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THE OREGON SUUDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNINO, JULY II, 'lClt ,i JOURNAL !.f KPRNPKNT NEWSPAtMtn rnrllnt r . ' - t..it.i iiif It ina journal, ; hill alraeta. Portland. Or. i-ilih and Vain 1 , ..-a .. att Portland. Uf r ii -tnxmlaaluB IbroUfb U aaeond '.I'Himri ir.i. ita, Hum. A-SM. tl-partmatHi rrarhetl by tbaaa Bumbarj. II ha oiwratnr what (larmrtmariT Ton ' u iyN AOVKHTIitlNU Hltl'KKMKMTATI Vlt " -njm.n Kantnor Co.,( Brantwlrl. BalMlni. '-a fifth ramie. Nw Tors. tllS PP ' n'if!lln. Oilcam. '; fc hcriptUio Tartiia bf mall ar W AW eSdraas u.a lyiiitad Butt- or MMO natf v., p" I Ona mfcOtb. -SO ,' BDNDAT. ' , '' Ona rear II HO I Ona month.. I DArtY A NO HDNDAI, Una rar. ....... IT.HA I Ona owintb , aaaaMaaafl0aiajMa)aWan 5! .' A " world without a Sabbath would be Ilka a man without a emllo, Ilka a summer without " rioweriT' ana -nkeh6nTesf without a. garden. It la the Joyous day of the whole week -Henry . Ward Beecher. AN ABSURD CLAIM ilYTR nknil mr)ll hs fr nA nnn I to the vessels- of commerce and Iof waT of. all nations observing 4. thesa rules, on terms of entire ' ' equality, so that there shall be bo discrimination against any such na- tlon, or Its citlsene or subjects In re aped of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise. Hay-spaunoefote treaty. Such )a th language on which It Is claimed the United States should charge Itself for using Its own canal ; 'for; Its own domestic traffic. , Back of any ' interpretation is the great final test of common sense. ( Why,' when it was going to spend $100,000,000Jn building a canai and other millions in maintaining it, 'would the; United- States agree, to 'charge herself on her own domestic commerce the same tolls that she jWould charge Austria, or Persia, iwhich gave nothing, paid nothing, did nothing in' building the canal? If "111 nations," as used in the treaty, Includes the United States, is 'not the United States, in build ing the canal and charging herself .the same rates on her own commerce that she charges foreign nations on foreign . commerce, , discriminating against herself, or doing the exact thing-3reat - Britain claims should not- be -done? ' i , . The only way the United States can carry out the spirit of the treaty la not to discriminate between for eign nations as to one another, and not discriminate against Herself as to her own commerce, and this she can only do by not charging herself tolls on her own commerce. If -tho- United States carries her own 4 commerce to her own ports through the canal free, in what way does, that affect Persia, or Turkey, or Great Britain or Portugal? What spirit of Justice or equity is it . that . claims the United States should 'mortgage herself for half a billioa. dollars for building a canal, and then' let England say on what terms we shall carry through It our own commerce to our own ports? If; we are obliged to 'permit Eng land" or France or Turkey to use this Panama canal, built by ourselves at such frightful cost, and use It on the same terms that we use it, why are we not equally bound to let England or France or Italy use our warships oa equal terms with ourselves? There is no absurdity on the cal endar to which the British Inter pretation of the ambiguous Hay Pauncefote treaty will not lead, if .carried to its logical conclusion. " By and by, we of the United States may be afraid to use our summer watering places or legislate for the improvement of Kokomo creek lest ;;We'TlnJurrT3rlfl6ti Intercuts." 'THE BRITISH MINISTRY HOSTILE critics of the progres sive members of the British ministry have gone the length , . of spreading-jeports of dissat isfaction felt by Lloyd-George on the Increased naval armament expendi i tare,' carried to the length of his i proposing to resign. Considering that the time has come for the great insurance act to i be submitted to the test of actual ex j perlence by thirteen million people, and that it is to be subjected to at tack by every enemy of Its author, and , they are many, for Lloyd George to give up office now would be indeed quitting under fire. That 13 the last thing to be dreamed of la connection with one of the best fighters of the age. -The" rumor referred to had its base, no doubt, in the postponsment of the announcement of what was to be done with the $31,850,000 sur plus on the' budget receipts of last year... "When Germany's purposes nv'ere made plain as to the extra sum she intended spending on her navy, the English plans were announced. Towards reduction of national debt $24,500,000 is to be devotwi, $4, 800,000 to the navy and this to wards increasing somewhat the num ber' of men and giving them in creased payand then $2,40,000 is to be :,advanced by the treasury to the" colonial office, and spent in Uganda and elsewhere in past Afri ca in the planting of :more cotton and bringing more land there into cultivation. These plans were announced by Lloyd-George himself, Without a whisper of dissatisfaction with them, past, present, or to come. Since the Liberal ministry took office, In 1906, no less than $382, 00,000 has been paid off the na t'ftnatjflebt, from current taxation. J he prltae mTnTster dlfared that iver had the trade, of the nation en ' more prosperous, had never I t ea more soundly based, while the national crdlt measured by the price of consols was as high as In 1872. -I' 1 Uoyd-George was roughly ban died in choice Billingsgate by vart pus aristocratic ladies at a big Albert hall meeting a week or two ago, called by them to denounce tha in surance bill. He was styled a "gag ger," a "guMotlner," a "tyVant," I "mongrel," a "thief," and the insur- ance act was called a ".long lived stomach-ache.;'-. :But: somehow - the nation prospers under nis guidance of her finances, In spite of strikes and stoppages of trade. , WHITTIEIt ON THE ISSUE 0 N this page, is a poem by Whit- tier, J..;.; It is of interest in Oregon now. Few poets have sung as sweetly. None viewed the great problems-of life wltlr'm ore justice or a gentler conception. The poem is a protest against cap ital punishment. It was called out by a pamphlet Issued by clergymen who favored the death penalty. The verses are a contribution to the dis cussion of that which Is lo be a sharp issue in Oregon for the next three months.. 1 l Whlttler was convinced that the state had no right to kill. Many others believe with him. Unconsciously, every. human being is an imitator. We don't realize it, but every one of us is a copyist. We do not know it, or think about it, but every day we are trying to do what somebody else or something else has done. There is no truer psychological principle or sociological fact. If the state kills a man, what does the Ignorant, the criminally-bent man do but feetlhat he has a right also to kill a man? Of course, the state presents its excuses for-killing the man, but so does the criminal. The state justi fies its killing, but so does the low ordered, part man, part beast mur derer. He pleads the unwritten law. He pleads insanity. He pleads self defense. But most of all, and that is his main reliance, he doesn't expect to be caught. When the state kills a man, it sets a light valueon life. It sets a wide ly advertised public example of the ethics of killin g. When-it leads a man to the scaffold and shoves him off, it publicly teaches every citisen that there are circumstances under which killing is Justifiable. The state cannot kill without making a whole crop of killings. Whittler wrote a protest against clergymen who advocate a state slaughter house. Can anybody con ceive for one moment of the Prince of Peace advocating killings? THE NEAR EAST T HE region which has beenfftjr fifty years known in the news papers as "The near east" to distinguish it from the orient, or the far east has been boiling and seething with discontent, of which the Halo-Turkish' war was rather an evidence than a cause. The whole effort of European diplomacy, ever since the close of the Crimean war in 1856, has been to uphold "what was called the "bal ance of power," .and to prevent seri ous' effort to drive the Turks out of Europe. Four years ago the Young Turks dethroned the wjetched tyrant Ab dul Hamid at Constantinople, pro vided him with a comfortable re treat at Salonika, an.d installed his brother as sultan In his place. A constitution for the Turkish empire was devised, a parliament summoned, and responsible minis ters appointed. Freedom of the press, and religious freedom reigned throughout the empire. But the Young Turks, 'through their committee on union and prog ress, held together their organiza tions Friction was constant between this committee and the official min istry, the majority of the rftrliament, and the palace party who, togeth er constituted a stand-pat majority at Constantinople. This preamble brings us down to the news of the day. When Italy declared war on Turkey she noti fied the powers that she would limit the war to Africa, leaving Turkey in Europe alone. But she has so far found limited war a mistake. The friends of both Italy and Turkey have been hard at work behind the scenes to find terms of settlement. They thought they had succeeded, but a few days ago the Turkish min istry, sultan and parliamentary ma jority, all in Constantinople stand patters all refused to listen to the terms proposed. At once, by a strange coincidence, the cork in the bottle of Albanian insurrection gets loose, and three regiments of Turkish soldiery are surrounded by the mountaineers, disarmed, and carried off prisoners into the mountains. So the real storm center moves from Tripoli to Salonika and Constantinople. And the old feud between progressives and standpattei-s :s open over all the east end of the Mediterranean. The real settlement will be uade if at all, in London and Berlin. Whatever policy Germany and Brit ain agree, or have agreed, on will be carried out and this "willy nllly" so far as Italy and Turkey are concerned. The recent news that a squadron of Italian torpedo boats had at tempted to run through the Darda nelles at night but had been driven back by .the fire pf ihe, Turkish; lorts, shows another effort to get at the heart of the enemy, his capital city. Whether this was a vigorous and real attack or only a play to the gal leries it may answer its purpose if it spurs the allies of both combat ants into , more rigorous action to bring the long drawn out and In effective war to a close. THE SAN ANTONIO WAY F EW records of civic achieve ment approximate that of the San Antonio Chamber of Com merce for 1912. During the year, It 'raised $115, 000 as a bonus for the San Antonio Uvalde & Gulf railroad, It raised a bonus of $250,000 for the San Antonio, Rockport & Mexi can railroad. ' . It raised- $180,000 for the pur poses of. the chamber of commerce San Antonio has a population or only 96,814. The figures of popula tion compared with the figures of the chamber's collections arouse in stinctively- the -query-as to how -it wis done. ' a iii.il M j. i I l . a consolidation oi an uih emu activities of San Antonio into a sin gle organization called the chamber of commerce, was the beginning. It is a compact, united and unifying organization.. Its work Is central ized and focalized. The body has a head and an undivided following. It Is in position to fix a program and then "throw the whole strength of the city behind It. When it de termlnes to go ahead, it goes ahead because of its solidarity. It doesn't fall, because all Its civic regiments are storming the same point of at tack, and something has to give way. It Is the plan The Journal has often suggested for Portland. There ought to be at least a central head quarters for all the business organ izations. If not united injpne grand organization, they ought to be so closely Interlocked that they could all be captained for any desired pub lic movement. It is the way San An tonlo did it. And what San Antonio did in 1912 is a mark for any city to emu late. EXPRESS RATES T HE interstate commerce com mission has conducted a pains taking inquiry into the nature, constitution, possessions, own erships, and business of express companies The commission ias not only published its report, but has ordered reduced rates for ex press business, and made regulations simplifying, expediting, and purify ing their business methods. But the new rates will not be put into effect until the express compan ies have had a hearing, which is set for October 9. Supposing this hear ing is had, and the commission ad heres to Its ruling, what chance Is there of this present generation get ting results? The courts are open and will remain so, indefinitely. The commission s report is a scathing indictment, especially of the graduated scale of charges made by the express companies, of which it Is said: "It is the product of years of shrewd manipulation, has no Justi fication in the minds of the express men-themselves, and is the richest example yet brought to our atten tlon of a tariff based exclusively upon the theory that the charge Bhould be what the traffic will bear." The companies are so interlocked by stock ownership and otherwise that no company can be traced as independent of the others. The demands of the commission, are many. Reform of ratemaking 1b the first. There must be a new and . simpl; method of stating rates by which- -a ooa-expert may kno w what he should be charged: Re bates by indirection, concealed in present tariffs, must be removed. Tariffs must show but one rate on same- class of traffic between any two points in the United States served by the same carrier. A new and simple classification of traffic is required. And present rates are to be sub stantially reduced. The commission has done all it could. The impression left on a stu dent Is one of astonishment that no huge and high-smelling a morass should have been permitted so long to endure without an attempt to drain it. LEST WE FORGET ! FT OT many months ago a wave of public feeling In favor of in ternational peace by arbitra tional settlement of national disputes overran this country. Ad vocated alike by press and pulpit, it found expression in the all but unan imous acceptance by the nation of the treaties with Great Britain and France for peaceful settlement of all questions to arise between those nation's and . tjje United States. America hailed the unexpected dec laration that Germany also would willingly and approvingly consider a similar treaty, binding her with this nation in the great league of peace. Arbitration treaties had been plentiful and of efficacy in avoiding the final and bitter arbi trament of war. But with them all there was the fatal exception of matters of national honor and vital Interest. When Mr. Taft announced the absence in the new treaties of the old-style, reservations, and the inclusion of disputes on every sub ject which the ordinary methods of diplomacy had failed to adjust, then, with general relief, it was noted that a decisive ad vance had been made. . But president, press, pulpit, and people alike reckoned without their host. A cloud no larger than a man's hand appeared in the politi cal sky, taking its starting point In Oyster Bay.r ; , ' ; - - .. ..The treaties had been, thought ot and framed by statesmen and law yers of high repute on both sides of the Atlantic- their language had passed close scrutiny, of experts in two r nations.; ; Yet a halr-spllttw might make something of a point that the treaties might have auto rua tic action and present the ncces sity of submission to and action by the senate ,of the United States in deciding; la advance; in each case in dispute whether the issue to be tried was "Justiciable,", in the language of the treaties. , There was found the tchance of objection In'the senate, the toucht ness of the senate over its privileges being, thus adroitly, appealed,, to.. i It sufficed, The treaties passed not Into completion and action, but on to the shelves of the foreign offices of the nations "and? they He there from that day to this. Meanwhile the mad race in arroaY ments goes on unchecked. Germany is to spend this year $3,596,600 over and above her normal estimate and Britain responds with $4,900,000 from her surplus of taxation. " The Scandinavian states are busy. Rus sia xpeets- to-spead a-fif teenth of $650,000,000. And Spain, and the states of the South American hem' lsphere are taking their places in the dance of death. A sorry outlook, is it not? DECORATING A PALACE! ' T HE palace in question is the "Palace of Peace." It is set in a quiet and beautiful tract in the ancient city of The Hague. The neutral atmosphere of Holland suited all civilised nations aS the place to which they might send their rep resentatives to join in a parliament of peace, to settle differences that might otherwise eventuate in war. Another function of the parlia ment was to lay down rules for fu ture conduct of such wars as poor human nature might find it as yet Impossible to avert. Humanity to neutrals, whether neutral nations or the peaceful citizens of warring peo ples, was another of the Intended purposes of these conferences. Jealousy among the nations, if, as nations they were called on to provide the cost, might impede the building. This disaster was averted by the offer of Andrew Carnegie to find the large sum needed. This of fer was accepted and the structure of the palace rose. Two Hague conferences have been held, and another Is approaching. The Institution of these conferences is now an accepted fact. Another use of the palace was be gun, it mignt do tne nign court room' of the world, where a tribunal of international Judges might sit to determine causes between, nations and issue their findings and decree justice. So, It was believed, might wars cease. But the desired peace could only be assured if there were authority veste-d in the tribunal to enforce Its decrees by common action of the powers who bound themselves, col lectively and Individually to provide military and naval forces to act as the sheriffs or police officers for the world. There the great plan has halted. General arbitration treaties are in suspense, and wars continue and rumors' bf wars abound. But the courthouse might be splendidly furnished and made a fit ting forum for a tribunal not agreed on, under a coae not iormea. a magnificent frame might be pro vided for the picture not yet painted. Holland, Belgium; England, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the United States, China, Japan, Rus sia, Argentina, Chile, Austria, and Hungary all have brought gifts of their noblest industries. Never was. a courthouse in the world's history so magnificently equipped. Rut where are the laws to govern this court? Where are the Judges? Who will bind themselves to carry there their cases to be adjudged? Andcho answers through those va cant? nans, ine nations respond to the appeal by building dreadnaughts and enlisting armies. . Even the number of near great who see a resemblance between themselves and Lincoln is not so great as the number of statesmen and editors now claiming they start ed the fight on Lorimer. The professional educators have decided that the little red school house is a failure. But just the same, it is the place where numer ous presidents and governors got their start. The Open Air Theatres in France. .From London NatfBn. Founded by M. Albert Darmont, an artist of high distinction, the open air heatre of Champlgny, 30 minutes by rail from central Paris, has for Its walls the oaks, beeches, nycamores. and pines of the forest; its grassy floor, seated for 2000, slopes gradually down wards to the foot of a permanent stage, with a back ground of one or two pic- uresque buildings. A contribution from the small towns In the Marne val- ey waa voted to M. Darmont at the start. Among those who cooperated with him were the state secretary In the fine arts department, the parlia mentary deputy for the constituency, and the mayors of the district. Every Sunday during the three summer months, crowds of people from Paris and from the country towns flock to the open air theatre at Champlgny. Within Paris, Pre-Catelan has its 'theatre of green grass " Aix,- Aulna. sous-Bois. Fontenay-aux-Roses. Plouian tir'Brittanrr nr - arnonsrl?le"Soahtry places -mat nave mnde their first at. tempts in open afr theatricals. Before the Imposing Walls of the citadel of Carcassonne, in sight of the Pyrenees and the Cevennes, plays and pageants of the romantlo middle ar lmve charmed spectators. In the ryrenres, fauhlonablw Cauterets has Its "theatre de-la nature.". with rpom for thousiuidn. At Arcachon,, among the pines, and In view of the sea. the mayor and his rci low cltlaens lately took tha Initiative. In establishing one Of th moat pleanant open-air theatres in t ram. in roiK of, poltou district have . followed tha fashion, by erecting a, movable amphi theatre of wood, with seats for 1000, In one of the municipal parks, chiefly for historical pieces acted by 'local ama teurs." At Courcay, 20 miles from Tours, the "Soclete de la Renaissance artiatique Tourangelle" lately inaugu rated its "theatre de pleln air," on a delightful site between tha rocks and tha river, Whether in the Druidlo calm' of Couracy, or tha roar of Parisian. Belle ville, the "theatre du peuple" which even now Is but, In the initial stage of ita development is but ona among a hundred Indications more atlklng than Itself that fha pedplelf Turning In its sleep, as if "about to awake to a- mors cheerful day. Such a aytnptomas the vast agitation for tha weekly rest Now, said the demonstrators," when"! tha seventh day rest was won - and em ployers were admitting the eoonqmlo wastefulness of long hours, "now, our people will have a little time for self education."--'. ....';,-.-.-'U;- Letters From the People Articles and questions for , this - page should be written on only one side of tha paper an-t' be accompanied by the writer's name. The name will not ba published, but- ia desired as an Indi cation of good faith. -, Rome Questions. Portland, Or., July 19. To the Editor of The Journal. One has to laugh at the conceit of I C. linger In his chal lenge to Mr. Uren and his crowd, why bless your heart, U C. Unger, If you don't want to pull the burnt stumps why don't you let go? If the land la any good, thare are lota of folks who will gladly take It and save you all the trouble of bonding yourself or su perintending the stump pulling Job. You are what Is called a muscle better. You know nothing about the tainted money so-called by land hogs of Joseph Fels. There are thousands of hard working men and women throughout the United States who are putting up aa much money as Fels to secure this righteous reform. Here are a few lit tle simple. questions and If you can an swer them you will do more to defeat tha single tax than anything else you can d(K Why shouldn't the government take values It creates "ground rent?" Why should the government allow the value It creates? ("ground rent") to be taken by Individuals who do not produce It? Again why should the government take the values by taxes, which Individuals do create? You and 1 don't take It be cause we know It would be stealing so you and 1 and all the others who make up the government -cannot delegate to government a rlpht we do not possess. These are only a few a. b. c.'s of the argument, but 1 think It will keep you guessing to make your answer dove tall with ethics and not admit the single tax Is sound. HECK SMITH. Mr. Purdy Still in the Ring. Portland. July 20. To the Editor of The Journal I have been swindled, robbed and buried, and now must dig out. My only way Is to get my facts before the public. To do this, I must make some sensational charges in my second edition of "Slxtet n Years in Oregon." challenge the ones I refer to for a change to prove my assertions. Judge McQinir ordered my deedturned over to my attorney, Thomas O'Day, with instructions that Attorney Idle man could take It at any time. I charge that the deed was thereafter mutilated for the purpose, I believe, of placing the burden of proof on me In my case. The responsibility for this mutilation I -do not attempt to fix at this time. The supreme court took this view of the condition of the deed. WILL E. PURDY. Poisoned Frnit. Sellwood, Or., July 19.To the Edi tor of The Journal. It would be well for the fruit Inspectors to be looking after the health of consumers as well as the health of the fruits. No longer than a day ago fully a doeen persons were made very sick eating some cooked black cherries. It is the first time In long life that the writer haa ..aver known that such fruit would produce a complaint like cholera morbus. The cherries must have been sprayed with some: poisonous spray or exposed to something equally as pernicious in the market, aa to the cleanliness of the cook that can be guaranteed. SUFFERER. That Snake Story. Portland, Or., July 19. To the Editor of The Journal. That crematory five foot snake Jump of 12 feet high, re minds me of the eastern Oregon man who, affaTTImIbThlgToo Treely in prohl bition drug store "booze." awoke In the wee sma' hours of the night and saw his feet on the foot board of the bed. Reaching under the pillow he brought SEVEN FAMOUS Will Sommers. The court Jester, the licensed fool, or the buffoon, by whichever name it may be preferred to know him, was a per sonage found in the couj.ts o kings and nobles of medieval Europe, and whose employment it was to amuse the house hold by witty and mirth provoking acts and sayings. At first the office was filled by any half wltted fellow whose senseless or seemingly shrewd talk was tortured by his hearers into a semblance of wit, but ho soon gave place to the Joster proper, and in royal retinues the office became of such importance that graduates of Oxford and Cambridge were not ashamed to fill it. Philip of Macedon, Alexander the Great, Augustus and his successors, all maintained fools, and In eastern courts they were very anolent institutions;. They did not fappear in Europe Unfli about the time of the Crusaders, and the office ceased to exist In most Euro pean countries about tha end of the seventeenth century. One of the most famous of the Jesters to English monarchs was Will Sommers, who served Henry VIII. Armln, In His "Nest of Ninnies," thus refers to him: "Few men were more beloved than was this fool, Whose merry prate kept with tha king much rule, When he was sad the king' with him would rhyme: Thus Will exiled sadness many a time." And ihat Will would frequently use his Influence with the king for good and charitable purposes It would seem from another verse in the same poem: "Only this much, hawaa a poor man's friend, And helpt the widow often. In her end. The king would even grant what ha - would eravaj,' 1 1 v ' For, well he knew Will no exacting; knave." Ot Will's power to please the king In his moody moments, wa have speci mens la certain questions put, and. In THE DEATH PENALTY , fly John Grn nk'uf Whltiier. (Written on reading pamphlet published by clergymen against tha abolition Of the gallows.) j The suns of eighteen centuries nave shown , fcilnoe tha Redeemer walked with man, and mada ' The fisher's boat, the cavern's floor of stone, And mountain moss, a pillow for his head: ' , , And he. who wandered with tha pnt Jew, " And broke with publicans the bread of shama, ;; - And drank, with blessings In hla Father's nam. , , " ins waier wnicn oanmiia uuicnai un, ; Hath now his temples upon every shore, - Aliir ana surine nu uneav muu ... ... u I .. . I V. 1 ..... r.d.,.. Aveuivrv tinmii, ww, t lj or Vmm Una whlrh nrnHB tilft femnla Or kiss tha gilded aign of tho Tat aa of old. when meekly "doing gooa," He ted v blind and selfish multitude,..., , And even the poor companions, of his. lot With their dim earthly visions knew, him not, How ill are hU high teachings Where na oath spoken iioerty, we priest At his own altar binds the chain anew: Where ha hath bidden to life's, equal feast, .Tha atarvlnr many wait upon, the few; When he hath spoken peace, his name bath bees Th loudest war cry of contending man; Priests, pala.wtth vigils, In his name have blessed The unsheathed aword. and laid tha spear In reat,. Wet tha wa banner with their Ana cross us mason wun we huij T'". ' ' . Yea, in his name who bada the erring- live, And dally taught hla lesaon-tto forgive! Twisted the cord and edged the murderous steal; And, with hia words of mercy on their lips, Hung gloating o'er tha plncer'a burning grips, And Ihe grim horror of, tha "training wheel;. . Fed the alow flame which gnawed the victim limb, Who saw before his searing eyeballs awlm, The Image of their Christ in cruel seal, . , Through &ablaok .torjment Tha blood which mingled? with tha 'desert safld, , ' And beaded with its redl and, ghastly dew The vines and OHves r tna ttoiy The shrieking curses of the hunted Jew, Tha whlta sown bones of heretics, where er They sank beneath tha Crusade's iholy spear, OoaV dark dungeons Malta1 seat washed cell. Whera with the hymns the ghostly father aung Mingled tha groana by aubtle torture wrung Heaven's anthem blending with the shriek of hell! The midnight ot Bartholomew tha stake k f- Of Smtthfleld, and that thrice accursed flams i Which Calvin kindled by Geneva's lake , New England's scaffold, and the priestly snaer' Which mocked its victims In that hour of fear, When guilt Itself a human tear might claim Bear witness, 0 thou wronged and mMc'rid one That earth's moat hateful crimes have in thy name been donei Thank God! that I have lived to see the time When tha great truth begins at last to find An utterance from tha deep heart of mankind, Earnest and clear, that all revenge is crime! That man is holier than a -creed that all a Restraint upon him must consult his good, Hope's sunshine linger on his prison wall, And love look In upon hla solitude. . . The beautiful lesson which our Saviour taught Through long, dark centuries Its way hath wrought Into the common -mind and popular thought: And words, to "which by Galilee's lake shore The humble fishers listened with hushed oar Have found an echo In the general heart, And of the public faith becoma allvlng part Who shall arrest this tendency? Bring back The cell of Venice and the bigot's rack? Harden the softening human heart again To cold indifference to a brother's pain? Te most unhappy men! who, turned away From the mild sunshine of tha Gospel day, Grope In the shadows of man s twilight time, What mean ye, that with ghoul-ltke seat ye brood. O'er those foul altars streaming with warm blood, PermlttAd In another age and cMme? Why cite that law. with which tha bigot.Jew Rebuked the Pa Iran's mercy, when he knew No evil In the Just one? Wherefore turn To the dark, cruel past? Can ye not learn From the pure teacher's life, how mildly free Ts the great Gospel of ftumanlty? The Flamen's knife isfhloodless, and no more Mextlll's altars sonk ftlth human gore, No more the ghastly rfHcrlflces smoke Through the green arches of the Druid s oak, And ve of milder faith, with your high claim Of prophet utterance In the holiest name, Will ve become the Druids of our time! Pet up vour scaffold altars In our land. And, consacrators of law's darkest crime, , Urge to Its loathsome work the hangman s hand? Bware lest human naturer. roused at last From its peeleVhoulrter your encumbrance cast. And. elck to loathing of your cry for blood. Rank ve with thre who led their ,vlctlma round The Celt's red altar rnd the Indians mound, . Abhorred of earth and heaven a pagan brotherhood 1 forth hla trusty Colts and leveling It at his feet said, "If you're a monkey you're In a hell of a fix, but If you are iint a monkev I'm In a hell of a fi.' C. S. E. Land Monopoly in England. From Detroit News. In England 28 dukes hold 4,000,000 acres of arable land, 33 marquises hold 1,500,000 acres, 194 enrls hold B,82, 000 acres, and 270 counts and' barons hold 3,785,000. In Scotland and Ire land 2000 persons hold nine-tenths of the land.. In some rural parishes of England laborers have vanished and the soil supports game for the Idle rich. The great estates have beep turned into pleasure parka for the aristocracy. In tensive agriculture would be a boon to hungry England. But the land lies idle, and the courtrystde stands almost de populated, fojrt at fy the holders of thes acres have storii tip" wealth upon which they can live in lux ury without cultivating tha soli. George Ade Fables Ontahined. From the Philadelphia Record. George Ade and Richard Harding Davis met In the grill room of the Biackstone hotel one night. "Supposa you're writing fables about the convention," remarked Davis, ad drenntng Ade. "No," replied Ade. "I'm leaving tbos to the Roosevelt press agents." Wall," complained DavlsJ i m a war correspondent, not a prlaeflght exper and therefore can't see why I was sent here to cover this scrap." COURT JESTERS deed, answered by the fool. For ex ample, "What is it that, the lesser It la the more it la to be feared?" which proves to be "a little bridge over a deep river," at which the king1 "smiled." At mora foolish riddles the king "laughed," and at others we are told "this king laughed heartily and was exceedingly merry." Will, It appears, was gorgeously cos turned, for an. old Item notes:- "For making a coat 'and cap of green cloth, fringed With red crape and lined with frlexe, for our said fool," and again, "For making ot a coat of green cloth, with hood to the same, fringed with white land lined with fries and buckram, for Will was not above human infirmities. He was jealous, like great men at court, and espsclally when a rival fool vied with him to gain smiles and moidores from the king. The tracts and plays of succeeding years found purchasers or spectators because . they produced Sommers in his jests, gait, dress and manners. Will was but scantily in favor with Cardinal Wolsey, whom ha once mulcted of ten pounds; Ha had entered the king's private apartment, when tha sov ereign and cardinal were together; and Will apologised for the Intrusion by saying that soma of hia eminence's cred itors were at the door,, and wanted to be paid their due. Wolsey declared he would forfeit hla head if he owed a man a penny; but be gave Will the ten pounds on his promise to pay it when it waa due. When Will returned he exclaimed: "To whom dost thou owe thy soul, cardinal?" "To God," waa tha reply. "And thy wealth V "To tha poor." At this Will declared the car dinal's bead forfeited to the king, "For," (Bald he,, "to the poor at the gate I paid the a'ebC'which he yields' ls"du.w"ThB king laughed, and the cardinal feigned to be merry, "but It grieved him to gtva away ten pounds so. , Tomorrow Chicot .... ! hivw"" mnA hufnn. A .j ...... S marble IlOOr, dread crow & bora, ue tmderstoodl sacrea wine. wnu, r7' News Forecast oi tke Coming AVeek Washington, D. C, July 20. National politics, both Republican and Demo cratic, give Indication of easing off dur ing the week, pending the notification meetings soon to be held and at which the presidential candidates will deliver their' first important speeches of the campaign. In the interim the third par ty movement promises to keep in the glare of the spot light. During the Week the Roosevelt followers are ex pected to hold conventions in Iowa, Alabama and a number of other states for tha election of delegates to the national Progresslvs convention at Chicago. A general Democratic primary will be held In Texas Saturday for the se lection of candidates for governor and oih.erjiiaii of Xlcejs..m6mb eraJifthi. legislature, Judiciary, United States sen ators and congressmen at large. The contest for the seat of Joseph W. Bai ley in the United-States' senaunas been a long and bitter one. The lead ing' candidates are Congressman Mor ns Sneppard, Congressmun c. 13. Ran dall and J. F. Wolters. Governor Colt quitt is a candidate for renomination and la opposed by W, F, Ramsey, as sociate justice of the supreme court. Democrats of Iowa will meet in state convention In Cedar Raplda;. on Thurs day to adopt a platform and name two candidates for Judga of the etat su fim court. " Hearings in the governments suit in equity to dissolve the American Sugar Refining company are to be resumed In San Francisco Tuesday. From San Brancisco the hearings will shift to Salt Lake City, then to Denver and back 1 to New York. The city of Detroit is to celebrate Its two hundred and eleventh anniver sary with a monster land and water car nival, beginning Monday and continu ing through the greater part of the week. Tan thousand persons are to tffte part in the carnival, which is to be called Cadlllaqua, in honor of Cadillac, the French explorer , who founded the city In 1701. Among the conventions of the week will be the annual convention of the National Association of Insurance Com missioners, which will be held in Spo kane, the national convention of Gid eons, or Christian traveling men, in At lanta, and the national grand lodge meeting of the International Order of Good Templars, which will assemble in St. Taul. Tanglefoot By Mil Overholt WHERE. O where Is the man with the whlsker ettes Whose .rheumatism rules the weather? O where is the smoker of cigarettes Who can't keep all his head together? O where Is the pilgrim who mourns and frets Unless his mattress Is mada ot feather? Where IS the geeaer who used to own A driving cart and a crancinar horsafr Where's the gazabo who used to. mourn About the evils of divorce? O where is the person who used to groan On Monday morning with R. E. Morse? O where Is the woman who stays at home While her daughter wears all her finest clothes? Where is the fellow who used to roam From joint to joint Just to paint his nose? Where's the ootlmlst with shiny doma who s overjoyed wnen one nair grows T lb s r hou maU8guJftdJtbft,aleeple8S... gem Are on the Job till vet: And the red nose geek pursues bis bent wun tne gink with the clcarttta. They're all on hand: not ona has went: t, you ii meet -era all; don t xretj don't ....... frst. .. ..,..;... .a..iit r