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Colonel Bryan's definition of a demo
crat plainly does not Include David B.
Hill.
It is refreshing to know that the usual
report of a short strawberry crop Is al-
ready in.
The women of the national federation
Who are attending the fiesta at Los An
geles have been struck with color blind
ness. .
It is pleasing to know that even at
this early day all indications are favor-
able to a fine crop of sweet girl grad-
uatea in due season. - I
la the fight for eaultable taxation of
the franchlsed corporations we have a
triking example of the corporations
.Wishing they bad not started it.
Notwithstanding its use hv Dpadwnod
pesthouse patients we doubt whether
the fire cure for smallpox will find ac
ccptance by the medical fraternity.
ltn congress on his hands until July I
Uncle Sam may look for perceptible ex
pansion In his bill for legislative lemon
ade and mineral water rendered at the
close of the session.
Chairman Jones of Arkansas is up
against a hard proposition. He does not
know whether to try to return to the
practice of law or to start a weekly
paper on his forthcoming exit from the
enate. I
The unanimous renominatlon of I
Speaker Henderson by the republicans
of his district shows that Iowa is not
ready to relinquish any of the high
places It holds in the councils of the na
tion until it Is compelled to.
Captain Clark may not attend King
Edward's coronation festivities, but h
has the satisfaction of knowing that he
participated in a more Importr.ut cere-1
monlal function four years ago, when
the crown of victory Mas placed. upon
... . , 1 I
u.e American navy ai nanuago.
When the police chiefs from all over
the United States gather In Louisville
for Ihe annual Convention of their asso-
fiiation Colonel Henry Watterson should
experience a feeling of safety that will
Jlow nlin to sleep peacefully a fjw
times without nightmare fears of any
man n horseback. '
DBuiuB-tfuuioui, me wiueiy acivertisea
Brailllan aerouaut, who has been visit-
" lng in this country, has departed for
France, but will return to give public
kl. ... . . , . .
exhibitions under contract with an
amusement syndicate. Of course the
temptation of American money gathered
' In as gate receipts has nothlmr to do
with It-the ouly Inspiration Is pure de-
Louisiana territory was acquired by
the United States from France in 1803,
but we can celebrate the centennial an
niversary In 1904 without compunctions
ot conscience on account of the blstor -
leal Inaccuracy, especially when we re -
member that we stood for a World's Co-
lumblan fair la- 1893 that should have
been pulled off In 1803 if we had been
ticklers for loyalty to the school his-
toriea.
The so-called theatrical trust may not
affect the necessaries of life or Impair
the standard of living for wage-earners,
but the abuses It fosters are noue the less
Irksome and distasteful to the people
who seek entertainment lu the theaters,
A bill lu equity restraining the mauagcra
from inflicting the public with some of
the Inane plays and Imitation actresses
that have been put on the boards with -
out shadow of excuse or justification
would bring popularity to the Judge who
should thus come to the rescue ot help -
if tLUi ong-tuXIering paUooa, .
TUt uLORirtCATioSvFlHtASOir. I
The spirit of conciliation aud mag-1
naniuiity of the American nation to
the men nosoclated In the conspiracy to
ovcniirow tin- reiiuiinc wis ruiiKNUt'iit'U
i . t iit. . i t
the Survivors or the- lost cause to the
Klorln.'ntlon of the InMlpntors of the
slave-holders' relx'lllon, aud dastardly
.. ... . . , . ...
YltUx rntioU of the men Who risked life
aIi fortune that the nation might live.
. .. f ... ..l... nf unroepn.
1,10 nu"Hlty or tniS I I8SH or UnreRCn-
Prtrd champion of treason Is strlk
liiK'y Illustrated by the bold and brazen
outbreak of IMshop Kelley of the Cath
olic diocese of Savannah at the confed
erate memorial exercises held In Savan
nah a week ago.
Whlie discussing the motives that ani
mated the iM-ople of the south and the
justice of their cause, Ilishop Kelley
went out of his way to assail aud Insult
President ltoosevelt aud General Miles,
the former of whom he characterized as
"the recreant bod of a southern woman,
o routfu nuer oi repuoncan itouucs.
the accidence of 1902. the HahUlinir
change artist of the White House, who
can sit with the kaiser's brother and
sit cheek by Jowl with to Alabama
negro, who can Indulge In meaningless
platitudes while south on the bravery
and common heritage of southern
heroes and denounce, them before the
Grand Army as anarchists, and com'
Pared the noblest Koruan of them .11.
jenerson U8V1S, 10 a cieueuici Aruuiu.
.. To-t.run T ,,., .lerlnrert the. eml.nt-
" .,.: .
ilea Uiuuup, whb a buhcoluui, a buiuivi
and a man of high character, a senator,
a cnijiuet ofllcer, a president not put in
office by a bullet, but by a ballot"
In the same breuth Bishop Kelley
spoke of General Miles as follows:
"When Mr. Davis was living and a
prisoner a fellow named Miles placed
shuckles on him 'lu prison, although
there was no necessity for It, and no
one but a brute would have doue It."
Bishop Kelley's high estimate of the
chivalry, humanity and statesmanship
of Jefferson Davis Las doubtless been
" , . . . . , . t.
derived from hearsay, but the character
and career of Jefferson Davis on the
ot American history, gauged by
tlm record, will scarcely wurraut his
glorification either as a soldier or as u
man. The most graphic word picture of
Jefferson Davis was drawn by that stal
wart American puUlot, Zach Chandler,
on the floor of the United States senate
on the night of March 2, 1870, when a
bill was proposed to place the name of
Davis on the pension roll of Mexican
war veterans. For the benefit of those
who might be misled by fulsome eulogy
0( the Kelley brand we invite them to
ponder over the arraignment of the
treasonable career of Jefferson Davis,
which reads as follows:
Mr. President Twenty-two years ago to
morrow, In tlie old hall of the senate, now
occuDled by the supreme court of the
united States, I, In company with Mr.
Jefferson Davis, stood up and swore before
Almighty God that I would support the
constitution of the United States. Mr. Jet-
iS Tnto "the
genate of the united ' States and
took the oath with me to be faithful
to this government. During four years I
sat In this body with Mr. Jefferson Darts and
"w PPons tolas; on from day
T ??LLl IVIZ
lury UDon h, nP8 be took the oath to sus
tain the government that he meant to
overthrow,
Sir. there was method In that madness.
He, in co-operatloa with other men from
bis section and in the cabinet with Mr.
Buchanan, made careful preparation for
the event that was to follow. Your armies
were scattered all over this broad land
where they could not be used In an emer
gency; your fleets were scattered wherever
th w,nd blew ,nd. water .J"
found to
float tbem, where they could not be used
to put down rebellion; your treasury
depleted until your bonds bearing 6 per
cent, principal and Interest, payable In
coin, were sold for 8& cents on the dollar
for current expenses and no buyers. Prepa
rations were carefully made. Your arms
were sold under an apparently Innocent
clause In an army bill providing that the
secretary ot war might, at his discretion,
sell such arms as he deemed It for the
Interest of the government to sell.
Sir, eighteen years ago last month, I sat
in these halls and listened to Jefferson
vla delivering his farewell address, In-
forming ua what our constitutional duties
to this government were, and then he left
and entered into the rebellion to over-
throw the government that he had sworn
t0 ,uPPrt-. gained nere sir, aur.ng
the whole of that terrible rebellion. I aaw
, hr,v. .0,dlBr. hv lhou..nd, ,nd nun.
dreda of thousands, aye. I might say mil-
Hons, pass through to the theater of war.
I and I saw their shattered ranks return;
1 w steamboat after steamboat and rall-
rd trfln;U!r, wl'.'n'"".!.''
the maimed and wounded; I waa with my
frlend from Rhode laB4 (Mr. Burn.ide)
when he commanded the Army of the Po
I tomac, and saw piles of legs and arms that
I made humanity shudder; I aaw the widow
and the orphan In their homes, and beard
Hi waenlnv Anil wslllnr of thniA who had
lost their deareat and their best. Mr,
President. I little thought at that time
th1 1 hould live to hear In the senate
of tn Unlted StVe." eulo?le1 Jf"
Davla, living a living rebel eulogized on
lhe floor of fh, ,ee of the United States,
sir. I am amaied to bear it; and I can tell
I the gentlemen on the other side that they
lUtle know the spirit of the north when
thejr come nere at thu dajr ni wlth brvl0
whom every man, woman and child In the
north believes to have been a double-dyed
traitor to his government.
Zacb Chandler's patriotic aud soul-
stirring denunciation of the arch-con
I splrator was by no means overdrawn,
1 Jefferson Davis took great pride In
1 posing before the world as a Christian
statesman with humane Impulses, who
would not countenance dishonorable or
barbaric warfare. But his conduct and
record before and after the rebellion
I most lamentably belle his pretensions.
Before Jefferson Davis ever repudl
ated the solemn oath- to support the
I constitution of the United States nA
I while be was on his .way to bo inaugn
I rated president ofjhe confederacy he
I threatened to wage a war of extermlna
tlon against the people of the north with
I sword and torch and Indulged in the
I prediction that the grass would soon
I grow upon the streets of the northern
1 cities then crowded with the streamr
I of commerce. This speech, which has
I found Its way luto many historic works,
1 was delivered February 14, 1801, at 8teT
I euaon, Ala., but sixteen years later Davis
hnd tb audacity to doy that hp bn.l
cwr given utterance to (inch sentiments.
It Is a matter of history that during
the curly stngcg of the war the con
federates, under General McCullnugh,
organized and armed bands of Indian
to fight against the union soldiers, and
at the battle of Tea Hldge these Indians
used the sculping knife on union prison
ers. Everybody conversant with the
campaign lu the southwest will recall
the massacre of several hundred
negroes, butchered in cold blood at Fort
Pillow, although they wanted to sur
render. The war records do not show
that Jefferson Davis disapproved these
atrocities or sought to punish the perpe
trators. The story of the conspiracy to abduct
and assassinate Abraham Lincoln, as
related on another page of this paper
In extracts from the official war records,
does not leave Jefferson Davis in the
category of Christian soldiers and hu
mane warriors any more than does the
Infamous record of the assassins and
fire-fiends hired to burn down northern
cities that would have caused the death
and mnimlng of thousands upon thou
sands of Innocent children. And what
can be thought of Davis in the light of
the chapter of the war records devoted
to the recital of the attempt to spread
epidemic throughout the north by the
distribution of clothing Infested with
the virus of smallpox and yellow fever?
If any prelate of any church wants to
stand up to laud the deeds and eulogize
the memory of Jefferson Davis, he must
have received his education In a very
tiucer school.
It will scarcely be necessary for Tres
Idcnt Koosevelt to notice the screed of
the Georgia bishop, who has not yet
heard about the horrible infamies per
petrated in bis own state of Georgia
upon thousands of defenseless union
prisoners who languished and perished
in the Andersonville bullpen. For the
wanton torture and Immolation of these
victims of the rebellion Jefferson Davis
should have been held as much respon
sible as Captain Wurtz, who was tried
and executed for his inhuman treatment
of the Andersonville prisoners.
True Jefferson Davis was not elevated
to the presidency of the snuffed-out con
federacy by a bullet, but he was put In
bis seat and kept there by millions of
bullets and deadly wenpons that
brought mourning into the homes . of
two millions of people. His election
was unanimous because no one in the
confederacy dared to oppose him, and
the southern people had no other candi
date to vote for.
The contemptuous allusions to Gen
eral Miles by the bishop of Savannah
are as Inexcusable as they are mali
cious. A glance at the records of the
capture and Imprisonment, of Jefferson
Davis at Fortress Monroe, republished
In this issue, "will exonerate General
Miles from the aspersions cast upon
him. The great howl about General
Miles' harsh and cruel treatment of
Jefferson Davis was raised at the time
bythe disloyal press to make political
capital and to create public sentiment
against his trial by. court-martial.
We do not indulge in these reflections
with any idea of waving the bloody
shirt or any disposition to disparage the
reconciliation of the sections which has
been fostered and furthered by both
William McKlnley and' Theodore Roose
velt. But no man who has gone
through the ordeal of the war of the
rebellion and stood up against treason
can allow such untimely and ungener
ous assaults upon ttfe nation's chief ex
ecutive and commanding general of its
armies pass without intense indignation.
The loyal people of the United States,
regardless of section, are generous
enough to forgive and clasp hands with
the brave men of the south, but they
are not yet and will never be willing to
glorify -treason.
TH PBKSIDEXrS PLAIN WORDS.
The address of President Roosevelt at
the banquet of the Sons of the American
Revolution expressed in plain and un
mistakable language the Intention of the
great majority of the American people
In regard tQ the Philippines. The flag
of the republic will stay in the islands
and under it Justice will be adminis
tered In accord .with American prin
ciples and ideas. This was the decision
of the people two years ago and it must
be respected. Were the question now
again submitted there can be no rea
sonable doubt that the popular decision
of 1000 would be overwhelmingly re
peated.
Because some wrong has been done In
the Philippines, because some men hav
ing authority there have erred, fur
nishes no reason, in the judgment of the
president, why our government should
halt in the work it has undertaken In
those far away islunds. The wrongdoers
must be punished, no mutter what their
station. Whoever has been guilty of
conduct in violation of the rules and
usages of civilized warfare and has
thereby brought reproach upon tne
army aud the government should suffer
the severest penalty prescribed for such
offense. But there must be no abate
ment of the work of pacification and of
establishing civil government. luat
must be pushed with undiminished zeal
and vigor, along Just aud humane lines,
until its complete accomplishment.
This consummation appears to be not
far off. At present there is very little
opposition auywhere lu the Philippines
to American authority. No Influential
Filipino leader is now in the field and
peace retgus over nearly the entire re'
glou which not many mouths ugo was
Infested with guerrilla bunds. The
ablest men among the natives are toiy
assisting in the work of pacification,
while the people very generally are
manifesting a friendly disposition and
accepting American rule without com
plaint. Civil government is being grad
ually extended, with most favorable
promise that wherever established It
will be maintained without difficulty,
The natives are learning to have con
fldcuce In the protecting arm of the mill
tary power and faith In the fairness and
Justice of the civil authority. They see
improvement taking place under Ameri
can rule and are beginning to realise
that there are opportunities for material
advancement of which they hitherto
knew nothing. As they come more
fully to understand that American rule
means Justice, progress, opiwrtunlty and
a higher civilization their satisfaction
with It will grow.
The speech of President Roosevelt was
an answer to those who demand that
the government shall abandon Its policy
toward the Philippines, regardless of
what the consequences might be. He
says to such that no proixmltlon of this
kind can receive any consideration from
his administration, that the policy thus
far pursued will be strictly adhered to.
That his position will have the approval
of all save those who are seek4ng to
make political capital by assailing the
Philippine policy of the government aud
the insignificant number of so-called
antl-Imperiallsts can be confidently asserted.
MVOLCTION OF SXUlWCHAVF.
One of the weak traits of American
character Is the craving after notoriety
through titles that are frequently as
absurd as they are improper. In the
southern states every swashbuckler who
chews tobacco and drinks whisky Is a
colonel or a Judge and in the north a
good many generals have never been
even corporal.-., while a defeated can
didate for lieutenant governor ever after
delights in sporting the title of governor.
But military and civic titles are not the
only handles men like to have attached
to their names. Let a man once be
elected president of a debating club or
a do-no'thlng commission and he remains
president forever.
Women are just as prone to this craze
for the badge of spurious nobility as
men.. They not ouly love to strut and
parade under their own title of presi
dent bestowed by a coffee club, a thir
teen club or a card club, but they de
light in assuming the titles by which
their husbands are known, and thus we
have Mrs. Colonel, Mrs. Justice, Mrs.
General, Mrs. Senator and Mrs. Pro
fessor So-and-So.
How far the quest alter much-coveted
titles may eventually extend In the
progress of the twentieth century no
body can foretell with any degree of
precision, but we should not be sur
prised If In the evolution of American
nobility it should extend to all the chil
dren of titled families from chief jani
tor of public buildings or schools up to
grand marshal of the political proces
sion. The natural sequence of this
frenzy for fuss and feathers will be the
creation of a new Industry In gold lace,
unique badges, gilded monograms and
all the other gewgaws of galvanized
royalty.
THK PROPOSED METRIC) BY ST EM.
The proposition to establish the metric
system of weights and measures as the
standard for the United States Is again
presented in a bill reported to the house
of representatives by the committee on
coinage, weights and measures. The
proposition has some strong support, but
there is also considerable opposition to
it It is urged in behalf of the metric
system that it would be a great advan
tage in our foreign commerce, for the
reason that wherever manufacturers
undertake to extend their trade in for
eign countries they encounter the met
ric system. An eastern manufacturer
writing In advocacy of the adoption of
the system says that the enormous
growth of our export trade during the
past four years, bringing our manufac
turers In touch with the outer world as
never before, has given very practical
illustration of the cumbersome character
of our methods of measurement and the
advantages to be derived from the adop
tion of a system which is absolute and
uniform throughout the world.
On the other hand, the commercial
value of the metric system is disputed
by some, who maintain that a great loss
will be undergone by manufacturers of
machine tools and by others who would
be compelled to change their standards
of measurements. Some very strong
argument in this direction has been
made against the proposed change,
while it is generally agreed that so rev
olutionary a reform could not be made
suddenly without troublesome conse
quences. The question of changing to
the metric system of weights and meas
ures has long been discussed, many bills
providing for the change having been
Introduced in congress from time to
time, but the proposition has never at
tained general popularity, though It
probably has a stronger support now
than ever before. Doubtless the system
will ultimately be adopted as the stand
ard for the United States, particularly
if it shall be conclusively demonstrated
that It would be an advantage in our
foreign commerce, but It will take some
time to educate the public to believe
thut there Is any real necessity for aban
doning our long-established system of
weights and measures.
The tendency of the courts to give a
more liberal construction to the laws
requiring Jurisdictional petitions for the
levy of special assessments promises to
relieve somewhat the pressure on the
city treasury from the reluctance to pay
these dues In the hope that they would
be declared invalid. Recent decisions
up to this time bad gone to the extreme
lu holding the city to the minutest detail
of procedure with manifest Injustice to
property owners who pay their assess
ments promptly and voluntarily as com
pared with those who seize every possi
ble excuse for tax-shirking-, The gen
eral rule should be applied without dls
crimination that In the absence of fraud
property owners who have received the
!euefit of public Improvements made
with their positive or tacit consent
should bear their share of the expense.
When Senator Teller made his tearful
exit from the St. Louis convention he
InsUted that he had not left the barty,
but that the party in refusing to cham
pion free silver coinage had left him
behind espousing true republicanism.
But association with the ponocrats has
carried hltn across the chasm which he
declared he would never span and finds
him seeking re-election to the senate
from Colorado as a democrat. Mr. Tel
ler Is doubtless Inspired by the peculiar
success of his colleague, Senator Pat
terson, In securing an election as a pop
ulist only to proclaim himself a demo
crat as soon as his certificate was as
sured. Whether the people of Colorado,
however, are disposed to ludorse these
lightning political changes turned solely
for the suke of office aud official honors
may be subject to doubt
The railroads are free to Indulge in
special excursion rates to the Pacific
without encountering any objection
from the public. These porlodleul re
ductions to attract passengers at par
ticular seasons of the year caunot fail
to feed the suspicion that regular fares
could be lowered all the year round
without any hardship on the roads.
Our American street railway magnate,
Charles T. Yerkes, who Is trying to get
a foothold lu Loudon, protests against
being Impressed into service of the par
liamentary committee as a kindergarten
instructor In tramway construction.
Mr. Yerkcs might extend au invitation
to bis British friends to come over to
this side for a course of training.
W'lerd Day Dreams.
Saturday Evening Post.
Many good men grow poor dreaming of
millions In thousand-dollar towns and plan
ning Queen Anne cottages for Mary Ann
neighborhoods.
The American Style.
Chicago Post.
Business note from London: Mr. Morgan
ran over to Paris yesterday and bought the
Compagnie Generate Transatlantlque to add
to his celebrated collection.
Fortunate Hawaiian.
Chicago Tribune.
Trustworthy Hawatians affirm that pol Is
a cheap and wholesome article of food.
There la a direct communication with Ha
waii, and thus far, we believe, there bas
been no pol trust organized.'
Hla Bnay Day.
Chicago News.
Uncle Grover Cleveland It, not so busy
watching the cork on his fishing line that
he cannot hear the shuffle ot the demo
cratic party aa It sidesteps the silver Issue
and goes nosing around to find its old re
liable tailff reform principles.
Ah, There's the Hob.
Portland Oregonlan.
Fortunate la the household the mistress
of which car. roll up her sleeves and "do
out the wash" while the knights and ladles
of the suds, mangle and ironing-board dis
cuss with the laundry barons the technical
ities of organized labor. Self-help as a fac
tor la domestic life proves Its quality in a
case of this kind.
New Century Evolution.
Indianapolis News.
It is cheerful news that comes from
Chicago concerning certain railways. It Is
that these roads have Issued orders that
hereafter the rough handling of baggage
will not be tolerated. Trunks that are to
be conveyed a considerable distance must
be placed on a truck and the truck must
have a pad of felt to prevent damage.
There Is to be no throwing of trunks on
end from a car, no bumping tbem along
a platform from corner to corner. In
short, trunks are to be handled In a decent,
common sense manner. Thus passes an
other pioneer phase and attribute of wild
and woolly Americanism. Undoubtedly
other roads will follow this good example.
Last Summer's Hares.
Detroit Journal.
At a time when the brightest diamond
looks pallid alongside the sirloin steak, and
rubles are as nothing compared to a rib
roant value, what has become ot the Bel
gian hare that was to feed the nation on a
meat more nourishing than beans or peas
and more delicate than chicken? The orig
inal recipe asked for nothing except hair a
dozen dry goods boxes in your back yard, a
half dozen Belgian hares, and the natural
Increase would supply everybody In the
block with fiesh meat at a nominal coat.
Has the race been not to the hare, but to
the slow-moving tortoise of a beef trust?
Has the great family industry been killed
by a monopoly for Its own selfish purposes?
Has the Belgian bare trust been made joint
heir with the poultry trust, the fish trust
and the beef and mutton and hog trust in
the riches of this earth? Is the Belgian
hare with the sinister cleft Hp only another
South Sea Bubble?
- TREATMENT OF JIRIE9.
Jaatlce Brewer Shows Why Men Evade
the Dotr.
In bis just published book on "American
Citizenship" Justice David J. Brewer of
the United States supreme court has this
to say of jury duty aa nowaday conducted:
"We are called upon la act as wltnessea
and Jurors. How many gladly avoid the
discharge of those duties? It is astonish
ing when a Jury list Is summoned to find
how many sick people there are on It. I
do not wonder that they are sick. I think
I should be. The sickness of a Juror la1
like the Sunday headache, which used to
be so common la college.
"The jury system aa at present admin
istered In many states at least la little
more than a relic of seml-clvlllxed condi
tions. "The juror Is too often treated aa a crim
inal or suspected of an intention to be
come one. Shut up at night, as If for fear
he may become a fugitive from Justice,
given a compensation scarcely exceeding
that which a day laborer receives, listen
ing for days to witnesses who are some
times stupid and often confusing, annoyed
by the wearisome wrangles between attor
neys concerning the admission or rejection
of testimony. I do not wonder that a busi
ness man seeks to avoid its burdens; and
I hope that the time will come when a
juror will be treated as though he were an
honest man, denied no more of the com
forts of borne than the Judge himself, paid
that which la an adequate compensation
for bis time, and then the unanimity now
required and which prompts to all th
strenuous effort to guard against undue In
fluences upon one, or to secure the kindly
assistance of one a unanimity which Is
called for la scarcely any other tribunal
on the face of the earth shall give way to
s system In which the concurrence of a
reasonable majority of the Jurors shall de
termine the verdict.
"So, a witness la often Insulted by op
posing counsel. He Is Interrogated as
though he were presumably a liar and
questions are put to him with insinuations
and In a manner which every honorable
man feels like resenting.
"But notwithstanding all the disagree
able features which attend service as a
witness or Juror, it is an obligation resting
upon the citizen and one which as a duty
be should not ignore. Let him strive for
reformation, but meantime not mtks him
self a delinquent.''
BLASTS FROM RAM'S IIOR.
He alone prays who often prays alone.
Honor looks best on a back-ground of hu
mility. Practical Infidelity may go with professed
fidelity.
Conduct Is the eloquent peroration ot
character.
Paint on the roof will not strengthen the
foundation.
No man Is free until he has himself un
der control.
Honesty will suoreed as a principle where
It falls aa a policy.
The truth of authority depends on the
authority of truth.
The worst poverty Is that of the man who
la satisfied with plenty.
The hero seeks out suffering; the dema
gogue the songs of praise.
It is always easy to rejoice In afft'ettans.
If someone else has them.
Tou may sow a thousand evil thoughts,
but you can never uproot one.
Don't mix the cream of your charity with
the pickles of your pessimism.
God is not likely to trust truth to the
keeping of the man who caur.ot keep his
temper.
SECl I.Alt SMUTS AT THE PtI.IMT.
Boston Globe: A Boston preacher de
clares that Boston ladles swear. With the
women of New York smoking and those of
Boston swearing. It heeinn tn lnnk u If
few of the alleged customs of the good old
days were coming back to us.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: The revised
Presbyterian creed about to be given out
modines the statement that the none Is
antichrist; so the brethren arc beginning to
dwell together with aomethlna like twen
tieth century tolerance.
Baltimore American: The filial rranert
of the world has been soothed by the grati
fying news that ?he young theologians who
aiiacKed Adam and Eve as myths have
withdrawn their aspersions against our first
parents and have restored the theory which
has formed the masculine bulwark for gen
erations that It was all the woman's fault.
Philadelphia Press: The Readlna- nrennher
who has been advertising for a wife Is not
yet married, but he la still doing a sensa
tional stunt now and then. H i rr,in in
perform the marriage ceremony for a couple
ana the event Is to take place In a cage of
lions. Getting married In the ordinary way
Is thrilling enough for some nmnl hnr
they do things In Reading that could not be
mougnt ot anywhere else.
TREES HIS TRUEST BOXfMBXT.
Cleveland Leader: Although Hon. J.
Sterling Morton of Nebraska, who died on
Sunday in Chicago, occupied the least con
spicuous place in the cabinet of President
Cleveland, he was one of the ablest men
in that administration.
Chicago Inter-Ocean: The truest fame
of J. Sterling Morton was won In bis suc
cessful effort to Induce men to diversify
and improve prairie regions with wood
land growths. His best and sufficient epi
taph might well be the words: "He planted
and caused to be planted more trees than
any other man."
Chicago Tribune: He was a typical ed
ucated farmer, of wide and liberal culture,
who loved the soil and his books. To the
pursuit of agriculture be brought the equip
ment of a well-trained mind, enriched with
the refinements of college culture and dow
ered with the courage and hardihood that
made of him. a western pioneer.
Bostoa Transcript:, -Personally Mr. Mor
ton was a very Interesting, brilliant and
agreeable companion. His home at Arbor
Lodge, Nebraska City, waa the center ot
the life of the cultured men -and women
of that part of the state and to It many
pilgrims have Journeyed from other landa.
Hla borne life waa most pleasant and
agreeable, and his wife, who passed away
a number of years ago, was a most neces
sary and real helpmate to him.
Milwaukee Sentinel: Mr. Morton's career
and character were such as to make him
In many respects what we like to regard as
the type of sound and characteristic Amer
ican citizenship. A man of plain ways,
lifelong Industry and great public spirit,
he represented the sturdy, productive and
Independent class of tillers of the soil
which forms the backbone of the nation,
and be was at the same time the student
and the thinker the practical man men
tally equipped for the public service.
Chicago Record-Herald: Mr. Morton was
also a man whose first thought was for his
country and whose last thought was for
himself. With him country was above self
and above party. When his party went
wrong he declined to follow it. He waa
patriot first, partisan afterward, but never
a partisan when It Involved personal self
seeking or political wrong-doing. The
qualities which characterized him sturdy
Integrity, convictions of right and Justice,
personal independence, unflagging Industry,
manly honor and love of country are not
so frequently met with among public men
that young men can afford to neglect the
study of his life.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Horrors pile on horrors' head in Boston.
Beans are likely to come In under the ban
of Sunday blue lawa.
Time In Its ceaseless round will soon de
termine whether the shirtwaist man has the
courage ot his convictions.
General Jacob Smith, on trial at Manila,
Is known among correspondents as "Hell
Roaring Jake." Ho is living up to bis
nickname.
A Wisconsin girl wants $50,000 from a
Chicago man for breach of promise. The
girl must be a student of the science ot
applied graft.
Portland's exposition scheme has reached
the point where tenders of a site are
asked. No time should be lost if tne town
pulls off the show In 1905.
The government of New Jersey Is prepar
ing to declare war on mosquitoes. The
festive warbler of summer eves should or
ganize a trust, incorporate at home and
save its hide.
A Kansas soldier shows admirable loy
alty to his state In declaring that the
water cure la a joy forever. It is gener
ally conceded to be several laps ahead of
Kansas whisky.
Southern California fruitgrowers com
plain that they cannot get enough experi
enced grafters. Evidently the eastern half
of the continent Is the most attractive field
for the fraternity.
Admiral George Dewsy declares that
coffee was the strongest stimulant taken
on board hla fleet on that famous May
morning, ot 1898. He handed the real eye
opener to the Spaniards.
Catcbcart Watson, a member of Parlia
ment for the Orkney and Shetland islands,
Is an expert at knitting stockings and
used to while away hla spare time in this
way la the bouse smoking room.
New York Is getting mighty particular in
its notions of sanity. A resident who
sought to marry a wealthy widow bas bean
adjudged insane. If be bad been a for
eigner with a title all would have been well.
Chicago now reada tta title clear to the
windy city. At only two atatlona tn the
United States Is there a greater wind move
ment than at the city by the lake. One of
theae is Block island, on the Atlantic coast,
which baa a record of 11.S2 miles, and
the other Mount Taaulpala, sear Ban
Francisco, which piled up 163.203 miles In
a year. ChlcoRo conies In with 145.193
miles. It should be added that tho wind
movement at the national cnpltol Is not
Included In tho nicanuroaicDls.
On the orrssion of the reunion of con
federate aoldiers at Dallas, Tex., on the
23d ult., the Dnllas News cam out with
a spring suit of seventy-two pages, each
page loaded with mental provender suited
to the occasion. All the noted warriors
of the south were plctorially represented,
supplemented with eulogies and battle
sketched calculated to banish the common
belief that the war is over.
DOMESTIC FLEA 8 AX Tit IKS.
Detroit Free Preas: "Do you think that
my daughter la old enough to know nor
own mind?"
The Plutocrat With all my money, sir,
she doesn't need a mind.
Smart Ret: "What reaaon is ther for
the notion thnt it la especially unlucky to
marry In May?"
"I don't know, unless It Is that an es
pecially larfte number of people havo been
married In May."
Chicago Tribune: "Tou look preoccupied,
Hiram, said his wife.
"I feel an If I were going to have the
grip." replied Mr. Jyner.
And he put on his hat and went down
town to Join another secret society.
New York Times: Gerald Your father
kicks about my calling so often.
(Ifraldlne Don't mind him; It's only a
fake kick. He used to be a foot ball player.
Brooklyn Life: Ethel A sixteen-page let
ter from George! Why, what un earth does
he way?
Mabel Ho says he loves me.
Philadelphia Press: "Mr. Grimes," said
th rector to the vestryman, "we had better
take up the collection beforo the sermon
this morning."
"Indeed?"
"Yes, I'm going to preach on 'Economy.' "
New York Sun: Mrs. Dorcas Why
shouliln't a woman go Into politics?
Dorcas How In the world is she going
to nail a campaign lie?
Detroit Free Press: "Do you think they'll
marry?"
"t'ircumstanceB point In that direction.
Her ppoplo ohfpct, and he's an poor as a
church mouse."
Chlcnsrb News: "George, dear," rooed tha
sweet young tlilnsr with the roan coloreil
hair, "did you think of me dally while you
were away?"
"I was right there promptly with thn
dally thought," replied Georpe. "And now
that the days are longer, darling. I shall
make It my business to think of you twice
a day."
THE MIGHTY XATIOXS.
W. D. Nesblt in Baltimore American.
We are a mighty nation;
Many our Kates, and wide;
Strong In our gleaming armor;
Masters of wind and tide;
Great with a lasting greatness.
Proud with a nation a pride.
Aye, in the dim, dead ages.
Men would enroll the deeds
Tell of the mighty Persians,
Sing of the wondrous Medes.
Yet they are fallen columns
Now they are broken reeds.
Once they were proud Egyptians,
Telling In brazen tones
How they were great and forceful;
Yet now the nlKht wind moans
Over the shriveled mummies
Hid in the crumbling stones.
Rome, In the day of Caesars,
Battled on land and sea:
Many a kingly vasscl
Begged but to bend the knee.
Statesman, and sage, and soldier
Where are they now, these three t
Tarshlnh and Tyre and Sldon,
Babylon, Athens all
Bloomed in the dim, dead ages;
Withered, and met their fall;
Tasted the sweets, of power
Left acarce a shattered wall.
Out of the dust of ages
Let all the nations rise!
Peoples have held them wondrous.
Mighty and strong and wise.
Now they are dead and silent
Under the brooding skies.
We are a mighty nation;
Many-our gates, and wide;
Masters of time and fortune;
Strong In a nation's pride.
So were the ones before us
So were the ones that died.
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