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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1901)
WWWwwmmMwmwtfz!, r? immmmmm'mi ilimnwmiinmiiii"iwwwwaeir www && i Jl eeial Gstpkskm The llohemtan Artist mid tho Irroconcllubles nf.lnliipn. Thre are. American colonies dotted all ever Ihe face of Mexico, clitorty In tho cities. Somo aro lame, nild have social festivities; other struggle, factious; others, In small places, nte Just being Lorn. Once there were few Americans In Jnl npa. Mrs. J. Farthlncton Wiley wns a pioneer. Her husbnnd bought colTeo T lands down In Coatepec, Her homo was near tho cathedral, In n tiattow street Hteep as a mountain. Sho hium an Armour-Beef calendar on tho wall, had butter nnd lmn whipped from Mexico, and sat with discontented, hungry eye looking out for tho lilrtli of social It r. Bite never knew the Mexicans. She was fat, and wore slk wulsts. "Love, a new Atncrlc.ui family 1ms come to Jolapa," said Mr. Wiley, tramp inir In from Coatepec. "Who wants "em, anyhow?" "Are they the right sort. James?" "Jluli! Missionaries. Sho had on n dress with a train." On week of yearning tit know mado Mrs. Wiley's eyo hungrier. Then the , train drew her away to muko n call. So- clal life was beginning to ho bum, mid there was the nucleus of nn American colony. She puffed up thn hills, a won der to ths sad-eyed people of Jnlapn wearing a green silk waist. "So glad t see you!" pealed sho In Mrs. Bard's front room, gazing about the wulls to see what pictures were up, and then scrutinizing the chairs. "Quito a bearable llttlo home. I will 'come In when you need choerlng up. Dear Mrs. Hard Is the fur niture second-hand?" Mrs. Bard, slender, dark-eyed, said In Iter soul that she read this woman. "You caught me." observed Hhe, "unawares, with this old silk waist on. Silk Is so out inf style and common; but you will for VflVH me." Mrs. Wiley breathed hard, hand on green-silk bosom, a touch of purple on her face. She nrose. "1 have been In HUlted In this house!" heaved forth she, und strode out like n terrible duchess. They were enemies ever after, nnd said to newcomers unpleaslng things nbuut one another. Hound them flowed the unknown life of Mexico. Hete. on these wild, high cliffs, perched the ancient, mysterious J.i lapa the life und the city Ignorant of style. Mr. Jones bought a house In Jain pa. Ito was large, with n black beard. "Rub ber culture Is looking up," he said to TVlley and Bard. "Now, I have on my V'ace one hundred thousand trees. Now, they aro six years old. Now, you take your trees thus: You tnp them In this manner. I shouldn't bo surprised nt any amount of money, now, that I might get out of them. I do know, though, that threo hundred thousand dollars wouldn't buy my rubber-trees." . Mr. Bard, the mlsslonury, looked wist fully up and down the street pale, medl tatlve. Mr. Jouos steamed off. "Haw! Haw!" laughed Wiley to Bard. "I've heard that heady kind of windy talk, airy and blasty, before." Jones turned, blazing, to see Bard yet looking up the street wlth wistful eyu; Wiley tramping In at his front door, and Mrs. Wiley gazing out, with discontented, secret scrutiny. So the Jonses didn't like tho J. Far thltigton Wlleys; and the Wlleys made little, sneering references to both Mr. nnd Mrs. Jones and their old rubber-trees; also, Mrs. Jones had her suspicions of Mrs. Bard. Below Jalaps, In those wondrous gorges, grew the savago luxuriance of the tropics, Ignorant of heady talk nnd suspicions. A little, fussy woman, with compressed lips, was Mrs. Fustgart. She was pritty, though, and men liked her. Mrs. Fust gart opened n school of music. She met Mrs. Bard, she mot Mrs. Jones nnd Mrs. "Wiley. Says Mrs. FuBtgart to the first two, decidedly, with pleased air: "Mrs. '"IBitrd has been divorced from two hus bands. I have a friend In Indiana who met her In Seattle." Mrs. Bard mentioned this to some new- comers. Mrs. Jones went to Mrs. Wiley's one day, nnd, sitting there tall and angu lar, and excessively dressed up In Minne apolis styles, said, looking at tho Armour- Beef calendar: "How huppy you are In dear Mr. Wiley. It must utmost com pensate for tho other two." Some wondered how Mri. Jours got out of the house unscratched, and with bet hat not stunned on only a cruel gleam Jn her ey..'. But, anyhow, the thing which Mrs. J. Farthlngton Wiley then told about Mrs. Fustgart shall not ills- -JUirli this record And of Mrs, Jones. 'Mrs. Wiley said to Mrs. Hard: "The plebeian! Not even her grammar was right!" A mile lower, bounding the great va porous vista, nnd twenty-live leagues .away, beat the sea sea unconscious of divorce nr.d beef-calendars and gram mar. Some peoplo came to visit the Hards. Mr. Bard was nearly always wistful and dlsc'ouraced. Tho heathen were so Intract able. But the visitors-smiling, shiny. toothed Mr, Whittle, .nnd his wife and five children cheered Mupd up. The Ilttlu house was crammed with people, olilotly tho children, whose legs protruded between the liars of the windows. Mrs. Whlttlo whs meek. Mrs. Fustgart became more dashing every lflV' Whldlo mould walk with bet. It was merely thnt Whl'lte was u fool: but Mrs. Jones and Mis. Wiley K.ild things. At length some members of the colony came as admonishing committee to Mrs, Bard's home, and htood, convicting, In the parlor. "It's disgracing tho American colony or Mr. Whiffle to go talking up and down nit tho time with Mrs. Fustgait!" exploded Jones, of rubber-tree fame, shak ing his tint unnecessarily. Tho shiny-toothed Whiffle only smiled with Insult. The live children ran hal booing about, slumming doors. Mrs, Bard, of the dark eyes, went into sud den frightful hysterics; Mrs. Wiley's eyo disintegrated her. "I won't be dictated to by you," cried Mrs. Fustgart. "Jones, Is It? Who says your name Is Jones?" Many defaulters have como down here, chunged names, nnd risen again. So illusions of this kind aro .distressingly ssy of translation. Jones gasped. "And Mrs. Wiley Judging mo!" sniffed pretty Mrs. Fuslgart. "As If wo didn't know her record." Mrs. Whlllle, worn nnd humble, sat J-..- ..,., . - "" f QUEST OF HIDDEN TREASURE Thtfi revolutionary Invention wont I T . nitttilttir iilwint -fiilttttti. tin ttuMit ti'ill i 1.4 distressed: "Oh, he not so tinbrothcrly. Oh, pray, prny, ht us be kindlier the ono to the other. This scene was passed through without actual war. Wiley laughed, sarcastic, about Jones, on whom tho nsperslon thus cast was unwarrantable. Jones was embittered, and detested the Americans: nnd they all, save Hani, looked askance at him and Mrs. Jones, Old Joshua Bradford, rheumatic, who owned something of Immense value on tho Isthmus of Tehuantepec, bought n large bouse, larger limn that of any other American. Tho gocrnor of the State of Vera I'ruz lived next door; and ponderous Joshua nnd his stylish daughter knew the governor. Plainly, all the other mem bers of the American colony were out dated, Miss Delia Bradford spoke to them distantly, and grup'sed her skirts delicately as mIio passed them, and was st en to visit the governor's. Mrs, Wiley's corroding eye perceived all this. "I d.ire say they're common enough," said she, "If ou could only get Ht tho bottom of It." Jealous? Not she. Hut the wold governor Is puissant. To know the governor! . "I hat Del lit thing Is a .snob," pro nounced Jones. Whittle smiled on her, and was cut for his pains, u whs at length plain to the whole colony that the Delia thing was n snob. Yonder, before this strangely beautiful city, spread the hilly llelds of banana and coffee, waving und glistening with enchanted green In the bright sun. And sometimes up over tho tree-ferns and Into the steep stieets rolled the white mists, wrapping all things In n sea-made 'shroud great silent mlals, Ignorant of snobs and corroding eyes. It would seem that tho Americans were now ready for social functions, for which Mrs. Wiley had been st long looking out. Nobody had ever Invited anybody. All the ladles and some of the men wished that things might bo "going on." But tho several unfortunate occurrences which have been hinted at were preven tive. Mis. Wiley was the pioneer, nnd felt certain of her position as lender-Ill-get in. She, unhappy nnd brooding, watched Mis. Bard's and Mrs, Jones' dcors, longed to bloom with a sudden rosy tea-party, nnd from then on to march In defiant silk lit the head of thn social procession. Everybody felt that Hie colony was trembling (with pain) on tho verge of n season. But could Mrs. Wiley soil her home with the presence of Mrs. Jones nnd Mrs. rustgart? Could she, even with tho gra cious stoop of a social leader, bend down to Mrs. Bard; further still, to Mrs. Whif fle? Would she be caught deigning to smiln nt the Delia thing? Alas! the ball could not be set rolling by Mrs. J. Fur tlngton Wiley. It was glued. Mrs. Jones had tentnllve Impulses rela tive to a llltlo dance. Mr. Jones hnd once hinted nt this In tho hearing of Wiley. Wiley laughed smotheredly nt Jones, nnd said to Whiffle that n rubbery to be unglucd, Doubts arose. Mental pictures annoyed Mrs. Wiley mid Mrs. Jones, likewise Jones and Wiley. Mrs. Fustgrrt was agitated. Mrs. Bard went through somo minor, preparatory hys terics, as though rehearsing. Though loathing the name of Jones, feeling siulichud by the presence of Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Wiley would no more stay away than she would erect it canvas sign on her liotiso saying: "I give III to the Joneses." Mrs, Jones, though conscious thnt to damage Mrs. J. Farthlnglnu's person was a strong Instinct, would yet not absent herself. What? Couldn't she go wherever the divorced thing could set her foot? Mrs. Fustgart had always gone where the best people went. Mr. Bard went In tho Interest of unity; Mrs. Hard, for warring reasons, both good and 'luestlonable. ami proudly abstained from wearing silk. Of course Whittle, wife, rial terrors, followed. Old, ponder ous Joshua would drag his legs there, In a uilf-erusty. half-Jolly mood, remem bering his old friend. Cloyton, In tho reo instruction days, Arkansas, and the cocktail. A bare house, barred windows, weedy patio, dusty corridors, tile-roofed rooms, emtitv save for boards nnd boxes, easels, and pictures nil over the white wull such was Boss Wilkinson's l.ohemla. Delia c.tme very late. The others timed themselves, with secret Information of one Knottier, nnd arrived r.enrly simul taneously The five terrors begun leap ing up and down tin corridor, knocking thinks and shrieking. Wilkinson greeted all with Jolly abandon. "Knchsntlng!" gasped Mrs Wiley. "Charming!" nnnounced Mrs. Jones, hinder. "Now. you ought to see my rubber trees. Now. I'd like to talk more about the rubber business to you some time, Mr. Wilkinson," was heard from Jones Wiley snrered. and chuckled. Mrs. Wiley and Mrs. Jones glare.d at another, Hiid backed apart. Jones approached Wiley In rage. Tho I'aleti'tue Idol, hideous, stood in tin middle of the room. Boss, crying, "By Jove. I'm glad to see you!" had out tho rare china nnd poured the tea. Delia and Joshua arrived. Whlllle and Mrs. Fustgart stood whispering, so thnt Mrs. Whlllle closed her eyes, nnd Mrs. Burd clutched her sent till Mrs. Fust gart laughed nt her cruelly. Then Mrs. Bard began her hysterics. Bard stprnng up In wretchedness, even yet wistful, and knocked a china cup out of Wilkinson's hand; which cup flew and lilt Jones, nnd broke on him. Jones In flames wheeled on Wiley (who snick ered) nnd smashed his nose with a sud den wild outbreaking of wnr. Mrs. Fust gart shrlekod. Mis. Wiley filed out, "Vlllnln"' Then Mrs. Jones, while the two men cniMh?d Into un easel, hlstscd at Mrs. Wiley with fury: "You cnt." And Mrs. Wiley, tramping on Mm. Whlllle us she strode, seized Mrs. Jones' nose with virulence and wrung n piercing ciy of pain out of Mrs. Jones, who then flew Into Mrs. Wiley's hair with spasms. Boss stood n monument of stupefaction. Wiley, whirling with Jones' leg as mo tive power, struck the Falenque Idol. That god fell with ft crash nnd brok& nnd Joshua's toe was under n piece of If. wbM By Julius Chambers. HKCKNT occurrence on Stat- 0 en Island forcibly reminds ( the render of history of a ecr ft lain peculiarity among men of u severely practical bent of mind to forsake their cus tomary occupations In life In order that they may embark In the most chimerical enterprises as must necessarily be a quest for hidden treasure. This Is not new to tho people of this generation or to our own times. Indeed, tho pages of history are well covered with memot utile Incidents nnd the faliy tales or our childhood me not devoid of them. From Ho days of t'lysses In srarch of tho golden lleece to those of our con temporaries seeking the secreted Spanish doubloons In the lost treasuie boxes of tho icdoubtatile Capt. ICIdd, of piratical memory, men have become possessed of the mania that gold coin awaits a sue crssfut Under. "Seek and yu shall llnd"' Is it worthy maxim, but It loses Us dignity when applied to the scotch for the lost, burled or secreted treasure. Atexntider Duinns may bo said to havo sat with hl-s linger on the pulse of gen etui mankind und detected the desire In nil hearts to beeomo wealthy beyond the dream of avarice. In response he creat ed In the spacious chamber of his own Imagination the thrilling dlscoveiy of enormous wealth In the hidden grotto on the Isle of Monte Crlsto. But tho Kdmnnd .Danlcs of fiction nnd the F.dmond D.tntes of real life are too vory different persons. Tho latter has no' erudite abbe to work wizard's tricks with cabalistic signs und to deduce from enigmas plans and specific directions. Treasures, no doubt, have been deposited In graves, beneath the roots of ttees. un der the plncld surfaces of flowing strnums, nnd wherever circumstances have sug gested sifc repository. Doubtless men have gono nwny and died with thosecrots In their breasts, and ngnln, ships with chests of bullion have sunk beneath thn wuvo nnd Ho there still, possibly to bo reclaimed. A British ship, the Black Hussar, sank In the Lust river during Ilevolutlonnry times, and, nfllclally, she went .jwn with chests well tilled with bullion. Hurgoyna inarched uway from Saratoga charged by the Americans with carrying off n strong box filled with British gold. Officially It disappeared at Saratoga. No trace of these treasures has gratllled tho curious. It Is not dlltlcult to surmise what bo came of llurgoyiio's gold, but It wilt be found as soon as that which went down lit the frigate. But less than n year ngo conservative, practical men lilted up an expedition to explore the bottom of the Lust river to search for tho long-lost trensjre. On Stolen Island a farm once owned, so tradition slates, by nn enterprising farmer who, nt times, left his rural home to make excursions nbroul, has been dig ged nnd delved Into because nil ancient tradition has It that the farmer returned nfler ii few weeks' absence groaning un der a burden of gold nnd Jewels. He was not known to have spent his wenlth, nnd when he died ho left no trace of It. For one hundred years It has been held tho rustle hid It, and during all this time, ut Intervals, tho friendly neighbors formed themselves Into Investigation committees to discover the treasure. A wag finally declared himself fortun ate nnd ho now finds himself beset with lawsuit". Ills protests, his denials are scouted, and his Joke has become costly. And yet, In spite of all, thousands lire ready to brllevo fortunes aro to be real ized In the iiuest of hidden treasure. lion ought to be a lively one, sure. Black. bearded Jones ground bis teeth. Mrs. j0flnun'B noise wns n species of bellowing, Jones' tentntivo impulses propruuu n .. Del,a fnnK oow m sympathy over ma tagged, Airs. Bard crlad out. Drenchlnglv and further. Associate with the Wiley woman and the flaunting Fustgart? It was too bad ono hnd to bo thrown with people so far out of one's class. Mrs. Fustgart wouldn't give nnybndy anything, not she. But she felt suro thnt nobody would give anything without In itlng her. Bard thought of a Thanksgiving din ner whereat nil should be kind and unit ing. But tho Whiffles stayed, and stay ed, taking up all the places nt the tabic. Delia walked In n dream. From this false calm lesulted the fol lowing commons: Mrs. Wiley said Mrs. Jones was too proud to associate with the colony and give her dance. "It Is laughnble. yes laughable," snld Mrs. Wiley, bitterly, "to see In what crannies pride will grow." Mrs. FiMtgart Is supposed to hnve let Mrs. Jones know about this, and thnt Mrs. Jones was the cranny. Mis. Jones Uughed a hard laugh. Mrs, Wiley thinks she can hold tlu social life of the colony frozen, does she? Frozen by her cold, di vorced eye." Mrs, Hard said tho Fust gart woman had ruined everything. It was nt last tho fcad state of affairs that Mis. Jones and Mrs. Wiley never dnred be In one another's company: thnt Mr. Jones had sworn to smash Wiley"; that Mrs. Fustgart Hiilffed at Mrs. Hard, ami Mrs. Bard went Into hysterics at each approach of Mrs. Fustgartr that Whiffle gilnned ut nit with Insult, nnd Mrs. Whlllle pined sway: and that Joshua Bradford and his daughter bowed from still more glottal distances. TJui soil being now prepared, there nppenred Mr. Boss Wilkinson, painter. The Mexican Herald spoke of him, while he was yet In Mexico. It said ,hn was nn artist of note und thnt his pictures hnd won him mm- In California. Mrs. Fust gart hurried to Mrs. Jones with n clip ping from tho social notes, which men tinned Mr. Boss Wilkinson ns having been at a box-party with the family of Ambassador Clayton nnd Baron Mnn eliHiir, thi Belgian minister. Wilkinson c.imo to Jnlapa to paint, rented a rfucer little house, nnd lived In plctnresfiue Bo- 1 emlan style with goods boxes, tin cans, nnd abandon. Tho new-born American colony wns profonndedly stirred. F.mbassador Clay ton's family Is the pyramid's summit; or. differently considered, the key-stone. Now, Boss had a fatal dash nnd good fellowship about him. He was tall, big, young, florid, handsome, nnd Jolly, Tho llrst thing that happened was that ho walked up the street with Delia In the eyesight of nil. Then, before anybody knew how, he wiih ncqualntcd with every body, He called Jones, "old Jones,' which pleased Mr. JoneH. He cracked coffee-Jokes with tho stimulated Wiley. He gave the latest song to Mrs. Filstgart. He told Mr, Bard that he had no renl sympathy with missions, but respected men'H Ideas. Tiie rraiiKiiess cunrmeu Bard nnd Mrs. Banl. He called Whiffle n Jolly dog, by Jove, which tickled Whlffltr nnd fluttered his vnnlty. Ho sketched with Delia, A regrcttablo thing, too, Is that he mixed a new cocktail for rheuma tic Joshua. Beforo n week was gone by, Mrs. Wiley wbb ejaculating: "That dear old Wilkinson!" "We'll have to liven things up, by Jove!" cried Boss, "I live In Bohemia. At nedlands I had my den, nnd the whole place dropped lu every Saturday to havo tea with mo off good-boxs mashed member. "You're tho cause! You're the cause!" gurgled tho hysterics of Mrs. Bard nt Mrs. Fustgart. And Mrs. Fustgart slapped her. Bard broke forth In n sweat, calling aloud as ho tottered hither nnd thither: "Be kindly, be kindly, tho ono to the other!" Tho chlnn went to clattering ruin nil over the floor, for Mrs. Wiley, with tea In her ear, had retaliated on Mrs. Jones. Whtflle, seeing general license granted, remembered Jones' committee nttnek on him. Jones was smashing nwny nt Wiley, while Wiley wiped paint nil over Jones. Whlllle lifted n mighty framed painting of Popocatepetl nt sunset and brought It down on Jones' heud. It burst, and Jonea camo through, partly. Bard got his wife nway. Mrs. Jones nnd Mrs. Wiley rnged to the street, two spec tacles. Old Joshua, bandaged by Delia's dainty hnndkerchlef, hurled his shoo nt Jones, nnd went roaring, Delia In tears. Jones was framed with the painting Of Popocatepetl nt sunset, nnd could not rnlpe hts hnnds becnusc of It. So the shoe hit his defenseless nose. Wiley. In glee', perceived this, and pummeled the de fenseless nose with continuous Impunity, while Jones tore nt Popocatepetl. All departed, Mrs. Whlfllo swooning. And Jones wns seen to tenr away the canvas Impeding him. Quiet reigned. Wilkinson, haggard, gazed about. All tho china lay shattered. Pictures were torn from the wall. Pulnts were stamped on. The Paleiitiiie Idol lay In desolation. Tea had wilted Mr. Boss Wilkinson's collar. Jones lives tu Orizaba. Mrs. Fustgart Is In Tennessee. Bard fled to Oregon. Whiffle visits him. Old Joshua took his rheumatism to I.os Angeles. Delia mar ried Wilkinson. Mrs. J. Farthlngton Wiley stayed on, beef calendar, ham, nnd butter, nnd nil stayed on, to stnrt ntiother colony, nnd lead Its functions. Beyond tho city, soaring lu the blue. Is Orizaba's mighty snow-clad peak," nsleep, Ignorant of nodal functions. Charles Fleming F.mbrcc, In the Argonaut. SNOW ON THE MOON. UK lircctor of the Harvard r- Obncrvatory, Vrof. K, O. riolc- f I'tliiK. iiuhIu iuiMIo hl noHlro l .. .... ......... .1.1,. I..ln. IfWL BCOiu t Uttl over tw.i your r r, tr.i I tiipvii si nlnvitlv llllll lltlO remarkable Instrument or that class, the Bruco telescope, whoso focal length Is only nix times as gie.it as the aperture. While iidmltublv adapted Cor o:ie kind or v.ork, however, this gins wits not suited to ntiother which Prof. Pickering had In view. What he wanted was c. telescope whose focul length should bo r.'.'i or I.'ti times ns great as Its aperture. It would cover only a small Held, but would give iktnlls on u large scale. In this respect, perhaps, It would outdo the performance of every oth"r photographic telescope In tho wot Id. Prof. Picket Ins did not get precisely what ho nsked for, but he received money enough to realize his ambition to some extent. When the glass was finished It wns sent to Jamaica, wherr Harvard had established nn auxiliary station, nnd tho director's brother. William II. Picker ing, was put In charge. Tho latter gentleman has now coma home with a line lot of plcfins of tho moon, takin with sp'dal reference to a suspicion which he has ontertalncd for soiiio lime lint thoro Is snow on tho satellite's surface. Kxposures were made nt the proper times to secure views of diferenl portions of the twnr surface. neli llliimlnnted ut various angles, und Piof. Pickering thinks that ho has thus been enabled to estnbllsli his theory. Although details are not yet accessible, It would appear that tho evidence ohtiilned Is not of n slilklug character, nnd tint tho newly observul facts are susceptible of more than one Interpretn modcrately low latitudes It takes about a week for the sun to rise from horizon to zenith, nnd nnother week for It to set. Tlien ensue two weeks of darkness and cold. Hence, If nny Ico or snow exists on the lunar Btirface It probably remains un changed the greater part of this period. If, however, this temperature ever rises to the melting point, even for a short period, these substances would probably niter their appearance, If not their posi tions, moro or less. The fact that no such changes have hitherto been detected, In spite of keen scrutiny, would Indicate either that the snow areas are compara tively small or that the warmtn Im never sufflclent to produce liquefaction, even nt noon In thn tropics. But If Prof. Picker lug has obtained new light on the subject, old theories must bo revised to fit the facts. New York Tribune. Mr. Mills, In language capnblo of no tnlsuiidcrstnndtng, has sought to portray certain plumes of lire, recognized by all, nnd yet which the average mnn nnd wo man Is loth In it public milliner to seek to rectify. Tho book, almost n pamphlet In form, Is divided Into several chapters, ench deal lug with Individual cases wherein It Is shown that not only manhood and wo manhood lose caste, but whero at the same time the best Interests of the world at litrgo suffer. The object of the tiiithir Is to Instill Into tho minds of men mid women certnln facts which cannot but lend toward their happiness and peace of mind. Tllll TltVIM.MJ or HOYS. Tlirj ClOM'RIi OP WfCAI.TH. Its TenolilnR Are Neither Klovntlnv Nor Hrnnlnar. On tho evening of May B Mr. Chnrloi M. Schvvnb, president of His United fltntn.-f Steel corporation, mads nn address tin fore Homo two hundred boys nt a trad school In New York. On this occasion Mr. Schvvnb pointed to himself oa an exnmplo of the rewards of right llvlinr. He had risen from ofllco boy to bo the recipient of tho largest salary ever given, by u cor poration. (Ills salary this year Is .si),- . 000.) Ho said that u college education was a burdensome drawback to a niun who looked for such success. Not ninny days before this Mr. John D. Rockefeller, president of tho Standard Oil company, spoke to a lllblu class of young man. llu declared, nmong other things, that tho chief pleasure ho obtained from his wealth wns the opportunity It afforded of olmiltablo giving, and tho power of mak ing employment for some "O.txM) men. I.nst year Mr. Andrew Curncgle published a book, entitled "Tho Gospel of Wealth," lu which he set forth tho vast capabili ties of the rich man to servo tho pnbllo beneficently. Later Mr. Carnegie roused the enthusiasm of the country by offering several millions of dollars to various cUIoh for free libraries, and to this mu nlllcence we have given our own trlbuto of praise. ,.' " What Is the effect on the. public rifthU "tlospol of Wenlth?" What lr tho Jln- ftuence of these men of vast fortunesjwhb, on several occasions, have stood forth, as examples of tho success due to right, UVy lag? ,' '., ' We pass by tho menus of obtaining this wealth, und assume for the present that the Mfiurts of tho steel corporation nl the Standard Oil company to destroy com petition have niwnys been within the rultw of Justice and honorable dealing. Wo as sume that economically Mr. Schwab ful fills tin olllco In tho community, equivalent to this mutual ?50,KH; that Is possible. W pass over the lll-lasto displayed by it gentleman who spenks of giving employ ment to 70,000 men un If he vvite dis pensing charily, when by directing the labor of these men ho draws an luconio of some twelve or sixteen millions every year. We do not scrutinize the honor of a gentleman who, with such an Incomo. pnys taxes on $100,000 lu personal prop erty. We do not stop to Judge tho ben evolence of a gentleman who, from tho wealth of nearly half a billion, gives, let us nay, a few millions unnually-we. do not stop to Judge hiicIi benevolence by tho outworn leucblngs of Christ, who said of u certnln poor widow that her giving w.i.i Hi eater than that of the i loll, "tor nil they did caHt In of their abundance; but alio of her want did east In all that slm had." Wo aro not now concerned to ill) tlngulsh between the legitimate und thi Illegitimate .icciuniiliitlnn of riches, or be tween the proper und the Improper em ployment of such riches. This Is another iiucbtlou, nnd muy bo considered uuolhcr time. But wo ask again. What Is the effect on the public of this "Gospel of Wealth," und what Is the general liitlueneo of these gentlemen who do not reTuso to stnnd before Blblo classes and' truda schools as examples of right living. Wo confess that In our mind there can bo but ouo answer. This Inlluenco tendd strongly to degrade the common morals. Let them nmns their wealth: let them en- Wls- Mother In She Who Tries to Foruet the Dnnuer or Broken l.cgn nil ArniM. An excess of euro Is often ns bad as no euro nt nil. The mother must often shut her even on the playground. 1 linvo seen It done with goo'l effect tin der illtllciilt conditions. 1 havo seen it mother sit nt her Bevvltig In u groat barn, nnd pretend not to be nvvnre that her boys wen; spanning the beams over head, uruwlliu? on loose poles and hang ing to wooden pprh. thinking It Brent fun to get the length or the barn, close under thn rldgc pole without her know ledge. I hnve Keen tho boyH sitting with hushed breath In the thick foliage of a tree top, fenrful lest thu mother joy ml tIlH material good this earth pcr Hliould get "worried" nnd tho mother, I llUU. jflt nwm xri ttwtr iower for W4l III tlllS Willie, Knuwmg uiu uuui, "" ly turned her back, nnd courageously "iiki.is fl'ti'iik ropuii.vrio.v." New lloolc With n Wry I'eeullnr Title. "Hell's Future Population," n book Just published by Sanborn II. Mills, Mlnne a polls, Is a work that desplto Its peculiar title will undoubtedly do some good In the world, ' It Is n. treatise that deals with facts and conditions that present themselves In the everyday life of the world. It treats of matters which even from n purely social standpoint are of vital Interest to the social and religious world. This Is evidenced from the fact that ministers of all denominations in Minne apolis havo seen lit to express their ap preciation the efforts of the nuthor In tils nttompt to bring before tho public it statement of certiilu oxlstlng conditions which in nn almost Inexcusable manner are relegated to obscurity. called up all Instances where boya have not fallen from trcctops. Sho never know how much Bturdlness and nglllty wan getting planted. In those small legs, until one of the boyH uernmo th champion high-Jumper lu college. Nor had she much occasion to salve over her VJ'l'Ui8, A ln,W St. JoIiiC vor I" U1'" dy oils was KTiout the only lienllng pre paration brought Into requisition. They were learning something else nil the while, those boyH. One sweet night the mother licanl ono say to the other, as they slid Into bed: "Dickie, grandpa's coming to-morrow, and we won't climb any trees while he Is hero, 'cause It will make him find." And they climbed no trees for six weeks; but they rowed in tho harbor In their small boat, not knowing that grandpa sat on the shore, silent and miserable. So much, ns have said elsewhere, do we play at hide and seek In this world. Harper's Bazar. Willie lieoiiomy. Fond Parent I nin Rlatl to observe that you aio saving your money, 'Will ie. Willie Yes, pnw. Fowl Parent How much have you saved? Willie Fifteen cents. Fond Parent Good: here nre 10 cents more. Willie Whoop! Now I'll go F th' circus to-morrow, sure. Ohio Ktate Journal. Doditeil It. The Apostle Peter had Just preached his wonderful sermon. It hud lesulted In 3,000 converts. "But how nre you going to baptize so many nt ono time?" nsked one of tho Ither preachers. "If you please, brother," replied Pe ter, "we will not disturb tho good feel ings of the occasion by nny discussion concerning the mode of baptism, Lot us leave thnt for the sectarians of fu ture ages." The Uleetrln ReV Victim. At the zoological gardens t largo electric eel was swimming In his tank with more activity than usual, when n big cockroach fell Into the water, and In Its efforts to get out made n disturb ance on tho nurfaco which attracted the attention of the eel. The eel turned around, swam past It, discharged Its battery nt nbout eight Inches off. nnd the cockroach Instantly dropped stone dead. It did not even move Us anten nae after. The eel then proceeded to swallow Its victim, and the narrator goes on to point out the curious cir cumstance that tho fish, which weighed about tvvelvo pounds, should And it worth while to Are Its heavy nrtlllcry nt a creaturo an Inch and a hair long, when he could easily havo swallowed It sans facon. National Review. INTERESTING NEW OPTICAL ILLUSION: .'..'. : -. ":'. .'' Circles That Chanac' While You C? z J coma arsuml. vwvundv. and seo inv old I Broom." Philadelphia Fres Ills Trouble. "What brought you here, my poor man?" Inrjulred tho prison visitor, "Well, ludy," replied the prisoner, "I guess my troubles started from attend In' too many weddln's." "Ah, you leurnort to tlrhiU there, or steal, perhaps?" . . j 'No; lady; 1 wan always the brlde- x J J( J) " Jt lC a( JH H l kf g f H wt 4 V-l ( Bifl or for wo In the markets of tho world; but lu the name or all that Is good unil precious to tho human heart and Imagi nation, , let them not be set up before our young men as tho great models of conduct to bo Imitated, Our young men are eager enough for power and wealth, they know the path thut leads to power mid wealth, and If they loiter und fall lu that path It hj because lbey nro tacking lu will or Intelligence. Certtilnfy the example of MrT Curnegle nnd Mr. Schwab and Mr. norko feller Is not needed to direct their e-yoj to that path. It Is a pitiable thing thnt n life which hiicrlllces all tho sweeter and humbler ami more retiring qualities tu the exactions of such an aim should en held up as tho su preme standard for the youth of tho na tion to followt When thu republic was founded, If one had asked who were our greut und enviable men, ho would hava been told the mimes of our noblest states men, WushliiRtun Hamilton nnd Jeirer son. In the middle of the century If one. had itBked such n question he would prob ably have been directed to our chief poets nnd philosophers, Emerson, Lowell and Longfellow. To-dnv are wo to point only to these masters of money? Shall we have no great men but Mr. Curnegle anil Mr. Schwab and Mr. Iloekefellcr? We repent that we have now no quar rel with tho wealth of theso gentlemen, which lu tho field or economics may lmvo Its Justification; we do not now question the means or accumulating this wealth; but we mulntalii that as guides and In Hilrers of youth they nro pernicious, they nre a public offense, nn humiliation to tho country. Thero has been wealth In tho land before now, but the riches of the men Is so coloesal ns to obluln un entire ly new force. It acts with hypnotic effect on the Imagination, it benumbs the senses nnd In Its vusl glitter thu eyes are blinded to all the simpler nnd purer attainments of life. What In comparison with this goudiug ambition Is moderate taste, or tho Joy of n serene Imagination, or tho untroubled fruits of content?' Who will seek happiness In tho unrewarded sacri fice of nrt, or who that feels tho Btlirlnc of energy within him will seek io behold "the bright countenance of truth In tho quiet und still air of delightful studies," when tho mind has succumbed to tho hypnotism of these overblown fortunes? We aro strlckon down by thrso men with n delirium of material drunkenness, and they allow us no escupe from Its fascina tion. Let us be quit of this cant. Let them have their own end follow their own Ideals; but let them not look to be called great or noblo or enviable. We shall es teem them more highly when thoy are not set beforo us as standards of success, nnd when they thumselves cease to preach thn Inglorious "Gospel of Wealth," Independent. ONK of tho theories hitherto advanced to explain optical Illusions seems to completely fit this one, recently worked outflln one of the government departments at' Washington. As you look upon theso clrclo they S change apparently Into hexagons. Tho black spuces between them likewise seem to change their shape ns you gazo nt the entire mnss. It would be Interesting to know tho scientific explanation of this phenomenon. New York Herald, t'seless Precaution. ' Mr. Telllt I heard nt the club to-day that Mrs. Kotchum'a husband had run awuy with her. Mrs. Telllt That Isn't strange, She only married htm because she 'ivun nfrald of getting left. -' Mr. Telllt Well, Isn't she? Judge. A Mean Advantage. Hall How did you get rid of. that railroad stock7 I didn't think any ana would touch It, considering, .the condi tion of tho road. " ' ' Hall Wellj I. found aparty who wa not uosted. "' , , ; s ) M I tjzi i i ' 1 ' ''' 1$ - - -. UlM)RtaShNMMMriMWMM'BMl 1111 r" IJ-L J- -r .... - ...... i., i r . . ,.,. . "TjTV tTJTTTTTTiBBM iVC'TUfrf'sr - - mm - xzzsxaKttssMxzmmmammimmMis,. m agggnr mM2xx , ---ISS'PM Ift&tiiU