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The prosperity which the Republi
cans promised the country would fol
low their success at the last election
has not yet materialized and it is now
nerallv conceded that no legislation
at Washington is likely to bring it on
for the very good reason that it is not
within the power of Congress or the
President or the two together to do
so The campaign talk about its ad
vent was based on either deep ignor
ance of the situation or was deliberate
downright lying
There is no doubt that the real cause
why business does not pick up as the
Republicans claimed it would with the
election of their candiates is that there
is the same lack of confidence in the
future that existed two years or more
ago The scheme to re enact the high
McKinley tariff does not strike the pub
lic as particularly wise and few stu
dents of the conditions existing
throughout the world can see any bene
fit i o be derived from it Such a policy
they perceive will only have a ten
deutjvto keep alive an agitation that
shoiild have been quieted long ago
The liuancial situation also ihas not
been improved through the success of
the Republicans It is only too appar
ent now that the party leaders only
used the sound money cry in order to
fool enough voters to enable them to
carry the election They have no intel
ligent policy as to the future and there
js no telling to day any more than
there was before McKinleys nomina
tion at St Louis as to what they will
try to do with the banking and cur
rency problem
If the Republican party were united
and had any broad views as to the
needs of the country it could doubt
less do a good deal toward restoring
confidence the lack of which its lead
ing men are still bewailing Its ele
ments are not sufficiently harmonious
however and it has so few ideas be
yond those needed to satisfy the spoils
seekers and the monopolists that even
those Democrats who were inveigled
into believing in its claims to a liberal
and national character have to hide
their heads when they reflect on their
credulity
Confidence is a plant of slow growth
indeed when it depends on Republican
nursing In the case of the United
States at the present time its coming
into healthful existence again awaits
the development of the Democratic pol
icy as to the future
Cnllom Ate His Leek
Senator Culloin is angry He has
told Mark Hanna all about it and if
KPresident again flattens him out
and roils over him he will declare war
When be does there will be others be
hind him because the Republican Sen
ators are chafing while the President
is rewarding his personal friends and
forcing them to indorse the men in ad
vance Senator Culloms grievance re
sults from the appointment of Charles
U Gordon the new postmaster at Ohi
cago He was a violent anti Cullom
man before the St Louis convention
yet Cullom had to indorse him or re
tire to the backwoods while Billy
Vinson got all of the Illinois plums
Senator Cullom has informed Mr
Hanna that he will not continue to
yield to the Presidents personal inter
ests in these appointments any longer
Senator Foraker of Ohio has also
kicked over the traces and as told in
si Chicago paper he threatens to de
feat Bellamy Storers confirmation if
he is given any first class appointment
This is another case where the Presi
dent desires to consult his own inter
ests exclusively and without
the wishes of the leaders
Every appointment the President has
made it is claimed has been in pursu
ance of his policy to reward friends
This was the case with respect to the
appointment of Powell Clayton of
John Hay of Cousin Osborne and oth
ers All these vere the Presidents
own personal nominations and were
made as rewards for distinguished ser
vices rendered
The biggest plum for the Illinois dele
gation is the postmastership at Chi
cago The President selected one of
his own men for it and then called npon
Senators Cullom and Mason to indorse
him Cullom hesitated but the Presi
dent insisted and the Senator had to
either indorse him or abandon hope of
any patronage at all
In the grist of Indianapolis appoint
ments made recently the Indiana dele
gation had to swallow with the best
grace possible the Presidents selections
and indorse them with a wry face It
is becoming apparent that there will
be serious opposition to the attempt of
Mr Hanna to make good all of the
promises he made in the campaign for
Mr McKinley and trouble is brewing
lor the President
Sample of How Trusts Work
Before the formation of the rubber
trust Bristol R L had a rubber fac
tory employing 2500 persons The
trust reduced the number of hands
nntil only 500 found work and now
even these are to be thrown out of em
ployment the plant being closed in the
process of concentration which is part
of the policy of all trusts This little
town at least has had a bitter trust
object lesson St Louis Post-Dispatch
What They Fear Is Discussion
Republican organs and leaders have
been pleading for haste in the po ge
of the bill The fact is that it is 4ot
delay that is so much feared by the
Republicans as a debate of the tariff
schedules They fear exposure of the
grabs concealed under the alleged de
sire to secure necessary revenue They
fear to let the new bill be publicly com
pared with the McKinley bill and the
object of the various items of the meas
ure brought to light It might be fatal
to the pretense of opposition to trusts
and monopolies which Mr Hanna
marked out as the course of the admin
istration It might show the reason
for some of the large contributions to
the Republican campaign fund St
Louis Republic
A New Era
With the campaign of 1S9G the Dem
ocratic party entered upon a new era
with new men participating in its lead
ership and new ideas fermenting
among its masses It was defeated
just as it had been in 179G one hundred
years before when Thomas Jefferson
was beaten for President by John Ad
ams and when the people were yet in
that recipient and preparatory stage
through which a generation often pass
es from reflection to positive action
In 189G as in 1790 they were learning
the new political issues in 1900 as in
1SQ0 they will emphatically adopt
them
As the Democratic Presidential con
vention brought out William J Bryan
comparatively unknown thitherto as
our party leader so the Democrats of
the House of Representatives have
now brought out a new man new at
least to us of the Eastern States as
the leader of our Congressional forces
Mr Bailey of Texas takes up the cham
pionship at a time of depression and
disaster but with a resolution and a
capacity which augur well for the con
flicts of the future He has sounded
the keynote against the Dingley tariff
bill and has placed himself and his
party upon ground on which we all can
stand in opposition to its principle and
to its details The following one of
his utterances is a maxim It deserves
to be remembered by every citizen who
takes an interest in public affairs
I was taught to believe that econo
my is a cardinal virtue in a govern
ment like ours and that extravagance
is not only a burden upon the taxpay
ers but is a crime against the Repub
lic because it is as impossible for an
extravagant government to avoid be
coming a corrupt government as it is
for a spendthrift to preserve either his
money or his good name
The Democratic party of the future
under the guidance of men holding the
above views cannot fail to be the par
ty of the people New York News
McKinleys Costly Method
We can agree with the President that
more revenue is desirable if the pres
ent extravagant scale of expenditures
is to be kept up We can agree with
him that what is to be done to raise
this revenue should be done with as
little delay as possible now that Con
gress has been convened at this unusu
al season for that purpose We cannot
agree with him as to the best method
for raising that revenue Certainly the
method which President McKinley pro
poses and which Congress will doubt
less follow aiming at both increased
revenues and increased protection is
bound to be an unnecessarily costly
and tmjustly burdensome one Louis
ville Courier Journal
Dinjrley to Outdo McKinley
The original McKinley bill was
known throughout the country and con
demned at the polls as the worse-than-war
tariff This was not an exaggera
tion But the Dingley bill as framed
threatens a worse-than-McKinley tar
iff It will not only tax more articles
than did its abominable forerunner
but will tax them for the most part and
on an average higher When Dingley
ism exceeds McKinleyism it is evident
that the franiers of the new tariff law
think that the voters have little sense
and very short memories New York
World
Poll ical Notes
Trusts have no politics They pre
tend to be Democratic when the Demo
crats are in power and Republican
when the Republicans are in control
They seek favors from each party
St Louis Globe Democrat
Speaker Reed will be able to under
stand the trouble the people of Arkan
sas Missouri and Louisiana are having
just now to keep the Mississippi from
overflowing its banks when he starts
in to keep the new members from talk
ing too much Kansas City Times
There begins to be talk in Washing
ton about the new administration let
ting down the bars just a little bit
not much but just enough so that
office seekers may get a chance at the
places closed to them by recent exten
sions of the civil service rules Balti
more Sun
Increased tariff rates will give ad
vantages to special interests higher
prices can be got for their goods in the
home market combinations and trusts
can be formed in these trades but for
the general business of the country
foreign competition will not be re
stricted New York Times
If there be one thing on earth that
President McKinley should be thank
ful for it is that his predecessor estab
lished the civil service rules If it had
not been done the storm of officehold
ers in Washington would have devour
ed the President his Cabinet and Con
gress like an army of locusts The
pressure is almost unbearable even
now Cleveland Plaindealer
EPDCATIONALCOLUMN
NOTES ABOUT SCHOOLS AND
THEIR MANAGEMENT
Proper Way to Teach Geography
Famous Pictures Are Powerful
Educators The Teacher Should Not
Resort to Sarcasm
Ways of Teachinc Geography
The teacher of geography who makes
the study consist wholly or even chiefly
in learning the location of places fixing
in the memory and reproducing map
forms and memorizing the fragmen
tary and juiceless bits of information
furnished by the text book makes al
most as great a mistake as that made
by some of the extremely modem
teachers of this branch who go to the
other- extreme and present little more
than a succession of disconnected sto
ries of remarkable scenes and peculiar
occupations and modes of life in remote
and unimportant lands
The one method is deadening because
it lacks in human interest the other is
debilitating because it lacks the ele
ment of serious work Pupils taught
by the first learn map symbols without
knowing what they mean those taught
by the second have a jumble of vivid
pictures as unsubstantial and unrelat
ed as the impressions they get from
Alice in Wonderland or The Ara
bian Nights A hazy nebulous mass
of facts relating chiefly to the strange
and picturesque things in foreign and
unfrequented countries however much
entertainment the child may get in the
presentation of such matter is not of
much real value and should not be re
garded as geographic knowledge But
the wise teacher will avoid both ex
tremes -he will teach only a reasonable
amount of map work but having decid
ed in his own mind what is reasonable
for the particular class in hand will re
quire that the tracing and sketching
lessons carefully selected shall be thor
oughly learned Then be will supple
ment the descriptive text with what
ever may be needed to illuminate and
vivify the lessons Such supplementary
matter will be definitely associated
with the map so that in the childs
mind the knowledge thus imparted
shall have a local habitation
It is seldom wise to read a long selec
tion or make a long talk however in
teresting it may be without making
frequent pauses to question the pupils
on the meaning refer to the map or
have the substance of a paragraph stat
ed in order to insure attention West
ern Teacher
A Silent Educator
A photograph or lithograph of a fa
mous picture hung in a classroom is a
silent but powerful educator of the
taste of pupils The teacher may be
asked something about the picture by
some thoughtful pupil if not the at
tention of the pupils may be called to it
after a time They may be told some
thing about the artist wherein he ex
cels as a painter where the original
painting is at present and various
other interesting things connected with
the artists name Sketches done by
the teacher may be placed upon the
wall for instance sketches of the three
orders of Greek architecture or of some
of tlie decorations of the Parthenon
These sketches upon paper with sepia
will give an artistic and refined aid to
any room A glass bowl into which may
be placed with a care to the arrange
ment the flowers which the pupils
bring will help to nourish a taste for
artistic arrangement of flowers that is
of great value In fact anything that
can strengthen in the pupils a love for
painting everywhere so much the
stronger is the barricade against evil
School Journal
Results Disappointing
President Eliot of Harvard thinks
the results of our school system are dis
appointing with regard to the training
of the people in reasoning power A
democracy he says needs a diffused
reasoning power It cannot be safe
otherwise If one singular fallacy could
be removed from the peoples mind
the country would be safe It is the in
ability to perceive always what pre
cedes a result what is the real reason
which produces a certain result If we
could find a way of instructing our
children as to this fallacy it would be
a great means of safety and the only
way is through the grammar school
program There is at present no sub
ject taught in the grammar school
which leads to the improvement of the
reasoning power or the power of ob
serving and drawing proper inferences
Arithmetic doesnt do it for arithmetic
is a precise and accurate science and
is not available in the ordinary uses of
life The exigencies of life are change
able and uncertain and arithmetic is
the very opposite To my mind there
is no more useless study in the gram
mar school than arithmetic
Sarcasm
The sarcastic teacher Does she never
dream of the harm she does She
would be aghast at the thought of
whipping a child of degrading and
brutalizing his higher nature by the
use of force Does she never suspect
that the weapon she uses is a thousand
times more brutalizing and degrading
to all that is good in the child than the
rod could ever be Some day an angry
and insulted pupil will give back to
her as good as she sends and she will
be horrified at his impudence not real
izing that she alone is to blame for it
Some sins are venial but for a teacher
to sharpen her wits upon her pupils is
not a venial sin it is mortal Sarcasm
kills sympathy confidence and love
and in return it can create nothing but
hatred distrust and malice School
Education
In Institute
When your instructor is explaining
soinc difficult point or has given his
opinion on some disputed question do
not keep up a running comment in a
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1 half audible tone with some neighbor
equally thoughtless as yourself It is
disrespectful to lifer instructor and the
other teachers It is a commentary
upon your own ill manners and is be
neath the dignity of any one who is
supposed to have ordinary politeness
Exchange
Procession of the Holidays
As I gazed down the path of the year I
descried
A wondrous procession which passed by
my side
And if you will listen I will tell of each
one
Of the merry paraders whose long line
began -
With the bright youthful New Year lead
ing on with a nod
St Valentines day and the little blind god
What next do I see Ah that story
absurd
Of George and the hatchet well give it a
word
But of all the paraders comes hither the
worst
With his dunce cap the symbol of April
the First
Arbor Day now advances with promise of
spring
Of seed time and bird time and every
good thing
With the pure lily emblems bright Easter
comes by
And then ere tis vanished we hear the
glad cry
All hail to the May Queen and lo she
comes on
As fair as the morning and bright as the
dawn
But sad is the contrast with gentle heart
sore
Comes Liberty mourning her martyrs of
war
Now after old Time has passed on a
brief space
Comes the glorious Fourth with a smile
on his face
Next clothed in his garments of toil we
behold
Honest Labor Day marching with step
free and bold
And then at the end of the column we
see
Thanksgiving and Christmas- both brim
ming with glee
Busy Work Devices
Give pupils each a small box and a
foot rule let them measure the box
and write down the dimensions as fol
lows
Length of one side equals
Breadth of side equals j
Area of one side equals
Area of both sides equals
Length of end equals
Breadth of end equals V
Area of one end equals i
Area of both ends equals
Length of top equals
Breadth of top equals
Area of tops equals
Area of bottom equals
Area of top and bottom equals
Area of entire surface equals
The Teachers World
Notes
Archbishop Langevin decides to re
open the parochial schools in Manitoba
and maintain them by private sub
scriptions
The faculty of Mount Holyoke Col
lege recently announced that John D
Rockefeller had given the college 40
000 for a dormitory
The legislative committee on educa
tion of Hartford Conn decided to
report in favor of granting a pension
of 1200 per year to Dr Henry Bar
nard the veteran educator who is now
S7 years old
The people of Walden N Y are
much concerned about the proposition
to do away with the use of blackboards
in the public schools The reason given
for abolishing blackboards is that they
are injurious to the eyes of children
At the fall elections of the seventy
two county superintendents in Wiscon
sin fifty were re elected Of the twenty-two
new superintendents elected
five are ladies making a total of thir
teen lady county superintendents in the
State
The American University in Wash
ington under the direction of the Meth
odist church will have cost when com
pleted from 10000000 to 15000000
Twenty six buildings will stud an ex
panse of ninety acres The hall of his
tory now being built will cost 2U00UU
The land cost 100000
The reply of Dr Morgan of Oberlin
to a student who asked him whether
he could not shorten his course of study
for the ministry is at least suggestive
When Dr Morgan said God wish
es to make an oak He takes many
years to complete it if be would make
a squash only a few weeks are neces
sary Presbjterian Banner
W C MacDonald the millionaire to
bacco manufacturer of Montreal who
has already given 1500000 to McGill
University has just made a further
donation of 000000 to that institution
Of this amount 450000 is for the erec
tion of a building for chemistry and
mining and metallurgy and for the en
dowment of chairs of architecture and
mining and metallurgy
The British Royal Commission on sec
ondary education suggests that the uni
versities are the proper institutions to
take up the task of giving the profes
sional education required for teachers
of academies and high schools as has
already been done by two Scotch uni
versities The science of education
ought to be studied where other
branches of mental and moral philoso
phy are- fully handled by the ablest
professors - -
A committedf flypne one from
each SenatorisltHtrlct of Illinoiswas
appointed at the late meeting of the
State assoeiationjwith Josepb Errant
Esq member Chicago Board of Edu
cation as cbairnian to secure legisla
tion from tne preient General Assem
bly to enable set Jol boards to purchase
text books hi tr open market and loan
them fcee f jjupds in the public
schools the j nis to have the opton
of pucpiiasio them at the actual cost
to tneftpoara
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Two Ways of Restinar
How differently men and women in
dulge themselves in what they call a
resting spell says the Domestic
Monthly I guess Ill sit down and
mend the stockings and rest awhile
remarks the wife but her husband
throws himself on the lounge or sits
back in his arm chair with hands at rest
and feet placed horizontally upon an
other chair The result is that his
whole body gains full benefit of the
half hour he allows himself from work
and the wife receives only that indirect
relief that comes from a change of oc
cupation
A physician would tell her that tak
ing even ten minutes rest in a horizon
tal position as a change from standing
or sitting at work would prove more
beneficial to her than any of her make
shifts at resting Busy women have a
habit of keeping on their feet just as
long as they can in spite of backaches
and warning pains As they grow old
er they see the folly of permitting such
drafts on their strength and learn to
take things easier let what will hap
pen
They say I used to think I must
do thus and so but I have grown wiser
and learned to slight things The first
years of housekeeping are truly the
hardest for untried and unfamiliar
cares are almost daily thrust upon the
mother and housekeeper
Useful Sweepinjr Cap
A sweeping cap that is a model of
Its kind hits a deep cape attached which
buttons under the chin a visor piece
crosses the face just below the eyes
buttoning at the unattached side this
to prevent the dust from entering
mouth and nostrils Such a cap is pro
vided by neat housekeepers for their
maids use as well as for their own oc
casional handling of the broom Of the
two the maid needs it the more since
her dusty hair and skin are not likely
to be so quickly remedied as in the
case of the mistress a point housekeep
ers often forget or ignore in failure to
provide all possible aids to cleanliness
in the housework
Bananas
A very delicious dish can be made by
cutting well ripened bananas into thin
disks and covering them with finely
grated cocoanut and a sprinkling of
nutmeg They are also very nice when
mixed with sliced sweet oranges placed
upon a delicate cake and covered with
custard They may also be sliced and
served with heavy home made straw
berry sirup By experimenting to ascer
tain the tastes of the a great
many dishes can be made from this
healthful fruit forming a very pleasing
variety to the ordinary desserts The
flavor of the banana blends very finely
with that of most of other fruits
American Cultivator
Brownie Cakes
The popular little brownie men have
suggested a name for some popular lit
tle cakes Brownies are baked in small
fancy tins Cream one third of a cup
ful of butter and add one third of a
cupful of powdered sugar one third
cupful of molasses one egg well beat
en and seven eighths of a cupful of
bread flour Add one cupful of pecan
nuts cut into strips or English walnuts
may be used Put a little of the mix
ture in each pan and lay one half a nut
in the center of each cake
To Exterminate Buffalo Moths
Buffalo moths may be exterminated
by the use of lavender or musk or cam
phorin fact anything with a decided
odor will drive them away Put a lit
tle gum camphor in the corners and
around the edges of your floors Keep
the rooms open and as light as possi
ble Put camphor among your cloth
ing use newspapers for wrapping and
the moths will soon leave you Ladies
Home Journal
Creamed Euejs
Prepare six slices of toast ana Doil
three eggs thirty minutes boil one pint
of milk and thicken with a tablespoon
ful of flour and season Chop fine the
eggs pour over the toast a layer of
dressing then a layer of the egg and
lastly the dressing with a small piece
of butter on each side of toast Set in
the oven until the butter is melted and
serve at once American Agriculturist
Hints
Sprinkle fine salt upon a flat surface
and rub your hot flatirons over it
whenever the irons become rough and
stick to the fabric
To utilize cold boiled cabbage mix it
with grated cheese put it in a buttered
dish moisten with milk cover thickly
with bread crumbs and bake
It is not the labor but the monotony
of domestic employments that wears
upon the woman who gives all her time
to them A man may work harder but
his occupations are often so varied that
one care drives away another
It is said that when ink is spilled upon
a carpet Vr anything made of woolen
the spot should immediately be cover
ed iWith common salt When this has
absorbed all jthe ink it will carefully
takHIt on with an old knife or spoon
and ripply more salt Keep doing this
until the ink is all taken up
Large round shallow baskets wi
handles made of fine but strong wi
widely woven are called salad ba
They arefor washing the fresh
saiaa leaves uut tne leaves tro
roots and drop them into the
Souse the basket up and donj
isrgepan of water and then
S3C place to drain
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Our Arbitration In the Past
The lit of sbJtIona between the
United States and other powers whlcli
Mr Sherman Taid before fbe Senate x
the other day has been printed It ia
not complete and there is no indication
as to how nearly so it is It embraces
thirty eight cases wlthinalmost exact-
ly a century Of these nearly one half
or fifteen are with Great Britain and
they are the only ones of serious im
portance Five of them between 179 1
and 1827 relate to boundary In one of
these In 1S27 the decision was waived
by both governments as beyond the
cempeteney of the tribunal In four
others the decisions were wholly or
preponderatingly In favor of the United
States The most Important arbitra
tions were of course those under the
convention of May 8 1S71 commonly
known as the treaty of Washington
There were four in all The one relat
ing to the Alabama claims was by far
the most momentous and Is as clearly
In our favor as was that on the San
Juan boundary while there was an ad
verse decision on the fisheries and on
civil war claims The record certainly
shows that In arbitrations of great
amount and of very great difficulty the
United States cannot complaa of tho
result Of the total of thirty eight ar
bitrations only five foil through and
none of any importance Of the thirty
in which specific Socislons were reach-
ed only six were adverse to tut United
York Times
Reforms Need More than a Day
To bring them abont and are always mora
complete and lasting when they proceed
with steady regularity to a consummation
Few of the observant among ua can have
failed to notice that permanently healthful
changes in the human system are not
wrought by abrupt and violent means and
that those are the most salutary medicines
which are progressive Hostetters Stomach
Bitters is the chief of these Dyspepsia a
disease of obstinate character is obliterated
by it
Eagles do not have different mates
every season as do birds generally
they pair for life and sometimes oc
cupy the same nest for many years
for Fifty Cents
Over 400000 cured Why not let
regulate or remove your desire for tobacco
Saves money makoe health and manhood Cuts -guaranteed
50c and 1 all druggists
Moroccos sultan has engaged an Ab
erdeen man to play the bagpipes at his
court
Pisos Cure for Consumption is our only
medicine for coughs and colds Mrs C
Beltz 439 8th ave Denver Col Nov 8
1895
We never realize how much we are
capable of enduring until the test
comes Selected
If the hair has been made to grow a nat
ural color on bald heads in thousands oi
cases by using Halls Hair Eenewer why
will it not in your case
Prince Bismarck derives an annual
Income of 228750 from the various in
dustries in which be is interested
Cascarets stimuate Uver kidneys and bowels Nev
er Bickeii weaken or erlpe 10c
It is rumored that the Duchess of
is anxious to have
her daughter Princess Beatrice mar
ried to the young King of Servia
Hoofs Is file Finest
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It Makes You Eat Sleep Work and
Happy
We think Hoods Sarsaparilla is the
finest Spring and family medicine I
had been bothered with headache while
at my work many a time having to go
home and loss of sleep tired all the
time and getting up in the morning
weak I decided to take Hoods Sarsa
parilla and felt better after three doses
I kept on taking it and now I can go
into the quarry and do a days work
and come home feeling well and always
hungry We have also been giving
Hooda Sarsaparilla to our youngest
child who 7as weak languid and losing
flesh We could soon see a marked
change He ate better slept well and
in a little while was like a new boy
He has continued to improve and to
day is lively as a cricket and the neigh
bors say he can talk more than any
man around the place Thomas
White Park Quarries Freedom Pa
5f B Be sure to get Hoods because
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Is the beat In fact the One True Blood Purlfler
Soldbyalldrugghts 1 six for 5
Hnruic Pillc arethe only pills to taka
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