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of wealth and luxury upon their de
scendants may prove enervating and
deteriorating ; because some of them are
not obliged to be self-reliant and self-
denying. Men who have to , must make
their way in the world , and those who
do not make their way are the ones
whose parents have made it for them
and , as a rule , they soon lose it.
"In a true sense those who inherit
wealth without the self-reliance and
ability to properly
Not Iticli. . , ,
manage it are not
nearly so rich as those who inherit
poverty with push and brains and pluck
to overcome its asperities. To a human
being who has no power to work and
take care of himself and no self-denial
inherited wealth is a menace and gener
ally a disaster.
"The only positive knowledge that I
possess is evolved out of or verified by
my own experiences. And I am sure
that the best education for a human
being is that which will enable him to
live most completely in this world and
allow him to begin so living before his
faculties are numbed by age.
"The dreamer of pleasant dreams who
has them come to pass is one out of a
million and alto-
, , ,
„ . . .
Satisfactions. , , ,
gether fortunate.
But my day dream , under the rafters of
the cottage , out on the raw prairie
in 1855 has all been verified. The
mother and the children were happy and
loving and amidst poverty or plenty
always cheerful and buoyant. Hope ,
health , obedience and industry made the
tcottage taste of paradise.
"But in 1879 the requirements of a
rown-up family , two of whom
were soon to be
A Larger House. . , , ,
married , demand
ed more room. And so a modern
house sixty-eight feet by forty-two
was constructed and finished in hard
wood and is now furnished with
water and electric lights throughout ,
while in its library , dining room and
other apartments are sacredly preserved ,
the pictures , chairs , tables and other
belongings of the territorial era. By
association the charm and grace of
tender [ and pleasant memories enrich
them all beyond valuation in mere
money. About them cluster songs and
music from a voice that long years ago
was stilled forever and upon them re
mains the glow and polish of a defl
hand which has vanished from human
sight. Her paintings upon china and
upon canvass , her needle-work , orna
mental and useful , adorn the Home and
illumine the memory of her industry
and good taste and make it an inspira
tion to her posterity.
"And so after all the most real riches
are those of heart , of mind and memory.
, _ , , These cannot be
Real Riches. , , , ,
stolen , nor lost.
* When young , life is all of tomorrows.
"When < old it is'all of yesterdays. And
the aige'd wh'o today recall pleasures , and
the memories of duties conscientiously
performed , during a long and dream-
verifying life in the midst of dutiful ,
successful and loving offspring , is rich
beyond dollars. "
"I haven't heard
THE DENTIST maoh lfttel Qf fch
FOOT. . . , , , , . , , ,
kind of talk that
told us all about the tennis arm , the bi
cycle face , the golf back and the tele
phone ear , " said a dentist , "but Ive
wondered why some one didn't bring
the dentists within the pale of distinc
tion and tell everybody about the dent
ist's foot. Almost all dentists have
trouble with one foot owing to their
standing or leaning habitually on the
same foot while at work. New York
San.
When Mr. Bry-
URYAN'S LAST &Q Ued himself
BATTLE. e , ,
out of the wreck
of 1896 he gave his voice a vacation
while he wrote a book , called "The First
Battle. " Its sale was limited to the or
ders taken before its publication. As a
political romance it was far below Coin
Harvey's fiction. As a certificate to the
ability of its author it was even like
unto that furnished by the works of the
"Sweet Singer of Michigan" aud "The
Bard of Shanty Hill. "
Colonel Bryan is now girding him for
his last battle. He is seeking some issue
of expediency which will act as a but
tress to free silver and opposition to our
judicial system. He has declined to the
plane and place of a pretender to the
presidency. Europe has been full of
pretenders to thrones since the English
chair of state was pulled from under
James II by the convention of 1G88.
Colonel Bryan is the Don Carlos of
American politics , and is preparing for
a final struggle. It is impossible to find
amongst his nominal supporters , in
Congress and out , one who , when he
sincerely utters himself , has the least
hope that Colonel Bryan can be elected.
The conviction is practically unanimous
that his defeat will be more overwhelm
ing , his rejection more pronounced , than
in 1896. Indeed it may be said with per
fect confidence that a large percentage
of his nominal supporters not only be
lieve he will be defeated , but hope he
will be , and so wishing will contribute
only a perfunctory support to his claims.
The democracy faces the future un-
flushed by hope of success. Its calm
ness is of despair , not of courage. It is
like the patient ox depleted of strength
by the suction of a parasite he cannot
shake off. His hope is to outlive it , that
the worm burrowed in his back may die
first.
first.As
As the democrats in congress have
been debauched by Colonel Bryan until
they have no principles to contend for ,
and as they dare not speak freely their
minds about their Mokanua , they are
driven to a policy of mere nagging of
the republican majority. But oven that
fails to enliven the
situation. When a
man is ill and begins to pick at the quilt
with his fingers all know that it means
the end is near. So the nagging of the
democracy in congress and in the coun
try is recognized as mere picking at the
quilt on its deathbed , and rouses no
sentiment except a curious pity.
Considering the Southern electoral
votes as the mere reflection of a local
necessity and sectional prejudice , and
looking only upon the vote of those
states which are actuated by nationality
alone , the re-election of President McKinley -
Kinley will more nearly represent una
nimity than any that has occurred since
that "golden age" of the republic , in
which Monroe became president. San
Francisco Call.
THE CONSERVA-
Is constrained
to think that the
republican United States senate will
not pass the house bill declaring for the
gold standard. If one is deceived once
it is his misfortune , but if deceived a
second time by the same party it is his >
fault , The gold standard democrats
who , from patriotic motives , foreswore
party and permitted the election of McKinley -
Kinley in 1896 , will enjoy reflecting upoa
the adage quoted. Republicans promise
and do not give the gold standard. How
are they better for a stable standard of
value than the free silverites of pop
ulism ? The latter can not establish a
silver standard during the next four
years , even if they elect Bryan.
Secretary B a r -
A rett of the state
. . .
historical society
received a collection of very interesting
material from J. Sterling Morton last
week. There are several personal let
ters especially interesting. One is a let
ter of introduction from Lewis Cass to
Governor Bnrt written in 1854. Another
is a letter from John Kelley , one of Tam
many's managers , to Mr. Morton , writ
ten in 1880. It was written to correct
some reports that New York democrats
were wavering. Mr. Kelley promised
the state of New York for Hancock and
English by a larger majority than that
given to Tilden , namely , twenty-one
thousand. The state went twenty-two
thousand for Garfield. There is also a
"first prize" card awarded to Nebras
ka's exhibition of apples at Boston in
1873. Most of the material concerns
territorial Nebraska , such as a petition
to Morton , acting governor , in 1859 , to
organize troops to defend citizens
against the Indians. The petition is
dated Omaha City , July 8 , 1859. Be
sides these there are a number of re
ports , documents , briefs of cases and
drafts of bills , valuable as relics of early.
Nebraska history. Nebraska Hesperian , . '