Conservative * 13
George Meredith iu i\ letter to The
Harvard Monthly has a suggestive
word to say of the work of thonovelist.
"I think that all right use of life , mid
the one secret of life , IB to pave ways
for the liriner footing of those who suc
ceed us , and as to my works , I know
them faulty , think them of worth only
whore they point and aid to that end
Olose knowledge of our fellows , dis
cernment of the laws of existence
these lead to great civilization. " Mr.
Meredith's conception is the noble and
true one. But he is too modest. In
breadth , depth , variety and sure clutch
at the heart of things , he of all modern
writers is entitled to be called the
Shakespeare of prose fiction
Most speculators in working a grain
corner take great satisfaction in squeez
ing rivals and strangers. Young .Jue
Leiter has the unique satisfaction of
having squeezed his father out of $5 ,
600,000 , for these are the figures re
cently announced of the final settlement
"Dismemberment" murders have be
come BO frequent that the callous public
has grown to regard them as common
place. The Colt-Adams murder in New
York and the Webster-Parkraan murder
in Boston half u century or more since
were regarded as such unparalleled
crimes that the public did not cease dis
cussing them for years.
Pope Leo XIII has paid off the debt
left by his predecessors. It is said that
he is one of the best of financiers and
would have made an excellent manager
of the fiscal affairs of a great nation
had not his profession devoted him to
the sacred task of helping his millions
of spiritual subjects to "lay up treasure
where neither moth nor rust doth cor
rupt. "
If a largo force of the volunteeni is
to be retained in service to meet contin
gencies , as has been reported , it is im
perative that they should bo subjected
to regular discipline. But with that
they should have the best of regular
watchfulness and attention from their
officers.
Newspapers are full of the recurrent
September rubbish as to why many people
ple come homo from the country in the
pleasantest mouth of the year. Unfor
tunately , schools generally open in Sep
tember , and children have to be educat
ed.
It may bo true that every man has in
his heart n slumbering hog , but people
only realize it when they awaken the
beast in others.
The attainment of our greatest de
sires is often the source of our greatest
sorrows.
No person finds happiness in life
without putting it there to be found.
the Sichtn.
Even in these days of liberal educa-
; ion young women sometimes show
low confused are the ideas shut up in
their heads. Illustrative of this is the
naive blunder which Edmondo de
Amiois recounts in his story of a voy
age from Genoa to Buenos Ayres :
The captain of the steamer which
numbered the charming young blun
derer among its passengers met her one
morning and said :
"Siguoriun , we cross the tropic of
cancer today. "
"Oh , indeed ! " she cried , with en
thusiasm. "Thou wo shall Bee some
thing at last. "
A Wadding Announcement.
This is how the editor of the Hum-
boldt ( Kan. ) Herald recently announc
ed his marriage : "Mr. P. A. McCarthy
( that's us ) and Miss Nannie Fisher
( that's more of us ) were united in
marriage Wednesday , July 27 , at 10 a.
in. The ceremony was followed by a
sumptuous repast , which we have only
a faint recollection of. Some way
events seemed to crowd on each other
then , and God has given us the best
earthly thing within his gift. The joy
in a sweet wife is too great to be de
scribed too sacred to be spoken of. "
Too Much Eating.
Gluttony has its victims , hardly less
numerous than other vices. To overeat
is to overburden the digestive organs to
such an extent that it will bo impossi
ble for them to perform their duties
properly. Deleterious products are cre
ated , and health is finally destroyed. A
prominent judge used to say such men
dig their graves with their teeth and
it is so. On the other hand , there are
those who eat too little. All extrr-mes
are evils that experience should govern
Exchange.
Slow Eat Inic Muy Bo Bad.
According to The Journal of Mental
and Nervous Diseases , slow eating is
us bad as fast eating. "Tho important
point is not that we eat slowly or fast ,
but that when we do eat we ohew with
energy. Of course where the haste is
due to some mental anxiety this may
injuriously inhibit the secretions. Slow
eating begets a habit of simply mum
bling the food without really masticat
ing it , while the hurried eater is in
clined to swallow his food before proper
mastication. Hence hurried eating is
bad , but rapid mastication is advan
tageous. It concentrates our energies
on the act iu question , and hence more
thoroughly accomplishes it. Moreover ,
energetic chewing stimulates the secre
tion of saliva inthe most favorable
manner. These various points are so
commonly misunderstood , at least by
the laity , that they demand our fre
quent attention. "
Those who have most defects are the
keenest iu discovering the defects of
Dthors. The reverse is also true. Like
recognizes like.
Most men are like plants. They pos-
less qualities which only chance disoov-
ars.
An African IMotlicr-ln-lnw.
A native has been committed to the
iigh court for trial for mutilating his
mother-in-law by cutting off her ear.
The native averred that his mother-
n-law had attempted to entice her
laughter away from him , her lawful
lusband , to some other native , and ho
; ook the extreme measure of cutting off
ler ear as n gentle hint to mind her
own business. Gwolo Times.
Not Wanted.
" 1 have hero , " he began , "u little
loem , the child of"
"Sorry , " interrupted theeditor , "but
L couldn't think of taking n child away
'rom its parent. " Harlem Life.
Colonel du Faty de Clam has been
placed on the retired list. His reputa-
; ion was wounded in action beyond help
of all surgery.
In love the confidant of a woman 'a
sorrow often becomes the consoler of it.
TIMELY Aim V BABIES ,
fiomc Current Selections From His
tory's Broad Paije.
September 33.
1G94 Queen Mary , wife of and joint monarch
with William III , died.
1745 John Sevior , pioneer and soldier , hero of
King's Mountain , etc. , born in Rockingham
county , Vu. ; died 1815. Isaac Hayne , Ko\
olutionary patriot , born in the Beaufort
di-.trict , South Carolina ; executed 1781.
1779 The wonderful naval battle of Flambor-
ough Head , coast of Gloucestershire ; Paul
Jones won a signal victory.
1780 The spy Andre arrested ni-ar New York.
1791 Birth of Karl Theodor Kornor , Gorman
pout of liberty ; killed in lighting thu
Fi onch 1818.
1820 Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry died in
Port Spain , isle of Trinidad ; born 17i > 5.
1809 Black Friday ; day noted in American
financial records.
1874 Frightful typhoon at Hongkong ; thou
sands of lived and mill ions in property de
stroyed.
1895 The Cuban constitution adopted and pio-
claimed.
181)7 ) Judge O. B. Kilgoro , noted public man ,
formally in the Confederate service , died
ut Aidmore , I. T. ; born 1831.
September 24.
1755 John Marshall , chief jus
tice of tlw United States ,
born in Germautown , Va. ;
died 1835.
1757 Aaron Burr born at1
Princeton , N. J. ; died 1830.
1815 General John Sovier , he
ro of King's ' Mountain ,
died ; born 1745.
1827 Henry Warner Slocum , AAKON inma.
noted Federal general mid army command-
ur , born in Delphi , N. Y. ; died in Biooklyn
1894. Slocum organized the Twunty-hov
enth Now York volunteers and was wound
ed at thu head of it at thu ilrst battht of
Bull Run. Ho commanded a wing of Sher
man's army in 180-1-5.
1870 The mine exploded ut Hell Gate , nuar
New York , and thu channel obstruction
blown out.
1888 Francois Achillo Buzuino , marshal of
France , died in Madrid ; born 1811. Baxainu
earned his baton in Moxlcu in 18U3-4. For
his capitulation of Metin 1870 he was con
demned to death , but MuuMiihon , who was
then president , commuted the sentence to
! JO years' seclusion. Thu marshal escaped
from prison and madu his residoncu in
Madrid.
1391 General Thomas Solr Cuinmings , noted
American artist and last surviving foundei
of the National Academy of Design , died ;
born 1804.
18U7 James Lane , Chicago's oldest resident ,
died in that city ; born 1700.