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Not much reliance can be put In the re jxrt that the government of Europe will unite In a crusade against the Anarchists to drtv them to the United States, but if there should be such a movement our. im migration laws afford protection by com pelling the chips bringing them to take them back. The closing of the American pavilion of the Paris exposition on Sunday will not af fect the other features exhibited under 'American auspices on that day, as they are under control of the French managers of the exhibition. And, really, when we como to think of it, what Is gained for any good cause by closing the American pavilion? Senator Hoar has announced that on Tuesday next he will address the Senate In opposition to the right of the United States to interfere with self-government by the Filipinos. "When time enough has elapsed for the senator's speech to be dis tributed In the Philippines there will prob ably be a revival of insurgent activity. An Investigation recently made In Chicago tends to refute. the common charge that rich men do not take interest enough in public or municipal affairs to vote. Of ten bank presidents and seven other prominent business men, railroad presidents, etc., who were Interviewed, every one said he voted at the recent aldermanlc election, and dearly all of them added, "I always vote." If Senator Clark, of Montana, insists upon being expelled from the Senate in stead 4of resigning upon the unanimous report of the Senate committee he will for feit whatever sympathy people may have for him. Nor will it help him to have Senator Mason as his champion. It will require a two-thirds vote to expel Mr. Clark, but would any man remain If he had one more than two-thirds of the votes behind him? Some nation ought to try and break the record in expositions and win universal nrplause by having everything ready to open at the appointed time. That has never been done yet, the nearest approach to It being some sort of a public function that answers for an opening until such time as buildings can be completed, debris removed and exhibits arranged. When the date of expositions is fixed years In advance there Is no excuse for not being ready. Mr. William Iloge, of New York, secre tary of the Commercial Travelers and Ho tel Men's Anti-trust League, wrote to Ad miral Dewey a few days ago asking him what he thought about trusts. In reply he has received a letter from the admiral's secretary saying it is probable that he will make a statement on the subject in a few days. As the admiral has been occupied with other matters since he left the Naval Academy he must be given a little time to read up. A South American banker now visiting In Washington thinks it will not be long till the United States will have the lion's share of trade with South America. He bases the opinion on the fact that this country hav ing reached an era of overproduction Is now looking for new markets, and will Burely find them. "Now that you need our trade, says this gentleman, "you will go niter It with your usual energy, and doubt less will get it, as you usually get what you to after." The Railway Review Is of opinion that the tendency of the public mind is toward further restriction of railroads by federal and state legislation, consequently It favors the acceptance of the Cullom bill now be fore the Senate, which places the regula tion of rates In the hands of the Interstate Commission. East of the Mississippi river the concentrated "ownership of the lines has largely removed -the evil of rate dis crimination which the Cullom bill would destroy, but beyond the Mississippi a state of anarchy In rated prevails which requires Interference.' Those persons who denounced Prof. At water, of the Wesleyan University of Con ncctlcut, because he said that alcohol has a definite though limited nutritive value. ishould have waited until he had completed his Investigations, the result of which is that alcohol Is fuel, but does not serve the body for the building and repair of tissues 'So far from regarding the results of sci entific experiments as showing that the moderate us of alcoholic liquors is gener ally recommended," he says, "I believe that the more advisable course Is habitual abstinence, especially by young people." Rev. Thomas B. Wood, formerly of this State, but for many years In charge of the Methodist mission schools In South Amer ica, his entered Into a contract with the coverament of Ecuador for the establlsh- vztrX of riz rcrrr.al and fix : model fchools r-:n C-J cla cf thos la thej United Ctatra i for the education of teachers. In the nor mal schools for, women there is to be a manual training department for Instruction In housekeeping, dressmaking and domestic science. Considering" that the "religion of that people is Catholic, the Methodist mis sionary has achieved a great success. THE EASTER MIRACLE. It Is the fashion to call this a material istic age, an age of reason; and some who apply these terms do so proudly as If they were bestowing highest praise on the men tal qualities of those whose thought to a degree characterizes the time. They place the practical, the argumentative, what they are pleased to call the common-sense view of life, higher than the spiritual and re ligious position, and, because of the abso lute freedom of speech and a drifting away from certain minor orthodox beliefs, aver that the world is coming to the level of the agnostic who says he believes nothing which he cannot prove, nothing which he does not know through the medium of his five senses. Such theories are but super ficial. It is in truth a practical age in the sense of being concerned with 'arts and sciences, with manufactures and the gen eral evolution of elemental matter Into products for man's use and benefit. Doubt less this absorption In material concerns has its effect on things of the spirit, but It is a mistake to assume that the spiritual life of this age is less deep or less potent than formerly. The opposite, on the con trary Is no doubt true. It Is not a time when saints retire to cells or to caves and remain in absorbed' contemplation of their own virtues or frailties, but it is a time, unquestionably, when men are taking more thought In behalf of their fellow-creatures than was ever the case before in the history of the world. It is a time when public and private charities abound, when no form of suffering Is allowed to go long unrelieved, when constant effort is made to extend mental and moral enlightenment into all parts of the earth. Is all this ' solicitude for others, this altruism, an outgrowth of materialistic ideas? Not at all. It could only exist In connection with a belief in a higher life. But higher life Is not neces sarily a future life? True, but as the man rises above the gross physical level he en ters a more spiritual atmosphere, and as he advances he comes to know that there is something better still further on. II can not prove it; he may even take the attitude of the agnostic and say that he does not know; he may even talk loudly of reason and its conclusions; but, nevertheless, he has faith, perhaps secretly, perhaps uncon sciouslythat this life does not end all, and manifests his faith by his works. He will not put his hand on his heart and swear that he believes the human soul Is snuffed out when the breath ceases, for in his heart Is the Ineradicable conviction that this Is not the fact. In spite of himself he has faith. The doubting Thomas wished to touch the wounds of the risen Christ, but, In secret, he, no doubt, accepted the conviction of the other disciples. He wanted proof, how ever, and proof was given, though it was the others to whom the Master said: "Blessed are they who have not. seen and yet have believed." To the modern doubter proof Is also offered if he will have.it, if he will open his eyes and accept with all its meaning the wonderful miraclo of spring. To-day Is commemorative of the resur rection. It comes at a time when earth symbolizes that tremendous event in the outbursting of bud and flower from their winter's grave. It Is a time of new life which was the old; It Is a time of transfor mation, of renewal of all forms of exist ence lower than man. Dull, Indeed, is the sense, feeble the spiritual . understanding which, in all these marvels, falls to see a promise of transfiguration for the human creature. "Shall man alone, for whom all else re vives. No resurrection know? Shall man alone. Imperial man! be sown In barren ground. Less privileged than grain, on which he feeds?" The instinctive answer of every heart is, no. "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, tho evidence of things unseen," and faith calls for acceptance of the Easter miracle, of which the lilies are a symbol, as evidence beyond all denial. Millions more than those who, this morning, bow their heads before the altar of the risen Lord have faith greater than they know. THE EXPOSITION OF 10OO. The Paris exposition, which was for mally opened yesterday, seems to have at tracted less attention in this country than any of its predecessors. This Is probably due in part to the fact that more stirring events have absorbed the public mind. But if popular attention has not been en grossed by the exposition, it is cause for ccngratulatlon that the United States is far better represented in every department of industry, art and scientific exhibition than it has ever been. In fact, in the num ber and variety of its- exhibits the United States exceeds every other nation except France. In the past Great Britain has been the rival of France in Taris ex positions, but several causes have tended to give the exhibits of England less prom inence than In the past. Among these are the hostility which the people of Paris have exhibited toward Great Britain since the war in South Africa begun. The Brit ish have resented this, and If the attend ance shall fall below the estimates of those who are carrying the enterprise forward it win be due largely to the nbnattendance of the English. The nation which under takes such an enterprise must not be un friendly to other nations. Perhaps no better illustration has been presented of the growth of the United States as an Industrial factor In the world's wide field than our exhibits In the successive expositions in Europe. In the Taris exposition, during the days of the empire, our exhibits beyond our natural products were meager. In the exhibit of 1SSD we made a better showing in all the departments of Industrial art, but were eclipsed by European nations, even by Ger many, then the object of the bitter hatred of the French people. During the last decade we have made such progress that In the extent and variety of our ex hibits we stand next to France. This de velopment Is due to a discovery of the Im portance of such exhibits to & people who are seeking a place In the world's markets, and also to the discovery that in the trade and commerce of the world the United States is now an important factor, and a yet more important one as the years pass. Already the nations have discovered our growing importance In the industrial arts that mark the progress of civilization, Com3 cf C:3 c-ticr.a have e!rtdy cr- strides the United States has made as a world power In the world's commerce. In the will be set forth and witnessed by the rep resentatives of "all' the' nations. 'It Is to our incalculable advantage that the Unltet States Is on terms of good will with all of them while the memories of strifes and the jealousies growing out of them put our competitors at variance with each . other. Great Britain, Germany, Russia : and France concede what America asks In re gard to China because In us they recognize a growing power whose policy with other governments is dictated by the spirit of good wllL For this reason the Farls ex position is a great opportunity for the United States, and worth to us many times the money which Congress voted to assist in the exhibit. UXJt'ST GENERALIZATIONS. It Is so often asserted that the member ship of the United States Senate Is gener ally below the standard of the war period and the years preceding that the impres sion very generally prevails that such is the case. Those who will take the pains to make comparisons will be quite likely to come to the conclusion that the assump tion is without a rational basis. It Is very much the custom to speak of the good old times and of the giants who lived In those days, as if the American people and thelr institutions were deteriorating year after year. The facts do not sustain such an as sumption any more than will a compari son show that the Senates of years ago were intellectually superior to those of the present time. A few such comparisons may be per tinent. When the war broke out Maine had one great man in the Senate William Titt Fessenden. Mr. Hamlin had become Vice President. Mr. Fessenden was,1 perhaps', the. ablest off-hand debater In the Senate at that time. Maine Is represented In the Senate to-day by two men who are in no respect Inferior to any two men represent ing that State in the Senate at any one time. When the war began John P. Hale was In the Senate from New Hampshire. He was able as an opposition senator, but In the brief period he remained In that body when his party was In the majority he made no particular mark. No one can name his colleague off hand, even after re calling the fact that Franklin Pierce and Judge Woodbury were New Hampshire senators at one time. Vermont has al ways had able senators, but Morrill and Edmunds, who have recently retired, one by death and the other by resignation, were the ablest who have sat together. Massachusetts onco had Webster how many readers can recall his colleagues? In the war time It had Sumner and Wil son. As anti-slavery men they were con spicuous, but Hoar and Lodge to-day are in no sense their superiors in ability or influence. To-day Rhode Island has Aid rich, who is as able a man as ever an swered for Rhode Island in the Senate. Hawley and Piatt, of Connecticut, are the peers of any men who have represented Connecticut in the Senate. New York had Seward in the Senate when the war began. It had Hamilton Fish just before Mr. Seward. Can the reader name a conspicu ously able man until Mr. Conkling ap peared? What Democrat has ever sat in the Senate from New York who was an abler man than Senator David B. Hill? Mr. Evarts has served a term since the war, but In what respect Is Senator Depew' In ferior to the ablest of New York's senators lr. forty years? The South has lost In some States be cause the able body of men that had dominated the Senate for a generation de parted with the. war. Moreover, the changed conditions have put Tillman in the place of Wade Hampton. When did any Southern State have an abler man than Morgan, of Alabama? How many greater senators has Kentucky had since the war than Carlisle and Lindsay? One of Louisiana's recent senators has been transferred to the Supreme Court of the United States, while In point of ability the two senators representing that State will not suffer in comparison with any two of their predecessors. Take the States of the Northwest. Ohio was represented by Mr. Wnde In the Sen ate when the war broke out, Judge Chase having been appointed to a place in the Cabinet. He was succeeded by John Sher man, who continued In the Senate until three years ago. Mr. Foraker, In point of ability, compares favorably with any of the senators of years ago. The senator whose name has survived the years, and who represented Michigan when the war broke out, was Zachariah Chandler, distin guished rather for great capacity in af fairs than as a debater or orator. By Mr. McMillan and Mr. Burrows, Michigan is as ably represented In the Senate as at any period In its history. In 1S61 Illinois was represented by Douglas and Trumbull. Mr. Cullom Is not an orator, but his name Is associated with some of the most Im portant legislation of Congress in a man ner which marks him as a man of ability. Indiana has always been represented by able men in the Senate since it became a State. Iowa has had no abler man In the Senate than Mr. Allison, nor Minnesota a man of more ability than Mr. Davis. When the war broke out Wisconsin was represented by two able men Doolittle and Howe, but Mr. Spooner is an abler man than either of them. Lane and Pomeroy stood for Kansas, but no worshiper of the greatness of the past will hold them up as models. Mr. Baker Is a better senator than either of them. In the newer States there are Tejler,' Thurston, Jone of -Nevada, Carter and others who will compare favor ably, with, the senators of the good old times. The mistake of those who venerate the greatness of the past is that they see only the great men the Websters, the Clays, the Calhouns, the Bentons, the Sewards and the Sumners, and forget the smaller men who were associated with them. Now they see the Aliens of Nebraska, the 'But lers of North Carolina, the Tillmans of South Carolina and the Masons of Illinois, and compare them with the great men of the past. During a hearing by a Senate committee of a claim presented hy the people of Fred erick, Md., for the indemnity which they paid General Early In 1S62 for the safety of the city. Senator Depew asked if the story of Barbara Frltchie, as told by the poet Whlttler, was true. In reply, Col. Goldsborough, one of the prominent citi zens of Frederick, said that he knew the old lady very well and that Whittirr's - the Confederates were leaving the town and It remained in her window until Burn- side came into the city. Another citizen stated -that his wife was with Barbara Fritchle at the time and that he now has the flag. Senator McComas testified that he had seen the'flag and was familiar with the circumstances. ' After' bearing the statements of other citizens of Frederick, the committee was convinced that the poem Is historically accurate. Senator De pew said it was worth $200,000 to have the question definitely settled. It is certainly worth a great deal more-to have It de termined that there was such a bravo woman In Frederick on that notable Sep tember day. The second of the four figures of heroic size which are to stand at the base of the soldiers monument was placed In position yesterday. As the first figure represented an Infantryman, this one represents a cavalry man. He Is supposed to have dismounted, and, with the brim of his hat turned up and his hand shading his eyes, he Is look ing intently ahead, as if trying to make out something In the distance.' The figure is the same height as the other, fourteen feet, and, though in a different attitude, is equally Instinct- with . life and expressive of alertness. The -merit of these figures consists in their, originality, their depar- ture from conventional types, and their realism. Of mammoth" size, the largest single stone figures In the world, they are symmetrically proportioned and artistical ly executed. The two remaining figures will represent an artilleryman and a sailor A movement recently started by the as sociated charities of Cincinnati is worthy the attention of s!nllar organizations else where. It contemplates the organization of a prisoners relief cornralttee. to assist first- term prisoners on their disCharge from the workhouse, if found worthy of assistance, and perhaps rescue them from becoming habitual criminals. Statistics showed that of 3,184 prisoners sentenced to the work house during the year 1893, 45 per cent, were sentenced for their first offense, while the remaining 54 per cent, had been convicted from two, to forty-two times each. The stigma of a first conviction, is hard to get rid of, and prisoners who are sentenced a first time are very apt to become habitual criminals unless something Is done for them on their discharge. The subject de serves the attention of the philanthropic everywhere. When Senator Vest, of Missouri, declared in the Senate, "I take off my hat meta phorically to Booker Washington because he is the only man who has solved the problem for his race," he surprised his as sociates. "Wo cannot extirpate the ne groes, we cannot expatriate them," he con tinued; "we must make citizens of them as they are and as they will continue to be; we must assimilate them."" These are true and brave words. If the Ignorance of Europe can be assimilated, why cannot the negro, native born, be raised to a bet- 4 ter citizenship by the policy of Mr. Wash ington? If Senator Vest believes that it can be done all of us may believe It. An Indiana Novel. Indiana, during the civil" war, was a center of excitement and significant Inci dent hardly less Important than Washing ton itself and the region thereabout. No battles between unionistsand rebels were fought in Its territory, but-there was a per petual conflict between loyal men and Southern sympathizers, arid intrigues and conspiracies on the part of the latter for the purpose of hindering the union cause were the order of the day. In view of the fact that so little was accomplished by these conspirators it is the fashion row in some quarters to make light of them, and to assume that their organiza tions were of less consequence than, was held to be the case at the time. This was a wrong theory, as the many now living who had a thorough knowledge of the facts can testify. That the "Knights of the Golden Circle" and other secret fraterni ties made up of "copperheads" or "butter nuts," as the disloyal citizens were called, did not do more actual mischief was owing to the vigilance of the Governor of the State and of those who. worked with him. Only those who lived In Indiana during that troublous time and were In position to know the Inside history of affairs, are aware how close was his watch upon pro ceedings in every quarter of the State; how Intimate his acquaintance with what the conspirators fondly thought to be their secret purposes. The general public only know that this great war Governor stood like a wall between the honor and loyalty of the State and a condition of anarchy, but they did not know all the difficulties of his position. A history of Governor Morton and his time has been written, but complete though it is, it does not give all the tale. It has remained for a novelist" to enter into it more deeply. Miss "Caroline Brown," of Crawfordsville, has written a story deal ing with the "Knights of the Golden Cir cle,' or, as she happily calls them, "Knights of Fustian," and their doings. It is a well-written tale and extremely Interesting. The author places these "Knights" In what Is evidently the proper light, historically considered, representing the rank and file among them as Ignorant of the elaborate schemes of the leaders and as victims of unscrupulous intriguers rather than . as men ready for criminal acts. Governor Morton forms what may be called a background to tho story, but only appears Incidentally; other actual person ages figure in the pages, however, and the book is a curious blending of romance and history. It has the attraction of adven ture and sentiment which ' belong to the one, and the facts which make the other. We are eb accustomed to historical novels dealing with remote periods that one treat ing of the events of less than forty years ago is unique, and the successful accom plishment of the work opens a new field to fiction writers! " "Knights in Fustian" Is a notable addition to current literature. "La Fronde" Is the name of a paper in Paris, edited and operated entirely by women. It is said to be remarkably sue cessful, and evidently is so if baits to sub scribers are an indication. Some of these are unique! It has recently offered to every woman subscribing for a year's issue be fore a certain date her photograph by a celebrated artist in the Boulevard des Ca puefnes; tickets for twelve baths at the most luxurious establishment in Paris; twelve seances at the Malson Sltt. manl curists and pedicurists; twelve tickets for a renowned coiffeur, to be used either for hair washing, waving or dressing; and. finally, a special card which entitles the subscribers to - consult gratis during the year any of a given list of high-class worn en doctors, surgeons and dentists. As the price of a year's subscription Is $4, And French tapers do net depend on advertls- ru frr thtir inc-- r wcaStr la fco-rr There is no doubt, however, ' that the sub scription list will lncreasa enormously. - Since Kipling introduced the animals into flotlon and Seton-Thompson brought them Into notice in a more serious way the wild creatures have taken a dignified place in modern literature. Nowhere, however, have they been treated In a more sympa thetic way than .in Charles G. D. Roberts's "Heart of the Ancient Wood." a tale in Llpplncotfs Magazine. It Is the story of a girl and her mother who went to live in a cabin in a clearing in a Canadian forest. remote from human neighbors. The child. for want of other plajinates, made friends with tho animals, and an old she-bear, recognizing the little one's nearness to nature, constituted herself her guardian when she wandered away from' home. It is an Idyftic tale for these modern days, and has in it the very atmosphere of the wildwood. Some of these days the ministers and other kindly disposed people will forget to raise a hullabaloo whenever the show "Sapho" is billed for a -town, and when that day comes no one else will weep so copiously as will the managers and pro prietors of that somewhat fragrant at traction that has been able to depend so implicitly upon the aforesaid pious agents for their advertising, and whidh owes much of its recent prosperity to the ear nestness with which it has been decried in the churches and ministerial meetings. The new hall in which the Democratic national convention will be held, In Kan sas City, should be called "The Phenlx." for three dictionary reasons: First, be cause, no doubt, it will be a bird" in modern slang; second, because it will have literally arisen from its own ashes; and ihlrd, in honor of the constellation of that name, as the Democratic gathering there will surely be a "star aggregation." Edwin Markhcm Is making addresses to school children in Eastern cities, and is in variably mentioned In the papers as "Ed win Markham, the poet." This Is well. He might not be recognized as a poet with-, out the label. BUBBLES IN THE AIR. Ignoring tlie Rabbit. "Ma." "What is it, Jimmy?" "Whyn't you buy me th' candy hen 'at laid these big candy eggs?" Imprudent Girl. When Doris by the fireside sits And says, "Atchoo! Atchoo!" I know she's been out strolling in ' A low-cut Easter shoe. A Political C. ii ess. Dewey got a house and lot Then he got a wife cheul And she decides, like as not, 'He must have the White House, too. Following the Ritual. Doctor Parish Your youngest daughter Is a devoted church woman, Mrs. Gewgaw. Mrs. Gewgaw Indeed she is! Why, doctor, she wouldn't come out on Easter Sunday in an old hat for anything on earth! Two Kinds of "Weather. "My Easter expenses will land me in bank ruptcy." "What do you mean?" "Why, my wife and daughters all had to have new fur capes to wear with their Easter bats." Easter Art. One Easter card has reached me 'Tis valued above pelf. Because I know dear Daphne Got up the thing herself. A tall, slim, yellow angel. Green polka-dotted gown. Wears wings of purple four feet long And terra cotta crown. She bears a spray of lilies Each one a ton must weigh; . Yet this queer angel Daphne made Brings peace unto my day. Footnotes. Concerning hats, tho hen's feathers are really the only consistent graniture for Easter. It is a wise old hen that doesn't act color blind when he sees her own eggs Easter morn ing. The man who looks at his wife's Easter hat without uttering a word has really said all there Is to say. When a small boy gets a lot of colored Easter eggs to crack he decides that Sunday schools isn't so bad. ' Many women would have deeper Easter Joy if they could accidentally leave the price tags on their new hats. If Easter Sundays were not a year apart we could better remember what the candy rabbit has to do with It. An admiring wife doesn't encourage her hus band to think that his new light Easter over coat is too thin for the season. As a rule, everybody is Joyous on Easter day except those hard-worked and anxious beings who are responsible for the Easter music. ' ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. The Doubleday & McClure Company have in press a volume by President McKinley containing all of the speeches and addresses made by him during his administration. A captive Boer was delighted when taken to see the engine room of a transport, and exclaimed, "Had there been no war I should never have seen such wonders." He evidently considered that they more than made up for his defeat and capture. Mrs. Grant, the widow of the general, has aged little during the last few years. She leads a very busy life, and is at pres ent collecting for publication a number of her husband's letters. Mrs. James G. Blaine is also collecting her husband's let ters for publication in a biography. Mrs. Henry N. Couden is the only per son, outside of members of Congress, who is allowed in the speaker's lobby while the House is in session. Her husband, the Rev. Mr. Couden, is chaplain of the House, and is blind. He is brought to the House dally by Mrs. Couden and remains until she comes for him. When Isaac Van Alphen, postmaster gen eral of the Transvaal, was in this country a few years ago he was approached by a policeman, who announced that he was to serve on a coroner's Jury. Mr. Van Alphen explained that he was a native of South Africa, whereupon the policeman said: "Well, then you're the whitest coon l ever saw." The way of "Life" in dealing with' the two kinds of plays now before the public in New York Is very simple and direct. It just makes out two captions, "Clean" and "Unclean," and under one head or the oth er goes the name of every prominent the atrical offering in town. With the theaters practically all in the trust, this sort of bulletin will have to be posted In every city. The Providence Journal attributes these remarks to President Eliot, of Harvard: "I cannot acknowledge that I am growing old. When I was proctor at Cambridge, a few years after my graduation, I learned that the students spoke of me habitually as 'Old Eliot. A few nights ago, on the other hand, I met a group of students in the street, and when I had passed them I heard one say to the others: 'I wonder where Charlie has been so late. " According to the Hartford Courant, that paper, in 1777, was owned and edited and managed by a woman, whose name comes down to modern days as "the widow Wat son." She had "exclusive charge" of the journal. After a couple of years Mrs. Wat son married a leading citizen of Hartford. and after that date she no doubt let him advise and assist In the conduct of the pa per. But Fhe holds the record for the Crrt -woman editor In the country. -The late Rabbi Wise, of Ciz'.-'il, 3 fcr.d cf tt"rr.a ctrrr c- ;t a C : MR. DOOLEY - On Admiral Dewey's Candidacy Copyright. 1900. "I see." said Hennessy. "that Dewey is a candidate fr Prisidlnt." "Well, sir," said Mr. Dooley, "I hope to hlven he won't get It. No rlllltlve lv mine Iver held a pollytlcal job barrln mestlf. I was precinct captain an wan iv th best they was in thlm days, if I do say so that shudden't. I was called Cap Tr manny years aftherward, an I'd'v joined th Gr rand Army iv th Raypubllc if It hadn't been fr me poor feet. Manny iv me rill tlves has been candydates, but they nlver cud win out again th r-rest Iv th famiy. Tls so with Cousin George. I'm again him. I've been a rayspictable saloon keeper fr forty years In this ward, an I'll not have th name dhragged Into polytlcs. "If coorse, I don't blame Cousin George. I'm with him fr annythlng else in th' gift iv th people fr'm a lovln cup to a house an lot. He don't mean anything be It. Did ye iver see a sailor thryln to ride a horse? 'Tis a comical sight. Th reason a sailor thries to ride a horse is because he nlver r-rode wan before. If he knew anny thlng about It he wouldn't do It. So be Cousin George. Afther he'd been over here awhile an got so 'twas safe fr him to go out without beln torn to pleses fr soovnirs or lynched be a mob, he took a look ar- round him an says he to a polisman: What's th' governmint iv this counthry? Tis a raypubllc, says th' polisman. What'3 the main guy called?' says George He's called Prisidlnt. says the polisman. 'Is it a good Job?' says Cousin George. ' "Us betther thin thravelin beat, says the bull. What's th' la-ad's name that's holdin it now?' says Cousin George. 'Mack. says th cop. 'Irish?' says George. .'Cross, says th elbow. 'Where fr'm?' says George. 'Ohio says the peeler. 'Where's that? says George. 'I dinnaw. says th bull. An they parted th' best iv frinds: " 'Well,' says George to himself, I guess I'll have to go up an have a look at this la-ad's place, he says,' 'an If It looks good,' he says, 'p'raps I cud nail it, he says. An he goes up an sees Mack dlc tatln' his Torther RIckyan policy to a klnetoscope an it looks like a nice employ mine fr a spry man, an he goes back home and slnds fr a rayporther an' ?ays he: 'I always believe since I got home in dealln frankly with th press. ' I haven't seen manny papers since I've been at sea. but whin I was a boy me father used to take the Montpelier Taleejura. Twas r-run be a man be th' name of Horse Clamback. He was quite a man whin sober. Ye've heerd Iv him no doubt. But what I ast ye up here f r was to give ye a item that ye can write up in ye'er own way an hand to th r-rest iv th boys. I'm goin to be Prisidlnt. I like th looks iv th' job an nobody seems to care fr it, an' I've got so blame tired since I leffth ship that if I don't have somethin to do I'll go crazy, he says. 'I wisht ye'd make a note iv it an give it to th' other papers, he says. Ar-re ye a Raypubllcan or a Dlm mycrat?' says the rapportcr. 'What's that?' says Cousin George. 'D'ye be long to th Raypubllcan or th Dlm mycrat party?' 'What ar-re they After dinner Mr. Beecher told Mrs. Stowe that her "Uncle Tom's Cabin" had been translated into Italian by a monk; that a letter full of adulation had been received from him, and he stated that If he could kiss the woman who wrote the book he could die happy. Mr. Beecher then added: "Well, I sent him a picture of you, Mrs. Stowe, and nothing has been heard of him Elnce." One of the English decorating firms has just given a most beautiful screen to be sold for the war relief fund. It stands fully six feet high and measure seven feet across the three panels. It is made of American cowhide leather, and upon it is painted the hospital ship Maine on an ocean, draped at either side with flags. The British colors fall In graceful folds at one side, while at the other hang the stars and stripes. If we could know what others say About the things we do; If little birds could come each day And tell us all, the glad and gay Would take a dismal view! The man who smiles would smile no more. The maid who laughs would sigh. The mind that soars would cease to soar, And Hope that now knocks at the door Would always hurry by! Thank God we may not always know What others say or think, For had He planned to have It so The world would be a slough of woe Where all but hate would sink! S. E. Klser, In Chicago Times-Herald. WISDOM OF CURRENT FICTION. Religious feeling can be the worst feeling there Is, just as It Is the best. Enoch Wli loughby. You can't force social reforms in hot houses as you can spring peas. Like every thing else, they must follow the law of growth. The Minx. Living In a university town is liko being in an exhausted receiver; one needs ozone, or something to quicken the blood. The Prelude and the Play. Discriminating taste in the quality of woman's character is almost the last thing young men acquire: some never do ac quire it. Knights in Fustian. To enjoy yourself and make every man, woman and child that comes near you do the same, besides doing your best for each of them without bothering about ultlmates that's the highest rule of life. Thfe Minx. Mrs. Bowles was indeed a capable wo man, one of the kind men hate and women envy. .She could have led an army, like Joan of Arc or an Amazon. Her Ideas were heroic, and the men about her were not heroes. Knights In Fustian. Human beings were never intended to be dragged in from the woods, from their prowllngs and trappings, from their diet of herbs and wild berries, and, in the fashion here, hemmed In by Ink bottles and books, scruples and problems. The Prelude and the Play. The essential attitude of the Fplritual mind is that It feels always there is more In heaven and earth than may be dreamed of in our philosophy. It does not know what time something may happen; it Is a mtnd open and receptive to mysterious in fluences. Enoch Willoughby. LITERARY NOTES. The widow of R. L. Stevenson states that she has no Intention of allowing her hus band's grave in Samoa to be disturbed. It is a wise resolution. There is no good reason for changing that last and most impressive resting place. Miss Mary E. Wllklns, the author of New England stories, will sail for Europe about July 1. accompanying the family of Mr. Willis Boyd Allen. Miss Wllklns never ha3 crossed the ocean, and as her reputation is very great in England and even on the continent she is likely to meet with a dis tinguished reception unless she manages to avoid public notice altogether, which she will undoubtedly do If she can. Not many authors have had, according to Collier's Weekly, a larg-r Income from their books than Ruskln. For the past thirteen years his copyrights brought him an average of 4.000 a. year. They must continue a valuable property, though the earlier writings will soon be released from copyright. A careful estimate shows that Rusliin's test telling bocl: has been "i3es ar.3 and Lilies." Afte;? it would come "A Crown of V7Ud CI'.vs." 'The Cmn 13 c! ArcMtr:: ," r-1 "Ur.to T3 - a by R. H. Russell. like? says Cousin George. -ry Raypublicans ar-re In favor iv expansion. Thin I'm a Raypubllcan.' Th' Dlmmycrats ar-re in favor iv free trade. Thin I'm a Dimmycrat. Th' Raypublicans ar-re f r upholdln' th' goold standard. 'So'ra I. I ra a Raypubllcan, there.' 'An they're oppoi to an income tax. ..'On that, says Cousin George, 'I'm a Dimmycrat. I tell ye, put me down as a Dimmycrat. DIvvie a bit I care. Just say I'm a Dimmycrat with, sthrong Raypubllcan leanings. Put it la this way: I'm a Dimmycrat, be a in!nt Raypubllcan, Dimmycrat. Anny aiiur man'll undherstand that.' 'Whatil I say ye'er platform Is?' 'Platform?' 'Ye hav to stand on a platform.' 'I do, do IV Well, I don't. I'll stand on no platform, an I'll hang on no sthrap. What d'ye think th' prisldlncy is a trolley car? No, sir, whia ye peek in th' dure to sell ye'er papt-r ye ll see ye'er Uncle George settln down com fortable with his legs crossed, thrlppin' up annyone that thries to pass him. Go out now an write ye'er little item, fr 'tis late an all hands ar-re piped to bed, to fcays. "An there ye ar-re. Well, sir, 'tis a hard year Cousin George has in store f r him. Th' first thing he knows he'll have to pay fr havin his pitchers in th pa-aper. Thia he'll larn iv slveral previous convictions ia Vermont. Thin he'll discover that they was no union label on th' goods he delivered at Manila. 'Twill be pointed out be careful ob servers that he was illcted prisidlnt lv th' A. P. A. be th Jesuits. Thin somewanil dig up that story about his not feelln anny too well th' mornln iv th fight, an ye can imajine th' pitchers they'll print, an th jokes that'll be made an' th songs: 'Dewey Lost His Appetite at th Battle lv Manila.' Did McKinley, Iver Lose His?' An George '11 wake up th mornin afther lllctlon an he'll have a sore head an a sorer heart, an he'll find that th on'y support he got was frm th' goold Dlmmycratlc party, an th' chances ar-re he caught cold fr'm goin out without his shawl an cudden't vote. He'll find that a man can be r-rlght an be prisidlnt, but he can't be both at th same time. An' heil go down to breakfast an Issue Gln'ral Ordher Number Wan, 'To All superior officers, commandin admirals iv th' United States navy at home or on foreign sarviee: If anny man mintlons aa admiral f r Prisidlnt hit him in th' eye an' charge same to me. And thin heil go to his office an prepare a plan f r to capture Dublin, th capital iv England, whin th nex war begins. An' heil splnd th r-rest iv his life thryln to live down th time he was a candydate." "Well, be hlvins, I think if Dewey says he's a Dimmycrat an Joyce is with him, I'll give him a vote," eald Mr. Hennessy. "It's no sin to bo a candydate f r Pres iding" "No," Faid Mr. Dooley. " TIs sometimes a misfortune an' sometimes a Joke. But I hope ye won't vote fr him. He might be ilicited If yo did. I'd like to raymimler him an' It might be I cudden't If he got th' job. Who was th Prisident befuro Mack? Oh, tubby sure!" Ictor Hugo, and from him M. Rostand, who shows traces of the Influence of the master, unquestionably took the title of his play. "L'Aiglon" is the name of a poem in which Hugo treats of the downfall of Napoleon, the Eagle and his Eaglet being placed together in, these lines: "Chacun selon ses dents se partagea la proie. L'Angleterre prlt l'algle, et l'Autricho 1 alglon." During Mr. Kipling's recent voyage to the Cape one of the passengers, who Is well known in the musical world, set his "Anchor Song" to music, and it was sting by all on board with great delight. "It us hope." says Mr. Alden In his London letter, "that in this Instance Mr. Kipling has been more fortunate than he was with the setting which Sir Arthur Sullivan gave to The Absent-minded Beggar.' Anything more commonplace and banal than the al leged music which Sir Arthur Sullivan dumped upon Kipling's verses can hardly be Imagined." Margaret Gordon, whom Carlylo onco loved In vain, and who is supposed to have been the original of Blumine in "Sartor Resartus," became the wife of Sir Alexan der Bannerman. At Sir Alexander's death a box of MSS. left by him passed Into the keeping of the Aberdeen municipal authorities, "They were about to open it a little while ago," says the Tall Mall Gazette, "when a claimant came forward In the person of a grandson of Margaret Gordon, Lady Bannerman. The condition was then made that if no other and bet ter claim were forthcoming the box should pass to him on March 10. That date hav ing now gone by, we ought to know soon whether or not a find of Carlyle's letters has been made. The opening of two other mysterious boxes was down for this j-ear. Francis Douce's box at the British Museum and a box of diaries and letter left by Byron's friend, Hobhouse, (afterward Lord Broughton)." Sarcastic Remarks. Chicago Post. President Harper's baccalaureate sermon seems to have come in for a good deal of comment and some criticism because he called the attention of the young men to the fact that professional life Is crowded, and instanced the hard time that awaits him who affects the law, the ministry, medicine or the teacher's chair. We think Dr. Harper Is right In the main, but we are surprised that he neglected to point out to his pupils the one avenue of escape from a sordid commercial life that he failed to re assert the glorious principle that when a man has fallen down in everything else or can find no cheer for his laudable ambi tions he can quickly rise to eminence in the newspaper fold. No matter how handi capped the young man may be financially or Intellectually he must understand that literature, romantic, didatlc or the mere chronicling of facts. Is open to the multi tude. We are a nation of brilliant thinkers and expositors. Sir Henry Irving said in an after-dinner speech In this city that every American is a natural born orator. We think we should amend this by assert ing that every American is by nature a writer or thlnka he is, wnich is much the same thing. Of course every writing Amer ican cannot dispose of 150,000 copies of a novel In a month, as Mary Johnston has done, or write two stories with the right and left hands at once, as Marion Craw ford frequently does, but he can write a thrilling tale of contemporaneous exist ence or dash off a volume of poems or as sume an Important position in the literary department of a dally newspaper. This fact is so well known that doubtless Dr. Harper did not think It worth while to mention it. So we merely supplement his admirable sermon by reminding the young gentlemen and ladles of the senior clafs at the University of Chicago that litera ture and its humble Journalistic offshoot beckons to them and that the great State of Indiana invites settlers and prose and poesy competitors. Beranger's good Lord is still whispering, "Sing, little one, sing." Hobsnn for Vice President. Joplln (Mo.) News-Herald. The following letter explains Itself: "Manila, P. L 'To the Secretary of the Navy: "Sir You will probably remember me as the man who was remotely connected with the sinking of the Merrimac. and who later swung around the circle and was banished to these Island for reasons satisfactory to your department. I have the honor to report that I am older now and know more: besides. I have riven up kissing al most entirely now as a beverage a J would like to come home for the purpose of runnlnsr for Vice Ire-iient. Perhap I ourt not to tzy it r -t t I en a Derno- crL rry r:. :t , : -1 1-3