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THE TRIBUNE.
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THIS TIlIIIUNr. 1'IIINTIMO CO.
A. SI. KKADIK, Mnrln Editor.
UONTQOMUllY.
Missouri.
THE BROKEN GUITAR.
BALLADE.
In the duit of a lone corner l Ins
Wbere letter aro piled b the wall,
Where no aour.d save of echoea repl-rloa;
Cornea ever from garret or halt,
And there light through r.o caieinent un
fall.
Not even the gleam of lUr,
Remote, and unheeded by all.
la rlbbonlei , broken guitar.
And at duek ae the eunset If drlnir
The crlckete wee aentlne's call,
Like aentrlea their challengea crying,
Shrill piping from crevlcet email,
And the Kind from the poplar-treea' fall
Creaka rfoora that are (landing ajar,
While fading In tvtllliht'a dim pall
la a rlbbonleie. broktn guitar,
AM where now la the bold lover alghlng
Who danced long ago at the bill
With Ita mlelrfM, ami brooked no denying
A klta when he folded her hwlt
Ilia love-letter here, 'lit scrawl
What ahadone we vain mortata aret
Since all that ealita to recall
la a rlbbonleff, broken guitar.
ENVOY.
K1 Time held them bolh In hie thrall
Through daa that have faded afar.
And what there la left, after all.
la rlbbnnleea. broken guitar.
Knell Mr(lafte)', In Woman'a Home
Companion.
OF BOOKS AND LOOKS
n v ii. x. '.M'ii:i.n.
For ten jcars .Mr. (J. Hcintng Mag
mi", of Philadelphia, had been a
writer for t!ie Icecr magazines, lie
wrote short stories nml essajs and
font them to the editor in the hope
they would lo accejitcd. His tutnp
Mil wit large. Still j-ersevcrancc, a
mild i ii t on t io ii nnd knowledge dug
from tilt' onctclopidias will tell in
time. Hi incept oil manuscripts in
creased in number. Till jicrkitl him
up. Il; started a 1 Mtik oecnunt of
moderate dimensions. Nothing
maki n Minn to luarc it n Imnk ac
count. Ami lie joined two or three
"literary clubs" wherein he was a
"linn," lile hcioctaclciI ladies Mi
carnifij;' as'tired him that they hail
read his nrtlclo in the "tallies' Fire
side Instructor'' on "Uvcry Woman
Her Own Dehnrtc," anil It wa"love
ly." 'J'lii?. jilcaied Mr.Magnuahnost
a Hindi u tliil tho editor's check.
Jle was n slender man, with drooping
ihouldc , mild lihto fjc. nml a atttly
Vniulyki beard. When "lionized
ho uuil to tu it this bcinl intoa shnri
point nml stab himself upon hi nap
row shirt front. Though hi legs
were wolilily mid his feet large, hi
"hurt was in thcrluht place." This
lie knew from the fact that when
sturtlcd hy it Hidden noise it "heat
thick nml ijuick, like n madman on a
drum.
A boisterous doctor came up I
hind him. slaijieil him on thoihoul
lcr and howled:
"Maggy, old man, how 'rethchnital
editor men.'
The heart, which wit in the right
pine. , hegnn thumping. Magnus
wheeled and faced him, wrath in hit
tmlo ejei.
.11 .1,. l..l I., !...., II... UM.,,,,,1- '
1 lllfei'liuiv iwirv.lllivi, uf.j ,
he snapped. "It really is not my
name." Tlun hi thin, delicate hand
went to hit left aide.
"It's nil right, Magnus," the doitor
Mid. "lieu pardon, on look oier
worked. Take a hit of fret1 advice:
(iunwiiy somewhere and re.t."
It was earlv summer aUtllhc'niim
her of tin literary clubs, the fashion-
nhles mid the iruichers were Hitting
The bank wa lieiilihy. Magntn
lonkeil over the papery. Anlong a
thou-and wlvirti-cmcnts of jilaecs
"with nil the comfor,U'of a home,
his eye win. taught hy n mention of
Harper - hirrv. n, lie n'ked aliout
it and twi told It wns in.it good conn
try, wiih pure air, farm, food', trout
fishing mid iheaiincss. That scemi-d
to suit. Ne.vt afternoon ho alighted
from a dilnpitatcd buggy In front of
"(Iritssdtno farm house. .Shadow
lay deep on the alley. Tho l'otomac
rolled grandly totheioutli. The hills
were blue, save upon their Hiunniti
which wero crimsoned hy the thing
sun. Itoiii thoafarcamc the drowsy
tinkle of a cow hell. A slow w ind
lirought tho scent of fresh field iinil
flowers, hooking from his whitlow
over the met ping river, Magnus said
''Here Ii ieit. 1 do not want Jiti
man companionship. A cultivated
mind livedo only itself. Surrounded
by these eternal lulls, amid which
dwell a simple people, solitude should
bring happiness. Their wajs arc not
my wav, their souls arel half-dcvel
oned. hut we need not elicit."
He fell readily into tpo habits of
the household. It consisted of Mrs.
Loudoun, a silver-haired widow, her
granddaughter, Amanda (Loudoun,
brewn-ejed girl of 18, with a delicious
tigure, a mass of lirown hair unu
frank smile, and a man of all work
who ute enormously and said never a
word. The two women gave him no
conhdciie'-", for which he-was grate
lul. u was forced to tulyvi, ,lhat
their manners .were perfect, hut set
this down to Innate female refine
ment. They mode no cITort at nil to
entertain him. lie uiid his moderate
bills and kept himself to himself.
lie discovered n boat in it small house
which stood by the river and tired to
pull laboriotMly a half-mile up the
stream of evenings, then lloat lazily
down. The heart, which was in the
right place, began to show some dis
position to stay steady when sudden
noises came.
In two weeks, how cter, he realized
that a cultivated mind needs some
thing more thanitself. Ilcwasbored.
Furthermore, his conscience op
pressed him. He told himself that
he was ungenerous in withholding
himself from these two lonely women,
who knew nothing of hooks, society,
cities or the great world without. He
was not conscious of a deelre to al
leviate the lonelines of -Mrs. 1)U-
doun, hut he thought the girl would
iniiVove mightily by converse with a
man of his cultivated abilities and ex
periences, she was plump, anil tier
weight in the boat made the rowing
more dilhcult, hut he endured the ex
tra labor for the pleasure of niching
her intellect cxpandlikciillower. lie
noticed that in the half-light of the
irginian evenings she was a singu
larly prcttv girl, nor could he see that
she lost any of her attract heness in
t lie full light of day. She listened
to his talk of books with every ap-
H-ar.incc of interest. He found all
it comment apt, and some nf them
shrewd, lie felt the unconscious
charm of her innocence.
One evening, three weeks after the
beginning of their friendship, she as
sumed guidance of tho conversation.
It wa done in a spirit of mischief, but
the eves of (I. Homing Magim did
not sin it. He lacked the perceptive
faculty. She astonished him much
bv a sound, if not brilliant, mono
logue upon the Klizabclhan poets as
coinp.ircd with tlio-e of the earlier
era mid, in n mild diseiis'iou of tho
reputed authorship of the Shake
iiM-aredii plats, wnrstid him badly
She eaiil thi-v were the work of Sir
Walter Ihileigh during his IK years
of confine mi til in theTuucrof lion-
don. Xext day she hulled him Into
ti part of the home he had not visited,
introduced him In it sitting-room,
furnished plainly but In perfect taste,
scaled herself at mi old but tuneful
piano and phiieil for him, with feel
lug nnd forte, selections from llee-
thoveii, lloznrl, Mi'iiili'ls-ohti, Chopin,
Venll, Donizetti, Wiigner. Do Koten,
.Millard. Sulllwin and "Dave lira-ham,
The l'hihidtlphian dimlv recog-
nlzul that he might po'sibly have
eeu guilty of underestimating the
simple farming family. A little latir
lie begun to liolt! her in his thoughts
and to speak of hrr, when on his ram
bles. as a "INitonuic roe."This was a
li.nl sign. In nil his 110 wars ho had
seen no one like her, so simple, so tin-
aifieted, mi sympathetic, so beautiful
1 tii was n worse eign. lie measured
mentally the height of his bank ne
count mid found it stillli'icnl. This
was the woM sign of all.
lie laid his approache Ith what
he Conceived to' In' ciiiieiimmiite art.
In his story, "Hi art in Heart at Kvin-
i:.t.." ....I.M-1.V..1 i..ii. i.i..i..i: .
liuv, iMimiMU'w III llir miu'ruiuit-v
lleaeon Light," theru was a steiut in
HliKh Lord Itannlil tie ( holoinonde
Itv had said to Uidy Itlniiehe do
(.'oiirtni v: "I lute miii wildly, mail
ly, pasinn.itelys W'.ur Jjiig has en-
tertd into my being. Astlieilendrni
trenihles in.lne .llowet-clialice, , so
treml'ile my ou In your beauteous
prtriiice. lie mine be mine and
there shall be no mid, no stars, northe
op.il-lintcd Jioight" nf he.tveit,. nur
Mif crimsoned nm -e- ol lien. I liero
shall bu in the wide uiilvtrec only
von." He thought this rather line
and woiideieil linn it would sound it
softly, )ct inli'iircly. spoken aiiud tho
intirmur of 1'otilmite wuters, down
rolling to tho sen.
It was late In the September nf
18'Jri. There was a slight chill In the.
nir. The girl, wrapped in sninn lleeey
light etiilr, rat, n wa herciietnin, in
the stern of the little boat, which
made no eiiuid us it drifted. Ill the
uiomilight herhrouu eyes looked like
jewels. ISclmv them shone the win
dow of the fat m bouse. .Not it word
had been spoken for hdlT-lionri. Q
Hem ni: Jlauntis said:
'.Mi! .Loudoun, .ylicn I eatne-horo
I thought you ignorant country folk,
1 know now what u fool 1 wne. 1 niuil
go to-morrow, nnd it makes mo sad
I can't-bear'tb think' that 1 Will never
see you iignhi. 1 liiivo nuier told you
that I lovo you, but I do eincerely
Yoiiiiiustlinveseenit. Will you mar
rv me:
She did not answer. She had
grown suddenly pale And wa staring
intently at -.the-.landing, then not s
hundred jards away, Sudde-nly sho
clasped iierliands anil n wave olcrim
iQU-.rgio muf.nce. ,AJippy smilf
curled her lips. Then she gazed
earnestly at her companion.
"1 have not Seen it," she said, grave
ly. "Forgive me, Mr. .Magnus, but I
cannot marry joij-''
In silence he picked tip the cars.
I'ho prow of tho boat grated upon the
shore. As the girl stepped lightly to
land she was taken into the arms of a
tall, voting fellow in khaki uniform.
Sho stuiil there a full five minutes,
hllc Magnus stood nwkwnrtlly by.
rhen she turned, saying:
"1 Ins is -Mr. I.andon. He Iiashcen
at Santiago. We have been engaged
for two rears."
Xtxt spring (1. Iteming Magnus
rote a book which is hi its one hun
dred and fiftieth thousand. His
heart has gone into it. Its name is
(Jucen Hose of a Ilosebuii Harden.'
SENT UP FOR THREE MONTHS.
A Flinch Penotorlil'a Visit to a House
of Collection.
Several years ago 1 was unwitting
ly the instrument nf sending nn in
telligent Frenchman to the house of
correction on a three months sen
tence. It happened in this wav:
Witli several newspaper men 1 wa
sitting in the central police station
lien there entered n rather genteel
ly dri-scd man, who did not seem to
understand a word of Knglish. He
addressed the magistrate in French,
anil that otllciiil immediately asked:
Anvone here who speaks hrench?
One uf the boys e.ild. jokingly: "The
Littler does. "Do mi? ' asked the
Judge. 1 replied that 1 understood
little uf the language. "Well." be
said, "sie w lint the gentleman wants.'
I turned to him and said: "Juc
miiiIc! voiisir" In reply he rattled oil
lot of word, but all I could catch
wns "Mahon do Correction." 1 told
his honor that thu man wanted logo
tu Hie linu-i' of correct inn, and at nin e
the inagitrutc, lemarking:"! gucee 1
can accommodate him, wrote nut
n self-commitment for three months
nnd handed it to the man, who then
departed. It was thin the winter
n itsiin, mid nothing more w thought
of the matUr, as it was not unusual
for persons to have theuisiliee coin-
milled to the institution.
1 learned afterward that the man
took his commitment to the correc
tion, mid was immediately attired in
one of the striped suits mid placid hi
it cell, lie nllcicd no particular o
position, hut thought that the pri
future wii one of the lobulations. Ills
minds missed him, however, nnd a
general alarm wns sent out that night
to all the police stations. Thu next
morning he was toned with break
fust along with the ot In. r inmntes,
mid eeemiil lo enjoy the expirienee.
Hie magistrate at the reliltnl was
isked whither he knew 'iinwhing
nlmiit tlie case, and he n called having
sent to the correction the previous
day n man wlioanwcrcd t lie descrip
tion. His friends elaited pot husle
for the iiirlit ut inn, nnd found their
missing Biie-t wicphig one of the
corridors. Kxplamilions followed,
and the man was Minn nleiiitl. It
sot ins he came hiro to e 1 ml v thc-ui-
riotK penal iii-lilulion, and what he
wanted when bo called mi theiuiigis
tmto was a petlnil to visit the correc
tion. As one of Ins friends said sub'
Vcipii'iitly. he w'fli rather ptensed than
uiiiirwiei- ni me opportunity ni is
ccrlniiiiug by personal experience the
iiii'iiioik iii nir iii i ins iniiitiiiii'ii.
I'hiliidelphhi l..dger.
A HEMAniCABLE ENGRAVINO.
Kaztlth Thiee-reany Piece That Has
Orer Live 'Himired Wcids.
The lord provost at I'crth luii ju.t
couiiileiiil ii work of special intertil
t.in one ruie oi ii fiiiiiii piniiiie ol
gold tiiesixoof irthricpenny piuohe
has engraved: ( I ) ThcTi u t omnium!
incuts; ri) the llcillitllde, ns in Milt
thiw v., a-ltl; (II) thu Lord's l'rater;
(I) Xuinbers vi, a 1-2(1, and (.') the
IMxology.
There' are 'I."! separate lines
of lettering, S'i versie of Scripture
.'I 'J ecpnrate word' uuil UA'i'i letteie
On tho other side of the tiny plaque
is engraved, within a circle of about
half the diamtjer, the profile-nf the
Saviour, eopitd from the portrait re
portl.il to hate been git on to I'niu! In
line cut VIII. by tho Sultan Ilajazct
London Mail.', '
A Widow's Chaimi.
In a milling centir eumi K(J miles
from Coolgardie, in western Austra
1 in, n carpenter died, mid his widow
had oilers uf marriage from'the doe
tor.krio attcndid-lli)) dcciased, 'the
itmhrtokcr, the clergyuiaii who read
the burial service, the local apothe
uirv who made up the inidicines pre
scribid for the -departed and thecui
Indian of the cemetiry where he was
inteircd; likewise from about a score
ot mine managers and miners. She
did not accept one of thcitiitorsTand
iepartid-fi)r. her home in Mdbourne
BREVITIES OF FUN.
The eagle is only half as dear ip
the American heart as the double
eagle is. Chicago Daily Xcws,
He "Do vott know, I am fixing
lo fall in love withyoii."She "Well,
be careful. The initn I marry will
havv.to be pretty wellllxtd." Smart
Set.
Mrs. Dash 'Maims, 1 have been
asked to join the Women's Improve
ment asociatlon." Mr. Dash 'Tut
on your hat and go at once, my dear."
Syracuse Herald.
"1 was awfully troubled with in
somnia last night." "Arc you sure it
wns insoiuninr "Why shonldn t I
be sure? 1 was wide awake at tho
time." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Trying to Kx plain It. "lseothat
the only female barber in Xew Haven
ti said to hate eloped with n cus
tomer. "He must have hod an at
tracting mug." Cleviland I'lain
Dealer.
Towne "Xurich Inn begun to
blow about his family tree lately."
mow nc "es, lie s just discovered
that ho had one." Towne "Hut. is
It any good" Ilrow ne "As trt es go,
)c. I believe H e rather shady.
Philadelphia Press.
Taken Seriously Now. Hunker
1 used to get considerable amuse
ment out of golf. Aseiini "AM
Then you don't play any more?"
Hunker " es. indeed. I was refer
ring to the time before 1 began to
jlay." Philadelphia Press.
Citizen "Madam, why dovou per
sist in punching me with our um
brella: .Madam "I want to make
you look around so 1 can thank you
for giving me vnur seat. .Now, sir,
lon't go oil mid say (hat women
haven't niiv manners." Tiov Times.
THE SLAVE'S CHANCE.
Opportunities of Itondmen and IIonA
women In Northern Mjtrla.
Smartness, wisdom, brilliancy in
conversation, remarkable pusonal
courage, stntiire, or strength me the
luulitifs that serve beet to lever tho
liiillcrlnvc into n liiorolokraMce'tntc
than that of the ordinary slate, but
i ten then-, compariitivily speaking,
rare endowment, inii-t hate oppor
tiinity to their hand or they go fot
little. A man iiiuv have thu heart
of a lion mill the stienglh of n bull,
it avail, him nothing if he hapiiens
to be bought by n potteting Utile
luulder mid sit lo gathering mud,
but if ho fall into the hands uf pow
er, dhtinetinn Is pnihlc.
Women hate much mole evtn
chance'. A girl of ordinary appear
an co may, hy bearing n man child to
her master, rise lo the rank of sail
ilaku, or privihgid concubine, with
position mid rights secund only lo
tlm.c uf the lignl wife or wiles, in
deed superior if these happen to have
lieen luirren, nptl with the distinct
adiantnge that shc.ciuiuut be siibee
nuentlv Mild It is not nlwnis llicel
sury ivm to be prilly tu attract he
ileliauclicil attention nf the Sudan
ese magnate; ninny ii pug-faced dam
eel Of more than ordinatilv annual
nppiaramo lirts' by, way of the slave
market slipped fropi the nnkid ibuk-
nir of her unlive village and n nigged
loin cloth in the silks nnd inlinsnlu
ruler s, harem; nnd mine, with un l.el
tor claim tu aihaiiculient than a pair
of what wehoiilil Call in a hou.
raggi d hip-, inula w addling gait, Ihim-
liyuiue.frie, popular it nliu n iifirn
erty. hhupire Itniew.
' DEMON REPENTANT.
A Pretty Ugtai That lln Been Copltl
from a Syiun Manuscript.
' A 'demon onto pri-icnlul liiuiroil
in the 1iiii of a human being to the
cii'tniluiii of an i astern inouaslerj.ri
ipitsling to he ndmitlcd nlaalnmatu
of that linly institution. The ctifv-
todiuii look n fancy to the stronger,
nml prevailed upon the ahhnttugrnnt
the nonet. During his stay at th
monastery the demon performed all
kinds of wonderful things, thus cans.
lug the monks lu iiilstilui whether'
tin Ir new associate wan nt all bunion
They nt Inst Hindu holdtnnthht-sshiin
I It ii -: '"If IhiiU art nn nngel, we an
no! fit to live under (he sumo roof
with thee; but if thou art an evil spirit
It 1 not safe for us to harbor thee any
longer." The demon ,lhe n told them
his true story, and in, doing so cor.
iiiccil tin. in of the reality of his re
peiitniiio and of his desire ul bo rc
ccitcil miiong the saved: uponhisie
nuest the monk, riieul- three tliva In
i . - -, j -. ---
continuous intrretssion for the sal
vation 'of their visitant; At (ho end
of the tlihe daw n glorious light np
ticiirtil hefore the s-iippliciius.
company u( angels tinging the iirnitea
of Uod Kefe sein alnld the spreading
glory, and tho whilom demon was res
erved amid the rejoicing ot tlieui-av
cily host, In w ln.se conipsnj hotpok
Ids llight to Ileaien Notii the!1
-Quiiles
PUZZLE PICTURE.
-I u nn .Miiirui ii:iii: iniMiti tiii: unit i aimiin nr.s,ri,Kai.-'
ii 111:111: 11 tiii: unit t
WEBSTER'S COLLEGE DAYS.
Was Studious and Vetjr Ketular la Itsblts
llli Kailjr ElCfiuencs.
None of the biographies of Daniel
W'eheter has tery nitiili In sat about
his school ilnis or his college life.
Chough lie w as looked upon a a leader
in his cla's al D.irtiuiiiith, where thu
evnteiiary of his graduation was cclc-
br.iled. II seem tn k pretty general
ly agreed that he did not c-ii-i inlli
ilislhiguih himsilf as 11 schului, ani
that the high isteeui in which hi wi. !
held by his ehie.uuilee wa largo!) due 1
to his hearing toward his fellows mid I
his gnat powernsnspeakir.
This faculty uf hnppilvniid nndilt ,
expre-ing linn-elf was the un i
notable cluirHeterisllc pruphelie of
t he mini into w hicli he w as to del 1 lop.
His family had faith in him faith
that he would some day do something
and be somibody, but the bare narra
tive of his college daw nads like Ihu
nirratlie nf the life of nianv another
buy nt college. Then1 is aim in his
biogiiiphii-K 11 notable lack of spnght-
uiiicdnttn nnd tales of college
srraics, with which the biographies
of great men usually abound. Km 11
old graduates of Daitmoulh can re
member few Wtb-ler traditions ami
the one best rciiiiiubereil recalls his
del ruction of his diploma at tho I inm
of his graduation. This one of his
clasui,ite denies,
Webster a 11 student was studious,
punctual nml regular in nil his habits
and this tudinii.no, mid regularity
account for the hick nf innro-intcictt-
ing information concerning him at
the time.
Daniel Weh.tiriutered Dartmouth
college in It'.IT, wlien hewa I "i tears
old. It was only by great saerillies
made by his family that Hie menus
were piotided for his education.
In rrgnrd lo his simile, while it is
tnnftliat ho wns sttiiliiiiip.hUniiiilien-
(ion wn rnthefnlong lines ehoM'ii hv
liim-olf than tlin.e'laid down bv th
college nulhnritins. lie wa passion-
aleh fund nf icadniL'. and he lead the
hi st I'higlhh.houk' of hi liuie, hut ill
lie ot Tin .Indies he use lai-Miitf,
notably in (irst)!; and uiathematiis.
Hy this wide Ikuni of reiuling. hi-
gained cNten.fto knowledge, hut lie
did not lot e leat uing fur barniiig's
sake, nml was, jlicicfoie. not 11 rrhohir
hi tlje narrow aeeejitnijee uf the womI.
It was in his junior tear Hint his
wonderful junior of ehiijueuee began
Id bo noted. He wns a member of
thel'niltil fraternity, an organization
which gate him all the opportunity
uiedeil to excrche his iwcrs of
speech, and he made good usu of his
opportunities, llegaimd consider
able distinction as a debater, mid at
the close of this yiar was considered
tin bet writer nnd sjHdker in the
col le v. .
"He tin nicii-loiurd," snld one of
hi ih'-iiuite-, "lo arrange his
thought, in hi mind, in his room or
In. private walks. nml to put (hi in on
o.ip, r ju-i befoie the exercise was
c.dled foi. Win 11 he wns rni u i red In
Spink nl two ii'ilotk he would fie
iiii'iitl) begin lo write nfter dinner,
nnd when the bell rang lie would fold
his paper, itil it in his pocket mid go
hi and sjienk with gnat ease, hi Ids
movements he was rather slow and
deliberate, except when his fi clings
were nroii-od; Unit his whole soul
would kindle Into llnuie."
Said another uf hi classmates:
"V used to listen tu liim with thu
deepest interest and nspict, and no
one ever thought of i'iU.iling the
vigor nnd How of his eloiutnce."
Maticlieter(X. II.) L'nluii.
Noises Which Attract Soakss.
It is n curious fact that lime in
certain kinds of 110l.es which at tract
snakes. For Instance, the whirr of
the mow lug machine, instead of scar
ing these reptiles, or might be sup-
jigscd, seems both tu allure nml en
rage them, mid they inmost invarlililv
dart towards it, tearing theliiselvis
in front of the machine, which, of
coiir.e. promptly chop. olT their
heads. In six month. 111 in any n.
'U) eolirai nloile hiue thus been
slaughtered on a grass farm in India
Counterbalance,!.
The pride men iaiu In felling ot
the money they have -hllined It
uii,iled only by that of woniin hi tell
ing what tliey-have' tau'dtrlndian-
ojini; Xiws.1''' -..
1 ' tVonuneUllon. ' '
The illilenite llifil often has pro-
lionnceil idni', bin tiny" fire v'ouie-J
times iiibiroiiotincid. PMIadelphTa
lieeoril. .. ' ..
Why. Go ve it n-
By A H NO U D WH'lTD,
'niiloUCrlgllBri JoupnalUt."
. ' The fundamental object fur which a government exists ii to do '
those thine, (or the citizens which they cannot do for themselves,
CIJ I lK OF TII KS lv
flH'N(1S 'AftlJ l';i)UCATIO.V
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The educational nyiftcins bf '
nianv iLllioni arc farbcIoVthu1 '
standard 'iccc'ssarj 'jo a strict-in-tcrist-tftatlent'
of rivcriiiucntal
ilu'tv. In the list i-lnclaiiil. .slnntU
third from the hoilimi, Sjiaht and Russia only beliif; h'plow-her, while
wc 'mrtst clasi the United States at the toj), ' 1
In ninny nnfioir, the vvorshij) of the -fetich of the classics lias
stunned the intellect of -tho ruling cla$se( ami plirticularly so in KtVg- f
land. "Throughout tiic P.riiish Isles science' i-T'ifespisCerf'THlv S'oS'S. ,
OF TMI-: POOR ARK TAUGHT ONhV KNOL'OH TO HiVAIH.,15
THK.M TO Ilj-yr ON' HORSES WHICH TIIIiY llAVIJ NEVER
SFIiN, AN 15 TO R1CAD OF' LUXURIF.S.'FOR 'WHICH THEY
LONG, HUT CANNOT ATTAIN'. '
It is the eihiption of a country that ilctcriiiincs thenature 'of its
tlcir.risc nuiHIic character of its administration. If. education is faulty,
defense is Ineffective. Stclnjs Rrc-at cpntriluilipn to'I'rtusiau jiVogress '''
vv.n the recognition of the. fact. tlnl citable Hcharnjiorst to rcfotdi'thf? ''
army, Kefirm rests witli tjie sqltoohuastcr, not the politician.
' The real greatness, of . any nation KESTg ON..TRUf i6eAS,'1
no't on a large army, not on rieju-.incit, not on big territories. Many
of the nttlpni of Hit; work! in fact' I iniRlit say a-majority of 'the na
ti.ons of tlie world fail In these things, and where they flil .1 sr.y em-.,
jlhatically that oycr.iiineiit.. are failures. I say tliisjiot from. 1 lie same .
.vicwipoint of the iiirrrchislfliiit fr'fcm that of'.V patriotle'citizon anxious
toisec all-governments perform that duty for which they' arc created.
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