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THE HERALD. T.J.O'KEEFtt, Publlohor. HEMINUfr'OltU - N'EURASKA BRYAN'S REQIMENT. Loynl Mon nncl True Rnlly 'Round His Standard, Lincoln, Neb., Mny J. Tho governor through the adjutant general's olllco hos Issued authorizations ti a number .f persons to recruit companies to be mustrred In ns port of the Third regiment, Nebraska national guard, under the state mllltln law, The locu tion of all but one of the companies vf the twelve has been decided upon nnd the remaining ones will be settled shortly. The order Issued by Adjutant General Harry recites that, "The fol lowing nnined persons are hereby uu thorlzed to organize companies for the Third regiment, Infantry, of the Ne braska national guard, In compliance with the military code of the state of Nebraska, to be designated and sta turned as follows, to-wlt: General Victor Vlfquuln, con.pnny A, nt Lincoln; Geo. L, Sheldon nnd F. T. Morgnn, com pany 11, nt Nehawka; ICd P. Smith nnd Charles H. Marple, company C, at Omaha; William Neve, company D, at Omnhn; Jesse T. Davis and Don C. Van Dusen, company K, at Itlnlr; U. O. RUiinrds and W. J. McVlcknr, company F, at Fremont; Thomas Rowlings and John H. Brown, company G, nt Wuke fleld; It. U. Beers and Victor 15. Wilson company 11, at Stromsburg; A. C. Slid, lenbnrger, company 1, nt Alma; II. 8 Dungnn, company 12, at Hastings, and John U. Meseive, company L, at Mc Cook." SEVERAL IIKCIIUITED. Several of the companies are already practically recruited, hnvlng been raised by the men In the localities named so as to be ready for the call whin It enme. The governor announced when the old national guard was called out that his policy would be to recruit the guard attain as soon as the ill at (Itiota wns taken charge of by the United States and follow the law regit lntlng the enlistment of men In the organized militia, so that on all subse quent calls, if the turn of affairs ueccs sltated them, companies ready re. crulted would be on linud and ready for muster without delay. The law of the state provides that the national gunrd shall be tlrst called out by the governor for service when the presi dent makes a requisition on the state for troops. The new companies will be recruited according to tho military code by the persons designated above for the duty. Kach company, when recruits up to the number required have signed the enlistment blanks, will assemble, and by the vote of the majority of the members clest the olllcers for the three positions of captuln, llrst and second lleutennnt, nnd then the adjutant gen eral's ofllce will be Informed of the notion nnd the selection of tho men for the non-commlsslonod olllcers. A mustering In olllcer will be assigned to go to the place where the new com pany Is stationed and nfter Inspection and examination the muster In will take place. The mnjors, lieutenant colonel nnd colonel of the regiment after the com pnnles nre orgnnized are elected by the commissioned olllcers of the bat talion or regiment they nre to com mand. All elections of commissioned olllcers are, however, subject to the approval of the governor and nil must pass an examination ns to their fitness for the positions. The recruiting olllcers of the compa nies will not necessarily command the companies or hold ofllce In them or even enlist In them. That lu something which must come nbout the last by the enlistment of the man himself, nnd secondly, the election by the company nnd npproval by the governor. PAY FOR THE SECOND, The governor Is preparing to forwnrd the pay due the Second regiment from the state to Colonel Bills ns soon ns the latter arrives nt Chlcknnuiuga Park. This pay Is fot the time the members of the Nebrnska national guard were In camp, from April 27 to May -I, inclu sive, which brings thu time up to within six days of tho formal muster Into the United States' service. After that time the federal government takes the re sponslblllty for the pay nnd subsistence of the men. Tho men who came down as members of the nattonnl guard and frilled to stand the physical examina tion are Included in the pay roll. The amount which goes to the Second on pay account from the stnte Is J7.895.20, divided ns follows: Regimental nnd stuff olllcers nnd band, $,"GS.72: company A, $635.01: com pany B, $CO0.Ot; company C, $600.04; company D, $604.01; company E, $603.01; company F, $614.04; company G, $591.04; company II, $631.01; company I, $636.04; company K, $399.04; company L, $591.01; company M, $595.04. The quartermaster Is busy with his accounts, prepnintory to settling up for the transportation nnd subsistence of the men In camp before the turning over to the federal government, or more coriectly speaking for the nine days before the war department wns ready to undertnke the care of them after they were assembled by the governor. The subsistence bill will be In the neighborhood of $6,000. An order lins been published by the adjutant general giving all men nnd of ficers who failed to pass the physical examination for muster Into the United States volunteers honorable discharges from the Nebraska national guard. The members of the cavalry troop having also volunteered nnd been mustered In are given honorable discharges. Reports from out In the state are that the companies will till up to the limit ns soon ns the authorized recruit ing olllcers get to work. A lnrge num. ber of applicants for authority to re crult companies for the regiment have been refused by the governor, because the localities seeking to enter nre al ready represntd In the two rglments now in the Held, or by companies al ready authorized for the Third. A DESERTED CAMP. Camp AHin Snunaers is left without a single uniformed occupant, where the thousands have been for three weeks. The last to go of the Nebrnska volun teers mustered in under the llrst call were Captain Culver's troopers, who left over the Missouri Pacific railway. The Nebraska troop will Join Colonel Grigsby's hlrd cavalry at St. Louis. The special train which carried the eighty five men and olllcers was taken from Lincoln was made up of thiee coaches, one baggage car and one btock car Fine horses belonging to the three commis sioned officers were taken from here. The troopers will be mounted nt Chick amaugn. Dr. Robert Emmet Glffen, nppolnted chief surgeon by the president, has served as surgeon general of the Ne braska national guard, with the rank of colonel, on the governor's staff, for several years. He was one of the mem bers of the medical board appointed to examine the officers nnd men of the two regiments of Nebraska volunteers nt Camp Alvln Saunders. He has for sev eral years been a prominent local prao tltloner in Lincoln. GLADSTONE CALLED HOML ENGLAND'S GRAND OLD MAN PASSES AWAY. Mrs. Olndstono with Him to the Last- Ho Murmurs Inoohoront Words, Sloops nnd Wukos No Moid Short Sketch of His Llto. Hnwnrclcn, Mny !!5.--Mr. Gladstone died nt S o'clock Thuisdny morning. Tho end linil been expected nny moment since Tuesduy night, nnd the wnole family was by his bedside. Mr. Gladstone hud been unconscious practically nil day, although at times he seemed to recognize for a moment some of the watchers about him. Cer tainly he did recognize his wife, who wns beside him nil day, except whei. the physician prevailed on her to rest. She tenderly clasped her husband's hand ns she wntchud him. Apparently he slept n good denl. Oc casionally he uttered a few words In nn Incoherent, dienmy wny, woids wnlcb those who were watching were unuble to catch. Their ambulation wns that ho wns not suffering pain. No narcot ics were administered. Though a national funeial will prub nbly be accepted by the family, there Is little doubt that tho remnlnn of Mr. Gladstone will be laid at rest at 11a w at den, adjoining the church where he wns murrled more than hnlf a centurj ngo. HIS CAREER OUTLINED. The Inte lit. Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, M. P., P. C.r wnH the fourth son of the Inte Sir John Gladstone, bait of Fesque, County Klneunllne, N. H., n merchant of Liverpool, nnd wns born there December 29, 1809. He was edu cated at Eton and Christ church, Ox foid, hiking n double lltst-class In 1831. Having siient some time In a continen tal tour, he returned at the general election In December, 1S32, In the con servutlve Interest for Newark, and en tered parliament Just as the struggle of parties was at Us height. On Jan uary 25, 1833, he entered Lincoln's Inn. and when lie had been a member for six years and three months he petition ed to have his name removed from the books of the society, on the ground of his having given up his intention of being called to the bar. Sir Robert Peel, In December, 1831, np pointed him to a Junior lordship of the treasury, and In February. 1835, undei the secretary of colonial affairs. Mr. Gladstone retired from office with his ministerial leader In April remnlned In opposition until Sir Robert Peel's return to power In September, 1841. In nccopt Ing office under Sir Robert Peel In 1841 as vice president of the board of trade and master of the mint. Mr. Gladstoiv was sworn a member of the privy coun ell. In 1812 Mr. Gladstone succeeded the Earl of Rlpon us president of tl board, but resigned that office curly In 1845. ALLEGIANCE TO PEEL. In Jnnuary, 1840, Sir Robert Peel nn nounced his Intention of proposing u modification of certnln lows. Mr. Glad stone, who succeeded Iord Stanley In the post of secretory of state for the colonies, ndhered to the leader undei whom he had entered upon mlnlsterlnl life, resigned his seat for Nowark and remained for some time out of parlia ment. In August, 1S47, he wns elected for the University of Oxford. In the parliament of 1847-52, the questions of university reform and the removnl of Jewish disabilities were agitated. Mr Gladstone felt that on both these points the exigencies of the times required that some concessions should be mnde He consequently found himself fre quently opposed to his former friend nnd eventually separated himself from the great body of the conservative par ty In February, 1851. In July follow ing, Mr. Gladstone was elected for the university of Oxford. On the forma tion of the "coalition" ministry, under the Earl of Aberdeen, In December, 1852. Mr. Glndstone was first appointed to the chnncellorshlp of the exchequer After the breaking up of the Aber deen administration at the beginning of 1855, Mr. Glndstone at llrst continued to occupy the Bnme post, but he resign ed In the course of n few weeks. For some time Mr. Glndstone, who held no public office, gave Lord Pnl merston's ministry nn Independent sup port. In June, 1859, he nssumed office under Lord Pulmcrston ns chuncelloi of the exchequer. In this cupaclty he was mainly Instrumental In repealing the paper duty and in promoting the negotiations conducted by Mr. Cobden which resulted In the commercial trea ty between his country and France. Re. sides being eminent as a class man, Mr. Gladstone hnd nsqulred celebrity ns an nuthor. Mr. Gladstone's "Re marks on Recent Commercial Legisla tion," published In 1845, while the coun. try was on the eve of nn Important change In her commercial system, were Intended to pave the way for the ex tensive modlllcntlon in the restrictions on commerce Imposed by the corn laws. In 1858 he published nn elaborate work on Homer, nnd in July, 1861, he wns so llclted to become n candidate In the liberal Interest for South Lancashire, but refused to forsake his former con stituents. . Hnvlng been rejected by the universl. ty of Oxford In the general election In July, 1865, Mr. Gladstone wns returned for South Lancashire. After the death of Lord Palmerston he became leader of the house of commons, retaining the chnncellorshlp of the exchequer In Lord Russell's second administration Early In the session of 1S66 he brought In a reform bill nnd a motion on com mittee having been carried, June 18, against the government by eleven votes. Mr. Gladstone nnd his colleagues re signed. The divisions In the liberal ranks prevented him from defeating Mr. Disraeli's reform bill, which he stren uously opposed. In the early part of the session of 186S, Mr. Gladstone brought forwnrd and pnssed through the house of com mons a series of resolutions, having for their object the dlsestnbllshment nnd dlsendowment of the Irish church. The resolutions were the basis of the Irish church suspensory bill, which, on May 22. passed a second reading in the lower house by 321 votes to 25S. but was soon afterwards rejected In the house of peers by n majority of 95. At the gen eral election of 1S6S Mr. Gladstone stood ns one of the candidates for Southwest Iincnshlre. After a tierce contest he was defeated, but his defeat did not exclude him from the house of com mons, ns in anticipation of such nn event, the electors of Greenwich had returned him by a large majority. On the resignation of Mr. Disraeli's minis, try in December, 1S6S, Mr. Gladstone succeeded that statesman ns first lord of the treasury. EVENTS OF HIS RULE. The principal events of his adminis tration were the passing of the Irish church disestablishment net (1869), of the Irish lanJ act (1870), and of the ele mentary education act (1870), the aboli tion of purchase In the army by the ex erclse of the royal prerogative in con sequence of nn ndverso vote by the Mouse of lords on the army teguintu: bill (1871). the negotiation of the treaty of Washington lespectlng the Alnbami claims (is71), the passing of the ballot act (17J). and the Judicature act (18i3) l !. princlpil nif-nnurb proposed by th RiiVfintnetH In 18' wns the university educntlon (Ireland) bill, which Wns op posed to the Roman Catholic members who, voting on this occasion with the conservatives. Insured the rejection of the bill by 287 votes ngulnst 234. Upon this Mr. Glndstone tendered his resignation nnd Mr. Disraeli was rem for, but as lie declined to take office, Mr, Gladstone undertook (March 16) to re construct the cabinet. In August, 1873, nfter the close of the sesrilon, the cab inet was considerably remodeled, Mr Gladstone assuming the chnncellotHhlp of the exchequer In addition to his office of llrst lord of the treasury. On Janu ary 24, 1874, a fortnight before botl. houses were to have met for the dis patch of public business, Mr. Gladstone took everybody by surprise by an nouncing the immedlnto dissolution of parliament and Issuing his nddress t his constituents nt Greenwich, In which ho promised to abolish the Income tnx. At the general election which ensued the votes were, for tho llrst time, taker by secret ballot. The result proved most disastrous to the liberal party. DISRAELI SUCCEEDS HIM. Mr. Gladstone resigned nnd Mr. Dls rnell beenme prime minister. In tit session of 1S74 Mr. Gladstone, who had been re-elected for Greenwich, offered a persistent opposition to public wor ship regulation bills. On Janunry 13, 1875, three weeks before the assembllnp of parliament, Mr. Gladstone announceu In a letter to Earl Garnvllle his deter mlnatlon to retire from the leadership of the liberal party. Soon afterwar.i the marquis of Hartlngton was chosen by the liberal party to be their Icadei In the house of commons. Subsequent ly, however, Mr. Glndstone constantly took purt In the discussions of that as. scmbly. On November 15, 1877, he was elected lord rector of the university of Glasgow. Mr. Gladstone sent u letter to the president of the Greenwich lib eral "five hundred" on March !(, 1876. stating that he should represent the borough only until the next general election. Eaily lu the snme year, 1879 he had been invited to become the liberal candidate for Midlothian, and the crowning incident of the electoral campaign In the ensuing parliament recess wns his visit to Scotland In con nection with his purpose of contesting that county at the general election. He set out from Liverpool for Edinburgh on November 24, and from that date with the exception of two days at Ply mouth Castle, his life, until his return to Hnwnrden, on December 9, was a long succession of enthusiastic recep tions and unwearied speech-making In condemnation of the conservative gov ernment. Mr. Gludstone was successful In his candidature. When the opposition or the new house of commons was mad known it consisted of 439 liberals, 243 conservatives and sixty home rulers, nnd the Earl of Heaconslleld tendered his resignation. The mnrquls of Hart lngton, who had been a leader of the opposition In the lower house, nnd earl of Granville, the opposition leader In the house of peers, were sent for by her majesty, but they recommended the queen to entrust the tnBk of form ing a cabinet to Mr. Gladstone. He consented to nceept the duty. Mr. Glad stone himself superadded to Ills duties as first lord of the treasury the func tions of chnncellor of the exchequer, but lie resigned the latter office In 1&93 into the hands of Mr. Chlldcrs. The history of Mr. Gladstone's second min istry muy be summed up in three words Irelnnd, Egypt, France though," of course, a large number of other mat ters were long under consideration. In 1885 Mr. Gladstone was overthrown by a vote on the budget nnd the con servatives, undei Lord Salisbury's leud ershlp, came Into power. A general election took place In No vember, Just live months ufter Mr. Gladstone's defeat, and the liberals were successful. When Mr. Gladstone returned to office he announced his rendlness to Introduce a home rule measure for Ireland, and this crealct dissension In the liberal ranks nnO prncticnlly broke up the party. The bill was repected by a majority of 30. Mr. Gladstane then nppenled to th ceiuntry. but wns overwhelmed as a re suit. Mr. Gladstone resigned without meeting parliament and Lord Salisbury became prime minister for the second time, on August 3, 18S6. During 1892 Mr. Gladstone cnrrled ou yet another most vigorous campaign In Midlothian. He wns elected, but by a greatly reduced mnpority, nnd for th tlrst time he beenme premier. In April, 1893, Mr. Glndstone moved the second rending of unother home rule bill for Ireland in the house of commons, but the bill wns thrown out by the lords. During his stny at Biar ritz, in Februnry, 1894, the London Jour nnl announced Mr. Gladstone's retire ment, but the report wns contradicted In very guarded terms. After his re turn to England the rumor was renewed nnd In the midst of the uncertainty Mr. Gladstone delivered his Inst speech of prime minister In the house of communi on March 1, the occasion being the lords' amendments to the parish coun cils bill. The next day his resignation wns made public, and the discovery that the premier wns suffering from cataract in both eyes was given as the chief cause for such a decisive step. Mr and Mrs. Glndstone left Londo for Cnnnes on November 25, 1897, and arrival at the latter place three day later. They remnlned there for nearly eleven weeks, nnd their homeward trir was begun on the 16th of last Febru ary and they reached London on the 19th. He has since been slowly dying Philippine InsurBonts Cooperate Hong Kong. May 20. The United States dispatch boat Hugh McCulloch sailed today for Manila. Prior to her departure Consul Wildmnn took on board General Aguinaldo, with Colune'. Del Plller. his prlvnte secretary; Senor Leyla and fifteen other rebel leaden? forming the Insurgent cabinet. Gen eral Aguinnldo will land nt Cnvite, where 3.700 troops, it is reported, await him, nnd will make a complete annihi lation of Spanish rule in the Philip pines. General Aguinaldo has promised ti conduct the campaign on humane lines and under nbsolute allegiance to Ad miral Dewey, General Merrltt and Mr. Williams, late consul at Manila, who, with Mr. Wili.'man, cnrrled through the negotiations with the Insurgent refu gees nt Hong Kong. General Agutnal do's past record points to his hnvlng control of the Insurgents and being nble to prevent n massacre at Manila, An engagement Is expected in a few days. By the will of the late Elizabeth II. Bales of Fort Chester, N. V the Uni versity of Michigan comes into posses sion of $125,000. The measles have broken out in Camp Leedy which may embarrass the troops to some extent. CUBA. Dy Joaquin Miller. Comes a cry up from the water. From the worm, dusk Antlllei, From the Lost Atlantis' daughter Drowned In blood as drowning seas; Comes ft cry for help In anguish See her struggles! hear her cries! Shall she live or shall she languish? Shall she sink or shall she rise? She shall rise, by all that's holyl If the leaders of my land Lord so high above the lowly That they dare not rench a hand, But sit feasting, wnltlng renders Of handwriting they can't rend Then the people shnll take leaders And the leaders shall take heed. Lo! We flashed white lights of freedom, Lights that dazzled her dark eyes. Till she could but yearning heed them, Reach her hands and try to rise. Then they etnbbed her, choked her, drowned her, Till we scarce could hear a note. Ah! those rustling chains that bound herl OhI these robbers at her throat! And the knaves who forged the fetters? Ask five hundred years for news. Stake and thumbscrews for their bet ters! Inquisitions! Banished Jews! Chains and slavery! What remained Of one red mnn In the land? Why, these very chains that bind her Bound Columbia, foot and hand! Bound the very hnnd that brought them I' nine and fortune from the wnve, While he kneeled nnd so besought them i Mercy for the poor red slave. These the tyrants without measure Who cry "Hands orf," and proclaim They shall torture at their pleasure! Scorn for such for us the shame. AN HISTORICAL PARALLEL. A notable coincidence Is that the de struction of the Spanish lleet In the bay of Cadiz by Sir Francis Drake and the destruction of the tleet in Manila bay by Dewey took place on the same day , states in a year. The insurance busl of the same month. The exploit at ness, whenever found nnd of whntever Cadiz Is reported as having been nchlev- . Kmi s built up on this great law of cu uii ninu i.i, nut tutu iiavu i uv;e;uiu- ing to the old style and corresponds to Mny 1 in the present calendar. The Baltimore Sun points out a fur- ther extraordinary parallel between the cwo actions, uuring i&s. bpnin wns business he enn mnke nn accurate busy preparing the nrmnda which was statement of how many will ride on an to overwhelm England nnd which came average each day of the year. On this to nn Inglorious end the following year, knowledge Is bnsed the rates of fare Drake knew that In the fortliied har- to be charged and the number of trains bor of Cadiz there were more than a ( to be run. The same is true of the hundred Spanish warships, storeshlps proper fixing of freight rates. Because and transports, nnd vnst quantities of n this line of business, the law of av materlal gathered for the use of the erages is only partly obeyed, there Is fleet. On the 12th of April he sailed a urent social waste. But it Is obeyed from Plymouth with twenty-eight ves sels, four belonging to Queen Ellza- beth nnd twenty-four furnished by him- self and other "gentlemen ndventur- ers." His own ship, oddly enough, was called the liucna Ventura On the 19th of April (May 1 accord- ing to our calendar) he boldly ran the gauntlet of the Spanish batteries de- many people will marry nt n certain fending the harbor mouth, drove the nge, how many children they'll have Spanish warships under the shelter of the average ralnfnll and temperature the forts, where subsequently he burn- nn(i a thousand other things. The ed and sank them and made himself, larger the Held from which the figures like Dewey, master of the situation. nre gathered, the more sure the results Like Dewey, he had no troops with Today almost all businesses are es which to effect a landing nnd occupy tabllshed on this law of averages to n the city, but entirely at his leisure he greater or less extent, but In the future burned and destroyed all the Spanish tne obedience to it will reach a finer vessels and nil the war material which nnd closer degree, nnd ns It does, the he could not carry away. After re- reward8 'rom a better correlation of In malnlng In Cadiz bay for eleven days, dustry, an accurate meeting of supply on the 1st of May he coolly sailed away nnd demand, a more average distrlbu ngnln, and all this he accomplished, ton wlll produce results in human hup like Dewey, "without the loss," the his- piness and development never areamad torlan tells us, "of a boat or a man." f The parallelism Is nearly as complete "individuals vary but percentages re as that between two such exploits can main constant.." Governmental meth be, even down to the particular of such 0a8 are wltrssing n closer application a victory being achieved without loss. 0f this lew of averages. The world has Drake's previous performances In tho turned away from government by In West Indies, where the summer before jivlduals because Individuals vary. It he had captured and held to ransom 3 turning toward government by the the cities of San Domingo nnd Cartha- mass because percentages remain con gena, then ivuch more Important than ,tant. It se-ks stability, constancy. The Havann, hnd already given him a high movement is elemental in its character rank among English captnlns. His ex- t S the Inevitable, plolts In Cadiz bay made him the fore- , , ,,. ., i,, ir,,it,,i,ioi most naval hero In Europe and of the T? i- .,i Hn m. nprclnt-iS age. It was the first fatal blow struck J0vernment 'l, "'"&?,? JVT-p ,! at the military and naval prestige of ?ov,e1!',nnie"t. Tla?fet2 t nn Spain. It was likened to "singeing the '' thls "'Svioni w l Znl 5 klntr of Snnln's beard " Thomas Carlyle and Sir Thomas Lrs- In the followlnir vear Drake bore a lne Mf,y xvere not democrats at heart series of engagements In the English " nd Prop heled of the in channel, wnlch discomfited and scatter- ed the great armada and sent It flying o,rn.mh h Nnrth con hnmoii,. ...ij t,i. elmsTobecpeaUngltsef The'spa- lards of today, perhaps, are not Inferior In courage to their ancestors, but they exhibit the same traits of lnccmpeten- ey. The Spanish ships in Queen Eliza- beth's day were vastly larger, as well nn mnm n,,mrn.,a fVinn Vho r.n.iiah vessels which were opposed to them. Hut tlm Enfr h WS9P s u-pro hpttpr nml faster sailers, were better handled nnd the English guns were of longer range . .. .... ... - and henvler caliber. On every occasion the Spaniards were outmaneuvered. outsniiP.i nml mitfoucht. nn.i th most ,riiiint iioBno nt ih t,-ii0v, mn. Ins were frequently achieved without - ...i.i. i, ioi i i ta loss these days of modern guns and mod- the state, it will produce a greater sure em machinery this advantage Is even ly- a greater certainty, a greater accu more strikingly In favor of our navy. racy. . . . "Individuals vnry, but percentages re- Ella Wlard sends me a clipping from rTrn'Inhi'n'cnSnf llv t.xrnrnh mnniinr, th. ia .nti. to this more stable and constant gov- suggestive. It Is from the pen of Ed ward S. Holden, of the Lick Observa- r",u v,"u7v,c"'. . '"" "i TT" 1 .t:, l": .u "' .. i.,ZZZl ;" '"." U1UL1U IcaUKa UJJ UlUCl LIIUII lliy JL the heavens yet explored oy human im agination. It pays: has well sard that the exclusive study of material facts leads to an absolute hatred of life. He goes on to say that "Darwin admitted that 'fact-grinding' had destroyed his imagination and made him nauseate Shakespeare." Go- ethe thnnked heaven for saving him from the danger he was once in of being shut up in the charnel-house of science. Coleridge spoke gratefully of Boehme and some other poor mystics for helping to keep his heart from be- In withered by facts. All this and more, Is Just when It 13 applied to men of science who denl exclusively with material facts, who dwell continually on surfaces and Ignore substance: ana there are many examples that might b cited. It is a danger of exclusive de votion that the imagination Is steril- ip.i fnrPTonrsinnR in nil directions sav one. When the danger Is once recog- may call for the reference to the nlzed It is easy to avoid It. The dan- whole people of any law passed by the ger exists, however, and ought to be legislature. Thus these two actually up. mentioned in this place." ply the law of averages, the percent- How the world is changing. There ages which remain constant, to the dl, wns a time when bare fnctB were the. rect making of the laws. The repre objects aimed at by all sorts of think- sentatlon system Is Indirect, and with ers; there was no disagreement on this the spread of bribery, either In the matter. Accuracy pinning the mind open, rotten kind, or the more subtle, down to what the eye could see and , insidious and hence dangerous forms the ear hear was considered the ne plus of social and other influences, it is be ultra of wisdom. It was a thing that ' coming more nnd more indirect. It is Involved conrcience, and ven mada , the sport now of this, now of that ln one's salvation rest on It. The Imagl- dividual and corporate Influence. It Is nation was Ignored or ridiculed or becoming more and more the individual hiimiii Tjn ntiA rinmpii that the hst Government which varies. It Is of the part of the man was in t, nnd that it was the hope of the wor!d.-Hlea Wll- nana In Freedom. A PEOPLES' GOVERNMENT, "While tho Individual man Is an in soluble puzzle In the aggregate he be comes a mathematical certainty. You enn, for xample, never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision whnt on average num ber will be up to. Individuals vary, but percentages retrain constant." Speech of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. "It Is already clear that on whntever lines the societies of the future are or ganized, thsy will have to count with a new power, with the Inst surviving sovereign force of modern times, the power of crowds." Gustnve Le Bon. Slowly, but stealthily, like the emer gence of some greut rock, as floods sub side, rises the law of averages as hav ing been the controlling, though little recognized, factor In our soclnl evolu tion, as being the dimly seen and the weukly grasped tremendous Implement of modern progress, nB to be the dom inant law nrrund which the glorious civilization of the future will be built. Obey It nnd It becomes your servant mote powerful than the genii of Alad din's lamp. Disobey It and the march of progress leaves you far in the rear. All prophets, whether of Israel of old or of our modern times, have, either Instinctively or with careful study, ap plied this law of averages to their own kmmiedge of national characteristics, and have foretold, never exnet facts, but the destinies of nations, nnd fore told thorn correctly. "Individuals vary, but percentages re main constant " Great businesses are ln,,,t "-1 on th, ,nw w,h,l,e neither you nor I, nor uny other living mnn enn tell when he will die, yet If you nsk nn Insurance actunry how many men of a laige number of a given age and condi tion of living will die In n year or live year, he cat foretell with almost abso lute certainty. While no one knows where the lightning will -strike, or tor nado uproot, or fire start, the lire In surance expert enn tell you so closely ns to be ubsolutely accurate for all practical purposes how many of these disunities will happen In the United averages. The passenger ngent of a rfrent rail. way system cannot tell how many peo nlp will ride between two stntlons on Ills road tomorrow, but if he knows ills The newspaper manager cannot tell whether you or I will buy his paper to- morrow, but he can tell how many of the people in his district will buy, and number of papers. His business is based on this law of averages. By this law statisticians can foretell how mnnv linnkruntclcn there'll be. how ,u' . ...i; i.. ....Y,'i ,.!., o,.,,- '"Vs. that "the last surviving over- sit"- force is the government by per- ;entages. that "nil other sources of uthorlty are "tottering and dlsap- Pcar-np." while the power of the peo PIe'8 lncrel18 n?' I11?', ''.l' ." 2 ntlons nre..el"b(, elna L heit, f he masses." Carlyle has seen. Huge Democracy wolking t le s reet every- where in its sack coat," and he prophe- Ies thnt " will "bullel cities and con. uu "u"ui" -" says that "alntoo ivnlnl ? les . "HVf "ol laV " ZV I will ref h a"d statC8. alr.eaily"nd" s Parini ir.i uence """" 1"J, ncreaslng force and activity. The larger the field, the more sun the percentage. The law of averages vnen applied to businesses, will pro 3uce great returns, but when applied tr prnment. nnd It finds this In a percent age government and does not find It In in individual covernmet. This explains the persistent and contlnunlly lncreas- nrti i1 mg activity of the direct legislation ad- vocates. This uciivny is annosi ni ways unselfish and self-sacrificing. But ls ,n..a"0.rhdo VnMt nt fhi ttmL tlmes-lt is the spirit of the times, I Direct legislation Is very simple. It Is- oniy a luuer, nner, stronger uppucu- Hon of the law of averages to the mak- Ing of the laws which govern. It mean? that percentages of the whole people hall be applied either actually or toe Uly to the enacting of every law by which the people are to be governed In communities too large for all the voters to assemble and pass on the laws to govern them, ns Is done In the town meetings, it is accomplished by Imperative petitions in what Is known as the Initiative and referendum. Un fler the first a reasonable mnority, by a petition, may start a law which, after discussion, shall be passed on by the people. Under the latter, a reasonable minority of the voters, by a petition i past. The to-be has Judged It. I An ex-presldent of the Swiss people Inns receniiy isaiu umi nunc ic m office the people defeated some things which he then thought were for their good, and he then thought they had made mistakes, but as the years passed and he got a proper perspective, he found they were right every time. What I or you or some one else hon estly thinks Is best for the community mny not be best for it; yet I can never believe thnt nfter a clear statement and a full discussion, whnt a majority of the people think Is best for them, would really be Injurious for them. Their decision might not be a wise one If applied a score of years In the past. It might not be a wise one to apply a score of years In the future. But nt tho time it was decided it would be a wise one. The voice of an Individual may seem as wise as the stars of a winter night, us profound as the unfathomed sea, as fresh and glorious ns the summer sun rise on upland meadows. Yet listen to the voice of the people, the voice of tho race, the voice of the nation obscured at times by the wild clamor of bigots, the confused clash of contending partisans and even by the .rords of good m-'n, yet listen to It nnd you will find thnt In constancy of good Intentions it Is more serenely sure thnn the stars of th night, in a full knowledge of need nnd conditions It Is more profound than the unfathomable ocean. In the wisdom which acts, often, without talking, it holds the to-be In Its enfolding care and opens It on fresher sundlpcs than this weary world has seen. Verily, it mora truly utters the voice of God than nny other known mouthpiece here below. Let us clear away by direct legislation the obstructions which stlflle the voice of the people, which Hinder the law ot averages from producing the best re sults in our governments methods.- Michael Davttt's Warning. Chamberlain in his recent speech ap pealing for an nlllance between Eng land and the United States insulted Irishmen by referring to Irish horns rule as an "unclean thing." Make the insult known to the 25, 000,000 Americans who are lienit and soul with the republic today against European p wc-r, as were their kith and kin with Washington, Jackson and Lin coln against England. "The nlllonce Is wonted solely for selfish Biltlsh ends. It Is desired by England, not for the sake of the United States, but against Russia, who sent her lleet to American wateis and put her ships nt the service of President Lincoln, when England, for the third time, wns plotting and actively engaged in the effort to destroy the republic. America will surely never join In a coalition ngnlnst France nnd Russia In order to rake British chestnuts out of the fire. The rumors of a European, coalition against the United States are purely a fabrication "made In Englnnd" for American consumption, the object, of course, being to promote the much desired and, for England, the much needed nlllance. It Is an Intuit to America to insin uate that she is not nble to defend her her own shores without British help. MICHAEL DAVITT. "After all," remarked the Kohnck: Philosopher, aggressively, "and, in spite of all the assertions to the contrary, It Is easy enough to be happy, though married. "The matter has been discussed and debated and thrashed over, ad Inflnltl buB, as you might say, in public meetln' and private Jangle, and in columns and columns of print, by long-haired men and short-haired women, on the ros trum and everywhere else that you cun think of, even in monologue In tho sanctity of the bedchamber while the nominal sheik of the family kept his weary head burled beneath the cover-i lids; and, yet, despite all the good breath and costly Ink that have been expended on the subject, It Is, to most minds, still a debatable point. "But, after havin' given the" matter my attention for about three minutes, I, discovered that there was nothing In it to debate about: no two sides to it. If, a woman gits all she wants to wear nntl. a man gits all he wants to eat, they u be happy in this life, married or not murrled. If they don't, they won't; and that's all there is to it.' ' " 'Stranger,' I asked an old mnn.i smoking In his doorway, 'how long will It take me to walk to the next town?" He eyed me quizzically. " 'Walk on.' he said, with a wave of the hand townward. "Yes," I know which road, but how long will It take me to walk there?' I' asked again. " 'Walk on!' he repeated, stolidly. " 'But can't you tell me how long It! will take me to reach the town?' I quizzed, Impatiently. " 'Walk on, he said again, and I did' walk on, with a muttered Imprecation on his stupidity. " 'Young man,' he called after I had gone a few yards, and I turned impa tiently. " 'I Just wanted to tell you that If you keep up that gait you'll get there In naif an hour!" " 'Then why In the name of all the 'urles couldn't you have told me that oefore?' I demanded, somewhat hotly. "He removed his pipe to blow a vol ume of smoke skyward, and answered coolly: " 'How the dickens did I know how fast you could walk?' " There Is a man up In Michigan who has as much common sense as all tho rest of the politicians of that state put together. His name Is Governor Plngree. Governor Plngree says that a man who hns a dependent family, moth er or sister, should stay at home and take care of them; that he can hardly expect to do It on $13 a month, the magnificent sum paid our country's de fenders. For this he Is sneered at. The number of our people that want to shirk their responsibilities Is very larne. With three or four million men out of employment to whom a war or anything else would be a godsend, there Is no need of n man throwing up his Job on the excuse thnt he must run to his country's call. His country doesn't call him. It has plenty with out him. The man that does his duty, no matter how humble, Is a hero. Once more. Governor Plngree, ns a man of common sense, we salute thee. Mr. N , a struggling lawyer In n smnll town In Ohio, received a call from a farmer who wanted legal ndvlce. Ac cording to the "Youth's Companion," Mr. N took down a much-used vol ume from his small book-case, and gave the required ndvlce, for which he charged the modest sum of three dol lars. His client "janded him a five-dollar bill. Mr flushed as he passed his Angers nervously through Ills pockets, nnd his embarrassment in creased as he continued his search among the papers on his desk. "Well," said neTTiklng down the law book again, and turning over the pnges. "I'M givt you two dollars worth of advice." Jones If the colonel Is to be believed he loves his country passionately. Smith Well, the country ls rlah, and I guess he Is after some of the money. J Y 1 K JL . Y y