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CURRENT TOPICS.
Tho United States light-house serv
ice costs $4,500,000 a year.
Seven million persons in India are to
be vaccinated with plague serum.
Spain exports 32,800 tons of cork an
nually, valued at about $0,000,000.
There are no poorhouses in Servia.
Even the poorest people own property.
Albinos are found among all races
of mankind and among animals and
plants.
Readings from the Bible are now be
ing given in Berlin by professional re
citers.
The ministry is the only one of the
learned professions that is not now
overcrowded.
Wages paid street car men in the
United States annually amount to
more than $88,000,000.
For more than 160 years the males
of the royal family of Great Britain
have been Freemasons.
Mrs. E. P. Tilton and Miss Emeline
Perrin, of Aldora, la., twins, recently
celebrated their 92d birthday.
J. W. Ryder, of Davenport, England,
94 years of age, asserts that he saw
Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815 at Ply
mouth.
The new British Blue Book gives the
average weekly wages of 15 skilled
trades at $10.50 in London and $18.75
in New York.
Mme. Patti has bequeathed her
larynx (when she shall have done with
it), to the museum of the Royal Col
lege of Surgeons.
A. B. Seizer, of San Francisco, has
brought suit for divorce against his
vife. because the spirits told him she
no longer loved him.
Gen. A. W. Greely, United States
army, chief signal officer, is endeavor
ing to have a cable established from
Sitka, Alaska, to Valdez.
Prince Khilkoff, the czar's minister
of railroads, looks more like an Ameri
can than a Russian. He has the true
Yankee energy and push.
An economic census of the town of
York, Eng., showed that 23,000 out of
the 70,000 inhabitants live habitually
below the starvation line.
The $2,142,207 worth of patinum ex
tracted in the Gorotiagodat ski district
of Russia last year is practically the
"world's supply of that metal.
Mrs. W. C. Endicott, widow of ex-
Secretary of War Endicott antl mother
in-law of Joseph Chamberlain, is home
from a long stay in England.
The London county council now
makes £69,000 a year from tramways.
I.eeds corporation secures from a sim
ilar source an income of £21,000.
Sir Edward Frey, the famous Eng
lish geologist, declared that 450,000,-
000 of years must have lapsed since
the existence of life on the globe.
Prof. Charles M. Bristol, of the Col
lege of New York university, has re
turned from the Bermudas with a fine
:o!lection of beautiful tropical fishes.
An organized effort is being made
in British Guiana to re-establish the
cotton industry which flourished in
tho colony during the days of slave
labor.
Tho new Austro-Russian program of
reforms in Macedonia has been unfa
vorably received by some of the other
powers, and is generally considered
unworkable.
A committee has now been formed
Paris to erect a public monument
to the memory of the carrier pigeons
that rendered such signal services dur
ing the siege of Paris.
Hiram S. Cronk, only surviving pen
sioner of the war of 1812, was born at
Frankfort, Herkimer county, N. Y.,
April 19, 1800, and is, therefore, 103
years and 6 months old.
The oldest ship in the world, the
mail schooner Vigilant, running into
St. Croix, F. W. 1., although now under
the French flag, was built, of Essex
oak, at Essex, Mass., in 1802.
Dario Campana, a young Italian of
Leghorn, has tried successfully a new
system of wireless telegraphy in which
the earth is used for the transmission
of waves.
Alexander Blackley, the pastel artist,
whose death is announced at the age
of 88, was the first artist whose work
■was reproduced in color in an illus
trated newspaper.
In order to prevent the extinction of
tho chamois in the Swiss Alps, a law
has been passed in Grisonos, Switzer
land, prohibiting tho shooting of
chamois on the mountains. A real
chamois skin is now worth SSO.
The report of the Mannheim cham
her of commerce speaks of the scarci
ty of the meat supply and the greatly
lessened consumption of beef and
pork, owing to their high prices forc
ing the working classes to eat horse
flesh.
A VOLUNTARY HANDICAP.
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STABILITY INSURIiD.
The (iulil St it IKIII r<l LCIIIIN liupetUM tc
1111 Mill t? KM In All t'oun
t rlen.
The report of the commission on in-
I ternational exchange, which has just
been submitted to the state department
at Washington, is an important docu
' ment as showing the steady drift of the
; world to the gold standard and the
proved necessity of adherence to that
i standard as an essential to commercial
j stability. The commission was appoint
ed in compliance with a request from
Mexico and China for support in an
effort to bring about a fixed relationship
between the moneys of the gold standard
countries and the silver-using countries.
This request was made in consequence
of the difficulties, annoyance and loss
experienced in consequence of the fluc
tuating value of silver coinage, says the
Troy Times.
The report of the commission alludes
at some length to the embarrassments
suffered by the business men in silver
standard countries, and says:"The fact
that the importing merchants of such
silver-using countries cannot reckon
upon the cost in their own local curren
cies of the remittances in gold which
they must use in making settlements
for purchases made in gold standard
countries has been slowly but surely
producing domestic commercial pa
ralysis, checking foreign investments
for the development of public and pri
vate enterprises and hampering the im
portation of the products of the labor
of the gold standard countries."
The commission consists of H. H.
Hanna, of Indianapolis, who has long
been identified with sound currency
movements in this country; (Jharles A.
Conant, formerly a prominent news
paper correspondent at Washington and
now member of a leading trust company
in New York, and Prof. Jeremiah W.
Jenks, of Cornell university, a high au
thority in economic and financial mat
ters. This eommisison was accompanied
by one representing Mexico, and the two
visited all the leading capitals of the old
world, and found general approval of the
idea of a definite ratio as between gold
and silver for the silver-using countries,
fhe result is thus fairly summed up:
"The representatives of all the powers
consulted accepted In a general way as
desirable and practicable the suggestion
made by the commission of the I'nited
States. The plan proposed is similar to
the one recently adopted for the Philip
pines and which has been In use in the
Dutch East Inoies for 2S years.
"t'pori the subject of the introduction of
a uniform gold standard system into China
there was unanimous agreement that such
a system woufd be desirable. C'pon the
question, however, whether the gold stand
ard should be established at the beginning
or should come after the introduction of a
uniform national currency upon the sliver
basis there was some difference of opinion.
"Upon the subject of adopting the rela
tively uniform ratio of about 32 to 1 in the
currency systems to be established in the
orient by those countries and dependen
cies which are considering a change in
their existing systems then was agree
ment In all countries except Itussia."
Russia did not object to ihe ratio. But
it questioned the expediency of a uni
form arrangement, and deemed it best
that each country should determine its
own ratio according to its monetary
needs and economic conditions.
The report shows the advantages that
would follow the adoption of a common
ratio of exchange for silver-using
countries, among which would be in
creased importations of American and
other goods into China, the influx of for
eign capital into the silver countries in
the form of investment in productive
enterprises, and closer trade relations,
to the profit of all concerned, between
countries in which the fluctuation of
silver now creates serious barriers to
commercial intercourse. The facts are
of the greatest interest as showing tlie
necessity of a stable medium of ex
change, and prove anew the truth that
the progressive nations of the earth
recognize the gold standard as the only
safe one.
(CSenator Hanna will not resign the
chairmanship of the republican nation
al committee. Therefore, that body,
when it meets in Washington a few
weeks hence to name the date and the
place for the next national convention,
will not have a chairman The
senator intend? to hold his post until
ths national convention, at any rate,
wiien tin committee will be reorgan
ised. There is a chance then that he
may be induced to retain it until after
the presidential canvass. He is as anx
ious as is any other republican that the
party shall win in 1904.—5t. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26. 1903.
DEFEAT OF TOM JOHNSON.
CrviNliiiiur Kt'luikc \<l mI n Ist hi
Ten* of TIIOIINIIIMIM of llin
(Inn l'upty.
While the republicans painfd a great
victory in Ohio and are justly entitled
to boast thereof, it is to be remarked
that they owe the greater part of theii
vast pluralities to democrats, says the
Chicago Chronicle (Den..).
The results in Ohio as well as in some
other places show that democrats are do
ing a good deal of independent and in
telligent voting.
Democrats might have been defeated
in any case in Ohio this year, but the
crushing rebuke administered to Tom
Johnson could not have been brought
about except with the assistance of tens
of thousands of democratic votes. Feli
citations therefore should be extended to
the formidable body of good citizens
who laid aside partisanship while they
performed a genuine public service.
Tom Johnson's election in Ohio would
have been the signal for a radical move
ment upon the next democratic conven
tion in comparison with which the one
which led to Mr. Bryan's elevation
would have appeared insignificant. He
is more different kinds of a radical and a
demagogue than any other man of equal
i prominence in the United States. Noth
| ing was required to set all the revolu
| tionists. socialists and cranks in Amer
ica agog with a fanatical purpose to see
I the sadly demoralized democratic organ
ization in his interest put a triumph oi
some sort that could be urged upon ex
pediency men in the democratic party as
proof that he would be elected to the
presidency if made the regular nominee.
From this uproar of demagogy, folly,
disgrace and disaster the thousands o 1
stanch Ohio democrats who assisted in
the defeat of Mr. Johnson have delivered
the party. His political career is prob
ably ended. It has been marked with
an extraordinary amount of conceit, an
unfailing hostility to many democrats
and democratic principles and a dem
agogy which has no parallel in the po
litical history of the republic.
One of the richest men in the world.
Tom Johnson has made his little mark
upon politics as an implacable foe of
rich men. A democrat of principle and
character who chanced to be a man of
position or wealth was more obnoxious
to him than any ordinary republican,
and all the socialists, visionaries, mal
contents and revolutionists of whatever
origin were readily taken to his arms.
In defeating him in such a manner
as to make sure that he will stay de
feated the conservative democrats of
Ohif> have saved their party and coun
try from a more pestiferous infliction
than Mr. Bryan ever was and have done
much to compel reason and circum
spection on the part of democratic lead
ers next year.
In the face of such an impressive reas
sertion of democratic antipathy to mere
demagogues and radicals it is hardly
possible that further adventures in that
direction will be undertaken very soon.
PRESS COMMENTS.
P'Some of Tom Johnson's newspaper
organs are declaring that the plutocrats
beat him. Tom is a plute himself when
lie is at. home. —Chicago Chronicle
(Dem.).
!CAs a candidate for the democratic
nomination for president. Senator Gor
man is willing to concede that Mr.
Roosevelt has made some serious mis
takes. —Detroit Free Press (Dem.).
S 7 Mr. Bryan will probably not have
to take many more long journeys to
reach the enemy's country, as it shows
a decided inclination to settle in his
neighborhood. lndianapolis News
(Ind.).
r/Hon. Albert B. Cummins, governor
of lowa, deserves mention here because
while his reelection is "conceded." at
least by telegraph, the "lowa idea,"
which he has been so proud of. has been
frequently kicked in the head by repub
lican speakers in lowa. Mr. Cummins
is active, but old hands like Mr. Allison
have not lost their grip.—N. Y. Sun.
tCThe democrats of Pennsylvania are
still seeing lessons in the recent elec
tion. They see lessons every year, but
never anything else. As long as the
republicans get the victories the oppo
sition is welcome to the lessons; it needs
'em.—Philadelphia Press.
farce is e»ver; the curtain has
been rung down; Ohio has laughed Tom
Johnson off the stage of political life,
leaving only those who took him se
riously to feel aggrieved. Circus, fakir
and similar methods dear to the John
son heart have no place in the future
in Ohio politics.—Cincinnati Times-
Star (Rep.).
NEW CANAL TREATY
Was Siynod in Washington by
Minister from Panama.
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■unit- It I'ruvlilo lor 11 I'xrpxt
uul Lcau or tbe Itlslit ol"
ttav of tlic < anul Strip
(o tlie Dnltrd Slate*.
Panama, Xov. 18.—Tuesday morn
ing the United States flagship Mar
blehead hoisted the Hag of the repub
lic of Panama and saluted it with 21
guns. The Tres Noviembre, a gun
boat of Panama, displaying the Amer
ican flag, answered the salute. The
shore batteries also fired a salute ol
21 guns, which the Marblehead an
swered.
Washington, 'Nov. 19, —The Hay-
Bunau-Vitrnilla isthmian canal treaty
was signed last evening at the resi
dence of Secretary Hay by the sec
retary and Philippe Bunau-Varilla,
the minister from Panama.
The treaty in its text cannot be
made public at this moment for two
reasons. First, because of the unwrit
ten law which obliges the state de
partment to await the pleasure of
the senate in the matter of publicity,
and second because the president has
not yet. determined when the conven
tion shall be admitted to the senate
for ratification. Mis present purpose
is to withhold it until there is rea
sonable assurance that its considera
tion will not obstruct any of the leg
islation for which the present special
session of congress has been called.
Instead of the lease for a fixed
period of the canal strip, this new
treaty provides for a perpetual lease
of the right of way to the United
States. And instead of a complicated
provision for courts of mixed com
position—half American and half Co
lombian—to administer justice over
the canal strip, the new treaty per
mits the United .States government to
exercise the most complete jurisdic
tion thereupon. The United States
may fortify the line and the ter
minals and it may police it with
troops.
Then the two terminal cities of
Panama and Colon pass completely
under United States jurisdiction,
which incidentally involves the es
tablishment of a new capital for the
republic of Panama outside of the
canal strip. The money consideration
is understood tone the same, only
Panama instead of Colombia is to re
ceive the $10,000,000. The canal is to
be neutral and open to all nations on
even terms. These are understood to
be the terms of the new treaty,
which is much simpler in form than
the failed Hay-Herran treaty and has
been specially drawn to meet objec
tions urged against the latter.
It is stated that the Panama com
mission, which arrived here last
night, has been empowered to ratify
the treaty and this action may occur
within the next 4« hours.
The state department late j'ester
day afternoon received advices that
the departments of Cauca and Antio
quoia, of Colombia, are, seeking to
separate, from that government and
are, soliciting admission into the Pan
ama republic.
Xo surprise is expressed here over
the report that these departments
are making an effort to align them
selves with the republic of Panama.
The two departments named and also
that of Bolivar are the most pros
perous in the whole Colombian terri
tory. They contribute the greater
portion of the revenues for the fed
eral treasury, that of Antioquoia
alone paying about one-third of the
entire amount. The Antiquoians are
known as the Yankees of Colombia
and are progressive and business
like people. For a long time there
has been discontent among the peo
ple of these departments over the
management of affairs by the poli
ticians at Bogota, by whom they say
their rights have been disregarded.
The following cablegram was re
ceived at the state department from
Consul General Gudger, at Panama,
uated yesterday:
"There is a good deal of excite
ment in Buena Ventura and com<
feeling against foreigners. The Co
lombian government is said to be con
sidering a land invasion of the isth
mus."
Admiral Glass is expected to send
a ship to Buena Ventura if in his
judgment the situation warrants it,
and he will be communicated with to
that effect.
The situation at Bogota has as
sumed a critical phase as far as rela
tions between the United States and
Colombia are concerned. .Minister
I'eaupre on the 16th inst. was pressed
very strongly by the Colombian gov
ernment to know whether the United
States intended to recognize the new
republic, of Panama. It is under
stood that the request was in such
shape as to constitute a menace in
the event that the recognition had
been extended.
Mr. Deaupre was instructed by this
government to inform the Colombian
government that such recognition
had been extended to the new repub
lic of Panama by the United States,
lie also was instructed to tender to
the Colombian government the good
olTices of the United States to effect
a settlement of the difficulties be
tween Colombia and Panama. The
issue is awaited with some anxiety
here.
Under Itic I'rieat'o Kim.
Tarrytown, X. Y., Nov. 19.—Rev. T.
J. Early, rector of the Catholic
church of Irving, has forbidden the
children of Catholic parents in his
parish to attend the sewing school
which for years has been maintained
by Miss Helen M. Gould. About 300
chimren attend the school.
< lark Will <'lialleii£e.
Glasgow, Xov. 18.—While it is im
possible to secure a direct statement
as to the identity of the Clyde yachts
man who proposes to challenge for
the America's cup in 1904, it may be
accepted as practically certain that
Kenneth ,M. ( lark will challenge, and
that George L. Watson will design
the yacht, on condition that Mr.
Clark be allowed to challenge under
the British rating rule or the present
Xew York Yacht club rule. Mr. Clark
has large business interests on both
sides of the Atlantic. The family has
led Scottish yachting for a quarter
of a century.
THE CHICAGO STRIKE.
EfT<>rt« to Secure Arbitration I 'ii*nf<
eeaafnl I iilutiM Tilrenten to Tie l'i
All Street KCallroudn In tile t'lty*
Chicago, Nov. 19.—-It was deeidet
last night by tlie Chicago City Kail
way (.'o. to start cars today 011 the
llalsted street line. This will makt
the fourth line in operation, the car!
having been successfully run on tin
Went worth avenue, Cottage (irovt
avenue and Indiana avenue lines
'Hie Halsted street cars run througi
a district where tlie chances foi
trouble are many and if this line car
be successfully operated, the coin
pany will feel confident of being abli
to resume business in a very shot"
time, even though the attempts bj
the mayor to secure arbitratloi
prove to be protracted.
Yesterday was the most quiet o:
the strike. Cars catnc and went 01
Wentworth avenue, Cottage Grove
avenue and Indiana avenue with very
little trouble. All or them were uu
der the protection of the police anc
they carried very few passengers
but they were not interfered with ii
any serious manner. The weathei
probably had some influence in bring'
ing about these conditions, for tin
temperature was low and a sliarj
biting wind blew all day long.
While it was quiet outdoors,
around the mayor's office it was ex
ceedingly busy. The council commit
tee appointed Monday night with the
object of securing arbitration if pos
sible, was in session the greater part
of the day and evening. It met the
officials of the company and the rep
resentatives of the union and induced
botn sides to agree to outline theii
opinion of the scope arbitration
should have. A committee represent
ing all the unions existing among the
city transportation companies called
upon the mayor and while making 11c
direct threats, allowed it to be un
derstood by inference that if arbitra
tion was not promptly secured foi
the employes of the City Kail way Co
a general strike would follow on al
lines in the city.
At 8:30 o'clock last night Col. Bliss
representing the street car company
called 011 the mayor and the cornier
committee with a statement of what
the company would wind would not
submit to arbitration* This meeting
lasted until late at night.
"The prospects for a speedy settle
ment of the strike of the employes
of the Chicago City Kailway Co. are
not as hopeful as they were yester
day." This statement was made by
Mayor Harrison last night after a
day of conference between the city
council peace commission, delegates
from the strikers' union, and repre
sentatives of the Chicago City iiaii
way Co.
"Whether the difficulty will finally
be adjusted by arbitration I am un
able to say," continued the mayor,
"Every effort possible was made to
day to have both sides to the contro
versy adopt this means of settlement,
but without satisfactory result."
The Teamsters' union took action
last night that may result in one of
the most serious labor situations ever
seen in this city.
At a meeting of the organization
it was decided to order all members
of the Teamsters' union to refuse to
deliver any articles to the Chicago
Lity Railway Co. during the present
strike. It was also decided that if
any of the teamsters were discharged
by the employers for refusing to de
liver goods to the railway company,
1 general strike would at once be or
dered against the Chicago Employers'
association.
The gravity of a general strike of
the teamsters can be appreciated
when it is stated that it would for a
time tie up entirely the delivery of
freight to all the roads in the city
ind would almost paralyze the busi
ness of the city.
DEFENSE OPENS.
The Proneciitlon Itcntn In tlie Trlul of
ex-State Senator Elolhroolt,
Lansing, Mich., Nov. 18. —Eli K. Sut
ton, the former member of the state
military board and regent of the Uni
versity of Michigan, who has been on
the witness stand for several days in
the trial of ex-State Senator John
Holbrook on the charge of attempt
ing to bribe a juror in Sutton's inter
est while Sutton was on trial for
complicity in the state military cloth
ing frauds, finished his testimony
yesterday.
The prosecution rested and the de
fense opened. Attorney (iardner, in
opening, denied that Sutton ever was
told by Sheriff Porter that any six
men lie might name would be drawn
as talesmen and that Holbrook fur
nished Sutton with six names which
were handed by- Sutton to the sheriff.
It is denied that Holbrook ever hail
nny conversation with Juror Phillips
about remaining on the jury and vot
ing for acquittal. The defense will
undertake ti> prove that Phillips had
threatened to get even with Holbrook
for not supporting him for a county
office. Holbrook will take the stand
in his own defense and all the jurors
in the Sutton case will be sworn to
disprove the charge that bribery was
attempted.
Lansing, Mich., Nov. 19. —At yester
day's session of the trial of ex-State*
Senator Holbrook, on tue charge of
attempting to bribe a juror in the
interest of Eli li. Sutton during the
latter's trial for participation in the
uniform frauds, the defense put on
the witness stand the jury that ac
quitted Sutton of the charges on
which he later pleaded guilty and
the prosecution brought forth sensa
tional developments. Juror Samuel
E. Clay admitted that his honest
judgment was not expressed in the
Sutton verdict. Clay said that before
any evidence in the case was given,
Juror Everett said outton was inno
cent.
Conri'Mid (lit .MlNtleed*.
Chicago, Nov. 19.—The recently
made threat to blow up the Plaza
Hotel unless SSOO was handed to the
maker of the threat at a place desig
nated, was the work of Charles
U'right, according to a confession
ivhieh Wright made to the police yes
terday. Wright, who is 1!) years old,
declared that he wrote the threaten
ing letter at the instance of a man
whose name lie did not know, but
ivhom he described. Wright's arrest
ivas brought about through a second
threat which he made. A decoy pack
was sent to him and he was arrested
ivhen he called for it.
ALUM, FLINT AND
SULPHURIC ACID.
It Is reported that in many localities
houses are infested by peddlers trying
to sell or introduce so-called "cheap"
or low-priced baking powders, either
directly or by an orfler upon a grocer.
In most instances deception is used,
J and it is claimed that the article is a
; genuine baking powder and has all the
j merits of a pure article.
Housekeepers should be on their
! guard against this danger to their food,
i Alum powders are almost always low
J priced. But they are well known to be
; detrimental to health. In England and
I in some sections of this country their
sale is prohibited by law. Congress
has forbidden the sale of food contain
ing alum in the District of Columbia,
i The highest authorities condemn their
| use. Dr. S. W. Johnson, for instance,
j Professor of Chemistry at Yale Col
| lege, says: "Bread made with a bak
j ing powder containing alum must
! yield a soluble alumina salt with the
j gastric juice, and must, therefore, act
as a poison."
It is well known that these so-called
"cheap" goods are made from alum or
the very cheapest materials. One of
them was recently analyzed at Yale
College and found to be. one-quarter
sharp pointed grains of ground flint.
Others are filled with sulphuric acid,
and salts of lead are also found in
them.
In baking powders be sure to get a
reputable well-known cream of tartar
brand, and never buy from peddlera.
FACES ON THE WALL.
Strange Phenomena Iteported In u
I'ennny 1 vanla Homestead.
Many strange phenomena are re
ported at the time of death of cer
tain people, but the strangest of all
and one that has been witnessed by
hundreds of the curiously inclined
happened recently at the home of Si
mon Fisher, at Shamokin, Pa.
Upon the walls of Farmer Simon
Fisher's home are the exact facial
features of his deceased daughter and
son, and each appeared upon the
wall as life fled. ,
Six years ago the 18-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Fish
er, who reside on a farm near Rebuck,
was striken ill with a peculiar mal
ady. For months slit; suffered terri
bly, but despite this she was cheer
ful and battled bravely with death.
As her end drew near the grief of
the parents became uncontrollable,
and they refused to be comforted.
One day while the family were gath
ered around the dying girl's bedside
praying for her recovery a strange
light filled the room. There was a
pause in the prayers, but the light
faded away as quiokly as it appeared.
As they gazed upon the ceiling
there appeared an exact likeness of
the dying one. They were terrified,
and turned to the bedside, expecting
to find her dead. But she still lived.
The next day she died, but the face
still remained on the wall. A short
time ago her brother was taken down
with a fatal malady and just before
he died his profile appeared upon the
wall, while upon the ceiling appear
ed the apparition of the daughter's
death six years before. The young
man failed to see the image of him
self and said that that of his sister
had disappeared.
The stricken youth said he was go
ing to die, and was resigned to his
fate. Late in the afternoon lie passed
away peacefully.
The images of both daughter and
son remain upon the ceiling and wall
respectively. Many persons have
traveled miles to the Fisher home
stead to view the strange phenome«
na, but no one has been able to ex«
plain the mystery. The family havj
become accustomed to the images,
and say they do not want them to dis
appear.
Rob-Tailed Coat Held an Evil.
Green Briar presbytery, of the Pres
byterian church of West Virginia,
adopted resolutions protesting
against clergymen wearing bob-tail
coats. The resolution began thus:
"That it is the solemn and painful
conviction of this presbytery that
some of the brethren are departing
from the time-honored custom of
their fathers and are wearing bob
tailed coats. The presbytery would
hereby warn the brethren against
conformity with the customs of
dudes."
Some sins show it soft head rather than
a hard heart.—Ram's Horn.
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