Barisca Press-Josrnal
GEO. D. CANON, Publisher.
HARRISON,
NEBRASKA
Austria is the country most lenient
to murderers. In ten years over eighty
persens were found guilty of murder,
of whom only twenty-three were put
to death.
A number of capitalists have bought
a tract of land near Reading, Pa., on
which they will raise silver foxes.opos
sums, racoons, jack-rabbits, minks,
weasels, skunks, wolf dogs and other
for their fur and skins.
There lives in Paducah, Ky., a blind
mechanic who can and does place laths
a evenly and drive the nails as truly
as can any workman gifted with sight.
He puts up his own scaffolds and does
as much work in a day as any man In
his trade. '
Frank Leverett, of the United States
Geological Survey, has been in the
neighborhood of Ann Arbor, Mich., for
about six months making a study of
surface geography for the government.
He finds that the site of Tpsllanti was
at one time the bottom of a lake which
was connected with Lakes Huron and
Erie.
From the Esercito Italiano it is
learned that owing to the slowness of
promotion in the Italian army and the
consequently greater age at which offi
cers obtain their companies and be
come field officers, it has been found
necessary to provide for mounting cap
tains in the infantry, after from four
to six years' service.
In a recent contested will case in
New York evidence was introduced to
show that the testator was net of
"sound and disposing mind," because
for some years before his death !? had
been in the habit of drinking liquor 40
times a day. The remarkable thing
Iw, not that he was able to makt a will,
but that he had anything left to be
queath. It will be some considerable time
yet before the memoir of the late duke
of Argyll is given to the world. The
present duke, who has the work in
hand, has a huge mass of the late
duke of Argyll's correspondence in his
possession, and he will utilize the
manuscripts the late duke had written
for a volume of autobiography and
reminiscences.
Of a western senator who was
brought up on the frontier, it is said
that he never sits with his back to the
door. For thirty or forty years he
"lived with a gun in his hand," and it
grew to be second nature to keep an
eye on the approaches. What a useful
legislator such a man would be if his
habit of watchfulness enabled him to
"get the drop on" all the bad bills that
enter Congress!
The habit of absinthe-drinking has
reached such alarming proportions In
France that the chamber of deputies
has now prohibited Its manufacture
aad sale. Already "the green terror."
as It Is called, has destroyed such bril
liant geniuses as Guy de Maupassant,
Alfred de Musset, Baudelaire and
others hardly less noted.. Since 1894
the consumption has douoied. It is
now estimated at ten million sixty
thousand quarts a year. The drink was
forbidden in the army some time ago,
and the radical action of the chamber
of deputies shows how serious the gov
ernment considers the case of the peo
ple themselves.
An Interesting discovery In the
neighborhood of Jerusalem is describ
ed in the quarterly statement of the
Palestine Exploration Fund. About
thirty yards from the Bir Eyub, or
"Well of Job," which Jewish tradition
Identifies with En Rogel or "The Ful
ler's Fountain" (Joshua xv. 7), from
thirty to fifty vats have been found in
the rock. Their shape Is wholly dif
ferent from that of the vats connected
with oil and wine presses, and one,
at least, is exactly like the fuller's vats
depicted on one of the tomb paintings
of Ben-Hassan. So It Is suggested that
they represent the remains of ancient
falling works, a relic of an industry of
Jerusalem which may be as old as the
time of Joshua.
The Tier. Dr. William Jones, form
erly chaplain of the Army of Northern
Virginia, has discovered a number of
old documents relating to the civil
war. They have been made publle
with the consent of the Lee family
ud the authorities of Washington and
Lee university, with which institution
Dr. Jones Is now connected. Among
them Is a letter written to President
Johnson on June 13, 1865, in which
Oeaeral Lee asks "for the benefits and
fall restoration of all rights and priv
JEsgas extended to those Included In
Oe proclamation of amnesty and par
earn," Oeaeral Lee was not Individu
ally pardoned, but was eluded In the
Sat of the general pardon to all not
ladlctment.
tferlag some excavations at Pompeii
tt najsHneat bromse statue of Grecian
rfaaatila four feet high w-.s
UwKStt to light The discovery was
rsie la the presence of Prof. Or si,
tor em the excaratlou of Syracuse,
etatae, wileh streatfy reaearMes
CM eetearated "Idollao degll UKsT of
: "jsass, to estimated to fee worth
C- It to la perfect preeerveOoe,
to aare oeea aigiea to
a lass la boom villa
sm of PwaipeU. It to the
- - :rtii Ctoeorery atade at Pompeii
i Cl fcst tlfrtr rears.
GIVES (LEAH CARD
Treasurer Stueffer Issues Such
to Ex-Treasurer Meserve.
CERTIFIES TO HOIV1M EVERY CENT DUE
Ko Treasurer Ilk Uona Ont With a Cle
r Record Than That of Joha
B. MeHne The senatorial
situation Deadlock.
The last official act in the transfer
of $4,500,000 of state money was com
pleted on January 16, when Treasurer
Steufer returned the statement of the
auditor concerning the amounts to be
received by him to Auditor Wes'on,
with the indorsement on the back that
everything had been found as sperl
fled in Auditor Cornell's certificate of
January 3.
Mr. Steufer certifies that he has re
ceived every cent specified as being in
the permanent educational ftmds of
the state, that he has verifled the cash
balances to the credit of the state in
authorized depositories and that he
has checked over and found correct
every cent indicated as inverted in
United States, county and school dis
trict bonds and general and univer
sity fund warrants.
No treasurer of Nebraska ever went
forth from the office with a cleaner
clearance card than that givn Mr. Me
serve by his successor, Treasurer
Steufer. Here's what is indorsed on
the back of the auditor's statement, in
Mr. fiteufer's own handwriting:
"I hereby certify that I have re
ceived In cash the amount specified In
the within statement belonging to the
four p-rnjjueiiL eu jcatioiir,; funds cf
the state of Nebraska, amounting to
$91,633.48; that I have verified the bal
ances In depository banks covering the
current funds of the stite. as specified
In the within statement, amounting to
1208,603.07, and find them correct; that
I have counted and checked the United
States, county and sch?ol district
bonds, general funds of the state, as
specified In the within statement,
amounting to $4,474,501.44, and find
the same correct, maklrg a grand total
of mo;ie)s and securities, as per state
ment, 4,474,7 13.99, which has been
turned over to me according to law.
. "WILLIAM STEUFER,
"State Treasurer,
"Liaccla, Neb., Jan. 15, 1901."
ooo
Our republican friends are having
all kinds of fun out of the senatorial
struggle now on in all its glory. Ev
ery mother's son of inn cand. dates was
a good fellow last fall when they were
laboring so hard to give the working
man the assurance of a full dinner
pail, but now that they have locked
horns over the Benatorshlp tlings are
not so lovely as they were. Where
there used to be love, peace an! har
mony, there now exists discord and
war to the death. Instead of uniting
and selecting men who would reflect
honor and credit upon the state we
find the candidates going it alone, each
for himself p.nd the devil take tho
hindmost. Instead of leaving the leg
islators alone and letting thtra decide
the matter, the candidates are usln
every sort of a device calculated to
compel them to come their way. Fed
eral patronage, promise cf office.
money, anything is held out as an in
ducement to the members to quash
their honest convictions.
Some of the candidate have started
daily papers to aid them Jn their can
rats, and are abusing every other man
who dares to aspire o the senate ui
the United States. They arc indulg
ing in personal threats and threaten
ing members with dire punishment In
the future if they dare to vote for cer
tain candidates. They are taking up
the cry against Thompson on the
"agreement" of two years ego, and
are declaring him not to be a republi
can, and they are ualng every sort of
scheme to get the desired seats. The
scrap is not one for the fuaionists to
eater, but they can sit back and quiet
ly oujoy the fight in which the repub
licans are dealing in criminations and
recriminations, and telling tales out of
school. And this fight reminds us of
how nice It would be if United States
senators were elected by direct vote of
the people.
OOO
The long looked for and anziourlv
awaited Commoner, Mr. Bryan's paper,
is Issued this week. Ab announced in
the Associated press, It will Isrue frcrt
the Western Newspaper Union's LI i
coln office. This is a guarattee that
tha Commoner will not only be typo
graphically correct In appearance, b-r.
also will be composed. Imposed ami
printed by union labor, as the West
ern Newspaper Union employs only
union labor and pays union wages.
It Is hardly necessary to say that both
Mr. Bryan and the Newspaper Union
should ! e congratulated on the matter
for it Kbors tl.at both believe the man
Is worthy of bis hire and act In accord
with their belief. The Commoner will
start out under auspices conditions
and we I espeak for It a warm welcome
by those whose regard for Mr. Bryan
has not bctn shaken by Irs leeent da
feat. ooo
The populist, democratic and silver
republican state central committees
held meetings last week In Lincoln
and talked over policies to be pursued
In the future. The general opinion
seemed to be that the reform forces
must act together as they have in the
past.
ooo
The populists had rome difficulty
orcr financial affairs, and S3 auditing
committee was appointed to examine
the committee's accounts. Final ac
tion was taken by referring all claims
to the executive committee with power
to act on seme afer Investigation. A
committee on ways and means was
named to act in conmce.'on with the
executive committee to pan on ssees
eata slso, and to mass an effort to
suae mors collections tad to make
demands for any balance reaaaiainff
from the counties that aare eoeUir
tea the least.
It was extremely gratifying to the
fuiior.ista who attended, on Sunday,
January 13, the meeting at the Oliver
theatre In the interests of charity, a d
at which addresses were delivered by
Rev. F. L. Wharton, pastor of S:.
Paul's M. E. church; Chancellor An
drews, Professor Caldwell, Lieutenant
Governor Savage, and William J. Bry
an. The gratification camo when Lieu
tenant Governor Savage, in his ad
dress, spoke of the charitable inst'
tutlons of the state and remarked thil
during the past two years they had
been well and economically manage-',
and that In nearly every Instance a
surplus was loft in the fund, not all of
the appropriation for eah institution
being used. This was praise for fu
sion economy which well becomes V.r.
Savage, whom we have every reason
to believe honest and upright,
ooo
Then acraln, we hsve been most re
liably informed that State Treasurer
Steufer Is not a bit charry about ex
pressing his adrslratlon for the splen
did manner in which ex-Treasurer Me
serve hal conducted his office and ln
good cocdltion In which it was
ceived from the hands of the fusion
force. Republicans, it seems, do not
always withhold credit where it is
due, and Mr. Steufer's commendation
of Treasurer Meserve's adminiftration
of the financial affairs of the sttt-)
stamp him a man li'.rge enough to rii-J
above party prejudice. We were a'are
that Mr. Mc-st-rve was strictly all right,
and never for one moment feared thai
scandal'. bieath would taint his office.
He run things right, and the people of
Nebraska have much to thank him for,
and we feel dlspced to believe they
are glad they had him In the position
he filled so ably and well.
ooo
The game law which the sportsmen
of Nebraska will support was drawn
to embody the recommendation of
Governor Dietrich that a game warden
be provided to enforce the game laws
of the state. Siace It has been dis-
coereu uiut icout jiv.ww worxn "i
game is shipped out of the state an
nually the true sportsmen of Nebras
ka are beginning to realize that some
thing muut be done to protect the
paine, song and lnsectlverous birds.
The provision for a warden should
meet with hearty approval.on all sides,
and the warden should be given all aid
possible in the discharge of a duty
which is to a certzln extent hazardous,
for game poachers are a hard lot to
deal with. The proper kind of a game
wardn would make Nebraska a game
preserve that could be enjoyed by its
citizens, for he would see to it that
game was killed only for heme con
sumption, and not for eastern markets,
la short, a game law and a game war
den to enforce it would assure every
Nebraskan who deRires to hunt or
fi?h the satisfaction of having the fin
fur and feathered game preserved for
his benefit.
ooo
If it can be done at this session, tho
republicans propose to put through a
big gerrymander in the matter of re
apportioning the state, so that repub
lican control of the legislature will he
perpetual. Representative Evons of
Lincoln county has Introduced a bill
which seems to be a very fair appor
tionment. Mr. Ens, who is a re
publican, claims ihSX his bill was no,
influenced by political considerations
and believes it should be passed in
preference to any measures which
were based on or Infh.aiiced by polit
ical considerations. In his bill. Mr
Evans declares, nothing but the p
ulation of the respective counties 'iad
anything to do with determining nis
method of redisricting.
ooo
Representative Gallogly of Brown
aunty, also a republican, his intro
duced a bill which on Its face appears
to be similar to the one introduced by
Representative Evans. lu effect, how
ever. It is quite different. Mr. Gal
logly admits that his bill was prepare!
In such a way as to give the republi
cans twice as many members of the
legislature as the fuslonists would
have, hazed on the vote of the l'JOO
election. He says that this aim was
the first consideration and that iie
next one was to make the apportion
ment correspond to the population,
ooo
The bills of Mr. Evans and Mr. Gal
logly give Lancaster and Douglas th'i
same lepretentation. The general ef
fect of each Is to decrease the repre
sentation of the southeastern and cen
tral counties of the state, and to In
crease that of other counties.
OOO
The decision of the United States
supreme court in the Neely case, pre
pared by Justice Harlan and unani
mously approved by the other justices,
satisfactorily aod definitely settled
the legal status of Cuba, giving to the
Cubans the final assurances for which
they have been waiting. Cuba is a
foreign country, according to the de
decision, and the American people gen
erally will recognize the decision of
the court as an accurate definition of
the attitude this country assumed
toward Cuba at the outset of the
Spanish war, and still bears towards
it. The court declares that this nation
is bound by an explicit promise to
guarntee Cuba independence, and fer
itself now recognizes that the island
is free and independent. The court
has voiced the verdict and views of the
people. We trust that the august
body will continue to decide properly
in all cases now before it afTecting the
attitude of the country to its eoloDial
poMxsdoos. The country oertainly
needs wise counsel and strict Interpre
tation of its constitutional rights and
prerogatives, and where else will we
go to get this If not to our supreme
court?
OOO
It Is getting to be, In these up-to-date
times, that scarcely any move of
importance can be made without an
injunction of some sort coming Ijt
ward to be fought. Government by
injunction is getting right to the front.
How do the people like it?
OOO
Since salt has been found conducive
to longevity there is no telling what
the trusts will be asking for it.
000
Mayor Harrison of Chicago believes
ta eoatlaaoae performanees wbes it
eoaees to the saloon qeestiom.
Faaay, bat With Llmltet'.oee.
w. of tha Inkea at the Lotus club
dinner te Mark Twain was perpetrat
ed by Senator Depew, who told a story
about a rural friend of his who oace
came to heir Mark Twain lecture in
Boston. When he got back the sena
tor asked: "Hear Markr "Yes."
"Was be funny?" "Yes, funny; out
not d d funny." The senator
laaraoA later th.lt his friend had
strolled into Music hall and beard the
Rev. Joseph Cook.
Cat Far la Demand.
Cats are having a bad time In Ger
many Just now Ten thousand fur
lined great coats and as many each
each of fur gloves and gaiters have
been ordered for the troops in China,
and pussy has to shed her skin for all
of it Fer every greatcoat fourteen
cat skins are used, two for each pair
of gaiters and oae for each pair of
gloves. Cats are going up in the
German market.
Coal Mined by Electricity.
Electric coal cutting machinery Is
rapidly displacing hand work end
other varieties of mechanical mining
appliances In the collieries of Great
Britain and the United States. The
coal thus mined Is cleaner, the waste
less and the effect of the machine on
the ventilation and temperature of the
mine is less than vtlth any other
mechanism.
Talaable Almanac Free.
We have received a copy of the new
almanac for 1901 published by the
Royal Baking Powder Co. It is an ar
tistic and useful book and will be of
Interest to housekeepers. A note
worthy feature of the almanac is a pre
diction of the weather for every day
of the year, by Prof. DeVoe, who cor
rectly prophesied the great Galveston
cyclone and other important meteoro
logical events. We are authorized to
say that any woman reader of this pa
per can secure a copy without cost by
sending a request to the company, at
100 William St, New York.
Entitled to a Good Daal.
Adjutant General Corbin, passing
along Pennsylvania avenue on his way
to the war department saw an old
woman sitting on the curb with pencils
to sell. The general quietly dropped a
coin In her outstretched hand. His
companion remarked: "General, that
woman may possess more money than
you have," General Corbin replied:
"General Sherman once said In reply
to that same remark, 'Any one who is
obliged to sit outdoors to earn a living
Is entitled to more money than I have.
And I fully agree with him."
Tba Cncomfortable Doctors.
The use of oysters has sometimes
been discouraged on the ground tha;
they were under certain conditions
dangerous mediums of conveying dis
ease, especially germs of typhoid fe
ver. Now physicians are said to have
forbidden another relish nearly as
popular at this time of the year. Cel
ery has come under the ban of the doc
tors, who say that it is equally well
adapted to transmitting the poisonous
clement of the soil and carrying the
germs of typhoid fever.
Special Heroism Remembered.
Twenty-five Victoria crosses have
been awarded so far in the South Af
rican war. Eight have been given to
captains, three to lieutenants, includ
ing the one'glven to Lady Roberts by
proxy for her dead son, four to ser
geants, four to corporals, two to ma
jors and one each to a gunner, a
driver, a trooper and a private Infan
tryman.
POLICE OfflCER RtSCLEP.
Oaeer A. C. Swanson of tbe Coaaeil
Mlufl"s Fore Telle an Interest
ing Story.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, Jan. 19, 1901.
(Special.) Klndbearted Officer Swan
son of th local police force Is very
popular In this city. He has lived
here for seventeen years, and has en
joyed many high offices In social and
society work. He Is now Vice-Presi
dent of the "Dannebrog" Brotherhood,
the largest Danish secret society in
America, which combines benevolent
with the social features. Owing to the
constant exposure and many hours on
his feet, which his duty as a police
officer makes unavoidable, Mr. Swan
son became the victim of serious Kid
ney and Liver Trouble. He was very
bad, but has entirely recovered. He
gives tbe story In bis own words as
follows:
"I have been a sufferer for many
years with Kidney and Liver Trouble,
and have tried many remedies, some of
which gave me temporarily relief, and
others which were absolutely worth
less. I began to think that there was
no help for me, when my nephew gave
me a part of a box of Dodd's Kidney
Pills which be had left, saying that it
would do no harm to try them, as they
bad certainly fixed him all right What
be gave me helped me so much that I
felt justified In purchasing more, and
I grew slowly better. It took almost
two months to effect a complete cure,
as mine was a very bad case, but I can
cheerfully and truthfully say that I am
a well man today, and I am very
grateful that Dodd's Kidney Pills
were thus brought to my notice."
The wonderful cures effected by
Dodd's Kidney Pills In Iowa have cre
ated quite a sensation In some parts
of the state. There does not seem to
be any case of Lame Back, Rheuma
tism, Kidney or Blsdder Trouble which
these wonderful Pills cannot cure.
They are certainly popular here, and
the sale through the local druggists to
ry large,
Balnts who carve for themselves an
sure to cut their lingers.
Look out for the man who look!
out for himself.
Ton cannot do Ood'a work with tha
derils weapons.
SELFISHNESS MUST GO
OR CIVILIZATION WILL. BE
CRUSHED FROM EARTH.
Tba Battle llelweai Social Ilea ud In-
dlTldaalUBB Radical on Both Sldae
Are Wroaf There la Golden Keaa
labile Owaenhlp aad Frlrata HI(bU.
The root of the present day politi
cal and social evils is selfishness.
Greed, lust, hatred, murder, injustice,
pride and all uncharitableness are its
children. Our industrial system is
founded upon it and our political sys
tem has it for a cornerstone, writes
James A. Edgerton, secretary of the
Populist National Committee in the
George Weekly.
Selfishness Is not all bad. It is an
Instinct given the Individual to in
sure bis self-protection and to stimu
late him to better his condition. But
in our age it has become abnormally
developed.
The only way to make for real pro
gress and genuine reform Is to strike
at this root-evil. We must cease our
cannabalism In business. We must
come more truly to recognize the
brotherhood of man.
Christ struck the keynote to the
new civilization when he gave tbe
commandment, "Love thy neighbor as
thyself." We must let tbe spirit of
that commandment enter Into our so
cial, political and Industrial life.
The radical socialist and the radical
Individualist wage Incessant warfare;
and both are wrong. The truth lies be
tween them.
Government Ownership.
The Individualist Is wrong in that
he does not recognize that society Is
an organism; and that unto it belong
those functions which are public in
the nature. He falls to see that those
things which are used by all In com
mon should be operated by society for
the common Interest and common
weal.
On the other hand the radical social
ist makes a mistake in carrying this
principle too far. He wants all things
owned by the public, falling to recog-
niie that many things are purely prl
vate in their character. A man's home
and all things pertaining thereto are
essentially private. Each man has an
Inalienable right to that which he pro
duces by his own labor.
There Is a clear Hue of demarkatlon
between that which pertains to the
community and that which pertains to
the Individual; and the rights of the
former are as sacred as the rights of
the latter. The two are lnterdepen
dent. The radical socialist falls to
recognize the very basic principle of
human nature, and that is Individual
freedom. Although the misapplies
tion of the principle has brought so
much Injustice and unbappinesg into
the world It yet remains true that the
individual self-reliance of this age Is
the crowning glory of our civilization.
The Golden Moan.
There Is always a golden mean
There is always a practical, common
sense way of dealing with all ques
tions. Extremes are never true. Men
often see only one phase of the truth
and mistake It for the whole truth.
The coming civilization will be a
blending of the principles of socialism
and enlightened individualism. It will
recognize the brotherhood of man
and tbe freedom of each unit of that
brotiier'uuou. lik it the public !!1 csrs
and operate those things which are
public; but In no way will it trench
on the rights of the individual. There
will be neither a community of prop
trty nor a community of wages. There
will simply be a communal operation
of those utilities wlii' !i are used by a!!
alike. Each man will have a right to
that which he produces or lis exact
equivalent Individual liberty will be
Increased, rather than abridged; and
the private home and tbe family will
still remain the cornerstone of tbe 0'
cial structure.
KitremlsU Never Win.
This is tbe new and practical system
which the present thought Is formulat
ing. It is not socialism as that term
is usually understood. Neither Is it
individualism. It is an Intermingling
of the two. It Is not an ultimate con
dition. There is no surh thing. It is
a condition which meets tbe demands
of this age.
Sooner or later the radicals of both
schools of thought will be forced to
come to this neutral ground. It Is the
logical and Inevitable course. You
cannot overturn tbe world In a minute.
You must go by natural stages. Th?
next step In social progress will be IB
tbe direction of centralization and co
operation; and this will lead In the end
to the public ownership of public utilities.-J.
A. K.
THE CENTURY WILL BRING.
The pendulum of the ages swings by
centuries.
We have swept outward to tbe end
of the arc and are beginning the return.
At the end of each hundred years It Is
time to balance accounts. It Is a time
when men reckon up the movements
of the past and ask themselves: What
of the future? The nineteenth century
has accomplished much, yet It is but so
esrnest proof of whst will be accom
plished by the twentieth. In tbe past
hundred years tbe progress has been
individual and material; la tbe next
hundred years It will be social and
spiritual. In ,ths former It was to
ward political liberty; In the latter It
will be toward Industrial liberty. Tbe
nineteenth century was prolific in dis
coveries In the realm of physlcsl sci
ence: the twentieth century will be
prolific la the discoveries la mental
science, which Ilea behind the physical.
The nineteenth esntary saw tba ex
tension of trade and empire through
out the world; tbe twentieth century
will see the extension of religion and,
civilisation. " The nineteenth century
was remarkable for the growth of
many strong and splendid states; the
twentieth century will be remarkable
In that It will witness a federation of
the nations a republic of the world.
Treedom for White Slaves.
The nineteenth century struck the
shacklrs from tbe black chattel slave;
the twentieth century will unbind the
limbs of tbe white wage slave. In
tbe nineteenth century, competition
brought about its most splendid
results and reached its logical ead by
destroying Itself; In the twentieth cen
tury will be ushered in the era of co
operation. In the nineteenth century
Christianity was carried to the so-
called heathen world; in tbe twentieth
century the true and higher Christian
ity will be taught to the Christian, as
well as to the heathen, world. The
nineteenth century ran mad with ex
tremes of riches and poverty, of cul
ture and Ignorance, of high character
and degeneracy; the twentieth century
will see more equable conditions, an
uplifting of the entire mass, a more
general diffusion of prosperity.
I rar aad Brotherhood.
The nineteenth century was filled
with war; the twentieth century will
finally usher in a world-wide peace.
The nineteenth century was marked
by noisy struggle and barbaric splen
dor; the twentieth century will be
marked by more silent, bait more sys
tematic effort and by the cultivation of
the artistic and beautiful.
In a word, the progress of the nine
teenth century was outward; the prog
ress of the twentieth century will b
Inward.
The centuries form the rounds on the
ladder of advancement.
Humanity is about to take another
step upward.
Be not dismayed. The world grows
better, brighter, happier.
Be not dismayed. Our side may lose
In a factional struggle. It Is but an
incident in the world-progress.
Be not dismayed. Things may not
move as rapidly as we would wish;
but they do move, and that Is much.
Be not dismayed. There Is a Benefi
cent Intelligence In the Unlvers" ari l
through all things runs a purpose; the
law of evolution still operates, and the
human race is not retrograding, 'jut
is moving onward.
Do not be so egotistical as to imagine
that, simply because things do not Sf
your way, the Lord has ceased dolug
business.
Remember it is always possible that
you may be the one mistaken.
The world Is not perfect and Is not
apt to become so In a hundred years,
or a thousand, either; but It Is going
in the right direction and it will reach
the goal of a higher civilization by and
by.
Be an optimist. He Is the only found
and healthy philosopher. It is not
necessary to shut your eyes to present
evils; but do not let them distort your
vision of the future.
As Time Sweep On.
As time sweeps on we are coming near
To the birth of the reign of right;
We approach the final, disastrous
wreck
Of the systems of brutal might;
The specters of murder and force and
greed
Shall fade as an evil dream;
And freedom and Christian brother
hood Shall rule o'er the world supreme.
Sublime In the sunrise ff liberty
The hlll of the future loom.
The empire of war and robbery
Is close to Its final doom;
Thouxh rich In plunder of land and
gold.
In spite of Its boasted power,
'Twill split on the rock of the Rights of
Man
And God Is striking tbe hour.
The man or nation that lives by tha
sword
Shall die by the sword, at last;
For this Is the lesson of history
Through all of the blood-stained
past.
Go read the record by Tiber's banks.
As scrawled In the ruins gray;
Go con it over in fallen Spain
The law Is the same today.
Go read It In England the plled-up
wroncs
Of a thousand years of the past
She has sown the wind over all the
earth.
And the whirlwind comes at last.
For Liberty, queen of the years to be.
Is standing In the Transvaal
She speaks once more to tbe souls of
men,
And the whole world thrills at the
call.
In the morn of the coming century, .
The era of truth and right
Shall dawn sublime over tha New Time
And fill the world with its llfeht
The rule of robbers and murderer
And worship of gold shall cease.
Over all tbe earth shall come to birth
The reign of the Prince of Peace.
J. A. E.
WANAMAKER AND QUAY ALIKE
Sioux City Tribune: The "protective
system" Is to Pennsylvania as slsvery
was to Dixie. Tbe state Is an oligar
chy of protectionists and no other form
has a chance to exist Wanamaker,
who is at outs with Qusy, hoisted him
self Into official life by raising a cor
ruption fund of 1400,000 In Philadel
phia, after Quay had shaken the tree
to the limit of his strength. The dlf
frence between these two men la,
therefore, but In degree of culpability.
Both are subordinate to the system
which has aade then publle trharae
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