Though Balmascheff was executed on
Friday according to biblical and Russian law, there are many
Balmascheffs in the world, and it is well for the world that this is
so.
Mistake in Vocation
A woman writer who considers herself a Realist says in a story
published recently: "I found a letter in my mail and read it as I
prepared my morning coffee." This is an impossible feat. She may have
prepared the coffee and then read the letter, or read the letter and
then prepared the coffee, but she did not do both simultaneously
unless she were, not a realist, but an acrobat.
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Foreign Devils Again
Among the many reforms foisted upon China by the Powers is a college.
At the head of this college is a Foreign Devil and among its
professors are six Foreign Devils. The court of last resort, however,
is the Governor of Shantung, who is a native of China. He, quite
recently, filled the Foreign Devils with indignation because he
expelled from the college a student who refused to subscribe to the
teachings of Confucius, who was a wise as well as a learned man. The
Foreign Devils transferred some of their indignation to Mr. Conger,
the United States Minister, who "warned the Throne against infractions
of the treaties in respect to the freedom of the Chinese to practice
Christianity.
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