gets highest prices for his wheat ; exactly
when the manufacturer soils most wares ,
exactly when the man who toils with
his hardened hands is rewarded with
highest wages. When do bank divi
dends decrease and finally fail ?
"Exactly when the merchant dare not
buy because ho cannot sell ; when fac
tory wheels are motionless and factory
fires are ashes ; when the farmer burns
his corn for fuel ; when the minor
starves at the mouth of the silent shaft ;
when hunger sits at the table of toil. "
Man born in the
tuoky is of feud
days and full of virus. Ho lishoth , fid-
dloth , cusHoth and fightoth all the days
of his miserable life.
Ho Bhunnoth water as a mad dog and
driuketh much mean whisky.
When ho dosiroth to raise h ho
plautoth a neighbor , and lo ! he reapetb
twenty fold. He riseth oven from the
cradle to seek the Bcalp of his grand-
sire's enemy , and bringeth home in his
carcass the ammunition of his wife's
neighbor's wife's cousin's father-in-
law , who avengeth the deed.
Yes , verily his life is uncertain and ho
knows not the hour when he may be
jerked hence.
He goeth forth on a journey half shot
and coinefch back on a shutter , shot.
Ho riseth in the night to let the cat
out , and it taketh nine doctors three
days to pick the buckshot out of him.
He goeth forth in joy and gladness
and cometh back in scraps and frag
ments.
A cyclone bloweth him into the bos
om of his neighbor's wife and his neigh
bor's wife's husband bloweth him into
Abraham's bosom before he has time to
explain.
Ho emptioth a demijohn into himself
and his shotgun into his enemy , and his
enemy's sou lieth in wait for him on
election day , and lo ! the coroner plow-
eth up a forty-acre field to bury the re
mains of that man.
Woe , woe is Kentucky , for her eyes
are red with bad whisky , and her soul
is stained with the blood of innocent
moonshiners. Martin ( Tex. ) Democrat.
Under the caption of "Riches are Rel
ative , " J. Sterling Morton gives a pleas
ing picture of pioneer life in Nebraska.
It is an interesting relation in that it is a
graphic description of a life experience ;
it is more than that ; it is an experience
that will be useful to any young man
who will work out his destiny on the
same high plane that was followed by
the author of the sketch. The Inde
pendent reprints the article from THE
CONSERVATIVE. It is such experiences
that the young men of today should
study and copy rather than to grumble
and fret at conditions. Ottumwa ( la. )
Independent , Feb. 16.
A Prominent
TiiKGiiBAT
DANGKU. anti-imperialist
says that Mr.
Bryan is sure to bo the next resident.
Bettor McKiuloy and imperialism than
Bryan and anarchy. Bryan's solo
chance depends on this , if ho and Me-
Kinloy should bo the only two candi
dates , and between the time of nomina
tion and election that which should take
place before should then occur a wave
of constitutional patriotism against Mc
Kiuloy usurpation then Mr. Bryan
might bo elected. Otherwise not. It is
generally believed that there is a finan
cial umbilicus binding Mr. Bryan to the
republican central committee , especially
to prevent any independent democratic
uprising in favor of strict constitutional
ism in opposition to McKinleyism. The
task before all true Americans is to bury
McKiuley in his own corruption and
enshroud Bryan in his own rod flag and
organize a party with the enacting
clause of the constitution as its only
platform and the sole slogan of comfort :
Constitutionalism , not usurpation.
Honesty and not anarchy.
FRANK S. BILLINGS.
Sharon , Mass.
GI.OBYPOB
other Clfcy B0 wel1
advertised as At-
chisou. In that agreeably located and
commercially prosperous town live
John J. Ingalls , who is richer and more
certain in intellectual crops , from year
to year , than the best lands are in cereal
outputs ; Bailey P. "Wagoner , a famous
lawyer ; and the Atchison Globe whose
editor is famous wherever good news
papers are read. In fact long before
Kansas was organized the name of the
editor became a household word , a bar
room greeting , a toast at banquets , when
with clinking glass the hilarious ban
queters cried "How , How ! " and on
the plains all the Indians said "How ! "
There is
grave
A CAMPAIGN OF . . , .
EDUCATION.need of n campaign
o f education t o
prepare the American iniud for adoption
of the policy of highest wisdom in re
spect to the isthmian canal ; and it is
plain that the campaign should begin at
once in the senate of the United States.
The wisest policy , the safest for us , the
best for the civilized world , the perfect
neutrality of the canal under the guar
antee of all the maritime nations of the
earth as a waterway which shall be open
at all times , in war as in peace , to ships
of every kind under any flag , is embodied
in the treaty before the senate. Wo think
there is the gravest reason to fear the
failure of the present treaty. We are
confident that it would not fail , but
would be promptly ratified and would
have the cordial approval of the Ameri
can people if both the senate and the
people had a clear understanding of the
> - vf i f lillHil In
principles involved , and of our true re
lations in peace and war to the canal. It
is for the administration to undertake
the campaign of education in the senate.
It is the duty of every enlightened per
son who has sound ideas upon the subject
to contribute as far as lies within his
power to the preparation of the popular
mind for the acceptance of the policy
embodied in the treaty Now York
Times.
TI.AINT OF TIIK GOUED OX.
By no process of reasoning can Presi
dent McKiuloy and his advisors find an
excuse for the destruction of the sugar
and tobacco interests of this country for
the benefit of the people of Puerto Rico.
The entire population of Puerto Rico is
less than a million souls , and it is not a
very high class population at that. The
domestic sugar industry alone gives
employment to more than a million of
the most intelligent and thrifty people
in the world. It would be manifestly
an outrage to sacrifice a million and
more of good Americans for a mongrel
population of less than a million having
nothing in common with us , not oven
friendly sentiments. New Orleaus Pica
yune ( dem. ) .
"The Philippine Commission recom
mends that the Philippines be made into
a territory with every power of local
self-government except the power to vote
in either branch of congress , " promises
the Boston Record ( ind. ) . "This is a
straightforward udmissiou of their ca
pacity for self-government. It puts
them on a par with the intelligent Amer
ican citizens in every state of the Union ,
outside of the original colonies and
California , all of whom at the start have
been organized as territories. If this
recommendation is still thought of , all
our talk that the Filipinos needed our
interference in order to protect them
from anarchy is ridiculous.
. An old pioneer , who had tried life on
the prairies of Nebraska in his log cabin ,
later in his little cottage , and after
wards in his palatial mansion , tells
grandchildren and friends as they gath
er around him his experience in poverty
and aillueuce. The whole matter is
summed up in the following sentence :
"The men and women are richest who
have the fewest needs. " We gleau
from THE CONSERVATIVE. This pioneer
and his wife were happy in the log
cabin , in the cottage and in the man
sion. Contentment is happiness , but it
does not bar progress , for this coaple ,
while ever enjoying the present , were
constantly progressing , and their needs
never outran their circumstances. When
led out of the log cabin into the cottage
they were not sighing for greater worlds
to conquer , and the mansion came to
add to their comfort and enjoyment in
old age. Clay Center Sun.
