Show A of the new york j sun opposes capital punishment and uses the following argument but executions have another dark side it consists in the blasphemy of the priests they represent to the condemned that they will enter directly into heaven and bo received by christ there sas culprit instead of being atad by the sense of his criminality actually jubilant lu bilant and rejoicing that ho will soon be with christ and that christ will receive him with all glory Is this nob rank blasphemy the priest who seduce these miserable sinners to euch fantastic visions ought instead to exert all their influence to induce them to repent of their bloody deeds such a conversion at the moment of going to the gallows is utterly worthless and noth ing but a self denial and a deception to others true serious profound and saving repentance can bo arrived at only gradually and will never show itself in jubilant under tho gallows THE question of marriage and divorce is just new stirring profound feeling A recent paper by herrick johnson on this absorbing them a contains the following what can bo done every way let consecrate conee crate ourselves anew to tho active defense of the family against all subtle agencies that ifould tear ita dear shields away let us brand with hot indignation the attempt to tanist into tho atmosphere of home the of li berti niam if prof phelps is right eliat a nation of mor mons but a nation of lib artiness ert iness is not ast 1st us see to it that this insidious social menace at our very thresholds gets at ab scorching thunderbolts as distant utah I 1 we are ruthlessly breaking gods seal that he used for wedlock and substituting a of our own stamped with national device our divorce laws are in direct and flagrant of the divine law there is but conclusion we must changa those laws or god will our blessings THE cos of pensions in this country lor the current year will be over 87 Thia is more than the entire net ordinary expenses of tho government tho bedora the war it is more than the coata of pensions thirteen years after the close of the war whan under the operation of nature laws the list weald have begun to decline tho penison list for the united states costs this year within ss much as the annual cost of the great in as much as tho enormous standing army of and there will be no fault in piling it on so long as the surplus holds out and pension agents can make fortunes and demagogues gain by voting away of the peoples money ans chinse of kidnapping is becoming BO common in this country that the people are demanding that more stringent laws be passed for its punishment A bill has been offered in tho illinois legislature which provides that the penalty for kidnapping shall be imprison ment lor not less than ten years and authorizes a life sentence the crino is ono of the worst that is conceived or executed among men its inspiration is total depravity and men or women who engage in such cold blooded dav ilish nees are entitled to no mercy ane house committee on agriculture thursday decided to report the bill introduced by thompson of colorado for the development and encouragement of silk culture in the united states ako tko bill proposed to create a division of bilk culture in tha department of agriculture agri cultura and establish ex culture stations throughout th united states THERE s a numerous goopio inhabit the valley of th 0 tigris in luisia Ru isia and also turkish armenia that hip the devil who is their great deity to live in good understanding with the evil one and to pla crate him is of their lives they also believe that mohammed and ahl were great prophets and that the latter will some day return to tho earth tand rule over it their idea of being on good terms with the devil is not a bad one for no other power will do them harm WE publish this cissne an article written by fairplay of spanish fork in relation to the unruly proceeding edina attended the caucus meeting ot the peoples party on the eve of the ret sent municipal election in that place we do this with the desire to be fair and impartial in all matters and inaam uch as one side of this story has been circulated we consider it fair that the other side should be presented we are mot responsible at any time for alio views of our correspondents is scarcely a state in the anlon east west north or south in which republicanism has held its own with the increase in creasa of population since alio cen aus year the growth of the country is edth the democratic party in spite of its money its determination t hold aba country by fair moans or foul protection is doomed the democratic party asks no quarter from it and the figures we coald quote show that it needs to ask none DOES it pay to advertise wen rather if you dont believe it read this A lady teacher of music inserted her professional card in one of the county papers it was seen by an old lover in chicago at hunted her up explained his absence of a quarter of a century and married her it pays to advertise ay editor up in the northwest who has been trying to compete with hie contemporaries by fanning an all lome paper gofa his head theether thee day he swallowed it by mistake and choked to death oy our third page today to day will be found a striking and instructive illustration of the comparative worth of the various kinds of baking powders now in the market THE chicago times now has libel suits on its hands aggregating nearly one and a half million dollars the estimated of which is one cent on the dollar the electric to be ajao this tims mr T B daniels is meeting with much encouragement in the way of subscriptions and we hope our business men will help along |