrudes upon tho
attention, tho llfo of the dead victim
loses in power to Influence action,
worthy relatives of tho convicted ono
enter to move pity, and so arises a
quite general disposition to seize upon
every excuse available to prevent the
execution of tho sentence.
There are In evidence Just uow a
great many restless, dissatisfied nnd
usually Ignorant people who want Inwa
to Ik enacted upou almost every con
ceivable subject. Somebody can be
found to chumplou pretty nearly any
statute that may be proposed and the
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.BraaaaaaB?!Nh
Ohio High School IUII Nln
female Twlrlcr.
There was great excitement recently
at the Oroveport, Ohio, High School
Tho baseball teams of tho seniors and
lunlors w cro en
gaged In a desper
ite struggle for tho
hamplonshlp.
Confident of vie
ory were the big
loys of the senior
class. Their best
pitcher was lu lino
fettle; their bat
'lug eyes were open
-at least they
mibs AHM.1,. thought they were.
Hut when the first batter for tho seniors
stepped to the plate ho gazed toward
tho pitcher's box In amazement. In
stead of one of the brawny boys of tho
other team, a handsome Ul-year-oUl girl
stood there, swinging her bared arm
for the first Inshoot.
Did sho pitch tho game against those
stalwart loys? Slo did, and she won
It, too. To their chagrin, batter after
batter of tbo opposing team struck out.
When they managed to lilt tho bull they
put up weak little pop tiles.
Through the entire nine Innings the
girl pitched. She was obliged to pitch
well, too, for the umpire was by no
means easy upon her. When, largely
through her efforts, victory perched
upou the banner of the Juniors, the big
senior boys took off their caps and
gavo her three cheers,
A demure-looklug, graceful maiden,
something below tho medium height, Is
Miss Gertrude Adell. There Is nothing
manulsh about her, but tho boys of the
Oroveport High School declare that she
certainly can play baseball. And pitch,
too think of that I Who ever before
heard of another girl who could throw
a ball straight, much less pitch a team
to victory? UUca Glob
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