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EDITORIALS
inions of Great Papers on important Subjects. 7
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Immigration Laws Arc Evaded.
GIRL being Hunt to iimrry a young man whom
Hho Iiuh never seen or Hold by unscrupulous
relatives for Immoral purposes poses as tle
daughter or Hlstor Iti somo family of chance
traveling acquaintances, A half-dozen lads
coming to fill fill labor contracts inado for thorn
by some relatlvo In this country need only deny
that they havo any work In prospect. A cripple desirous
of getting Into the United Mates to enter Homo one of tho
thouBund excellent hospitals, need only glvo Home fellow
passenger who Is of good appearance or fulrly well-to-do, a
few dollars to swear that the cripple Is his brother, and
that he will support him. A criminal or an anarchist per
jures himself as to his record or political beliefs. A uls
roputablo woman In Berlin, whoso two children were In
hor way, gave them to a young couple Just departing, and
for $5 they represented them as their children and aban
doncd tho little things In Cincinnati.
Now as to the plan for the diminution of the uudeslr
able Immigrants, which I first suggested In 100.'!, Imme
diately on my return as an Immigrant from a tour abroad
as a peasant In Uiu emigration centers. The truth as to
whether a man, woman, or child Is fit to enter tho United
States Is to be found only In the homo communities of the
immigrants, and the easiest way to get that truth and keep
tho Inspectors from being corrupted Is to select by civil sor
vlco process native-born Americans who can speak the de
sired languages. Organize boards of three, one a doctor,
to tako over an apportioned number of communes, and
hold local examinations at stated times, Issuing certificates
with photographic ldentlllcatlons. Broughton Brandenburg,
in Harper's Weekly. '
Grafting in Business.
IHCONSIN has nttcmnlcd to nrovont bv law
Jk T'lthe bribery of employes. In Germany the
pW Icourts recently decided a case of this char-
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accepted a comlsslon from a linn for which he
procured orders. He was discharged when
this fact became known to the company which
employed him. Ho claimed that he should not be, for such
gifts were customary and worked no Injury to his em
ployers. Tho courts very properly held otherwise, deciding
that his action constituted a gross breach of .trust and
that tho manager was In duty bound to study the Interests
of his employers and not be influenced by selfish consider
ations. According to our consul-general at Frankfort, who
sends the story, German business is honeycombed with
bribery of this character, tho abuse having grown to enor
mous proportions of late. Tho Bavarian government has
been urged to pass legislation that will suppress this
bribing of employes, tho Chamber of Tnfdo and Commerce
urging that both tho giver and tho receiver of the bribe
be punished. The practice Is first Introduced by unscrupu
lous men, who thus seek to obtain an advantage over their
trade competitors. Tho honest traders aro in time forced
to adopt the same policy or suffer the loss of a large portion
of their business. All this Is evidence of tho Intensity of
tho race to get money no matter at what cost that unfor
tunately marks tho opening of the twentieth century.
Itoston Herald.
Sing Us the Old .Songs.
TIM old sontr.4 nro host, for Hkv I'lirrv us hnnk
jto the days that were radiant with sentiment,
I I when wo were part of poetry and romance.
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depths, and, reaching below tho callous of our
putrescent hearts, play strange accompani
ments upon tho long-disused strings of our
remembrance. Who can resist tho subtle potency of those
old songs that stop tho world In tear-smlles that wo may
wave a salutation back through a rift in tho stqrm of year
to the youth and maiden of tho long ago?
That the old songs are best has been shown by tho
peronnlal popularity of, Paul's "Home, Sweet nomo," Em
ma Abbott's "Annie Laurie," Jenny Llnd's "Kathleen Ma
vourneen," Christina Nllsson's "Way Down Upon tho
Suwanee Hlver," and Melba's "Coming Thro' tho Rye." We
do not always assoclato these Immortal songs with the
groat slugors who havo Included them In their concerts,
but tho singers are often remembered because of the songs
themselves. There are few who can remember the many
acrobatic arlns of tho splendid vocal artists who have com
manded almost fabulous sums for their singing, but no
one can forgot when they yielded to popular demand for
tho old songs. I'attl or Sombrlch or Melbu or Calvo never
had more sincere appreciation In the supremest moments
of their triumphs than when they descended for the tlmo
from tho classics of foreign composers and sang the simple
love ballads that sent thrills through world-weary hearts
and caused withered palms to stir In tremendous applause.
Kansas City Journal.
No Pardons for Bank Wreckers.
RESIDENT ROOSEVELT has no executive
Plelemency to bestow on bank wreckers. Extra
Eordlnary pressure has been brought to bear
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bank presidents wjio aro In the penitentiary for
embe.7.llug the funds of their banks.
The President Is not a hard-hearted man. On
the contrary, he has a warm heart and an Impulsive and
generous nature. He Is not only Intensely human but in
tensely humane. Hut he has also a strong sinso of Justice
and a high regard for the majesty of the laws. The execu
tor of tho laws, according to his view, must know no dis
tinction of men.
Moreover tho Itoosevoltlan Idea Is that where there
is a great trust there la a great responsibility. Tho banker
who voluntarily assumes the charge of the people's money
must bo held to a strict accountability. Ho trades on confi
dence. He Is the only man In the community of whom no
security, beyond that of his word, Is required. Ills promise
to pay is a sacredly binding obligation. In his case a be
trayal of eonlldenco Is a major crime.
Roosevelt does well In such Instances to refuse a par
don. There must be no bending of the federal laws to
shield tho rich culprits. Des Moines News.
Cheaper Utilities.
T Is worthy of remark that a number of the
great public service companies of our American
cities are showing a disposition materially to
reduce their rate of charges. The telephone
companies In most of the Eastern centers and,
for nught wo know to the contrary, in the
West, have made marked reductions In their
scalo of charges under conditions which tend to Increase
tho volume of benefits which tho subscriber to tho system
can obtain. Of course, the Ideal condition In telephone ser
vice Is when overy citizen has an Instrument, so that com
munication can bo had at will with every one. This Is no
doubt Impossible, but every reduction In the rate of tolls
tends to Increase tho number of subscribers, and In this way
add to tho benefit of the entlro service. The electric light
companies In a number of places have reduced their rates ot
charge. In New York City the- reduction has been notably
large, this apparently growing out of tho belief that the
change would lead to larger usage and might in this way
find a Justification for Itself In increased earnings. Boston
Herald.
Being Too Good.
RESIDENT HADLEY of Yale has stated a
PI truth 'that lias too generally been lost sight of.
Most of us have been content with talking
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them; President Hadley has a word to say
about the men who aro too good. He has found
students under his caro who lived by rule,
erecting an artificial barrier about them to such an extent
that when their moral equipment sprang a leak oven a
llttlo leak their whole career foundered.
What a man needs for the business of life Is a series of
sin-tight compartments that will at least keep him afloat
until he can get back to his moral drydock for repairs and
new supplies. We do not need In this country any creature
"too bright and good for human nature's dally food." Some
of our most pronounced ills have flown from thnt class
and they have come from the colleges, too. President Had
lev Is right. Give us morals nnd knowledge that will wash
without fading. Kansas City World.
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eFaVofiteS!
The Sword of Hunker Hill.
II (j lay upon hl dying bed;
Ills eye was growing dim,
When with a feeblo voice ho call'd
His weeping son to him.
Weep not, my boy," tho veteran said;
"I bow to heav'n's high will
Rut quickly from yon antlers bring
Tho sword of Hunker Hill.
The sword was brought, the soldier's eyo
Lit with a sudden flame;
Vnd as he grasp'd the ancleut blade,
Ho murmured Warren's name.
Thou said, "My boy, I leave you gold,
Hut what Is richer still,
I leave you, mark me, mark mo now,
The sword of Hunker Hill.
"Twas on that dread, Immortal day,
I dared the Hriton's bund
Y captain raised this bludo on mo
I tore it from his hand.
And while tho glorious battle raged,
It lightened freedom's will
For, boy, tho God of freedom blessed
The sword of Hunker Hill.
'Oh, 'keep the sword," his accents
broke
A sndle and ho was dead;
Hut his wrinkled hand still grasped tho
blade
Upon that dying bed.
l1ho son reniulns; tho sword remains;
Its glory growing still
And twenty millions bless tho sire,
And sword of Hunker Hil.
William Ross Wallace.
BISMARCK'S FOE BLIND.
KUOKN ittcimcu.
Kukou Itlchter the Only Ainu tho Great
' Chancellor Feared.
Widespread sorrow has been caused
throughout the Fatherland by the
news that Eugen Rlcliter, tho veteran
Liberal statesman,
p a r 1 1 a m entaiian
and orator, ' has
been stricken with
total blindness in
consequence of a
long nnd painful Ill
ness. His enforced
retirement fro m
public affairs ends
an active political
i career of over forty
years, nnd removes
from tho arena of
government life porhaps the most pic
turesque tiguro German politics havo
ever produced, with tho single excep
tion of Bismarck.
Itlchter is 07 years old. His chlof
claim to famo as a politician is that
of having been Bismarck's most lm
placahlo antagonist. Tho Iron Chan
cellor always feared Itlchter as an op
ponent In tho Reichstag, and frequent
ly admitted that ho was tho only en
emy whose mottlo he respected.
For decades Itlchter has hold un
rhalleuged place as tho most brilliant
parliamentary orator In Germany. He
has always been in opposition, and
although his party or "ruction," ns It
1 called U. Germany the "Freislnnlge
Voikspartel" (Liberal People's Party)
has dwindled to numerical Impotence,
In consequence of tho rlso of tho So
cial Democracy, Rlchter's forceful per
sonality has remained as poteut as
ever, and no Reichstag speaker com
manded more attention when he took
tho tribune than "silver-tongued Eu
gen," as he is familiarly known.
Of leonluo cast of countennnco and
rugged frame, Itlchter looks the fight
er ho has always been. Ho had an in
tense dislike for Hlsmarck and opposed
him tooth-and-nall. For years Rlcli
ter specialized In financial legislation,
and ho caused more trouble for His
marck's military and naval budgets
than all the rest of the Reichstag put
together.
Itlchter Is a Rhlnelander, having
boen born In Dussoldorf, tho Pittsburg
of Germany, In 1838. Ho was gradu
ated from Holdolberg and Berlin Uni
versities, and while at tho latter place
spent more time studying parliamen
tary matters than over his books and
thosos, no entered tho Prusslau Diet
In 1801 and was elected to represent
a Berlin constituency In the first Reich
Btag formed after tho establishment of
tho German omplro in 1871. He has
boen re-elected continuously over
since.
"God bless papa and mamma,"
said little Avondalc Applcton In her
prayers last night, "and keop them
from getting run ovor by automo
bllcju"
How to Keop Cool.
Experience has shown that thero Is
but one way In which tho discomfort
of very hot weather mny bo mitigated
and that Is by thorough physical activ
ity to start and maintain a wholesome
perspiration. Absolutely the most un
comfortable way In which to pass a
hot day is to bo sluggish, and by that
means pile up, so to speak, latent heat
In muscles and tissues. The vnso mo
tor nerves and tho secretory nerves of
tho sudoriferous glands are the ther
mostats of tho body. Anything which
starts an abundant perspiration carries
off latent heat and minimizes tho dls
comfort suffered. Now York Times.
ninranur oV tho Footlights.
rw Anderson Navarro talked also
ii irood doal about the stage, and told
mo that no one who had not lived be
hind tho scenes cou d have any Idea
how uttorly, hopelessly wearisome It
was to Uvo in a world where an tmngs
from tho sun and tho moon downward
wore shams. Grant Duff's Notes from
a Diary.
A California View.
If tho exclusion law Is to be so con
strued or modified as to admit Chinese
students we'll probably find that about
100,000,000 Chinamen havo suddenly
become Inspired with tho most Intenso
desire to study everything In the books
fnm nnnfnolnn down to Laura Jean
LIbbey and Mary MucLane. Los An
geles Tjlmes.
Ifiinliaby Sweet, My Own.
Fair is the castle up on tho hill
Hushaby, sweet, my own!
The night 'is fair; and the waves are
still,
And the wind is singing to you ami to
me
In this lowly homo beside tho sea
Hushaby, sweet, my own I
On yonder hill is store of wealth
Hushaby, sweet, my own!
And revelers drink to a llttlo one's
health;
But you nnd I bide night and day
For tho other love that has sailed away
Hushaby, sweet, my own!
See not, dear eyes, the forms that creep
Mistlike, O my own!
Out of the mists of the murmuring deep;
Oh, see them not and make no cry
Till tho angels of death have passed ua
by
Hushaby, sweet, my ownl
An, little they reek of you and me
Hushaby, sweet, my ownl
In our lonely home beside the sea;
They seek tho custlo up on the hill,
And thero they will do their ghostly
will
Hushaby, O my own!
Here by the sea a mother croons,
"Hushaby, sweet, my ownl
In yonder castlo a mother swoons,
While tho angels go down to the mlaty
deep,
Bearing a littlo oao fast asleep
Hushaby, sweet, my own!
Eugene Field.
ON A RHINOCEROS HUNT.
mnulso of self-defense, ho Invariably,
uses his claws, after which, as In
this case, ho often leaves his victim
after knocking him down with a blow
of his paws."
An ally of the rhlnocerous is tno
rhinoceros bird. These birds come for
tho ticks and other parasites so plen
tiful on the rhino, and In return for tho
Ijospltnllty they receive, give warning
of the approach of danger by Jumping
up, uttering shrill screams, and final
ly, when the danger becomes Immi
nent, make off, after a final warning
swoon overhead. Tho white agret Is
also frequently found In company with
the rhinoceros.
Soma Kxpcrieuee of u Sportsman in
German East Africu.
A sportsman gives an account In
English Country Life of his adven
hires in German East Africa, where
ho found a great deal of game. He
says: "It Is by no means ns easy us
one would think to see rhinos at any
distance, as they are generally tho col
or of the earth of that locality, as a
result of tho matutinal mud bath.
Near Harlngo, most of thorn wero a
brilliant red, whilst In tho Gorman
Masai plains they were mostly of a
light gray khaki, which made them al
most invisible, and, Indeed, I got with
In forty yards of two rhinos on one
occasion In the open without being
nble to distinguish them from tho ant
heaps around. Many writers consider
that when a rhino charges, In many
cases ho is merely rushing blindly in
the direction which he Imagines to bo
tho least dangerous. I feol sure this
Is not the case, as I havo invariably
found them mako an exceedingly good
shot for tho shooter, and bollove that
their first Impulse Is to attack, but,
losing their heads, they rush madly
along, and so glvo tho sportsman every
opportunity of oscaplng them. Wo also
noticed that, whereas In the open a
rhino Is more likely to mako off, In
bush ho Is almost certain to charge It
surprised, and we attrlbuto this to the
fact that he Is unable to determlno
the distance ho Is from tho danger.
and so takes the offensive. A lion, I
believe, will nearly always charge If
one surprises him at close quarters
On one occasion I had to dress a na
tive's shoulder, from which a largo
scoop of llesh had been taken by a
lion which he had come upon on the
grass, and which had sprung at him
given him a smack, and then rushed
off. In this connection It Is worthy
of notice the Hon seldom, if ever, uses
his claws when wounded, relying en
tlrebr on its teeth; but when attack
Ing a man, either for food or in a
ATTITUDE TOWARD AGE.
lt DlatlntrulslthiK Mark u "Decline
In Superannuation.
A distinguishing murk of the mod
ern attitude has been a "decline in su
perannuation," says Scrlbner's. It is
not that yeoplo live longer on the aver
age than they once did a disputed
point of vital statistics but that they
livo longer during u normul life In
maintaining activity of Interest up to
tho last. This Is evident, despite an
occasional and perhaps growing tend
ency to Impose an ugo limit of 40 In
n;oro strenuous physical service where,
under pressuro of competition, full
mdlly vigor Is required for efficiency.
In soclul life, notably, tho peculiar
badges nnd distinctions of ago are In
creasingly discarded. The passing of
a once-famlllar typo of grandmother,
at least to the oldest of us, is an il
lustration a lovely old lady In a black
silk gown, wearing a cap with strings
and a neckerchief, the Inevitable book
or work bag In her lap, conversation
with her being supposed to bo con
cerned principally with "what she did
when she was a girl." It Is this type
a social chronicler pictures for us In
an account of a reception given lu
New York about sixty years ago to
the "venerable" widow of Chancellor
Kent, a vigorous and alert woman of
70, who "sat In a chair of state In ono
corner of the drawing-room, nil tho
evening. Tho guests, including many
notables of the day, paid their re
spects to her, exchanged a few words
and then withdrew." This conformed
to what was then the ritual of life,
to pay ceremonious deference to ago
nccordlng to an arbitrary distinction
of birthdays.
This change in social attitude to
ward age truly reflects, as Is widely
recognized, the changed actual atti
tude, the attitude of encouragement
In continued activity in business, pro
fessional or political effort: regardless
of conventional limit. That such a
change contributes greatly to the pro
motion of Individual happiness In tho
aggregate, however it, may handicap
race efficiency in an Industrial age, is
hardly open to question.
MONEY IN A WOLF HUNT.
Michigan Mnn Clears $301 for Two
l)uyn Hard Work.
"The prize wolf story of the season
comes from Ewen, Mich.," said A. D.
Roth, of Grand Rapids, Mich. "About
ten miles north of Ewen is a placo
where tho deer are supposed to be nu
merous. It was a sort of a yard, so
to speak, where the deer wero wont
to congregate in largo numbers. Jame3
Colgln believed ho could find wolves
there.
"Partly to Investigate, but prepared
for action, he went to the scene.
Wolves were there, and they wero
raising havoc with the deer, as nu
merous carcasses testified. Colgln had
a quantity of suot, which he cut up
and distributed about the placo. In
each piece he placed some strychnine.
Tho following day he returned to tho
place and found that live wolves had
taken the bait and died. This mado
hi m feol pretty good. But when he
heard a pack howling near by, and
coming iu his direction, ho made up
his mind that ho might easily add to
this number If he went about It In
tho right way.
"It so happened that he was but a.
short distance from the lake. He fig
ured that the deer would run out on
tho Ice, with tho wolves In close pur
suit. This Is Just what happened, ac
cording to Colgln's version of the af
fair. The procession passed not moro
than fifty yards away, and ho opened
fire,. With a dozen well-directed shots
from his repeater he dropped nine of
tho savage brutes, thus saving the
deer's lifo. For each wolf Colgln re
ceived a bounty of $22, and ho sold
tho hides for $0 each, making $28 for
each of his thirteen animals, or'a total
of $304 for Ills two days' work. Du
luth Herald.
Proper Way to Prepare Carp.
When fishing, If you catch a German
carp clean It and hang it out in the
sun six weeks to dry, then nail it to a
pine board and cover it thoroughly
with salt or mud. Let it stand for
two months longer and then bako it'
two days. Removo tho nails, throw tho
carp over the back fence and eat the
board, but never eat the carp. Clifton
Hill (Mo.) Rusher.
Wo wonder if hie girls know this;
Wearing the sleeves short will cause
hair to grow on tho arms longi
enough to do up in curl papers. oS: to'
j turn on an Iron.