RUSSIAN AUTOCRACY I a£ aeacsesc 357 as: ss:-3.7 ■»e»:-ac g. As Se;n By j A Woman In J £ St. Petersburg. j ir-jc- r'r'rr'rr To some minds, fortunately not to all, the word ‘autocracy” seems syn onymous with despotism and tyranny. It certainly does mean power, but he who lias power has also the possibility to use it in a beneficent way and to exert it whenever conditions demand it Power—absolute power—in the hands of King Henry VIII., or an Ivan the Terrible, might have been look'd upon as a disaster, and yet the reign of either monarch is regarded from a political view, as successful; from an individual view as despotic. Fortunate ly civilization and the twentieth cen tury have made it impossible for such monarchs to exist. Absolute power in the hands of Alexander 11., the auto i rat of all the Russias, the world l;now3, has been a blessing, for he had the possibility to free 25.000,000 slaves with one stroke of the pen, and not only free them, hut endow every one of them with a piece of land. Do you think he could have done so. or that the nobles would have permitted him to do so, if they had a word in the matter? In your country the same great reform took place nearly at the fame time. Hut how differently was it solved! Through a civil war which fought against brother, and the effects of which are still in existence. Let us go further back in Russian history to the reign of Peter the Great. Nobody can dispute what this auto < ratic czar has done for his country. Could he have changed the history of Russia, as it seems to us now, in one moment? Could lie have reformed a people who were on so low a grade of civilization that they called him the “Anti-Christ” and looked upon his great work as the “end of the world” —if he had not had absolute powrer to do so? And still further—would pagan Russia have been Christianized in so short a period if the rulers of ♦ he time had not been autocrats? The few freigners who are well accpiainted with tho history of Russia, her im mense territories and the characteris tics of her people, all understand why Russia still needs an absolute govern ment. When Alexander II. wan anxious to throw off the responsibility cf a reign which nihilists had made a bur den to him, and give his people a con stitution, all the great statesmen in Europe thought it a mistake, as Russia was uot ready for it, and advised IiOuis Melokoff to induce the czar to give up his project. Fate has saved Russia for the time, for Alexander II., the libera tor, was killed in the streets of St. Petersburg, where despots before him had walked unprotected, the day when he was to sign the constitution. .The first germs of an autocracy in Russia lay in the constant territorial disputes of the old Slavs. Wo Rus sians, unfortunately, do not possess the necessary qualities, neither tlie perseverance nor the public spirit com mon to other nations, to carry out great plans in harmony. Many ill re sults in social questions have been laid at the door of the government when they were solely the fault of the people. It is a great mistake to say that a constitutional government fa vors education more than does an at*-' solute one. In order to educate the 175,000,000 people in Russia it needs, first of all, money and teachers. * Re sin does not, need compulsory educa tion; the masse3 are hungry for knowl edge, and they are gaining it slowly but steadily. If the last generation of peasants did not know how to read and to write, the present generation does. The Russian government would not refuse t.o have more schools and universities, if society would fur-.' the funds. The proof is that we have numerous private colleges and acade mies, founded by the more public spirited and certainly very wealthy class of merchants. Have not science, art and literature flourished while autocrats ruled? And who can dispute the worda of Alexan der II. that great reforms come better from above than below? But in Rus sia with its immense territories, and a large class of her people composed of Asiatic races and half savage tribes, they must come by degrees. Thanks to her autocracy only, Rus sia could victoriously survive her trials in the last century—defeat Napoleon and live through the disasters of the Crimean war. Considering that civili zation has really entered our courts but since the days cf Peter the Great, we need not be discouraged, for befo t* the new century is much older we shall have all we want..—Madame Sofja luouna Friedland of St. Petersburg, in the Chicago American. . | WOMEN INEBRIATES Appalling Growth of \ Drinking in the Fashionable World. 5 Joshua L. Bailey of Philadelphi, president of the National Temperance Society of Friends, says that there is an appalling increase of inebriety among women. Recently, he says, the principal of a fashionable young la dies’ seminary in counseling her pu pi.'s to avoid extremes, declared that it was just as vulgar to be a total ab ftainer as it was to drink to excess; that one was an indication of a weak character as much as the other. And what, asks Mr. Bailey, can be ex pected as the result of such tuition when these young girls enter fashion able society? Intemperance among fashionable women is much more observable, even in Philadelphia, than it was some years ago. In New York a social lead er, w'ho refused to allow her name to be used because of her family con nections and her personal relations to the ”400,” says that the drinking evil among women of the highest circles has reached an alarming state. It is nothing unusual, she declares, to see In leading hotels and cafes beautiful and handsomely dressed women of Fifth avenue absolutely pouring down cocktails and other . 'ixed drinks. Nor is New York the only American city where such condi tions exist. Workers of the W. C. T. U. of Chicago report finding hundreds of women drinking in the saloons at a!I hours of the night. The Increased use of liquor among women is a sad but generally admit ted fact In Great Britain. Dr. Hay wood Smith, the noted English spe cialist. furnishes facts and figures to prove that British women are drift ing toward inebriety. He asserts that the vice is Increasing with greater rapidity among the rich and well to | do women than among those of the lower strata of society. He adds: “In this so-called upper class drunkenness is epidemic.” I have long believed, and each year ' strengthens my conviction, that the drinking customs of society stand more than any other impediment in ; the way of all moral, social, indus ! trial and religious progress. Nwoppoil Cotton for liacon. A thrifty and far-sighted farmer : bantered an Amerieus merchant yes | terday to swap off bacon for cotton ! pound for pound, the meat to be de livered during the year and the cotton to be handed over next fall, says a Georgia newspaper. But the grocer ' smiled a take-me-for-a-darnned-fool smile and declined. Last spring he was picked up by this same very gentle and unsophisticated farmer, and while it i was a good trade for both, the pork | peddler will stay out of the game this year. They traded then on a pound for-pound basis, and while cotton stayed at 10 cents and above the far mer steadily sold his crop and nocltci ecl the coin. His meat bill was not then due. It was paid later with 8-cent cotton. One of his neighbors, who made a similar trade with a local mer chant, got scared and settled when cotton was at 11 cents, fearing that it was going to 15 cents. Meat is now worth 10 cents at retail and cotton only eight cents. Next fall the price of cotton may be much less, hence the unwillingness of the local merchant to swap his 10-cent meat for eoiton which may bring him only five cents. Though the high heel has come back into fashion, it is not for walking pur poses. ! What Long Prayers Did. | The troubles that too long prayers ran cause are emphasized by recent happenings in the First Congregation al church at Braddock, Fa. A lead ing member, who was active in the erection of the congregation’s new ed ifice, was addicted to the habit of long prayers. Other members thought they were not getting a fair show and voiced this .complaint, to their pastor. The pastor, Rev. Clarence Greeley, a nephew of Horace Greeley, thought so, too. aud promised to see about it. lie labored with the long-winded brother j and asked him to cut his prayers i shorter, if possible. The praying member retorted by asking his pastor to resign. This Rev. Mr. Greeley obligingly did Monday. Now the ma jority of the members of the church, it Is said, have sided with the pastor, and will hirs a hall and organize a new church, vitF "chor’ praters fci one of the foundation stones of their creed. • The Slate Mother-in-law. No woman influences national poli tics so powerfully as the attractive wife of the German chancellor, Countess Marie von Buelow, who, in her bril liant toilettes and huge Rembrandt hat, is frequently the most important figure in the diplomatic gallery of the Berlin reichstag. The German chan cellor also often brings his mother-in law, the venerable widow of the great Minghetti, who, since she played a prominent part in the shaping of Count Buelow’s commercial policy with re spect to Italy, has obtained the sobri quet of "state mother-in-law.” These appearances in the political world are a new departure of the home-loving German Woman.—Rotterdam Nieuwfi Courant. Wonderful l)unih and lillnd CSirl. Helen Kellers daily themes, to the number of eleven, are printed In the current Issues of the Radcllffe maga zine and are very remarkable, warrant ing the high praise they receive from her instructors. Her critical work, they say, notably In appreciation of German literature, would be unusual from any student of her sge in possession of all the senses. Great Mill Building. Manchester, N. H., Is to have what It Is claimed will be the largest single mill building ever erected. It is nearly completed and is 770 feet long, with two wings of 330 feet, all of an average width of 100 feet, and five stories in height, including basement. llernhardt In Team Coquelin is responsible for a story to the effect that just before Bernhardt last left Europe Rostand read to her his latest tragedy, and the actress, bursting into tears over the story, was confined to her bed for several days. A .lake With Cat*. Unknown practical jokers created a sensation in Rocliwood, N. .1., one ev ening last week by bringing to town and turning loose a swarm of strange cats, which have oeen making life miserable for the residents ever since. A IlIackHmilli'i Mrfiug* l*xpcrl«nrcw Goodiand, Kan., June 3.—N. E. Al bertson, our leading blacksmith has been a great sufferer from rheumatism. He was so bad that he could not sleep for the great pain in his arms and shoulders. He had been afflicted for years, but lately he was so mucn worse, that he thought he would have to give up his shop altogether. Then a strange thing happened. A friend of his recommended a new medicine called Dodd's Kidney Pills, said to bo a cure for Rheumatism. Ho commenced to use them, and at once began to recover. His pain has all left him, and ho is a well man today, and entirely free from any symptom of Rheumatism. To say that he Is thankful, Is putting It very mildly. He is delighted. Dodd's Kidney Pills deserve credit for having cured this very severe and almost hopeless ease. From recent reports, there does not seem to be anything that they will not cure, as very bad cases of Bright’s Dis ease, Diabetes, Dropsy, Rheumatism, and Heart Trouble, have been cured by Dodd’s Kidney Pills, even after having been given up by our best doctors. Victoria’* Letter* Are Valuable. Letters written by Queen Victoria are already increasing in value in Lon don, and the other day a brief three line note of hers, written in her own hand, sold for $25. What Ho the Children t>r!nh? Don't give them tea or coffee. Have yon tried tn© now food drink called GLA1N-OI It is delicious and nourishing, nnd takes tho place of coffee. The more Grain-O you give tho'chlldren the more health you distribute through their systems. Graia-O is irmdo of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee, but costs about % ** much. All grocers tell it. 15c aud 25c. A wife is either a inan’3 best pos eession or his very worst. Are Ton Using Allen's Foot Ease? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25e. Sample sent FREE. Ad dress, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Women's thoughts of men are mostly afterthoughts. He who defies danger defeats defeat. BACKACHE SHOULD WARN WOMEN. MISS LUCY ANNIE HEISER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Ml8fl Lucy Annie Helser, a graduated nurse of nine years’ experience, trained and graduated from the Homeopathic Hospital of Minneapolis, Minn., writes as follows; _ ■ - Albert Lea, Mian., Nov. 8, 1899. The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio: Gentlemen ••Although my school does not believe In potent medicines, I have found it to be a fact that Peruna Is a grand and valuable medicine. I have known It to cure Mrs. Sampson, suffering with an Inflamed womb, aggra vated by malaria, after the doctors had failed to help her. Another of my former patients suffered with a complication of female diseases; she was so thin, nothing but skin and bones, but Peruna cured her and she Is to-day In good health and good flesh. Pacts prove that Peruna revives lost strength and restores to the sick that most wonderful blessing of life - health. Lucy Annie Helser, If all the tired women and all the nervous women, and all the women that needed a tonic would read and heed the words of these fair ladies who have spoken right to tho point, how many invalids would be prevented and how many wretched lives be made happy. Peruna restores health in a normal way. Peruna puts right all the mucous m embranes of tho body, and in this way restores tho functions of every organ. Soloisth Willi llellsterit. There are many soloists In the fa mous Bellstedt band, now fulfilling a month's engagement in Omaha at the Musical Festival, among them being Messrs. Emil Kopp, George Kernst and Charles B. Jones, all famed as cornet ists, each having been at some time | chief virtuoso in some of the loading bands of the country. Mr. Karl Mey er. clarinet virtuoso, has iilied that po sition with the best musical organiza tions. Some of these gentlemen are heard with great delight at nearly ev ery concert. It is rare that a band is placed before the public that contains as many soloists of acknowledged merit as Bellstedt’s, and those who fail to attend some of the concerts will miss a treat not often to be taken advantage of. The conceits were be gun June 1st and will continue the en tire month, two concerts being given each day. Railroads within a radius of 150 miles of Omaha will give re duced rates. The bandmaster likes to have the public’s money play into his hands. Mr*. Wlnstnn * snot Mine Syrnp. for children tpett'ntc miftrns tha Kiitri, reiucr* Irr tUmmatluu, alluya t>aia.cures rflud colic. lie a buttle. Every cloud has its silver lining, and even a dark lanter has its bright side. From Mrn. Amanda Shumaker, wh® has charge of the Grammar Department of the Public Schools of Columbia City, Wash., also Past Grand of Independ ent Order of Good Templars, Dr. Hart man received the following letter: Columbia City. Wash. "I can speak only good words of tha repeated benefits I have had from tha use of Peruna. “Too constant application to work last whiter caused me to have seven head and backache and dragging pains. I coult net stop my work, neither was / tit to go on. Reading ot the bene ficial results from the use of Peruna I purchased a bottle and within a few days after using it, began to feel better. "I constantly Improved and before the seventh bottle was completely used, all pains were gone, my strength was restored, and I now seem ten years’ younger. "If I get tired or feel bad, Peruna at once helps me, and 1 feel you deserva praise for placing such a conscientious medicine before a suffering public.” Mrs. Amanda Shumaker. Mattie B. Curtis, Secretary Legion of Loyal Women, Hotel Salem, Boston, Mass., writes: • “/ suffered far over a year with general weakness and debility, manifested es pecially In severe backache and headache. "My physician prescribed differ e n t medicines, n o n o of which eeemed to help me any until a club associate advised me to i 6 J Matt!* n Curtis. £ fcTTTTT TT-» rTTTT» f TTTTTTrrrTTfi try rerun a as 11 cured uer ui cunsuiu tional headache and stomach troubles. I at once ordered a bottle and before it was used, felt greatly Improved. “I have taken four bottles and for two months have been entirely free from these maladies. Several of my friends are using Peruna with bene ficial results, especially In case# of troubles with the kidneys and other pelvic organs, together with weak nesses peculiar to women.” Peruna is a specific for the catarrhal derangements of women. If you do not derive prompt and sat isfactory results from the use of Pe ru na, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. 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