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Show DEMAND ON PEARY. The sad ending of Dr. Cook's discovery of the north pole, he being now somewhere in South America, Amer-ica, has not prevented a demand being made upon Commander Peary that his proofs be submitted to the University of Copenhagen, which found that Dr. Cook's records failed to prove his case. The suggestion is also made that a commission composed com-posed of Rear Admiral Melville, Rear Admiral Schley and General Greely be permittedi to examine the Peary records. These gentlemen, each of whom is an expert in Arctic and navigation matters, would make a good commission to examine the records, rec-ords, and their report would, if it substantiated the claims of Peary and the findings of the original examiners, ex-aminers, be considered a3 a final settlement of any doubts as to Peary's claims. However, if these gentlemen gen-tlemen should find unfavorably for Peary, there would result just such a controversy as that attending attend-ing the Cook "discovery." The world has generally accepted the Peary claims, and has generally rejected the Cook claims. The acceptance of the Peary claims, however, should not prevent further examination of the records rec-ords by disinterested persons, if only to remove the implied doubts as to their accuracy. If Peary really j reached the pole, further examination of his rec- I ords and of his party would only strengthen hia j standing as the original discoverer. But if he did j not, it would be the height of folly to prevent that examination, for which there seems to be a growing demand. If further examination and the widest publicity is not given the records, suspicion will naturally arise in the minds of many, and the commander com-mander would be widely discredited as a result of his secrecy. If Peary is really to retain the honor of being the discoverer of the pole, he must submit his memoranda mem-oranda to the world. Let every competent authority have its say. The result cannot be otherwise than a complete vindication of his claims or another and a greater hoax than Dr. Cook's. j The mayor of Indianapolis has announced that I saloonkeepers who disobey the closing laws will be sentenced to go to church on Sunday. A mayor with such an original habit of thought will do well if he inflict3 the punishment provided in the statute, I and not use his office as a means to discredit himself in the eyes of the thousands of professing Christians Chris-tians of Indianapolis. It might have been better for him if he had remained an auctioneer. Prices of eighteen staple articles in Detroit, ; Mich., and Windsor, Canada, are compared by the Detroit Journal, and a difference of 36 per cent is shown, the lower prices being across the line, of course. Inasmuch as the tariff does not increase j prices, we are anxiously awaiting an explanation. .j A gentleman down in Boston got out a book j telling some of the unwritten history of revolu- j tionary days. And now the people who have taken pride in their ancestry are as bad off as some of the j rest of us who never had any. Now that the place for the Johnson-Jeffries fight has been decided upon, it might a3 well be told that ! the contest furnished a lot of copy for the news- papers and gave the fight much free publicity. "Gentlemen, talk is cheap," shouted the political J haranguer, whereat his hearers were much im- pressed that at least one thing had not been affected f by the soaring scale of prices. j The appearance of the first robin may be a har- I binger of spring, but we have lost faith in all j weather indicators except the oldest inhabitant. li l |