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C C. ROSE WATER.
Secretary.
Subscribe In my presence and sworn to
before me this 11 day of May. 1905.
(SeuU M. U. H UNGATE,
Notary Public.
The rouiipeiirunco of the suinnitT re
sort untiotinoeiiientH In u pretty good sec
ond to the del Hit of the open fir.
Tbe gentleman from llonton would
linve us believe thut Amalgamated Cop
per In synonymous with Amalgamated
Iiobher.
Commissioner Clements has demon
strated that the railroads do not have n
corner ou nil the declamatory ability of
the country.
It Is "up to" Captain "Charlie" Barr
to preserve the reputation of American
Balling vessels held since "clipper ships"
broke records on every sea.
The report thut a resident of Kentucky
who has been killed had also been
robbed adds a tinge of Interest to un
otherwise commonplace statement.
vDr. Osier has uctually started for his
new post In Oxford university. If be Is
wise, lie will be careful to spring none of
Ms Jokes ou bis new Hiltlnh constitu
ency.
Tom Lnwson has at last fired off his
big gun, but Insists that he has reserved
enough shells to prevent the remaining
chapters of his story from becoming too
tame.
A San Francisco newspaper alleges
the discovery of n plot In the oitlce of
tho tax collector to rob the taxpayers.
San Francisco Is lucky If the only plot
In that connection Is In one oiHce.
The restriction of stock exchange quo
tations by the Tutted States supreme
court Is another step In tho separation
of commerce from Hjtecuhitlon, but many
of the people who wanted the order do
not see It In that light.
High waters ure reported- from Wyo
ming, inai money -tippropriateu ror lrri
gattou lu the west must be looked niton
In the light of a mascot by the people of
the deserts who are now being deluged
from Cheyenne to Tombstone.
The London Standard Is diplomatic
It refer to Secretary of Stute Hay as
ono of the two really great American
statesmen, nun now any one can guess
the other one for himself and fully en
dorse the Standard's expression.
Kansas promises to set on example for
other states lu dealing with the Pullman
company by exacting a charter fee o
$14.ICk for the privilege of operating Its
sleeping cars In the Sunflower state
Here's that Kansas does the trick.
QUA It A PITT BO.D COMPANIES AS
FF.SCXH FOR CRIMINALS'
The tender and acceptance of n guar-
uty company bond for the appearance
f n man held to th criminal court for
trlul on the charge of blackmail naturally
uggests the uu est Ion whether guaranty
bond companies are to become mer
cenary protective agencies for criminals.
The legitimate function of guaranty
bond companies is to become sureties
for the business integrity of persons era-
loyed In vocations of trust and respon-
ibility, and especially for custodians
f public funds, llefore consenting to
H'comu guarantors of the Integrity of a
ubllc official or employe for whom they
ct us Itoudsmen guaranty companies
make It a condition that the applicant
shall be a person of good repute, good
nblts and unimpeachable honesty. In
very Instance applicants for u surety
snd are required to give references to
former employers or prominent and re
sponsible parties who can vouch for
their trustworthiness.
No slate In America would, however,
grant n charter to a guaranty Insurance
ompany If It were known that It was to
lieeomo a guarantor for the appearance
of persons who are held In custody
charged with the commission of criminal
offenses. Such an lden would Imj repug
nant, not only to public policy, but to
the organic principle that has given birth
to guaranty lond companies.
If the precedent Is once established for
guaranty companies to go ball for parties
charged wlih heinous crimes and depre
dations upon society by paying a pre
mium or lsmus, or by the deposit of a
HUfllclcut amount of money by their ut-
orneys, or their abettors, to Indemnify
the company from loss In case the crlm-
nal sees fit to abscond, then the guar
anty companies would become nothing
more nor less than legalized fences.
If this practice were to be tolerated
generally guaranty companies would be
not only fences for professional outlaws,
tit they would become fences also for
the Iteneflclarles of theso outlaws who
hide behind the screen nnd dare not come
to their rescue when they get Into
trouble, but are willing to afford them
assistance directly by advancing them
money or Indirectly by signing in
demnity bonds exchangeable for guar
anty company bonds. How easy It
would be for footpads, porch climbers,
nirglars, pickpockets and professional
blackmailers to deposit a sulllclent
amount to Indemnify the guaranty com
pany for the forfeiture of their bonds In
case of disappearance with n sufficient.
margin to make It profitable for the
guaranty company to become side part
ners In the criminal business.
If the liberation of Morris 8. Algoe,
held to answer for the high crime of
blackmail In the criminal court of this
district, on a guaranty company bond Is
a precedent the time Is ripe for legisla
tion that will prohibit guaranty com
panies from engaging In such nefarious
business on penalty of forfeiture of their
charters or their ejection from the stute.
which would be to practically exclude
(jcrmitn products from the American
market
The question of amending the tariff
law us President Hoosevelt Is said to
have suggested Is manifestly Important
and ought to receive the careful atten
tion of the next congress. Something
must be done to protect our trade with
IOuropeati countries against Injurious
discrimination.
eeiuiry lawmakers were elected as demo
crats or they would not have lsen elected
at all lu such u democratic stronghold.
Among other things that succumbed
to Governor Iieneen's veto pen were ap
propriation Items for the University of
Illinois aggregating fJtS,0t0. There is
such a thing as going It too strong on
the part of even au educational Institution.
If the IuO.Iau problem before Hrltlsh
statesmen is ns difficult as some Im
agine, they might take a tip from the
United States, which Is starting Its
Piiiiamu problem from the standpoint
that sanitation to nnke It u healthy
country is half the solution.
Knnsas City regrets that a small wind
fcfnl'Ml ivhlili f'.iis--itl nvip t!i I'nl, ,11 ilt.nikf !
: that place hud not the power to di
the building. It also seems thut
!;' railroads using the old shed have not
i'io power to raise the "wind" necessary
:' r t'.ie right kind of a building.
From Washington it is reported that
the senate committee on rullrouds Is
re; dy to dodge the rute question by post
poning the frumiug of a bill until Agita
tion quiets down. If this is a correct re
KH t, the members of the committee may
ss well prepure to dodge- their constltu
tuta for still longer time.
SAW TO FAVUIt RETALIATION. j
It Is reported from Washington that
President Hoosevelt bus Informed mem
bers of his eu bluet and a few others
in bis confidence that, ho is in favor of
an amendment to the tariff law which
will enable the United States to re
taliate against those couutrles which dis
criminate against us lu their tariff sched
ules or reciprocity treutles. It is said
to be not unlikely that tbe president
will go so far as to advocate lu n mes
sage to congress u bill ulready prepared
for Introduction at the next session
adopting u maximum and minimum tar
iff system, it being stated that Mr.
Hoosevelt und some of his chief advis
ers iM'Uevo there is nothing unsound in
this policy and that such a course would
be entirely consistent with the protec
tionist doctrine und other policies. The
bill which it Is . proposed to Intro
duce nt the next session of congress
is said to provide that in tbe case of
any country which imposes higher du
ties on American products than it im
poses on tbe merchandise of any other
nation an additional duty shall be im
posed by the United States nt least equal
to tho auiouut of the discrimination ex
ercised against us.
Several of tbe European countries,
among them Germany and France, have
maximum and minimum tariff rates, the
latter being accorded to those countries
which enter Into reciprocal trade agree
ments. It has been the policy of the
United States to make Its tariff rates
uniform, applying equally to all coun
tries, though In the tariff low of 1800
and In the present luw provision
whs made for reciprocity treaties, un
der which concessions may be made
to the products of countries entering
Into such agreements with us. We
have such a treaty with Cubu and also
an arrangement with Germany, which
will terminate early next year. Hecl
proclty trentles were negotiated with
several other countries, which the sen
ate failed to ratify.
The question of adopting maximum
and minimum tariff rates has been more
or less discussed, but It has never found
very extensive advocacy or received any
special attention in congress. It has
seeniel to be the very petievnl feeling that
stub n departure from the established
course or our government Is neither
uecessitry nor desirable. Yet some very
good reasons can be urged In sunnort
or ine proposition and now that the mat
ter or meeting the discrimination against
American products involved in the new
German tariff policy Is presented It Is
quite probable that a strong sentiment
may be created here favorable to maxi
mum and minimum tariff rates. That
such a system." made operttthe by execu
tive action, would Ih most influential In
preventing discrimination against our
products lu foreign markets is not to
Ik doubted. If our tariff was so ar
ranged now If U altogether improluible
that Germany would have taken the
course hostile to our trade which that
country has adopted. It would hardly
have luvlteJ retaliation, tho effect of
uorKnyon la fullkttk's TRtvurn-
The passage of the railroad commis
sion and rate bill by the Wlscousln leg
islature completes the chain of reform
mensures with which the name of Hob-
ert M. La Follette will be IdentlOed for
all time to come In tbe annuls of his
state. No man who has ever occupied
an executive chair In any stute in this
union has exhibited more unyielding de
votion In the cause of popular self-gov
ernment than has Governor Lit Follette,
and no man in public life has overcome
greater obstacles and achieved such a
measure of success.
From the outset of his public career
La Follette hns been 'compelled to (grap
ple and battle with the organized forces
of the allied corporations, who con
tested with him step by step and Inch
by Inch on the battleground. The sub
stantial benefits which the people of
Wisconsin will derive from Itt Follctte's
campaign for railway regulation and
railway taxation can scarcely be com
puted. The beneficent effect which the
direct primary nomination law, chum
pioned and successfully forced through
the legislature by him, will have upon
the purgation of nil parties from politi
cal corruption nnd the emancipation of
Wlscousln from corporate domination,
cannot be estimated.
No public man In America, excepting
possibly Theodore Roosevelt, would have
had tho nerve to bid defiance to the cor
porate hosts that were arrayed against
him in solid phalanx, nnd no man, not
excepting Theodore Hoosevelt, could
have so successfully withstood their
onset. When Governor I.n Follette was
elected United States senator nfter the
most brilliant nnd exciting campaign
this country has seen in many years, It
was expected and predicted thnt he
would leave the field and assign to his
successor in the governor's chair the
task which he had set himself to ac
complish. It goes without saying that
Governor La Follette's withdrawal nt
that critical Juncture would have proved
fatal to the success of the reforms he
had championed and pledged himself to
Inaugurate. Instead of vacating the
governor's chair for the cushioned seat
in the senate Governor Ln Follette re
mained nt his post of duty to fulfill the
pledges he had made to the people of
Wisconsin.
With tho redemption 'of these pledges
Governor La Follette is set free to ac
cept the promotion which he has so
richly earned. The people of Wiscon
sin, regardless of party, have renson to
point with pride to their future tribune
in the national legislature, and the
American people generally will con
gratulate themselves upon the advent of
a man In the senate who hns the courage
o? His convictions and krowB no stichi
thing ns retreat.
A HAXDICAP O.V STATF, VSlVERSlTlKa,
lu response to The Bee's remonstrance
to the discrimination against the stute
universities embodied ln the terms of
the Curnegle foundation for pensioning
superannuated college professors, the
New York Independent repeats that it
has no disapproval for the rule of ex
clusion und reiterates that this rule
"puts it up" to those Institutions to In
crease sahtries so us to equalize their
offers to teachers. It Intimates thut the
state universities have no better claim
to participation ln tho pension fund than
the sectarian colleges and that if they
can not compote in salaries nnd pen
sions they will have "the advantage of
securing younger teachers, the ones
with ambition to make a reputation.
the kind of men, we have beeu told,
who do the best "work before they are
40, and who when old nnd lazy will
bo taken Into eusy berths lu the pen
sioned colleges."
If It is "nu advantage" to be com
pelled to run a training school for In
experienced professors who are to trans
fer themselves elsewhere as soon as
they develop nblllty and prestige, the
wonder is that the great endowed pri
vate universities do not take this "ad
vantage" themselves and refuse to share
ln Mr. Carnegie's beneficence for fear
they might loso It? Such an "advan
tage" should be worth fighting for and
surely eagerly seized when it can be
had so simply and so easily.
The Independent certainly should
know better than to put the state uni
versities and tho sectarian colleges In
the same class. The former are pub
lic nnd popular institutions in every
sense of tho word, while the latter are
prlvnto nnd class Institutions. As a
matter of fact, the big private universi
ties favored by Mr. Carnegie are more
akin to sectarian colleges nearly all of
them are outgrowths of sectarian insti
tutionsthan to the state universities
which have never drawn the line at
race, creed or color. The same religious
zeal that brings them students, will pro
tect the sectarian colleges in their sup
ply of teachers. The state universities,
on the other hand, enn hold out nothing
except tho pecuniary reward.
Mr. Carnegie may not care to have
his money used to promote sectarian
propaganda nnd he hns the right to sny
who shall and who shall not share his
lwiunty, but he will defeat his own ex
pressed purpose to strengthen the cause
of higher education If in attempting to
do so, his efforts operate to cripplo the
great state universities nnd handlcnp
them ln the good work they have been
doinjr.
tutiou of a much larger amount with no
talk of prosecution.
There is danger that tho ruling of a
United Stutes judge at Cleveland that
Balzac's "Droll Stories" ore not immoral
muy destroy the demand for that edition
and turn a lot of book sellers' shelves
Into dead stock.
Vko Did itf
Washington Post.
Railroad managers arts still
who started that ttory about
Taft being sttch a good follow.
wondering
Secretary
Jsat to B Friendly.
Chloag-o News.
Some American yarbtsman ahould "lift"
the kaiser's cup If only to show him that
we entertain no unkind feelings on tbe
tariff Question.
An Eilra llaaardona IUak.
Chicago Chronicle.
The job of a Runslan provincial gov
ernor these days appears to be about as
dangerous as that of a nonunion teamster
ln this enlightened metropolis. It thus ap
pears that a tyrant and one who resists
tyranny may alike constitute what the In
surance companies call an extra-hasurdous
rlak.
working the Deaf Ear.
Boston Transcript.
A distinguished French physiologist has
discovered that tobacco Impairs tho power
of the auditory nerve. He advises persons
who have shown any tendency toward deaf
ness or ln whose ancestry any such ten
dency Is discoverable absolutely to ei-chcw
the weed. It Is undoubtedly a sound warn
ing, but one to which ninety-nine out of
100 smokers will turn a deaf car.
Poor Eiciie for m Sqoerae.
Bt. Paul Dispatch.
Lumber is ordered up the ladder another
round or two by the Christian gentleman
forming the combine to whom, to quote
Baer, the Almighty, ln Ills infinite wisdom,
has committed the lumber property of this
nation that they may care for the oomfort
of His people. Snow did it, Buys the com
bine. Price goes up now because there was
too much snow, Just as in other years it
has gone up because there was too little.
HO FEAR OF YELLOW PERIL.
Secretary Metcalf of the Department
of Commerce und Labor is u Callfornlau,
but he is not in sympathy with the people
there who fear uu invuslou of Japanese
when the far eastern war is ended und
ure ugitating for legislation to exclude
laborers from Japan. Mr. Metcalf is re
ported us saying thut be takes no stock
in the yellow peril cry, declaring that tho
main trouble is with the white man. He
thinks If the latter were willing to work
in the fruit districts they could have all
the employment they desire und there
would be no reason for the complaint
that they ure being deprived of work by
the orientals.
This view of California's representative
in the cabinet is undoubtedly correct.
speaking as he does from a thorough
knowledge of the situation. Doubtless
Mr. Metcalf ulso realizes that the adop
tion of exclusion regarding the Jupanese
would be a very serious matter for our
commercial interests and would prove
rather more Injurious to the Pacific coast
than to any other section of the country.
Already there is threatened from China a
boycott of American goods and Chinese
merchants are said to be organizing with
tills in view, as retaliation for our policy
of exclusion toward the people of that
empire. If we extend this policy to tbe
Japanese it can be very confidently ns
serted that they would refuse to trade
with us and moreover would exert their
Influence to induce other eastern peoples
to hnve no commercial intercourse with
us. We should certainly encounter
much stronger manifestation of resent
ment on the part of the Japanese than
has been shown by the Chinese. The
practical question Is whether we can af
ford to risk the loss of our Asiatic trade, I
tiK)n which our manufacturers and mer
chants have beeu counting so hopefully,
In order to keep out of this country a
few thousand orientals.
As wo have heretofore said ln relation
to this matter, so far as the Japanese are
concerned it is not at all probable that
any considerable number of them will
ever come to this country. The few now
here Is warrant for this opinion and after
tho war ends Japan will want all her
remaining nble-bodled men at home and
undoubtedly there will be lllxTnl Induce
ments to keep them there. The develop
ment of Industries and commerce will bo
vigorously pushed In Japan after peace
la restored and with on active demand
for lalsir the Japanese will stay ln their
own country. There Is no danger that
the Uulted States will bo overrun by
cheap Japanese labor nnd the professed
fear of this Is utterly unreasonable.
Legislative corruption recognizes no
geographical lines, as is evidenced by
tho fact that four members of the Arkan
sas legislature have Just been Indicted
on the charge of brlWry. There is a
fair presumption, also, that the uier-
Dark to the Farm,
Kansas City Star.
The declared purpose of Vice President
Fairbanks to pass the summer tolling on
his form In Illinois summons to the popu
lar imagination a glowing and perspiring
figure, rioting ln the new mown hay and
yielding itself with calorific abandon to
happy dalliance with the ripened grain.
Would It be possible for tho hard ma
terialism of American life to form a back
ground for a more romantic- or engaging
spectacle?
ISCOMPETEXT COKSVLS.
At the recent uunual meeting of the
Civil Service Heform association Bishop
Potter arraigned the men iu the Amor
tcuu consular service, who came under
bis observation during bis trip around
tbe world, us almost uniformly Incompe
tent and generally unfit -for their posi
tions. He cited circumstances ln Jus-
tlUcatiou of the charge ho mado nnd
said that when seeking information he
was forced to turn to the American rep
resentatives of commercial interests, not
being able to get it from the consuls.
Allegations of this kind by Amerleuns
traveling, abroad are not infrequent, so
that there can le no doubt that some
of the men lu consular positions are In
competent, or at any rate do not keep
themselves ns well informed as they
should be. These are the men who huve
secured places lu the service as the re
ward of iKtlitlcal work.
Such persons, however, are not so
numerous ut present as in former years
and they are, being gradually weeded
out of the consular service und repluced
by a better class of men. There Is
good reason to believe that long before
the eud of the present administration
there will be no incompetent or unfit
consular representatives and that very
Important part of the public service will
be placed on a perfectly sound basis,
entrance to which will be possible only
to those who can show that they have
the proper and necessary ability and
qualifications. It would be 'unjust to
assume, however, ns is likely to be done
from such a statement as thut of Bishop
Potter, that American consuls generally
aro lgnornut and incapable. As a mat
ter of fact most of them are men of
good ability and ure faithful and effi
cient in the performance of their du
ties. The service enn undoubtedly be
Improved, as was said by President
Hoosevelt iu his lust uunual message
but on the whole it compnres favorably
with tho service of other countries and
has been cordially commended by Brit
ish and Gorman officials who have ob
served the work of our consular repre
sentatives. Sir. Hoosevelt has shown a
most earnest desire to Improve the serv
ice and has accomplished much ln this
direction, but congressional action is
necessary to bring about nil the required
reforms.
SKCILAR SHOTS AT T1IK 1M MMT.
Chicago Record-Herald: An Ohio bishop
advises preachers to wear red coats in
their pulrlts if by doing so they can get
people to go to church. Why red ooatsT
Wouldn't green or blue or yellow do?
KaMon decrees that red coats should be
worn only on golf oourses.
Baltimore American: Mr. Rockefeller
predicts a church trust governed by the
methods of the Oil trust. With a corner
in religion, there can be no further talk
of tainted money, but a Stundard OH
church Is rather a move ot magnificent
audacity in imagination even for the ad
vanced business progress of the times,
Cliioag-o Tribune: "Ixt everybody either
come inside or go home," said tho Rov.
Sam Jones ln beginning a recent sermon.
"Don't sit out thero and yawp like a lot
of buzsards. Those that have any Sense
will come ln nnd find seats. The idiots
will please got off the grounds." If this
gentle admonition didn't bring the yawp
ers Inside nothing could havo done It.
Chicago Chronlclo: Bohold how great a
mutter a little Are klndleth. Here is the
Gladden-Rockefoller blnso becoming a roor
lng contlasratlon, the flames of which are
fed by most of the Congregational preach
ers In the country. If half the ecclesias
tical energy wasted In this matter wore
devoted to tho saving of souls tho devil
would have the liveliest time he has had
for many a day.
Desertions from the Army.
Springfield Republican.
And now It Is the army from which the
number of desertions is reported as being
unprecedented. At some of the posts tho
desertions have reached aa high as 30 per
cent. The trouble Is laid at the door of
an obviously dangerous regulation adopted
some months ago, whereby the efficiency
of the recruiting officers was to be tabu
lated on the number of recruits obtained
by them. This naturnlly caused them to
be less strict ln accepting recruits, in their
effort to get aa many as possible, and many
below the standard therefore got into the
ranks.
Value of m Hearty Lsnsb,
Philadelphia Ledger.
An English physician ln search for rem
edies for human ills finds that laughter
stands very high In the list of prophylac
tics. The effect of mere cheerfulness as a
health promoter Is well known, but an occa
sional outburst of downright hearty laugh-
Is tjie heroic romedy It Is a matter of
everyday experience, says our English au
thority, that one feels better for a good
laugh, an explosion of laughter being In
truth a "nerve storm, comparable ln its
effect to a thunderstorm In nature, doing
good by dissipating those opporesslve clouds
of euro which sometimes darken the mental
horlson." Tills authority assures us that
the memorable adage, "Laugh and grow
fat," rests on a sound philosophical basis.
Portly people are not given to laughter be
cause they are fat; they are fat because
they laugh.
PERSONAL A1I O Til ICRWISE.
Maine observed Arlsr day last week. The
sawmills and pulpmllls ran full time.
The weather clerk might Issue a rain
check to King Corn and redeem it lator on.
The glories of springtime cannot be
measured rightly until the straw hat bursts
upon the scene.
Oeorae Adu suys that every Indiana man
who can spell thinks himself an author.
Those who cannot spell get the money.
Lillian RuRsell tella In a magazine "How
to Keep Husbands." Lillian expurimetited
with three and ought to know a thing or
two.
The end-scat porker is getting his dues
early ln tho sunny season. A Chicago
Justice touched one of the tribe for M and
costs.
The report thnt a Afnine man killed three
bears with a pocketknlfe Is pretty strong
evidence that Neal Low's law prohibits ln
EJIOtS.
Circumstantial reports of the Beef trust
investigation gives the Impression that tho
grand Juries strike a new scent almost
dally.
The retirement from the stage of Pugilist
Jefferles leaves a copious hole in the center
through which a few more might drop
without being missed.
Philadelphia's threat to Issue a new
declaration of Independence on the Fourth
of July would, If can-led out, bo appre
ciated by a community hankering for
cheaper gas.
The sorest bunch of summer butterflies
on the Atlantic coast Is fluttering around
Newport, R. I. A perniciously active tax
assessor got in his work and the bunch
Is booked to pay up on 113,01)0,000 of per
sonal property.
New Yorkers of fashlonnble bent are un
able to determine whether Tim Woodruff's
sunset vest or Jim Hyde's kneo breeches
Bheds the most glory on the town. Having
nothing else to Uo the Johnnies aro still
guessing.
Philadelphia papers are Jumping on Sec
retary Paul Morton because the latter
recommended AuiiupoliB as the proper
burial place for tho remains of Captain
John Paul Jones. The Quaker City should
not take failure so much to heurt. While
the country recognizes the city's superior
advantages for cemetery purposes, it should
not strive to monopolize the business.
THE OF OLD.
Richard Monckton Milnes.
I know not that tho men of old
Were better than men now,
Of heart more kind, of hand more bold,
Of more ingenious brow;
I heed not those who pine for force
A ghost of time to raise,
As it tliey thus could cheek the coursu
Of these appointed days.
Still, It Is true, and over-truo,
That I delight to close
This book oi life sell-wise and new,
And let my thoughts renosn
On all that humble happiness
The world has since foregone
The daylight of contentedness
mat on these faces shone!
The meat packers declare themselves
perfectly satisfied with the report of
Commissioner of Corporations Ourtield
on the beef combine. It remains to be
seen, however, whether the Standard OH
magnates will express themselves as
equally satlslled with Ills report on the
Kansas oil situation.
Governor Iloeh of Kansas is having
more trouble with -JbO Illegal saloons
scattered throughout the state than Gov
ernor polk of Missouri has with twlco
the number of licensed places located lu
bt. Louis. Missouri seems to have
gulned at least one point in tho rivalry
between the states.
A man who Js said to have beaten the
lOquitable Life society out of $.14,000
offers to put back $:t0,0t if he is glveu
slight punishment for his offense. The
offer is not made to tbe policyholders,
who wuy, however, ask others (or rwtl-
OLD SOGS ARE BEST.
Melodies Which Stir the Tender
Tendrils of Memory,
Kansas City Journal.
O, Ocnevlove, f weet Or iievleve.
The days may come, the days may go,
But still tho handi of mem'ry weave
The blissful dream.-) of long ago.
Jessie Bartlett Davis owed her best en
gagements, and thus her great success, to
one song, "Sweet Genevieve." It la an old
ballad of a type that has long since gone
out of fashion, yet nothing more beautiful
has survived the period when songs were
written with the purpose of appealing to
the hearts of the herrers and not to their
heads or their heels, as Is the custom now
adays. "Sweet Genevieve. What tender ten
drils of memory cling to this old song, con
juring out of the forgotten years the faces
of friends and the perfumes of old fash
ioned gardens. How many are the men and
women carried like drift upon the hurrying
tide of this modern life whose eyes grow
moist and hearts soften as the words and
melody of "Sweet Get evieve" give tbem a
far glimpse through the vista of separating
years. Benevolent gentlemen ln gold bows
and gaiters nod ln dreamy reverie of the
morning of Ufa that glowed fair and hope
ful. And these dear old gentlemen will
step over to the easy chairs of dear old
nodding grandmothers and, pressing back
the whitening curl9 from angelic brows,
transform by th alchemy of love the faces
below lr.to those of the fair brides who
were wooed and won under the mystic spell
of "Sweet Genevieve."
The old songs are best, for they carry us
back to the days that were radiant with
sentiment when we were part of poetry
and romance. They stir our natures In
their profoundest depths and, reaching
below the callous of our petrescent hearts,
play strange accompaniments upon the
long disused strings of our remembrance.
Who can resist the subtle potency of those
old songs that stop the world In t.nr-
smllea that we may wave a salutation lark
through a rift In the storm of years to tho
youth and maiden ot th long ago?
That the old songs are best hns been
shown by the perennial popularity of
Pattl's "Horns. Sweet Home," Kmnia Ab
bott's "Annie lAurlo," "Jennie Llnd'a
"Kathleen Mavourneen," Christine Nell-
son's "'Way Down t'pon the Suwnnee
River" and Melba's "Coming Thro' the
Rye." We do not alwuys associate thes.1
Immortal songs with the great singers who
have Included them In their concerts, but
tho singers are often remembered becaum
of the songs themselves. There are few
who can remember the many acrobatic
arias of the splendid vocal artists who have
commanded almost fabulous sums for their
singing, but no one ran forget when they
yielded to popular demand for t! old
songs. Pattl or Bembrlch or Melba or
Calva never had more sincere appreciation
In the supremest moments of her triumphs
than when she descended for the time from
tbe classical of foreign composers and
sang the simple love ballads that sent
thrills through world-weary hearts and
rtuicd wltberod paluji to sUr la tremulous
applaus.
though not too closely
With rights,
scanned.
Enjoyed as far as known.
Willi will by no reverse unmannered,
v un nuise or even tone.
They from today, and from tonight.
Expected nothing more
Than yesterday und yesternight
Had proffered them before.
To them was life a simple art
Of duties to be done.
A game where each man took his part,
A race where all must run:
A battle whose great scheme and scope
They little care to know.
Content, as men-at-urins, to copo
Each with his fronting foe.
Man now his virtue's diadem
Puts on, and proudly wears-.
Great thoughts, great feelings, came to
them
Like Instincts unawares;
Blending their souls' subllmest needs
V itn tasks of every day.
They went about their gravest deeds
AS noble boys at play.
And what If nature's fearful wound
They did not prolje and bare,
For thnt tlietr ppirlts necr swooned
To watch the misery there
For thut their love but flowed more fast,
Their charities more free,
Not conscious thut mere drops they cast
Into tho evil sea.
A man's best things are nearest him,
Lie close about his feet:
It Is the distant and the dim
That we are sick to greet;
For flowers that crow our hands beneath
We struggle and aspire
Our hearts must die, except they breathe
The air of fresh desire.
Yet. brothers, who up reason s hill
Advance with hopeful cheer
Oh. loiter not. those bights are chill.
As chill ns they are clear;
And still rentrnln your haughty gaie
The loftier that ye go,
Remembering distance 1,-avc
On all that lies below.
si:rtMots iwu.rn now.
Works are the beet words.
Prejudice puts the heart In prison.
Faith Is turning the face toward 0d
Ho who innkes friends makes fortune.
The best biographies are those on two
feet.
Little courtesies nre the wayside flowers
of life.
There's more religion ln a whistle than
In a whine.
Virtue becomes a vlco as soon as you aro
vnin of It.
Education Is more than a preparation for
life; It Is a life.
The torch of truth wanes dim when tho
winds of opposition die.
The cloth may make the clergy, but tho
man makes the minister.
A falluro at practicing Is often construed
as a call to go preaching.
One man's salvation can never depend on
another nan's shibboleth.
' Panctlflcntion Is more than sorrow that
other are not ns good as you nre.
You cannot tell whether man Is humble
In heart until you see him with his Inferiors
In station.
Many men are sure they would get to
heaven If only they might die In their Sun
day suits.
Make homo a heaven and the children
will taVe your word for It ns to tho
heavenly hone.
Instead of real love being such a ladyliks
thing. It often has Misters on Its feet, corns
on Its hands and a back that aches witU
loads of others.
DOMESTIC l'LHJIAXTHIE9.
"Land's sakes. Zeke!" finally exclaimed
'Mundy, who had lust ncccptol hlni, "ain't
ye never poln' tew Flop a-klsln' me?"
"tjiws. Matidv. I don't know when tew;
It's Jest like eatin' peunuts.' Philadelphia
Press.
If a woman Is a good cook nnd knows
how to flutter, she never has any trouble
In being h-ippy, though married. Soinur
vllle Journal.
Mrs. Ferguson (to caller) I never did
like her. und when the Impudent thing
spoke to me the way she did 1 was speech
lens with indignution. I couldn't say a
word.
Mr. Ferguson (butting In) That must
have hupnened before we were married.
Chicago Tribune.
Edvth Are you going to Nlugara Falls
on your wedding trip?
Rabette No; I went there on my two
previous wedding trips and 1 believe it's
a hoodoo!" Detroit Free Press.
"Of course you have dysiwpsla," snipped
Ma Twaddles. "S'ou nre constantly taking
things that don't ngice with you."
"Yes;" agreed Pn, wearily. "Rut If I
hadn't been a victim of that habit you'd
never have been Mrs. Twaddles." Cleve
land Loader.
The Single Aunt You should be most
nssidnoiis to keep yourself unspotted from
the world. Cornelia. You are solicitous, are
you not, to enter heaven after you cross tho
river?
The nud Yes. Hut, aunty, I'm not averse
to a little heaven on this side. l'uck.
She Do you think that marrlaga Is a
natural bent?
He Rent? No; It Is a case of broke
where the man is concerned. New York
News.
"After nil." said Miss Kulcher. "there Is
nothing more lovely In art. nothing more
beautiful to ntudy, than Hogarth's curves."
"Hogarth's?" remarked Mr Galley,
"Funny I never heard of her. What opera
company is she with? "Philadelphia Ledger.
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