Unions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
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Unfitted for Citizenship.
WO tnen appeared In the Circuit Court in Chl-
go us applicants for naturalization papers.
I I Neither of them could speak English except
I f 1. Al. 1 - .1.-1 1 t 1 .
very uroKUiuy, moun one cuuiiicu u resiuunco
of llftecn yours In this country. Neither of
them knew how the State and Federal Gov
eminent are organized or how they are con
ducted. They could not tell how Presidents are chosen nor
what the duties of Congress are. They could not even give
the name of the resident now In olllce.
Judge M. V. Thompson, of Danville, who is sitting
In the Circuit Court of Cook County, properly denied their
application for naturalization papers. Ills decision and
his reasons upon which It was based merit tho consideration
of all Judges who may be called upon to grant the privi
leges of citizenship to aliens unfitted for it. "This nation
of ours," declared Judge Thompson, "has got past the
point where we can safely admit all coiners to citizenship.
Do you think we can allow you to come over here and
without any preparation give you nil the powers and privi
leges we have as citizens? I have lived here nlways and
have studied our national needs. You know nothing of
them. Yet you ask mo to let you have all the powers and
rights I and others have."
The dungor of admitting to full citizenship men who
liave no knowledge of American institutions and no con
ception of the responsibilities which citizenship imposes is
patent Th 1 uct that applications for naturalization are
now frequently made by aliens wholly destitute of these
qualifications Indicates the dangerous lengths to which the
practice already has been carried- The time has come
to ndopt the principle that, no matter how freely aliens
may bo welcomed to this country, they shall not bo per
mitted to exercise the suffrage until a long residence and a
full understanding of American Institutions have made
them lit for citizenship. The sooner the naturalization laws
nre changed to conform to this principle tho bettor it will
bo for the nation. Chicago Daily News.
Young Men and the Church.
iDITOK BOK is after the preachers again.
Nine years ago, says .Mr. Bok, In the Outlook.
lie wrote an article declaring that the lack of
vital preaching was the cause for the absence
of young men from the city churches. To use
a ball phrase, he was "batted all over the lot"
by the preachers for saying so.
In returning to the lists, the editor who has been gath
Drlng statistics all tho time, says tho percentage of attend
ance of young men Is S per cent loss than it Avas nine
years ago. It. was only .'JO per cent at that time. What's
tho trouble? he asks. Five years ago the ministers said it
was the bicycle. For the past three years they have wild
"golf." A few say Sunday paper.s. The bicycle has dis
appeared from Sunday amusements. The Sunday news
papers are more numerous and larger. That leaves only
golf, says Bok. But he hikes up thirty-one churches in
different cities where Sunday golf is prohibited and shows
Umt out of a possible 1,010 young men only 427 attend
church.
So he returns to the old attack. He has interviewed
hundreds of young men and tho majority say: "Nothing to
go for." "Don't got enough out of the sermons." "It's
nil words, words, words no vital message." Then lie tells
how the churches of Gunsuulus of Chicago and Ruinsford
and IiOrimcr of New York where the big note of spiritual
ity, is sounded are crowded with young men. True, he
quotes many youtig men who say they are too tired when
Sunday comes and allows for hard conditions, and tho
money madness of the times, but lie sticks pretty close to
his text: Lack of vital sermons. Des Moines News.
her drubbing. What then? Are we serious In Imagining
that Japan Is fighting the battle of the Anglo-Saxon? It'
so, there awaits us u rude surprise. Tho goul of Japanese
statesmanship Is the liberation of Asia from European
control, and Asia Includes India. When wo buck Japan
we virtually indorse the cry, "Asia for the Asiatics,'' which
is quite the reverse of the watchword, "An Open Door foi
Great Britain." Russian statesmen realize what an
awakening of the yellow races moans for humanity as a
whole. We approve that awakening, but must also reallzo
Its consequences. The resurrection of the Middle East led
to tho invasion of Spain by the Moors and to battles be
tween Cross and Crescent at the gates of Vienna itself.
Christendom wns there confronted by Oriental Invaders,
who possessed arms equal to her own. The same phenom
cnon is developing at. the Far East. Neither Chlnn nor
Japan has bowed before the ideals upon which our religion
is based. But Japan has adopted, and China is In process
of adopting, the weapons of modern warfare, and when
the yellow races have acquired our methods of destruction,
It Is possible that we may learn too late how wise it would
have boon to allow Itussia to remain us a counterpoise.
London Daily News.
Don't Stop; Keep On.
HE head of a nuinnlm: enirino comnanv wm
T recently asked whether school trained men oi
shop trained men are better equipped for work
111 Yilu frin ritr T I tt ticttnvtiul
"The practical man is likely to know more
than the tcchnicul school man aboutnetual shop
work, but he is also likely to stop knowing
when he should go on knowing."
Hlght here is the point whore the young man of broad
school education excels the young man of equal natural abil
ity but only shop education, lie goes on knowing.
The boy apprenticed to a skilled trade will learn to d
his particular work more deftly than the boy who puts ic
the equivalent years in school. But the properly schooled
boy, If he has learned loss how to do, has learned bettei
how to learn to do.
And what Is wanted In every industry and In every pro
fession Is not so much men who can do well the particuhu
task of the day as men who can readily pass on to some
other and more dlfllcult tasks men who can keep on learn
lng wlille they work.
The mind, like the muscles, ceases to grow if it be not
exercised. Tho ordinary boy, set early at a trade, may
learn that, but In learning it lie Is in danger of closing his
mind, for lack of all round exorcise, to learning anything
else. And the subdivision of labor in modern Industry lint
increased tills danger. From that danger tho proporlj
schooled boy Is delivered. Tho soil of his mind Is so broker
up that It cannot become incrustod against now Ideas, lie
keeps on learning while lie works.
That Is what broad education does, and that is why
the protests of certain exceptional and successful nice
against broad education beat vainly against the dally oh
servation of common souse Chicago Inter Ocean.
British and Japanese Interests.
iT has been lightly assumed that British Inter
ests and Japanese Interests are convertible
terms. We have our doubts whether this the
ory has received adequate proof. For several
generations dread of Russia has been a deep
seated element In tho formation of British
opinion. It lias determined our policv both in
Ihe Near East and upon tho Northwest frontier of India.
But Lord Salisbury was one of those who considered that
this prejudice led us to put our money on the wrong horse,
I ml tho effects of that error In the Near East have been
ippalllng. Let us suppose, however, that Russia receives
kill
The Craze for Money.
T the bottom of all tho too prevalent eorrun
tion, commercial and political, Is the prevailing
idea that success consists In the gal nine oi
money. Joseph It. Burton, of Kansas, the llrsi
United States Senator to be convicted of criim
while In olllce, testified that ho used his ofllclal
iniiuonco in consideration of a snlnrv of sr.rwi
a month from tho Itialto Grain and Securities Companies ot
St. Louis, because he needed the money. Those convicted
of fraud in the Postoliicc Department at Washington, per
petrnted the frauds In order to make money. Almost everj
act of corruption In ofllco Is done to get money; and tin
money that is paid to Induce ofllclal corruntion is nnfl u
obtain wrongful opportunities to make more money. A
the dishonest bargains between business men and corpora
tions are merely attempts to make money. People wlic
have no need of more money keep on trying to make money,
because that is their only Ideal of success. Those who hav
more money than thoy can count or use In any way, try
to add to it because they are lured on by the Idea which hit!
been burned into their minds that making money Is suc
cess and nothing else is success. Corruption thrives on thi
false ideal, and will cease only when this false idol la
thrown down from the high pedestal on which it standj
before the minds of the American people. Boston Watchman.
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Ono Wuy to Foretell Weather.
There were weather prophets before
the Weather Bureau. A correspondent
of tho Springfield Republican says
that once when Dudley Leavltt, for
many years the maker of the Now
Hampshire Almanac, was driving
northward through Nottingham,
encountered a farmer hoeing by
roadside.
"A fine morning," said Leavltt.
"Yes," was the answer, "but
going to rain before long."
There was no hint of rain In
summer sky; but before Leavltt
got through Northwood Narrows
heavy shower came down upon him.
Wishing to find out how the farmer
could predict so exactly, ho turned
back, and found him out In the Hold
again, after the rain.
"I should like to know," said
astronomer of WInnepesaukoo, "how
you could toll so exactly what the
weather was going to be."
"Well," said tho sago, "when my
old ram scratches his ear with his left
hind foot in tho morning, I'm certain
'twill rain before night. Besides, If
that old fool of a Dud Leavltt says
In his almanac, 'Fair weather may be
expected,' I know 'twill be Just the
contrary."
Love usually renders a man color
blind as to complexions.
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JAPANESE ARTILLERYMEN AT PRACTICE.
European and American military experts who have witnessed artillery
maneuvers In tho Japanese army have been loud in their praises of the rapid
ity and precision with which the little brown gunners handle themselves. In
modern warfare the tendencyls to light at longer range than formerly, so that
the artillery Is constantly becoming a more Important arm of the service.
One dlfllculty with securing good gunners among the Japs Is said to be tho
poor eyesight that is a national characteristic. Tills obstacle lias boon over
come In a measure by choosing for artillerymen only those with the keenest
vision. The Japanese lleldplece Is the Arlsaka twelve pounder, Invented by
General Arlsaka, the master of ordnance.
Making it Personal.
"Did you ever long for death?" ask
ed tho soulful, dyspeptic young man
of the practical young woman.- It was
the fourth long call ho had made on
her that week, and she was sleepy.
'Whose death do you mean?" shq
asked, in a dry, dlscournglw? toiio.
OLD
FAVORITES
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Jltirhuru l'rlctchlc.
fp from tho meadows rich with corn,
hear in the cool September mom,
flic clustered spires of Frederick stand
Ircen walled by the hills of Maryland.
tound about them orchards sweep,
Ipplo and peach trees fruited deep.
rnir as n garden of tho Lord
Po the eyes of the famished rebel horde.
)n that pleasant morn of enrly fall,
Vhon he marched over the mountain
wall
)vcr the mountains, winding down,
llorso and foot, into Frederick town.
"orty flags, with their silver Ktars,
'orty Hags, with crimson bars,
(Mapped hi the morning wind; the sun
)t noon looked down and saw not ono.
Dp rose old Barbara Frlctcliio then,
Bowed with her fourscore years and ten;
Bravest of nil in Frederick town,
She took up the flag tho men hurled
down;
In her attic window tho stuff she set,
L'o show that ono heart was loyal yoL
Dp tho street came the rebel tread,
Stonewall Jnckson riding ahead.
Dialer his slouched hut loft and right
tie glanced; the old ling met his sight.
'Hold!" tho dust brown ranks stood fust.
"Fire!" out blazed the rillo blast.
tt shivered the window pnno and sash.
It rent the banner with seam and gush
Quick as it fell, from the broken stuff,
Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf;
She leaned far out the window sill,
And shook it forth with a royal will.
"Shoot, If you must, this old gray head,
And spare your country s flag, she said
A shade of sadness, a blush of shame.
Over the fnco of tho leader cuino;
The nobler nature within him stirred
To life at that woman's deed and word:
"Who touches n hair of yon grny head,
Dies like a dog! Mnroh on!" he said.
All day long through Frederick Street
Sound the trend of inarching feet.
'All day long that free Hag tossed
Over the heads ot the rebel host.
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(Ever its torn folds rose und full
0u the loyal winds that loved it well.
And through the hill-gaps sunset, light
Shone over it with u warm good night.
Barbara Frietchle's work is o'er
And the Rebel rides on his rnidH no
more.
Honor to her. and let n tear
Fall, for her sake, und Stonewall's bier.
Over Barhuru Frietchle's grave
Flag of Freedom and Union wave!
Pence und order and bounty draw
(Round thy symbol of light und law.
Ami over the stars above look down
On thy stnrs below In Frederick town.
John G. Whittier.
nnshrp nihl othor ofllces, which might
divert thorn from their employment. '
"The art of milking bread was not
mown at Rome until 580. Before this
time the Romans prepared their Hour
nto a kind of pup, or soft pudding, for
which reason Pliny calls them caters
of pup. Among the ancients we llnd
various kinds of bread, such as pnnls
sillglneus, pnnls socundus, uutopsyrus,
calm bacons, etc. The French have
great varieties of bread, as queen's
bread, alnmode bread, bread do Sogo-
vle, do Gentilly, quality bread, etc.,
nil prepared In peculiar ways by tho
bakers of Paris. Tho bread do Gonesso
excels all others, on account of tho
waters of Gonesso, about throe leagues
from Paris. It. is light and full of
eyes, which are murks of its goou-hobs.
"Bonpournlcholo, or bonpournlckel,
Is the name of u very coarse broad eat
en In Westphalia und many other
places. It still retains the name once
given it by a French traveler, of bon-
pournlchole, good for his horse, Nloh
ole; but Is by no means a contempt-,
Ible kind. It Is far from being pecu
liar to this age or country; It has been
mown In distant places nnd In differ
ent ages und wns called by the un
dents punls furfnrunceus or panls lin
pueus, from Its not being so thorough
ly cleansed from the husk or bran us
the fine sorts of bread nre. The wres
tlers of old ato only this sort of bread,
to preserve them in their strength of
limbs; nnd wo may learn from Pliny
that the Romans, for il(H) years, knew
no other bread; and It has been said
that this coarso bread nourishes more,
assuages hunger better and genera ten
humors loss subject to corruption than
the white.
"In Iceland bread Is mado from
dried cod, likewise, In Lapland, whoso
country affords no corn, und even
among the Crim Tartars. In uppo
Lusatla a sort of white earth Is found,
of which the poor, urged by the calam
ities of war, make bread. Tills earth,
dug out of a hill where they formerly
worked at saltpeter, when warmed by
the sun, cracks, and small globules
proceed from It like meal, which fer
ment when mixed with meal. Soma
persons have lived upon It for some
time. It will keep for more than u
hulf-do7.cn yours."
BAKING IN ANCIENT TIMES.
jit Won Known fin a Dlntlnct Trade tin
ICurly an 5811.
"The learned are in great doubt
about the time when baking llrst bo
.came a particular profession and bak
ers were Introduced," said a writer In
the Nev Orleans Times-IJeinocrat. "It
Is generally agreed that they had their
rise In the east and passed from
Greece to Italy after the war with
Ipyrrhus, about the year f8!l, till
which time every housewife was her
.own baker; for the word 'plstor.'
which we find In Roman authors be
'fore that time, signified a person who
ground or pounded the grain In a mill.
Mr mortar, to prepare It for the bak
ers. According to Athenueiis the Cup
Imdoelans were the most applauded
linkers; after them the Lydlans, then
Ithe Phoenicians. To the foreign bak
ers brought Into Rome were added a
i number of frecdmcn. who were lu-
orporatod Into u body, or, us they
ailed It, a college, from which neither
jliey nor their children were allowed
o withdraw. They held their effects
u common anil could not dispose of
(my part of them.
"Each bakehouse hud a patronus,
Jwho had tho superlntendoncy thereof,
und these patron! elected one out of
llielr number every year, who had the
superintendence over the rest and the
hire of the college. Out of the body
of tho bakers, every now and then,
fine was admitted among the senators.
To preserve honor and honesty In the
jcollego of bakers, they were expressly
prohibited all alliance wth comedians
anil gladiators; each hud his shop or
Imkehouse nnd they were distributed
(Into fourteen regions of tho Eternal
pity. They were excused from guard-
ANSWER FOREIGN MAIL.
HtcMioKraphurM Well l'nld for TriuiHliit-i
iiiK JtiiHlncHM Letter.
Translating business letters received
In Chicago from foreign countries and
making business replies In tho samo
language has come to bo ono of tho
profitable side lines of stenography
and typewriting.
Just after the Spanish war. when
Cuba and other Spanish territory en mo
Into close touch with Chicago us a
business center, many stenographers
undertook to master the Spanish lan
guage to the extent of business corre
spondence. But oven before this there
was a necessity for typewriting In for
eign languages, nnd us this necessity
bus grown the stenographer has kept
puce with the demand.
The curd of u young woman opera
tor In one of the largest olllce build
ings rends: "Translations in Fienclu
Gorman. Spanish, Italian and Portu
guese. Typewriting done In the abovo
languages." This young woman not
only can accomplish this, but the de
maud for the work Is stonily. Ordin
arily the business man, through a nies'
senger, sends the business letter whlct
he receives, and when the work II
done the letter Is posted back to him,
worked Into good English. If It be in
order that Is to be 111 led. or the request
for prices some one capable of reply
ing to the letter Is sent to the ollieo
of the young woman and, hiking hit
dictation In English, she translates it
into any one of the live languages n
her command.
This work Is better paid than Is tho
ordinary stenographic work of th?
better class, and the time is approach
lng when tho mastery of two or threa
languages at least may be looked fop
as one of the exactions of the school
of sltorthiind and typewriting. -Chicago
Tribune.
Gutting a Good Mtnrt.
'Miss Sophie," beloved iHMiofnetrosj
of half the poor of Now Orleans. sa,
at her desk writing when an elderly
woman who had made many previous
demands upon her was ushered in.
"0 .Miss Sophie," she said, breath
lessly, "I want to borrow a dollar,
please, right away."
"What do you need the money for,
Ermagnrde?"
"Well, now, you see, I'm going to
get married, and I need it for tint
license."
"But if the man you nre to marry
cannot pay for tho license, how Is ha
going to support you "
"That's Just what I want to explnln
to you, Miss Sophie. You boo to-mor-
row Is Thanksgiving, and wo are com'
lng to your free dinner. Then yort
always give us something to takJ
home, and In the evening tho King's
Daughters aro going to have a basket
distribution, nnd wo shall ouch get
one. That will keep up a week easily,
and by that time we'll bo on our foot.''
Don't get gay. It Is easier to keen
the lid on than It Is to put It buck on
again.