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77?e Coming Slavery
Federal Regulation Working Toward FuU
fitment oj Spencer's Prophecy.
Zy Raymond.
JiK prophetic chapter, "The Coming Slavery" in Herbert
Spencer's work "The Man Versus tho S"tate" may lu the
light of recent events, be paraphrased as follows:
Tho numerous chances made to establish federal regu
lation of business enterprises, and others about to be made,
will all merge by and by Into stato socialism.
But why may this change be described as "The Coming
Slavery?" The reply is simple. Nearly all important busi
ness (enterprises are conducted through Incorporalea associ
ations or Individuals, regulated under thu laws of their locality. Millions
of voters are employed by them.
Stato socialism Involves slavery. That which fundamentally distinguishes
a slave is that he labors under coercion to satisfy another's desires. Suppose
thi- tor a master we substitute the president. Does it make any difference?
It matters not to the slave whether his master is a private Individual or an
elective ruler.
To establish an army of classified federal officeholders with power to
discipline capital and its labor, liable to "removal for the good of the ser
vice and authorized by departmental construction of federal laws to bind or
loose, is to give supreme power to chiefs of bureaus appointed and removable
at will by the president for refusal to obey his orders. This is centralization
of power over every person so employed.
It would need but a war or some Internal discontent such as a strike
against wages fixed by a federal bureau to transform at once the proposed
"highly centralized plan of government to protect the interests o the peo
ple into a grinding tyranny like that of an ancient Peru, under which the
people, controlled by graded otlicials, leading lives that were Inspected out
of doors and indoors, labored for the support of the power which regulated
them, and were left a bare subsistence for themselves.
The belief not only of the state socialists but of the "New Federalists,"
who are diligently preparing the way for them, is thaf-by political cunning
a scheme may be framed into a system to control all enterprises; with it
the subsistence and votes of labor.
It Is a delusion. There is no political alchemy by which you can remain
free in a republic controlled by one man power.
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Region of Bear Men
Signs Are That It Is Spreading Every Year,
Jind Men Are Increasing in Value.
Ey Prof. E.
HERE are signs that
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market. In what time a babe grows to manhood, the birth
rate of Italy has fallen a tenth, of Hungary an eighth, of
Germany and Holland a seventh, of France and Scotland a
sixth, of England a fifth. But not from hard times, mark
you. For why should the baby crop of Australasia have
shrunk a third? Why should the proportion of children
among Americans have fallen a quarter in 40 years? No
symptom of pressure, this, but of release release of wom
: :
en from the home "sphere," of wives from the yoke of husbands, of married
couples from the injunction to "Increase and miltlply." The unlooked-for
promptness with which the millions have developed a sense of responsibility
in this matter of family bids us hope for a Golden Age when the specter of
overpopulation will be laid forever.
Tell a Celestial gentleman of a myriad of Chinese wiped out by plague
or flood and you get the bland comment, "Plenty Chinamen left!" Such con
tempt is natural wherever overbrecdlng has cheapened humanity. In the
teeming Orient common people seem as little considered as clay pigeons at
the shooting traps. Being a grasshopper' in the eyes of others, the individual
ends by being a grasshopper in his own eyes. Hence, In the east, pessimistic
religion, crouching obedience to rulers, wifely submission, subordination of
eelf to family or community, frivolous suicide, meager philanthropy. The
west, on the other hand, is already the region of dear men; with a slacken
ing output of babies, human beings will become still dearer. The Black
Death, by sweeping away a third of the English people in the 14th century,
bo enhanced a man's worth that serfdom came to an end. On the same prin
ciple, a lighter birth rate will give the common people not only more economic
Talue, but also more social and political value. "The Outlook for Plain Folk"
In Everybody's. '
Qguwi The . . Jbs3Q
Dream Food From Greece
Ey Edward J. Nathan,
United States Consul at Patras, Greece.
ASHISH, that strange
H I iu ooaooiu a UJKIi
l complishes murder is
il Eevmians in a manner
Chinese. It is the product of a plant grown in laree mian.
I titles in the Peloponnesus (southern Greece) in the dls
trlct about Tripolltza, The plant grows to a height of
I ' I about four feet and its branches are thickly covered with
small leaves and studded with tiny seeds.
The entire plant, stalk and branches, Is cut within a few inches of the
root and laid out in the eun to dry. The branches are then rubbed to separ
ate the seeds, and these in turn are ground into a fine powder, which consti
tutes the drug. The drug has the power of Inducing sleep and producing pleas
ant and fantastic dreams. Continued use of hashish renders its devotees wild
and reckless and results, in a complete wreck of their mental and physical
constitution.
For this reason the Egyption government has prohibited the Importation
of the drug and recently entered into a convention with Greece to prevent its
exportation from there to Egypt, where the consumers of hashish are very
numerous. The drug is practically never used in Greece, but is now exported
to the various ports in England, Austria, France and Italy, end from there
much, no doubt, ultimately finds its way to Egypt.
A Guest.
What is the nationality of the Jan
itor of your building?"
"I haven't seen him," answered Mr.
Clrlus Barker. "But, Judging from the
temperature, I should say he was an
Eskimo." Washington Star.
New York city's growth is shown by
the Increased demand on the vfcater
supply which has made it necessary to
furnish 15,000,000 more gallons each
year for the last ten years.
E. Dodge
?
A. Ross
folks will soon case to be a glut In the
drug which has given our language Its
cu Uf IUB arug lial BB 8C-
used by the Persians, Turks and
akin to the una nf nninm h. h
Startling Candor.
"What is the object of your soci
ety?" "You wish the truth?"
"Why, yes."
"To get our names In the papers
as often as possible." Kansas City
Journal.
An attempt to establish a municipal
brewery in Berlin resulted in a disnial
failure. It did plenty of business, but
lost money.
THREE riUEXHS.
Two friends there, with the dark on their
faces,
PreainmR the dark mvnyi
One left lunely, in lonwmie places,
This fide the judgment lny.
Three friends stood where the meway
parted
There, on the ver?e of years;
Ci.e wan left with the brokenhearted,
Deep in tne night of tears.
Memory now like a shost is fittirirr
Here where t lie shadows throng;
Three friends nt a fireside sitting;
Silence and never song.
Three friends still! But the world
will never
Bloom with the old time light:
I go where they dream in the durk forever,
Clad to my. "Good night! " ,
Frank L. fctauton, in Atlanta Consti
tution. ,Miti ,-
THE GOOD RESOLUTION.
By A. G. Greenwood. - -i
"Do tell me what you are doing!"
I ejaculated as I went Into the draw
ing room.
Lady Gwen stretched out a lazy
hand. "I'm awfully busy," she
warned me.
"Never mind," I returned easily.
"Perhaps I can help you."
She laughed and shook her head.
"I'm afraid you couldn't, Mr.
Gray," she remarked, nibbling at the
top of her pencil. '
"It UBed to be Bob sometimes,"
I reminded her.
"Very very seldom!" she ex
claimed indignantly.
"When I was good," I pleaded.
"When I was foolish," laughed
Lady Gwen cruelly.
"Then Mr. Gray be it," I sighed.
"And I suppose I mayn't call you
Gwen?"
"Oh, no," she snld quickly.
She took up the slip of paper which
she had been scribbling on as I came
in and stared at it. "Of course you
mustn't," she added severely.
"May I know what crime I've com
mitted?" I asked humbly.
"You haven't committed any," she
protested, and added a qualifying
"that I know of" as an afterthought.
"But I'm to be punished all the
same?" I queried dismally.
"What nonsense we're talking,"
cried Lady Gwen severely.
"I like it best," I acknowledged.
"Life isn't all fooling," she told
me severely.
"And it isn't or it oughtn't to he
all sour," I retorted. "I think you
might tell me."
"You haven't done anything," she
persisted. "It's me."
"Your grammar emphasizes .your
fault," I observed, "but I'm still in
the dark."
"I told you," she argued, "life's a
serious problem."
"Well?" I ejaculated foolishly.
"Well?" she echoed. "Well? I
want to remember It," she concluded
lamely.
"Gwen," I burst out, "I "
"Please," she reminded me.
"I believe I know," I said, sitting
bolt upright in my chair; "you're
making good resolutions."
"I am," she acknowledged de
fiantly. "Heavens!" I groaned.
"And I mean to keep 'em," quoth
Lady Gwen with the air of a Judge.
"Oh, you're obstinate enough for
anything," I retaliated.
"I'm not," she cried Indignantly;
"I'm only firm."
"And so that beastly scrap of
paper holds the rules of your life for
year?" I asked viciously.
"For a lifetime," she answered
without a smile.
"Oh lord!" was my vulgar and des
pairing outburst.
There was a long pause. "You
really mean to keep them, Gwen?"
I asked at last.
"I do, Mr. Gray," she answered.
"I know I'm Mr. Grav," I laughed,
"you needn't "
"It's no laughing matter," she re
plied without the ghost of a smile.
"And and if you were at all decent
you'd help me."
"I'll do my best," I muttered
meekly.
"Then don't call me Gwen."
"Right."
I lit a cigarette and smoked It In
melancholy silence. -
"If I'm to help you I must see the
paper," I suggested moodily.
"Oh, no," she answered quickly,
"Then how can I?"
"I'll tell you," she promised me,
"I I well, you see, Mr. Gray "
"Never mind about Mr. Gray, go
on," I commanded.
"I I've been rather rather"
Bhe hesitated and blushed.
"I believe I know," I interpolated,
" flirt."
"Yes,", she said eagerly. "Not
really one, you know, but "
, 'You have been," I agreed, -waving
aside the end of her sentence.
"There's no doubt about that."
"You're very unkind," she pro
tested. "And the resolution was?"
"Not to be," she muttered, scritt
bllng on the paper.
1 "I see." "
The silence fell again. Presently
I Jerked my cigarette end Into the
fire."
"Gwen," I said, getting up. "It
it's been a rlnnlnx year. I never
enjoyed a Derby, an Eton and Har
row, a Goodwood, or a Cowes, so
much before."
"The weather's been so lovely,"
she prevaricated.
I treated the remark with con
tempt. "D'you know why?" I asked
her.
"No," she said. "But I'm"
"I'll tell you," I Interrupted, sit
ting down on the sofa beside her.
"Because I was with you."
"It's very good of you to say so,
Mr. Gray," she said politely. "I hope
next year "
"They'll oil be different," I said
sourly. "All different and spoiled."
"Why, does 'Old Moore' say It'll be
wet?" she asked, dogearing the piece
of paper.
"It's only New Year's Eve, Gwen,"
I muttered. "The new resolutions
don't don't start till to-morrow."
Lady Gwen shook her head. "I'm
In earnest, Mr. Gray."
"And nothing I can say will alter
you?"
"Nothing," she said with an air of
finality.
There was a long pause before I
propounded a conumdrum.
"Can a woman flirt with her hus
band?" 1 asked.
"Of course not, "scoffed Lady Gwen
unguardedly.
"I see, Gwen; I'll never go to the
Derby again."
"Why not?" she queried, staring
at me.
"Nor Ascot, nor Henley; no, not
even the Academy," I cried. "You've
spoiled my life, Gwen."
"I. Mr. Gray?"
"Yes, you," I said, savagely. "1
was looking forward to another hap
py year. Then to-day, at its very
close the happiest year in all my
life"
"You're only twenty-eight," put in
Lady Gwen.
"I know," I cried, "and I may live
to be ninety. Sixty-two more Derbys,
sixty-two more "
"I can't make you an exception,"
she paid, laughing.
"If you've got a heart you would,"
I said, angrily. "No woman's got the
right to have a beastly whim "
"Mr. Gray!"
"So it is a beastly whim. Just
because you're tired of me "
"You're very unkind," she mut
tered, frowning, "and you aren't try
ing to help one a bit."
"I am," I protested, "but two
blacks will never make a white.
You're doing wrong, you're selfish "
"Plesse," she begged.
"No, I won't stop," I cried, Indig
nantly. "It's all your own fault.
You've brought it all upon yourself.
I haven't a spark of sympathy for
you. If you keep your resolution
you'll be unkind to me. Unkind!
What a word! You'll be simply drlv
lng me to the deuce."
"You're not helping me," she cried
again.
"I am. I'm trying to think out a
way. Give me the paper, Gwen. In
the dim ages I read for the bar; I
might possibly be able to find some
way out of the Impasse."
Gwen looked at me doubtfully.
"Promise you won't laugh," she con
ditioned, "promise you you won't
bring It up asalnst me afterwards."
"Of course I won't," I assured her.
"I'm simply your counsel in this mat
ter." Slowly she surrendered the scrap
of paper. I unrolled it.
" 'Good resolutions," It Is headed,"
I read aloud. " 'Number one, not to
flirt any more with Bob.' Gweu!"
She blushed and dropped her eyes
to her lap.
"I told you I couldn't get out of
it," she said in a low voice.
For a moment I pondered. "But,
Gwen!" I cried suddenly, "you you
said you, couldn't flirt with a hus
band." "I know, but"
"Don't you see, Bob would
would merge, as the lawyers say.
Your marriage to me would repeal
number one."
Gwen looked at me, a smile on her
flushed cheeks and in her bright eyes.
"It's the only way, Gwen," I told
her, exultlngly.
"But but then number one will
mean nothing," she faltered, dimp
ling. "It will," I said sternly. "Any
Judge and I'm ths Judge in future
would read that clause to mean
not to flirt at all.' "
"Would he?" she murmured.
I kissed her suddenly. "Be very
careful, Gwen," I said sternly. "Num
ber one has got to be kept."
Up to now I caa safely say it has
been. The Tatler.
A rretty Kettle of Fish.
When the patient called on his doc
tor he found the good man in a state
of great apprehension.
"I've got all th symptoms of the
disease you have," said the doctor.
"I'm sure I hsve caught it from you."
"What are you so scared about?"
asked the patient. ' '
"Why, man," replied the doctor,
"I don't think I can cure it." Ham
per's Weekly.
PISTACHE ICE CREAM.
Blanch two ounces of plstache nuts
as you would almonds, remove the
skins, then pound to a paste in
mortar. Add to a quart of vanll!
cream, flavor with a little or. m
flower water, then pack in Iceland
salt. The plstache paste may be pur.
chased at the confectioner's If prJ
ferred. New York Telegram.
CURRANT CAKE.
Currant cake takes only a half
cup of butter and one and a half cum
wi oufeut, Milieu luuaL UD ruODeO. tO i
cream. Beat two eggs Into the mix- I
ture, and then add three-quarters of
a cup of milk, one small nutmeg !
grated; one cup of currants which
have been washed and dried, one and
u nun cups vi nour ana two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder. Tn
flour and baking powder must b
sifted together before adding them
and the currants should be stirred la
with the flour. New York Trlbuue.
VEGETABLE DISH.
Eoll sis or seven potatoes until
they are mealy; mash them as smooth
as possible, adding a couple of table
spoons of butter, salt and pepper and
enough hot milk to make them quite
soft. Grate half a cupful of cheese
and beat It into the mashed potatoes
and then grate a thin layer of cheese
over the top. Set in the oven until
the cheese toasts, and serve.
'ine dish may be made by cuttlnr i
the boiled potatoes into rather larg I
j'v'.oi .1 juig. lata luenj
into a baking dish and grate cheese
over each layer of potatoes. Pour
a thin cream dressing over all the
layers. Grate a layer of chease oa
top and brown. Boston Chef.
SPIDER CORNCAKE.
Beat two eggs and one-fourth cup
sugar together. Then add one cup
sweet milk, and ona cup of sour milk
in which you have dissolved a tea
spoonful soda, ndd a teaspoonful of
salt. Then mix one and two-thirds
cup of granulated cornmeal nnd one
third cup flour with this. Put t
spider or skillet on stove, and when
it is hot melt In two tablespoonfals
of butter, turn the spider so that the
butter can run upon the sides of the
pan. Pour in the corncake mixture
nnd ndd one more cup of sweet milk,
but do not stir afterwards. Put thii
in the oven and bake from twenty to
thirty-five minutes. When done there
should be a streak of custard through
it. Boston Post.
Hints for the:
...
'H'OUSEKELEPERj
If five or six potatoes are added to
the sponge, the bread will keep moist
much longer.
To whiten clothes, put one tea
syoonful of powdered borax in the
rinsing water.
Do not stretch table linen, but iron
while damp and press until quite dry,
otherwise It will be too limp.
, Try dipping your pork chops and
pork tenderloins in flour before frying
them, and see how delicious they are.
For Insomnia a glass of hot milk,
or better still, hot malted milk, taken
Just before retiring, will oftea bars
the desired effect.
A little raw linsesd oil rubbed upon
a stove and stovepipe will prevent 1U
rusting. Cover with stove polish sad
polish in the old way.
In poaching eggs, stir the water till
It is whirling rapidly. Then drop
your egg In quickly, and the edgei
will be round and smooth.
One woman, who does her on
ironing, hag a high chair made for
the purpose, in which she sits before
the board while she is working.
In darning curtains If the rent U
large, take" a piece of an old curtain
and patch the hoie with it, and tM
damage will scarcely be noticed.
Clean enameled bath tubs and mar
ble wash bowls with kerosene, tfl
rinse thoroughly with strong WW
suds to remove the odor of the k'r0"
scne.
Handkerchief corners will
more exactly if the handkerchiefs r(
folded with the first create on a Hj
with th'i wldthwlse threads of e
linen.
A candle may be made to fit
candlestick, If dipped for mom
into very hot water. This will so'1"
the wax, and It can then be easi
pushed in.
Before sweeping a carpet, spring
it with dampened salt. This
quVkly gather up the dust, PrcVl11
lng It fromrislng, and will leave w
carpet brltiit.