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I'AHTIBS I,EAVI.0 Foil St'SIMEIl,
rarllcn leaving the city for
lie mutinicr may hnvp Tito lire
ent to them rrtnilnrly liy
notlfjlnif The Hoc lltiftlnena
ofllcr, In prmon or !) iniill,
Tho iiildrmii UI lie chnnKed
n often it tlpnlrvd.
AH 11m ioikIh In Iown lond to Cedar
Hniilds this wcok.
Tin? ntitomol)llo will lmvo to hump It
Keif If It wants to pnss tho tuottliiK horso
on tlio rond.
Tho two-nilnnto trotter Is another step
nearer. The horo appears to have lin
hlbcd the rapid spirit of tho age.
If these million-dollar rains keep up
Nebraska farmers will pay off a few
more mortKages during the coming year.
Kx-Presldent Kruger denies that ho
will visit IUiPsla. Ho Is looking for lib
erty aud probably thinks there Is no
surplus stock in that country.
ie crops grow with the rapidity of
towns lit tho newly opened reservation
iu Oklahoma settlers will have ample
time to reap n harvest this season.
One mnn In fourteen secured land in
tho Oklahoma drawing. Now let the
other thirteen come to Nebraska, where
they can have something better than v.
11 to 1 tshot.
DeKnlb county, TenucHsee, has Just
had tho llrst lynching In Its history. It
will probably always remain a mystery
how this one county happened to'niako
such a record.
Summed up In a sentence, Ute now
grievance of (Jeorgo Kennaii against the
HusBlans Is that lie went over to Russia
expecting to be ordered out and got
what ho expected.
A permit has been taken out for a
S-'O.OOO creamery to bo erected In thin
city. Tho cow lins become a factor to
bo reckoned with In llguring up the re
Bources of Nebraska.
A Fronchnian aborts that he has as
cended higher In n balloon than any
other man. Somo of tho American "get-rich-qnlek
companies have certainly
given him a good race.
Tho llylng machine will again monopo
lize, the attention of Parisians todav.
A machine that can bo made to circle
the EUTel tower In response to tho guid
ing hand Is close to perfection.
Grain Speculator Phillips expresses
confidence that the patrons whom u
careless bookkeeper overpaid on the May
corn deal will cheerfully refund him the
money. Such faith iu humanity Is
cheerful while it lasts, but It is not
likely to survive tho call for settlement.
The Panama revolutionists threaten to
interrupt transit across tho Isthmus.
The United States has guaranteed that
commoreo across that strip of hind shall
not be hampered and the revolutionists
may find they lutvo stirred up a country
which tloes not look upon revolution as
u pastime, but Inslhts upon making it
serious.
The lice prints some Interesting views
on the subject of tuberculosis trans
mittal from local authorities whose
opinions will carry weight. The theo
ries advanced are naturally move or less
conflicting, yet In many points hannunl
oils. The question Is such a vital ono
to the human race Irrespective of Its
habitation that It Is always timely.
In Custer and other counties where
the populists are much more numerous
than tho democrats the latter have been
ignored iu tho makeup of tho local
ticket. Iu Douglas and others, where
the conditions aro reversed, democrats
propose to go it alone. With the state
pin wagon moved Into another camp the
adhesive qualities of fusion appear to
have been groutly weakened.
the sovrnzity rnooiiAM.
The platform of the Marylnnd democ
racy boldly enunciates the paramount
Issue In the south to be the disfranchise
ment of tho negro and his suppression
as a factor In tut conduct of state and
national affairs.
We are told that tho sagacity of the
democratic leaders of that state was
called Into requisition for this purpose
and under the guidance and advice of
former Senator Gorman the following
declaration upon the chief point at issue
was evolved-
Tho democratic party represents mora
than 40,000 majority of the white people of
Marylaud. They, In company with tho
brethren of other states, Into which large
masses of colored voters havo been In
Jcctcd Into tho body politic, recognize that
tho peace, good order, personal safety and
proper development of our material Inter
ests depends upon tho control of tho com
monwealth by Its Intelligent white resi
dents,
This Is simply n rellex of the spirit
which permeates the Alabama constltu
tlonal convention and an Indorsement
of the policy pursued In Mississippi, the
Carolltms and Louisiana. This policy
contemplates nothing more nor less than
the permanent degradation of the negro
and a return to the old nlave oligarchy
In a now disguise.
The grandfather clause In the consti
tution of North Cnrollna is palpably do
signed to enfranchise the Ignorant white
man and shut out nil blacks regardless
of educational or other qualifications.
The Alabama plan, which Is equally
Ingenious, contemplates as a condition
precedent, for every voter, the ability to
read and write tho constitution of the
United States in tho Kngllsh language,
coupled with proof that he has been en
gaged In some lawful occupation for
twelve months preceding, together with
a recommendation from his employers
for live years past. If he cannot read
and write he may nevertheless vote If
he owns forty acres of land and pays
taxes on if.'lOO of assessed property.
Manifestly, these provisions will bar out
01) iter cent of the men of color, even
though they mny bo able to read and
write, while It Is expected that every
white man will be able to muster the
requisite certificates relative to educa
tion and taxation, Inasmuch as the care
fully selected registrars will bo empow
ered to exercise their Individual Judg
ment and discretion.
The program of the rejuvenated south
Is so plain that It will not have to bo
proclaimed In party platforms. It will
simply havo for Its basis tho broad, gen
eral proposition that this Is a white
man's government, regardless of ma
jorities or the constitutional rights of
tho Individual citizen. The educational
limitations ure merely a gauzy device
for tho general disfranchisement of men
of color. The better to guard against a
possible revulsion In tho future, It will
necessarily bo tho aim of southern
statesmen to throw every obstacle In tho
way of the education of the blacks by
unfavorable legislation and lack of
school facilities, and on the other hand
by tho encouragement of Idleness and
wastefulness and tho discouragement of
thrift ami Industry In order to lessen the
opportunities of the negro of meeting the
property qualifications.
Deny It as they may, this Is tho pro
gram tho democratic leaders of tho
south have laid out for themselves and
their posterity. It goes without saying
thnt tho partisanship of tho negro would
not have been offensive had his vote
been divided Instead of being massed
under tho republican Hag. During the
time when General Mahone and his re-
adjusters were battling for repudiation
In Virginia the negro voters were never
molested on either side and their votes
were counted .because they were
wanted.
THKAMl'LC GOLD SLPPhY.
Those who have Insisted that the gold
supply Is not adequate to the business
requirements of the world will not Und
any encouragement for their view In the
latest statistics of the distribution of
tho yellow metal among the leading
commercial nations. These llgures show
that six countries havo nearly ifL'.OOO,-
000,000 In gold aud among thorn the
United States Is Urst,,wlth u gold fund
In the untlonnl treasury of $,"i0 1,000,000
In round numbers, the largest fund of
gold ever held by this government and
said to be larger than any other govern
ment ever possessed. The Hank of
Franco ranks second to tho treasury of
the United States, with tho imperial
Hank of Itussta third, the Hank of Au's-trla-llungaiy
fourth, the Hank of Eng
land fifth and the Hank of Germany
sixth.
Of course these statistics do not rep
resent all thu gold In the several coun
tries specified. For Instance, in tills
country there Is nearly or quite us much
gold In circulation that Is, In the banks
and In the bauds of the people as there
Is In the national treasury, and this is
also tho case in some of the other coun
tries, particularly in Great Hrltaln,
France aud Germany. Everybody is
aware of the fact that In tho United
States there Is no dltlleuity In obtaining
gold coin, to whatever extent wanted.
It Is paid out freely by the banks and It
can bo bad of the government oil de
mand. This Is also the case' In most
other leading financial nations, particu
larly Great Britain, in a word, the gold
supply of the civilized world at this
time is so abundant that no preference
Is given to the yellow metal over other
tonus of currency, while In tho ordinary
transactions of business silver and pa
per are preferred to gold. ,
Speaking of the unprecedented gold
fund of the government, United Slates
Director of the Mint Koborts said: "The
dimensions of tills fund Indicate a great
era of prosperity now provalllug
throughout tho United States. It
can always be regarded an ac
curate barometer of Industrial and
commercial conditions and tho fact
that It Is now In excess of anything
that we have ever held Indicates that
tho volume of our business has assumed
corresponding proportions. It furnishes
a clinching argument ngalnst the free
silver theory also, and shows that our
currency system Is running on rock bal
last. No stronger argument against tho
futility of a change In our currency sys
THE OMAHA
tem could be furnished." It is to be
presumed that even the most radical of
sllverltes will admit this.
The supply of gold continues to grow.
The increase during 11)00 was not quite
as large as In tho preceding year, owing
to the war In South Africa, but there Is
good reason to expect that the world's
yield this year will be fully up to that
of ISO!) and may exceed It. At any rate,
there Is no linmedlnte prospect thnt tho
supply of gold will be Inadequate for tho
world s business.
SOUTH AMMUCAy UlSTVltltAXCES.
The revolutionary disturbances In
Venezuela and Colombia, which threaten
to embroil those republics in war, ap
pear to be sufficiently serious to make It
doubtful If either of them will bo rep
resented In the pannmerlcan congress
which Is to meet in the city of Mexico
two months hence. Taken In connection
with the attitude assumed by Chill In
regard to the congress, there Is reason
to apprehend that at least three of the
South American states will not send del
egates, and while this will not neces
sarily prevent the holding of the con
gress, tho absence of these republics
from tho meeting would Impair to a
greater or less degree tho value of Its
deliberations, since neither of them
would be bound by any action taken.
This Is u situation to be regretted, but
It well Illustrates tho unreliability of
most of the so-called lepubllcs of South
America, nearly all of which are con
tinually hot beds of political strife aud
revolutionary Intrigue. The present out
breaks Iu Colombia aud Venezuela have
had their counterpart In every Latin-
American state und the plain lesson they
tenon is that the people of those coun
tries are still to a large extent incapable
of self-government, In the broadest
sense. Tho events now occurring there
are very suggestive of what might hap
pen in culm were tho Cubans left to
that absolute and unrestricted freedom
which their radical politicians have de
manded.
.1 I'llll.lSTlXn IN THUUULE.
Our old friend Elbert Hubbard seems
to have gotten himself Into an tiwkward
posit lou even for a Philistine, by the
story of his alleged attempt to form a
pulpit trust among the ministers of East
urora, to which we alluded at the time
It was published In the New York Inde
pendent. As the ministers In East Au
torn are few In number, they naturally
took his slighting references to their
seinsii greed to themselves and entered
vigorous protest against tho Phillstlul
statements In terms flavored with un
mistakable Ire. The ministers denv that
their churches had been compelled to
resort to "poverty parties" and "chicken
pie socials" aud other species of "pious
blackmail" to keep tho wolf from the
door nnd took special exception to the
fairy tale about ten young women being
stood up in u row with only their stock-
lugless feet showing below a curtain
covering for the purpose of exacting 10
cents apiece from spectators for tho
privilege of "guessing at the owners of
tho underpinning." Worse yet, the
clergymen Insist that the famous Inter
view In which the church trust proposi
tion was indignantly rejected Is a pure
ligment of the Phlllstlulc imagiuatlou,
because it never occurred.
Instead of braving the storm out like
a true Philistine, however, Mr. Hub
bard seems to havo replied to a request
from the editors of the Independent for
names and date of tho supposed Inter
view with an unequivocal refusal, which
has led the Independent to remark that
It not only regrets his unwillingness to
substantiate what he said, but also that
It published statements for which It can
get no corroboration.
All this Is certainly entertaining If not
Instructive beyond pointing the moral
that llctlon writers must not become too
realistic. For the great Philistine we
apprehend that tho most serious conse
quence of Ids rashness will be tho clos
ing of a lucrative market for thu kaleido
scopic products of his pen with the con
scientious publishers of religious week
lies who object to having spurious goods
palmed off on them and their readers as
the genuine stuff.
AKA'.tCi; au nuar suuah ixiwsthv.
The American beet sugar Industry Is
menaced from two sources the hostility
of tho Sugar trust and the movement
for tho admission of Cuban raw sugar
free of duty, which has the support of
the trust. What Is known as the
Spreckels syndicate Is said to bo making
a determined effort In the country west
of the Missouri to crush the beet sugar
Interest. The syndicate, which refines
raw sugar brought from Hawaii, Java,
India and the West Indies, is reported
to have given orders to Its brokers, in
the west not to sell any beet sugar, to
sell, In fact, no sugar except such as
has been made by thu syndicate Itself.
The president of the American Hoot
Sugar association stated In a recent In
terview that the beet sugar interests
have Incurred the enmity of the sugar
syndicate, which is making every effort
to ruin the business. He declared that
the beet sugar Industry Is In the hard
est kind of a light.
The American Sugar Hellniug com
pany, better known as the trust, has
already announced that it has Increased
its capital for tho purpose of encourag
ing sugar production In Cuba and that
it favors admitting Cuban raw sugar
to the American market free of duty.
Uinlouhtoilly tho trust will havo an
active ally lu tho Spreckels syndicate
and they will constitute a formidable
Influence. As we Jiave heretofore
pointed out, the admission of Cuban
sugar free or at a nominal duty would
bo fatal to our beet sugar Industry, It
could not successfully compete under
such circumstances with the Cuban
product.
The sugar growers of Cuba have a
representative iu tills country whoso
mission Is to work for a reciprocity
agreement In their Interest. In a re
cent statement he said: "If Cuban
sugar were admitted here free of duty,
or with a light, almost nominal duty,
some Americans would go there and
produco sugar, while others would
boom tho great refining Industry al
ready existing there. Sugar Is au
DAILY mtEt Sl'-NDAY,
article of the first necessity, which the
Island can produce with American capi
tal and methods at such u low price
that It would revolutionize the mar
kets." Tho capacity of Cuba for sugar
production Is very great. The last large
sugar crop was raised on S per cent
of tho entire sugar-producing lands
u is estimated that tills years crop
will be 800,000 tons and the expectation
Is that double that amount will be pro
duced next year. Fully developed Cuba
can produce as much sugar as tho an
nutil consumption of the United States.
This with the low price of production
It Is easy to understand would revolu
tionize the markets, In doing which the
American sugar Industry, both beet and
cane, would, If all protection were re
moved from them, be destroyed.
The question which congress will bo
called upon to determine Is to what
extent, If any, this country can go In
granting tariff concessions to Cuban
sugar without disastrous consequences
to the homo Industry. The beet sugar
Interest has made rapid progress. There
Is a large amount of capital In
vested In tho Industry and It em
pioys considerable labor. There Is no
doubt it will continue to grow If not
subjected to a destructive competition,
such as would come from removing the
duty on Cuban sugar. Secretary of Ag
rlctilture Wilson has expressed the
opinion that the duty should be retained
and possibly this relleeted the admlnls
trillion view. At an events we are
Inclined to think that congress will re
fuse to grant concessions that would
manifestly be detrimental to the Ameri
can btigar industry,
THE MUD1CUS SCHOOIi SUPEtllX
TKSDESr. What are tho essential quallllcatlons
of au elllelent superintendent of public
schools? Is a question that has recently
been propounded to several prominent
educators and answered by them from
their several points of view Iu the edu
cational magazines and lu the newspa
pers.
The concensus of these oplnlous Is
that the model superintendent of public
schools should be a man of liberal aud
broad education, of mental strength and
power, a man of the present and not of
the past; above all things, he should bo
n man of mental ami moral Integrity,
swayed neither by his likes nor his dis
likes; ho must have a broad and liberal
culture and ought to be an educational
leader. Without high scholarship ho can
command neither respect nor confidence,
although some may cringe lu the hope
of obtaining favor and preferment at
his hands. His position should lie
reached because of recognized ability.
Ho should gain the top by earnest work
from the bottom upward like our great
industrial leaders, lu the language of
the former president of the Memphis
school board:
Ills supremo delight should not bo lu
looking alter school furniture, buildings and
grounds, but bis great Interest should be lu
his profession und In the science of educa
tion. He should bu a tralued professional
oxpert before ho Is elected to olhco and his
experience should not ho permitted to bo
gained by years of experimenting nnd rou
tine contact with teachers and puplU. In
n word, he should be the master of his posi
tion In every respect and should be capable
of increasing tho einclcncy of hla teachers
by reason of his knowledge and capacity.
Men possessing these rare attainments
are not to be found at every country
cross-road, nor are they likely to be In
search of employment, and yet there aro
such men In tho profession.
Whether Omaha will ever be so fortu
uate as to command tho services of a
superintendent possessed of these qual
ifications has yet to bo determined, but
Omaha should nevertheless strive to
reach the highest ideals of perfection In
Its educational Institutions. While It Is
not likely that any change will be at
tempted In the supervision of our public
schools lu the near future, our board of
education should keep lu mind the Incal
culable benefits which would accrue to
our school Institutions with a school su
perintendent reaching this high standard
of excellence directing Its work.
An active movement hns been organ
ized lu the city of Huffnlo to abolish the
billboard nuisance, tho demonstration
originating with the business men and
tho real entate and manufacturing Inter
ests. It has now been taken up by the
population of the residence districts,
who are In arms over tho defacement of
the streets by tho erection of billboards
on unoccupied property. In Chicago the
art societies are lighting the billboard
nuisance on aesthetic grounds, their ar
gument being that the billboards dis
figure the public thoroughfares, are un
sightly In appearance and a menace to
safety in case of lire. The most effect
ive argument with the patrons of these
boards Is that the money Invested In
this class of advertising Is thrown awny.
An appeal to the pockets of tho patrons
of tho billboard will do more to abolish
the nuisance than an appeal to the pa
trons of high art.
.Tames Earl Hussell, dean of the Teach
ers' school at Columbia, has given the
teachers of the country a severe shock
by language used lu a recent lecture.
He Informed them that teachers as a
class were the most nnrroV anil bigoted
people on earth. Perhaps the professor
was somewhat severe lu his strictures,
but he con be foi given if the result of
his blunt language Is to start teachers
to thinking nnd bring a certain class of
them to a realization of the fact that
the opinions of others aro sometimes
worthy of consideration, in tho matter
of methods the teacher doubtless knows
better than outsiders, but tho mnn of af
fairs, from the nature of things, should
be credited with a fair Idea of what tho
result should be, for he knows better
than the teacher the practical applica
tion of things learned In school.
A scheme Is on foot In Chicago to erect
a depot Into which eighteen of tho
twenty-two roads entering that city will
run their trains. If tho Immense pas
senger tratllo, through nnd suburban,
which pours Into nnd out of Chicago
ench day should be concentrated Into ono
depot a congestion of humanity would
be produced that could be found no
where else on tho globe and a babel of
AT GUST -J, 1901.
sound never heard since the confusion
of tongues. It Is a serious question
whether such n concentration would be
a benefit to the traveler or the scheme
capable of safe operation.
It takes time to get the complicated
machinery of the great labor organiza
tions and the great Industrial combina
tions Into the position of antagonism
that brings on the formal declaration of
a strike, and It also takes time to bring
the opposing forces Into restored liar
mony. Tho negotiation of a treaty of
peace Is always n slow-going process,
A twentyfoot lot fronting on State
street opposite the Palmer house in Chi
cago was sold last week for $i!7fi,OO0,
exclusive of the Improvements thereon
or $11,000 " front foot. When an Inside
lot that Is not classed among the cholo
est of retail property will sell at that
figure real estate cannot bo said to bo a
drug on the market.
St. Louis Is beginning to realize that
that there are thousands of men who
can tell them all about how to make
a bticcess of the exposition, provided
they are given positions at the top of
the staff. If the projectors only keep
their eyes open they will soon discover
vast difference between promise and
fulllllmeut.
lleports are sent out from Kansas that
wheat Is lying tin the ground and spoil
ing because the railroads cannot fur
nish cars to haul It to market. There
may bo a shortage of cars, but It Is
hardly likely that the Kansas farmer Is
so shiftless as to allow his grain to rot
on the ground rather than put It under
cover.
If Secretary Wilson can assure the
successful growth iu Nebraska of the
plant known as caualgre, that will make
the tanning business practicable and
profitable, he will be forgiven for trying
to crowd Nebraska olit of the corn belt
A Mill nil miner Mli-m-le,
llostou Transcript.
Tho corn crop cutlmato Is now thrco-
fourths of thu normal yield. This U a
gain of do pur cent in a week.
MiKiny I'i'iv in tiu- inn.
Cleveland Leader.
Only three populists jourueied to Colum
bus to attend tho populist state conven
tion. It lu now lu order for tho Decries
leader to got out a search warrant.
Wholesome Four of l,niv.
Phlludulphla Times.
Owing to thu backbone exhibited by the
executive, ollklnls, thu German bankers who
Btcal thu funds of their depositors ore com
pelled to take thu sulcldu instead of tho
pardon route.
Quite a inffeienee In .striken.
Washington Post.
Thcro aro several Interesting labor
strikes In progress, but all tho strikers
havo tho advantage of the full dinner pall.
Tho practlcet of striking on a souphousu
uiot is no longer In vogue.
Jiiatlcc Move SliMily.
Chlcaco News.
Tho government has takon tho first step
to secure u part of the money embezzled by
Cuptalu Carter. It was couslderato of the
government to wait until Carter's relations
had ample time to bury tho loot lu the
back yard.
Too Much of it (Sooil Tiling.
Brooklyn Eaclc.
Times do change, oven In England.
Hitherto certain of my lords and gentlemen
havo Insisted on their nnelrnt and ad
mitted right to ltl3s the monarch nt corona
tion, but Kdwanl draws thu Unu at having
a quantity of tobacco-smelling whiskers
rubbed against his countenance. It was
tlmo to make this reform. Thu spectacle
of a couplo of fat, elderly persons of tho
same sex maklug love In a church arouses
qualms.
Now Wnteli the Kur Fly.
St. Paul Globe.
Tho German Hag has been Insulted and
trampled on. Nay, more, it hns been called
a dirty rag by a half-clvlllzed Colombian.
What Is to bo done? Done! The Insult
shall bo avenged. Tho "mailed list" shall
be "shook" In tho faco of the Insolent In
sultor and nn apology, abject and humble,
must be forthcoming, or tho Panama canal
will bo bombarded. Sic bcmper tyrannls.
c plurlbus unum, hie Jacct pokolt toouui.
Where Fill Hi Failed. .
New York Sun.
A Memphis dentist, who bullcved In the
fnlth euro, fell 111 last week. Dut thcro Is
no such thing ns Illness. Tho dentist In
sisted that ho was merely tired. He took
to his bed to rest. Monday morning a faith
healer was kneeling by tho dentist's bed
side. "Doctor, wako up," she cried. "Error
bus no power over thee." Tho doctor didn't
wnko up, Ho will never wako up again In
this world. Error had too much power
over him. Now why did ho dl? He had
plenty of faith. JVny didn't tho cure follow?
SiriirliiK l in l)ren.
Hoston Transcript.
Ocnoral Chaffcn tells tho army In the
Philippines that now the war Is over the
tlmo hnB como for It to brnce up In the
matter of appearance, to button Its blouses,
keup Us shoes polished nnd Its buttons
bright. Campaigning tn a rough country
under n tropical sun plays havoc with re
quirements that become routlno in times
of pence, and handsome Is ns handsomn
does. Hut General Chaffoo has n deeper
motive than fastidiousness. He knows, as
every old officer knows, that neatness of
enstumo and prcclseness In the way of
wearing It nro powerful aids to discipline
and olflcloncy. General Chnrfoo hus not
acted any too soon. An army that looks
slouchy Is liable to net slouchy, If relaxa
tion spreads, as it is apt to do, to things
more Important than appearance.
CniitrolltiiK Mil Water-.
Leslie's Weekly.
Tho Drltlsh government has undertaken
to restoro tho ancient order of things by
storing tho Hood waters of thu Nile, so that,
by Irrigating, onco moro tho deBert lands of
Egypt will bo In n condition to supply
cotton, cercnU and other products enough
for tho marketa of tho world, since three
ciops can bo raised In a year. This Is to
bo accomplished by tho orcctton of dams
across tho channel of tho Nllo. Two of
theso aro now nenrlng completion, thanks
to llrltlsh energy and capital, which has
made tho undertaking possible.
It Is of Interost to know that 23,000
natives and Italians arc now at work In
shifts of 12.C0O each by night and day In
the completion of tho dam. Tho samo
quarries that supplied ttono to King Mena
aro being worked by them nnd tho grooves
and notches of laborers who extracted
rough mineral for tho temples of Phllao
nnd Cleopntra'a needle wero found by tho
men who nro using modern Implements
propelled by steum to obtain stone for the
dams.
llt.MIIKi OP ItEPIM.NC.
Ilrcrry
l,n Senium mi iiiiiirfuiitc
mill Conn-lit.
Urooklyn Kae)o.
There Is a literature of groans. Somo
people wish to llvo their lives again, bo-
ea'jsr they went wrong nt the first living;
they have wasted their opportunities; they
havo narrowed In selfishness nnd uneharlty;
they have been basely content with Ig
norance nnd stagnation; but when prosper
ous, healthy people go on In this strain,
as sonic of them like to do, In compnny,
their repining sounds very like affectation.
They havo little to replno over. This fash
ion of bewailing earlier years and past
times was common In tho llrst half of tho
nineteenth century, but it was a literary
habit and belonged to an era of sontl-
mentallsni that Is funny to us now. Heroes t
of old stories aro always choking with
emotion and tho heroines were bathed in
tears for hours. Hut In theso healthful,
practical days there Is no cause for tho
genteel miseries of our grandparents. Wo
all havo enough to eat nnd we wenr bcttur
clDthcs than our nnccstors, nnd wo llvo
In more comfortable houses, nnd have wider
resources In Illness nnd trouble. Nay, wo
even havo more money nnd spend It more
lavishly. Our lives aro longer; honest
pleasures aro for all, instend of tho few;
the hours of work aro short nnd the world
Is over growing better.
Is tho mnn believed, then, who repines,
or is ins tenrful manner
token ns nn
Idiosyncrasy, a result of dyspepsia or lack
of nroncr cmnlnvmnnt - ttni.... i. ..i.iu
Ill-health, his repining Is n humbug. He 1 tM"ro "ro otl,or box UIU'C8'
would bo a child once more. If he were ' v or, Worlll: Thu announcement of
suddenly put bnck into frocks and realized I a clllca'!0 clergyman thnt there aro fow
what hnd happened to him. would he not ! 11,0,1 1,1 lican 's not olllolal. If It were,
lift his voice In frenzied protest? Would wo,ll(1 "ot lhu "straight and narrow path"
he bo dwarfed to tops and kites If ho could 0 ,1,,srrt,,'l "' n wood many women? A
help It? Would bo go back to the mo- 1,l"l,lll',,!, henven would Itnolvo a contradlc
notony of school, to pnrentnl restraints, Uon "f ,orilu t0 moMt ot tno111'
to petty plays and occupations, to the an- 1 Hetroit Free Press: Hcv. Mollle II. Craft,
nnyances nnd tyrnnnles suffered from 1 ,Mo flrst 'egularly ordained colored woman
larger boys, to tho sufferings nnd lllnosses , "'nlsi'r. has organlcd a Itaptlst church In
endured for lack of forethought and sense, i c,llcnKn. after doing good work In tho mln
to tho blindness of Inexperlenco thnt would ' l,IR "ml luml)cr Htrlcts of northern
shut tho eye nnd ear to so much that was 1 M,hlnn. May alio rontlnuo to sail Into
majestic or beautiful, to tho closing ngalnst ' nll(I ""cccs'iully nttack thu devil nnd his
him of tho cnlllngs nnd enjoyments of , worl
adults? Ho will sny that he would bo a Kansas City Star: U seems thnt tho
child thnt ho might bo free from cure. Prisoners in tho county Jail nt Omaha ro
forgettlng how big nro the little enrei nf Karded tho designation "miserable sinners"
a child; that ho might live In continual ln tMo Hplseopnllnn prayer book as too
sunshine, forgetting how thunderously dark ' Personal. On tho other hand, many pcr
are trifles In small eyes. sm,B 11,0 1,1 11,0 habit every Sunday of ru-
Tho fact Is, memory is kind to us. It ' fcrrltiK to themselves ns "miserable sin
selects whnt wo best lllto to remember , when, ns a mnttor of fact, they look
Pain and grief, nnxloty nnd sin, disappoint- . ",on themselves ns very exemplary sort of
ment nnd shame, pass from us. leaving our I'1'0010-
minds clear for delight or duty. Wo sua I 1'envor Post: An Emporia, Kan., clorgy
wlth envy tho play of children, realize thnt ,non sa'8 that "tho present atmospheric
they havo none of tho bothers that allllct ' c"'lltlons nro n punishment of Almighty
us; realize, too, thnt hnppy futures may ! ('ni1 ,or 11,0 coldness, lukcwnrmncHs nnd
be for them, nnd that, whereas wo havo Indifference of our people In religious mat-
resigned nil hope of being president, tho
youngster quarreling over his marbles on
the sldownlk mny ono day occupy tho
Whlto House. We rnnomiinr dm ni,.nnn.
or youth, for youth was Inexperienced In
slenlly happier.
Cease repining. It Is not good form, nor
good sense. Wo sny that wo mlcht now
bo grent or rich or useful or hnimv. "If .
only" such nnd such things hnd happened.
Make them happen, if It Is worth while.
It Is never too Into. And tho farther wo
aro from childish Ideals the more easy It
is in inrrn iimtt, int I..I.,.- i t , ,
tn llvn in tho w V
to uo in the present. We nro forever
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dreaming on the future or the pnst. Hut
seldom Is tho future so glorious or tho
nast so Invnns n o,,ai,... tt. .
past so jojoiis ns wo conceive. Happiness
. ...v ut ui iiuw. ii tn touay s sunshlno
that warms. It Is tho faces thnt look nt
us thnt wo lovo. It Is absurd to socle
trouble; to say, or to believe, that troublo
is nlwnys seeking us: to wall fnrih Hint
Hfo Is nil tenrs and partings nnd Indiges
tion, n purgatory that fits us for another
life, nnd no more than that. I.lfo nuinces
to Itself. It Is scorn to tho world to deny
Its flowers, Its music and Its brightness;
to refuse Its fruits nnd sweet savors. Let
us cease to descant upon dooms and tombs.
on opportunities gono forever, and turn to
tho Joys nnd duties that nro for us today.
1'EHSOXAI. AM) OTIinilWISi:.
Kennnn was fired out of Russia. N'.iin.
rally, ho Is a trifle warm.
Prophet Elijah Howie has faith tn burn.
but is shrewd enough to dopo his natlenls
with medicine in critical cases.
Jesslo Uartlctt Davis Is Mrlvlng to force
tho theatrical sennon. Ilurglars lmvo mado
a professional call on her Jewelry.
Assessors' returns show thcro nro 12,515
pianos in Kansas farmhouses. A break lu
the monotony of pounding sand Is nssured.
Doctors nnnounce thnt moonlight bathing
Is a bad thing. Meanwhile the moonlight
picnic retains tho high esteem of marrying
parsons.
Official reports from the census bureau
affirms tho gcnornl Impression Hint "Now
York contnlns more nsses than any city lu
tho country."
Tho now census shows thnt Hoston hns
10,000 moro women than men. It also shows
that nostoniniis aro not ullvo to tholr duties
and opportunities.
Tho latest calamity cry Is a threatened
shortage of the whisky crop, Nothing very
startling about that. The tendency of tho
crop Is downward.
Although Chicago is diligently "purify
ln" tho wnter flowing by St. Louis thnt
reserved for home connimption is boiled
to prevent n cemetery rus!.
Weather Prophet Hicks U plnylng In hard
luck. Ho hit the bullsoyo with several
notablo predictions, but could not foretell
tho destruction of his home by 11m.
It Is snld tho tickets In tho Oklahoma
land lottery did not cost anything. They
wure thrown lu with tho rallnmd nnd tho
meal tickets, which cost a prutty penny.
If It took ninety-eight years to cut tho
speed of trotting horses fifty-six Beconds,
how long vill It tako to remove thu two
nnd three-quarters seconds that blocks tho
track of the two-minute trotter?
An Indiana minister foiled lamentably In
essaying to tell tho truth about a dead con
gressman. Tho task wub too much for a
man of pence and pious bent of mind, llo
sldoj, life Is too short to tell all.
A dljpatch printed lu Pnrls represents
Tolstoi as saying to n friend, after his Into
dangerous relapse "I seemed to bo slip
ping softly but surely Into beatitude."
Tho puln wns In coming back to life. This
same experieneo has been remarked by
penplo resuscitated after practical drown
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IIIiAVI'S IMtO.M HAM'S IIOHN.
There Is no rest for tho Idler.
I When men ask for ndvlco they freijutuily
, ,Ic9lrp npproval.
! culture without conscience gives tiiRiineis
I without morals.
1 Too many sermons have much description
with no prescription.
, If there ts no Judgment there is no
Justice lu the universe.
A mnn cannot afford to desplso honors
till ho has earned them.
Tho true warrior does not wait to be an
officer before he will light.
llo who makes n parade of plcly usually
hns no resources of religion.
The furnace of adversity withers fnlso
friendships nnd welds true ones.
Floods of tears aro a waste unless tuoy
! turn 1,10 "heels of Improvement.
Tho best treasures of life nie found la
tho ore rather than us ntiggrsis.
Envy never falls to bo grieved at an
other's happiness and happy nt his grief.
.SECt l.Alt SHOTS AT THE Pl I.flT.
Dostoa Transcript: A western pastor
preached Inst Sunday In n blue shirtwaist
nnd n buff bolt. Although wearing tho
mlnuteunu's colors, ho tnlked n full quar
ter of mi hour.
Hnltlmoro American: A Chicago proachor
1 "t i1...il,if.... .!... 11 ,.. .. ..
I'"1""" ue very tow men
-''von, uccauso very few eo.no to hear
' 1,.,m l,rch. Ho should remember that
i l'rH-" Ah tho porsplrntlon oozes from his
I'oHshcd and thoughtful brow just as It doou
' flom ,ho Illoru worl(11' lll,los ot llls ncii
I we must draw tho Inference that ho Isn't
I" vury "ul "u"",Lr 1,1 'usiuu uiunei
domestic im,i ;asantkii:s.
Judge: Dolly Your ride In tho nuto must
havo been Just lovely and exciting.
.Madge It was exciting, hut not lovely.
Churllo had to use both hands to work It.
I Chicago Hccord-llerald:
"Enthusiasm Is
i i-unuiKiuu.-f.
"oh. t nlwiiys; 1'vo courted girls who
.n.i,, , Uno,., i,. ui, ,..,. .,,.ii,,,ucn0, i n...
. hvviii v nniv uj vtiiliugiiiuio tuu
1 leust."
I ,.,,,, , .
Philadelphia Press; Tess-So ho ren y
said ho thought mo very witty, eh?
Jess ,-noi exactly, lie sant he nnd to
I laugh every tlmo hu saw you.
ii-..i,i.... m.i ,.i u.
lossly) f saw your father ln town this
morning, alius Sereleaf.
Miss Sereleuf (blushlngly)-Oh, Mr. Shirt
waist, did hu Bay It would bo all right?
Philadelphia nulletln: Hen I can stand
anything hut a girl who rhews gum.
Clare My foodness! What should sho do
with It?
Chicago News: I.lz Me muddcr must bo
klddlu' when sho says mo "stendy" Is a
fast young man.
Mnymc Wliv?
Liz 'Cause lie's n mccseiiger boy.
Urooklyn Life: Lnwycr In this will you
really insist upon being hurled at sea?
"Yes. You see, my wife says that whrn
I'm dead she's going to ilanec on my
grave."
A HETItOM'ECT.
All Nature is nsleep,
The winds are still
And o'eu tho murmuring brook nnd tink
ling rill
In silence How.
The hlrdllngs' sweet nnd mirthful Bong,
Thnt tilled the ntmnftnhcro so long,
Jh hushed and low.
Tho day Is now fnr Bpent,
The night Is nenr;
Thu sun hus just gonu down, tho stars np-
I-.-in ,
And smiling moon.
And now my memory lllcs on wings
And fancy hoars ahovo and sings
A Joyful .tune.
All clouds are now dispelled,
And gloomy haze,
My weary mind reverts to bygone dajs,
Sweet days of yore.
Tho bounds tha.t thrilled me, charmed me,
too,
In other years when Hfo was now
1 hour no more.
The denr ones that I loved
In years long past,
Ileforu my memory's eye nro ebbing fast
Toward tho shore
Where those who hear the caru or pain
Will never know or feel again
Tho earthly sore.
And like a sailor tossed
I'pon tho sen.
They are stretching out their arms, Im
ploring me
To Jnln their bnnd,
And culling from the further shore
Above the ocean's din und roar
To como to land.
And n I stnnd nnd gazo
Into their eyes,
Now fading from my sight, beyond I bo
skies,
And closing day,
I seem to sen their far-off smllo
A-bcninlng on nie for nwhllo,
Then fndes away.
And, oh, tho Joy and bliss
That I would know.
When snaring un above from earth below
To other lands,
l"nr from thr sun re of enrthlv ways,
Fur from the icneh ot enrthly gazo
And iiirthly hands!
And I hi re tn lie asleep
In nv nnd Invn
I'non the i.i'.iii tiil breast nf lllm, above
Tin w..rM r strll'i .
And f.ir li- i.ri.l the world nf fears
We hee ii-milllng through our tenrs
The Ingle r life
I'ltEDEItIC E. WINSOIl.
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