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LARGEST
IN CHICAGO.
A TRIUMPH FOR FAIR PLAY.
During i ln past week Ih Clt-.ult
Court of Sangamon County. Illinois.
rendered ii decision which N n tri
umph for inii- iiliiy. n rebuke to dema
gogy, iiml ii quietus in oni' of tin' fa
vorite fad- of llnrrl-onisiii.
Tin' dcd-lnn In question wu ren
dered by Judge Crelghton of Spring-Hi-Ill,
mm of tin- ablest Jurist of Illi
nois, mill deals with tin mini crn-iulu
Initiated by tin' so-called Teacher'
Federation, mid culminating In tin'
city cmim-ll, having for It" object the
taxing in ibiitli of tin' win railroads
which luivi' done (! iiiiicli for tin Up
building of I'hlcilgo.
Judge Crelghton. In rendering his de
cision, denies every contention of tin'
liolir InlllT III till' IlllllldUllllls -tlIt
brought by tin' city of Chicago iignhist
tin' Stnti' Hoard of Equalization to
compel tliut boily to enormously In-
reuse tlu ha-ls of tn.Mitliili of I lif vn
rious railroads entering till- flty. and
Htuls tin' Issue for Hit' respondents,
Itegurilltlg till' collti'lltloll Unit till'
equalizers should iMit out mi arbitrary
sinp for iis-o-sineiit n- tin- railroad
proper mul iii-m'-. till' icinnlnilor of Hie
leadings n local property the opinion
To my mind tli. position U not
t-iiubli Tho ftntiiti- expressly makes
rurlif of way' nil that is iiolil for light
of a, ' It ovpri'ihly makes 'right of
win' tu mi'.'iti 'railroad truck.' ami It
expressly directs how 'rallroail track
shall In asi"i"i'il. Hy tin' iiiniiil
iiii-'iinii tin- ph that would bi sliced
oil' niiilil have no Miliii for tin- mill
inii purpose for which i i-iil estate In
used '
At another point tho opinion rinds:
"To my mliiil ilm concession that some
portions of that part of tint right of
way which Is within tho forpornti'
limit of a municipal enrporatinn mi
pertains to mul is so Involved in tho
road n n unit as to have tin local
tdtus. necessarily carries with ir tho
whole of tho right of way. I mi no
more M'pnrmo ono part of the right of
way from all the right of wa than I
an separate all of the right of way
from ono part of tho road"
On tho mibjiit of property tallies tho
Court nays: "'I he market vnluo for
general purposes, of real estate, free
to be put to tiny lawful use In it groat
and mowing' city. Is not a true tost
when applied to real estate limited by
law ton pa it leula r tixe. When the twe
to which u piece of real property tuny
at any time be devoted N voluntary on
the pan of the owner and he Into a
lawful rlirlit to change It as he ehiioiex.
then In tlxiiii; Its value It U proper to
eutiihler In eunueetloii therewith any
lawful uxe of which It Im siHeeptlble.
Not xo when that to which It nmy be
put l lived and limited by law to one
pattlciilar ue. In such cum. It has
tin value for general pttrpimoi. ThN
U true or leal iwtnto In lli. mm pun f
the t'lirlii of way of a railroad."
The Kasle from the start opposed
the tits erusmle awtlust the rallro.ids
ii" beim: tnlselilevoiw ami Indeed out
tafieous. and It x Kind to mcc Its p(.
sltlon sustained ftill by the tnln
bodies of the State anil by the courts.
This knoekx another ileiuiiKule nrop
1 1 tun under Uarrlsonlsui. ami teuioves
fiotn view of the pay roll brlmide a
ueat (uantlty of additional public
provender for the hutmry tax eaters
who inahe up Its rank mid ille.
VERY THANKFUL FOR SMALL FA
VORS. The Payroll HtlKadc press uucun
over In the City I lull ralsi'd a pcan ot
triumph oMr the allecd descrilnu or
two ward pluuers froin the n-';illil
'Antbllarrlsoii" camp. Thce hnt-alr
artists are really very tliankl'ul for
very small ravois. Tim sonorous and
thunderous aimoimcemcnt or this inci
dent was acciiuipnnlcd by the usual
mock heroic about utiiiluiikhtir. out
inaniieverliiL' and nutitenerullnn the
"liilmy." The uninitiated would nut
urally expict to hear sounds like "wit
tasihrue Oelione. Ochoiiu, Ochviie
we're kilt entirely" nrliiK In moiiriiftil
churns from the iititMlnrrNnti i-niitp.
On the contrary, however, the Inilii
niMal Deinneratle leaders of Cook
County who are arrayed apilnst the
return to power of the City Mall In
Brutes' I'liltni. simply smiled at the In
cident. The two sinall-rry papsuckcrs who
"I altcd" fioiu one side to the other me
"I ii nseipience whatever, ami their
action should be beneath the notice of
even the payroll brigade. Mul that
precious oittlll. from the "(ilneral him
self down, nre willing' to pitsp at
auythliiK that will keep them Horn the
slekeiiliiB ivlctlon thut they are onlv
assisting- at a political wake.
AN IMPUDENT AND RIDICULOUS
FULMINAUON
Om. of the most Impudent as well as
ridiculous riiliulnatlons ever Issued
from ii municipal bureau of public mt
vice In this or any other city was the
screed iiKiilnst the transportation com
panies of CliK'dpi sent out by the
Health Department last week.
In the course of this bulletin the
Health lcparttneiit advocates a bov-
cott of nil street cars, both surfnee
and elevated, while told weather con-
unites. It urces the citizens of (Mil
cagii to walk to ami from their places
of business ami thus avoid the dancer
of cntchlm: fatal colds In the poorly
heated and overcrowded ears.
The report on the condition of the
city's, health for the week ended Jan.
10 Is In part as follows:
"Stiect ear colds ate Incicaslnu'
with rightful rapidity. I'lieuuioiila
nml bronchitis, us direct results, are
endemic In every part, of the city.
Since the Hist of the yenr there has
been n :.':! pin- cent Increase In the
deaths from these two ilfac. ami as
compared with the Him ten days of
lb"-' the Increase Is u little more than
II pel cent.
"Again the department urges that ev
ery able-bodied person shun the Mrect
cars, both surface mid elevated, as far
as possible. Especially should men.
young and nubile aged, walk rather
thmi ride In them any reasonable dis
tance. This would make It possible
for women, young and old, to have
Mime chance of tit least getting Inside
mid hi prevent others of them from
collapsing from cold mid fatigue on
the ovcrciowdcd platforms."
.lust think of it. A walk downtown
to work for poor working people In
zero weather as a spcclilo for pneumo
nia, and a protection from catching
cold In the street cars. This, of course,
for the working cliihM'h living In the
outlying districts would mean getting
up In the morning at ." or I o'clock, a
long, dreary, tlic-onio walk to work,
at which they would arrive not only
fagged out. but possibly with froen
nocs. car or lingers.
How ninny members of the "lioozeiv'
I'nlou" are willing to take their own
mcillcliie In this regard';
Not one.
Kill, of course, the public has not
taken this ridiculous advice seriously.
It Is preposterous and worthy onlv of
the It. r.
Hut In addition to tho ridiculous feat'
ure. tilde Is iiImi Its uufalrues,
The street cars are healed fairly
well, n well ut any rate us the plant
now at bund will permit, And In HiN
connection we would ask how the peo
ple manugcil to live in the old ilny-.
When the old hoo curs Wele In Vogue,
and the winters ueic longer ami more
seVele than Ut present.
To Illume the ircct car companies
for the folly of passengers who will
hang on to a hide fcp or perch on to
the roof of a crowded street car rather
than wait a minute or two for the iicn
one, I- nut only absurd, but unfair.
If tin Health Hepmiinent i cully de-
r-ll'Cs a ladlcal llllploveiueut ill the
stiect i -or service, why does It not ad
vocate the Immediate settlement of the
tractlun iiichtlonV
It Is too (owardly mid too fond of
the j.ji.v roll to do that.
CITY OWNERSHIP FAD IS HARD HIT
I Hiring tho past week tho city own
ership fnd received rough Usago at the
hands ot ex-Mayor Qiilnoy of lloston
.mi (iiiucy eiioucinicu nis views on
this subject before the Municipal Icc
ture Assui i.ulon at the Auditorium.
Mr rjuliicy Anlil that while ho bo
lleveil m extending munlclpul fiine.
tloim, ho thought Hint tho extensions
should be along liuninnl.lngiuid social
Izliig lines, and apart from the Held of
municipal ownership of public utilities,
lie pointed to the experiment of the
city of Philadelphia In maintaining ,t
municipal gas plant, This experiment,
lie said, hud been a Hat falluie. lie
s.ild that while he knew there was a
tendency toward munlclpul ownership,
It was lib advice to go slow In this ill
lection, mid not to rush In ami ills
ciedlt the movement by failure, us
Philadelphia had done.
Mr. Quincy Is n man who ttmuvs
whereof he speaks. He has It. id ex.
peileme as the head for years f
meat Amerlcati municipality, he lias
tin ax to grind now, and bis words
should lme vnMly nunc weight than
those of any demugimle olltce seeker
or his train of tluukeys and train
heaters. CHICAGO BANKS PROSPEROUS
SOME CHANGES W OFFICIALS.
In the auuital election of oljlcers or
the vmloiis banks of Chicago some
fhmn.'cs were made, although as a tide
the old olllcers were re-elected. One
of the most notable changes was In
the ease of the Port Hoarboin Na
tional Hank, where lion, .lolin A. King
relit ed by his nun lViptest from the
presidency, which lie has held for so
ninny years with the most distin
guished success. The lluglo Is glad
to say that .Mr. King will remain on
the Hoard of Directors mid will con
Unite to exercise his unrivaled skill
and Judgment us a banker ami Ilium
eler for the betiellt of the great llmiu
clal concern. It Is with no less pleas
ure that we announce the selection to
succeed .Mr. King of Hon. l.etoy A.
(ioililunl, a man In every way iitall
lied to till the place vacated by the
retirement of the gentleman wiio so
long, so honorably ami elllclently ills
charged Hie duties of president of the
Port Demborn National Hank.
WHAT WILL THE UNITED ORDER
0FIN0RATES DO ABOUT I HIS?
While the press agents, the fat
tluukeys, the traln-lieatcrs and the
court Jesters of the Pulled Order of
Ingrates make a gieat ado about the so
called desertion of a couple of political
aulinalciiiae from the ranks of those
whom they call tl Inliny." they
IlllVcll't a Word to nv iibmii (In, .llo.
Insures arising out of the ballot fraud
aitse tecently tried In .Ittilge Horlon's
otttt.
And yet the result of this trial nmv
ultimately have a much more serious
effect upon the "Plunkoy's Own" cen
tral organization than the much touted
"desertions."
In the Ilrst1 place, as a result of tin.
Iianl woik done by Hon, .lohu P. Hon.
klus ami his friends, to demonstrate
the milliner In which they were cozened
nit of representation on the cent in I m-.
gmilzntlou of the party In county and
Stale. V. K. lilysson. the saloinikeenei-
who peisuuded Pred I.ovell to cast tin
illegal vote unit lost .lohu P. Hopkins,
tile Democratic Stale Ccntnil I'mmnll.
teeinatishlp or the South Side, was
found guilty by .ludge Horton. but has
not tieeii sentenced. Henry Lesser, a co
defendant, was admitted, and I.ovell.
a State witness, has passed six mouths
III jail ami probilblv will never be urns.
ecitted.
Tile fad that (ilysson Is not a noil-
tlcliin argues nothing In his favor."
said .ludge I lotion In reply to n plea
of counsel for the del'eiiibinl. "Pull.
tlclmis me not necessarily corrupt, liv
ery mall oliullt to be a iiolltlelmi."
I'mlcr the conviction the iMit be.
twecu Hopkins mul Mayor lluirNon
for couiiol of the Slate committee mid
the county organization Is reopened to
the extent that Mr. Hopkins, who was
Inter elected coniinltteeninu-nt-luiire.
will now oliiulu his seat us South Side
representative, ousting Thomas Me-
.Sully, the Haii'lsiiu man who holds the
place by virtue of the Illegal vote.
It Is really wonderful what a close
mouth the Puymll press agents keep
uncut this very Interesting Incident.
Keeping "11111111." however, won't avert
ttie Inevltnble result.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
The sipiulhl little coterie of city Job
holders, who ore Just now making tie
uiciiilous efforts to pose us the battels
of the Democratic party In Chicago jire
milking ii great udo about the sign
over the new licndiiinrters of the Cook
County Democracy. This Is about the
caliber of these political prugmmlcnl
Jackdaws, llctlecked In borrowed pea
cock feathers, they betray themselves
every time they chatter. The sign
pioperly belongs where It Is, namely,
to the headipiarters outside of which
It If alllxeil nml to the tenants thereof.
Hut if removed nml bestowed uppu
the pragmatical Jackdaws, it would
tint make much illlTereuce anyway. A
few dollars would replace It. Hut the
iiue.stloii arises, What right have the
Clly Hall pay-roll patriots to this sign,
anyway: "Heiiihiuarlern of the Demo
cratic pari j of Cook County."
They abilicateil the sign, the head
iiumtei's ami their rights ami preroga
tives ns the central orgiinlzutlou of the
putty long ago, and turned till of these
over to mi organization of outsiders
named by a fisi.y nml scll'-lmportant
Utile -woillil-lie boss.
The pay-roll members of the Ccn
nal Committee ellaccil themselves.
They ullowed themselves to be ejected
neck nml crop to make room for Harri
son's Mlk-siocklng committee during
Hie existence mul occupancy of which
"iy tho place, lnstc.ul of being called
"Democratic heaihiuarters," was
known by that expresvo paradoxical
title, 'the cuckoo's nest,"
Now the pragmatical Jackdaws are
'buttering loudly. They wunt the
wooden sign board.
It Is well Hint they should see to It
that they nre labeled anyway. Other
wise nobody would ever mistake, them
tor Democrats.
Tliomns Dalian, the ublo South Slik
Demofrntlc leader, Is the next man to
be slaughtered, iiccoillug to tho Jutcst
story about tho Mayor's wurfiiro on his
foes. This Is one of tho "bloody tales
of ruthless biittlu" which the .Mayor's
"generalissimo" Is waging against
many people Just now. Nnbolkllsh.
EAGLETS, j
Mr. W. Clyde Jones, the well-known
lawyer, now engaged In the trial of a
very Important and Interesting eleetrl-
eal ease before Judge KnliNuiit. Is one
of the most popular members or the
Cook County bar. He Is a native of
l.ee County,, Iowa, lint has Ihctl In I'lil.
eago for years, being a graduate of the
I lilt-ago College of l.uw, and having
handled some or the most Important
eases coming up in the Chicago courts
in recent yeats.
Tin- case In which Mr. Jones Is now
engaged Is of great Importance to tho
nianufiiiturers of clectrlc.il device, ami
(he oiilcmiie of the litigation Is being
uwalteit by them with great Interest.
Among the most limiortant cases
handled by Mr. Junes In the past row
years was one In which lie was selected
some Htm) ago by the automobile man-
tilaetiuers jo contest the ordinance
passed by the South Park Hoaid pro
hlbltillg automobiles on the South Shin
boulevards. Had this law been main.
tallied and enforced It would have bmt
it most Injurious effect upon the auto-
mobile ministry in Chicago. Mr. Jones,
however, handled the ease with miicIi
great ability that he finally succeeded
in knocking the oidlnance out In court.
This, however, Is but one of the many
important citses w h eh he has hiimlliwl
during his eaiecr as u member of the
Chicago bar.
In addition to helm: an able lawver.
It may be mentioned timt .Mr. .tones is
an author and nu orator of considera
ble incill.
He graduated with honors from the
Iowa State College In INK.', on which
invasion (having taken a course In elec
trical engineering) he won one of the
two scholarships on that subject given
by the Institution at that time. f
Indeed It may lie mentioned as one
or Mr. Jones'' many excellent ipiallllca
tlons that lie Is an adept In electrical
itffnhs, ami in INK! received a prize
from a prominent electrical engineer
ing iiinga.lne for the best essay on
"Hlcotrlclty at the Wot Id's Pair." and
It Is on account of this expert knowl
edge In electrical affairs that he has
been selected us counsel In the ense
now on trial In Judge Kolibant's court
.Mr. Jones, conjointly with his able
partner. Mr. Keciic II. Adillinriim. inn.
diieed Ihe valuable work, "Jones A:
Addlnglon's Annotated Statutes of Illl
nols," one of tiicvinosl Useful legal vol
umes extant.
Mr. Jones has always taken a keen
Interest In tho nubile affairs of Chleairn
and his standing as a citizen was
shown by bis selection to lake eharirc
of the reception committee which en
tertained the late President MeKlnlev
dining the hitter's vMt to Chicago on
the occasion of the Pall Festival and
Oratid Army vncnmpmcnt some yours
ago. He Is a member of several politi
cal anil social organizations, among
them being the Hamilton mul I'nlou
League Clubs.
Only seventy-two days more of Har
rison as .Mayor.
Judge Wlllard M. .McCwcu Is alwuys
entertaining, ami In a pleasant sym
posium at. the Lincoln Club the other
day he very entertainingly discussed
the subject of "Trial mid Verdict." He
declined that the legal encounters In
the Criminal Court of Cook County
were as great as those In the highest
tribunals of the world, from the stand
point of forensic and legal ability. That
the selection of a Jury Is a dltlicttlt
proposition In this city on account of
the cosmopolitan mixture of the people,
mul thut in order to save Hint' It would
be a wise law which would give, the
Judge power to examine the Jurors In
stead of both the prosecutor and de
fending lawyer, and have the two
sides exercise their challenges against
the Juror upon the ipicstloulug by the
Judge. That the Instructions should be
oial by the Judge. "The must solemn
moment In the court is when the ver
dict comes In," said Judge McKwen.
"It Is after the verdict that the Judge
has tlm hardest task. In pronouncing
Judgment which scuds u man to the
penitentiary he practically ends the
man's life. To some it Is like ending
their existence."
Ami will do likewise by Harrison,
the friend ami patron saint of Otiuery,
should Carter tempt tho fates amlYtm
again.
Louis P. Altpeter Is being boomed
by many lulluentlal Democrats for the
uoiulu.it loo for City Clerk. He would
uiiil.e ii great race.
Only seventy-two days more of Har
rison as Mayor.
M. A. DoLiiuy In one of the very
stiongest Democrats thus far mention
ed In connection with the forthcoming
Judicial campnlgu.
Daniel L. Cmire, president of tho
Ilel'erenduni League, Is credited with
the statement that It Is now u certainty
thut Clarence s. Harrow' will ben can
didate for Mayor In the spring.
Only seventy-two days more of Hnr
rlsoii as Mayor.
Attorney P. A nines Is the choice
of the best element of the Democratic
v'oters of the Fifth Ward for Alder
man. Now that tlie police nml llremeii can
piuehaso their own uniforms, what is
the mutter with giving Hoheuudcl
ill-others, ".I1-"i:i Madison street, a
call? This ilrm makes a specialty of
tho mmmfiicturc of uniform caps for
policemen, Hrenien, street car employes,
letter carriers, etc. It Is ono of tho
most reliable, of Its kind.
Ilenco these elements, with tho great
body of the taxpayers In general are
lighting Palmer lu tho Tweniy-llrst
Ward mul will defeat Iiliu.
Mayor Harrison having feigned tho
Council ortlor to lucrenso tho polleo
force to tho standard autlioiiV.eil un
der tho appropriation bill of 1001, Chief
O'Neill has made rciittlsltlon on the
Civil Service Commission for ilfty pa
trolmen. He will follow this up with
other requisitions from time to time
until he lias enlarged the force by V2
men, which, he says, Is the limit under
the order.
ruder the rules of the Civil Service
Commission the Chief has pow'er to
discharge any or (lie men thus ap
pointed at any time within six months
of the time or itppolntlng. It Is prob
nble that (itler O'Neill will avail him
self of this power to get the best men
lifter a thorough probation.
Mr. John Maymutl Hmian Is still
walking, lie lesenibles the hlstoile
Scully In thai respect. Hut whete will
ho wind up?
Only seventy-two days more of Hat
rlsoii as Mayor.
,$,
Hon. A. J. llopkliise has been select
ed for Pulteil Slates Senator to sue-
cectl Hon. William 13. Mason. Nobody
Is sin prist d.
Mayor Harrison last week bad the
gall to ask Mr. Hearst, of New York,
for a contribution to the coal ranilue
fund. Mr. Hearst's answer was .fl,.
M. ly the way. how much did Hnr
lison give? Perhaps he has not yet
got over his Ht of generosity In regard
to the Oalve.ston disaster fund, lie
contributed ?lo to Unit.
Hon. Thomas A. Smyth, the able
President of the Drainage Hoard, con
tributes a notable and splendidly writ
ten article to Sunday's Tribune on the
present ami the future iff the draluagi!
channel.
"Why multiply judges when It Is so
easy to lessen, their wotkV" says the
Tribune. One would think the good
old Trlb. bad suddenly become eon
verted to the methods In vogue on eer
tain occasions down South.
The people iff Illinois, through their
tcpiescntiitlves , tn(l Leglslattne, have
already gone on record In regard to
this niatter. ami they won't go behind
It on account of any "editorial bv the
laity."
Only seventy-two days more of Har
rison as .Mayor.
Sum up nil there Is lu tho world, nml
among It all can be found nothing thut
bespeaks better for a boy than the kiss
ho gives his mother. A Chicago Judgo
is somewhat of this same opinion. He
Judged two boys less from the evi
dence given by witnesses than from
the evidence presented by themselves
In their treatment of their mothers In
court. One hoy whom the Judge decid
ed must go to tho reformatory, ten
derly kissed his mot her good by, sink
ing his own misfortune lu sympathy
with the sorrow of his mother. Tho
Judge looked on and Instantly decided
that there was enough good hi that
boy to enable him nml his mother to
work out his sulvatiou. At the same
moment, another boy, whom the same
Judge hud announced would probably
go free, glanced meanly at his mother,
who sat weeping, and started to walk
out. Thut boy will go to the reform
atory. We hear much of the redeem
ing virtue of a boy's love for his moth
er. No ono doubt It. It Is recognized
everywhere In principle, hut seldom
heeded in practice. This Judge has
only applied common senso In Interpre
tation of the law. Pet haps few Judges
take tho lioublu to do It. Hut It Is
worth while. The boy against whom
the evidence seemed conclusive hut hi
his extremity thought tlrst of his moth
er's sorrow, has good stuff In him. In
sending him buck home with that
mother tho Judge sent him to thu best
refoi mutory In tbo world. It was no
chance kiss. People do not do things
hy chance at crucial moments. It was
then that all tho elements lu one's char
acter bccouiu stimulated to the high
est tension and the resultant act In
dicates the real character. Tho kiss of
his mother hud become one of the most
Impoituut things In that boy's life.
When the crisis came he turned to It
Instinctively. The mother love, perhaps
never fully realized before, opened to
him as his Hist refuge. Memories of
lullabies, of midnight vigils, of toll mid
worry ami s.eiilce and unwavering de
votion came upon that boy's uiliid and
heart mid soul lu a Hood. Ho could
no more resist that Inclination to kiss
his mother than he could at that mo
ment remould his character. Such a
boy may yield to temptations. Had
companionship may lead him into trou
ble. Ho may commit crimes and the
evidence against him bo conclusive.
Hut so long as the love of miuher re
mains his strongest emotional foiee
there can bo little pollution lu his heart
and must be much hope for his com
plete redemption.
Tho American taruier is known the
world over. Our farm lauds are tho
best mid so are our farmers. For
about a decade before thu civil war,
about three-iUiirters of the American
people supported themselves directly
by agriculture. Statistics show that
now only one-half of tbo population of
tho United States earns its llvllhood hy
this method. The Huffalo Times re
marks further: Fifty years ago thero
were not a million wage-earners em
ployed by American imiuufacturers.
To-day, six times that number nre so
employed, while tho l.'i.OOO.OOO fium-
ers of 18.10 huvo Increased to 10,000,.
000, Tills Is a great Increase, but it 1.4
not lu pronoitlou with tho Increase lu
other callings. Tho Increase In farm
products lu tho last half century has
about kept pace with tho Increase of
farmers less than threefold, In 1850
tho value of tho farm products of tho
couutry was estimated ut $1,000,000,
000, us against ? 1,710,000,000 Inst
year. Tho lucrenso lu manufacturing
products has been far greater lu pro
portionfrom one billion to thirteen
billion dollars. For all that, It Is tho
American farmer who Is tho mainstay
of tho nation. While supporting one
half tho pcoplo ho supplies two-thlrda
of our exports, which, in tho Inst four
years, wero valued at $0,700,000,000,
more than $1,250,000,000 of which was
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Tho Popular County Official nnd
contributed by the farms of the coun
try. Anil yet there are hundreds and
thousands of gaunt. Idle men wtm e.m.
timie to hang n round tho Industrial cen
ters, adding to the army of the iiiiciu
nlovcd. adding to the distress of it.,,
community, and deliberately Ignoring
the most healthy, tho most prosperous
and the most ludcnciidciit calling of all
that of the American farmer.
What Is the use of being pessimistic?
Did pessimism ever do you any good?
Did it ever do your neighbor any good?
What If the coal Is low In the bins
and the money slack lu the pockets?
Worrying about It will not Illl either
of them, but getting down to hard
work this minute, keeping at work,
ami iiIkivo all, working the right way,
will. Kvcry minute Idly spent wonder
lug and worrying anil speculating us
to what Is going to happen is a minute
worse than wasted. Haul luck Is a
phantom; laziness Is n fact. Don't bo
lazy ami you will not have hard luck.
Life Is a class lu mathematics. Wotk
according to the rule ami stick to It,
ami you will solve the problem. When
you are feeling glum, down In the
mouth, discouraged ami generally out
of sorts, remember the gospvl of good
nature. Then put it In practice, stop
thinking iilsuit yourself and your trott-
mes. no someimug tor tlie otuev (el
low. The result may surprise you.
You thought, possibly, that ho was a
bear, but, even If he Is, lie knows tho
milk of human kindness when he tastes
it. A smile Is contagious. Perhaps
you never thought ofthat. You know-
that fear was catching, that discontent
traveled like wi hi lire, that sickness be
got sickness. We all acknowledge
these things and we all know tho dead
ly results. Why not change tlie
thought? Why not recognize that con
Utleiico hi the future, happiness ami
good health are also contagious? it
was a wise philosopher who said.
"Thought nru things." It wus a good.
philosopher who declared, "As. a. man
thluketh, so Is lie." "Practice makes
perfect" Is a saying the truth of which
Is axiomatic. Sow optimism, practice
good nature, uml you will reap peace,
Joy and contentment. No one cuu make
you unhappy If you refuse to ho un
happy. Try it mid sec if it docs not
work.
The- announcement of the- death of
Jessie Heutou Fremont lu California,
with whoso early fortunes both she
ami her husband, (Sen. John C. Fre
mont, were closely lilcutlllcd, will
hardly affect tho present generation,
which knows little about this onco
brilliant woman. Indeed, the Interest
In her life now Is purely reminiscent;
but her death will bring tip many In
teresting mommies to those whoso rec
ollections go back half a century and
who will recall her as the handsome,
dashing, high spirited wife of Lieut.
Fremont and daughter of Senator Den
ton. Sho was tho young lieutenants
support mid Inspiration lu that famous
exploration which made him known all
over tho country ns "the Pathllmler."
Shu was tho wife of thu Hist Hepubll
can candidate for" the presidency,
and hud Fremont been elected she
would have had n brilliant court at
tho Wlilte House, over which slio would
huvo presided. In uueenly style. Slw
was honored at European courts, where
her wit and beauty made tier a social
sensation. Sho was the belle of many
cities, a general favorite lu an unusu
ally wide circle of distinguished in
uuulutauccs, and a born social leader,
but tho defeat of her husband's polit
ical ambitious mid other misfortunes
which overtook him deprived her of
tho opportunity to till positions lu
which sho would have shone. Tho so
clety queen, once dethroned, Is boon
forgotten, and such was Mrs. Fro
moiitls fate.
In 1S70 tho corn crop record of this
country reached tho highest notch It
had over attained. As a result, tint
j supply exceeded the demand, thero
1 was a congestion ot corn, tuu prlco
iwcut tumbling and millions of bush
els were used as tho cheapest fuel that
tho farms of tho West afforded, lu
1002 tho record of corn production wns
again broken. Hut there Is no longer
any 111 effect to bo feared. Thero Is
no congestion, no disastrous slump lu
price. There Is market for it nil. "Vhnt
American can not uso Kuropo eagerly
wants, World wldo commerce has
solved tho problem and inndo n bounti
ful crop a real blcsslug to tho furuiera
h--1 fcs
W. UPHAM,
North 8ldo Republican Leader.
who formerly found It n' burden. Tho
peoples of other hinds have been taught
thu virtue of malzo and commercial
relations huvo made them steady cus
tomers. More nnd more each year Ku
ropo ami Asia and Africa ami South
America become dependent upon the
great farms of the United States.
More thnn one literary man who
prides himself upon his achievements
will he forgotten before the world
loses memory of Oeorge Alfred Ileuty,
the F.ngllsh writer of boys' hooks, who
died the other day. Mr. llenty did
good service in his generation. As n
soldier mid as a war correspondent
im had led an adventurous life all over
tho earth; ho know the countries of
which he wrote, he had a fondness for
facts, he honored tho old-fashlotied vir
tues of courage and Integrity, and ho
put Information ami inspiration ns well
as "story" Into his books. It Is no suuill
distinction to have provided instruction
mul Ideals for tho boys of the ICugllsh
race. Statesmen as well as authors
might envy the uiuu who wu equal to
that work.
J. Ogden Armour, whose little daugh
ter was recently saved from u life of
suffering by mi operation, will express-
his grutltudu lu a form ut onco prac
tical and beautiful. The little girl wus
treated for congenital dislocation of
thu hip by the Ucrimin surgeon, Doc
tor Lorcitz. Mr. Aimour has now an
nounced his Intention of building uml
endowing, at an expense of three mil
lion dollars, an Institution where tho
children of thu poor can he treated for
tho same deformity without charge.
"My daughter 1ms practically been giv
en back to me," ho says, "and my wife
mid 1 are grateful. Other parents are
Joyless because, their children, tiro nf
tllcted with the siunu tiotiblu. I want
to make them happy, too." Could there
bo a better expression of grutltudu thuu.
this?
Tho deaf -adder of St. Augustine who
stopped huu oar with his tulLund press
ed tho other Into tho dust might take
notes In tactics from his iip-to-dutc-uaiuesuJie.
Eleven men recently uiude
u three hours' trip lu tho new sub
marine torpedo bout; they traveled fif
teen miles an hour, eighteen, feet un
der thu water, without once coming tu
thu surface. Tho captain, steered by
thu compass mid timed tho turns of
the boat by his watch. Tho Adder was
tleaf to all noise but Its own electric
motor, mid blind to objects ten feet
away lu the green wuter. It could
comu to the surface, however, ut uuy
moment, to hear, see,' and do deadly
work with Its arms. Two ot tho seven
submuiiue torpedo bouts, Hearing com
pletion, will probably bo assigned for
thu defense of Washington, Annapolis,
Haltlmoru mid nulghborjug seaports.
Americans will burdly bo ublo to re
press u smile at tho uulvo comment of
an Kngllsh tailor one of the men who
canto over with Alfred Mosely to study
American labor coudltlous. "Wo did
not Hud us much shoddy us wo expect
ed," he suys. "Tho tailoring establish
ments In this country nre up to tluto
mid the umtertul is good, ns Is also tho
workuumshlp." All thu best woolens
used to como from abroad, but that
tlmo Is past, lu tho mmmfuctuvo of
certain kinds of cloth, a rent lHitnln
mid (icrmituy still lead; hut as a whole,
American woolens ot to-day are us ut
tractive hi design, as honestly umdo
nml as dutablo us those which uro Im
ported. Cahlc-mnkers have to apply practic
ally tho principle Involved In tho Hue,
"Thu shallow murmur, but the deep
aic dumb," They make a submaiiuo
telegraphic cable two or three times us
large near thu shore, where it Is sub-
Ject to wuve-uctlou, as tlie part which
is to llo on the bottom of the deep sea.
They have also learned from experi
ence that the way to niuko a cable wear
well Is to give It tho support of tho
ocean bed, Instead of festooning It
from peal; to peuk of tbo submaiiuo
mouutulus.
"It seems a pity," said Archbishop
Ityan, recently, lu prhuto conversation,
"Unit religion, religion, should' over
separate Protestants and Catholics lu
their works of great reforms or philan
thropy." A pity, ludeed, uud qultu un
necessary I
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