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AMERICAN. I'- 1 im mi Pin si ext. 4 ffl kttlftrtit - Von MR H. OMAHA, Ni:itUAsKA. I lUlUY, M.VV :t, lv2 THE 1 i J! a I A. f AtKlOllfrM. IMmH IK ru in M Our l.tlt U l titidoitht.'dt a truthful wHln lhat nul td nite giM l reaiid. Not a!j dirv-ctlj, to t' ore, hut Indirectly and remotely t pmultatit i fln t, Al ! tht cxldtiiiv f thi truth in tho cn lial awakening which ha taken place among many if tho nioM thoughtful and far-ocittg educator of the country, w ho have lcn arotists.1 by delllter at.' blow h'ukhI hy anarchist of Chicago at tMihliinn Institution: hy the strike mill tstycott. In which thero wa so largo an active alien ele ment, to the lniortunoo of Inculcating In our public school a live feeling of patriotism and devotion to the national flag. Those lesson of loyalty should constitute no minor putt of the scholastic education of the child. In telligent patriotism should be taught and fostered In every school In the country. Kducatlonal mtat lotion Inform us that at leant 50 per cent, of the Bcholars in our public schools have forelgn-liorn parents, who were edu cated to Ideas at variance with the American Idea of free government. Those children, as well us many of our native born children, are not thoroughly itivbued with the love of American In stitutions, and have not been taught to look with prido upon our hlntory. But the presence of tho anarchists, tho & orders produced by tho strike and the boycott, have led American educators to consider if it wore not possible to .find a re mod y for these evils through oar public schools. Not that our politi cal croed should bo inculcated, or any party prejudice nursed, but that simply tho American Idea should bo instilled In all of tho schools throughout tho country. President Slmmonds of the board of education in New York, not long ago suggested tho Idea that tho American flag should bo placed in ull of our school ' rooms. Tho suggestion has been received with enthusiasm by tho educational fraternity, no less than by thoughtful and intelligent citizens from Malno to California. In connection with this introduction VlE tho StarBand utripos, many superin tendents of schools propose to Introduce patriotic talks and songs, which shall help to make tho children familiar with the Institutions and principles th-.t are symbolized by our Hag. Says Inspector I). VV. C. Ward, of tho Seventh school district of New York: "You have no Idea of tho enthusiasm which has been aroused in our district by the Introduction of Americanism In our schools. What man thoroughly imbued with a lovo of American Insti tutions, and a knowledge of America's history and mission could have any sympathy with growths of despotism and anuixmy'r' Since I began to Ameri canize the children In my district I huvo presented sixty American Hags to different schools. At first I found an almost complete lack of patriotism for America, even among native-born children. The subject, apparently, had never lioen brought to their attention. Now that they understand it, they show tho true spirit which should possess every citizen of our republic. 1 fre quently mako addresses In the schools on Incidents of the civil war. You ' should see tho boys and girls jump to their feet and shout when I mention any bravo deed, and their faces glow when I tell them what our fathers have done for their country. In 1'rlnclpal Hardy's school, Seventieth street and First avenue, the American Idea has taken deep root. Uusts of Lincoln and Washington havo )oon placed In tho schoolrooms and Hags arc hung on tho t walls. Patriotic songs aro sung in the morning and afternoon. Some time ago I offered an American flag to the class that should show the greatest de gree of punctuality and discipline. There are seventeen classes In tho school, and tho eagerness to get that flag was so groat that at tho end of tho time specified fifteen of tho classes were pronounced perfect, and tho flag had to go by drawing lots. In Principal Ford's primary school, Forty-second street, near Third avenue, It Is tho way, even among tho little children. I have received a great muny letters from parents telling mo how their children havo gone into tho Idea of be ing real Americans." This patriotic awokenlng Is a hopeful promise for our futuro. Americans havo been slow in Impressing the minds of the children with the greatness and grandeur of American history. There are hundreds of children In our piddle schools who can tell us all alsiut Roman conquest, who aro perfectly familiar with tho names of Alexander, of Ciesar and Napoleon, who could tell us very ltjtlo of our revolutionary epoch, and hardly more of our lato civil struggle; children whoso pulses havo never jtiU kt M-d Hh a thivh tf pi .' m Of n tim i( ( i ut l.tiio.in td iJmnl, ml hn tvU(v nothing 4 IIm in !pl inohit In the mlml Mretfel.' n,.-lit I tut h h lag U plmit in all tf our public 'ltitlit; let the hllibvn t taught to f.tl p rwttmt pt lib- In wtc nntlonnl hltot j : let them tnd.-cin.t that !v at teii" e tv ftw, and that freedom itn sn nt lleete but ll! t ty under law, and the old f1c III mean niiv to them than the flat: of nil the king and cmitcror of thoj earth. They will hue America and her Institution. They will I' pivud of j Iter history, and appreciate the value and the sacrtHlnes of their own sover eign Htlneuship. bt the American Idea prevail not that Americans alone shall have a voice In our national affairs, but that every man coming U our shores who Is devoted to five gov ernment, and who is willing to stand with us In Its defense and perpetuation, shall share with us the blessings and, tho grandeur of our republic. tw WHO WROTE THE BIBLE? Conclusive Evidence That ErrQrKM8 Ideas Exist. Fo Tub Amkiucan: Tho present lliblo Is prohably tho work of Solomon, down to his time Tho Book of tho Upright or Jusher was tho Book from which ho Collated his facts of history. Tho Hook of lasher, commences with tho -tith verso of tho 1st chapter of Genesis, of our present Bible, so that wo are in dobtod to Solomon, for placing tho llrst twenty-five verses, to tho 1st chapter of Genesis. This is an exceedingly im portant point to note. I have been In terested to know whence these llrst twenty-live verses to the 1st chapter of Genesis came. Their history dates back to Adam, who was undoubtedly their author. An abstract of tho philology of tho words used in tho llrst twenty-live verses of tho 1st chapter of Genesis, of our present Bible, given In our diction aries, is as follows: Number of words 572 Numhdr of languages 14 No. 1 i 4 A II 7 s I) III II lilt 14 I.ANIIIIAdKS, No. Wonim 1 I 1 'i 't t H II ;i w VI M I MM (Ii'i'iiiitn IllNll IhiiiIhIi Noi'iiiHli-I'Venitli. Hilfi'l Welsh Old KiikIMi duel HiiiiiiIhIi , I'I'KIM'll Mlilillc (lollilc... AiikIii-Hiixom .... (lollilc TOTAL Wo can go further in this investiga tion. Our dictionaries, give, or (junto, several languages us Indicating the derivation of words. An abstract of all such possible derivations Is as fol lows: No, I'KOI'I.K OK I.ANIIItAllH, TllMCM (Jiml.'il Aiiifln-MiixoM I Mil I'll Ol'I'IIIIIM HwkiIUIi IMiiiInIi Ilellili' J I ii ml li' I. iiiin Mil (Icnniin . ., ,, I'I'IhIiiii,, ,. ., , Kl'i'tirll ,, Uiwk Iliilhin HiiiiiiIhIi MhUlln Ilollili:,,., HiuiNi-rliit WelHh I'IimiiIhIi ,,,, ,, IVihIiui , HIiiiloiMlitri , . Hurl IrlMli I'lll'llllfl'HI'..,. Hrliivdi,, ,, KiihnIiiii ,, Old KiikIUIi Oh K, (iriiiiiiii,, (till I'l'CIH'll Nnniiiui Krmich , llrliiiiny I rid tn it Aniiiuli'iiii Mlilillo (jlcrmari . Ili'liri'W MllHt I.IIIIKUHKI'H. TOT A I Mr, !ih:i :Vi;i ;mi ;i;ih aim nil ,'A 117 s;i 7;i 115 (14 11,1 M 411 lis il'.: ;a :ii is 17 14 n ii s 5 'i i :i 4 II 7 s u 10 II n in u in in 17 is 1H 'Jit n a 84 m n !W ;ki :ii i :i:i M in 1 I As to tho origin of language, or speech, tho following Is tho 1st and 2nd versos of tho 1st chapter of .lasher. (Seo verses 20 and 27, 1st chapter of Gen. in our Bible.) 1st. "And God said, let us mako man In our own Images, after our likeness, and God created man In his own Imago." 2nd. "And God formed man from tho ground, and ho blew Into his nostrils the breath of life, and man liocamo a living soul, endowed with speech." Noah Webster's dictionary, August, H 17, says: "It Is, therefore, probable that lungumjr, as well as the faculty of speech, wus the. immediate gift of (1ml. Wo aro not, however, to suppose the language of our first parents In para dise to have lsen copiyus, like most modern languages, or tho identical language they used, to lw now In ex istence. Many of tho primitive radical words may, and probably do, exist In various languages: but observation teachos that language must improve and undergo great changes, as knowl edge increases, and be subject to con' titt'ml !ttH.it 1rn otte r lttct.1 t tt tin n In li tj Ttti rvtttsi k ace vole In ki plti tilth ir j i It ni" In Tiehwlyj : Uk.' t. im, or vtit tt St'ttj , oiil hme tvn up tlt tttt li' tt"e; o whh all other initti i n art, I'lm If th H a known 1 fori , w. In our rn,Hcov try and prnitieal applltnllon, hale ootml iw itU to piviw the nt" itl. a or U We can then nay, When a new UUa I nvet!d, a new wod I mined ex plvsn it, and thflttv the philohtgera of the word are the Inventor of the Idea. If we apply this method of rvaonlnij to our Bible, then niunt aetMitl to the noplt whotolned the wortl to ex pivs tlu itlea, the origin of the Inven tion or discovery. Then, to tho op)e from whom the Anglo-Saxon sople have desivntied, are the authttrs of our Bible. Tho llittt knowledge we have of writ ing Is recorded In the Bistk of .lasher, uhaptor 2, verso V: "And In those days (:'Ct Am., 3iill!l B. C.)Calnan wroht upon tablets of stone what was to take place In time to come, and he put them In his tonsure" The Book of Jashof Is equally au thentic with tho Bible. This book" should Ik?, and justly, entitled the "Father of History." Tho Book of .lasher extensively quotes from tho Book of F.noch. The last date in tho Book of Knoch Is 205(1 B. C, tho last date In tho Book of .fasher, 147!) B. C. N. A. List. CHURCH RULES INTERPRETED. Societies tlmt are Not Recognized by the Catholic Church. Archbishop Katzor's circular letter to the clergy of tho, archdiocese re garding secret societies was made public Thursday. Tho letter Is the result of tho bishop's refusal to confirm Joseph Klochner, of Oshkosh, as tho treasurer of a Catholic congregation, lM'cause Mr. Klochner was a turner. Tho circular Is as follows: 1, MiiHdiiN anil Citi lioMiii'l lire cx-i'iimiiiiiiiiI-ciili'd by iiiuiiii mid ttx prt'HHly. 2. Tliet'u run Im no ilnulit that Mm Odd I'VIIiiwm and Huns of Tom pfruntro itru at lenst liy niiiiio and tixpi'i'ssly foililddi'ti. II. AKIioiikIi not explicitly mid by name, lieverllit'li'ss liniillc'llly, nr oxi'iitiiiiiiuilcati-d all societies which, under wIiiiIhiiihit iiiiiiic, pint either itKiilrist, Ihn church and I he Calh ullu ri'lltflnii or UKnliiHl, IckIIIimiiIii kuvciii inrtits, whether they fx art from their iiioiii licrs mi outli of secrecy or not. The Provincial council nf Milwaukee un proved by the Holy Sen, hits declared com munists, socialists, anarchists, and tiiiiicis whit lire allied In tint society known under MiK Kencriil title of "liirnerlHind" In lie this cliiss, 4. Moreover, all societies urn Implicitly c'X-ciiiiiiiiiiMli'iitod, which claim for them selves "h priest." or cliiipliiln, or minister nf worship, on thlr own authority with their own special ritual mid ceremonies, not of uny or every kind, nnr us somi't lmcs hiippi'iis iiiiiuiik our people when ci'i'litlii prayers arc roclled In mcet lnus nf citizens, lint of such a mnniicr Hint thcsDclcfy Itself, prnposluit In Itself mid evil end, licconies scIiImiiiioJciiI or herctlcnl. A, Societies, which lilnd lliclr memltcrs idlher liy onlh or hy mere word of honor In oliNcrvnlhe secret, so strictly (hut It cmiiiot ln rnvcnli'd with Impunity even to Mm cedes Instlciil authority (I. thti lilshnp) lawfully demandlnit It arc fnrlildden under I lie pnln nf Kt'lcvous sin, and on this account arc In tin shunned. L Ilkcwlse under Hut pain of kiIcviiiis sin aro fnrlildden suclctles which hind their members to unreserved and blind ohpdlf urn, In practice thcrefunu 1, Masons and Carbonari ciinnot be ab solved unless they have "(In fue to" left Hid society, The case Is always excepted In which dy lint mini can only before witnesses (or In the extreme necessity to Mm confessor! allium promise that Im will leave Mm society, 2. Odd Follows and Hons of Tiunporiincn cannot lie absnlved, until they In fact limvc, the society or lit least seriously promise Mint they will at once withdraw, il. When a priest Is aware, with a know! odife entirely certain, obtained outside of confession, that a society mi account of reasons enumerated above, Is either Im plicitly cx-eommutilciitcd or forbidden under the pain of Kdcvous sin, ho cannot, absolve a member of such a society, unless Mm condi tion luld down In No. 2 be fullllled, Kspec.lally must rector take cam that Catholic unions do not (If they desire to tin rni;uKnl,,d as such by ecclesiastical author ity, and admitted Into tho church with their badges) admit us member to their snclcly Mm members nf even doubt ful societies. As funerals nf members of such swlotlcs wn iiiiike the followliiK decrees: 1. Masons, Cnrbonnrl, Odd Fellows. Hons of Temperance, unless they have. In act' left the secret society, urn to be deprived of ecclesiastical burial, except In Mm ensn In which a dyltiK man could only promise ls forn witnesses that Im would leave It. 2. Since other societies have not been de clared as forbidden by nnine, their members, unless soiiifthlnK (dsn prevents II, can be burled i but wn forbid their fellow members "In a body" or wllh badges ami rcKiilla to be present at, or to march or to perform any riles or ceremonies at the funeral, with Mm exception, perhaps, nf the union known us "The (Irand Army nf the Kcpubllc," because this society Is enusldorcd rather as a military Hilda patriotic society. In this case even all rhdits and ceremnnles must tie excluded that lire not strictly military. Tho Scnlind, In commenting on the alxivc, says: "Archbishop Kotzer has nuido an interesting list of tho classes of persons who aro ex-communleated by reason of mcmlHU'ship In Bocret so cieties. It would havo added to the Interest if ho had suggested a reason t .nv, of tsnlt tmtitl tn I litiivh Tl' vUMti m,,H!.' t l t jt.wl tmttHt (H. i, ( , jt.s.Stll,.. U fur It,,. KmH- ,4 jllaij ftvm the n.i,tn! ot f.iet lkm rl appear to t the imMttutmr pH hmrf and f.nk.-t tall letlm. ttf the t lino h rail. The t Md tYUow m it t,f T'iivi'antv atv ipt-ntr . nl.-,! atwiliiUnn. The gtntiwl prtlon w tilt Ii t Al io. I. tin tutu es of tH-rrt't del it fittni the ptUtgtii of the rtttitvh would evelude ttttt.', Imt It ha Isi lt tbimht to 1h. tt,tt'Mt to men tion Masons, t Mil IN-ll.iws an,) N,m, ,,f Ti nns rance by name, ltiilliating that they are tjs-claHy w Icketl in tho eyes of the t'limt li, Tt was the M llwauket t'atholle tmn cil that flrst cIiiswmI the Turner with anarchist, socialist!) and communists. This council pronoumvd a decreo against the Turners and II has Is-en ratilletl by tho holy see, There is something unneces.Httrlly Insulting In this rash claHsllicatlon of tho Turners, who aro among the most law-abiding and patriotic citizens. It Is true that "free thinking" Is popularly Itollevod to Isi prevalent among Turners, and thero may Im reason why the Catholic church considers Turners inlluouees unfavorable to the church, but this does not warrant the coupling of the Turners with anarchists. All the secret societies in this coun try that havo had a long existence and aro not formed entirely of persona hav ing a single Idea and belonging to a single class, arc not only harmless but useful. Benevolence Is tho loading purpose In every case. Tho secrecy Is a sort of mild humbug that does not harm anybody, any more than tho gaudy trappings, tho dull-edged swords that get tangled In tho legs of the processionists, the high titles and tho grips and pass-words. Men of all kinds and classes belong to these secret societies, and It Is certain that If any other motive than to jiromoto good fellowship and mutual aid If any of them had a purpose to overthrow tho Catholic church, most of one's neigh bors would not stay In them, IVrhaps there Is an influence, unin tentional, however, In most societies, (hat is not fuvorablo to tho authority of the church. For just as Niire ns a strong churchman mingles freely with men of d liferent religions ho becomes liberal, Jhiubtless It is an (dement of strength to a church that undertakes tho close control of Its member's lives, when It (tan prevent Its members from forming close and familiar relations with outsiders, and this may tat the reason why the Masons, Odd Follows and Turners aro clussed among those having horns and split-hoofs. - IS IT A CHICKEN BONE? What the Rov. Mr, O'Connor Sayi of an Alleged Hoi Relic, While hundreds of the fulthful were crowding Into the little Canadian church of Ht. Jean Baptlsto on Fast Hovonty-slxth street last overling to kiss tho glass case In which an alleged fragment of one of St. Ann's arms Is Incased tho I lev. James A. O'Connor of Christ's Mission, 112 West Twenty llrst street, was preaching to an attrac tive niullonoo as to tho falaey of tho relic The TimiH on Friday last noticed tho credulous interest that many Catholics were manifesting In the anxiety to get a glimpse of what they were assured was nothing less than two Inches of the bono of tho arm of Ht, Ann, the mother of Mary, the mother of Christ, Thous ands of persons have crowded into the little church to see tho relic. As to Its genuineness the Hev. Mr O'Connor, who for eight years was a 'toman Catholic priest, gave Ills opinion last evening. The text of his sermon was "Hallos," with special reference to the fnuiHMitary arm bono which Father Tetreuo In exhibiting to his Hock and thrt public by tho courtesy of Mgr. Marquis of Quebec, who is on his way home from Itomo, where ho got tho sacred relic. Mr. O'Connor told his listeners that he had puld two visits to the church to see and examine the relic. "I examined It," said ho "as closely as 1 could through tho glass case, I do not hesi tate to say that this relic' resembles more a chicken lame and the down on It incipient feathers than It does a human lione or human hair. "I asked the priest who was exhibit ing the relic what his Idea was as to the personality of St. Ann, and ho said she was the grandmother of (Jisl. Now, all trace of St. Ann's remains was lost sight of for 7IKI years, when It Is claimed, they were discovered in Jerusalem and sent to I tome. "This relic, now on exhlbitlor m .St. Jean Baptiste church, Is an h..!.-1. n uoon tho people. There j .fu ments of tho remains of St. A niri !.-tsint. This bono is a bogus oj;o, a. raak im position, placed on cx,iVlbltiuu for t hit. t.tiii , ftttd t On- v not Mttiissmlng the ,MHill.' WVt it) I stotttl Iht'iv llte tht fx h si. In ,t Ute tet-lo a tie ti oanto I to kstho holy ivl-?. Atil . Iodic teem w to tv Mm 'iil t i a Utall i in t hieti U t n tn' Put In .v in tht In a-Kihi ti itjjht I candle. Tin lW d l tditt s..pi am only t ttto tlliw m, Inil litany much ntoi. dare thai the etthlbl lion ha twitted wwanl of M,li. I hero I tt'tHl to I' a mien-d relic In every Catholic altar atone, hot this I the first Un' In the l'nlutt Hiatts that one ha ivor lnt thlhtttsl for money. It I a dlograccful, shrine mi u iinu' in wnai is pitpistmHi in i a saeretl nlic. It may safely Isi pn iliettd that a till exhibition has -mid so well, It will not li the lust, and other priests will Is'ulii to exhibit their ndlosorget some lniirttMl, wheiiby hi Increase tho devotion of the faithful and tho revenue of theeliiiivh, Such a thing Is worse than profanation," A'cic York 7Vin, ULYSESS S. GRANT. Strong Words From a Contnmporary In Hit Behalf. Tho San Francisco AnjniunU, of May H, In commenting on tho dilatory action of the Metropolis in honoring the dead hero, says: In INHfj. when the great soldier lay In his last sloop, tho voice of the nation favored Washington as the place of sepulture, tho people instinctively recognizing tho appropriateness of the national capltol as the place of rest for him who did so much to save the Union, and whose name is linked forever with the grand story of its preservation. But New York rushed forward with indecent village clamor, anil demanded tho honor of giving f I runt a grave. Its press and men of murk and wealth were generous with promises. A million dollar, was to be rulsed at once by popular subscription In the city for a tomb that would bo worthy of hjnj who slept, and tho metropolis whoso grate ful free-will offerings should rear it. New York prevailed. Grant's dust was pushed Into tho little temporary con crete cell at Itiverslde, and that was practically tho end of the city's liberal ity. 'Year drugged after year, the New York press appealed vainly to the eltl.ens, the country from one ocean's shore to tho other uttered lis scorn, and congress, In response to outraged public feeling, considered a joint icso I ii Hon calling for tho removal of the warrior's ashes to tho capital, New York roused herself again, In strictly New York fashion, Promises (lowed once more llko water. But the danger of Isdng deprived of a park attraction having passed, tho metropolitan pocket was robuttimod. At the end of seven years, the total contributions, wrung from those who felt In some faint de gree the humiliation of tho situation, amounted to just I.Vi.OMI, Congress now being again In session, and tho country's demand for the re moval of the body to Washington hav ing been revived, New York reawak ened, She thriftily resolved that Instead of a million-dollar monument she would erect one at half that cost. Two months ago, Genera! Horace I'ortor wus commissioned by the committee to show tho world what New York could do when she set out to be munificent, He divided the city Into districts, with branch subscription bureaus, and Issued moving, patriotic appeal to the two million Inhabitants, At tho laying of tho corner stone the other day, he stated the result which was received with self-applauding enthusiasm by the multitude present. The two months of fervid effort, backed by the whole bogging power of the metropolitan press, had brought up the grand total to 2rJ,(H), That Is, tho two months of strenuous endeavor had drawn I7,8(K) from tho clutches of one of the largest and richest cities In the world, which nutuls'i's umong its population hundreds of millionaires, and some citizen who count their wealth by the llfty and hundred millions. Congress should hesitate no longer. The ashes of the leader of the Union armies ought to Isi rescued front the possession of a city which has so flag rantly proved Its unworthlnos to li their custodian. The iooplo of tho United States, In whom, outside of New York, the name of Grant awakens pride, gratitude and reverence, have a right to inM upon this, and they will do so. if n' t at once, then assuredly whet) the wiii i and snows of successive uiimii rs h id winters havo beaten upon the Mienvercd corner-stone; for that, df.ditleart, Is as far as New York's grudging heart will loriuit tho monu uioiit to grow. ' Tho behavior of the motroioH in this Instance Is not exceptional, but typical. Three years ago It was re solved to commemorate the centenary of tho adoption of the federal constitu- tMtwt and vt.iiik u li.s'n'i.mit.rti C .t,l. nt M New tk I-) Hi.' rsvMi 4 taa,,' nlfte.nl atvfc at ntilv Ih tpMtrv It tttiitissn'jr to ny that tie arc It I !.. Jai.l t.vt ). t. Th lith tut Iti.titt.-t. ts t.f the ell) to t(t ().- iftfi ,4 ihn list.. I artUt, tt. tUot.ll, a HI r lt fotiMa-n mt long j a tit., t-bwj nm, f itrt) In I liiihleiiltij ) Wot Id ultttls the rlit of lls tipHlWsl Uii titer 11, ,. watrt4 I lie Itaj. Hut f,.r h. traM is of a ! pnier, Wlihdt ap'alil iteeesnAilly to tho ontiniiy f,ir dlitast and aleaUm w herewith, to een..tnir-i a M.let, t w statue woul.l si III ho Mo ttlsliK'll red in a mi In. .is.', The truth i I hat Nw Ymk lni an. American idly, Ihning reiilury she ha l n the entuh-Wudu l-r the offal of tho world, She In mini Irish than Dublin, more priest-ridden ed priest robls'd than Borne, mure ,K wish than Jerusalem, nearly a 1 littupirlnn a 1 1 unwary, and a Italian and Hieillan at Italy and Sicily, The host of all the foreigner who (inter h'r port depart for the west, nod tho dretrs remain. There Is no city on earth that ft cursed wit h audi a fostering mesa of ignorance, penury, vleiousness and crime. She is u political and socl.il sore on tlm body of the republic. The American resi dents aro corrupted by tlvelr surround ings, Tho pliitiKTiiey are so near Kuropo that they ape the manners, customs, and modes of thisight of its arlstiNtracy, The middle classes, en vironed hy hordes of dolmsod I'luropeaim living In loathsome stpialor, fool like members of an American colony In a foreign land, and they aro naturally devoid of sympathy with or understand ing of those repulsive fotlow-oroutures. Ho It comes that thero Is no community of sentiment to bind the population to gothcr. The struggle for existence Is fierce, and begets a sol llshness that Is brutal and savage, It Is iuioslb1o that thero should bo public spirit in such u city, or that It should be Ameri can In Its Instincts. Chicago Is Afuerl-. can to the core. Yet her fori Inn population Is probably as great propor tionately as that of New York. But' Chicago Is environed by American s territory and people, not open on oie side to the lnllitonu of linUind ami t! torrent of barbarous immigration direct from the bogs of Imlund. Moreover1, her foreigners are of a better grauVf than those who, on being dumped pit the Atlantic snubourd, have neither tho energy nor am hi Hon to got away from the tenements Into which they have been chuted from the steerage, Chicago A I I I..... I t XT...., j lie ( ii nil i.es nnr loreju iioi w, York's Immigrant have foreign I xod New York. Chicago has patriotism, local pride, self-respect, and capacity to act with unity. Witness her capture of the World's Fair from between the eager and undeserving paws of New York, and the splendid subscription of ',KK,(KKl made by hercltlzens, Chicago has the vitality of youth; the fire of tho west Is In her blood, Now York is old and rotten, petty and Jealous. Her contribution to the World's Fair a splendid national enterprise has con sisted eh lolly of sneers. Governor Flower, when he said "Hats!" to a delegation who waited on nun with a reipiest that he recommend a legislative appropriation of half a mil lion, accurately expressed the finding with which New York regard the su perior brains and patriotism of Chicago. When, a few weeks ago, Mayor Grant went down on hi knees at a mass-moot-Ing and kissed the baud of Archbishop Corrlgan, when that tremendous Brook lyn Irishman stalked majestically Into the hull, New York was not sleeked. The majority of her citizens gave their llrst duty to the h, holding their loyalty to the United States government secondary to their allegiance to a foreign potentate. Ulysson Grant should sloop his long sleep In American soil. Let his sacred lay lie ixirne to the nation' capital. ONCKon a time so Senator Black burn says a typical Amerleun city convention wus hold to parcel out tho olllees. It was agreed In advance that all )xterit element should bo recog nized, so for mayor un Irishman was nominated, for auditor a German, for treasurer an Irishman, for clerk a Swede, for street commissioner un Irishtnun, and so on. After thes valu able adjunct to American government had lieen duly and projsirly recognized, thero yet remained one small, incon sequential ofllce to 1111. A little man arose timidly and said mildly that If the foreign element had no objection, and If tho delegation from Kuropo had been properly provided for, perhaps it would be advisable to give this otllco to an American. In the midst of tho general uproar an Irishman, very red and very angry, jumjted to his feet and cried out: .'dr. President, If this is to Iks a detuned knownolhlng convention, I withdraw:" "Tho force of this here observation lies in tho application on it." Exchange, 1 V-rar" IteBtllitakMUM. J I