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MANCHESTER, IOWA.
Translated fiction !s like pressed flow
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The Siiltau hns again promised to be
pood. It's a way the Sultan has.
The tie between Cuba and the United
States Is now seen to consist largely of
red tnpe.
seek the man It bccomes the duty of
every intelligent citizen to assist in the
novel search.
Vet It is scarcely possible that the
crown prince of Oennany will fly the
royal coop for the sake of an American
girl.
By combining their interests the cold
storage firms of Boston intend, no
doubt, to make an extra cool milliou in
the course of time.
It seems that Washington has been
cxpectlug Turkey to keep her word
/without constaut pushing. This is the
climax of credulity.
California-banks are going to pay a
forger $500 a month to be good. Cali
fornia may now look for an unprece
dented crop of forgers.
The Australian blacks do uot -allow a
mother-in-law within a mile of her
married daughter's hut. Here's a bou
bouclie for the funny man.
Mary Maclane says,
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was born to
bo alone." It is plain from this that
:3inry plays upon the piano.
When tlie office takes the trouble to
A Kentucky girl who has had 150 of
fers of marriage has decided to remain
^single and devote lior life to music.
When 8ho gots on the stage, however,
^Bhe will probably cense to regard mar
triage as a thing to be much dreaded.
The Immigration figures for the fiscal
?n year 1002 are suggestive. Tho total
T\as 048,743. That was 3 per cent more
than in 1001, 45 per cent more than in
1000, 208 per cent more than in 1809
and 283 per cent more than In 1808.
A New Jersey inventor has produced
a fuel which he calls "coalite," that can
bo sold for $1 a ton. As its principal
ingredient is coal dust, it may be that
It will give the coal barons a now way
to turn an honest penny instead of
driving them out of business.
In spite of the fact that tho type
writer has displaced the pen in many
busiuess offices, the demand for pens
and pencils Btill continues. During
the year covered by the census report,
one gold pen, ten steel pens and fifteen
lead-pencils were made in tho United
States for each family of five persons.
There ought not to be either political
or industrial differences of opinion over
tho announced intention of tho Amer
ican Federation of Labor to support all
legislation directed toward the aboli
tion of child labor. Most States al
ready protect their children. Iu bring
ing pressure to bear upon those States
which do not, the federation is pro
moting the welfare of mankind, as
well as furthering its own interests.
A report Is made by tlie American
consul nt Liverpool upon municipal so
cialism in (.'rent Brltuin. Among (lie
enterprises managed by municipalities
urS~¥U£k]?llJi5t!is owned by Learning- I
ton nnd Hamigaftyn rabbit-warren, by
Torquay an oyster^fifihery, by Colches
ter a crematory, by Uli-U. Doucaster
it ml Chester own race-courses,, and In
Poncaster the town itself manages tit£
races. St. Helen's supplies sterilized
millt. The report says that lienrly.-i
thousand municipalities in Great Bill,
ain own water-works about a hundred
own street railways many more own
gas works. Speaking generally, the
consul finds that municipal government
in the kingdom is honest, Intelligent
and energetic, and, as a rule, political
considerations have llttlo to do with
tlio engagement or retention of civic
employes.
This is a story for boys. It Is not
exactly "a Sunday school story," but it
lias tlie right sort of good ring to it
just the same. Frank Prevost, of To
ledo, Ohio, drives a delivery wagon.
He is a pleasant and accommodating
lad and when an old gentleman asked
If ho could ride about the city with
him, Frank readily assented. After
an hour's drive the stranger asked
Frank to go to a saloon and have a
drink. The boy declined, saying he
5^ never drank. The^old man asked if
he chewed tobacco and upon receiving
a reply in the negative offered the boy
.!TV a cigar, which he also deqllned. That
1b the first chapter. The old man who
rodo with the delivery boy was that
eccentric millionaire, Mr. Higgiuson, of
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Snn Francisco, lllgglnson, wherever
ho goes, is looking for boys like Frank
Prevost. Before leaving Toledo the
millionaire went to Frank and present
ed liim with $2,100 In bank notes, which
tho boy wm-^e to sTart in business for
Itfniself. Tho moral is plain. It pays
to be pleasant nnd accommodating,
even to strangers. It pays to have a
good moral character. You may not be
asked to give a millionaire in disguise
a lift. And agalu, you may, for lllggln
son Is always on his travels and always
on the lookout for boys. But whether
you meet Higginson or not, there are
others on the lookout. Reuiember how
Diogenes went about the streets of
Athens looking for a man? Well, tho
world is looking for man. And the
world usually finds the man it is look
ing for in a boy. You may not get
$2,100 all in a lump by being the right
sort of a boy, but tho world will be
glad to give it to you sooner or later.
A story is told of a wise mdflTer, who,
when her small son announced his
intention of running away from home
because something had vexed him, met
the announcement with calm acquies
cence. She packed a small bundle for
lihu to take away, suggested the next
town as a good place to stay for the
night, and added: "Of course, llarry,
if yoti really want to go, you
but you don't know how much I sh
miss you." The youngster picked up
his bundle, went slowly down the path
to the front gate, opined it, then turned
and ran for the house, where he flung
his arms about his mother's nock and
burst into tears. Tho treatment was
not needed again. If that mother had
mot the boy's plan with tears, re
proaches, anger, or punishmcut, tlie
chances ure that she would either have
had a spoiled child on her hands, 01*
awakened some morning a few years
later to find that her son had really
fan away. The sense of freedom is a
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most valuable asset in dealing with
Young America. Tho child who is
continually thwarted in uuiraportant
things gets in the habit of flglitlng for
what he thinks arc his rights, whether
be is jnstilicd in the assumption or not.
There are some children who are
brought up on the principle that it Is
equally heinous to tell a He, to come
into the house without wiping one's
feet, and to fail in a lesson. Such chil
dren are apt to develop a somewhat
crooked mcr-l perspective, which does
not not always get straightened out
In years to come. The boy who flg
ures in the above story had read of
runaways, and formed a not very defi
nite Idea of the freedom and peace
which such a course entails, lie had
not thought about the other aspect of
it at all. Ills mother brought him face
to face with the realities and let him
choose for himself, at the same time in
dicating dearly what she thought It
was best for him to do. It did not take
long for him to discover that.shc was
wiser than he.
For months a laughing boy has been
the bone of contention in a famous
New York law suit. A husband and
wife had parted. They viewed each
other as strangers across a trial table
in a court room. There was no doubt
about their love for the boy. It was
pure gold. It should have made a wo
man more tolerant, a man more forgiv
ing. Ilappy married folks can't un
derstand how the mothers and fath
ers of children can ever separate and
learn to hate. In this case there was a
great deal of money on one side. It
meant fine clothing for baby, and
nurses, rich food, carriage drives and
costly toys. Some day it would mean
a yacht* a valet, a private car—all of
the things that can be had for money.
On the other side—the mother's—there
was much love and very little mouey.
It was possible that her son would
be compelled to "work some day, and
that he would lie denied all sorts of
comforts and luxuries that go with
groat incomes. What a problem for
tho Judge! This Judge, whose name
is Ilieke.v, has some strange ideas, lie
thinks that when married folks are
foolish enough to break up a relation
that should mean peace and content
ment, It is the business of the court
to place the welfare of the children
above every other condition. That
doesn't mean money always. Listen to
the modern Solomon: "The boy needs
the personal attention and the loving
care of his mother more than he needs
the mouey of his father, if the father
has the affection for the child he pro
fesses he will see that his boy is
clothed and fed wherever he is." In
other words, a mother is closer to her
children than a father, and, for once,
the law has recognized it. Tho idea
of the superior claim of a father to
his children has received an official set
back. Where no question of morals la
involved and when love and money are
antagonists, Justice should throw her
influence on the side of hearts as
against gold. Because it is best for the
children.
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STRANGE WHITE RACE.
Beautiful Women and Ftronj? Men in
a Philippine Island.
Lieutenant Lorenzo A. De Claremout,
of the Philippine scouts, recently re*
turned to this country, bringing with
liim reports of a
white race that in
habits the island ol
Mlndoro. Tliesf
people arc as white
as the inhabitants
of North America
and maiutaiu a fait
degree of civiliza
tion. Their women
are ullj
beautiful, and tin
iu. men, although undei
tho Ainericau average In size, are splen*
Aid specimens of manhood. Many of
both sexes have curling lialr and all
are fair-haired and blue-eyed. Sports
among them hold almost as high
place as among tlie ancient Greeks.
They are skilled in simple arts and
li{ivo all kinds of athletic exercises.
Both man and woman are wonderfully
grateful dancers, aud in these national
exercises they adorn themselves with
all kinds of curious ornaments—bits of
colored stone, claws of birds and gay
feathers and flowers. They are thor
oughly domestic and they keep their
houses as neat as any model house*
keeper of our own country. They arc
clean in every way, although their
homes arc simple bamboo houses like
those of the brown natives.
Originally these people were Moham
medans. Now they are being Christian
ized by their ruler. This ruler, as a
youth, was taken to Spain and edu
cated, and he is now instructing his
people according to the knowledge he
derived In Spnln.
The origin of this strange white raco
Is unknown. The people are very ex
clusive and are averse to the entry into
their country of foreigners.
PEACEFUL LOOKING SAVAGE.
Here Is a full-blooded, savage Yaqui
Indian hard at work in the great So
lioran desert, near Torres, Mexico. He
is digging a big Pdsnaga cactus, and the
result of his labor has recently been
transferred to the New York Botanical
gardens, where it is uow growing as
usual in the glass house.
The peculiarity of this Yaqui and of
nearly all his tribe is simply slated.
When he can get work and pay he Is
tho best of laborers. When he cannot
get work he joins all of his fellow
Yaquls who are idle, and the troop pro
ceeds to sally forth to rob and pillage
I farms ami small towns ami massacre r^7af O^n.o
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Major Also a MinOr.
Major Gautz, of Fairfield, Iowa, Is 66
years old, weighs thirty pounds and is
eighteen inches high.
Many a farmer earns his bread by
the swept 9* tils hired mail's brow.
When Should a Man Marry?
HEN should a man marry? The ambitious young
person with an income of $8 a week has been pro
pounding this inquiry to the puzzle editors of oitv
leading dailies for years. lie is enjoined not to be
deceived with that fatuous mentnl Arithmetic which
teaches that what is enough for one is suflicient for two. He
receives tho impression from newspaper advisers that he should
have more than $10 a week, and not quite so much as $15.
He writes that the young woman of his choice thinks $IU is
too conservative, and lie is advised that she cannot be worthy
of such unselfish devotion as his, and if she were truly wom
anly she would make the amount buy as muny automobile
coats as possible.
In view of the perplexed state of the public mind on this
all-important theme, the recent edict of the German Kaiser
comes with authoritative force. It sets marks and boundaries,
establishes iiu-omes, social station, and even limits previous
conditions of alimony. The Emperor has promulgated an order
to the effect that no officer may marry unless he receives* a
salary of $1,125 a year and is lu the enjoyment of an income
of $375 more. That is to soy. If he and his future wife between
them can muster $1,500, the wedding march may he sounded.
The hopes of the $15 young man are cruelly dashed, for ofliccrs
who get no more than $750 a year arc forbidden to even con
sider tho matrimonial contract.
Carping critics may say that the whole matter might be
simplified by giving every officer in his majesty's service at
least $1,500. This would give the business of marrying off the
German army to that irresponsible little deity who goes about
with gauze wings and shouts amorous shafts with reckless
profusion.
Cupid is not trsisted iu Germany, and there Is a growing
lack of confidence in him here. The United States lias an un
written code with regard to the finance of matrimony. A
young lieutenant in her army or navy spends his salary for
uniforms and extra allowances for the mess. When he
marries lie must of necessity have a private income, or he must
find the daughter of a magnate or something or other who is
willing to share his lot and his glory until a kind government
increases his rank. Sometimes the larger pay due* not come
until he is beyond the pale of forty.—Harper's Weel Iv $
The Dangers of Ambition.
ULUL Is a tendency of modern life to give too much rein
to ambition. 'J lie quality, if it may be called such, is un
duly exalted and some grave faults, even, are held to be
palliated by the fact that ambition has prompted them.
The child is schooled to covet things far above its present
sphere, and while this is done there is nhs-olute omission of
teachings as to the sweet, old-fashioned virtue of content.
Ambition, reasonable and properly regulated, should be
eutertained by all but to be reasonable it must bear a mod
erate proportion to the existing conditions of the individual
life. The intense purpose to do well what lies before one is
noble. It is not so commcmlable to reach out to accomplish
other tasks that do not distinctly and naturally lie before cne.
Many good things are Ill-done because of the not wholly justi
fiable ambition which has moved certain persons to the doing
of them. It is not consistent with the true philosophy of life
that we should be ever straining for results. Let duty*be done
simply and thoroughly, and there will be no need of*worry as
to the results.
Me hear much of iuteuse will-power compassing extraor
dinary successes. There Is a great deal of intense volition
without the corresponding force that can alone give it effect.
It is absurd to will anything intensely which we are incapable
of accomplishing. Yet that is-what many thousands of persons
are doing, and they commit the further follv of strivin- to
accomplish it against all probability of success. There"«ro
exceptions in which this striving may appear heroic but they
prove the rule.
Excessive ambition is the ruin of too many lives in every
grade of society. The advice ascribed to Cardinal Wolsey bv
Shakspeare, "Fling away ambition." is too sweeping yet the
faculty of moderating ambition to fit tho talent or eapa'citv that
is available for its service should bo sedulously cultivated
Philadelphia Times.
New Problems of Immigration.
TATISTICS of immigration, taken in conjunction with
information furnished liy agents in Kurojie, imlical
that the present year is to be a record-breaker in the
recent history of this country. Last yenr the total num
ber of immigrants arriving in America was 4S7,915. This
year it is OS',hunted the number will not be less than GOO,01)0.
The most remarkable anil interesting feature of tho imiiii
gration movement, however, is the fact that there is a decided
change ill the character and nationality of the people coming to
our shores. In lSSIi as many as 250,030 of the immigrants
WHERE QUEEN VICTORIA DIED.
Osboruc HOUBCI Which JCdward Pre
sented to the British Nation.
Famous Osborne House, one of the
favorite residences of tho late Queen
Victoria, which was presented to the
ttrltish nation by King Edward VII. on
Coronation day, is one of the most mag
nificent of the several homes of Eng
lish royalty. The gift is peculiarly grat
ifying to the British public, as Osborne
is sacred to the memory of the late
Queen and will over be inseparably con
nected with incidents in the life of that
beloved sovereign.
As it will be necessary for King Ed
ward to spend a considerable part of
tho year iu London nnd in its neiglibor
hood, nt Windsor, and having also
strong home ties in the county of Nor
folk, he felt that he would be unable to
make adequate use of Osborne House
as a royal residence, and he therefore,
offered the property as a gift to tho na
tion. It is the King's desire that the
house be devoted to national purposes
nnd converted into a convalescent
home for officers of the army nnd navy
whose health has been impaired iu the
service of tliclr country.
It was at Osborne Jlouse, Isle of
Wight, that Queen. Victoria died, Jan
uary 22, 1001. It Is situated In Whlp
pinghnyi.Parish, not far from Cowcs.
The house can only be readied by cross
ing the ferry to East Cowcs and ascend
ing a steep hill, the view from every
OSHOl:NK HOUSE, PUESENTEI) BV EDWAItD VII. TO HIS SUBJECTS.
part of which is a delightful one—wood
laud, valley, town, river and sea being
visible. Queen Victoria used to spend
most of tlie winter months at Osborne,
which was her favorite residence next
to Ualni' ral. Scotland. She liked Wind
sor Castle Utile, and Buckingham Pal
ace, London, least of all. While the
the grounds
but when she
was absent visitors were allowed to
Inspect them. The gardens, with their
terraces, their myrtle and rose trees,
and their many rare exotics, are among
the finest in the south of England. Tho
climate of the Isle of Wight is conshl
erably warmer than that of tho main
land, and every visitor to that "Garden
o.f England," as it Is called, will have
remarked the luxuriant manner in
which (lower# grow there.
"em- were Jt'alo.isly guai-ilcd,
1 hey cheerfully engage the Mexican
troops, exterminating and scattering au
ciiilre command. They have success
fully fought the Mexican troops slnop
the foundation of that country aud aro
as uncouquered to day as ever. They
must have work and pay or war.
^.tiSlo-liidian Life.
F'inadd ght at dinner \ho Anglo-In
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a kind of levee. The iu-
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OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
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There Is one iusect—a little, flat,
brown, shining creature—which emits
the worst odor in the world. If one of
these touches your food the whole is
tainted and rendered Inedible. You
dare not kill these pests, for if one be
crushed the whole room becomes filled
with Its disgusting smell and Is unin
habitable for the next half hour. So
these abominable insects lly about
with Impunity while the poor Anglo
Indlau must pcrforce look helpless
ly on.
Almormul Development.
Becently a Paris psychologist an
nounced that he had conclusively
proved that malformation of the brain
produces Intellectual bifdhiucy. The
theory Is that deformity, disease or ac
cident causes the abnormal develop
ment of some part of the brain, and the
result is genius. In support of this
several eases are mentioned. It is
pointed out that Milton wrote his "Par-
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were German, S2.004 were English, 70.432 were Irish, (J4.G07
wore Swedns, 20,101 Norwegians, 11,018 Danes and 18,037
Scotch. This gives a total of 533,710 out of tho 788,002. of
nearly 70 per cent, aud there was a large British immigration
fmrf* Canada besides. At the present time 70 per cent of tho
Immigration Is from Italy, Austria-Hungary and Russia.
The probable effect of such a change in character of popu
lation opens up a wide field for sociological speculation, espe
cially in reference to the larger cities of the country. The in
jection of a comparatively large and new element into the
municipal affairs of such cities as New York, Chicago, Boston
and Philadelphia, which receive the greater share of immigra
tion, is a thing the results of which can only be surmised.
In the meantime, the country will have a new problem in xbe
task of assimilating the new elements which are thus being
injected into the national life.—Denver Post.
Conviction of Woman Criminals.
the world changing its attitude toward the woman crim
inal? It would appear so from the sentences recently passed
nn two convicts. In Minnesota, Mrs. Tanke, pronounced
guilty of murder, is sentenced to life imprisonment nnd to
hard labor. In Kansas Mi.-re Morrison, guilty of like crime,
is sentenced to twenty-tive years' imprisonment, practically a
lifetime. The Minnesota ease was settled iu one trial. The
Kansas crime rather followed the historic custom of leuiency
nnd only after three trials was the case finally settled. These
two sentences may be taken as evidence that woman is begin
ning to be judged as criminal and not as woman.
Just what effect this will have 011 the human race is debata
ble. No attempt has ever been made to deny that women have
similar criminal instincts with men, but the position in which
she has been held has kept mnn from visiting upon her tho
penalty that he pronounced upon himself. There have been
woman criminals from the beginning, since tho nail of Siscra,
since the poison of the Borgia. But, partly because of ideal
izing and partly because woman did not share in the world's
lawmaking, and therefore she was not held to be of equal guilt
in the law-breaking, woman has not so ofteu been found guilty
in auy appreciable degree.
The asexualizing or crime will he a benefit to the human
race. Men and women are not so different after all, nnd to
divide them iuto sexes in the punishment of crime is to fail in
the control of crime. It is not pleasant to contemplate a
future where tho prisons are filled with women. But these
very cases in illustration are the best preventive.—St. Paul
Dispatcto.
What a pity it is that more of the American people cannot
he made executors by millionaires who are getting ready to
die. It is a fine business, this executing. Where is the man
who wouldn't be willing to be an executor if he could get
$101,025 for three years' work at it?
The widow apd some of the sons of Plant have now suc
ceeded the original executors, and will hereafter manage the
estate themselves. It is not surprising, since the figures have
been made public, that they should want the executing jobs
in the family.—Chicago Itccord-IIernld.
OLDEST WORKING LOCOMOTIVE IN THE WORLD.
ihe first locomotive constructed by (Jeorge Stephenson was built in 1813, while
he was employed at the Killingworth Colliery, Northumberland. In 1810 the
owners of the Hetton Colliery, Durham, decided to transform their wagonway
into a locomotive railroad, aud recognizing the abilities of the "Killingworth
engine-wright," they invited Stephenson to act as engineer of the undertaking.
The railway, which ran from Iletton Colliery, a few miles from the city of Dur
ham, to the Wear at Sunderland, was opened on Nov. 18, 1S22, on which date
there were five of Stephenson's engines at work. One of these is sliowu in the
above illustration. After nearly eighty yars' continuous working, it is still to be
seen hauling the coal trains at the Hetton Colliery, and it is now claimed as the
oldest working locomotive in the world.
sects which attend dance gayly rouud
the lamp, and one has to watch one's
plate and glass carefully lest some of
the Insects should dauce Into them.
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Money Made in Gambling. S -,"t
KS, there is money made in stock speculation, in buying
and selling grains nnd in playing the races. Yes, mill
ions of dollars' are made aud thousands of persons are
becoming the richer thereby. But the persons who are
making the fortunes are not those who invest their
capital the winners are. the brokers and the bookmakers.
Kvery time a man deal? in a stock or a bushel of wheat he
pays a certain per cent to the person who executes his orders,
and whenever he bets on a horse race he pays even a greater
per cent to the man who gives him odds. These individuals
are hound to he winners they have a "dead sure thing" ar.d
in the end they will get the cash.
Of course some men have the luck to win heavily at both
stock gambling and playing tlie races. The names of those
are always emblazoned forth. Nothing is said of the multitude
who fail. If persons who contemplate risking their money
011 cither of these forms of gambling would take pencil and
paper and figure the percentage against a possible winning,
nine-tenths would start a bank account nnd be satisfied with
the small but sure return on their Investment.—Cincinnati Post
^Thc Business of Executing.
ENKY B. PLANT died in Juno, 1809, leaving nn estate
valued at £17,000,000. Among the executors was Judge
Lynde Harrison, who recently resigned. In submit
ting to the New Haven. Conn., court his statement as
trustee Judge Lynde said that he had received as pay
meat for his services the sum of $101,025—more than $50,000
a year. Each of the other executors had received a like
amount.
adlse Lost" while he was blind, and It
is said that the blindness confined his
mind to a certain scope iu a manner
that made it possible for hlui to
evolve the great epic.
Cases of a somewhat different nature
are shown in the elegant writings of
Thomas de Qulncy and Samuel Taylor
Coleridge, both of whom had brains
in which the excessive use of opium
had made havoc. De Qulncy describes
his horrible experience with opium
taken In the form of laudanum In his
"Confessions of an English Opium Eat
er." Byron's club foot is seriously ad
vanced as the cause of his lyric pow
er, and the point Is made that Sir Wal
ter Scott's most brilliant work was dic
tated from a sick bed. Mozart and
Wagner both had deformed brains,
said to have been due to disease and
blimps while they, were children.—An
swers.
Grim Jests of Criminals.
The callousness and even the grim
humor of condemned criminals Is well
exemplified by tlu? following stories,
says the London Globe. On walking to
the scaffold In solemn procession
criminal once called to the governor of
the prison: ".lust oblige me, guvnor,"
he said, "by telling me the day o' the
week?" "Monday," answered the sur
prised governor. "Monday!" exclaimed
the prisoner In disgusted tones "well,
this 'ore's a fine way of beginning
week, ain't ItV" And he marched 011
with disgust imprinted on every line in
his face.
On another occasion an officious
hangman whispered as he placcd tho
white cap 011 his victim's head: "If
there's anything you'd like to arst me
I'll be pleased to answer, yer kiiow.'
The victim craned his neck forward,
and said in an equally low, but very
much more anxious voice, "You might
tell me, is—is this planking safe?^.^g
Pleasant Thoughts.
The pleasantcst things in the world
are pleasant thoughts, and It is the
highest wisdom to have as many of
them as possible.
Do ycur duty and don't make a fuss
about it. H's the empty wagon tb&t
.rattles,
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Pcplornblc Conditions
The last few years have doutbless
seen some dimming of our national
Ideals. With colonies we find many
tilings to do that we uever looked for
ward to, and that were, until recently,
supposed to be Inconsistent with estab
lished nnd well-settled principles. For
instance, it is manifestly impossible to
govern the Filipinos as we govort\ peo
ple here at home—or rather as our peo
ple govern themselves. At the very out
set we have to recognize the fact that
government In the Philippines is with
out the consent of the governed—at
least, for the present. Plainly, there
fore, we have learned by our excursion
to the Pacific Islands that our boasted
principles are not universally applica
ble. So trial by jury can hardly be
practicable In Saniar or Mindanao. And
we find it necessary to impost severe
limitations on freedom of speech and
the press, nnd even to violate the con
stitution by resorting to the use of tor
ture.
Out of this has grown a tendency to
glorify the strong man, to take exceed
ingly "practical" views of things, to
talk about "weak" races, and to rely
more and more on the strong hand.
This tendency is working out in many
directions. One can hardly pick up a
newspaper without seeing nn account
of some act of shameless cruelty nnd
brutality perpetrated on a negro. But
tho negro belongs to nn "inferior" race,
and so is entitled to 110 consideration
from us Anglo-Saxons. And we actu
ally hear voices demanding the repeal
of the fifteenth amendment. We are
not now discussing so much whether
what we have done is right or wrong,
as the intellectual tendency that has
flowed from those acts.
In the industrial world the same in
fluences are nt work. Men combine nnd
form mighty industrial organizations
which control State legislatures aud
Congress, nnd then we are told that we
must not attack them, must not even
deny them what they want, lest in
weakening them we should destroy in
dustrinl prosperity. The vulgar rich,
the millionaire adventurers, dazzle us
with their splendor and when we criti
cise their methods or question the
beauty of their ideals, we are told that
they are really benefactors of the race.
Railroads and anthracite operators get
together in an organization that is In
violation, at least of the spirit and in
tent, of the laws, nnd oppress and rob
their men, nnd the latter are denounced
for raising tlie price of coal. Every
where is this glorification of strength—
strength 'which comes from riches or
mere brute force.
j\ud the answer to it all is that the
country Is prosperous! Tills Is a sad
plea to make to a people whose ances
tors endured the most horrid privations
for years In order that they might es
tablish, as they thought forever, those
great principles which we now smile nt
as the mere drenms of political ideal
ists. The only duty of governments
nowadays—including our own—Is to
make the people prosperous. When they
have done that, nil their crimes nro for
given. Believing as wo do that Democ
racy Is an immortal principle, and that
we shall one day return to sounder and
nobler principles, ^e refuse to take the
pessimistic view. But that there are
grave dangers ahead of us cannot, we
think, be denied. We Insist that the
pulpit hns lfere a chance that it is cer
tainly not Improving. We need to hear
a call back to the old Ideals and princi
ples.—Indianapolis News.
Fight for Real Democracy.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland,
Ohio, Is the kind of reformer that the
profilers by abuses fear and hate most.
He is not an earnest poor man, nn out
sider, who cau be laughed at as a sen
timentalist, a crank, nor nn envious
disturber. Johnson Is a millionaire, a
born money maker, whose business ca
pacity compels the respect of the mo
nopolists against whom he is warring.
He knows all about them and their
methods, nnd they know that he does.
So Johnson Is hated by tlie predatory
rich as a traitor to their order, as evory
man of wealth is sure to be who de
clines to tlilnk that because he is a mil
lionaire he is freed from the duties im
posed by conscience and patriotism.
Mr. Johnson is stnndiug In Ohio for
the Jeffersonian principles of equal
rights to all aud special privileges to
none. The Democratic party of his
State has accepted his leadership with
enthusiasm, aud tho party of privilege
and monopoly, led by Mark Ilanna,
finds Itself with hot light ou its
bauds.
Tom L. Johnson has brains, ardor for
the cause of popular rights and tre
mendous energy. Every citizen who
believes in government by the people
instead of government by money will
rejoice If the Democracy, commnuded
by a chief who stands for so much that
is worth while, shall rout the Republi
cans in Ohio.—Chicago American.
liooaevclt and the Combines*
The charge is freely made that his
speeches about restraining trusts nre
only declamation that he kuows noth
ing can be done that his constitutional
amendment will take years to get, If it
Is ever secured at all. But in cutting
away the tariff protection of trusts
there is something definite that can be
done Immediately. The Republicans of
the West are demanding that it lie
done. Unless the President is willing
to rest under the suspicion that he Is
talking clap trap for political purpose
he will soon take occasion to say that
he agrees with those ardent supporters
of his lu the West.—New York Evening
Post.
Will Bulk the Prenidcut.
While President Roosevelt's advo
cacy of the Cuban reciprocity bill
proves that there are Republicans who
oppose their party's jwllcy of break
ing faith with Cuba and of starving
the people of that island Into beggiug
for annexation, it does uot by auy
means lessen the responsibility which
rests upon the Republican party as an
prganizatlon. The Presl4*»t is doomed
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to defeat In his fight with his own par
ty on the Issue of reciprocity with
Cuba. The htgh-tnriff monopolists who
control the machinery of the Republi
can party will defeat the President in
the next session of Congress just as
they did in that recently ended. Tho
party as a whole will be held responsi
ble for this violation of our national
honor, and if Mr. Roosevelt suffers po
litically therefor it will be due to the
fact that he Is found In bad company.—
St. Louis Republic. .v* J'
Rooaevclt'a Anti-Trnjit Speeches*
The Republican President is declar
ing on the stump that the trusts nre
productive of evil and must be controll
ed in the public iuterest.
The Republican party for six years
has had full power to curb the trusts,
but has done nothing. While Presi
dent Roosevelt advocates governmental
control of the giant combinations, one
of them, the Coal Trust, is harassing
industry and pillaging all classes in
the community by keeping the mines
closed and doubling the price of coal.
Tbo Presldeut could proceed against
the Coal Trust by ordering his Attorney
General to prosecute its members under
the Sherman law. And Mr. Roosevelt's
Attorney General chooses this time to
make-a trip to Europe
The Republican conventions of Iowa
and Idaho, giving voice to the sent!
ment of a large and growing eleineut of
tlie rank and file of tlie President's
party, have demanded, to the distress
and alarm of the leaders, that the tar
iff shall be so revised as to deprive
monopolies of its shelter—so revised,
this means, that trusts which sell their
wares cheaper abroad than they do at
home shall be subjected to foreign com
petition.
But Mr. Roosevelt, who knows, of
course, that the tariff is the chief bul
wark of the trusts, has not a word to
say about the tariff. Nevertheless tho
Presldeut is doing a good work. He
recognizes the existence of the trust
evil nnd admits the justice of the Dcm-
speeches. Is campaigning to secure
again a do-nothing majority in the
Shaw's Confenaion.
Great Industrial Wrong.
The facts which tlie last census have
brought out regarding the boy and girl
wage workers of tho country nre a na
tional sorrow. Approximately there
are 50,000 children in the factories of
the South alone. In the North, despite
more rigid laws, there are other thous
ands of laborers under a fit working
age. Some dny this burden of iudus
trial wrong will be lightened.—New
York World.
In Need of a Censor.
Revision of the tariff "nt the proper
time" and "by its friends" is the Re
publican program In Iowa, while In
Vermont the Republican gospel as
preached by au Iowa Republican, Shaw
by name, is "to concede nothing to the
clamor of the opposition" nnd to let the
tariff alone. The Republican congres
sional campaign is badly lu need of a
speech censor.—Rochester Herald.
What May Happen in Michigan*
General Alger should keep a record
of those papers which nre sportively
nud sarcastically treating his caudl
dacy for the Senate. Michigan does
some queer things in politics aud he
may be elected. Then will conie the
sweetuess of revenge.—Cincinnati En
quirer.
Reward for Weuk Kffort*"
The doctor of laws degree which'the
Viilverslty of Chicago is to give Presi
dent Roosevelt when he visits there
may be called forth as a testimonial to
his efforts to doctor our weak and fall
ing anti-trust laws during the summer.
—Boston Herald.
Novel Reasons of a Judge.
A Philadelphia magistrate is some
times a little ccceutric In the punish
ment of those hauled before him for
misdemeanors. Tho other day Bill
Jones, who had been found upon tlie
public highway minus the faculty of
navigation, was arraigned before him.
"Married or single?" asked tho mag
istrate.
"Single, sir," replied the shaking cul
prit.
"You ought to get married. If you
had a wife and family to occupy your
attention you would have no desire to
drink," said the magistrate. "I'll dls-
lfow Freight Hates Arc Jitjr^Icd.
No sooner do we hear the notes of
satisfaction over the reduction of rates
in grain and flour than they nre liable charge you, but I hope that you'll give
to be drowned in the discords of dis-' to matrimony more thought than you
satisfaction over the news that rates have to liquor.
on flax and other coarse grains and on I John Smith, who had also been ar
other classes of freight are to be rals- rested for being intoxicated, was next
ed to offset the "loss" by the conces-' called.
slons on the great cereal and its man-j "Married or siugle, John?" queried
ufacturecl product. Huge dividends on the magistrate.
watered stock muct not be imperiled! "Married, your honor," was the pris
nnd if Peter is paid Paul must be rcb- oner's reply.
bed.—Minneapolis Times. "Then you have no business
sco cnso
tj, nVn
and
House of Representatives. The reason
why no relief can be expected from the
President's party is this: The Repub
lican party is owned by the trusts.—
Chicago American.
1
"The Republican party," says Secre
tary Shaw, "never attempts to defeud
a tariff schedule, but does defend tho
protective principle." Since tho tariff
schedule Is the practical application of
the protective principle, Secretary
Shaw's assertion amounts to a confes
sion that his party is standing for a
principle that when reduced to prac
tice is incapable of defense.—Rochester
(N. Y.) nerald.
getting
drunk. Drinking should be done by
single men who liave 110 family to re
quire their easli. You ought to have re
mained single, then the damage you nre
doing would full upon you alone. Go
liomc aud think it over."
Hllsa.
Larry—llefore they wor morrled com
pilmlnts used to pass between them.
Denny—Yes, aud uow ut's flat-olrons
»wn rollln' plus, "j
'1&
In Chicago.—"Will you marry mo?",
"What! again!"—Judge.
Tho Trust Principle.—It Ib cnslor to*
rob a million of men of a dollar cactu
than to rob one mnn of a million.—
Life.
Sir*. Jones—"I always tlilnk twlcos
before I speak once, sir!" Mr. Jonos
(sighing)—"Exactly, Murla—but you'ro's
such a quick thinker!"—Pnck.
Mistress (to newly-engaged cook)—..
"And uow, what shall wo call you?"
Cook—"Well, mum, me name Is Ber
tha, but me friends all calls me Birdie."-
Swapping confidences: May—"I hear
Belle had a great talk with Harry out
on tho beach." Clara—"I should say
she did. Why, even her tonguo Is sun
burned."— Ex.
Haste nccesRary: Assistant (In men
agerie) "Sir, It rains!" Keeper—:
"(Jood heavens! Don't waste a min
ute, but take in that zebra. Ills color
runs."—Tld-Blts.
If the people who can't wrlto had
the bruins of those who can, nnd thoso
who can had the skill of thoso who
can't, what a glorious literature wo
would soon have.—Ex.
Mrs. Illram OfTen—"What made you
leave your last place?" The Cook Lady
'Tis Insultln' ye are, ma'am. Nothln'
could ever make me l'avc, ma'am. Ol
go whin Oi plazes."—Philadelphia
Press.
Lieutenant—"Don't you know enough
to salute your superior officer?" New
Sentry—"I did, sir." Lieutenant—"t
failed to see you." Sentry—"I said,
'Hello, there!' but I guess you didn't
hear me."
Kitty—"D'ye r'aly love me, Dlnny?
Denny—"Do Ol love ye? Faith, Kit
ty, Ol'd do annything to live wld yo
the r!st av me lolfe, avon If Ol knowed
'twould kill me this minute."—Phila
delphia Press.
Mrs. Bcnham—"It's hard on the peo
ple of Greenland to lmvc nights six
months long." Benham—"Yes. Just
think of tho sufferings of the poor mnn
whoso wife's mother drops In to spend
tho evening."—Bazar.
Cosey—"Did ye go (jvter t' see Kel
ly lasht nolght?" Costlgan—"Ol did
not. Attlier Ol'd walked two-thirds av
ocratic complaint agalust the unbridled I
freedom enjoyed by these combinations til" way Ol was too tired t' go a shtep
to plunder the people. further, so Oi turned round an' walked
That is a great Republican advance bnek home again."—Judge.
upon Mr. Ilnnna's position during tlie I "Brother, don't you know If you
Presidential campaign of 1000: "There swear at those mules you won't get to
arc not trusts." And upon Mr. Hnnna's Paradise?" "Yes, paweon but If I
announcement made only a few weeks don't swear at tlicm I won't get to tho
ago that "the only monopolies we have
Cnd
of the row, and that's the impor-
iu this country are those protected by innt thing nt present."—Philadelphia
patents." Itecord.
It would be gratifying to hear from "Ves, count, In all the park there la
Mr. Itoosevelt oil the tariff aud on tho ,!0 pinoe I like so well as under this
Coal Trust, but his speeches uevertlic-
0ia,
old tree. (Sighing sentimentally.)
less are excellent iu spirit, so far as ••There arc tender associations, you
they go. ice." "Alia! I comprehend, mam'selle.
Yet no relief from trust monopoly vou have yourself planted tho tree!"
and trust robbery can be looked for Punch,
from the President's party, which, I uls choice jury: Lawyer Brief-"I
while he is making Ills popular
of yours Is on. Jury
yet?" Lawyer Skinner—"Yea,
ifs
a
splendid one." Lawyer
lirlef—'"Above the average In Intelli
gence, eh?" Lawyer Skinner—"No
wny below it."—Philadelphia Press.
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Mrs. Doolau—"Only think, Mrs. Gro*
gnu, that great Plaulpounder has prac
ticed so hnr-rd at the piauny for tho
lasht six months that he has pnraloysed
two fingers." Mrs. Grogan—'"Regorrali,
that's nothing, Mrs. Dot lan. Me daugh
ter, Mary Ami, has practiced so hard
for the lasht six months that she's par
aloyzed two plannles.^
ICxcitcd Fisherman (to country hotel
keeper)—"There Isn't a bit of fishing
about here! Every brook has a sign
warning people off. What do you mean
by luring anglers here with the prom
ise of fine fishing?" Hotel Keeper—,4I
didn't say auythlng about fine fishing.
If you rend my advertisement careful
ly, you will see that what 1 said was
•Fishing unapproachable.'
"Archibald, dear," his wife raid,
arousing htm "In tho dead of night/'
."I wish you would walk baby a little
while. He's going to wake up." "How
can I do that, Luelndn?" expostulated
the sleepy husband. You know I've
got the ping-pong ankle." "Then put
him in his cradle and rock him a while."
"I can't do that, either. I've got tho
golf shoulder."—Boston Courier.
The blood of the soldier: "I suppose,
colonel," said the beautiful grass
widow, "that there often nre moments
when you wish you were again on the
battle field, thrilled by the roar aud
fired by the excitement of war." "Yes,"
ho answered, looking uroynd eagerly
for au nvenue of escape, and seeing
hone, "even now the old feeling comes
back to inc."—Chicago Record-Herald.
An appreciation: A man went with
his wife to visit her physlclau. The
doctor placed a thermometer iu tho
woman's mouth. After two or three
minutes, Just as the physician was
about to remove the Instrument, tne
man, who was not used to such a pro
longed spell of brilliant silence on the
part of Ills life's part tier, said: "Doc
tor, what will you take for that thing."
—muits.
Floor-walking: Head floor-walker
(severely)—"I heard you tell the ludy
she would find the ribbons nt the third
counter to the left." New floor-walk
er—"That's where they are." Head
floor-wnlker—"Yes: hut you should
have told her to go to the right past
the necktie bargain-counter, turn to the
left past the stocking hargalu-counter,
then three counters to the right past
tho shirt-waist umrgaiu counter, nnd
so on. lou 11 uever make a floor*
walker."—Judge.
Chinamen as Debt loJgors.
New Year time In China is always
fruitful of llres. It is tlie Chinese cus
tom that all debts must be liquidated
by the end of the yenr. Failure to da
so means utter ruin of one's credit
It frequently liapiieim that a Chinaman,
seeing disgrace Ktlirlug hi ill in tlie face,
will set firo to ills house and thus plead
to his creditors, 'How could I pay?
The gods have destroyed mv home. Aslt
the gods for tlie money.-' In this way,
if not detected, honor Is saved and
credit unimpaired.
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nuilo
"What makes you call your
Plug Pong*'1
"It 'minds uie of de happy days when
I was workiu foil seme dem select
gemmen at de club, answered Mr.
Krastus Plnkley. "When Is drivhi*
dnt mule 1 has to intk to him Jes about
do same as dem geiumen was plav do
game."—'Washington Star.
When a larmcr comes to towu on cir
ens day. aud the parade d«»\sirt suit
him up a ml y.oj'i home.
mo p'joplr ahvavs insist on !*mk
injj at dead man, uecuuse hoV
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