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afes lb $l)e CDcmocrat. «fmm s.C •lis ?8r BRONSON & CABE, Publisher*. MANCHESTER, IOWA. Translated fiction !s like pressed flow ers. ^i-,"V^', 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, 1 1 4,I 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 ••mmm L.A 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 & se£ ,-rf* 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. H&t «. U9«k *3{ .*®f34 Wi T' 1 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 lau u" sre, 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 tfu18 cily a kind of levee. The iu- Hero tlie mmmm ktstis'«v OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS Yi Hi v. 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- ,1 1 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. *Z A'^r 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, .lUJMWPHI •*W" 11 s, 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 mm rXjSSStftjA v~ a i. S?£f POLITICS a sag jyi. [HJ i(puiuiiog||jpp|j|j mm* OF THE DAY 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. 4 It 4 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. IW $sP II It nfi J* ?X A Peculiar Nuiiie. 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 M. rve*