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COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1892.
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OF ALL KINDS.
COMMmiBii
FAMOUS IN THEIR WAY
THE GREATEST THIEF TAKERS
OF OUR TIMES.
Superintendent Byrnes of the Metropoli
tan Police Force aad His Predecessor,
Superintendent Murray Sketches of
Their Lives with Good Portraits.
Probably the greatest thief taker
vhat the world has ever known is
Thomas Byrnes, who was recently made
superintendent of the Metropolitan po
lice force of the city of New York. The
promotion was made as a result of the
retirement of Superintendent Murray
on a pension of $3,000 a year.
Mr. Byrnes has risen to his present
position purely and solely by the force
SUPT. BYKNES.
of his urfequaled genins and character,
from the grade of an ordinary patrol
man on the metropolitan force, to what
is undoubtedly one of the very finest
positions of its kind in the world.
During the thirty years of his con
nection with the police force of New
York city, he has passed through every
grade in the service, and has achieved
a world-wide reputation as a successful
tracker and cxposer of criminals of
all classes. His work in the reorgani
zation of the detective bureau, of New
York during his period of control as
chief inspector, marked him as a man
of unmistakable genius for all kinds of
police work, and his promotion to the
superintendency of the department is a
distinct recognition of his capacity and
fitness.
He was born in New York city, June
15, 1842, and at an early age was ap
prenticed to the gas-fitting trade, at
which he worked until his appoint
ment on Dec 10, 1SG3, as a patrolman
on the police force in the Fifteenth
precinct of the city. He became Cap
tain of the Fifteenth precinct in 1870.
He was appointed chief of the detect
ive bureau on March 12, 1S80, and at
once set about to reorganize that de
partment. He devised an arrangement
for systematically filing all obtainable
criminal data in the rogues' gallery,
so that any rogue's record, portrait,
sentence, e.t, can now be found there
within a minute's time.
In 1888 hr was made chief inspector
of police and deputy superintendent of
police by the legislature of that year,
which position was second only to the
one he has now attained.
The new superintendent is a man of
handsome appearance, of great de
termination, shrewdness and penetra
tion, a thorough master of the detec
tive's art, and of the power to compel
criminals to confess their own crimes
and make known those of their fel
lows. His book, called "The Profes
sional Criminals of America," contain
ing 200 photographs and the records of
500 of the most expert criminals of
America, is an important help in the
detection of these criminals all over
the country.
He has been engaged on some of the
most famous cases in the annals of
crime in America. His name has been
more noted iu police work than any
other of the country, and it is remark
able that he has never been found
guilty of an irregularity or made the
object of accusation.
Mr. Murray has been for years a suf
ferer from an insidious disease, which,
while it does not immediately throaten
his life, renders him very feeble and
almost helpless. The superintendent
was first taken sick in July, 1S90, and
secured leave of absence from duty for
six weeks. He was stricken with par
tial paralysis. Improvement came very
slowly, aud the weeks lengthened into
EX-SUPT. SICKBAY.
months, and it was not until the first
of October last that he was not able to
return to his duty. During the suc
ceeding two months he seemed to be
gaining in strength and vigor. More
recently, however, he has been rapidly
losing. The old tremor which affected
his left side returned and a day's work
in his office seemed to exhaust him
completely, and finally he was obliged
to give up altogether. He Is only 48
years old. nc joined the Ellsworth
Zouaves when he was IS, and was shot
in the thigh at the first battle of Bull
Bun.
In May, 1866, he was appointed a pa
trolman. In 1870, in recognition of his, servicer
in the capture of three desperate burg
lars armed to the teeth, he was pro-1
inoted to a jundsman's place. j
He was given a gold watch anf J
chain for skilful detective work iu cap- '
turing some Maiden Lane burglars, and 1
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late Mgr. Preston, Gen. Hancock, Gen.
Butterfield, the late Rev. Dr. Crosby
and others.
He became a Sergeant in 18; was
made Captain in 1876 and statiuued iu
the Fourth precinct He was made In
spector in 1877, and Superintendent of
the Department in 18S5.
There is no other ex-Superintendent
of the New York police alive, Supt.
Walling, the immediate predecessor of
Mr. Murray, having died last fall.
The law made Inspector Byrnes' ap
pointment contingent on his passing a
civil service examination. tic pre
sented himself at Cooper union and
satisfied the examiners. Secretary Lee
Phillips and Fire Chief Bonner, that he
was mentally competent to take the
place.
He passed through the ordeal suc
cessfully, receiving 100 per cent., and
then Chief Clerk Kipp of the police de
partment administered the oath of
office, and congratulated him on his
promotion.
Under the law by which the detec
tive bureau was created Henry V.
Steers, as the senior inspector, takes
the place made vacant by Inspector
Byrnes' promotion.
WRITES PURE STORIES.
Something About the Personality of tbe
Anther or "Aatrobas."
Mrs. Margaret B. Peeke, the author
ess, was born at Stillwater, N. Y.,
April 8, 1838. Her lineage on both
sides is of stanch New England stock.
Her maiden name was Peck. Through
the death of her father while she was
still a child she was committed to the
care of her uncle, the Hon Erastus C.
Benedict, late Chancellor of New York
State. For many years he was presi
dent of the Board of Education of New
York City, and he not only gave her
the advantage of the best school?, but
took a personal interest in her educa
tion by illustrating and enforcing his
lessons with all the art of a
master. These exceptional advant
ages gave Mrs. Peeke a rich and early
development, so that at the age of 12
years she carried off the honors of her
class in the New York High School.
She became a teacher in New York
City and continued in that calling until
10 years of age. In 1860 she became
the wife of the Rev. George H. Peeke,
aminlster of the Congregational church.
MABOABET B. PEEKK.
During the thirty years of her married
life she has been a hard worker in her
husband's different parishes, and yet
during all that period she has been a
constant contributor to the papers and
magazines. Two years of this time
was spent in Chicago, where she be
came associate editor of the Alliance,
Prof. Swing's paper. She is the author
of several Sunday school books, and has
written many poems. Mrs. Peeke's
style is pure and clear, and marked by
her strong individuality, she has the
happy faculty of imparting her enthu
siasm to her readers.
HIS WIFE.
The Sweet, Patient Heroine of All
of
His Storlei.
It seems to me." said the young
business man to the successful writer,
that 1 see one character that runs
through your stories."
It may be," said the writer dream
ily, as ho studied the figures the.
llames were making in the big open
fireplace. ' I have some one in mind
for every character I draw? and elabo
rate or modify peculiarities as the oc
casion demands. Is this a man or a
woman?"
A woman noble, patient, self
sacrificing, and all that,"
The writer studied the fire more in
tently as he replied slowly:
Yes. I've tried to portray several."
"But I always find certain traits in
some of the characters that remind me
one of the other, and I thought per
haps one was really a continuation of
the other."
It is possible.'" said the writer,
thoughtfully. "The characters areP"
Generally the heroines."
The writer blew a whiff of smoke
toward the ceiling and said:
Yoa have guessed it One woman
has been the heroine of most of my
stories."
But where did you find one that
has been through so much?"
-I didn't. I've simply studied one,
and from what I have seen portrayed
what I think she'd do in different try
ing situations."
Who is she? I'd like to meet her."
Really?" asked the writer.
Indeed I would."
Dine with me to-night. She's my
'wife" Chicago Tribune.
No Ink Writes Black.
No chemical black ink has yet been
made which will write black immedi
ately on exposure. The common black
ink is made of nut-galls, and is by all
odds the best nk ever made. Manu
scripts made in this black ink 500 or 600
years ago are just as legible to-day as
when first written. The chemical inks
of the present are of too recent inven
tion to determine whether they will
last, but it is quite probable that most
of them will be as legible at the end of
fifty or seventy-five years as they are
to-day. There is, however, a fortune
in store for the man who will invent a
chemical black ink that will write
black at the first and remain so.
A Justice For Fifty Yean.
Samuel Lane of , Gardiner, Me.,
ought to know something about rural
justice, for he has been a justice of the
peace and quorum for fifty years with
out a day off. He received his first ap
pointment from Gov. Fairfield, and at
the age of SO' he has been reappointed
to deal out sure justice.
STATE NEW8.
NEIRASKA UCELLANEjMJt aUTTftL.
' The stock feeders of Gag county
wul hare a meeting for the purpose ef
taking steps to have the assessment
made on feeders reduced It is claimed
by them that a system of double as
sessment is borne by the feeders.
For the first time in years a tour
ist rate to the east ha been made on
an Omaha basis, which enables them
to be sold at that city without any un
certainty. The average will be about
one and one-third rates for a round
trip.
The Fraternal Order f Protectors
is the name of an order incorporated
last week by the filing of articles of
incorporation with the secretary of
state. It has its home office in Lin
coln and was incorporated by Lincoln
men.
.Henry B mniiter. a farmer living
four miles eak of Wayne, was thrown
from his horse and had his neck dislo
cated. He is still alive, but is entirely
paralized below the shoulders and the
doctors have but little hopes for his
recovery.
Adjutant General Vifquain has re
turned from the east after having
completed his tour of inspection of the
national guard. Last week he granted
leave for company B. First regiment
located at Fullerton, to go into camp
without expense to the state on July 1,
2. 3 and 4. in order to take part in the
G. A. R. celebration.
The druggists in their convention
at Grand Island, elected officers as fol
lows: President, J. H. Koenigstein of
Norfolk; vice presidents. W. 1. Heii
man, Tecumseh; G. W. Howe, Wis
ner: A. F. Streitz, North Platte; D. B.
Davis, Chadron. and Jerry Bowen of
Wood River; secretary, Mrs. Julia
Crissey. Omaha; treasurer, Charles
F. Sherman. Omaha.
The Fraternal Order of Protectors
is the name of a secret, fraternal and
benevolent society admitted to trans
act insurance business in Nebraska.
The order was instituted by Lincoln
men and headquarters are located in
that city.
Ed Drain, a Burlington switch,
man in the McCook yards, was pain
fully injured while making a coupling.
The couplings were of unequal size, it
seems, and the cars coming together
with considerable speed Drain received
a badly broken arm. besides injuries
about the head of a painful nature.
Elizabeth Montgomery has peti
tioned the probate court to appoint J.
H. Miller administrator of the estate
of C E. Montgomery, recently shot
and killed in a Lincoln hotei. She is
the mother and next of kin to the de
ceased, and Miller was a brother-in-law.
The document also places me
value of Montgomery's property in
Lancaster county at $i'4, 000.
The Fremont Foundry & Machine
company has just been awarded a con
tract by the Fremont, Elkhorn & Mis
souri Valley railroad company for
making all the castings used in the
railroad shops at Missouri Valley, and
by master mechanics all along the lines
in Nebraska. The amount of work to
be done will necessitate the melting of
a ton of iron a day on an average.
Receiver Gibbons of the late Com
mercial and Savings bank of Kearney
has filed his monthly report. It is as
follows: "I have collected to date
$1,035.69 and have commenced suits
for the collection of $20,320 of past
due piper. With the law's delays the
prospects are anything but encourag
ing for immediate results. Nor can I
at the present time see much bone or
encouragement for those who are
creditors of the bank."
The committee having in charge
the interstate reunion of Nebraska
and Kansas were in session in Super
ior last week. Ample funds have
been raised to make this one of the
great events of the west in G. A. R.
circles. Trantportation will be se
cured for Nebraska and Kansas na
tional guards, infantry and artillery.
Speakers of national reputation have
been secured and the veterans can put
in a solid week in camp from the 22d
to 27th inclusive.
The funeral directors of Nebraska
held their annual meeting in Omaha
last week. E. W. Warner of North
Platte, was elected president. J. Hea
ton of Lincoln, secretary, and P. C.
Heafey of Omaha and C. N. Karftans
of Nebraska City, vice-presidents. F.
B. Taylor of Red Cloud, was elected a
delegate from Nebraska to the inter
national meeting to.be held in Louis
ville. Ky., in October. The interstate
organization, consisting of Nebraska,
Kansas, Missouri and Iowa was per
fected. At tbe republican national con
vention L. C. Walker of Nebraska,
presented that body with a gavel in
the following words: "Among the
many masterpieces of republican legis
lation, the Nebraska enabling act of
'67 is particularly cherished by the
people of that state, and as a token of
appreciation we desire to present this
gaveL The wood from which it was
made was grown upon is known as the
original homestead, located near Beat
rice. Neb., by Daniel Freeman. We
have the honor, on the part of the
youngest republicans, to present tbe
temporary chairman of the convention
with tbe gaveL"
Nebraska people are more pros
perous to-day than ever before in the
history of the state, says the Lincoln
Journal, if tbe state treasurer's office
is authority. This assertion is based
upon the fact that more money has
been taken in at that office during May
than any previous month. The sum
of $456,000 was received, nearly all
from county treasurers. This large
amount was nearly all taken in after the
19th. Several counties have not set
tled, including Lancaster and Douglas,
so the conclusion is arrived at that al
together the Month of May has been
one of prompt payment, denoting pros
perity throughout the state.
M. T. James, residing six miles
northeast of Butte, was shot twice by
a young German, name unknown. Mr.
James was building a house on an un
surveyed strip, when he was attacked
by two men. father and son, with the
intention of driving him from the
claim. The elder man advanced upon
James with a shotgun, ordering him
from the place, saying that he wanted
that place. James retreated into a
corner between a wagon and the house,
when he knocked his assailant down
with a spade which he had in his hands.
Whereupon the young man draw 'a re
MllK.JBiSM4.(ojtf. JlPj. with, tkfl
aMve results, dames is severely if not
airtaUy injured.
Among tue numerous 'Ted letter"
daws arranged for the Beatrice Chau--taiqua
assembly are Educational, Re
publican. Democratic, Alliance, Pro
hibition and Woman Suffrage day.
July 2 J. L. Hughes of Toronto. Can
ada, and several other e-ually promi
nent will s eak. Reuu ilican day is
July 14, when such men as Governor
HcKialey of Ohio and other prominent
men will address the Chautauqua.
Democratic day is July 13. Speakers
for the occasion have not been defi
nitely secured. On Alliance day. July
6. President Polk, J. H. Davis and
Mrs, Mary Lease of Kansas will be the
speakers. On July 4 Robert Nourse of
Washington and Chaplain McCabe of
Now York, the hero of Libby prison,
will be present.
State Superintendent Goudy has is
sued the annual state apportionment of
school money From the report it is
naled- that the entire amount to be ap
portioned among the several counties
is $31 9. 283. 67. Of this amount $111.
326.80 is derived from interest oa
unpaid principal school lands, $31,-
889.39 from school land leases. $57.-
469.40 from state taxes $13,050.69
from interest on state bonds. The
total amount is apportioned among
the several counties of the state in
proportion to the number of school
children in each. There are in the
state 353, 115 children of school age,
and the apportionment gives a fraction
over 95 cents to each scholar. Doug
las county receives $31,721.82 and
Lancaster $17. Da ft.
TIGERS OF THE JUNGLE.
A Blan-Kater Who Proved
a Terror to
Ita Pursuers.
A well-known student of the habits
of wild animals, writing of the stealthy
and dangerous character of the man
eating tiger, mentions a case that hap
pened a few years ago In the Nagpur
district in India. A tigress had killed
so many people that a largo reward
was offered for her destruction. She
had recently dragged away a native,
but being disturbed had loft the body
without devouring it.
The shikaris believed that she would
return to her prey during the night, if
it was left undisturbed upon the spot
where she had forsaken it. There
were no trees, nor any timber suitable
lor the construction of mucharn. It
was accordingly resolved that four
deep holes should be dug, forming the
corners of a square, the body lying in
the center.
Four watchers, each with his match
lock, took their positions at these
holes. Nothing eame, and at length
the moon went down and the night
was dark. The men were afraid to go
home through the jungles, and so re
mained where they were. Some of
them fell asleep.
When the daylight broke three of
the shikaris issued from their posi
tions, but the fourth had disappeared;
his hole was empty. A few yards dis
tant his matchlock was discovered
upon the ground, and upon the dusty
surface were the tracks of a tiger and
the sweeping trace where some large
body had been dragged along.
Upon following up the track the re
mains of the unlucky shikari were dis
covered, but the tigress had disap
peared. The cunning brute was not
killed until twelve months afterward,
although many persons devoted them
selves to the work.
GREATEST KNOWN.
Remains or the Gigantic Irish Deer Cap
able of Carrying Enormoas Antlers.
The photograph from which the fig
ure of the skull and antlers of the
gigantic extinct Irish deer (Cervus
giganteus) is copied was forwarded to
Land and Water by Mrs. Graham
Lloyd, with the information that it
was taken from the finest of a series of
Irish examples obtained by her late
father, the Rev. T. O'Grady. The
height of the chair in the figure is 2 feet
11 inches, and we thus gather that the
THE BEMAIXS.
span of the figured antlers from tip to
tip of the longest snags can be but lit
tle, if at all, less than 11 feet Eleven
feet 3 inches is the maximum at pres
ent recorded. That deer capable of
carrying antlers of the enormous
dimensions and weight of the above
must have been of gigantic size goes
without saying, and Prof. Ball esti
mates the height of the largest stags
at tbe withers at upward of 7 feet (21
hands.)
THE WOLF FISH.
Ho to Croat lag Sad Havoc In m New
Jersey River.
The trembling wolf fish has entered
Clay Pit creek, an estuary of the North
Shrewsbury river in New Jersey. Capt.
William C. C. Towen of the New
Amsterdam hotel at Locust Point
missed his Irish wolf dog Paddy some
time ago and found the animal dead on
the banks of the creek, about a mile
from his hostelry, which is the head
quarters for all the angleis and hunt
ers in that section. Only the hind Tegs
of the dog were missing, having
been eaten off by some animal
with remarkably sharp teeth, as
the edges of Hie bone looked as if they
had been severed by a saw. Fred
Vogel, a professional fisherman lost a
a young calf whose hind legs were
bitten off in the same manner. Capt.
Joe Depreaux, another old settler at
Locust Point tells of a wolf fish that
climbs the bank. The fish wobbled
over his garden patch like an old man
with the palsy. The front teeth of the
fish protruded like those of a Russian
bloodhound. Eels have disappeared
from Clay Pit creek since these mon
sters first showed themselves. The
oUjer day Capt. Towen with his Rem
ington rule killed one that was eating
the hind legs of a horse. It weighed
sixty pounds and trembled for 1 hour
and 18 minutes after the bullet entered
its brain.
New York and return one fare for
the round trip. The Union Pacific will
sell tickets to New York City and return
at one faro for the round trip to those
desiring to attend the International
Convention of the Young People's So
ciety of Christian Endeavor, which meets
July 7. For any additional information
apply to J. R Meagher, Agent Union
Pacific System, Columbus. 72-8-4t
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BPr7reSsKge1rasgsm V usr
LIVES LIKE A QUEEN.
MRS. RICHARD KING. THE EM
PRESS OF TEXAS.
tier Kaaek Is Vtrtjr Miles aad CoatabM
Sevea Hadre Themaaad Aeree. Mak
ing the Largest of Ita Klaa hi the
World.
The largest ranch in the United
States, and probably in the world,
owned by one person is in Texas, and
belongs to Mrs. Richard King. It lies
forty-five miles south of Corpus Christ!.
The ladies who come to call on Mrs.
King drive from the front gate, over as
good a road as any in Central park, for
ten miles before they arrive at her
front door, and the butcher and baker
and iceman, if such existed, would have
A BAXCH BAND.
to drive thirty miles from the back
gate before they reached her kitchen.
This ranch is bounded by the Corpus
Christ! bay for forty miles, and by
barb-wire, for three hundred miles
more. It covers 700,000 acreB in ex
tent, and 100,000 head of cattle and
3,000 brood mares wander over its dif
ferent pastures.
This property is under the ruling of
Robert J. Kleberg, Mrs. King's son-in-law,
and he has under him a superin
tendent, or, as the Mexicans call one
who holds that office, a major-domo,
which is an unusual position for a
major-domo, as this major-domo has the
charge of 300 cowboys and 1,200 ponies
reserved for their use. The "Widow's"
ranch, as the people about call it, is as
carefully organized aud moves on as
conservative business principles as a
bank. The cowboys do not ride over
its range with both legs at right angles
to the saddle and shooting joyfully into
the air with both guns at once. Neither
do they offer the casual visitor a buck
ing pony to ride, and then roll around
on the prairie with glee when he is
shot up into the air and comes down
on his collar-bone: they are more
likely to offer him as fine a Ken
tucky thoroughbred as ever wore a
blue ribbon around the Madison Square
Garden; and neither do they shoot at
bis feet to see if he can dance. In
this way the Eastern man is constantly
finding bis dearest illusions abruptly
dispelled. It is also trying when the
cowboys stand up and take off their
sombreros when one is leaving their
camp. There are cowboys and cow
boys, and I am speaking now of those
I saw on the King ranch.
The thing that the wise man from
the East cannot at first understand is
how the 100,000 head of cattle wander
ing at large over the ranges are ever
collected together. He sees a dozen
or more steers here, a bunch of horses
there, and a single steer or two a mile
off. and even as he looks at thetn they
disappear in the brash, and as far as
his chance of finding them again would
be, they might as well stand forty
miles away at the other end of the
ranch. But this is a very simple prob
lem to the ranchman.
Mr. Kleberg, for instance, receives
an order from a firm in Chicago calling
for 1,000 head of cattle. The breed of
cattle tbe firm wants is grazing in a
corner of the range fenced in by barb
wire, and marked pule blue for con
venience on a lieautiful map blocked
out in colors, like a patch work quilt,
which hangs in Mr. Kleberg's office.
When the order is received, he sends a
Mexican on a pony to tell the men
near that particular pale blue pasture
to round up 1,000 head of cattle, and
at the same time directs his superin
tendent to send in a few days as many
cowboys to that pasture as are needed
to "hold" 1,000 head of cattle on the
way to the railroad station. The boys
on the pasture, which we will suppose
is ten miles square, will take ten of
their number and five extra ponies
A TEXAS STUB.
apiece, which one man leads, and from
one to another of which they shift
their saddles as men do in polo, and go
directly to the water-tanks in the ten
square miles of land. A cow will
not often wander more than two
and a half miles from water,
and so, with the water-tank, which on
the King ranch may be either a well
with a wiad-mUl or a Cammed canon
full of rain-water, as a rendezvous, the
finding of the cattle is comparatively
easy, and ten men can rootd tap 1,000
in a day or two. When they have them
a)I together, the cowboys who are to
dnt them to the station have ar
rived, and lake them off.
Atthe station the agent of the Chi
eago firm and the agent of the King
ranch ride through the herd together,
aad if they disagree as to the fitness of
any one or more of the oattle, an out
sider is called in, and his decision is
final. The cattle are then driven on
the cars, and Mr. Kleberg's responsi
bility is at an end.
In the spring there is a general
rounding up, and thousands and thous
ands of steers are brought in from
the different pasturers, and these
for which coalracts .hajj. bjen made
snipped ra
vu
the calves
Fai: from true that right is always
might in international quarrels.
There are always two sides to every
international question, and it may bo
said that tho great powers of the pres
ent day are not always to be found on
the right side.
Every wrong that has been perpe
trated under cover of law in this or
any other country has been cloaked
by a pretense of care for civiliza
tion." In some way ithasbeondeemod
an aid to civilization that nations
should resort to acts of barbarism and
injustice, lest some form inherited
from the dark ages be endangered.
Most of the wars of the present ago
are wars for the extension or protec
tion of trade. The warfare of com
merce is the engrossing occupation of
tho century. It is a warfare, for
tunately, that does not always involve
bloodshed. The underlying consider
ation, when its generals plan their
campaigns, is the answer to the ques
tion. -Will it pay?"
I.v England, publishers derive a
large portion, if not the greater por
tion, of their revenue, not from the
sale of their publications, but from
the unconquerable aspirations of their
aristocratic clients. There are hun
dreds of ponderous pads of fiction,
essays and poetry published by Lon
don firms every year, for which they
have not paid a cent.
What science shall teach us when
to stop efforts at reformation and in
stitute only stern, bald justice?
What knowledge shall impart the
wisdom to draw the line between pun
ishment and restraint? How shall
the moral responsibility of the chance
infringer of law and the irresponsi
bility of the moral malformation who
knows no right and was born only
with the propensity to evil be distin
guished. The day of literary men and litera
ture is over. It is now tho triumphal
hour of the imbecile millionaire, the
rich society woman, who has nerves,
hysteria, a vast deal of impudence, a
store of proverbial platitude, and a
continual itch for notoriety; actresses
who have more gowns than brains:
English lords and ladies, and some
asanine royalists. Every fool in tbe
unlvorce. with money enough to pay
a printer's bill, has published a book.
Ever day wo are told that we aro
living too fast for our health, yet cash
to-morrow has a tendency to increase
the pace. Where the evolution will
cease it is impossible to foretelL The
pressure of life has increased enor
mously in the last quarter of a cen
tury. Every indication is that its
growth will continue at least to keop
pace with the adaptation of the human
frame, if it does not outstrip it and
lead to a general collapse in the form
of greatly lessening the average
length of life, and lowering the stan
dard of health.
Ouit inventors are constantly striv
ing after a saving of time in crossing
the continent and sea, to say nothing
of their endeavors to provide flying
machines and methods of transmission.
of messages through the unaided me
dium of the atmosphere. If this
chastening were devoted to a length
ening of life by leaving more hours
for cultivation and recreation it would
be welL But on the contrary, almost
the sole object is a greater concentra
tion and devotion to the cramping,
narrowing and all-absorbing strugglo
for material wealth. How long will
this go on? Probably for a great
while yet but sooner or later the re
action will come, and man will real
ize the folly of shortening and misus
ing his life by neglecting all else to
make the pace in a race for that
which shall enable him to surpass his
neighbors in arrogance and display.
Ik only certain people could every
day take a vacation say of two hours,
from being moral and looking at
everything from a moral point of. view.
and could spend these two hours
in
playing on other strings of their
na-
tures. how relieved and thankful all
about them would be! The r very re
ligion is too often nothing butau acute
case of moral tribulation. Surely the
all-bountiful God never treated them
as they treat him in return. Was he
not forever seeking to make them
frolic in their childreu. sing iu the
birds, exult in the mountain and
ocean? Did he ever care to make the
piping robin moral, or the sunset in
structive? Even when the tragedies
of life assail his children, and their
dearest ones are taken away, is there
any warrant for believing that ho
would have them look forward to re
union in the blessed realm beyond as
tho reunion of mere naked, disem
bodied consciences, with nothing added
akin to the groves and lakes, the rivers
and mountains the mirth and brigth
intelligence, the poets, builders and
prophets, who were genially elven
here bolow to ret all the varied strings
of the nature vibrating, and so to get
the soul in tune for the fuller smy
phony to come.'
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