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TWENTIETH' YEAR. OMAHA. SATURDAY JUNE 6. 1S'J1-T\V ' LVE PAGES : NUMBER. 348.
.IXD THE II 111 ' .
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M hi me eems d sTt d , I'm innely and ad ,
t. a * - a. * 'ac plraaurBs at home I once na < l ,
* \ -awsrfui . , I fail U > t > e rfiM.
s . . . .e fc.mil y left borne -ma the baby.
I < 5 t u 'ha rooms , anil I read and I write ,
I wo , ' . ! and sin * . but the only delight
Ta.itnine is to juyfally dream every aiufat
( ' _ .n. . y who f gene with the b by
I * set'trs tbat i mother's sweet face I can s
\ > i 'ami'.p tne batty ut jov on my Scnea.
L , ' < > nan --Tin ever more kmewme than me
S- i h-aiiiy's gen i wtth , the baby.
TJO hfuso i a picture of titmice and gloom ,
As t wajie through ito na'l * t&at are -.oil as a
'xi.nb
Lirfi' i Tory man. rilontJy searching each
rxitn
E IP Eoi.iy , who's jjime wtifc tfee bnby.
S-ue ana 'ironc to s mV Ml | & ' tunny a
oiile
E rrv iav that the stars SWOTS a terrible
.
A .d i i never be happy or abte to smile
t otii Kmv : ! comes home with tile baBy.
LooKisc "FORWARD.
Annnwrr to Looking Blorwartl. !
By JUriMml JfirAfwH * .
CHAPTER VII.
Y u have civen me your ideas anil ibjec-
u ns a r-gard to the praent state of af-
fa.rs i ommencBd my next conversation
w ta Mr Farest , "you have expressed occa-
s' n.u.7 rour oonvicUoo that the organiza-
t.on jf society at ttJO end ot the last century
needed reformation. Will you , now. Kindly
state aow you would Have reformed the evils
of tnv uznf"
Mr Forest smilel. "I do not pratend to
h a raformer who can psrfect mankind or
even all auzian institutions. Please do not
farsetnat all with .
-nat we are cooking wausr.
VV aal tuny people ityle the Soct.il question
is Jiwilvabiu. The variety estaoashed bv
ca' an ) iv.il always be felt. You can aever
conformity We will awars have
smart and stupid , industrious and lasy Oeo-
pie The clever women and men will nut
submit to an equal alstribution af thu pro-
> f labor , nor feel satisfied under such a
at * , jf ieiral robbery. And if the results of
lOor are distributed according to the ibihty
of the woruem Uic people earning less than
others , vill always grumble. It is , therefore
impossible to make all men content witn
tlieir iot , no matter Bow yon in ly distribute
thu earnings of the working furcas. But the
tout taat it is impoisiolo to make
evervoody absolutely happy does
act release us from iht ! oblltration to use our
oest efforts toward impravmtr thu iot of
mankind.
! understand your position. Bat let me
hear what reforms you have inauiruratod or
poMjd. 'f you tud lived at the dosu of-Jie
ccnturv '
The society af your day suffered chiefly , "
said Mr Forest , "from unsyitemuxsd pro-
J act on the monopolies tfait make possible
tUe .imassinjj of iinaiouse lorlunes at the PX-
pense of thu ueople , and tno 'vant of toteili-
jjenco on 'lie part of the workers who would
eiuit-r saomit to thesa eitortlons or strike ,
ins'ead ,1 ' mutual
tormmj' prodJcmz asso
ciations. Aaovner jjreat evil wai the uijus-
Ufc jt vaur taxauon. In all the delds of
numan activity the workers produced values
without a uear ImoWielsju ot wnat was real
ly reijaireu There waa , iranerally. such a
surplus , of Jio products of farmmsj that thu
tanners nail M sell everything so cheap that
tht-v mill aar.llv earn a livmsr. Some fac
tories nortrcd c-ay and msht unnl tno mir-
Uita were overstocked. Then the e goous
were sold at uav once obtainable , -rfiaicumes
below cost. Numerous bankruptcies fol
lowed , tnc factones ha-i to st. p their wnrtt ,
nnd the manufacturers as well .is the work
ing .vonien and men natl to suffer from a
term of idleness until the surplus of iroods
was exhausted * Then a ff-venah activity
commenced a ain.1
Hciw would you have rernt Ued" this evil ' "
I asked.
'A national bureau of statistics
have ascertained both the
yearly consumption and the
of the aW rent trades and their
plants for the , protiuctioa of the necessities
ot life. '
"Should the srovernment have jnven ta each
trade an arner tor the work to be done dunn ?
theyrar' ' 1 queried , "and how > houid the
traocs nave divided such an orler amou the
memOers so that all would be satisfied " '
-Tho national coverament should simply
have ascertained tlio amount ot tht- yearly
c-jnsauiouun ot the vunous arndus. the ca
pacity of the respective trades for fnraish-
uat ; uca drtifles. and should then have left
- " "TBe Tcuinuon of proilucuon to the members
cf nch tnda Suca an arramjemont would
uairtvsn each tradu a clear idea of its
task The choMin r"uresent-itives of each
trade couid have subdivided the worn. A
heavy overproduction would easily have bei-n
preventefi. while competition bma amonff
the factonra and the individual members
would bavo oeen miuntamed. thus secunng
the best turn ! of work , whtto under tna pres
ent svsuna of pmiuction we are suflennij
from i w int botn of < iuantity and Duality "
But any tmdu should have produced
Ci re * * is than needed ' " I object * * ! .
That would have been iti , own fault , and
it w a.d. is a mutter of course , have had to
sui.i : ! 'ni ; oonse uenops , " Mr Forest replied ,
L.jtvunposo the members of , i certain
trade u.id formed a trust , thereby forane
the people to pnv exorbitant enc s for the
prodacta uf their tjnllds * " I ob'Pcted ai iin.
A naucuial law should have protect * * ! thu
mwpie airaio t an attempted robbery of this
kind , are.itenmif all * utlty onrties with con-
fibcafaii uf all their nmperty and with the
optn'.un of ail tne plants by > aen aiiNMi by
the ji'iiiuibtrBUon , until the plants could ba
sclJ ' tUe optsrawrs. The iinportauon of
tht < * nrwi-uve snoils from other countries
ecu d < * r the Jeflciom-y aunl all tha plants
wore x-uu m fUU operauon. ' '
bu jnw ivouii ) you have atnpped the
frri 4tn'tr.kdaof mrdavs' " I ikiced.
b I'juM umjiu the woriimuii w start
m i < u iitKHicinif associations , " Mr Forest
T"i. "I have mfiitimiad airesdy how
* kOcmuon cou.d 4J iilv
A loitta tuik r > or she -
aid huve riit d loft * , with iteam
wcr uto'iuiMitl a few nmj ; ind uthar
iui sniiit uioir prodwuw a.rwiliy of
ct i r worKTjBii , tuus wcunn tue pranta to
tji" mni'ifn 'tur < ! r , wbolt Mtlur , msailar auil
w niman. ir hi other ixirds alt the pro lit
lU.u wa. .a inu mtior af tile members af the
ussocliitli n There was no law in your time
to 'oruid - > urh it rBri ea or to prevent all
other % \orkip < m ( rum buyiuj ; tbuir bouts ,
shws , e1 xhiuif , hruuur auij all oihur aru-
clan Itvm ueti a kuciHtMnui soloiy A soon
as tut * manufacturers noticed that ail Uie
were commencing to dual ivith
a.s iii lations tbey would gladly Save
BO 1 1 " . " -.r puuU at a Tory fair pncn. and v t
cUt a , < er tiua a new a&Micmuon could hava
prnciU 'Uaiu. I tree < in .h r was very Ut-
ti j.-i ! > ure in oonducuni ; a factory or any
timer JusinOM baytov many ampiov < rt in
17 a > lKtuf ) from ta fiKMUtni atnuas that
aiauo t uma l uai uubM tor mnnv ou iB Mi
mm o tlwupooo pnoe > ix numUm ahtwiJ , or
ui k.sc . iutntaw. . TU r fu"a , u > ewer * of
fac * riA"uid. . 1 fnncy , basw aul Ulair
f jutat \ < sry tuir iinju * . Aod thtt wotk-
ir. . u , , u.u not hava ilima a smarter Uiinif
± a. . u cauMi UtM furvttr maaufucuiNkro ta
r i ua. i with tjwtn M buMRttkk miwaiwra at i
' t ro.nt v. THis would 3 vu Mm-uraii a
smauth njLnintr uf th * Mii.0ru L'jiier > uch
iiu imtiiinuuiMiibv warkttm wouid bMv W
oomo 'he jwa < Mr of th * Oaainex oonc ra ,
m 'or Uu'm In iniLMiiini iu. tiuiy wouid
a x uraa full ( wy fur ; hi > ir wor * . auti uui
inar wauid ) MV n pOH Ki af * U hi *
r JIM , raeeivuttf a IAIT
i.j , aut OMtl ttU tttfV.tf * "
mii t ol u >
at .
thair
; . ' . her w ; u aaro ictadlv u > m
> ' * 1 r "
ea s as
a , .
' a
one trade tfur another , until the entire man-
tifncturintr industry nod brvn bnwl on lanre
guiiits , tile latter consisting mostly of mutual
producing societies. "
But our workmtwi pnfarrad M avoid the
rspm imutr. cars anil risK of business en
terprises. They would mtner bav worked
for wages , and occnsionally tried to increase
them , sometimeby sinking and preventing
other laborers lairing the places of the strik-
* rV * t said. "You are aware of this UQM of
"Yet , " Forest an w rl , "and it must have
ben a sad spwctacle to see intelliirent men
who could Just as well haw oeen mdepend-
eat , remain journeymen , Irvine to luildoze
tnelr amoiorer to pny them more than he voi-
unttwred. and to murmdnte other xvorvers
from prrformin duties at a rate of wages
that would buvu siiusaed them. The fact
that your workinetnen did not OOSMISS sunV
'
cient'enterpnse. mental discipline ind inde
pendence U > statii ih. inutuol producing as-
socititiens. iis liriven humanity iota com-
munuin. That this duinnable form of soc.uty
t a faiture is a matter oC course. When hu-
manitv was at so Uiw a standari that shop-
makers had not spume or smnrUiess enouirh
to start and ran the shoeshopeq on a cooperative
tive babts.anit tailors could not. : nanure tmiur-
shops on a iimilnr plan , it was simoly imous-
sible to aiaice successful an onranizattan
which had the power co regulate all produc
tion and nil consumption. But the pnncl- !
pie of mutual productire tissodadons is. m
my opinion , the ane bast adapted for the solu
tion of the Inirar jesUon , becaue it sticures
for the members of the association ? thu pay
for tile full real value of theirlatwrand keeps
alive competition , the strongest factor m
securing tae progress of mankind. But
whether we shall aver reach this solution of i
tbo-luoor question seems doubtful. ' j
" 1 am Inclined to believe in vour olan. " I i
admitted , "so far it iabnreriengarad in man- ;
ufnctnnng estnbll-htneuts are concerned.
But how would you have organized the work
on the farms , tha employment of professional '
man. railroad oiUi-iais and .uborers. employes j
oil street cars , merchants and bankers and
their clerks acd those who follow many other
avocaMons" '
"Let as so slow'y1 Mr Forest answered
with a smue. "Let us first look into the
acrinan question. Reformers of society have
always met tne greatest difficulty when they
came across the fanners. Coder comrnun-
vary little love for the soil they are uhlnij
because they know it u > not theirs , that their
tailing does not Reneat them , and they feel
that the city people ara faroratl at their ex
pense. If I huu oeen ajla d at the end af th
last centurv how I would treat the land ques
tion I would hare , advocated , a law onlaimnir
that no farmer should have more than forty
acres of laud. If any farmer had more at the
Utue of the oassinc of tha bill he could jjeeo
it durinir his lifetime , but he would be com
pelled u > dispose or it in his last will , so that
a sinirle person should not receive more than
forty acres. On a forty-acre piece a farmer
can'make a fair living , and although the
farmers \\ere by no means prosperous
m your davs , yet there was sail
a fair proinect for the increase of
the value of land by reason of the Increase
of the population , augumeuted as it was oy
immiirrauon. '
"But how would you have proposed to stop
over production hv the farmmir copulation
through which the agricultural mterj ts
were sutfenntr in Is * " ' ' [ inquired.
The national bureau of statistics would
hava erved thu farmers . .ust is wfll as the
rest of 'he oeople. The farmers should have
formed state associations and should have laid
out flans for the production according to the
capacity of the farm ; . . And. after ascertain
ing that their capacity of production was far
anead of consumption , they should have uscu
the surplus of land for the production of new
things that could , perhaps , and a market , or
they could nave saved tneir labor oy not pro
ducing more guods than they could sell m
supplying the real demands of the market ,
thus workine less. '
"ITnder your plan every person would not
have had a rujht to land , " I remarked.
"Yes , everybody would , who could pay tne
price the owner demanded for it. ' Mr. For
est said. " ? .ot everybody can own a farm.
Did vou own onaf'
"I did not"
"Very well. Under your communistic svs-
tem nobody owns a piece of jrouud lanre
eaoutrh to put a stick into. " '
"How would you have regulated the pro-
fesEOauil service' "
"By oossm ? laws establishing1 rates to be
charred for professional services. And thu
laws I would nave simplified by Joins awav
with the abominable confuaion resulting
from the innumerable decisions forming
precedents. For a lontf 'ime I did not be
lieve it until I found positive statements to
the effect thnt a trading nation like the
Americans , at tJin end of the nineteenth cen
tury , had neither a national criminal law. nor
a national commerce law. This fact and the
confusion caused by thuconflictimi precedent
decisions that couid always be quoted by
either of the contesting lawvers in a suit
must huve made the United States , in your
davs , a paradise for swindlers and for law
yers who cared not so much for the uphold
ing of the law as for a retainer " *
"Siii'h were the charges frequentlv made
a -unst the law and the lawyers In my dayV
I said. "Bat now tell me what you would
have done with the roilrjad antTteiegrapn
employes , with " '
"Let us stop nsrnt here , " Mr. Forest inter
rupted. "I would have purchased all the
and all the telcjrrapn lines of the
country at a fair price. I would have issued
UniUnl States bonds to pay for them. I
would have used the income of the roails and
lines to pav mnninu expenhes and the inter
est on the bonds issued , and the surplus m
the United States treasury I would have ap
plied ta pnyintr off the bonds. "
"But would nut this proposition of rours ,
if earned into effect , have brought
about tha same horrors you declare
the concentration of power in the nauds
of the administration has brought aowu on
humanity of tb twentieth century' " I asked.
"No. t'or that the offlaers would not os
nurauronTeuousn. ' Mr Forest replied , "and
I ramttnitKir dUunctly that in your uavs civil
service reform bail bean instituted , to i cer
tain extant , in the appointment of federal
officers. I have mid conliictiair opinions
about It. Some wntars Jaimed a frequent
change of tha officers to o a fundamental
principle af rfouulicaa mstiutions. Others
ri Uculod this aotion. Evarv man of common
swe wnuld Se p n uian who knew and per
formed the Juuiw of his position well. And
th nation should do the same regardless of
tno partv affiliations , of the air.ploye. thus HC-
cunni , ' a ) oii public service I" remember
that iett r earners and other amnloyes of
the po&U > m > e depunment uould not bf re-
Biovad without ua. . sc. Now , if this pnntnplo
had tfettin applieii to all thu cienual and sub-
uniiuata otileers , if ail the railroad and teie-
crapn onlcials , A hen Lh-e aauon tooK charge
of ttititi : tn&titutious. had b n retained at
the sulanfs they were rectuvini , ' at that time ,
so louc as they did their work well , than
there would have bean no trouble. Uncle
Sam would hnv paid Jtist as much , if not
mord , than toe fornutr cwrpora'1onn did , and
oy retabllD the whole force uo could have
uuitou the railrnsui and t lmnrapb lines with
the po uil son'ttM. after Uva tasaiou already
i j orovniliBr ) at that ume in Germany "
That theory soundu rery plausible , cer-
tainiv '
"it ta vary remurkaole that such a
smurt and an erratic people , trad-
io\i \ as touch a > our foreJattiers did.
should hav ailowwl the pnncip l matins of
oommeraa. thu mlroad and ulagraph Unas.
to bu in tnu Saudi , uf prtvntu eorporatuma
winch , a a aitttuir jf aournt , BtMuuraU them
simply with a nuw uf parmif a * lanju aiviI I
daucte a * { hMMbJe to tu * sharenoldws om - :
times for -a whtwiwuhin a wbnd" for inem-
b ra of the inner oirciu. Tn tfc hitoneai '
works of vour time I fr - '
frnaiuy nut * exprw-
sioits of .uitiinishaieat and * mth baoauHi I
rfni hu , aurtu 'bo faurtMate ami AfUKmUi
etmtuno * m t .trope MunpiMi m rcfliMiu JJHM-
inn ibt ro a tMiow uteir < H * Ua . ind de- j
muadttt j ; Mrt uf 'he trv lars' afaofa a * a 1 '
toll or tnupayjumtof a oensun mm af mocey i
for whica thry agreed < utb r to UK 'Ua nutr- ; i
truvtti in pe c or to rurnifch them
' * 1'1111 taf IQ * > vt at tQtt- ]
kniiihtc tad ta n K ibmr liva > '
th y uadertoolc to ooiieet a toil from tha i
cnant * for ti < lat.e * lot ar
so n u i9 i * "i v 4naw Uoxtr Ijai ale a
a. P a v -l . , ic 1i tit ar , . .ui
-i- < ' , - . - -r . "a - jo e i ,
- " ? " - - - if. . _ 11
a , vn i - jmtsir tj a'si i a
' ir * i - - a -a , - is
t ' i 4 i i' T4i i ? -a-1
at v-i'j cil Ci LJO a * reJT . * . % i , 7 JBW i
! tolls whenever they plensed. All they an l
to do was to tit flown m DHrnomeo's or snme
other send restannnL and over a few twOles
of cbampaifne resolve to do * . There was
no dunuer connected with the Initiness of toll
levying in your days. Mi. Wwtt , except
the dancer of a headache when
the chamtKurne happened to b *
poor. It was a very remarkable state of
atTair * . and it a a striking proof of the iren-
enti fairni > * and eon nature af the railroad
macaws of 17 1 at they trsatad the people
, a wi il ta they did. fetiU. it was a ridiculous
spe < tncle to see the pr.ncipsl hiebwavs of
sucn a outlines * people ooatrolled by pnrnte
i corner itions that rirtuully did precisely
j what thcv pleased. '
, "The ifus works , street railways and water
works of cities rou would huve had managed
oy the city authorities. I suppose. ' ' I said.
f "Ibdeed , that is what I would ha e done"T
Mr Forest replied. "But I would first hnvo
I ext > nued the power of the aauomir aUtntnin-
' tration over all the forest and mtninc lands
] then in the possession af the United Statp .
j If the national trovernm'Mit hod taken cars of
the remnanta of the immense forests that
once ooverad the lanrar part of this vast ter
ritory , we would not at present suffer from
a Jnck of timber , "
"Waat would vou have done with the
bankers and men-bants "
"Natnmif , ' Mr Forest answered. "The
I different mutual productive associations
would have nueded men to m.inu-re such bus-
meat affairs as were outside the management
i of fie factorr. attendiHl to by the former
' manufacturer For the workmen would soon
1 have found out that it required taore than the
' manual labor of the toilers to build up anil
1 run a lar e businessestablishment. And the
] owners of grocery stores would , if similar
establishments had o"en started oy consuming
i societies , have > old their stock on nnnd
i and secured places .is managers or clerks Of
the new stares. "
"I suppose taat under the qvstem proposed
by you all the old fashioned stores would
have been forced to close out , " I said , "be
cause the different euilus would havp pur
chased jtKKis at wholesale and would have
sold them to tneir member * at a low ctish
price. The storekeepers that were cot able
to secure positions in tte stores of the differ
ent iruilda would have been forced to look out
for some other employment , a rather hard
lot for many of them. '
4T > i cnnnfTM in fh < mntlfi nf nr wlnnttn-i
would' not have ' > een suuden. " Mr Forest
explained , "but would have been brought
about graduallv. thus Divine the btiMness
oeople Perhaps thirty vears time to Tet their
children join guilds instead of B commir
storekeepers and trader * . And there is no
reason why enterprising merchants who had
a fine taste in selecting coods. should not
have retained a lar e number of customers.
It is not cheapness alone that attracts Buyers ,
"
and in tae country , waers there were no" fac
tories , etc. . close at hand , stores would have
to be kent/ '
"You said you would have passed laws pre
venting farmers owning more than forty
acres of land , ' I said. "Would vnu have also
limited the amount of aty property to be
owned bv any one man i"
"The possession of one house ouirtit to
have satisfied every fair-minded man , "
Mr. Forest continued. "Xobody can
deny that the accumulation of fortunes
amounting ro many millions in the hands of
a few people , wmle hundreds of thousands
couid earn ba-dly more than a living , was a
state of affairs which made this aamaable
communism possible.
"But how would you have bean able to
prevent this' " 1 queried with some canoMtv.
"By mattini ? the taxation of inherited
property 'he principal assessment for the
maintenance of the national , stat& and local
eo ernments ns well as of the schools. I
would have proposed a tax of oue per cent ,
on all property mnented bv a single person ;
amounting upward to. $ IU.OOO. An inheri
tance amout-ttnu to ? J0.090 I would hare
taxed two per cent , SiO.O'W three percent ,
* 1UO.OOO ten per cent. } ( X ) iKX ) twenrv per
cent. > H.O ) > U afty per cent. If anyoody left
a fortune yielding a lanjer sum than i50.00Q
to each heir , the surplus should have been
considered as an income to humanitv , the
national , state and local overnmenta ahar-
mc tnerem in a just proportion. '
"Would not such a law have acted as a
checic upon the ambition and the enterprise
of the people' * ' I asied.
"If It had prevented people amassing im
mense fortunes it would have served a"ifood
purrmse. It would not have lessened but
protected competition.1' Mr Forest inswer-
ed. "Men pos essinjr f.venty or nfty millions
of dollars and usins- them without re ani for
inn rights of other people , were very dan-
eerous. They were m a position to annihi
late thrir competitors , and thev fre-
queutiv used their power unmercifully Thus
oy increasing their millions and bv" killing
competition tney were paving the wnv for
communism. And was it not unfair that a
man who baa amassed bv all mannerof means
bucn an erroneous fortune i-ould leave it to a
= .on wuo would continue thii worirof killiasr
competitars with smaller means. What
could the most able man accomplish in an
avocation if he had a iinst aim a man who
possessed , perhaps , very little ability , but
who was. unscrupulously usinij his millions to
attain this end ! Parents tnitjht leave their
children enough to placa their dear onf s be
yond the reach of want , hut tnev should not
enable them to prevent tne children of pooacr
parents having a fair show to s t ahead in
life. '
'You would have mat with considerable re
sistance to such a proposition in my days , " I
remarked.
"I funcy the millionaires would have ob
jected. * Mr. Forest v > sented. "Still. I thinK
thnt such a law would had served the best in
terest of both tne children of nch parents
and humanity in generiL Nothing out a law
of this kind couid have stemmed the Uae of
communism ami anarcay. A child inheriting
SiVi.OOO oucht to be satisfied with his lot and
oucht to let the surplus o to the defravmg
of the expenses of tie ffoveramuat By sacri
ficing a part of their enormous fortunes the
heirs wouid have aveu m rest , and would
have weakened tha communiswc tendency
jf your days. And it appears
mans than doubtful To me whether" the
ixj" ses ion of such enormous proper
ties mode these waaltbv people good , or even
hapov and contented. '
Ifiuih a law had been passed , in 1S37
mobt of the millionaires would have converted
their property ilito cash and emigrate to
Europe. ' I objected. .
"I suppose thev would have donu so. " Mr
Forest admitted. "But I am , nuvertbe-les ,
convinced tnat a law of this kind would not
onlv have been ; ust but that it would have
done a great dual to save humanity from
oeraamnisra. Civilized countries would have
been aollssd to pass a similar law at the
same MraOi"
" 1'hn teinptaticn to avoid the oanseqiicnce ?
af the statute would have been very craat , "
I remarcad. ' 'Many people would have tried
to evade tile tax by declaring to the authori
ties a smaller amount of property than thuy
[ j really owned , ar by presenting during wicir
lifetime a part of their fortune to their chil
dren. "
"Any attempt at fraud should have be n
punished by a confiscation of all the prop-
arty. ' said Mr Forest. "And as fer pifta
thuy could have been taxed at the same rate
as mbentanctss from one per cent up co fifty
But such a law would have been necessary
only during the nrst flfty nr HS.ly years of a
n Hv order of things. As sous as mutual nra-
'iuaog as&ociauonj ) wpremganiiraloptfratioa ,
' . lllu thwr goods directly from tiin faauinas
I to the coasuioers , and buying all the neoes-
1 sitittx of life and commodities , as far as JHHI-
sihiu , at wbolesale , ana selltni ; team
i i a littie aoove oo t priott. thure
i would hare been littie occasion for
| nun ui amass millions of ttotlars. The num.
ber of tnlddlumoa and traders would have
i largely decreaxkl Everybody w < whi have
t ba o oompelltdl to do work of som kind and
\ - , < xiuld auve received a oonipe * ntio iUMord-
IBUto OMfa tfiu quantity asd quality of lus
pgfformanott. "
j "But woulii not duiuos like tins aue you
are churning with Iwvuig oootam * of y or
ovratimoot have tatteu pnniiiinttfin f a mu >
wil praducmi ; msMcwrton , tflus d pnvin
th clever workers if a oirt of Uuarasrn-
iat and paying the txjurer tneo more fur
their wont ttuu thuv daserreaJ' ' I quuned.
la luci a < s e uw good men ouuU nave
left an ass > xiaftou where tlsav wei eb ate t
and ir l a t. r JJAT < r . . ; > iJ'XWlatxjr
< > m ar" j , vi " a.ii r a'-- ' jr'iPi * 1 ruia
* a- ! . , ot t' . _ ' .s i.- v ;
c -i , e ' T" - 1 Ear' jera - jja"J
, i.4auat a73caoasaBa UraliXinfli
mutual insurance cocipuoies amonp the
for ttae pratecUon af the members
against accidrata , swkB s ) infirmity and
aid Asc. and the < K ) nwtnal insurance com
panies would. pttraHp * . anvenlao ' .vriten lifa
and dre policies ' " I Wiljres fl.
1 "That would , indeed , hava oeen i consequence
quence of Uie whole syitom that wauid unite
tne few advantages of oeranmnism witn the
bfneflta of cotnpeUtten , " Sir. Forest an
swered.
"Would you have oncrnirrurod iramtirra-
non " I aaiced. 'At tbe eartt of IBe nine
teenth centurv ninny bonest. .ibfral and
fair-minded people , ivfema ' nobody could
fairlv class as irnow-notliltHjj . Wer > of the
.ipinioii that the Uuited Scams hod ill the
foreign elemenu the uoHotry could asmm-
ilaw. and tnat the rest at the public lands
j should tw preserved foe thaobUUren if the
. people livinsr in the nnkm in tao reur if our
, i-ord i r The auction . eninst further im-
t miirriUon was jirsrfy dim to the acUons of
i the German and Irish dynamiters. '
I ' I can imopne , ' ' Mr. Forest answered.
| "that soce jf the cuatomi and notions it the
t nnmeroua emigrants of your time were obI -
I jectlonablu to the native Aracnains. and
that the crimes of the anarchists , their crazy
i revolt against the laws of % country that h u
offered taem hospitality ; must naturally havd
created a deep emotion amnnj ? the Anirlo-
Aaiencans. But I think they had. neverthe
less. many reasons far ancoornrinfr itnniivrra-
ttoa , especially under your form of produc
tion. A strict execution of the laws of the
eountrv. ' he continued , after a pause ,
"ocainst all transirressora. native as well as
transplanted , would have done the country
coed and have made ail uttmupu * to restrict
immicration entirelv uuneoessiirv all the
more so as the reaiiv objectionable foreign
ers could reach the UaiSed States viai Can
ada or Mexic" if tnev ilesiroa stmnrfy to ba-
coine inhabitants of the United states. *
"These anritnenta were frequently used m
rav time. ' I remarked.
The comparatively small harm done bv
immigrants was ianrely over-balanced by the
many advantnces the atizfns of the United
S-uites obtained thrnush tae lanre Influx of
people from Europe. ' said Mr Forest. "The
very fact that hundreds of thousands of able
bodied people , whose rearms and education
had cost European i ounrnes millions of del
lars. landea on American shores was a cre.it
Sain to the United States The very presence
of these men and xvomen increased the value
of the lands or city iota where taey settled.
thus eimchmir the propertr owners. Manv
of tne imminrants were well trained laborers
and mechanics , others artists and scholars
All the a men and women were not familiar
with the wivs and means of their new coun
try. manv < jf them wenj unaoie to tpeait the
Enplish laneuairc ; and tbayali had. therefore ,
to start in the verv lowest places of Ameri
can busme-s life tnus nauirollv elevating
all the inhabitants of the United States in a
mare or less decree to bicher posiaons in life.
Many of these people cominfr from nil parts
of Europe , wera ably and well trained , and
they became successml coinDentors of those ,
who 'v re here before their arrival. But the
constant stream of people from Europe to the
United states was. nevertheless , steaailv en-
richins and elevatintr to the Amcncaa people
ple , and all the blows aimed ? at immiirration
were , therefore , unwise , and the legislators
who uroposed such blows remind me of the
man who killed . .he ioose that laid the golden
"
e -r (
"It is. of course.impo'j'sinle to advance social
Theories to which everybody will acree. ' Mr.
Forest said in conclusion. "I maintain ,
however , that ail such taeories should be
based on two fundamental principles. Thev
should have as an aim the establishment of a
state of socievr. nhere every bed v should be
protected acninst an umlaMjrved poverty.
where the brain-caacsrteuof on undeserved
poverty , jjhonid be cured i nd preserve com
petition. the power that is permanently < spur-
nnc everrtjody to use his test efforts to ele-
vata himself and numntiitv "
i ro BE ( JONTlSaiiD.1
Wa sat within a railway car ,
A man named Jone a d I ,
While I fond dancesjeotafar
Unto a damsel ni it *
So by this optic telesxsph
The trip was swittto-while ! } .
Her glances minclcdfwith onrchnff ,
And once. I thaughiTshe smiled.
' By Jove' " said I to Mr : Jones ,
My new conquest to fur.
In mt"it enthusiastic iones ;
Yon maid is wonflroos fair ,
And ever since I sat me here
She's wafted clanceitpert.
She's pretrv and it would appear
bhe is inclined to flirt. ' '
Said Mr. Jones "IJJiy ; think you so' "
d know not well tiitfiVonth-i
"Weil , ifou sar so. tre will tro
and asiertam the truth , '
So over to her side wesped.
My mind witn siveel words rife.
And"Mr. . Jones tbeviUain-blaadly said
"Ah Mr. Brown , my wofe. "
Poor milk maites nch pntlts.
A prcat oorn-scenter tha < ta\f.
There is a ffrate future for tha nutinej.
A false kinir makes an artificial
A dead failure ArevivaBof trade in mum
mies. *
Taev ? o the rounds of thu press Cider
apples.
Knowledge may be power , but it won't ran
shafting
More than half of the lauiihs in the world
are forced.
It is a wise old saw that knows its own
oroken teeth.
Not every man who drinks whisky makes
up a wry face.
A man of quiet tastes Tijochap who ta ke
a nip on the sly.
The hen that cacnles the loudest does not
lay the most eijjs. *
The man who gpes on a lark is generally
expected to fly hiyu.
A heavy purse is an excellent counterweight -
weight to i lisht heart.
Witn vounc man wild oats ao not seem to
go against the ( -rain.
The lawver never worries when be sees
breakers aheaa If thev ara In * ? breakers.
The cambler who is too fend of "boras" Is
never very siioctn ful at "buckini ; the i-er. ' '
Cod aas nowhere promised ta fe < > d the man
who will not take bin eoat off.
Don't bfl mulish Navor kteK nraply be
cause people talk behind yeur bade.
When an ass kicks at you be does so be-
aubti he recognizes that you are unlike him
" ? pwimn Jf work. " said Blopsx "It ukes
a olacksuiith to maua a felloa tired. "
Xdw YorK is to have n home for strav cats.
It wouki oe jufulina ta ndicula this chanty
The man who oontrote biaiself will also
cuutrol a reat many other people.
3cver put yourself in ihe power of a man
who will < nck a < log torfun.
You can't shut the devil un , but you can
shut him out.
A man doesn't hava ta .oracle tnany caias
before becomm ? one h&uelf.
The soda wat < * r clerk who cannot draw
< -oun without jraning yatic wife's atiaauoii
w ao expert-
Frequttntir when a fu ny roan 3107113 comic
sent ; hit foot * iooiu as ht , wra delivennt , ' a
funeral oration.
The differenae a < Hw ex a ysansr actor and
an okl i-ntic is. ana wanta SB yet ab ad while
the other UKrs to bit a hood. <
Tbwro Is notiunt , ' tup rrnich a moa boa to
pay to Jimr as hn dona fur tttt j > nvHe ti of
( Ming ! * tinty
W hen four women stt 4 urn far a quiet
aaam of unistyou ouu'l aBariha sil ac * in
the a ji.t room.
Ndv r loan your W3U * t a amlcian. he
iuui too itron < a pc 4aB tto8 lorutenug \
t m * . ,
A c Mr loft u a pUuM T' Mntns nnnci-
iMtiat ! > ! raiue4 nrtations amoaac aiLin-
> ra
T i v. i s alwivj i - 34
' " v a i ' a v Tea vnu , g : r ' _ .r
OfJL R LI < ; tOC ! * UE.\r.
In thu Hanks.
With steady * teu ae cases iio\vn the street ,
Wmrinir a yfnvz whose folds cauinot oou-
ceol
The mukdlre str n t4i and grace af varv
hmb ; '
And. looklDC In the clear-cut face you fel
The power af mind. The lips are t By
fate.
Deep eyes ara staeJy rfmy. and wild and frets ,
You thinU of him , swathed in the baUlB'3
Settinij the stars of brate won victory.
In sacred offices no si ri he makes
Taut m bis reins Uie fires of pinsion trlovv ;
That love ar hate or leadership of men
Have any piaue beneath his stnl af snow.
Dawn quiet aisles of the caihedral vast ,
Veiled la Uie lV-ht af ucrad cwns > tr-i ! dim ,
He stowly luada tae clear voiced choristers.
Chantinir in ringing tones the evening1
aymn ,
And then wnun alienee foils , his rolee aloou
UifUi up , ai U Mine test day toreel. .
Did sorrow , sin , or love with caralijsd eyes ,
Teach hitn to sias' wittt voice so trae and
sweetl
Who know ; , tha heart of man ! The passing
day
Flashes a .fleam of glory era it dies ,
A oove the smojr is a sullen ray
1'hat seams to aeur his voice beyond the
skies.
With banners and with liirhts he passes OB ,
The pageant fades , another voice is there ,
CalttujT for oeoce uad r.ice on oil tne wand ,
In echoes sweet yon miss the earnest
prayer.
Filled wita the mystery of passin ? life ,
rae son ? &uil ungun with you , suit and
tow ,
Stilling thu strife that man the tattered
heart ,
\Vita aoiolutlon from its deepest woe.
He bears no burden here , says that ana song ,
Yet fnbnru fame all time and olaue belies
Yon see upou his bead the crown uf bars ,
The leader lives within his piercinc eyes.
Perchance he lung ao laid down the sword ,
Content to leav the nath ainoition trou ,
-Vau in the army of the holy cross ,
To strive in peace to lead lost souls to God.
Early Teacliins
To think of the dissolute Byron as a dis
tributor of Greek tracts and testaments
while in the last few months of life fitjhung
for the cause of tha fraeiom of Greece , is
something so incongruous as to be almost in
credible , says the New York Independent.
And yet that is what he did. We seem to ba
taken back to hts young boy hood , wnea Mary
Gray taught him psalms and the BlOle , a
lesson which he too long forzot. But taera
is concurrent testimony that in the last few
mouths of his life there was some marked
change in the attitude of bu mind on mor.i
ind religious subjects. His servant noticed
it. oa is well mown alreadv , Bvron'a sister ,
Mrs. Leiph. believed it and derived comfort
from it. Dr. Kennedy held long rellinous
discussions with him , and it would seem as if
it wera only m the last six months of his life
that he was ever broucht into contact with
such an earnest Christum man as Dr. Ken-
qedv. Bvron then expressly disclaimed m-
fije ! tenets and dcaiai of the swpnires. and
a letter of his , dated six weeks be-
' -re bis death , menuons that he had
really been giving awav not inly some tracts
with which Dr. Kennedy had intrusted him ,
but this most democratic aristocrat , tiiia
most ancanvennnnul poet , hud taken pains
to eet permission from the Greek testaments
Ki > * en him by an Engllsn tininou. These
Tacts are cunous. and interesting but per
haps mevuia. nat.sa muua rndiuatu whut-ivas
the real ciodness which was apart of Lord
Byron s character , as does the great care he
tooK to protect littie children , ffiris and boys
aramst the cruelty and abuse of tne Turks
and Greeks in the bitter war Mr Boiff'3
testimony on this matter is oue which ahowa
in a very pleasant hunt the ehancrer of a
man whose ufn had lx > en a croverb of disso
luteness. It IH most agreeable to see this
pleasant sunset haht thrown upon the char
acter of one who , from the ti ie when he
beiran teasing his masters and fnchwnine "
his school-iellows wita. a pet bear. through
all his career of bravado and Ubertineuni ,
had not quite lost the lessons ol Mary Grav.
TruthH to Live By.
The Ecumenical codicil of Methodism ,
wnich is to meet m Washiueton in October ,
will bnatr tocether the most eminent divines
and lavmen of the Methodist church from
this country and Europe , says the Pnilodel-
phia Record. The programme of the pro
ceedings shows the great chance which has
come over religious bodies. Instead of dis
cussing the dogmas of "ased faith , free will ,
forelmowledge aosolate. ' the council wul
hear papers road on punuiur amusements ,
and the attitude of the church toward 'hem ,
on the responsibility of the preacher , and the
power of tne laity 111 the church. With the
rapid spread of moral refining agencies , the
puipit is beginning- recowiize that a nowl-
edge ot trains to live hv is moro important
U.an a knowledge of doimas to fight for
Early Sunil-iy School.
A generation before Robert Raikes
the starting of bis first Sunday school in
Gloucester , Mrs. Greening started one in
1744 , m Philadelphia. la IT05 , Miss Ham-
son started one m Bedale , England , in 17H9
one was started in Hich VS'yoombe. England ,
by Miss Hannah Bali says the Sunday
School Times. The first Sunday school
started by Ronert Raikes was in chorea of a
woman , Mrs. K3nir , m whose aouso the ear
lier sessions were held. In America , thu
nrsl Sunday school in New York was oegun
by Katy Fentoson. a colored woman. In 17U8.
In 1SU3 , M rs. Bethnne. a dau nter of Isa
bella Graham , shared with her husband In
making a nuw oegiamng of Sunday school in
tfcs same city.
.V illpler | Pauh.
After nammt : the theolocical beraucs of the
day with ninning comment on aach case , tha
Congrecationalists add "These gentiomen
stand m centers of a fement of religious
thought which is not oautined to any denom
ination. but which , m ail denominations U >
con-itantlr grotvtng more intense. While it
threatens to rend apart reiicious oadiut , it is
more than poMiblu that it tnar rtault at
length m a simpler , stronger and mare united
faith. "
A DurionilniiiUmal War.
The local council of Uie Junior Order af
UniUxl American Muuhantas has passl a
resolution damaaclin of the ooard af educa
tion of GulustHirR' , 111. , that it invasnimte thu
oharxes -ninst one of the wac.lurs In Uie
schools of that city , ta the eiTect that she bos
neglected to read the oible m school , aud if
the cbargM are found true to discourse bee ,
The tuoobur is a Catholic and is considered a
capable uwctiw. it u not unlikely that a
JttuominatiocRl war will result from thu de
mand ,
Tne Jasui * oi-d r ha * a , total membership of
li. : . n > , dtvidait into 37 proviuea * .
The r * w u of tne Baptist a ni varsity of
Chicago , founded by the oci ty witn Jl.JUU-
( AW , now arooitnt to fc.V v w.
From tii geuerai tb Uif.cAl * eaimnry
i Proles taat Episcopal ) of Sew Yurie , twenty-
ntn younif man wore graduated.
A moniuuiabl twvins its tfcua U in Phila-
deipuia aa b * ( i startua far the forauutan af
an aHoei upa of adtlor * af reiirfiuaa jouroaU
aaii penodicai * .
Ox r oatt hundred new Proto uot a va ion-
h ve reat-htkt Chin * ana aagun worx
i oKhl nUionsry ooofer-
10 M y , I8IKL
la I alv * hur ra * "T " -l iou Hn'hir
" 1 is w S 1 tu. t ?
_ - * - . . ' a ,
a - " -s . - a . g aIL
" * " " " " *
IL
- - /
the ChriaMiins irllhin the Guild miswion dis-
tnct.
the Ebullsh Lutheran church
in this country m shoxvn by Uie fact that Uitt
iren ral synod m ! XJ7numberwi W ministers ,
W4 chnrchos. and < * , < * * , communicant * . ut
UM2 ministers , I 1,4 W congregations
ami I37iiu communicants.
j It was a coiJegt- South Carolina , a wesk
i ar two iMro. and a oi-ihop bud given an elo
quent address , and the applause bad ooncliiU-
! eit when the prsidontMid "N'aw let us
i honor tne bishop Sy singinc the doxalotfy.
Praise God tram bom all blessintrs now. *
Blsbop TucKcr writes that tile native
ChtiaUans of Uganda are so * i--er to iret a
oopv af tne new testament in the Swubill
languttge tnat i tnun w ill work for three
months to obtain it. Oalr .1 Utmtad edition
of the completed volume BOS as yet ranched
tne country
German papers express senoiw alarm at
tae sprrml of irrelimon in Uie Fatherland.
Taeunmoer of Germans in the inrtro cities
receiving neither baptism nor eonriruirition
amounts to hundreds rf thousands. In
Prussia aione 'here nro K(100 ( irreligious per
sons who have novi-r been baptized.
The sixty-fl'th anniversary af the Ameri
can Home Missionnrv society was held June
2 to 4 , at Saratoga , N. Y. The receipts at"
the New Yorte office wars : From contribu
tions , W w 15 from legacies. &M.7M 4 * ,
in all , JHKi.rwi M. Addioir the amount raised
nnd expended in the auxilinrv suites. J174-
Ifcd.SM. the year's income was < tWi.isi.45
The most important matter before tile
synod af the Presbyterian church of Enciand
was the report af the committee un the
church s relation to the Westminster articles
of faith. The irnad of last vear approved
tee articles if fnith which had"betsi nre"ared
by the crtmmittee as "a statement of the fun
damental doctrines held and taught m the
church. ' Dunne the pasc year the commit
tee has been at work preparing an appendix
to the articles and coasidenu ? wbnt chnnires
are required in the formulas of ordination of
minister * and other officer * . The appendix
is to be sent to the presbyteries.
.in , .tJtocT non.tx.
Shutting Up Her Fold.
5 MiH Teail Perry in 'fume Maker.
The fire burns dimlv on the hearth ;
The light is turned down low ;
And wintry winds tnroirgh bare old trees
In fitful gusts oft blow.
Thp mother oulls tne curtains down
To keep axay the cold ;
Tucks tieb-.y m the children's beds-
she's stutpng up her fold.
she rovers up the Uttie hnail
Thrown o'er the coverlet ;
She wines tae plac-j on babv's cneek
Which onn stray tear hod wet ;
Klbses the little ones who sleap
And smooths the hair of gohf.
Then Kneels and "prays the Lord to keep"
She's shutting up her fold.
Oh , lirtJe ones , fenced round secure
With mother's iov-e and care ,
What looks of peace , and trust , and joy
Your sleeping faces wear'
Outride tonight some cmldren , wbo
Are tall , and larre , and oto ,
Are wishing thev could be unce more
Sheltered in mother's fold.
ClsnrettcH Air Her.1
Miss Iva . \ , Quiclr. the twenty-emht-year
old dauchter of Rev James Quick of Mal-
vern. Pa. , and a beardless lad named
Wood , atrcd sixteen , to whom Rev Quick
aeteil as tutor , were
married a little over a
year ace in a ceremony which so far as can
be learned consisted siraplr of a form read to
the couple ay one af Miss Quick's relatives.
A suit far en 3rc.a is now being brought ov
U > e boy's family to annul the mamae * . on the
ground that it was illegal and that the youth
was unduir influenced by the hndf.
bhe has testified that young Wood wooed
and won her as any other lover would ao.
They went to Canada at his suggestion to be
married , but the minister to whom tney ap-
pued. refused to marry them. "Wood de
clared that he loved me , ' said she. "was very
ardent and cave me ao rest until I married
him. which I did after he promised to atop
smoking airareUea. "
Knowledge of thp mamajro was withheld"
from Miss , QUICK'S father and from Wood's
familv. At the test heannir , by a series of
skillful direct questions. Lawyer Johnson
causeu Mrs Wood to falush and" confess that
some time after the marnnce she wrote love
letters to Richard Cor-on at Palmyra , X. J ,
who is now in the state mi-one asvJum at
Nornstown. These letters , she ad'mitted.
were mailed indirectiv. for the sake of coii-
cealme-t , tbrouRh the Paah postoflice.
In them she addrr-ised Corson as
her -srood aneel. " When a bin bun
dle of these Sore letters was produced
at the heannc she acknowledged the author
ship of the letters , but said her action bfcd
been girlish , and prompted by tao innocent
desire to make her young Uusuand jealous
and consequently mare attentive. When she
united with the Fnuer Presbyterian church.
after the tnarrtatre , she gave her name as Iva
A. Quick , This , she said , she did beedless4y.
Mother' * Love.
The lovinc devotion of a mother to her
child is almost as endunng as the heavens
above ana is not to be compared with early
thinirs , says the Fort Worth Ga/eite. This
fact has many times been exemplified , and
the extreme hardships undergone bv Mrs.
Nancy Slxkilier. motner of the two Dunna-
was bovs who were hanired at this place was
omy another substantiating instance of tins
assertion. After iPuraiatr that the principal
chief had refused to pardon her boys or com
mute the death > ontfince ttou old lady was
wild with gnef and determined to go to the
chief in person and make a lost appeal to him
for their lives. The diswinca from Mrs. Six-
killer's home in Going Snnku district to
Chief May * , a residence on Grand rtvor is
not less than ninety miles. Althnuch an
aged and feeble woman of seventy yours she
made thin long .ouraey afoot asa aiona
And ail in ram'
Her Dieadlngs with too stara old chief
came to nuiijfi.it , and too heart-broken mother
was back at this place the rfnv- before tha
hanginc o that she intent be with her doom-
ad bovs dunag their last hours on en.th.
Wnen she left her home Mrs. Sixkiller hail
on an old pair ol shoe- , , but when nbe arrived
in Taileijuah bar feet ware bare , torn and
bleeding. nnd he was in an utterly exhausted
condition , caused by bur grluf. hunger and
fatigue. She bail \\adoo ei-peti * and ciimtHW
mountains until sec shoes were completely
warn from her f et ,
Divrtrceil Vll Artiimit.
The tr e story u tola < jf a one-time Lewiston -
ton man who several yours ago was divorced
in the west. Ho came mist and maraud a
woman who bad aba been divorced , says tne
Jooraal. They twvelad south a few years
later and there a they sat on a UoU l veranda
the Lemston man oowed col'Jly ta a lady who
passed ttoatn hnusing on the arm of a pan-
ticman. Curiously enough nis tufa also
bowed to the couple.
Sae said , "To wbom dul you bow ? "
"To tie Udy , " said theLswistun mn wiUj
a son of flukbisd look on bis faoft.Sde wu
one * my wif . To wttom did jo l w Ola
you tojow bar * "
-No , mil she , "I bow d to the geoti-
mun. I once had the fortune to know him m-
timateiy. H was tny husbRtiif'
Tb botal nfatar wad , -Mr. mt Mi * .
Blium of - , " and tbis n't * tneir .vwdUm
iouniey.
A Mornl in Tl l ,
Ona young girl mil bars aiun > long to
rernamber iM ' 'isit of tiw prwuaent ta Ore
gon. Bar name .s Mass Mstnw Hyde of Moo *
womb. On U > Jay at tha prekiiittcusj visit
h0 accoHjpsjiusd anuj ion party Ut
isaittB a tf * IWM U iiif in YvaUMog aoout
the cstv1U1.1 jno jf nur feu ! became iemi'isly
' Tloii .tf mstwr ' itu .IT "t 4
> ! -u.- i - . . I
- 4 4 \
II IT// THE 1CJD9.
n 'unn Vaunt ; .
A fottrteeB-yenr-old Uoy m arrwted for
dmnltunnfss at Sorrid'own. Pa.
Take Wariunir ,
Dentis tram lockjaw enuwxl Or a splinter
ma into ais foot ia ; umpinc from n f nee was
Uie fate of Charter. eleren-vesr Mrf son jf
Jorcniiah Buyer of Lvbnnon , Pa.
R 'en tthi" llni-trttli .
Taxn SUtinrs Tommy Pupa , nhey say
Jardiin is a nnrd rasd to travel , doe"
Y s.
is a river , ain't ltP
"Then why don't they swim itf *
Y..MHIT I'ooc.
.in atrmmr .v. r i a < nin3 ( , ytdi
bee tha little ram drops go ,
Some ara tnat and some are slow.
' 'wift aiong the wires tnev fly
And as they pass tnv window by
I think them uko a life.
Swtn glWlne , full of strife.
Some are weak and some are strong/ / ,
And as they meet some fall , some paw along.
Ted and HIM Dour Did.
A tiny youngster was looking , avar h ! pic-
tore book with his father raowitly. and pres
ently they arrival nt a oictnra of a don/tcy
nnd a fool , says the X w York Reearier.
"Now , which would von rather be. Tad , ' m-
tiuired tie father , "a Jonkey or a foolf" And
the .roimirster loomnir uo very grnrely , said
"Which is you , faddy ' "
A True > iory in Hliynii ! .
itt .YfeAuta * .
In Uttlo Daisy's dimpled hand two bright ,
new pennies shone.
Ono was for Roe ( at school jnst thun ) , tha
other Dnisy's own.
Whilu wnitinir Rob's return she rolled both
treasures round the floor
When suddenly thev disappeared and onewaa
seen ao more.
"Poor Daisy Is vour penny lostf 'was asked
m accents ttind .
"Whv no. mine's here ' " she < ioctly ! said.
"it's Rub s I cannot find. "
Had Head tlu "A < 1. " Columns ,
"MJster , " he said to a restaurant propno-
tor , as reported in the Xew York World ,
"I'va lost me wallet through your front
grating. Kin I so down after itt"
"Boy. don't bother me. "
"But I want me wallet. "
"I'll bet you didn't have 10 centa in It. "
I know I didn t. but it's the private pa
pers of no use to anyone but de owner {
want to recover.1
He was permitted to recover.
\ \ illic w.m Awake.
Mrs. Annie Garter and her three yount *
children occupy two roams on the second
floor front at 1ShenS street , New York.
Early one taoming she heard a noise In hes
room , and through the dim liirht saw a man
ransaclnnir a bureau drawer. She was too
frichtened to move. Her seven-year-old son
Willie was ulso awake. Ee kept quiet , bus
watched the burglar In a short time tha
burglar cot all he wanted , and left thu hout.e.
Littie Willie jumped out of t > d , hastily
drersud , and followed the man up the street.
Ee met a policeman and pointed out the thief.
who was caucht after a ilveiv chose. Aboat
Ji'i worth of jewalrv , which Mrs Garter
identified as her property , was found in pos
session af the thief , who was held for tnaL
"O , M.iinni.i. Come Here. "
A Inr-'Q portion of Kensington , a sua
nrb af Philadelphia , has recontiy been
thoroughly icsused by a hjttronhofaia
scare , which was added to by tntf
aeatn of pnttry Uttiu Acnes Lcad
beater nzsn eleven yoars. Little Hrtontlod
was paid to the mishap until a severe hcnd-
acne developed. Thii was followed by pains
in her ears Dunng the nurnt tha littie tua
was seized v.-ith spasms , and it took three
strone persons to hold her in bed. TUP news
of the deplorable case spread rapidly about
the neiqhbarnood , and soon tne sick chamber
was beieaed witb a host af anxious friends.
The best of medical aid was immediately
called in. but the doctors at once pronounced
the case a hopeless one. During Sunday
aicht the spasms of the little one beearnu
fearlul. They followed each other in
auch rapid succession that it was , deemed
auviiable to put the sufferer under thu mrtu-
onca of chloroform
Dunne her most violent spasms the child s
face took on a purplish nue. ana she frothed
at the month. At times sne narked like a
dor , and at other times her mnd screams af
auony coula be heard for hundreds , of yania.
At intervals ot every half an hour the victim
hud lucid moments , during which .he recog
nized her parents and friends and repeatedly
oeirced her mother to oi&s her-
"Please , mamma , come nere. I won't oita
you. I'm not mad. Please come and rf.is
ma"
It required the combined 3trntirth of sev
eral persons in tne room to ke p tim nearly
crazed mother from going to thu side of her
stncken child , but the doctors would noiMiit
no one near the bed except the men wao
were there to nold the struggling victim. A3
the hand of death approached the spasma
srew more violent , and the applications of
unloroform \ \ ere mtmased in size nnd fre
quency At last thu potent dng s.ipp * d all
thu vitality from the tiny franiP , and tin- mst
spasms went indicated only by slight shud
ders. Death occurred "during a violent
spasm.
The physician wbo bad charge of the case
pronounced the ease a parflculoriy viralens
oue.
oue."I hope to never go through another such
scene , " said he. "I stipposu I should hava
smothered the cbila. but I did not have thu
heart u > do so , with tiiu agonized mathi-r
watching my every movement. Wo kipt !
ber unconscious wita ak-ohul as much .ta
possible. *
Prattle.
On hairing tha bum of a bee Floresta
asked. "Hnoima , is u grinding us honey r
"I tromv , ' said a tiny maiden. "I know bow
to be ooliie. You most say 'yes , uitt'nm , ta
a niuy ana no ma'am , ' to a guntioman.1
Mutuer Are you not afraid of stayinu m
the hence all ulono with nurse ( Young
Harmful Xnt a bit , a policeman always
comes to protect us.
Harry Bo-boo' Bo-hoa ! Ftaday Jones
keens biUin ? me. Nurae Aa' wbv don t !
yon hit aim Uacit. I did hit him drsi and 13
did't do any good.
Teftfhev-"What ( is a synonymf" Bright
tK.y 'it's a word you can UKO in pmott of
anoUier whim ou don't know aoiv to speil
Uio other one , "
Edith and her nrother were playing to *
gutiiar , nnd got -nto trouble ov r th r toys.
Jiinmie becumo axeitiMl and gav Elith a
push , wbo ran to bar mother , sobbtug out :
"Mamma , Jim mi e hit me tn my ( mawik. "
A small boy of three yours Is just
his laiUtchinn. "Who matin j oaf" a ked
mamma. "Gou. " "What did o m Ua you
off" "He ramie me of dust , but o put a
skin on to knek tae dust train tailing out. "
Mamica , ' said ilttJM darry , a/tar a week'a
visit ut his ctiualrv relative , -facia fal.l
has an awful swart cut. Why I lookoii m
tn b ru Of-ariv avurJuv to dud a itttta * \ \
Mm Ui play with , and 1 oomd not nnd onu.
Uut ihut cat. went out one da ? aod
four. "
LitJl * Oil la heard bar tse r Lulu
of a "lifiry " , autl attviag bad u ejt | tair. d to bur
that a Ottn * uii ! dmry was a bnel t cooi of
oce * Ufa , sat * iLlairaert'Wtti , UMB , I
don't wa wirt they want t < > catl is
* > ti r ? for ; gftirms to ma they ou iiU'r sail .a
a iiw ry "
"P P , ' inquired the ailiutr1 * , .lv sou ,
trliM.to rou out vonroffli * * " "Will. " wort
tha ntpiytlw worW U au eaiiur ottlcC
tic wMiotum siuictuium , but I uon't '
Tba , I giMMM , ' sou rna oo > w thinjgiilful
fur n n . .tnr.t , tb-il tnstnma Jrtc is a
iii inasjt-'or.'n , i. t
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